List of the best Bob Kortman movies: The Narrow Trail(1917), Feud of the West(1936), The Lonely Trail(1936), Come On Tarzan(1932), Smoking Guns(1934), Phantom Thunderbolt(1933), Guns of the Law(1944), Swifty(1936), The Miracle Rider(1935), Texas Trail(1937), Oklahoma Frontier(1939), Fugitive Valley(1941) ... ...
Western
USA
1917
68 Minutes
Moose Holleran
William S. Hart Sylvia Bremer Milton Ross Bob Kortman
Ice Harding, outlaw, tames a wild horse and names it King. Ice and his gang hold up a stagecoach and encounter San Francisco vice king Bates and his innocent niece Betty Werdin. Ice is ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
62 Minutes
"Hawk" Decker
Hoot Gibson Joan Barclay Buzz Barton Bob Kortman Ed Cassidy Nelson McDowell Reed Howes
A rodeo rider agrees to help an old rancher who's been stealing his horses and murdered his nephew, so he goes undercover to expose the gang.
Western
1936
58 Minutes
Capt. Hays
John Wayne Ann Rutherford Cyrus W. Kendall Bob Kortman Etta McDaniel Sam Flint Denny Meadows Jim Toney Yakima Canutt Lloyd Ingram Bob Burns
Western
USA
1932
61 Minutes
Henchman Spike
Ken Maynard Myrna Kennedy Kate Campbell Roy Stewart Bob Kortman Niles Welch Benny Corbett Jack Rockwell Nelson McDowell Jack Mower Edmund Cobb
cowboy horse rancher horse owner sheriff businessman spirited suspenseful engaging wild west prairie desert ranch family home animal rights animal slaughter romance horse thieves relationships american west
Frazier and his gang are rustling horses. When the wild horse Tarzan frees Frazier's horses. Frazier gets the Sheriff to declare Tarzan an outlaw and have him shot. But Tarzan is Ken's favorite and he now tries to protect him.
Western
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Henchman Biff
Ken Maynard Gloria Shea Walter Miller Harold Goodwin Bob Kortman Jack Rockwell Ed Coxin Martin Turner Horace B. Carpenter Edmund Cobb Jim Corey
Accused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name.
Western
USA
1933
62 Minutes
"One-Shot" Mallory
Ken Maynard Frances Lee Frank Rice William Gould Bob Kortman Harry Holman Frank Beal Wilfred Lucas Nelson McDowell
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.
Western
USA
1944
56 Minutes
Joe Hyslop
James Newill Dave O'Brien Guy Wilkerson Jack Ingram Bob Kortman Robert Barron
Lillian Wilkins and her old Civil War Veteran Uncle Jed Wilkins own a ranch through which a pipeline will be laid. They are unaware of this but Dan Tyndall, Joe Hyslop and Tom Binns are ... See full summary »
Western
1936
60 Minutes
Clam Givens
Hoot Gibson June Gale George "Gabby" Hayes Ralph Lewis Bob Kortman William Gould Hal Taliaferro Lafe McKee
A loner unjustly accused of killing a prominent rancher escapes a lynching and sets out to find the real murderer.
Western, Action
USA
1935
306 Minutes
Longboat
Tom Mix Joan Gale Charles Middleton Niles Welch Jason Robards Sr. Bob Kortman Edward Earle Edward Hearn Tom London Edmund Cobb
Texas Ranger tries to stop takeover of Indian lands.
Western
USA
1937
54 Minutes
Henchman Hawks
William Boyd George "Gabby" Hayes Russell Hayden Judith Allen Alexander Cross Bob Kortman Billy King Ray Bennett Carl Hackett Jack Rockwell Philo McCullough
Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and gang battle sabotaging crooks as they gather more horses for the Spanish-American war.
Western
USA
1939
58 Minutes
J. W. Saunders
Johnny Mack Brown Bob Baker Fuzzy Knight Anne Gwynne James Blaine Bob Kortman Charles King Harry Tenbrook Lane Chandler Horace Murphy Lloyd Ingram
Newly married homesteader Jeff McLeod is thrown into jail because of a local villain. McLeod must prove his innocence and reclaim his land before returning to his new wife and old life.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Red Langdon
Ray Corrigan John "Dusty" King Max Terhune Julie Duncan Glenn Strange Bob Kortman Ed Brady Tom London Reed Howes Carl Matthews Edward Piel Sr.
deputy partner nurse bandit marshal sheriff rousing thrilling engaging texas jail valley hideout saloon outlaws secret identity search murder unlikely allies working undercover
The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley. The Sheriff puts Crash and Langdon in jail together and then has Dusty break them out. Langdon then leads ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
59 Minutes
Wolf Whalen
Buck Jones Kay Linaker Fred MacKaye W.E. Laurence Robert Frazer Raymond Brown Bob Kortman Barney Phillips Frank Campeau Charles LeMoyne Charles King
When Len Stoddard wins Ted Ames ranch in a poker game he sends his brother Jake along with Ted to take over the ranch. When Jake is found murdered he offers a reward for the capture of Ted ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1934
223 Minutes
Hank
Ken Maynard Verna Hillie Syd Saylor Edward Earle Hooper Atchley Edward Hearn Alan Bridge Bob Kortman
Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned by Jane Corwin. The Rattler is ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1945
58 Minutes
Matt Brawley
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Frances Gladwin Ed Cassidy I. Stanford Jolley Kermit Maynard John L. Cason Bob Kortman
cowboy saloon owner bank robber yokel sidekick outlaw positive spirited thrilling wild west jail bank stagecoach heist showdown mistaken identity prison break schemes heroism rescue
Kirby sends his henchmen to break killer Matt Brawley out of jail. But Brawley has already broken out and they return with Fuzzy instead. Realizing they think he's Brawley, Fuzzy plays the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
64 Minutes
Rustling henchman
Tim Holt Cliff Edwards Joan Barclay Kenneth Harlan Roy Mason Glenn Strange Jack Rockwell Bob Kortman Denny Meadows Frank Ellis Bud Geary
Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an outbreak of cattle rustling. ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1933
62 Minutes
Tim McPherson
Tom Mix Naomi Judge Arthur Rankin John St. Polis Frank Brownlee Raymond Hatton Francis Macdonald Bob Kortman
A gang of horse thieves are able to operate because the crooked local sheriff is in cahoots with them. When Tom Mix's beloved horse Tony Jr. is stolen, he steps in to break up the gang.
