List of the best Roscoe Ates movies: Shadow Valley(1947), Stars Over Texas(1946), West to Glory(1947), The Westward Trail(1948), The Tioga Kid(1948), Check Your Guns(1947), Range Beyond the Blue(1947), Tornado Range(1948), Black Hills(1947), Reg'lar Fellers(1941), Prairie Outlaws(1946), Colorado Serenade(1946) ... ...
Western
USA
1947
61 Minutes
Roscoe Ates Jennifer Holt George Chesebro Ed Parker Lee Morgan
u.s. marshal woman lawyer sidekick sheriff rancher spirited gutsy thrilling gripping american west ranch mine town jail murder investigation false accusations land dispute gold schemes
Singing cowboy saves woman's ranch from gold-greedy outlaws.
Western
USA
1946
57 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Shawn Smith Lee Bennett Lee Roberts Kermit Maynard Jack O'Shea Hal Smith Matty Roubert Carl Mathews
rancher sidekick thug cattle rustler cowboy foreman rousing engaging spirited ranch american west prairie saloon cattle drives cattle rustling crime frontier life law and order investigation quest
When Eddie and his pals deliver cattle to the Lawrence ranch, they run into trouble with Ringo Evans and his gang. Ringo's men are rustling cattle and attempting to kill the foreman. Seeing... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
61 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Dolores Castle Gregg Barton Jimmy Martin Zon Murray Alex Montoya Harry J. Vejar
undercover agent sidekick mysterious woman prospector gang leader criminal engaging suspenseful spirited saloon house party wild west mexican-american border border town undercover operations diamond theft crime old west
A western sheriff chases a gang trying to rob a rancher's gold.
Western
USA
1948
56 Minutes
Roscoe Ates Phyllis Planchard Eileene Hardin Steve Drake Bob Duncan
cowboy sidekick rancher younger brother sheriff saloon owner spirited tense gutsy rousing american west small town ranch saloon ranchers murder land grab greed double-cross corruption
Singing lawman Eddie Dean and sidekick Soapy Jones help a city woman and her ne'er-do-well brother save their ranch from a ruthless cattle baron seeking silver.
Western
USA
1948
54 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Jennifer Holt Denny Meadows Lee Bennett William Fawcett Ed Parker Bob Woodward Wylie Grant Terry Frost Tex Palmer
texas ranger brother cattle rustler rancher twin singing cowboy gripping intense charming tender texas prairie ranch paddock wild west town mistaken identity cattle rustling crime family feud
"The Tioga Kid" is a remake of 1946's "Driftin' Kid" with only slight plot changes - hero Eddie Dean now has an identical twin brother working with the outlaws of stock from the original, ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
55 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Nancy Gates I. Stanford Jolley William Fawcett Mikel Conrad
gunslinger saloon owner judge sheriff deputy rancher engaging wild west small town saloon sheriff's office ranch land grab corruption murder adventure pursuit 19th century
Dean takes over as Sheriff of Red Gap and makes everyone check their guns at his office. But he is in trouble as Taggert's men continue their lawlessness and the crooked judge Hammond lets them go when they are caught.
Western
USA
1947
53 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Helen Mowery Bob Duncan Ted Adams Bill Hammond George Turner Ted French Buster Slaven Steve Clark
sidekick singing cowboy robber stagecoach owner masked man sheriff thrilling engaging rousing american southwest stagecoach prairie frontier arizona banditry investigation justice frontier life law and order old west
Henry Rodgers is after Margie's stage line. He has her in trouble by having her gold shipments robbed thereby driving her insurance premiums to an unaffordable level. Eddie and Soapy arrive... See full summary »
Western
USA
1948
56 Minutes
"Soapy" Jones
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Jennifer Holt George Chesebro Terry Frost Buster Slaven Marshall Reed Lane Bradford Russell Arms
rancher daughter homesteader son sidekick u.s. marshal tense fiery melodramatic frontier ranch town texas sheriff's office land dispute ranchers homesteading father/daughter relationship hired killers trial
Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called 'Nesters', start ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
60 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Shawn Smith Terry Frost Steve Drake Nina Bara William Fawcett Lane Bradford Lee Morgan George Chesebro Andy Parker
son daughter murderer henchman foreman sidekick amusing suspenseful american west ranch saloon cave office gold forgery robbery blackmail murder land grab underdog
Two frontiersmen try to avenge the murder of a struggling rancher.
Comedy
1941
66 Minutes
Sarah Padden Roscoe Ates Maren Mayo
A cranky grandmother gains a deeper appreciation of adolescence after her own grandchildren help thwart a local robbery.
Western
1946
57 Minutes
Soapy Jones
cowboy native american warrior judge criminal ranger friend lighthearted melodramatic rousing outlandish arizona desert wild west telegraph old west outlaws gunfight dangerous assignment cowboys adventure
A singing Texas Ranger (Eddie Dean) and his pals (Roscoe Ates, Al "Lash" La Rue) help an engineer lay telegraph cable.
Western
USA
1946
68 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean David Sharpe Roscoe Ates Mary Kenyon Forrest Taylor Denny Meadows
judge cowboy sidekick saloon owner bandit drifter confident crafty gutsy thrilling wild west saloon mine ranch small town robbery murder plot musical performance secret identity father/son relationship
Duke Dillon has his gang robbing stagecoaches carrying gold which is then melted down by his father. But Eddie and his sidekick Soapy are on the job and they are aided by undercover man Nevada.
