List of the best Charles Whitaker movies: The Outlaw Tamer(1934), Overland Riders(1946), Santa Fe Bound(1937), The Cactus Kid(1935), Arizona Stagecoach(1942), Rio Rattler(1935), Guns for Hire(1932), Oklahoma Cyclone(1930), Six Gun Gold(1941), Fighting Frontier(1943), Guns in the Dark(1937), Billy the Kid in Texas(1940) ... ...
Western
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Bowie Harris
Lane Chandler Janet Morgan Charles Whitaker
A masked bandit being chased by a posse is wounded but manages to lose them. He is taken in by a female saloon owner and nursed back to health.
Western
USA
1946
49 Minutes
Jeff Barkley
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Patti McCarty Charles Whitaker Bud Osborne Jack O'Shea Frank Ellis Al Ferguson
cowboy sidekick young woman rancher henchman gang leader suspenseful rousing gutsy stagecoach ranch trail prison american west robbery business deal murder frame-up friendship jailbreak
Billy arrives to buy Barkley's cattle and gets involved in Landreau's scheme to get Barkley's ranch. When Landreau kills Barkley he takes the money Billy paid him. But Billy had been ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
58 Minutes
One-Shot Morgan
Tom Tyler Jeanne Martel Richard Cramer Charles Whitaker Ed Cassidy Lafe McKee Dorothy Woods Charles King Earle Dwire Wally West
When Crenshaw kills a bushwhacker he takes his letter of introduction. This letter saves him from hanging when Stanton thinks he is the outlaw he has hired. But Crenshaw is in more trouble when Denton arrives and exposes him as a fake.
Western
USA
1935
58 Minutes
Plug Perkins
Jack Perrin Fred Humes Philo McCullough Charles Whitaker Jose De La Cruz Jayne Regan Tom London Kit Guard
Perrin and his partner get paid a big sum of money at the end of their cattle drive. Shortly thereafter, the partner is found with a knife in his back and Perrin is blamed for the murder.
Western
USA
1942
59 Minutes
Henchman Red
Ray Corrigan John "Dusty" King Max Terhune Nell O'Day Charles Whitaker Steve Clark Kermit Maynard Charles King Carl Mathews Jack Ingram Frank Ellis
The Range Busters help a young man framed as the leader of an outlaw gang that has been holding up stage coaches.
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Rattler Brown
Tom Tyler Marion Shilling Eddie Gribbon William Gould Tom London Charles Whitaker Lafe McKee Ace Cain
A dying Marshal gives his identification papers to Tom. After Tom arrives in town, the papers drop and are found during a fight so Tom decides to assume the Marshal's identity. Mason, the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
59 Minutes
Hank Moran
Lane Chandler Sally Darling Neal Hart Yakima Canutt John Ince Charles Whitaker
gunslinger adoptive father love interest rival father son engaging wild west small town ranch saloon family home land dispute murder father/son relationship showdown mentorship adventure quest 19th century
Gunfighter Ken Wayne gets hired at Thorton's sheep ranch to help fight the cattleman Moran and his gang. In Moran's gang is Whispering Carlyle, the man that raised Wayne and taught him how ... See full summary »
Western
1930
60 Minutes
Henchman Rawhide
Bob Steele Al St. John Rita Rey Charles King Hector V. Sarno Charles Whitaker Shorty Hendrix Emilio Fernández Fred Burns Cliff Lyons
Western
1941
57 Minutes
Deputy Miller
Tim Holt Ray Whitley Jan Clayton Jim Corey Lane Chandler Charles Whitaker Harry Harvey Davison Clark
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Sheriff Logan
Tim Holt Cliff Edwards Ann Summers Eddie Dew William Gould Davison Clark Charles Whitaker Tom London Monte Montague Jack Rockwell Bud Osborne
Kit Russell, appointed special investigator, has infiltrated a local robber gang ostensibly led by Snap, but has found out that an unnamed local person is really the brains behind the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
56 Minutes
The Lookout (uncredited)
Johnny Mack Brown Claire Rochelle Dick Curtis Julian Madison Ted Adams Sherry Tansey Charles Whitaker Lew Meehan Tex Palmer Francis Walker Frank Ellis
When Johnny and Mendez argue, the lights go out, and in the ensuing gunfight Johnny thinks he killed his friend Dick. Now refusing to wear a gun he crosses the border. But it is not long before he runs into Mendez and more trouble.
