List of the best Frank McGrath movies: The Shakiest Gun in the West(1968), The Reluctant Astronaut(1967), Riders of the Purple Sage(1941), Ride, Vaquero(1953), The Red Badge of Courage(1951), Gunfight in Abilene(1967) ... ...
Comedy, Western
USA
1968
101 Minutes
Mr. Remington
Don Knotts Barbara Rhoades Jackie Coogan Don "Red" Barry Ruth McDevitt Frank McGrath Terry Wilson Carl Ballantine Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Robert Yuro Herb Voland
dentist bandit smuggler indian amusing lighthearted wild philadelphia american west mistaken identity native americans unlikely allies courage frontier life transformation love pursuit 1870s
A pardoned stagecoach robber, becomes government agent and marries a naive unsuspecting east-coast dentist in order to join a wagon train and catch the smugglers who have been selling guns to the Indians.
Comedy
USA
1967
101 Minutes
Plank
Don Knotts Leslie Nielsen Joan Freeman Arthur O'Connell Jesse White Jeanette Nolan Frank McGrath
neurotic father mother astronaut sweetheart aunt lighthearted positive amusing madcap nasa facility small town fair house spaceship space race misunderstanding lie father/son relationship phobias
A NASA janitor is sent into space.
Western
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Pete
George Montgomery Mary Howard Robert Barrat Lynne Roberts Kane Richmond Patsy Patterson Richard Lane Oscar O'Shea James Gillette Frank McGrath Roy Mason
Lassiter discovers the judge (Barrat) who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of badguys posing as vigilantes.
Western
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Robert Taylor Ava Gardner Howard Keel Anthony Quinn Kurt Kaszner Ted de Corsia Charlita Jack Elam Walter Baldwin Joe Dominguez Frank McGrath
bandit adoptive brother husband wife rancher fascinating melodramatic intense texas ranch sibling rivalry love triangle confrontation old west husband/wife relationship gunfight discovery love rescue 1860s
Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.
War
1951
69 Minutes
Audie Murphy Bill Mauldin John Dierkes Douglas Dick Royal Dano Arthur Hunnicutt Andy Devine Robert Easton Smith Ballew Glenn Strange Dan White
soldier friend military officer enemy general intense gritty patriotic battlefield woods camp united nations american civil war fear courage honor horrors of war redemption sacrifice transformation
Based on Stephen Crane's novel of a young Union soldier panicked upon exposure to his first Civil War battle.
Western
1967
86 Minutes
Bobby Darin Emily Banks Leslie Nielsen Donnelly Rhodes Don Galloway Michael Sarrazin Barbara Werle Bill Phipps William Mims Robert Sorrells Don Dubbins
sheriff confederate soldier rancher farmer brooding engaging wild west town civil war post-war life debt transformation rivalry adventure 1860s
Gun shy after killing a friend, a former Confederate officer (Bobby Darin) reluctantly becomes sheriff.