The best King Donovan’s western movies

King Donovan

King Donovan

25/01/1918- 30/06/1987
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best King Donovan’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about King Donovan.

Cowboy

Cowboy
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/01/1958
  • Character: Joe Capper, Trailhand
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...

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/03/1959
  • Character: Wonder
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realising that he can exploit his secret.

Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 09/12/1953
  • Character: Mack
Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.

The Iron Sheriff

The Iron Sheriff
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/04/1957
  • Character: Leveret
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt (Sterling Hayden) faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie (Darryl Hickman). Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.

City of Bad Men

City of Bad Men
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/09/1953
  • Character: Hotel Clerk
Outlaws plan a robbery to take place during a championship prizefight in Carson City, Nevada.

Little Big Horn

Little Big Horn
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/06/1951
  • Character: Pvt. James Corbo
Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/07/1953
  • Character: Sheriff's Deputy
Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle is sent to investigate, saloon owner Hallie has to be a reluctant witness.

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