List of the best Chill Wills movies: Kentucky Rifle(1956), High Lonesome(1950), The Steagle(1971), Gun Glory(1957), Loaded Pistols(1949), The Sundowners(1950), From Hell to Texas(1958), Francis Joins the WACS(1954), Trouble in Sundown(1939), Barbary Coast Gent(1944), The Deadly Companions(1962), Fireball 500(1966) ... ...
Western
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Tobias Taylor
Chill Wills Lance Fuller Cathy Downs Jess Barker Jeanne Cagney Sterling Holloway Henry Hull John Alvin Rory Mallinson John Pickard George Keymas
wagon master passenger american indian pioneer repairman negotiator tense emotional engaging wagon wagon train wilderness frontier guns greed travel race relations ultimatum stranded rivalry
While the wagon train forges ahead, a few people stay behind to repair a disabled rifle-filled wagon but they have to contend with one another's ego and with aggressive Comanches who demand the rifles as payment for safe passage.
Western
USA
1950
80 Minutes
John Barrymore Jr. Chill Wills John Archer Basil Ruysdael Jack Elam Dave Kashner
stranger foreman rancher cowboy rival murder suspect suspenseful intricate striking cattle ranch texas wild west trading post investigation family feud land dispute murder wrongfully accused vengeance revenge
When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in Texas Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.
Comedy
USA
1971
90 Minutes
In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.
Western
USA
1957
89 Minutes
reacher
Stewart Granger Rhonda Fleming Chill Wills Steve Rowland James Gregory Jacques Aubuchon Arch Johnson William Fawcett Carl Pitti Lane Bradford Rayford Barnes
cowboy cattleman preacher father son grocer bleak confident tense wild west ranch small town saloon cattle drives father/son relationship defending the helpless frontier justice homecoming homesteading fall
A gunfighter defends his town when cattlemen threaten to destroy it by stampeding cattle through the farmlands.
Western
1949
79 Minutes
Sheriff Cramer
Gene Autry Barbara Britton Chill Wills Jack Holt Russell Arms Robert Shayne Vince Barnett Leon Weaver Fred Kohler Jr. Stanley Blystone
gene autry friend sister ranch owner prospector villain gripping melodramatic rousing ranch casino small town stagecoach party hideout murder protection wrongfully accused fugitives land grab
A singing cowboy protects a young man wrongly accused of murder while he searches for the real perpetrator.
Western
1950
83 Minutes
Sam Beers
Robert Preston Robert Sterling Chill Wills Cathy Downs John Barrymore Jr. Jack Elam Don Haggerty Clem Fuller
outlaw cattle rancher younger brother brother witness intricate thrilling gritty tense texas cattle ranch cattle rustling family kidnapping murder theft mystery rivalry revenge 19th century
Texas brothers (Robert Preston, Robert Sterling) feud over land and cattle, with a younger brother between them.
Western
USA
1958
100 Minutes
Amos Bradley
Don Murray Diane Varsi Dennis Hopper Chill Wills R. G. Armstrong Jay C. Flippen
When ranch hand Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher, he panics and flees, but the rancher and his vengeful crew hunt Tod down.
Comedy
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Gen. Benjamin Kaye, Francis the Talking Mule
Donald O'Connor Julie Adams Mamie Van Doren Chill Wills Lynn Bari ZaSu Pitts Joan Shawlee Allison Hayes Mara Corday Karen Kadler Elsie Holmes
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
Western
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Whopper
George O'Brien Rosalind Keith Ray Whitley Chill Wills Ward Bond Cyrus W. Kendall Howard C. Hickman Monte Montague John Dilson Otto Yamoaka
The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint gets John out of town but before the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Sheriff Hightower
Wallace Beery Binnie Barnes John Carradine Chill Wills Frances Rafferty Bruce Kellogg Henry O'Neill Ray Collins
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.
Western
USA
1962
90 Minutes
Turk
Maureen O'Hara Brian Keith Steve Cochran Chill Wills Strother Martin Will Wright Jim O'Hara
outlaw veteran bank robber saloon girl son gunslinger dark thrilling arizona ghost town wild west desert bank bank robbery accidental killing guilt promises death of child burial rise
An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Action
USA
1966
92 Minutes
Big Jaw Harris
Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Fabian Chill Wills Harvey Lembeck Julie Parrish Douglas Henderson Baynes Barron Sandy Reed
race car driver friend pretty woman criminal amusing lighthearted south carolina racetrack highway cars racing friendship competition smuggling moonshine rivalry adventure 1960s
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race. He is assisted by Jane Harris and Sonny Leander Fox. Soon Dave and ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Drama
1946
128 Minutes
Buck Forrester
Gregory Peck Jane Wyman Claude Jarman Jr. Chill Wills Margaret Wycherly Henry Travers Jeff York Forrest Tucker June Lockhart
son father mother fawn emotional endearing sad florida farm household family friendship childhood grief animals growing up love discovery 1870s
A pet deer changes a boy (Claude Jarman Jr.) and his parents (Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman), pioneering farmers in Florida after the Civil War.