Western
USA
1940
52 Minutes
Windy
Bob Steele Terry Walker Al St. John Carleton Young Charles King John Merton Frank LaRue Charles Whitaker
billy the kid friend brother outlaw thief sheriff spirited brash intense town sheriff's office stagecoach wild west saloon robbery law and order brotherhood on the run crime old west
Arriving in a lawless Texas town, Billy finds his old friend Fuzzy. When Billy stands up to Flash and his gang, he is made Sheriff. He and Fuzzy then set out to retrieve the money stolen by... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Henchman Pecos
Ken Maynard Ruth Hiatt Frank Rice Philo McCullough Buddy Hunter Richard Alexander Frank Ellis Charles Whitaker Jack Rockwell Lew Meehan Bud Osborne
The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a traveling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig McCoy is a pilot who goes looking for the Eagle when Gregory turns up missing.
Western
USA
1934
58 Minutes
Mine Owner Tom
Reb Russell Fred Kohler Ann Darcy George "Gabby" Hayes Jack Rockwell Charles French Murdock MacQuarrie Charles Whitaker
parolee mayor fugitive murderer banker girlfriend thrilling suspenseful confident american west mine jail small town extortion frame-up mining kidnapping wrongful conviction false identity love
A cowboy recently released from prison is determined to go straight, but he winds up in a tough western town where he finds trouble everywhere.
Western
USA
1932
57 Minutes
Henchman Slim
John Wayne Sheila Terry Erville Alderson Harry Woods Otto Hoffman Martha Mattox Edgar Washington Charles Whitaker Jim Corey
cowboy cowgirl ghost outlaw miner father suspenseful melodramatic creative wild west small town mine family home mining storm gold frame-up abduction inheritance underdog
John and Janet get a weird letter telling them to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom.
Western
USA
1933
61 Minutes
Henchman Hank
Ken Maynard Dorothy Dix Frank Coghlan Jr. Charles Stevens Alan Bridge Harry Semels James Mason Charles Whitaker Kermit Maynard Hooper Atchley
rancher father brother outlaw sheriff cowboy engaging spirited tense cattle ranch sheriff's office house frontier wild west cattle rustling frame-up old west justice law and order crime
Skinner and his gang are grabbing land from the ranchers. When they go after Kerry's ranch Ken stops them. Skinner frames Ken for rustling but the Sheriff is on Ken's side, and with the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
65 Minutes
Ranch Hand Keno
Tom Keene Helen Foster Marie Quillan Robert Frazer Richard Carlyle Fred Burns Harry Bowen Charles Quigley Charles Whitaker Benny Corbett Al Taylor
Having proved he can ride a bucking bronco with the best of them, young drifter Montana is hired on at Dan Hearn's rodeo ranch. Montana is in for a rougher ride than he figured on when both... See full summary »
Western
USA
1931
60 Minutes
Bill Toller
Tom Keene Barbara Kent Frank Rice Mitchell Harris Frederick Burton Billy Franey William Welsh Fred Burns Charles Whitaker
Randolph Carter is after Macey's freight franchise. He has his gang raid all of Macey's wagon trains so supplies will not reach town. In his latest raid Macey is killed. His son Steve ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
56 Minutes
Henchman Buck
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt William Farnum Roy Mason Rex Lease Grace Lenard Claire Whitney Charles Whitaker Michael Vallon Merrill McCormick
A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible.
Adventure, Western
USA
1933
56 Minutes
Jake Morgan
John Wayne Ruth Hall Luis Alberni Donald Reed Nena Quartero Francis Ford Lafe McKee Lillian Leighton Charles Whitaker
army officer rancher con artist heiress baron mariachi thrilling melodramatic patriotic monterey, calif. frontier small town countryside ranch california land dispute scam courtship real estate politics
A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.
