The best William Desmond’s western movies

William Desmond

William Desmond

We present our ranking of the best William Desmond’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 William Desmond.

The Cowboy and the Bandit

The Cowboy and the Bandit
5.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/04/1935
  • Character: Sheriff Pete
Bill travels to a new state after the outlaw Scarface saves him from a lynch mob. There he takes a job on the Barton ranch and joins in the fight against gang leader Larkin. Finding a wounded Scarface he helps him recover. Arrested by Larkin's stooge Sheriff, and with another lynch mob after him, he once again needs Scarface's help.

The Rustler's Roundup

The Rustler's Roundup
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 16/03/1933
  • Character: San Dimas Sheriff Holden
Winters is after the Brand ranch, and his man Brett who is foreman there is rustling the Brand stock. But Tom is on to their game and breaks up their attempt to buy the ranch. When they plan to rustle their horses, Tom must not only rescue Danny Brand, who is their prisoner, but stop the rustlers.

Strawberry Roan

Strawberry Roan
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/10/1933
  • Character: Colonel Brownlee
Ken Maynard stars as a roving cowboy who tells the tale of taming the stallion that inspired the titular poem.

Winners of the West

Winners of the West
6.4/10
Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a variety of schemes to prevent the railroad from being built, for fear it will finish his control of (what he considers) his land.

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/03/1941
  • Character: Bartender
A young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl's father.

The Vigilantes Are Coming

The Vigilantes Are Coming
6.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 21/08/1936
  • Character: Anderson, Vigilante Member
A masked hero called "The Eagle" leads California ranchers in a struggle against Russian Cossacks who are plotting to take over California and turn it into a Russian colony.

Frontier Days

Frontier Days
4.5/10
Henry Jethrow is after the Wilson ranch. He has George Wilson unknowningly sign a note for the ranch, has him killed, and then presents the note. The Pinto Kid, investigating cattle rustlers, accidentally drops his glove at the murder scene and now has a price on his head. He has Beth Wilson turn him and use the reward money to reclaim the note. Now he has to escape jail and find the real killers.

The Vanishing Legion

The Vanishing Legion
6.8/10
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of her own to protect her rights.

Gordon of Ghost City

Gordon of Ghost City
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/08/1933
  • Character: John Mulford
A cowboy is hired to track down a gang of rustlers, but gets involved with a beautiful girl trying to run her grandfather's gold mine and other outlaws who are trying to stop her.

Song of the Gringo

Song of the Gringo
5/10
In his film debut Ritter is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.

The Rawhide Terror

The Rawhide Terror
3.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/03/1934
  • Character: Tom Blake
Twelve renegades dressed as Indians kill the parents of two brothers. The brothers who have similar birth marks then separate. Ten years later a man known as the Rawhide Terror is murdering the renegades who are now town citizens. Everyone is after the Rawhide Terror and the two brothers are destined to meet again.

The Vanishing Rider

The Vanishing Rider
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 16/01/1928
  • Character: Jim Davis / The Vanishing Rider
William Desmond plays Jim Davis, a secret service agent by day and masked avenger by night. Ethlyne Clair provided feminine appeal, while Bud Osborne, as the notorious Butch Bradley, and a young Boris Karloff took care of the villainy.

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