Action
1956
93 Minutes
Captain "Sidewheel" Jones
Alan Ladd Rossana Podestà Lloyd Nolan Chill Wills L.Q. Jones Frank de Kova Paul Fix George J. Lewis Royal Dano Don Blackman Francisco Ruiz
Rival gunrunners (Alan Ladd, Lloyd Nolan) run a Spanish blockade with a Cuban rebel (Rossana Podesta) taking arms to her people.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Gig Young Mala Powers William Talman Edward Arnold Chill Wills Marie Windsor
police officer stripper wife attorney bleak brooding emotional tense uneasy chicago indiana illinois strip club united states police work smuggling corruption romantic dilemma adventure love
Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.
Western
USA
1961
88 Minutes
Doc Wilson Gates
Clint Walker Roger Moore Letícia Román Robert Middleton Chill Wills Gene Evans Roberto Contreras Jack C. Williams Arthur Stewart
fur trapper partner doctor bandit rancher friend suspenseful engaging colorado desert river cave ranch gold greed betrayal torture murder theft escape
In Seven Saints, Utah, McCracken's outlaw gang is vying for fur trappers Jim Rainbolt and Shaun Garrett's gold nugget fortune that also catches the eye of Mexican bandit Gondora and his caballeros.
Comedy, Western
USA
1970
73 Minutes
George Agnew
Walter Brennan Fred Astaire Edgar Buchanan Andy Devine Chill Wills Paul Richards Lana Wood Parley Baer Walter Burke Lillian Bronson
texas ranger marshal drunk outlaw friend retiree amusing lighthearted waco, texas wild west saloon friendship outlaws law and order cowboys old age old west rivalry rise rescue
Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and leaving Las Vegas, Nevada. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.
Western
1942
61 Minutes
Henry Hawkins
James Craig Adele Pearce Dean Jagger Edward Ellis Chill Wills Donald Meek Howard da Silva Harry Morgan Morris Ankrum Kermit Maynard
native american cowboy fiancée wild suspenseful engaging wild west omaha railroad tracks railroad cowboys romance adventure quest 1940s
A drifter (James Craig) leads a railroad expedition through Indians and a bad guy's (Dean Jagger) gang.
Drama
USA
1956
201 Minutes
Uncle Bawley Benedict
Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson James Dean Carroll Baker Jane Withers Chill Wills Mercedes McCambridge Dennis Hopper Sal Mineo Rod Taylor Earl Holliman
rancher wife wealthy man emotional passionate texas ranch competition family wealth oil business class distinctions rivalry forbidden love rise fall 1950s
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Romance, Western, Drama
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Doris Davenport Fred Stone Forrest Tucker Chill Wills Dana Andrews Tom Tyler Lilian Bond
judge drifter homesteader actress offbeat melodramatic gutsy amusing bar ranch theater texas frontier justice theft showdown revenge 1880s
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Mr. York
Anne Baxter John Hodiak Charles Winninger Anne Revere Connie Marshall Chill Wills Robert Bailey Bobby Driscoll Jane Darwell Billy Cummings
sister brother grandfather soldier suitor orphan airy patriotic charming florida small town house market life during wartime war effort love family patriotism world war ii love
A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the soldier they've invited to Sunday dinner. They don't realize that their request to invite ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Ike Adams
Brian Donlevy Rod Cameron Ella Raines Forrest Tucker Barbara Britton Chill Wills J. Carrol Naish Jim Davis Taylor Holmes James Bell Paul Fix
Disputes over a dead man's property escalate into a bloody range war.
Comedy
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Sam the Judge
Norma Shearer Robert Taylor George Sanders Frank McHugh Elizabeth Patterson Chill Wills
wealthy woman songwriter ex-boyfriend partner maid judge charming madcap tender palm beach, fla. casino house bedroom courtroom love triangle servitude gambling unrequited love change of heart deception
A wealthy woman, trying to discourage a former boyfriend from pursuing her, hires a young songwriter who needs money to pay off his gambling debts to pretend to be her boyfriend. The ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Steve Riika
Sterling Hayden Vera Ralston David Brian Adolphe Menjou Hoagy Carmichael Chill Wills
logger cabaret performer rival family brooding confident fiery melodramatic spirited montana united states logging business rivalry love family honor rivalry love 1890s
In the late 1800s Montana, two competing logging operators clash over ownership of a logging railroad, land and timber clear-cutting rights.
