The best William Tannen’s western movies

William Tannen

William Tannen

17/11/1911- 02/12/1976
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best William Tannen’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 William Tannen.

Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 06/10/1954
  • Character: O'Connor
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf. Written by Jim Beaver

Boom Town

Boom Town
7/10
McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun
6.9/10
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Stand Up and Fight

Stand Up and Fight
6.4/10
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

Wyoming

Wyoming
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/09/1940
  • Character: Sgt. Reynolds
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.

The Law vs. Billy the Kid

The Law vs. Billy the Kid
5.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/08/1954
  • Character: Dave Rudabaugh
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.

Noose for a Gunman

Noose for a Gunman
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/05/1960
  • Character: Willetts (as Bill Tannen)
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.

The Mysterious Desperado

The Mysterious Desperado
6.4/10
A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.

The Gal Who Took the West

The Gal Who Took the West
6.2/10
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.

Riders of the Range

Riders of the Range
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/02/1950
  • Character: Trump Dixon
Out-of-work cowboys Kansas Jones and Chito Rafferty are offered jobs at pretty Dusty Willis' ranch after saving her from a beating by saloon owner Clint Burrows. Dusty's good-hearted but weak-willed brother Harry, adding to his $3000 gambling debt to Willis, reluctantly agrees to pay it off by allowing the Ringo Kid, Burrows' vicious hired gun, to rustle cattle from his sister's ranch. Kansas intervenes, deters the rustlers and persuades Harry to confess his involvement to Dusty. Kansas, sent into town by Dusty to pay off Harry's debts, suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the law, wrongly accused of murder and must rely on Dusty's belief in his innocence for his salvation.

Road Agent

Road Agent
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/03/1952
  • Character: Toll Gate Guard
Brand controls the only road to the cattle market and is charging exorbitant rates. Tim and Chito rob Brand to recover only their overcharge, but accidentally end up with all of Brand's money......

Sunset in the West

Sunset in the West
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/09/1950
  • Character: John Kimball (as William J. Tannen)
Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling.

Jack McCall Desperado

Jack McCall Desperado
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/03/1953
  • Character: Spargo
During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates.

El Paso Stampede

El Paso Stampede
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 06/09/1953
  • Character: Henchman Joe
The cattle that are being rustled apparently vanish as no one is able to find them. But Rocky Lane, in his last B western, is on the job and he is assisted as usual by Nugget Clark.

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