The best William Gould’s western movies

William Gould

William Gould

02/05/1886- 15/05/1969
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The Spoilers

The Spoilers
6.7/10
  • Genre: RomanceWestern
  • Release: 11/06/1942
  • Character: New Marshal (uncredited)
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.

Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeWestern
  • Release: 24/12/1948
  • Character: Banker (uncredited)
In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

Texas

Texas
6.7/10
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/08/1940
  • Character: Deputy on Train
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

King of the Cowboys

King of the Cowboys
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 09/04/1943
  • Character: Texas Sheriff
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/01/1942
  • Character: Chicago Pedestrian
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.

The Purple Vigilantes

The Purple Vigilantes
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/01/1938
  • Character: Jenkins, Saloon Owner
David Ross organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group to rid the town of outlaws. The plan succeeds but the trouble starts when some of the men form a new vigilante group and posing as the original one plunder for loot.

Fast Bullets

Fast Bullets
5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/01/1936
  • Character: Drummond
Two Texas Rangers (Tom Tyler, Rex Lease) nab smugglers and rescue a woman (Margaret Nearing) from a runaway wagon.

Overland Mail

Overland Mail
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 22/09/1942
  • Character: Col. Medford
Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They discover that the culprits are white men disguised as Indians, and they set out to discover who is behind the plot.

Colt Comrades

Colt Comrades
6.4/10
While oil drilling, Hoppy and California discover an underground well - a potential threat to Jebb Hardin's monopoly on water in the region.

Fighting Frontier

Fighting Frontier
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/01/1943
  • Character: Commissioner Daniel Slocum
An agent (Tim Holt) goes undercover as an outlaw and almost gets lynched.

Phantom Thunderbolt

Phantom Thunderbolt
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/03/1933
  • Character: 'Red' Matthews
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.

Wild Horse Mesa

Wild Horse Mesa
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/11/1947
  • Character: Marshal Bradford
Dave and Chito are working for Melburn who is looking for wild horses. Olmstead has his men looking for then also. When Dave finds them first, Olmstead buys them from Melburn and then kills him. A clue leads Dave to Olmstead's where he breaks in and finds the murder weapon. When he takes his evidence to the Marshal he learns Olmstead has been murdered and he is the one under arrest.

Desert Justice

Desert Justice
5.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/04/1936
  • Character: Hugo Cohn - Auctioneer
A gang of bank robbers holes up at a cowboy's ranch. One of the robbers turns out to be his brother. After the brother is killed by the gang, the cowboy tracks them across the desert.

Riders of Pasco Basin

Riders of Pasco Basin
6/10
  • Genre: MusicWestern
  • Release: 04/04/1940
  • Character: Editor Caleb Scott
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee. Lee agrees with Scott and forms a vigilante group to fight the Sheriff and his deputies brought in by Kirby. But a dying Uncle Dan sets the Sheriff straight and this brings the two sides together for the big shootout.

Bad Men of Missouri

Bad Men of Missouri
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/07/1941
  • Character: Sheriff Brennan
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/02/1939
  • Character: Jed Scott
Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.

Heart of the Rockies

Heart of the Rockies
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/03/1951
  • Character: Warden Parker
Roy is put in charge of a highway construction project. A rancher tries to stop Roy from putting a highway across his land because he fears that the authorities are going to discover the unscrupulous manner in which he got it.

Outcasts of Black Mesa

Outcasts of Black Mesa
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 12/04/1950
  • Character: Walt Dorn
Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguise, whereupon stunt-double Jock Mahoney swings into action. Outcasts of Black Mesa is distinguished by the presence of a relative newcomer to the film game, leading lady Martha Hyer.

Valley of Wanted Men

Valley of Wanted Men
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/10/1935
  • Character: Prison Warden
Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.

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