List of the best James Millican movies: Rimfire(1949), Missing Women(1951), Grand Canyon(1949), The Dalton Gang(1949), Spoilers of the North(1947), Top Gun(1955), Adventures of Gallant Bess(1948), Riding Shotgun(1954), The Winning Team(1952), Beyond the Purple Hills(1950), Carson City(1952), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.(1951) ... ...
Western
USA
1949
64 Minutes
Capt. Tom Harvey
An undercover army officer investigating the theft of army gold shipments takes a job as deputy in a small town that's being terrorized by what they believe is the ghost of a gambler who ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
60 Minutes
After newlywed Claudia Rankin's husband is murdered, she sets out to avenge his killing by posing as a criminal and successfully infiltrating the gang of car thieves responsible for his death. However, this puts her own life in peril.
Comedy, Western
USA
1949
64 Minutes
Tex Hartford
A film company is shooting a western on location when the star breaks his leg. A local mule herder, who had never acted before, is "shanghaied" into taking over the role. Complications ensue.
Western
USA
1949
59 Minutes
Sheriff Jeb
Don "Red" Barry Robert Lowery James Millican Greg McClure Julie Adams Byron Foulger J. Farrell MacDonald George J. Lewis Ray Bennett
Deputy Marshall Larry West goes undercover to find out who has been terrorizing the territory, Navajos or the Dalton Gang.
Drama
USA
1947
66 Minutes
Bill Garraway
Paul Kelly Adrian Booth Evelyn Ankers James Millican Roy Barcroft Louis Jean Heydt Ted Hecht Harlan Briggs Francis Macdonald Maurice Cass Neyle Morrow
When the Alaska fishing season ends, a crooked cannery owner, who owes a huge delivery of salmon to a Seattle company, manipulates local Natives, who have unlimited fishing rights, into illegally selling their catch to him.
Western
USA
1955
73 Minutes
Marshal Bat Davis
Sterling Hayden William Bishop Karin Booth James Millican Regis Toomey Hugh Sanders John Dehner Rod Taylor
girlfriend gunslinger schemer townsperson outlaw engaging thrilling melodramatic wyoming church jail farm street frontier gunfight deception fidelity redemption family honor marriage
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
Adventure
1948
71 Minutes
Bud Millerick
Cameron Mitchell Audrey Long Fuzzy Knight James Millican John Harmon Ed Gargan Harry Cheshire Cliff Clark Evelyn Eaton
rodeo rider pretty woman horse doctor daughter father engaging emotional wild west rodeo ranch town stable horses human-animal friendship father/daughter relationship romantic dilemma injury discovery love
A rodeo stunt rider (Cameron Mitchell) meets a woman (Audrey Long) who comes between him and his trick horse, Bess.
Western
USA
1954
75 Minutes
Dan Marady
Randolph Scott Wayne Morris Joan Weldon Joe Sawyer James Millican Charles Bronson James Bell Fritz Feld Richard Garrick Victor Perrin John Baer
guard gang leader bandit deputy son sister suspenseful rousing tense gritty small town american west stagecoach saloon casino murder false accusations on the run robbery siblings
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang
Biography, Romance, Drama
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Bill Killefer
Doris Day Ronald Reagan Frank Lovejoy Eve Miller James Millican Russ Tamblyn Gordon Jones Hugh Sanders Frank Ferguson Walter Baldwin
baseball pitcher wife father doctor manager baseball player inspiring gripping uplifting nebraska farm baseball field hospital bar locker room grover cleveland alexander baseball ambition marriage illness
Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Rocky Morgan
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Jo Dennison Don Beddoe James Millican Don Reynolds Hugh O'Brian Roy Gordon
gene autry judge son saloon owner brother bank manager spirited confident small town saloon bank law office dance hall hideout bank robbery frame-up father/son relationship murder gambling will and testament
Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.
Western
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Jim Squires
Randolph Scott Raymond Massey Lucille Norman Richard Webb James Millican Larry Keating George Cleveland William Haade Don Beddoe Thurston Hall Vince Barnett
bandit banker construction worker news reporter suspenseful moving charming american west mining town mountain carson city, nev. railroad robbery construction murder old west stagecoach rivalry quest 19th century
When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.
Drama
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Jim Blandon
Frank Lovejoy Dorothy Hart Philip Carey Richard Webb James Millican Ron Hagerthy Paul Picerni Frank Gerstle Russ Conway Hope Kramer Kasia Orzazekski
undercover agent communist brother woman chief patriotic spirited passionate melodramatic hotel pittsburgh courtroom apartment undercover operations mccarthyism communism paranoia new identity deception sacrifice
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage boy thinks he's a real Red.
Western
USA
1948
84 Minutes
Sheriff Steve Harrison
Jimmy Ellison Mary Beth Hughes Jane Frazee Douglas Dumbrille James Millican Reed Hadley Olin Howland Grady Sutton William Haade Rory Mallinson Stanley Andrews
A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit.
Western
1951
95 Minutes
General George Armstrong Custer
Edmond O'Brien Dean Jagger Forrest Tucker Harry Carey Jr. Polly Bergen James Millican
A man (Edmond O'Brien) joins the cavalry in his quest for two killers (Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker) ; Indians capture all three.
