List of the best Harry Woods movies: The Texas Ranger(1931), The Unknown Ranger(1936), Blue Montana Skies(1939), Haunted Gold(1932), Winners of the West(1940), Days of Jesse James(1939), Cheyenne Roundup(1943), Boss of Bullion City(1940), Law of the Badlands(1950), Come On, Rangers(1938), Dawn on the Great Divide(1942), Sheriff of Tombstone(1941) ... ...
Western
USA
1931
65 Minutes
Matt Taylor
Taylor has his men burning out the ranchers. When they kill Clayton, his daughter Helen and her men turn outlaw. The Rangers send Logan, and posing as a cowhand he joins her gang. But ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Van
Bob Allen Martha Tibbetts Harry Woods
Bob Allen in his starring debut gets a job on Wright's ranch where he hopes to find the rustlers no one else has been able to locate. Everyone is looking for men when the actual rustler is ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
56 Minutes
Hendricks
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
1932
57 Minutes
Joe Ryan
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, Action
USA
1940
65 Minutes
King Carter
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
1939
63 Minutes
Captain Worthington
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
1943
59 Minutes
Blackie Dawson
Johnny Mack Brown Tex Ritter Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt Harry Woods Roy Barcroft Robert Barron Budd Buster Gil Patric
A gang of outlaws takes over El Dorado, a ghost town, just before gold is rediscovered there. With the boom comes easy money for Gils Brandon and his henchmen. Meanwhile, vigilantes, ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1940
61 Minutes
Sheriff Jeff Salters
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Nell O'Day Maria Montez Harry Woods Melvin Lang Richard Alexander Earle Hodgins Carl Hackett George Humbert
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.
Western
USA
1950
59 Minutes
Burt Conroy
Tim Holt Richard Martin Joan Dixon Robert Randall Leonard Penn Harry Woods Larry Johns Robert Bray Kenneth MacDonald John Cliff
The Texas Rangers send Dave and Chito into the badlands to see if they can locate a counterfeiting operation. They arrive posing as wanted outlaws and this gets them into the gang. But as ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1938
57 Minutes
Morgan Burke
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton J. Farrell MacDonald Purnell Pratt Harry Woods Bruce MacFarlane Lane Chandler Chester Gunnels Lee Powell Frank McCarroll
roy rogers texas ranger love interest senator brother trigger rousing thrilling engaging texas camp wilderness small town ranch texas rangers murder outlaws reunion desertion political corruption
Disbanded Texas Rangers are gathered together to help the U.S. Cavalry put an end to marauding outlaws.
Western
USA
1942
70 Minutes
Jim Corkle
Buck Jones Mona Barrie Raymond Hatton Rex Bell Robert Lowery Harry Woods
Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.
Western
USA
1941
54 Minutes
Shotgun Cassidy
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Elyse Knox Addison Richards Sally Payne Harry Woods Zeffie Tilbury Hal Taliaferro Jay Novello Jack Ingram
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Idaho
Johnny Mack Brown Tex Ritter Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt William Farnum Harry Woods Kenneth Harlan Pat O'Malley Roy Brent Edmund Cobb
soldier father friend editor daughter government official tense thrilling confident texas small town jail ranch father/son relationship land grab civil war reconstruction rebellion intimidation betrayal rivalry
Jim Malloy (Johnny Mack Brown) returns from the Civil War to Texas to find his father, Colonel Malloy (William Franum), leading a band of land grabbers and carpet-baggers during the Reconstruction Era.
Western
USA
1944
56 Minutes
J. B. Murdock
Michael Harrison Smiley Burnette Ellen Hall Kirk Alyn Frank Jaquet Robert Wilke Harry Woods
Sunset Carson's first western and, despite the misleading video box that indicates otherwise, he was billed as Sonny Carson and was billed 2nd behind Smiley Burnette. Republic dropped the "... See full summary »
Western
USA
1931
64 Minutes
Vandall
Buck Jones John Wayne Susan Fleming Edward LeSaint William Walling Wallace MacDonald Harry Woods Frank Austin
Clint Turner is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Judy's father, a rival rancher who was an enemy of his own father.
Comedy
1934
63 Minutes
Ajax
Joe E. Brown Patricia Ellis Dorothy Burgess Don Dillaway Gordon Westcott Charles Wilson Harry Woods Ronnie Cosby John Sheehan Spencer Charters
father son trapeze artist clown ringmaster bareback rider positive playful household circus office tent ambition acrobatics circus life false accusations drunkenness guilt quest growing up
A country boy (Joe E. Brown) falls for a female impersonator and joins the circus despite his father.
