The best John L. Cason’s western movies

John L. Cason

John L. Cason

30/06/1918- 07/07/1961
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3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma
7.6/10
Dave Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

Cowboy

Cowboy
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/01/1958
  • Character: Trail Hand
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

Wagon Team

Wagon Team
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/09/1952
  • Character: Henchman Slim (as John Cason)
Gene Autry is back in the saddle again as an undercover detective in this action-packed Western complete with a showdown. Gene poses as a jailbird to wangle the truth from a boy (Dick Jones) suspected of stealing an Army payroll. When the youngster escapes from lockup and rejoins his family's medicine show, intrigue is in the wind as Gene tries to solve the mystery of the missing money and to save the lad from a vicious mob. Pat Buttram co-stars.

The Gallant Legion

The Gallant Legion
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/05/1948
  • Character: Sprauge
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.

Lost Canyon

Lost Canyon
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 18/12/1942
  • Character: Henchman
Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the Sheriff arrives and arrests him for hiding Johnny who has been accused of robbery.

A Lawless Street

A Lawless Street
6.4/10
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

Wyoming Renegades

Wyoming Renegades
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 27/03/1954
  • Character: O.C. Hanks
Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoots with them. When Cassidy and his men rob the bank, he is blamed. Escaping from the townspeople, he once again joins up with Cassidy to wait for a chance to help bring him in.

Comanche Territory

Comanche Territory
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/05/1950
  • Character: Newcomer at Shindig (uncredited)
Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.

Badlands Of Dakota

Badlands Of Dakota
6/10
Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Set in the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, the story finds brothers Jim and Bob Holliday (Stack and Broderick Crawford) dukeing it out over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson (Ann Rutherford). While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane (Frances Farmer).

The Hard Man

The Hard Man
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/12/1957
  • Character: Henchman with Eye Patch
A Texas Ranger (Guy Madison) turns deputy sheriff; a woman (Valerie French) wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband (Lorne Greene).

Laramie

Laramie
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/05/1949
  • Character: Henchman (uncredited)
A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison (Fred Sears) is meeting with Chief Eagle (Shooting Star) and his son Running Wolf (Jay Silverheels) when Chief Eagle is mysteriously shot. Steve Holden (Charles Starrett), an agent for the government peace commission, with the aid of a wandering shoemaker, Smiley (Smiley Burnette), discover the troubles and the Chief's murder have been instigated by Cronin (Bob Wilke), the regimental scout, for personal gain for he and his gang of outlaws.

Savage Frontier

Savage Frontier
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/05/1953
  • Character: Buck Matson - Henchman (as John Cason)
Sam is a parolee who has paid for his dirty deeds. Now determined to go straight and help take care of his hot headed brother and devoted sister, he becomes set upon by both the law, represented by Federal Marshall Rocky Lane, and by his former outlaw buddies led by the notorious William Oakes.

Border Patrol

Border Patrol
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/04/1943
  • Character: Miner
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.

Desperadoes of the West

Desperadoes of the West
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/08/1950
  • Character: Casey [Chs. 1, 8, 11, 12]
A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce opposition from an unknown gang of outlaws. Eastern promoter J.B."Dude" Dawson, is behind the gang as he is out to prevent the co-op members from striking oil before their lease expires, so he can secure the property for his company. When Ward, with the help of Arnold and his daughter Sally, arranges for a new driller to be brought in, the replacement man is killed and one of Dawson's men takes his place.

The Black Lash

The Black Lash
6.5/10
Having sent Deuce Rago to prison in Frontier Revenge (1948), Lash finds he's out and his outlaw gang are at it again. This time he has the Lawyer Leonard and Joan to help him out and Lash and Fuzzy must bring him in once more.

Overland Riders

Overland Riders
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/08/1946
  • Character: Henchman
A honest stranger arrives in Devil's Gap and helps the local sheriff expose the murderer of a rancher.

Fugitive Valley

Fugitive Valley
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/07/1941
  • Character: Whip Rider (uncredited)
The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley.

Rustlers on Horseback

Rustlers on Horseback
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/10/1950
  • Character: Henchman Murray (as John Cason)
When he catches wind that bookish George Parradine (John Eldredge) is actually a ruthless outlaw who's had one man killed and is now trying to steal a fortune from another, U.S. Marshal Rocky Lane (Allan Lane) poses as a bandit and infiltrates Parradine's gang. But Rocky's quest for justice is jeopardized when the dead man's son (George Nader) also goes undercover to get revenge on his father's killer. Fred C. Brannon directs this 1950 Western.

Black Hills Ambush

Black Hills Ambush
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 20/05/1952
  • Character: Henchman Jake (as John Cason)
U.S. Marshal Rocky Lane (Allan Lane) arrives to help his friend Nugget (Eddy Waller) whose shipments are being robbed. Learning the gang only goes for incoming shipments, he figures they are repacking the loot and having Nugget ship it out. So he hijacks the next outgoing shipment finding a box labeled tools contains gold bars. Then posing as an outlaw he makes a deal with the gang hoping to round them up. But the boss learns he is a Marshal and he is made a prisoner.

Ghost Of Hidden Valley

Ghost Of Hidden Valley
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/06/1946
  • Character: Buck
Dawson is running rustled cattle across the abandoned Trenton ranch and has given it the reputation of a ghost ranch to keep people away. When Henty Tenton arrives from England to take over the ranch, Dawson tries to get rid of him. But Billy and Fuzzy are on hand to help Henry and it's not long before they have to go into action.

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