Western
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Henchman Cherokee Joe
John Wayne Phyllis Fraser Yakima Canutt Douglas Cosgrove Lane Chandler Sam Flint Lew Kelly Bob Kortman Ed Cassidy Merrill McCormick Jon Hall
cowboy business owner stagecoach driver mayor sidekick thrilling spirited tense wild west stagecoach california con game frontier life competition second chance contract changing times adventure rivalry 19th century
The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.
Adventure
1916
50 Minutes
Tuyos
William S. Hart Enid Markey P.D. Tabler Dorothy Dalton Robert McKim Dorcas Matthews Herbert Farjeon Bob Kortman William Desmond
A Spanish boy finds himself in the jungles of Mexico after a shipwreck. He is rescued and raised by a tribe that has never seen a European before.
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Henchman
Frankie Darro Kane Richmond June Johnson Ann Evers Johnstone White Horace Murphy Edward Hearn Frank Marlowe Bob Kortman Charles Dorety
Don Mallory is the younger brother of ace newsreel photographer Cliff Mallory, and is continually urging Cliff to let him become a cameraman rather than going to college. Cliff refuses. He ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
61 Minutes
Haskins
William Boyd George "Gabby" Hayes Russell Hayden Charlotte Wynters Russell Hopton Sonny Bupp Jack Rockwell Roy Barcroft John Merton Bob Kortman
Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd.
Western
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Dirk
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Kathryn Adams Nell O'Day Roy Harris Harry Cording Alan Bridge Frank Shannon Ed Cassidy Bob Kortman Chester Gan
One of the most recycled plots of the B-western genre in which a friend/brother of a lawman/Ranger/Mountie is killed by a gang of outlaws, and the lawman/Ranger/Mountie quits his job (as a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Henchman Idaho
George O'Brien Rita Hayworth Tim Holt Ray Whitley Lucio Villegas William Royle Cecilia Callejo Neal Hart Monte Montague Bob Kortman Charles Stevens
Texas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who cheated the ... See full summary »
Western
1932
58 Minutes
Pete Fleming
Tim McCoy Shirley Grey Niles Welch Raymond Hatton Lloyd Ingram Claire McDowell Charles King John Eberts Walter Long Bob Kortman Art Mix
Western
USA
1949
92 Minutes
William Holden William Bendix Macdonald Carey Mona Freeman Stanley Ridges Alfonso Bedoya Ray Teal Clem Bevans James Bell Dick Foote Joe Dominguez
texas ranger bandit orphan beautiful woman outlaw tense engaging gritty confident texas wild west romantic dilemma rescue redemption old west law and order rescue transformation love rivalry
An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies.
Western
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Harry Carey Tim Holt Evelyn Brent Jean Rouverol Clarence Kolb Allan Lane Esther Muir Bradley Page Paul Guilfoyle Robert Moya Ward Bond
Notoriuos liar Bill Barker, having been banished westward by the law, talks the townspeople of Martinez into making him Mayor and Judge. Here he has to deal with the outlaw the Tonto Kid, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
82 Minutes
Gary Cooper Sylvia Sidney Paul Lukas Guy Kibbee William "Stage" Boyd Wynne Gibson Betty Sinclair Stanley Fields Terry Carroll Edward LeSaint Robert Homans
Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.
Western
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Huston Richard Arlen Mary Brian Helen Ware Chester Conklin Eugene Pallette Victor Potel E.H. Calvert Tex Young Charles Stevens
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.
Adventure
USA
1941
98 Minutes
John Wayne Betty Field Harry Carey James Barton Beulah Bondi Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Ward Bond Marc Lawrence John Qualen Fuzzy Knight
stranger moonshiner daughter son uncle aunt bleak melodramatic fascinating ozark mountains small town forest cabin family helping others rural life superstition suicide father/son relationship revenge
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
Western
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Dick Foran Alma Lloyd Charles Middleton Addison Richards Eddie Shubert George Ernest Monte Montague Victor Potel Kenneth Harlan Pat West Jim Farley
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1946
98 Minutes
Alan Ladd Brian Donlevy William Bendix Barry Fitzgerald Howard da Silva Esther Fernández Albert Van Dekker Luis Van Rooten Darryl Hickman Roman Bohnen Ray Collins
The playboy son of a wealthy shipping magnate discovers at first hand the desperate privations suffered by the crew of one of his fathers ships when he is unwillingly pressganged aboard.