List of the best Lafe McKee movies: Cavalier of the West(1931), A Demon for Trouble(1934), Blazing Guns(1934), Six Shootin' Sheriff(1938), Big Boy Rides Again(1935), Near the Rainbow's End(1930), The Law of the 45's(1935), Last of the Warrens(1936), Tombstone Canyon(1932), The Texan(1932), Jaws of Justice(1933), Trail of the Hawk(1935) ... ...
Western
USA
1931
66 Minutes
Burgess and Greeley are rustling horses and shooting Indians. When they kill Manual they frame Lieutenant Allister. His older brother John now attempts to defend him at his murder trial.
Western
USA
1934
58 Minutes
Sheriff
Bob Steele Gloria Shea Lafe McKee Walter McGrail Don Alvarado Jack Stuart Carmen LaRoux Perry Murdock Blackie Whitcomb Jimmy Aubrey
Dyer is buying ranches and then retrieving his check by having his gang kill the owner. Bob Worth arrives just as Buck Morton is killed and gets blamed for the murder. Fleeing from the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1934
58 Minutes
John Rickard
Reb Russell Marion Shilling Lafe McKee Joe Girard Frank McCarroll
cowboy stranger sheriff rancher old friend father melodramatic rousing spirited thrilling utah colorado countryside wilderness small town double-cross mistaken identity framed for murder lynching outlaws
After Slug Raton takes Brady's horse, hat, and gun, the Sheriff arrests Grady thinking he is the outlaw. Slug's men chase them to Ricard's ranch which they burn. After Grady saves the ... See full summary »
Western
1938
59 Minutes
Zeke
cowboy criminal sheriff ex-convict love interest spirited thrilling gritty texas wild west town sheriff's office saloon frame-up vigilantism loyalty law enforcement redemption revenge adventure
Fresh from serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, scowling cowboy Jim "Trigger" Morton (Ken Maynard) rolls into an Old West community in search of those who framed him.
Western
1935
58 Minutes
Tap Smiley
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Connie Bergen Lafe McKee
Western
1930
56 Minutes
Tom Bledsoe
Bob Steele Louise Lorraine Lafe McKee Al Ferguson Alfred Hewston Hank Bell Merrill McCormick
rancher son shepherd daughter sheriff neighbor engaging spirited wild west ranch range sheriff's office town ranching family false accusations land dispute witnessing murder cattle rustling quest
A cattleman's son is blamed for a sheep rancher's murder while rustlers stir up trouble between the two factions.
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Charlie Hayden
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.
Western
USA
1936
59 Minutes
Sheriff Blake
Bob Steele Margaret Marquis Charles King Lafe McKee Charles French Horace Murphy Blackie Whitcomb Steve Clark
Ted Warren returns from WW1 to find that everyone thinks he was dead. The culprit is Kent who intercepted his mail, rustled the Warren cattle, took over the Warren ranch, and is now after ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Colonel Lee
Ken Maynard Cecilia Parker Sheldon Lewis Lafe McKee Frank Brownlee Jack Clifford George Gerwing Edward Piel Sr. George Chesebro Bob Burns Jack Kirk
cowboy love interest outlaw vigilante father sheriff engaging suspenseful wild west canyon cabin prison missing persons framed murder false accusations father/son relationship impersonation quest pursuit
Maynard hears the cry of the weird masked "phantom" of Tombstone Canyon. The plot thickens when Maynard discovers a man with a key to his past has been murdered by the phantom.
Western
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Jim
Jay Wilsey Lucile Browne Bobby Nelson Lafe McKee Jack Mower Art Mix
A cowboy on the run from the law gets mixed up with a crooked horse race scheme.
Western
USA
1933
58 Minutes
"Seeker" Dean
Jack Perrin Robert Walker Ruth Sullivan Lafe McKee Jean Toler
Seeker Dean has found the gold he has been looking for for 15 years. Heading for the Government office, Boone Jackson kills him. Kickabout finds a cryptogram as to the gold's location and ... See full summary »
Western
1935
60 Minutes
Jim King
Yancey Lane Dickie Jones Betty Jordan Lafe McKee Rollo Dix Don Orlando Marty Joyce Eddie Foster
Carrying a locket from his dying mother, a young man (Yancey Lane) goes in search of his real father and tangles with an outlaw who's posing as a ranch foreman.