Western
1942
66 Minutes
"Pike" Skelton
Lloyd Nolan Donna Reed William Lundigan Ann Ayars Connie Gilchrist Chill Wills Miles Mander Gloria Holden Ray Teal Grant Withers Fuzzy Knight
manager brother outlaw widow artist love interest tense gripping apache lands stagecoach outpost plains office love triangle sibling rivalry native americans journey robbery frontier life adventure
Two brothers (Lloyd Nolan, William Lundigan) weather an Indian uprising over the theft of a peace pipe.
Western
1941
94 Minutes
Homer Kettle
Robert Young Randolph Scott Dean Jagger Virginia Gilmore John Carradine Chill Wills Barton MacLane Victor Kilian
brother engineer bank robber scout native american tense thrilling dark raw wild west indian territory camp great plains construction robbery loyalty betrayal criminal past western union telegraph rise
An outlaw (Randolph Scott) joins an engineer's (Dean Jagger) crew stringing telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City.
Western
USA
1950
105 Minutes
Dr. Wilkins (regimental surgeon)
John Wayne Maureen O'Hara Ben Johnson Harry Carey Jr. Victor McLaglen Claude Jarman Jr. Chill Wills J. Carrol Naish
military officer soldier son wife indian emotional thrilling texas military base river family redemption father/son relationship marriage transformation growing up love 1860s
A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
Adventure
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Harmony Jones
Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill Chill Wills Marion Martin Minna Gombell Joe Yule Horace Murphy
partner sheriff oil baron love interest engaging emotional texas south america revolution oil business law romance wealth rivalry rise transformation love 1930s
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
Western
USA
1941
105 Minutes
The Sniper
Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Van Dekker Chill Wills Veda Ann Borg
swindler judge daughter old flame housekeeper partner engaging playful emotional train nevada saloon boardinghouse small town ambition romance father/daughter relationship friendship duplicity drinking
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Adventure
USA
1939
81 Minutes
John M'Cammon
John Wayne Claire Trevor George Sanders Brian Donlevy Robert Barrat Moroni Olsen Chill Wills Wilfrid Lawson John Hamilton Eddie Quillan Ian Wolfe
soldier professor trader captain love interest general patriotic rousing charming fiery pennsylvania small town trading post philadelphia jail treason battle native americans abuse of power false accusations
In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
93 Minutes
"Happy"
Jane Powell Farley Granger Ann Miller S.Z. Sakall Robert Keith Bobby Van Chill Wills Billie Burke Fay Wray Dean Miller William Campbell
A judge's daughter keeps an eye on a playboy who gets 30 days in jail for speeding.
Western
USA|Mexico
1973
122 Minutes
Lemuel
James Coburn Kris Kristofferson Bob Dylan Jason Robards Richard Jaeckel Katy Jurado Slim Pickens Chill Wills John Beck Rita Coolidge R. G. Armstrong
pat garrett outlaw deputy governor cattleman partner gritty suspenseful wild thrilling new mexico territory fort sumner wild west old west billy the kid lawlessness betrayal unusual friendship pursuit rivalry
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
101 Minutes
H.H. Hartsey
Judy Garland John Hodiak Ray Bolger Preston Foster Virginia O'Brien Angela Lansbury Marjorie Main Chill Wills Kenny Baker Selena Royle Cyd Charisse
waitress restaurant manager saloon girl saloon owner cowboy uplifting charming playful new mexico saloon restaurant wild west love letters deception romance restaurant business train travel rivalry love 1880s
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Drama
USA
1970
101 Minutes
Mr. Ike
Lee J. Cobb Anthony Zerbe Roscoe Lee Browne Lola Falana Lee Majors Barbara Hershey Yaphet Kotto Chill Wills
A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1948
88 Minutes
Captain Chatham
Robert Montgomery Susan Hayward John Payne Audrey Totter Harry Morgan Harry von Zell Cara Williams Chill Wills Heather Angel
writer wife theatrical producer singer ex-wife intense uneasy brash new york city hospital apartment nightclub beach hollywood, calif. show business egoism writing marriage singing drinking
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
Western
USA
1941
70 Minutes
"Red" Giddings
Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Ronald Reagan Henry Travers Chris-Pin Martin Tom Conway Chill Wills Nydia Westman Charles Stevens
rancher uncle bandit banker old flame husband positive frenetic striking mexico ranch old west theft oil foreclosure redemption kidnapping transformation love 19th century
Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy until he meets her husband, Morgan. Saying ... See full summary »
War
1942
109 Minutes
Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks
Robert Taylor Charles Laughton Brian Donlevy Walter Brennan Marilyn Maxwell Henry O'Neill Marta Linden Chill Wills Douglas Dumbrille Richard Quine William Tannen
naval officer playboy veteran lieutenant commander rear admiral rousing gripping witty patriotic battleship pacific ocean world war ii duty class distinctions teamwork patriotism naval warfare rivalry adventure sacrifice
An Ivy League reservist (Robert Taylor) and a bootstrap veteran (Brian Donlevy) save the convoy of an admiral (Charles Laughton) during World War II.
