List of the best Glenn Strange movies: Haunted Ranch(1943), Master Minds(1949), The Contender(1944), Fugitive Valley(1941), The Mad Monster(1942), Hard Hombre(1931), Billy the Kid Trapped(1942), Lone Rider and the Bandit(1942), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein(1948), Beauty and the Bandit(1946), Forbidden Trails(1941), Bandit Ranger(1942) ... ...
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Rance Austin
John "Dusty" King Julie Duncan Glenn Strange Max Terhune Fred S. Toones Charles King David Sharpe Rex Lease Budd Buster Bud Osborne Tex Palmer
Both the Range Busters and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1949
64 Minutes
Atlas the Monster
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Glenn Strange Alan Napier Jane Adams William Yetter
hoodlum mad scientist henchman monster storekeeper friend lighthearted madcap new york city laboratory candy store sideshow bowery psychic phenomena kidnapping experiments monsters rescue quest 1940s
When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future. Slip tries to make some money off of Sach by using him as a fortune teller in a carnival, until... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
63 Minutes
Biff
Buster Crabbe Arline Judge Julie Gibson Glenn Strange Milton Kibbee Roland Drew Sam Flint Duke York George Turner
Widower Gary Farrell can't afford, on his $45-weekly salary as a truck driver, to send his young son, Mickey, to a high-priced military school and decides to enter heavyweight-boxing ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Gray
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 »
Horror
1942
77 Minutes
Petro
Johnny Downs George Zucco Anne Nagel Sarah Padden Glenn Strange Gordon De Main
A reporter's (Johnny Downs) girlfriend's (Anne Nagel) father (George Zucco) injects a farmhand with wolf blood.
Western
1931
65 Minutes
Cattleman in Plaid Shirt
Hoot Gibson Lina Basquette Mathilde Comont Jessie Arnold Glenn Strange Bob Burns G. Raymond Nye John Byron Skeeter Bill Robbins Rosa Gore Tiny Sandford
impostor outlaw rancher widow mother sheriff rousing spirited engaging wild west ranch mistaken identity ranching pacifism theft law and order cattle rustling discovery underdog transformation
A supposedly tough cowpoke comes racing to his mother's side when crooks threaten to steal her property.
Western
1942
59 Minutes
Boss Stanton
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Bud McTaggart Anne Jeffreys Glenn Strange Walter McGrail Ted Adams Jack Ingram Milton Kibbee Eddie Phillips Budd Buster
billy the kid sidekick impostor friend sheriff gang member rousing thrilling engaging new mexico gallows town wilderness saloon robbery frame-up murder unlikely allies outlaws political corruption
Crooks with an ulterior motive save Billy (Buster Crabbe) and his partners (Al St. John, Bud McTaggart) from hanging.
Western
1942
54 Minutes
Luke Miller
George Houston Al St. John Denny Meadows Vicki Lester Glenn Strange Jack Ingram Milton Kibbee Carl Sepulveda
Tom disguises himself as a musician to find out who is terrorizing miners into selling their claims at a low price.
Comedy
USA
1948
83 Minutes
The Frankenstein Monster
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Bela Lugosi Lenore Aubert Jane Randolph Glenn Strange Frank Ferguson Lon Chaney Charles Bradstreet Howard Negley
director railway inspector clerk insurance investigator passenger campy madcap haunted house florida dangerous job monsters friendship weird science discovery adventure escape 1940s
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Western
USA
1946
77 Minutes
Sailor Bill
Gilbert Roland Martin Garralaga Ramsay Ames Frank Yaconelli Vida Aldana Glenn Strange
In Old California, a young Frenchman transporting a chest full of silver travels by stagecoach to San Marino, to complete a complex business deal. The stagecoach is ambushed by a band of ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
55 Minutes
Buck Jones Tim McCoy Raymond Hatton Tristram Coffin Charles King Glenn Strange Lynton Brent Hal Price Dave O'Brien Christine McIntyre Richard Alexander
marshal convict partner friend fiancée saloon owner gritty rousing texas city barn saloon wagon attempted murder fire duplicity ambush swindling wedding revenge
When two outlaws are released from prison, they travel to Arizona to "take care of" the newly retired Marshal that put them behind bars.
Western
USA
1942
64 Minutes
Frank Curtis
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, Action
USA
1942
58 Minutes
Henchman Bill
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Nell O'Day Anne Nagel Herbert Rawlinson Glenn Strange Ernie S. Adams Henry Hall Lloyd Ingram Frank Brownlee
Saved from a lynching party by a pair of young women, an itinerant cowpuncher signs on as a stagecoach guard to protect a shipment of gold.