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Tom Kirk
Hoot Gibson Helen Foster Wheeler Oakman Skeeter Bill Robbins Lafe McKee Billy Bletcher Tom London George "Gabby" Hayes Charles Bailey G. Raymond Nye
Jimmy's uncle gives him 30 days probation on Kirk's ranch to control his temper or lose his inheritance. There he gets tangled up with a gang of robbers whose boss is his rival for Kirk's ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1938
56 Minutes
Sheriff Bains
Tom Tyler Lois Wilde Bob Terry Dorothy Short Lafe McKee Dave O'Brien Roger Williams Jim Corey
hobo detective murder suspect brother girlfriend sister-in-law thrilling suspenseful confident california shack cattle ranch murder kidnapping investigation false accusations cattle rustling brother relationship rescue pursuit
Tom Wade is a range detective whose brother stands accused of robbing a bank and murdering the bank president. To prove him innocent, Wade must decipher his only clue, an unusual set of tire tracks.
Western
1933
60 Minutes
Sheriff Jim Carver
Rex Bell Luana Walters Betty Mack Gordon De Main Lafe McKee Alan Bridge George Nash George "Gabby" Hayes Wally Wales Yakima Canutt Anne Howard
salesman secretary rival boss sheriff daughter spirited intense fort worth, texas shop office oil well ranch oil embezzlement false accusations employment kidnapping frame-up quest
A prolific oil well means riches for 1800s Texas townspeople and the oil man (Rex Bell) who persuaded them to invest in it.
Western
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Marshal Gregory
Bob Steele George "Gabby" Hayes Doris Hill Frank Ball Ernie S. Adams Lafe McKee
Money is mysteriously disappearing from a locked trunk atop the stage even though the trunk arrives still locked. When pals Bob Rivers and Grizzly get the job driving the stage, the same thing happens.
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
Poker City Sheriff
John Wayne Mary Kornman Eddy Chandler Paul Fix Carmen LaRoux Lafe McKee Al Ferguson Henry Hall Frank Ball Artie Ortego Lew Meehan
rodeo rider sidekick promoter thief partner store owner rousing gritty engaging american west trail rodeo office murder theft frame-up assumed identity fugitives justice escape
Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly accused of armed robbery. They leave town as fast as they can to go looking for their own suspects in Poker City.
Western
USA
1937
58 Minutes
Sheriff
Tom Tyler Jeanne Martel Richard Cramer Charles Whitaker Ed Cassidy Lafe McKee Dorothy Woods Charles King Earle Dwire Wally West
When Crenshaw kills a bushwhacker he takes his letter of introduction. This letter saves him from hanging when Stanton thinks he is the outlaw he has hired. But Crenshaw is in more trouble when Denton arrives and exposes him as a fake.
Western
USA
1934
59 Minutes
Sheriff
Jack Perrin Nelson McDowell Chris-Pin Martin Lillian Gilmore Richard Cramer Lafe McKee George Chesebro Jimmy Aubrey
Reed breaks up the first attempted gold robbery. When the outlaws next attempt is successful, Reed is jailed as the suspect. Escaping from jail, he knows who to look for.
Adventure
1933
146 Minutes
Stephen Gray
Bob Steele Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Lucile Browne Jack Mulhall Purnell Pratt Lafe McKee
The Black Ace and his pilots attempt to sabotage a dam that is to be built on one of the country's richest gold mines.
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Pop
Tom Tyler Marion Shilling Eddie Gribbon William Gould Tom London Charles Whitaker Lafe McKee Ace Cain
A dying Marshal gives his identification papers to Tom. After Tom arrives in town, the papers drop and are found during a fight so Tom decides to assume the Marshal's identity. Mason, the ... See full summary »
Adventure, Western
USA
1933
56 Minutes
Don Jose Castanares
John Wayne Ruth Hall Luis Alberni Donald Reed Nena Quartero Francis Ford Lafe McKee Lillian Leighton Charles Whitaker
army officer rancher con artist heiress baron mariachi thrilling melodramatic patriotic monterey, calif. frontier small town countryside ranch california land dispute scam courtship real estate politics
A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.
Western
USA
1934
54 Minutes
Fred Winters
John Wayne Virginia Brown Faire Lloyd Whitlock George "Gabby" Hayes Yakima Canutt Billy O'Brien Lafe McKee Blackie Whitcomb Earle Dwire Dick Dickinson Tex Palmer
rancher outlaw brother daughter father companion thrilling melodramatic suspenseful frontier ranch wild west town doomed romance land grab helping others murder plot undercover operations siblings revenge
Ted Hayden impersonates a wanted man and joins Gentry's gang only to learn later that Gentry was the one who killed his father. He saves Virginia Winters' dad's ranch from Gentry and also rescues his long-lost brother Spud.