Western
1939
55 Minutes
'Curly' Calkins
Lynne Roberts George "Gabby" Hayes Jack LaRue Katherine DeMille Frank Puglia Harry Woods Paul Marion Ethel Wales Merrill McCormack
cowboy rancher bandit native american land owner foreman melodramatic suspenseful lighthearted california ranch hideout trail wagon train ranchers frame-up robbery murder cultural differences deception
A troublemaker in old California tries to pit new settlers and the Spanish community against each other.
Western
1944
62 Minutes
Joe Powell
Robert Mitchum Anne Jeffreys Nancy Gates Craig Reynolds Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Richard Martin Harry Woods Edmund Glover Alan Ward Harry McKim Wheaton Chambers
Comedy
USA
1931
78 Minutes
Alky Briggs
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Zeppo Marx Thelma Todd Tom Kennedy Ruth Hall Harry Woods Ben Taggart Otto Fries Evelyn Pierce
brother gangster sexy woman bootlegger daughter marx brothers hilarious playful ship new york state journey love song and dance marriage romance adventure love transformation 1930s
On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.
Comedy
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Slade
Mae West Roger Pryor Johnny Mack Brown Katherine DeMille John Miljan James Donlan Stuart Holmes Harry Woods
Ruby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans (which kind of belies the Western genre designation), mostly to ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1930
67 Minutes
Cooper
Sally Starr Tom Keene Mona Ray Lee Moran Robert Edeson Hank MacFarlane Tom MacFarlane Harry Woods
Ted is riding for Pa Martin against Cooper in the big race. When Cooper has his men capture Ted, Peggy overhears them and sets out to free Ted in time for the race.
Western, Action
1942
55 Minutes
Bert Logan
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.
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Dawson
Roger Pryor Wendy Barrie Claude Gillingwater Andrew Tombes Luis Alberni E.E. Clive John Sheehan Russell Hicks Theodore von Eltz Harry Woods Herbert Rawlinson
Janes Forbes (Barrie) decides to help amnesiac Jack Doe (Pryor) to find the details of his true identity. She doesn't tell anyone she is leaving, which causes her worried father to hire a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
54 Minutes
Tascosa
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
1949
94 Minutes
Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Dorothy Malone Henry Hull John Archer James Mitchell Morris Ankrum Basil Ruysdael Frank Puglia Ian Wolfe Harry Woods
cowboy outlaw sheriff dance hall girl native american love interest brash gutsy melodramatic colorado mexico ghost town outlaws heist land ownership betrayal escape love temptation 1870s
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.
Western
USA
1945
67 Minutes
James Warren Edward Killy Robert Barrat Harry D. Brown Robert Clarke Tommy Cook Audrey Long Richard Martin Harry McKim Jason Robards Sr. Minerva Urecal
Adam Larey is looking for the killer of his father when he was a boy. His only clue is a brand and he finds it when he runs into the Collinshaws. When he learns that Jim Collinshaw, now an ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Western
1949
90 Minutes
Bill Elliott Marie Windsor Forrest Tucker Jim Davis H.B. Warner Paul Fix Grant Withers Emory Parnell Esther Howard Jody Gilbert Louis R. Faust
outlaw preacher gambler sheriff bounty hunter beautiful woman thrilling gritty melodramatic wild west town saloon church cabin on the run unlikely allies religious conversion bounty robbery promises
An ex-gambler preacher (William Elliott) wants an outlaw (Marie Windsor) to give herself up so he can use the reward for a church.
Mystery & Thriller
1942
68 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Lionel Atwill Kaaren Verne William Post Jr. Dennis Hoey Mary Gordon Holmes Herbert Henry Victor Paul Fix Rudolph Anders
sherlock holmes doctor watson scientist wife government official professor moriarty intense crafty zurich london flat whitehall apartment operating room world war ii inventions kidnapping disguise secret codes torture
An Englishman (Basil Rathbone) sneaks a bombsight inventor out of Zurich, then loses him to Nazi agent Moriarty (Lionel Atwill).
Adventure
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ray Milland Robert Preston Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward J. Carrol Naish Albert Van Dekker Broderick Crawford Charles Barton James Stephenson Heather Thatcher
brother soldier sergeant mercenary suspenseful inspiring england desert robbery war escape mutiny money escape adventure rise fall rivalry 1930s
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Western
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Cesar Romero Binnie Barnes John Carradine Edward Norris Eddie Foy Jr. Ward Bond Lon Chaney Chris-Pin Martin Joe Sawyer
cowboy wyatt earp criminal gunslinger thrilling intense tombstone, ariz. wild west o.k. corral frontier life law and order old west myths gunfight sacrifice rivalry pursuit 1870s
Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.