List of the best Budd Boetticher movies: The Tall T(1957), Ride Lonesome(1959), Comanche Station(1960), Buchanan Rides Alone(1958), The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond(1960), Decision at Sundown(1957), Westbound(1959), The Killer Is Loose(1956), The Cimarron Kid(1951), Horizons West(1952), Seminole(1953), One Mysterious Night(1944) ... ...
Western
USA
1957
78 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Richard Boone Maureen O'Sullivan Henry Silva Skip Homeier John Hubbard Arthur Hunnicutt Robert Burton Fred Sherman Chris Olsen
rancher newlywed wealthy woman bandit gritty tense wild west way station small town hijacking hostage situation murder escape forbidden love adventure 19th century
An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
Western
USA
1959
73 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Karen Steele Pernell Roberts James Best Lee Van Cleef James Coburn
bounty hunter killer brother widow outlaw native american dark tense profound fort california american southwest sierra nevada mountains wild west betrayal retribution old west cowboys bounty discovery
A bounty hunter escorts a killer to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.
Western
USA
1960
74 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Nancy Gates Claude Akins Skip Homeier Richard Rust Rand Brooks Dyke Johnson
cowboy love interest bounty hunter outlaw apache thrilling inspiring spectacular colorado wild west river mountain new mexico kidnapping native americans violence bounty reward gunfight rescue
A man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.
Western
USA
1958
78 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Manuel Rojas Craig Stevens Barry Kelley Tol Avery Peter Whitney L.Q. Jones Bob Anderson
mercenary patriarch bar owner judge sheriff prisoner thrilling wild intense california border town hotel saloon courtroom mansion family feud corruption power struggle execution double-cross
Texan Tom Buchanan is heading back home with enough money to start his own ranch, but when he stops in the crooked town of Agry, he's robbed and framed for murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1960
101 Minutes
Director
Ray Danton Karen Steele Elaine Stewart Jesse White Simon Oakland Robert Lowery Judson Pratt Warren Oates Frank de Kova Gordon Jones Joseph Ruskin
Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.
Western
USA
1957
77 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott John Carroll Karen Steele Valerie French Noah Beery Jr. John Archer Andrew Duggan James Westerfield John Litel Ray Teal Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger villain girl townsperson sheriff bartender confident gritty tense church restaurant street small town vengeance kidnapping suicide confrontation corruption showdown revenge
Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames for his wife's death years earlier.
Western
USA
1959
72 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Virginia Mayo Karen Steele Michael Dante Andrew Duggan Michael Pate Wally Brown
union soldier confederate soldier business owner wife engaging spirited colorado small town stagecoach american civil war love triangle competition gold shipment robbery rivalry revenge pursuit 19th century
In 1864 Capt. John Hayes goes to Colorado to take over the stagecoach line and keep the flow of Western gold flowing and help the North win the Civil War.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
73 Minutes
Director
Joseph Cotten Rhonda Fleming Wendell Corey Alan Hale Jr. Michael Pate John Larch Dee J. Thompson John Beradino
bank teller bank robber detective wife dark intense thrilling bank apartment jail suburbia house bank heist showdown stakeout accidental death prison break revenge pursuit underdog
An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.
Western
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Director
Audie Murphy Yvette Dugay Beverly Tyler John Hudson James Best Leif Erickson Noah Beery Jr. Hugh O'Brian John Hubbard Palmer Lee Rand Brooks
outlaw rancher daughter gang leader love interest engaging suspenseful emotional intense cattle ranch ranch new life new love change criminal past fighting danger love adventure discovery
Unjustly accused of robbing the train he was riding home, Bill Doolin re-joins his old gang, participates in other robberies and becomes a wanted outlaw.
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Director
Robert Ryan Julie Adams Rock Hudson John McIntire Judith Braun Raymond Burr James Arness Frances Bavier Dennis Weaver Tom Powers Rodolfo Acosta
brother marshal cattle rustler rancher wife wild frenetic texas austin, texas mexico brotherhood bribery abduction loyalty lawlessness rivalry 1860s
Two brothers end up on opposite sides of the law in post-Civil War Texas.
Action
USA
1953
87 Minutes
Director
Rock Hudson Barbara Hale Anthony Quinn Richard Carlson Hugh O'Brian Russell Johnson Lee Marvin Ralph Moody Fay Roope James Best Don Gibson
native american chief childhood friend lieutenant major love interest powerful tense gripping melodramatic fort florida everglades battlefield interracial romance interracial conflict american indian wars wrongfully accused murder racism underdog
A cavalry lieutenant recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
61 Minutes
Director
Chester Morris Richard Lane Janis Carter William Wright Robert Williams George E. Stone Dorothy Malone Lyle Latell Mark Roberts
thief sidekick inspector reporter manager sister spirited suspenseful engaging hotel police station chinese restaurant apartment pawn shop jewelry theft amateur detectives impersonation disguise kidnapping redemption
Blackie is enlisted by the police to help recover the Blue Star of the Nile diamond, stolen from a war relief exhibit.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Director
Nina Foch William Wright Otto Kruger Konstantin Shayne Ivan Triesault Ernie S. Adams Mary Newton Ralph Dunn John Tyrrell Charles Jordan Noel Cravat
nurse government agent spy shop owner henchman stranger engaging tense san francisco hotel lobby repair shop bridge house espionage secret documents undercover operations world war ii post-traumatic stress disorder nightmares
During WW2, an army nurse on R&R in San Francisco has a premonition about witnessing a murder attempt against a G-man by Nazi agents.
Romance
USA|Mexico
1955
94 Minutes
Director
Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Manuel Rojas Thomas Gomez Richard Denning Lola Albright Eduardo Noriega Lorraine Chanel
In Mexico City, rich American Karen Harrison falls in-love with famous bullfighter Luis Santos who hides a personal secret regarding his young protege bullfighter Rafael Reyes.
Adventure
USA
1953
87 Minutes
Director
Robert Ryan Mala Powers Anthony Quinn Suzan Ball George Mathews Karel Stepanek Lalo Rios Hilo Hattie Woody Strode John Warburton Peter Mamakos
Two American divers are distracted by fair ladies and skulduggery while trying to salvage a gold ship off Jamaica.
Western
1969
73 Minutes
Director
A would-be bounty hunter (Richard Lapp) meets a girl (Anne Randall), Judge Roy Bean, Jesse James (Audie Murphy) and an early death.
Western, Action
1956
78 Minutes
Director
Randolph Scott Gail Russell Lee Marvin Walter Reed John Larch Don "Red" Barry Fred Graham John Beradino John Phillips Chuck Roberson Steve Mitchell
retired sheriff married man married woman killer bandit robber emotional engaging brooding fiery tense striking wild west vengeance grief husband/wife relationship secret gold death of spouse revenge
A rancher (Randolph Scott) hunts down those responsible for killing his wife during a Wells Fargo holdup.
Drama
1950
87 Minutes
Director
bullfighter wife woman friend fascinating gripping rousing mexico city bullfight bullfighting sports spanish culture romance friendship adventure love rise fall 1950s
A matador (Gilbert Roland) gets killed when a sportsman (Robert Stack) takes up bullfighting in Mexico to impress a girl (Joy Page).