Western
USA
1939
55 Minutes
Jeff Masters
Addison Randall Frank Yaconelli Joyce Bryant Hal Price Denny Meadows Glenn Strange Bob Card Bud Osborne Dean Spencer Wylie Grant
Two brothers separated when young meet as adults, one good and one bad.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Marshal Scott
Tom Keene Frank Yaconelli Sugar Dawn Betty Miles Buck Coburn Glenn Strange Charles King Fred Moose Stanley Price James Sheridan Reed Howes
marshal rancher sidekick young woman gang leader outlaw rousing spirited tense gutsy texas small town hideout mexican-american border attempted murder outlaws undercover operations double-cross dangerous mission intimidation
Outlaws are running wild in a border town. A marshal is sent in to clean it up.
Western
1945
57 Minutes
Bart Drummond
Rod Cameron Eddie Dew Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt Ray Whitley Glenn Strange Edmund Cobb Iris Clive Richard Alexander John James
Western, Action
1942
55 Minutes
Sheriff
Buck Jones Tim McCoy Raymond Hatton Luana Walters Dave O'Brien Glenn Strange Lois Austin Harry Woods Tom London
Three U.S. Marshals (Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton) work under cover to foil a gang of racketeers.
Western
1942
63 Minutes
Deputy Louie Meade
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Lynne Carver Frank M. Thomas Beryl Wallace Glenn Strange Douglas Fowley Fred Burns Roy Barcroft Henry Wills Forrest Taylor
Roy's resemblance to an outlaw allows him to infiltrate a criminal gang before his look-alike comes to town.
Western
USA
1939
56 Minutes
Bob Causer
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey Harry Woods Tully Marshall Alan Bridge Glenn Strange Dorothy Granger Edmund Cobb
gene autry sidekick rancher smuggler henchman marshal spirited rousing positive frontier montana canadian border cattle ranch range fur trade cattle ranchers justice undercover operations smuggling murder
Autry follows a clue written on a rock by a dead man to get to a smuggling operation near the Canadian border.
Western
USA
1939
51 Minutes
Sheriff Dawson
Addison Randall Vince Barnett Jean Joyce Tristram Coffin George Cleveland Denny Meadows Glenn Strange Maxine Leslie Iron Eyes Cody
Overland mail riders Jack Mason and his pal, Porchy, learn that an Indian uprising is imminent because one of the tribe has been murdered by a gang of outlaws. The primary town of the mail ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1943
54 Minutes
Corbin
Ray Corrigan Denny Meadows Max Terhune Evelyn Finley Steve Clark John Merton Glenn Strange Carl Sepulveda George Chesebro Hank Worden Frank Ellis
cattleman cattle rustler cowboy rancher gang leader gang member patriotic thrilling suspenseful intricate ranch jail barn american west town murder cattle rustling black market undercover operations frame-up
In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are called on to fight cattle rustlers. This time they're up against a gang that strikes fast by hauling the beef away in trucks.
Western
USA
1943
54 Minutes
Jack Hammond
Ray Corrigan Denny Meadows Max Terhune Julie Duncan Budd Buster Rose Plumer Forrest Taylor Glenn Strange
rancher mother lawman cattleman thug henchman engaging tense range ranch house inn saloon old west outlaws family vigilantism land claim cattle rustling gunfight
Hammond is after the Craig ranch and has framed Charlie Craig for murder. Mother Craig brings in the Range Busters. They capture one of Hammond's men and Alibi plans to trick him into a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Matt
Tex Ritter Fuzzy Knight Denny Meadows Janet Shaw Jack Ingram Erville Alderson Joseph J. Greene Glenn Strange Dan White Art Fowler
cowboy man friend father family patriarch engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping arizona farm cowboys self-defense fight for justice fighting ranching family discovery adventure quest
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
62 Minutes
Andy
George Zucco Wanda McKay Noel Madison Robert Randall Byron Foulger Charles Middleton Robert Middlemass Glenn Strange I. Stanford Jolley
innkeeper father gangster sheriff bank teller lover dark creepy suspenseful hotel lobby road murder heist stranded strange happenings secret past deception mystery escape
A group of strangers are brought together in an old, dark house and must contend with two murders and $50,000 in stolen money.