Comedy, Western
1949
84 Minutes
Hawley
Yvonne De Carlo Charles Coburn Scott Brady John Russell Myrna Dell James Millican Clem Bevans Bob Stevenson Houseley Stevenson Robin Short
Three old-timers recall a frontier feud between cousins over a singer (Yvonne De Carlo) from New York.
Western
USA
1952
93 Minutes
Det. Matthew Quint
Gary Cooper Phyllis Thaxter David Brian Paul Kelly Philip Carey Lon Chaney James Millican Martin Milner Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Jerry O'Sullivan James Brown
major wife son traitor thief confederate soldier intense rousing melodramatic colorado military base mountain saloon ranch battlefield american civil war secret mission treason horse thieves impersonation
Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.
Romance, Western
USA
1951
77 Minutes
Ed Jennings
Dan Duryea Gale Storm Dick Foran Gloria Henry Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Greenleaf Stanley Andrews John Ridgely James Millican Harry Shannon Helen Brown
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Sheriff Tom Quigby
James Stewart Arthur Kennedy Donald Crisp Cathy O'Donnell Alex Nicol Aline MacMahon Wallace Ford Jack Elam John War Eagle James Millican Gregg Barton
lawman rancher son foreman spirited fiery brooding thrilling new mexico desert ranch family deception justice father/son relationship power struggle pursuit revenge fall 1860s
Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ann Richards Anita Louise Cecil Kellaway Gladys Cooper Byron Barr Robert Sully Reginald Denny Ernest Cossart James Millican
soldier woman mother fiancée melodramatic tense italy party london world war ii love letters long-distance relationship murder amnesia domestic violence mystery love 1940s
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
Drama
USA
1953
88 Minutes
James Cagney Barbara Hale Anne Francis Warner Anderson John McIntire Jeanne Cagney Lon Chaney Frank McHugh Larry Keating Onslow Stevens James Millican
political candidate southerner schoolteacher lawyer farmer gangster melodramatic gutsy powerful american south rural community farm rise to power political corruption exploitation murder mob violence trial rise rivalry
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
Western
USA
1953
77 Minutes
George Montgomery Tab Hunter Helen Westcott John Dehner William Bishop Douglas Kennedy Jack Elam Joe Haworth Hugh Sanders Willis Bouchey James Millican
lawman bank robber outlaw nephew uncle wyatt earp gutsy rousing wild bank stagecoach missouri frontier ranch old west framed showdown bank heist marriage pacifism
Outlaw Matt Ringo escapes prison and wants to co-opt his former outlaw brother Billy into robbing a Wells Fargo money shipment, but Billy has gone straight, the town Marshal is Wyatt Earp, and the Clinton gang wants in on the deal.
Western
USA
1953
77 Minutes
George Montgomery Tab Hunter Helen Westcott John Dehner William Bishop Douglas Kennedy Jack Elam Joe Haworth Hugh Sanders Willis Bouchey James Millican
lawman bank robber outlaw nephew uncle wyatt earp gutsy rousing wild bank stagecoach missouri frontier ranch old west framed showdown bank heist marriage pacifism
Outlaw Matt Ringo escapes prison and wants to co-opt his former outlaw brother Billy into robbing a Wells Fargo money shipment, but Billy has gone straight, the town Marshal is Wyatt Earp, and the Clinton gang wants in on the deal.
Western
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Randolph Scott Bill Williams Victor Jory Jane Nigh Douglas Kennedy Joan Taylor Berry Kroeger Rhys Williams Barry Kelley James Todd Paul Fix
outlaw marshal killer jesse james gritty engaging kansas small town vengeance murder deception showdown old west myths revenge rivalry 1860s
Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element - with the help of his old pal, Jesse James.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
109 Minutes
Jack Palance Shelley Winters Lori Nelson Lee Marvin Earl Holliman Perry Lopez Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Lon Chaney Howard St. John Ralph Moody Olive Carey
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring - by robbing a resort hotel.
Western
1950
83 Minutes
Wendell Corey Macdonald Carey Ward Bond Ellen Drew Herman Brix Bill Williams Anne Revere Edgar Buchanan Lois Chartrand Louis Jean Heydt Barry Kelley
outcast outlaw brother major mother thief gritty tense missouri farm town bank train household jesse james american civil war robbery brotherhood betrayal frank james
An Army major (Ward Bond) hunts Frank and Jesse James (Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey), partners with the Younger brothers after the Civil War.
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen Rock Hudson John Alexander
sergeant cowboy sheriff prostitute outlaw tense spirited mountain saloon prairie dodge city, kan. cowboys robbery guns pursuit revenge rivalry 1890s
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
War
1948
112 Minutes
Clark Gable Walter Pidgeon Van Johnson Brian Donlevy Charles Bickford John Hodiak Edward Arnold Marshall Thompson Richard Quine Cameron Mitchell Clinton Sundberg
military officer reporter politician pilot patriotic somber engaging military base england world war ii horrors of war aviation dangerous job discovery transformation 1940s
A U.S. general (Clark Gable) and his superior (Walter Pidgeon) take heat for sending bombers to Germany to destroy aircraft plants.
War
USA
1943
126 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Paulette Goddard Veronica Lake George Reeves Barbara Britton Walter Abel Sonny Tufts Mary Servoss Ted Hecht John Litel Mary Treen
nurse lieutenant soldier priest patriotic engaging tense rousing spirited hospital tunnel philippines bataan war medicine female bonding world war ii sacrifice escape rescue
A group of nurses returning from the war in the Phillippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.