The best John Payne’s western movies

John Payne

John Payne

28/05/1912- 06/12/1989
We present our ranking of the best John Payne’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about John Payne.

Silver Lode

Silver Lode
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 23/07/1954
  • Character: Dan Ballard
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.

Santa Fe Passage

Santa Fe Passage
5.9/10
A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.

El Paso

El Paso
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 22/03/1949
  • Character: Clay Fletcher
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.

The Vanquished

The Vanquished
5.6/10
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.

Tennessee's Partner

Tennessee's Partner
6.4/10
A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke ('My friends call me Cowpoke'), in town to meet his fiancée Goldie on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried...

Rails Into Laramie

Rails Into Laramie
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/04/1954
  • Character: Jefferson Harder
A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/10/1950
  • Character: Capt. Todd Croyden
Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...

The Road to Denver

The Road to Denver
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/06/1955
  • Character: Bill Mayhew
The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill finally gives up on his younger brother and heads for Colorado. He gets a job and all is well until his brother shows up and takes a job that puts them on opposite sides of the law.

Rebel in Town

Rebel in Town
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/07/1956
  • Character: John Willoughby
Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and shoots dead a boy playing with a cap pistol. The Mason clan then flees but Gray Mason, feeling remorse, decides to return to the town. He winds up at the home of John and Nora Willoughby who, unknown to him, are parents of the dead boy. Nora recognizes him as one of the Confederates but keeps quiet, wishing to avoid more violence. However, when John learns of Gray's true identity, he determines to avenge his son's death

Passage West

Passage West
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/10/1951
  • Character: Pete Black
In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns. Tensions and hardships grow as the travelers continue to trek toward California across dry, desolate country.

The Royal Rodeo

The Royal Rodeo
5.3/10
A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.

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