The best James Cagney’s western movies

James Cagney

James Cagney

17/07/1899- 30/03/1986
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Run for Cover

Run for Cover
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/04/1955
  • Character: Matt Dow
Western that starts when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.

Arizona Bushwhackers

Arizona Bushwhackers
5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/03/1968
  • Character: Narrator
During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds out that a local businessman is selling weapons to a band of rampaging Indians.

Tribute to a Bad Man

Tribute to a Bad Man
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/03/1956
  • Character: Jeremy Rodack
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers soon as look at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock's ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.

The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid
6.4/10
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.

Oklahoma Outlaws

Oklahoma Outlaws
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/09/1943
  • Character: Kincaid (archive footage) (uncredited)
In this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa.

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