Western
USA
1934
55 Minutes
Judge Carter
John Wayne George "Gabby" Hayes Polly Ann Young Yakima Canutt Edward Piel Sr. Anita Campillo Lafe McKee George Cleveland Earle Dwire
drifter marshal rodeo rider love interest cowboy robber engaging suspenseful tense arena wild west trailer bank town rodeo corruption murder undercover operations investigation old west
In a horse-riding rodeo contest bad guys want John Weston to lose. When he doesn't go along they add some insurance: a poisoned needle just under his saddle.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Frank Denton
Fred Scott Al St. John Marjorie Beebe Eddie Holden Charles King Frank LaRue Lafe McKee Phoebe Logan Sherry Tansey Jack C. Smith Jack Evans
father sheriff son deputy fiancée outlaw thrilling spirited brash wild west ranch arizona wedding robbery murder vengeance gunfight father/son relationship estrangement revenge
The Sheriff and his deputies are after Scar Adams. Scar is the brother of Alice Denton, the girl Deputy Tom plans to marry, and when the Sheriff is wounded she makes Tom refuse the job of ... See full summary »
Action, Western
1933
54 Minutes
Lafe
John Wayne Frank McHugh Marceline Day Otis Harlan Albert J. Smith Yakima Canutt Lafe McKee Clarence Geldart
cavalryman tycoon tribal leader native american young woman henchman rousing gutsy thrilling emotional american west wilderness office store trail business conspiracy investigation greed cross-cultural relations
A government agent is assigned to ensure the safe transport of supplies to telegraph-line workers in the West.
Western
1932
57 Minutes
Sheriff Jim Cosgrove
Bob Steele Arletta Duncan Charles King Kit Guard George Chesebro Frank Ball Lafe McKee
cowboy boxer promoter love interest foreman rancher spirited gritty stagecoach town sheriff's office ranch trail boxing fixed fight love triangle bribery false accusations wager quest
Unemployed cowboy Brick Loring prevents the robbery of a stagecoach carrying a champion boxer and his promoter. Smelling a good opportunity, the promoter convinces Brick to take a boxing match against the champ.
Western
USA
1932
54 Minutes
Cal Brett
John Wayne Noah Beery Mae Madison Luis Alberni Berton Churchill Paul Hurst Sherwood Bailey Lafe McKee Frank Ellis Hank Bell
deputy sheriff bandit governor cattle rustler settler daughter spirited rousing engaging new mexico fort wagon train house country road frontier cattle rustling murder law and order unlikely allies romance
Deputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Ranger Captain Frank Henderson
Harry Carey Mae Busch Gibson Gowland Mary Jane Irving George "Gabby" Hayes Ed Brady Tom London Lafe McKee
A gambler joins the Texas Rangers in hopes of finding the true perpetrators of the killings in which his brother is implicated.
Western
USA
1935
52 Minutes
Storekeeper
John Wayne Lucile Browne Roy Mason George "Gabby" Hayes Jay Wilsey Bert Dillard Lloyd Ingram Lafe McKee
John Martin is a government agent working under cover. Leading citizen Morgan calls in gunman Galt who blows Martin's cover.
Western
USA
1933
56 Minutes
Sheriff Bill Baxter
John Wayne Cecilia Parker George "Gabby" Hayes Forrest Taylor Al St. John Heinie Conklin Earle Dwire Lafe McKee Fern Emmett Yakima Canutt Hal Price
government agent young woman father stagecoach driver mastermind henchman melodramatic rousing gutsy thrilling stagecoach american west valley ranch misunderstanding robbery gunfight land grab frontier life ranchers
Bad guy Kincaid controls the local water supply and plans to do in the other ranchers. Government agent Saunders shows up undercover to do in Kincaid and win the heart of one of his victims Fay Denton.
Western
USA
1934
54 Minutes
Dan Mason
John Wayne Eleanor Hunt George "Gabby" Hayes Edward Piel Sr. Yakima Canutt George Cleveland George Nash Lafe McKee Hank Bell Earle Dwire
marshal sheriff townsperson bandit gang leader daughter thrilling melodramatic rousing yucca city, calif. small town hotel general store cliff creek working undercover murder conspiracy land grab outlaws
U.S. marshal John Carruthers observes a robbery and Sheriff Jake thinks he may be the culprit. Meanwhile the town's leading citizen is planning to rob everybody blind.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Tom Wilson
Tex Ritter Iris Meredith Horace Murphy Charles King Earle Dwire Forrest Taylor Joe Girard Lafe McKee Oscar Gahan Chick Hannon Tex Palmer
cowboy sidekick bandit love interest sheriff rancher thrilling positive tense frontier california mine saloon mountain outlaws terror secret society justice murder undercover operations
Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be arrested by the Sheriff who thinks ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
46 Minutes
Tom Ross
Alma Rayford Bud Osborne Nelson McDowell William McCall Eva McKenzie Allen Holbrook Lafe McKee Bob McKenzie
Landis kills Tom Ross but fails to get his money. Now he is after the Ross ranch for the money he knows is there. When he tries to evict Ross with gambling IOU's, Bill drives him away. With... See full summary »
Western
1936
60 Minutes
Sandy McGregor
Hoot Gibson June Gale George "Gabby" Hayes Ralph Lewis Bob Kortman William Gould Hal Taliaferro Lafe McKee
A loner unjustly accused of killing a prominent rancher escapes a lynching and sets out to find the real murderer.
