List of the best John English movies: Zorro's Fighting Legion(1939), Adventures of Captain Marvel(1941), San Fernando Valley(1944), Riders of the Whistling Pines(1949), Riders in the Sky(1949), Mule Train(1950), Daredevils of the Red Circle(1939), The Last Round-Up(1947), Port of 40 Thieves(1944), Beyond the Purple Hills(1950), Silver City Kid(1944), Zorro Rides Again(1959) ... ...
Adventure
USA
1939
107 Minutes
Director
William Witney Reed Hadley Sheila Darcy Budd Buster C. Montague Shaw Carleton Young Curley Dresden
The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy
USA
1941
216 Minutes
Director
Tom Tyler William Witney Frank Coghlan Jr. William Benedict Louise Currie Robert Strange Harry Worth Bryant Washburn John Davidson
To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel, with a single magic word: "Shazam!"
Western
USA
1944
74 Minutes
Director
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Jean Porter Andrew Tombes Charles Smith Ed Gargan Dot Farley Roy Mason Bob Nolan Sons of the Pioneers
A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants the male hands back and comes up with a plan to do it. They will rustle the horses and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1949
72 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Patricia Barry Jimmy Lloyd Douglas Dumbrille Damian O'Flynn Clayton Moore Harry Cheshire Leon Weaver Loie Bridge Jerry Scoggins Bert Dodson
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When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1949
70 Minutes
Director
Pat Buttram Gloria Henry Steve Darrell Robert Randall Mary Beth Hughes Alan Hale Jr. Tom London Hank Patterson
gene autry rancher cowgirl card player murder suspect daughter melodramatic suspenseful rousing arizona town saloon household jail false accusations murder old west justice frame-up law and order
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Sheila Ryan Robert Randall Frank Jaquet Vince Barnett Syd Saylor Sandy Sanders
prospector marshal sheriff banker contractor gene autry spirited rousing endearing desert small town river mine old west schemes corruption construction law and order romance justice
Loosely based on Frankie Laine's popular record with the same title, Gene protects his friend's claim from badguy Sam Brady.
Adventure
USA
1939
210 Minutes
Director
William Witney Herman Brix Carole Landis Charles Quigley David Sharpe Miles Mander C. Montague Shaw
Using a diabolical disguise, Harry Crowel embarks on a vengeful career of destruction...opposed by three heroic daredevils.
Western
USA
1947
76 Minutes
Director
rancher ranch owner land baron son indian singing cowboy spirited engaging thrilling american west ranch desert mesa city, ariz. land grab relocation old west schemes law and order native americans discovery
Gene is assigned to round up a tribe of Indians squatting on barren land.
Crime, Drama
USA
1944
58 Minutes
Director
Muriel is the scheming widow of the fabulously-wealthy Hartford Chaney III. Muriel's husband has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, freeing her to marry her playboy paramour ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Director
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
1944
56 Minutes
Director
Molybdenum deposits can make a man rich, but Stoner finds that the deposits run under the Clayton Ranch. Judge Ballard wants the Ranch so he has Garvey shoot Steve. When Ruth blames Stoner ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1959
70 Minutes
Director
Edited version of the 1937 Republic serial "Zorro Rides Again."
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Director
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Director
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Director
William Witney Ralph Byrd Irving Pichel Ted Person
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
Western
USA
1950
70 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Gail Davis Harry Shannon Jock Mahoney Clark "Buddy" Burroughs Harry Harvey Steve Darrell Sandy Sanders Ralph Sanford Bud Osborne Robert Hilton
gene autry neighbor rancher sheriff brother partner spirited engaging stagecoach range jail mountain ranch town range war ranchers debt jailbreak cattle rustling stampedes
Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.
Western
USA
1949
70 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Nan Leslie Thurston Hall Clem Bevans Walter Sande Jock Mahoney Francis Macdonald Alan Hale Jr.
thief convict gene autry outlaw father horse engaging spirited rousing ghost town canyon jail wild west frontier jailbreak crime theft banditry old west law and order
Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.