War, Western, Drama, History
USA
1960
192 Minutes
Beekeeper
John Wayne Richard Widmark Laurence Harvey Richard Boone Carlos Arruza Frankie Avalon Patrick Wayne Linda Cristal Chill Wills Ken Curtis Hank Worden
davy crockett william b. travis jim bowie texican general soldier spirited gripping patriotic gutsy alamo san antonio, tex. battle of the alamo war freedom bravery revolution siege adventure fall
In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Comedy
USA
1960
99 Minutes
Police Captain
Dolores Hart George Hamilton Yvette Mimieux Jim Hutton Barbara Nichols Paula Prentiss Connie Francis Frank Gorshin Chill Wills
college student young woman friend love interest emotional spirited fort lauderdale, fla. beach motel spring break coming of age sex romance friendship growing up love transformation 1960s
Four very different college girls drive to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break and seek out various adventures and romance for themselves.
Western
USA
1938
59 Minutes
Deputy Speedy McGow
George O'Brien Kay Sutton Walter Miller Fred Kohler Fred Kohler Jr. George MacQuarrie Lew Kelly Earle Hodgins Chill Wills Dot Farley Dick Hunter
On parole (he was framed of course), Larry Rhodes can't carry a gun. And his sweetheart is in danger of a forced marriage...
Comedy
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Fred
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Rita Johnson Gigi Perreau Jimmy Hunt Peter Miles Lillian Bronson Hattie McDaniel Chill Wills Catherine Doucet Paul Harvey
A bachelor marries a widow and her three kids join the honeymoon.
Comedy
USA
1940
77 Minutes
Shiftless
Marjorie Rambeau Alan Hale Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman Clarence Kolb Charles Halton Paul Hurst Victor Kilian Chill Wills Harry Shannon John Hamilton
Now-widowed Tugboat Annie, tugboat queen of the Northwest, struggles to save her job against the competition of rival Captain Bullwinkle.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Leick Thome
Gene Tierney Cornel Wilde Jeanne Crain Vincent Price Mary Philips Ray Collins Darryl Hickman Gene Lockhart Reed Hadley Chill Wills Paul Everton
writer femme fatale fiancé brother melodramatic passionate united states household jealousy obsessive love romance murder love triangle love fall 1940s
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married. But her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both, and everyone else around them.
Drama
USA
1947
91 Minutes
Lars (uncredited)
Van Johnson June Allyson Thomas Mitchell Marilyn Maxwell Henry Hull Claude Jarman Jr. Cameron Mitchell Geraldine Wall Barbara Brown Chill Wills Paul Harvey
Van Johnson is a navy pilot in WWII, who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors of the mission and are lost at sea. As they ... See full summary »
Drama
1943
67 Minutes
Charles Craig
Frank Morgan Richard Carlson Jean Rogers Porter Hall Robert Barrat Donald MacBride Walter Baldwin Andrew Tombes Olin Howland Chill Wills Irving Bacon
A Supreme Court justice on a duck-hunting foray becomes involved in serious trouble with the citizens in a small town.
Western
USA
1936
54 Minutes
William Boyd Jimmy Ellison Muriel Evans George "Gabby" Hayes Chester Conklin Alan Bridge Hank Mann Willie Fung Howard H. Lang John Merton Chill Wills
Hoppy has to bust up a gang of outlaws with the help of his sidekicks Shanghai and Johnny. As usual, he walks through the fusillade unscathed.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Lucille Ball William Gaxton Virginia Weidler Tommy Dix Nancy Walker Gloria DeHaven Kenny Bowers June Allyson Jack Jordan Beverly Tyler Chill Wills
lucille ball cadet girlfriend agent amusing madcap lighthearted military academy school dance fame school social event music song and dance growing up discovery 1940s
Lucille Ball accepts a cadet's invitation to a military academy's senior prom in order to boost her career.
Comedy, Western
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy James Finlayson Sharon Lynne Stanley Fields James Mason James C. Morton Frank Mills Dave Pepper Vivien Oakland Harry Bernard
saloon owner prospector young girl hapless men playful cheeky amusing frenetic wild west saloon countryside gold rush small town friendship deception adventure 19th century
Stanley and Ollie are enlisted to deliver the deed to a goldmine in a small village, only for it to be stolen.