Western
USA
1927
65 Minutes
Ken Maynard Anne Drew J.P. McGowan Paul Hurst Harry Shutan Benny Corbett Tom Bay Chief Yowlachie Lafe McKee
Lone wolf, who is stirring up the Indians against the wishes of his elders, gets the job of scout at the fort. When he hears of the approval of the new reservation, he sends his men to trap... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1931
64 Minutes
Michael
Barbara Kent John Holland Dorothy Christy Crauford Kent Lillian Rich Jimmy Burtis Larry Steers Lloyd Whitlock Lafe McKee Creighton Hale Raymond Largay
Alvin Merle, a womanizing Broadway matinĂ©e idol, is found strangled in his dressing room. The door is locked from the inside and there is no possible other way into the room. Merle is ... See full summary »
Western
1932
55 Minutes
Elder Townsman
Lane Chandler Yakima Canutt Hank Bell Alan Bridge Loie Bridge Fred Burns Frank Ellis Adele Lacy Lafe McKee Jack Rockwell Bob Roper
outlaw murderer sheriff henchman son brash confident thrilling wild west ranch saloon forgery inheritance murder robbery secret identity unlikely allies revenge quest discovery
A highwayman known as the Lone Wolf risks freedom to capture the man who killed his father and inherited his ranch.
Western
1933
230 Minutes
Luke Foster
Armand Schaefer Johnny Mack Brown Noah Beery Jr. Robert Warwick Noah Beery Betsy King Ross Tully Marshall Edmund Breese Alan Bridge Edward Hearn Lafe McKee
Kit Carson and cavalrymen search for the outlaws who have stolen a shipment of government gold. From the serial.
Western
1935
61 Minutes
Seth Darnell (uncredited)
Reb Russell Victoria Vinton Edmund Cobb Roger Williams Tina Menard Dick Botiller Ed Porter Winton Parry Hank Bell Lafe McKee Bartlett Carre
Western
1935
56 Minutes
Rancher Zeke
Rex Lease Bobby Nelson Ann Carroll Franklyn Farnum Lloyd Ingram Blackie Whitcomb Ed Parker John Alexander Ed Coxin Lafe McKee Bill Patten
Western
USA
1940
56 Minutes
Johnny Mack Brown Bob Baker Fuzzy Knight Frances Robinson Arthur Loft Ted Adams Frank LaRue William Gould James Guilfoyle Ed Cassidy Lafe McKee
A newspaper editor stumbles upon an irrigation project swindle.
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Buck Coburn Marion Shilling Bud Osborne Benny Corbett Henry Hall Roger Williams Dick Botiller Nelson McDowell Lloyd Ingram Tracy Layne Lafe McKee
cowboy rancher outlaw daughter henchman sheriff gritty melodramatic ranch range sheriff's office cabin road secrets abduction gunfight ranching grudge murder revenge
Parker, seeking revenge on Culverson, is bringing in a flood of sheep. Branning signs on at the Culverson ranch to help fight them off. Standing in his way is hired gunman and crooked ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Rex Lease Bobby Nelson Janet Morgan Richard Alexander Ada Belle Driver Bill Patten Wally Wales William Desmond Franklyn Farnum Art Mix Lafe McKee
Bill travels to a new state after the outlaw Scarface saves him from a lynch mob. There he takes a job on the Barton ranch and joins in the fight against gang leader Larkin. Finding a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
54 Minutes
William Boyd George "Gabby" Hayes Russell Hayden Stephen Morris Bernadene Hayes John Rutherford Lorraine Randall Walter Long Lee J. Cobb John Beach Al Ferguson
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
Adventure, Action
1933
240 Minutes
Colbert Clark Frankie Darro Boots Mallory George J. Lewis Henry B. Walthall Hale Hamilton Fred Kohler Donald Reed Gordon De Main Stanley Blystone Tom London
Western
USA
1934
54 Minutes
Kermit Maynard Barbara Worth Roy Mason Maurice Conn Charles Delaney Robert Frazer Walter Miller Joe Girard George Regas George Chesebro Charles King
When the Mountie Sergeant returns murdered with a note that LaFarge did it, Trooper Burke sets out to after LaFarge. Working undercover, he saves LaFarge's life and this gets him into ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott Kay Francis Brian Donlevy George Bancroft Broderick Crawford Stuart Erwin Andy Devine Frank Albertson Mary Gordon Harvey Stephens Edgar Dearing
pioneer outlaw railroad baron rancher lawyer sheriff thrilling gripping kansas frontier ranch courtroom land claim false accusations murder trial family on the run rivalry underdog
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.