Western
USA
1950
70 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Gail Davis Kirby Grant James Griffith Philip Van Zandt
scout general henchman lieutenant gene autry soldier engaging thrilling tense american west house stagecoach frontier raids reconstruction dangerous assignment undercover operations american civil war military discovery
After leaving the Confederate cavalry, Gene becomes an undercover man in the Union army.
Musical
USA
1946
84 Minutes
Director
Vera Ralston Helen Walker Nancy Kelly William Gargan Ann Rutherford Jacqueline Wells Jerome Cowan Edward Norris Paul Hurst
Lila Leighton, the lovely ice ballerina, meets Carl Lang, former ice-show producer, at his New York City penthouse apartment. Lia refuses Lang's offer to star in his new Music Hall Ice Show... See full summary »
Western
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Gail Davis Harry Lauter Russell Hayden Christine Larson Terry Frost Barbara Stanley
mayor gene autry miner gambler bride-to-be sheriff melodramatic thrilling rousing california mining camp desert wild west frontier quartz creek arranged marriage banditry human trafficking kidnapping law and order
Mayor Autry sends for a wagon train of women to settle in his town, but baddies Guilford and Rawlings plot to hijack the train and sell the ladies to love-hungry miners instead.
Western
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Director
cowboy miner brother thief canadian mountie melodramatic rousing thrilling ontario, canada mountain forest prison cell crime thievery brother relationship showdown morality murder plot
A cowboy's brother falls in with a gang of thieves; when he tries to get his brother out of the gang, the gang orders his death--and tells his brother to kill him.
Western
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Director
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Peggy Stewart Beverly Loyd Grant Withers Jill Browning Vivien Oakland Hal Taliaferro John Rutherford Emmett Vogan
singer rancher coworker cattleman showgirl sheriff charming rousing confident endearing ranch chicago utah train police station land ownership deception aspirations love transformation
When ranch foreman Roy learns the new ranch owner Dorothy Bryant and her friends are arriving, he directs them to Gabby's rundown ranch. He figures they will be discouraged and return East.... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
58 Minutes
Director
Kermit Maynard Jack Ingram Harlene Wood Maston Williams Bruce Mitchell Carl Hackett Sherry Tansey Cliff Parkinson Cherokee Alcorn
Ace Beldon is in prison, but with his stolen bonds not recovered, Capt. Saunders has an idea. He sends Graham to prison and has him and Beldon break out. With Ranger Raymond assisting, they... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Director
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
1951
70 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Elaine Riley Donna Martell Onslow Stevens Denver Pyle William Fawcett Harry Lauter Kenne Duncan
doctor miner cattleman friend brother gene autry intense spirited engaging house doctor's office mine wild west ranch feud search frame-up justice law and order old west
Gene (Gene Autry), the new doctor in a rough frontier town in Utah where his father was killed, soon finds himself caught in a feud between a mine owner and a cattleman.
Adventure
1940
100 Minutes
Director
William Witney Allan Lane Robert Strange Robert Kellard Lita Conway Herbert Rawlinson Harry Cording
A Canadian Mountie wages a tireless campaign to prevent enemy agents from gaining control of a rare compound.
Action
1935
55 Minutes
Director
An undercover Mountie (Kermit Maynard) saves a girl (Ann Sheridan) and her uncle (Reginald Barlow) from oil-land grabbers.
Western
1949
79 Minutes
Director
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
69 Minutes
Director
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Lynne Roberts Anne Gwynne Edward Norris Kenne Duncan Alan Hale Jr. Gregg Barton Steve Darrell Tom London
gene autry robber partner friend nurse brother spirited engaging desert train small town hillside cabin bank robbery mining investigation impersonation hostages gunfight
Bank investigator Gene Autry (Gene Autry) grows suspicious of the activities of mine technician Ben Luber (Alan Hale Jr.) and his brother, who are providing aid to bank robbers.