Western
USA
1941
57 Minutes
Roy Jessup
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Nell O'Day Kathryn Adams Herbert Rawlinson Dick Curtis Robert Strange Glenn Strange Carl Sepulveda Chuck Morrison Buck Moulton
Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him an advantage. A big hauling contract is coming up that requires a large deposit. ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Henchman Pete
Tex Ritter Eleanor Stewart Ethelind Terry Syd Saylor William Faversham Forrest Taylor Snub Pollard Glenn Strange Horace Murphy Earle Dwire Budd Buster
Tex and sidekick Grass join McGill's traveling show. When Price has McGill's wagons burned, Tex becomes the county tax collector to earn money. This leads to trouble as one of those owing money is Price who says he will not pay.
Western
USA
1943
55 Minutes
Henchman Todd Slade
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Iris Meredith I. Stanford Jolley Ted Adams Charles King James Mason Edward Piel Sr. Glenn Strange Carl Hackett
billy the kid friend banker gunman outlaw suspenseful spirited confident texas jail new mexico saloon frame-up wrongful conviction cattle rustling land grab justice reputation quest revenge
Billy breaks jail in Texas and travels to Sundown at the request of his friend Fuzzy. There he runs into Mort Slade who is after a mortgage held by banker Ainsley. Slade's men rob the bank ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1953
77 Minutes
Tom Roper
Chuck Courtney Donald Woods Bobbie Anderson Boyd Davis Leif Erickson Milton Kibbee Fred Kohler Jr. Dolores Prest Glenn Strange Lucille Thompson Dan White
When a young man agrees to race a wonderful quarter horse, a crooked, wife abusing, gambler has plans to sabotage the contest.
Western
USA
1937
54 Minutes
"Bandy" Malarkey
Dick Foran Linda Perry Wayne Morris Irene Franklin Joe King Gordon Hart Cyrus W. Kendall Frank Orth Glenn Strange Harry Woods Milton Kibbee
Wild and woolly Chip Douglas becomes a lawman after his father is killed in New Mexico territory and helps avoid a range war.
Western
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Gen. Stan Watie
Jeff Chandler Faith Domergue Lyle Bettger Stacy Harris Peter Whitney Walter Sande Stephen Chase John War Eagle Glenn Strange Charles Arnt Julia Montoya
horse trader surgeon native american love interest sergeant thief striking powerful patriotic engaging gutsy melodramatic wyoming american civil war native americans american history racial issues confederate army sioux rivalry
During the Civil War, Southern agitators and a crooked horse dealer endanger the peace between the Union and the Wyoming Sioux.
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Norton
John Wayne Muriel Evans Murdock McQuarrie Allan Cavan Mary MacLaren Warner Richmond Alan Bridge Sam Flint Glenn Strange Earle Dwire Frank Ball
In 1889, pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self-appointed rule of gambler Ace ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Henchman Blackie
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
USA
1939
72 Minutes
Henchman Slim
William Boyd Russell Hayden Steffi Duna Sidney Toler Sidney Blackmer Pedro de Cordoba William Duncan Anna Demetrio Eddie Dean Glenn Strange Jo Jo La Savio
Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a herd of cattle. Bad guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.
Western
USA
1940
75 Minutes
Ben Stokes
William Boyd Russell Hayden Andy Clyde Morris Ankrum Morgan Wallace Thornton Edwards Esther Estrella Davison Clark Dick Curtis Glenn Strange
Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.
Horror
USA
1945
71 Minutes
Frankenstein Monster
Boris Karloff Lon Chaney J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Anne Gwynne Peter Coe Lionel Atwill George Zucco Elena Verdugo Glenn Strange Sig Ruman
mad scientist hunchback frankenstein's monster werewolf count dracula dark creepy suspenseful europe castle laboratory vengeance scientific experiments evil monsters revenge quest 19th century
The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse.
Western
USA
1942
62 Minutes
William Boyd Lee Powell Art Davis Wanda McKay Ted Adams George Chesebro Carl Hackett J. Merrill Holmes Jack Ingram Glenn Strange
A ring of cattle thieves uses short-wave radio to communicate with each other. A trio of range detectives must find a way to capture the gang.
War
1951
69 Minutes
Colonel (uncredited)
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
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Molly O'Day Al St. John Lafe McKee Ted Adams Fred Burns Curley Baldwin Martin Garralaga Broderick O'Farrell James Sheridan Glenn Strange
cowboy sidekick young woman father lawyer sheriff spirited confident positive valley hill cattle ranch settlement sheriff's office cowboys vigilantism outlaws cattle ranchers justice land grab
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Adventure
USA
1947
117 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn Walter Slezak George Tobias Jane Greer Mike Mazurki Sheldon Leonard Alan Napier John Miljan Glenn Strange
sinbad concubine lord assassin friend sailor spectacular outlandish emotional ship island palace auction house middle east basra, iraq treasure harems seafaring mythology royalty
In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.
