List of the best Nelson McDowell movies: Rawhide Mail(1934), Texas Jack(1935), The Iron Rider(1926), Terror of the Plains(1934), Lightning Bill(1935), Born to Battle(1935), Desert Phantom(1936), Feud of the West(1936), Fighting Hero(1934), The Last of the Mohicans(1920), Gun Smoke(1935), The Dawn Rider(1935) ... ...
Western
USA
1934
59 Minutes
Judge
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.
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Barney
Jack Perrin Jayne Regan Nelson McDowell Robert Walker Cope Borden Lew Meehan Blackie Whitcomb Budd Buster
Jack is looking for the man that was responsible for the death of his sister after he hired her as a school teacher. When he runs into school teacher Ann who was just hired by Corey, he ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1926
44 Minutes
Dunk
Yakima Canutt Jim Corey Alfred Hewston Nelson McDowell Les Bates Elsa Benham Lee Sepulveda
After he loses his money and horse in a poker game, Yak learns he was cheated. But then he learns that the men that cheated him are wanted and have a price on their heads. This gives him a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1934
57 Minutes
Parson Jones
Tom Tyler Roberta Gale Fern Emmett Nelson McDowell Frank Rice Ralph Lewis Robert Walker
The man that framed Tom Lansing's father for murder is at a ghost town where no one is allowed in or out. Tom gets in by posing as an escaping outlaw with his sidekick Banty posing as the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
46 Minutes
Sidekick Barney
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
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Lem Blinky Holt
Tom Tyler Jean Carmen Earle Dwire Julian Rivero Nelson McDowell William Desmond
Good-natured troublemaker "Cyclone" Tom Saunders is hired by a ranchers' association manager to investigate recent cattle rustling at one of their ranches and to see if a pair of nesters ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Doc Simpson
Johnny Mack Brown Sheila Bromley Ted Adams Carl Hackett Hal Price Nelson McDowell Charles King Forrest Taylor Frank Ball
gunslinger rancher disabled person father ranch hand outlaw engaging melodramatic suspenseful ranch texas plains mine investigation gold murder strange happenings mystery 1930s
Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch where the mysterious Phantom has killed all the hands, it's not long before the Phantom shoots him.
Western
USA
1936
62 Minutes
Wild Horse Henderson
Hoot Gibson Joan Barclay Buzz Barton Bob Kortman Ed Cassidy Nelson McDowell Reed Howes
A rodeo rider agrees to help an old rancher who's been stealing his horses and murdered his nephew, so he goes undercover to expose the gang.
Adventure, Western
1934
56 Minutes
Bailiff
Tom Tyler Edward Hearn Dick Botiller Ralph Lewis Murdock MacQuarrie Nelson McDowell Tom London George Chesebro Rosa Rosanova J.P. McGowan Rene Borden
Tyler rescues a young Mexican woman from a lynching when she is accused of murder. They fall in love, then Tyler learns that she is involved with a gang of robbers.
Adventure
USA
1920
90 Minutes
David Gamut
Wallace Beery Clarence Brown Barbara Bedford Albert Roscoe Lillian Hall Henry Woodward James Gordon George Hackathorne Nelson McDowell Harry Lorraine Theodore Lorch
sister captain colonel native american traitor wise man thrilling emotional powerful fort wilderness cave indian village new york state adirondack mountains native americans cross-cultural romance prejudice massacre french and indian war
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Long Distance Jones
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
53 Minutes
Bates
John Wayne Marion Burns Yakima Canutt Reed Howes Denny Meadows Bert Dillard Jack Jones Nelson McDowell Archie Ricks Tex Phelps James Sheridan
beautiful woman brother son murderer boyfriend father spirited wild emotional wild west saloon train tracks house father/son relationship vengeance love triangle sabotage jealousy dueling love
Just as John travels to visit his father, he witnesses his death and suffers a gun wound - a beautiful woman is kind enough to help him bring the killers to justice, but jealousy from another man may cause problems.
Western
USA
1932
61 Minutes
Cowhand Slim
Ken Maynard Myrna Kennedy Kate Campbell Roy Stewart Bob Kortman Niles Welch Benny Corbett Jack Rockwell Nelson McDowell Jack Mower Edmund Cobb
cowboy horse rancher horse owner sheriff businessman spirited suspenseful engaging wild west prairie desert ranch family home animal rights animal slaughter romance horse thieves relationships american west
Frazier and his gang are rustling horses. When the wild horse Tarzan frees Frazier's horses. Frazier gets the Sheriff to declare Tarzan an outlaw and have him shot. But Tarzan is Ken's favorite and he now tries to protect him.
Western
USA
1933
62 Minutes
McTavish
Ken Maynard Frances Lee Frank Rice William Gould Bob Kortman Harry Holman Frank Beal Wilfred Lucas Nelson McDowell
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Barfly Tope
Kermit Maynard Eleanor Hunt Russell Hopton J. Farrell MacDonald Roy Mason Gertrude Astor Ben Hendricks Jr. Walter Brennan Lloyd Ingram Nelson McDowell
A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
Western
1938
56 Minutes
Tex Ritter Hal Price Charles B. Wood Vic Demourelle Roy Barcroft Frank Wayne Kenne Duncan Ruth Rogers Tom London Charles King Nelson McDowell
A railroad detective (Tex Ritter) protects a rancher from another rancher's hired gun (Charles B. Wood).
Western
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Hoot Gibson Lona Andre Charles Hill Frank Yaconelli Bob McKenzie George Chesebro Jack Rockwell Art Mix Fargo Bussey Wally Wales Charles King
outlaw niece miner lawyer sheriff cowboy rousing engaging tense house sheriff's office mountain trail frontier wild west law and order gold murder justice theft
A sharpshooter in a traveling sideshow is falsely accused of murdering a local miner.
Drama
1933
77 Minutes
Dickie Moore Irving Pichel William "Stage" Boyd Doris Lloyd Barbara Kent Alec B. Francis George K. Arthur Clyde Cook Sonny Ray George Nash Lionel Belmore
Dickens' London waif (Dickie Moore) joins Fagin's (Irving Pichel) crime gang led by brutish Bill Sikes (William "Stage" Boyd) and the Artful Dodger.
Drama
USA
1927
141 Minutes
James B. Lowe Eulalie Jensen Margarita Fischer Virginia Grey Mona Ray Aileen Manning Arthur Edmund Carewe George Siegmann Lassie Lou Ahern Jack Mower Vivien Oakland
slave fiancé son lawyer villain melodramatic intricate powerful kentucky plantation new orleans steamboat inn slavery mother/son relationship freedom american south love pursuit revenge
Slavery tears apart a black family in the South before the start of the Civil War.