Western
USA
1948
54 Minutes
Soapy Jones
Eddie Dean Jennifer Holt Roscoe Ates June Carlson Ed Parker Terry Frost Lane Bradford Ted French
marshal cousin henchman uncle daughter criminal rousing spirited passionate ranch hideout wild west frontier small town banditry murder family secret identity law and order land grab
The "Hawk" rides into a western town and restores peace through endless effort.
Western
USA
1932
54 Minutes
Rusty
Tom Keene Julie Haydon Roscoe Ates Robert Ellis William Scott Frank Lackteen Wade Boteler Roy Stewart Harry Tenbrook
Sam Dunning, one of the wealthiest ranchers in the Pecos Valley is found dead with a bullet in his back. Pinned to his body is a note which reads "An eye for an eye, signed Joan Stanton". ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1931
71 Minutes
Peter Higgins
Marie Dressler Polly Moran Roscoe Ates Karen Morley William Bakewell John Miljan Joan Marsh Tom McGuire Kane Richmond Mary Alden Bob Perry
music teacher mother tenant daughter racketeer boyfriend cheeky positive small town household political rally club attic town hall election corruption reform small-town life murder racketeering
Wives go on strike to make their husbands vote for a mother (Marie Dressler) running for mayor against corruption.
Horror
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Roscoe
Wallace Ford Olga Baclanova Leila Hyams Roscoe Ates Harry Earles Henry Victor Daisy Earles Rose Dione Edward Brophy Matt McHugh Olga Roderick
trapeze artist circus performer conjoined twins dwarf strong man creepy disturbing circus united states retribution deception friendship bigotry circus revenge fall 1930s
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Sponge
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
68 Minutes
Tommy Logan
Fay Wray Ralph Bellamy Melvyn Douglas Roscoe Ates Reed Brown Jr. Ruth Gillette Nell O'Day Granville Bates Frank Otto Cliff Dunstan
A paroled prisoner hits a man attacking a woman. He runs away scared that he may have killed him - he did not. From a book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
Western
USA
1931
131 Minutes
Jesse Rickey
Richard Dix Irene Dunne Estelle Taylor Nance O'Neil William Collier Jr. Roscoe Ates George E. Stone Robert McWade Edna May Oliver Frank Darien Eugene Jackson
editor wife prostitute servant outlaw native american rousing wild oklahoma oil field courtroom gambling house abandonment trial oil newspapers marriage land rush adventure love
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
Western
USA
1939
56 Minutes
Sheriff Brown
John Wayne Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Carole Landis Ralph Graves Roscoe Ates Collette Lyons Billy Curtis Ted Adams Stanley Blystone David Sharpe
cowboy circus owner circus manager circus performer madcap amusing playful american west ranch prairie vigilantism sabotage attempted robbery teamwork land wars circus life rescue 1930s
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons won't sell to Mike Abbott. Her partners, secretly in league with Abbott, sabotage the ... See full summary »
Comedy
1932
74 Minutes
Sam
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Betty Grable Edna May Oliver Robert Armstrong Roscoe Ates Edgar Kennedy Warren Hymer Paul Hurst G. Pat Collins Stanley Blystone
A football-loving warden gives the inmates a chance to show their stuff by scheduling a game with another penitentiary.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
64 Minutes
The Trapper
Margaret Lindsay Donald Woods Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Hugh Herbert Frank McHugh Roscoe Ates Ruth Donnelly Hobart Cavanaugh
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Adventure
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Dan Taylor
Rhonda Fleming Gene Barry Agnes Moorehead Teresa Brewer Guy Mitchell Jean Parker Roscoe Ates John Kellogg Frank Wilcox
A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.
Adventure, Drama
1961
62 Minutes
Sid
Roger Mobley David McLean Gail Russell Joe Besser Jack Younger Rusty Wescoatt Roscoe Ates Sherwood Keith Milton Parsons Dal McKennon
A dog embarks on a journey from Nevada to Los Angeles to find the family (Roger Mobley, David McLean, Gail Russell) that left it behind.
Romance
USA
1930
85 Minutes
Proprietor
Robert Montgomery Dorothy Jordan Benny Rubin J.C. Nugent Penny Singleton Tyrrell Davis Harry Burns Allan Lane Catherine Moylan Roscoe Ates
When shipping clerk Jack Kelly is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
Drama
1936
80 Minutes
Gander Hopkins
George Brent Beverly Roberts Barton MacLane Robert Barrat Alan Hale Joe King El Brendel Joseph Crehan Addison Richards Roscoe Ates Billy Bevan
logger brother rival lumberjack love interest foreman rousing emotional vancouver, british columbia camp airplane lake woods brother relationship deception new romance assumed identity stranded business rivalry
A lumber-camp owner (Beverly Roberts) falls in love with her business rival's brother (George Brent).
Comedy
1955
79 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Fred Clark Lynn Bari Max Rosenbloom Frank Wilcox Henry Kulky Sam Flint Harold Goodwin Roscoe Ates Paul Dubov
Two suckers (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) follow a con man (Fred Clark) to 1912 Hollywood, where they get even as stuntmen.
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Romance
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Jane Wyman Charlton Heston Claire Trevor Thelma Ritter William Demarest Wallace Ford Tom Helmore Gloria Talbott James Westerfield Mary Field Joel Fluellen
fashion designer rancher soldier banker passionate emotional charming texas united states shop fashion romance love adventure 20th century
The success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.