Western
USA
1941
59 Minutes
Tim Holt Marjorie Reynolds Ray Whitley Lee White Louise Currie Eddie Kane Eddie Drew Byron Foulger Tom London Lloyd Ingram Glenn Strange
Federal agent Terry McVey, posing as a guest at the Silver Bar Dude Ranch, investigates the disappearance of noted engraver Frank Adams who is being forced to produce counterfeit bills by ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
63 Minutes
George "Gabby" Hayes Don "Red" Barry Pauline Moore Harry Woods Arthur Loft Wade Boteler Ethel Wales Scotty Beckett Michael Worth Glenn Strange Olin Howland
Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Western
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara Macdonald Carey Will Geer Charles Drake Pedro de Cordoba Ian MacDonald Rick Vallin Parley Baer James Best Edmund Cobb Glenn Strange
jim bowie native american friend barkeep politician chief melodramatic thrilling patriotic frontier small town wilderness saloon texas race relations mining deception american indian wars exploitation land dispute
White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
John Wayne Sheila Bromley Frank McGlynn Jr. Jack Curtis Yakima Canutt Bradley Metcalfe Hank Bell Mary MacLaren Jim Farley Dickie Jones Glenn Strange
cowboy brother outlaw love interest vigilante confident spirited shocking wild west california saloon desert separation reunion brother relationship kidnapping retribution posse pursuit discovery
As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon.
Western
USA
1939
55 Minutes
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton Eddie Acuff William Pawley Dorothy Sebastian George Meeker Jack Rockwell Guy Usher George Chesebro Glenn Strange
border patrol officer bandit gold smuggler young woman engineer friend gripping rousing spirited border arizona mexico mine ranch stagecoach outlaws missing persons smuggling murder justice
Now that the Spanish-American war is over, Roy and other Rough Riders become border patrolmen. Their goal is to stop outlaws who are stealing gold from stage coaches and express offices.
Western
USA
1937
64 Minutes
Tex Ritter Rita Hayworth Earle Dwire Yakima Canutt Tex Palmer Hal Price Fred Parker Horace Murphy Charles King Tommy Cooper Glenn Strange
Rodeo stars are being killed with poisoned needles, and Tex Ritter is next on the list.
Western
USA
1938
67 Minutes
William Boyd George "Gabby" Hayes Russell Hayden Charlotte Wynters Jan Clayton Robert Fiske Kathryn Sheldon Maurice Cass Anthony Nace Kenneth Harlan Alphonse Ethier
Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.
Comedy
USA
1959
92 Minutes
Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Wendell Corey Jim Davis Gloria Talbott Will Wright Mary Young Mickey Finn Bob Gunderson Fred Kohler Jr. Ethan Laidlaw
insurance salesman outlaw boss cowboy girlfriend madcap thrilling wild west small town office insurance botched job deception robbery jesse james quest love underdog 1880s
Outlaw T.J. "Jesse" James tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth, who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.
Comedy, Western
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Dorothy McGuire Howard Keel Jesse White Fay Roope Natalie Schafer Douglas Kennedy Elisabeth Fraser John Indrisano Stan Freberg
advertiser actor television producer agent witty engaging hollywood, calif. los angeles mexico filmmaking impersonation cover-up fame quest escape 1950s
Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.
Western
USA
1953
83 Minutes
Rock Hudson Julie Adams John McIntire Hugh O'Brian Michael Ansara Dennis Weaver Mary Castle Forrest Lewis Lee Van Cleef Tom Fadden William Pullen
gunslinger preacher uncle dance hall girl son gambler emotional melodramatic texas small town family home gunfight redemption murder gambling father/son relationship family transformation rise 19th century
After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
Western
USA
1936
56 Minutes
Dick Foran Linda Perry Edmund Cobb Milton Kibbee Tom Brower Jim Farley Edward Keane Ben Hendricks Jr. Wilfred Lucas Cliff Saum Buck Coburn
love interest man father brother stagecoach owner stagecoach driver thrilling california frontier stagecoach wild west frame-up race loss of job love triangle robbery schemes rivalry love adventure
Bids submitted to win the U.S. Mail contract for their stagecoach lines are entered by both singing cowboy Bill Harkins and the Banton brothers, Roy and Bart. During a stagecoach race to ... See full summary »