The best Thurston Hall’s western movies

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

10/05/1882- 20/02/1958
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Dodge City

Dodge City
7.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 08/04/1939
  • Character: Twitchell (uncredited)
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

Virginia City

Virginia City
6.8/10
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.

Carson City

Carson City
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/06/1952
  • Character: Charles Crocker
Mine owner William Sharon (Larry Keating) keeps having his gold shipments held up by a gang of bandits. Sharon hires banker Charles Crocker (Thurston Hall), who happens to have connections in the Central Pacific Railroad, to build a spur line from Virginia City to Carson City, so that the gold can be shipped by railroad. Silent Jeff Kincaid (Randolph Scott) is the railroad engineer. However there is opposition to the railroad, chiefly from another mine owner, Big Jack Davis (Raymond Massey).

The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady
6.6/10
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.

Call of the Canyon

Call of the Canyon
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 17/08/1942
  • Character: Grantley B. Johnson
A radio saleswoman (Ruth Terry) helps a singing cattleman (Gene Autry) trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

Whirlwind

Whirlwind
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 16/04/1951
  • Character: Big Jim Lassiter
A singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail Davis) estate from fraud.

Square Dance Jubilee

Square Dance Jubilee
4.1/10
Two talent scouts for a New York-based country music TV show called "Square Dance Jubilee" are sent out West to get authentic western singing acts. They find what they're looking for, but also get mixed up in cattle rustling and murder.

West of the Pecos

West of the Pecos
6.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 10/08/1945
  • Character: Col. Lambeth
West of the Pecos is a 1945 American Western film directed by Edward Killy and starring Robert Mitchum. The movie is the third film version of Zane Grey's novel.

Jeepers Creepers

Jeepers Creepers
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 27/10/1939
  • Character: M.K. Durant
Sentenced to toil on a family's land, a greedy man discovers coal and secretly buys the property.

The Bandit Queen

The Bandit Queen
5.8/10
Zara Montalve, half Spanish and half America, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang. Posing as Lola Belmont, an American visiting from Detroit, teams up with Joaquin Murietta, posing as Carlos Del Rio, to form a Robin-Hood type band that takes vengeance on the gang and restores stolen gold to its rightful owners, aided by militia leader Dan Hinsdale.

Song of Nevada

Song of Nevada
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 05/08/1944
  • Character: John Barrabee
When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his plane resumed its flight and crashed. He also learns his daughter is going to sell his ranch and marry a man he dislikes. So he gives Roy a job on the ranch and sends him off to see if he can prevent both of these events while he remains in hiding. Written by Maurice VanAuken Western girl moves east and influenced badly by her snobby fiance. She returns to sell her deceased father's ranch. The father isn't really dead, though; he's hoping that his friend Roy can restore the girl's western values. Songs include "New Moon Over Nevada," "A Cowboy has to Yodel in the Morning," and "The Harum Scarum Baron of the Harmonium." Written by Ed Stephan

Rim of the Canyon

Rim of the Canyon
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/07/1949
  • Character: Big Tim Hanlon
20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by Marshal Steve Autry (Also played by Gene Autry). 20 years later, the men bust out of prison and return to the ghost town where they stashed their treasure searching. Steve's grandson picks up where Steve left off to foil the plans of the outlaws.

Belle of Old Mexico

Belle of Old Mexico
6.8/10
Wealthy Kip Artmitage III (Robert Rockwell) honors his late wartime friend's request to look after the friend's "little sister."

Song of the Prairie

Song of the Prairie
6.5/10
Joan Wingate's wealthy father doesn't want his daughter to go into show business. As they vacation in the west she gets a job with Dan Tyler's show and uses Wingate money to keep him afloat. Sandwiched in between the numerous musical numbers they try to keep her father away from the show. But he eventually finds out and decides they will return east

Night Stage to Galveston

Night Stage to Galveston
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 18/03/1952
  • Character: Colonel James Bellamy
A former Texas Ranger teams up with some of his old colleagues to rid the state of corruption in their new police force.

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