Western
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Henchman Frank
Tim McCoy Claudia Dell Walter Miller Wheeler Oakman Jimmy Burtis Dick Curtis Lloyd Ingram Jack Casey Charles Whitaker Artie Ortego Art Dillard
A professor invents a radium tube that makes internal combustion engines stop running. He and his invention are captured by a gang of robbers. A federal agent is sent to rescue him.
Western
USA
1933
55 Minutes
Henchman Dick
John Wayne Lane Chandler Nancy Shubert Yakima Canutt Wally Wales Art Mix Bob Burns Henry Hall Hank Bell Charles Whitaker Hal Price
cowboy outlaw sheriff deputy love interest shopkeeper rousing wild engaging tense maryland jail hideout general store lake wrongfully accused outlaws murder fugitives robbery
The Duke is wrongly convicted for a killing, but he escapes from prison and heads out west to find the real killer.
Western
USA
1946
56 Minutes
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Patti McCarty Charles King Carl Hackett Jack O'Shea John L. Cason Bud Osborne Budd Buster Roy Brent Charles Whitaker
cowboy bandit prospector cowgirl outlaw friend melodramatic rousing thrilling california prairie ranch wild west old west schemes robbery land claim gold prospecting adventure
A gang of swindlers led by Nord Finner (Charles King) take advantage of simple-minded Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) by "advising" him through a "mysterious voice" which he believes is that of a... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Tex Ritter Joan Woodbury Monte Blue Fuzzy Knight Ted Adams Warner Richmond Martin Garralaga William Desmond Glenn Strange Budd Buster Charles Whitaker
Tex 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.
Western, Action
USA
1940
65 Minutes
Dick Foran Ray Taylor Anne Nagel James Craig Tom Fadden Harry Woods Charles Stevens Edward Keane Trevor Bardette Chuck Morrison Edgar Edwards
One of the writers of this serial, George H. Plympton, dusted the story off and re-sold it to Sam Katzman for a Columbia 1951 serial called "Roar of the Iron Horse". "Winners of the West" ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Tom Tyler Lucile Browne Jimmy Fox Ed Cassidy Lon Chaney Carmen LaRoux Theodore Lorch Wilbur McCauley Merrill McCormick Bud Pope Francis Walker
A lawman poses as an outlaw, steals $10,000 from a cattle thief, then promises to return the money if he can join the gang--while finding a way to expose them.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Ray Corrigan John "Dusty" King Max Terhune Lita Conway Jack Mulhall Willie Fung John Elliott George Chesebro Jack Holmes Steve Clark Al Ferguson
An old man and his Chinese servant are in danager of becoming victims of the ruthless killer, "The Raven."
Western
USA
1938
67 Minutes
Smiley Burnette Carol Hughes Guy Usher Tom Chatterton Kenneth Harlan Stephen Chase Brandon Beach Earle Dwire Jean Fowler Dora Clement Dick Elliott
Roy is elected to Congress to bring the misery of the "dustbowl" of the 1930s to the attention of Washington politicians.
Western
USA
1936
60 Minutes
Johnny Mack Brown Lois January Stephen Chase Phyllis Hume Jack Rockwell Horace Murphy Frank Ball George Ball Lloyd Ingram Forrest Taylor George Morrell
Doran and the Sheriff have a scheme to bring in an outlaw gang. Doran is sent to prison so he and the gang leader Mitchell can break out. This gets him into the gang but he is in trouble when it's revealed he is working with the Sheriff.
Western
USA
1934
60 Minutes
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
1940
59 Minutes
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Jacqueline Wells John Miljan Sally Payne Archie Twitchell Monte Blue Hal Taliaferro Ethel Wales Jack Ingram Monte Montague
The frontier hero (Roy Rogers) sings and saves Civil War gold with his sidekick (George "Gabby" Hayes).
Western
USA
1932
61 Minutes
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.