List of the best Yakima Canutt movies: The Iron Rider(1926), Wyoming Whirlwind(1932), Winds of the Wasteland(1936), The Dawn Rider(1935), Pals of the Range(1935), 'Neath the Arizona Skies(1934), Law and Lawless(1933), Trouble in Texas(1937), Sagebrush Trail(1933), Guns for Hire(1932), Randy Rides Alone(1934), Paradise Canyon(1935) ... ...
Western
USA
1926
44 Minutes
Producer
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
1932
55 Minutes
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
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Henchman Smokey
John Wayne Phyllis Fraser Yakima Canutt Douglas Cosgrove Lane Chandler Sam Flint Lew Kelly Bob Kortman Ed Cassidy Merrill McCormick Jon Hall
cowboy business owner stagecoach driver mayor sidekick thrilling spirited tense wild west stagecoach california con game frontier life competition second chance contract changing times adventure rivalry 19th century
The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.
Western
USA
1935
53 Minutes
Saloon Owner
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
1935
57 Minutes
Henchman Brown
Rex Lease Francis Wright Yakima Canutt
A cowboy goes after cattle rustlers he finds changing brands.
Western
1934
56 Minutes
Sam Black
John Wayne Sheila Terry Yakima Canutt Jay Wilsey George "Gabby" Hayes Jack Rockwell Phil Keefer Earle Dwire Artie Ortego Shirley Jean Rickert
ward heiress estranged father cowboy thief father figure gripping thrilling tender river wild west arizona ranch reunion father/daughter relationship inheritance greed switched identities protection rescue
A cowboy (John Wayne) vows to help a young half-Native American girl who must find her white father in order to claim her hefty inheritance after the death of her mother.
Western
USA
1933
59 Minutes
Tex Barnes
Jack Hoxie Hilda Moreno Julian Rivero Yakima Canutt Jack Mower Wally Wales Frank Glendon Edith Fellows
Montana and sidekick Pancho hire on at the Lopez rancho to fight Daggett and his outlaw gang. But Lopez's foreman Barnes is one of Daggett's men and he frames Montana for murder.
Western
USA
1937
64 Minutes
Squint Palmer
Tex Ritter Rita Hayworth Earle Dwire Yakima Canutt Tex Palmer Hal Price Fred Parker Horace Murphy Charles King Tommy Cooper Glenn Strange
Rodeo stars are being killed with poisoned needles, and Tex Ritter is next on the list.
Western
USA
1933
55 Minutes
Ed Walsh
John Wayne Lane Chandler Nancy Shubert Yakima Canutt Wally Wales Art Mix Bob Burns Henry Hall Hank Bell Charles Whitaker Hal Price
cowboy outlaw sheriff deputy love interest shopkeeper rousing wild engaging tense maryland jail hideout general store lake wrongfully accused outlaws murder fugitives robbery
The Duke is wrongly convicted for a killing, but he escapes from prison and heads out west to find the real killer.
Western
USA
1932
59 Minutes
Sheriff Pete Peterson
Lane Chandler Sally Darling Neal Hart Yakima Canutt John Ince Charles Whitaker
gunslinger adoptive father love interest rival father son engaging wild west small town ranch saloon family home land dispute murder father/son relationship showdown mentorship adventure quest 19th century
Gunfighter Ken Wayne gets hired at Thorton's sheep ranch to help fight the cattleman Moran and his gang. In Moran's gang is Whispering Carlyle, the man that raised Wayne and taught him how ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1934
53 Minutes
Spike
John Wayne Alberta Vaughn George "Gabby" Hayes Yakima Canutt Earle Dwire Tex Phelps Artie Ortego Tex Palmer
undercover agent girl sheriff henchman desperado lawman rousing tense thrilling gutsy small town american west saloon hideout jail false accusations massacre undercover operations outlaws assumed identity
Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers.
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Curly Joe Gale
John Wayne Marion Burns Earle Hodgins Yakima Canutt Reed Howes Perry Murdock Gino Corrado Gordon Clifford Tex Palmer Herman Hack Earle Dwire
government agent counterfeiter ex-convict daughter sheriff singer melodramatic suspenseful thrilling small town wilderness drugstore arizona new mexico investigation traveling performers counterfeit money doomed romance undercover operations pursuit
An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.
Western
USA
1934
55 Minutes
Cheyenne Kent
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
1934
56 Minutes
Joe Cole
John Wayne Barbara Sheldon George "Gabby" Hayes Yakima Canutt Gordon De Main Ed Parker Earle Dwire Lloyd Whitlock Tex Palmer George Morrell
college graduate miner criminal partner granddaughter sheriff wild charming rousing texas blacksmith's workshop creek ranch jail gold romance thievery deception left for dead frame-up
Jerry Mason (John Wayne) and his friend Jake (George Hayes) have to keep two crooks away from their gold.
Western
USA
1936
59 Minutes
Tom Richards
John Wayne Ann Rutherford Joe Girard Yakima Canutt Frank Rice E.H. Calvert Ben Hendricks Jr. Harry Harvey Fern Emmett
U.S. Army Captain John Delmont takes a leave of absence to find out what happened to his missing father. Later he leads a wagon train to California and goes after the bad guys involved in his father's disappearance.
Western
1934
53 Minutes
Yak
John Wayne Verna Hillie George "Gabby" Hayes Yakima Canutt Earle Dwire Ed Parker George Cleveland Billy Franey Tom Lingham Art Ortega Tex Palmer
u.s. marshal young woman uncle native american bandit sheriff rousing tense gutsy thrilling american west small town ranch saloon stagecoach robbery inheritance murder outlaws betrayal
Marshal John Travers investigates the murder of a town's sheriff, makes it his mission to restore order to the town and bring down a bandit called the Shadow.
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Henchman Red
John Wayne Sheila Bromley Frank McGlynn Jr. Jack Curtis Yakima Canutt Bradley Metcalfe Hank Bell Mary MacLaren Jim Farley Dickie Jones Glenn Strange
cowboy brother outlaw love interest vigilante confident spirited shocking wild west california saloon desert separation reunion brother relationship kidnapping retribution posse pursuit discovery
As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon.
Western
USA
1934
54 Minutes
Danti
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
1934
54 Minutes
Hank
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
1935
52 Minutes
Joe
John Wayne Sheila Terry George "Gabby" Hayes Earle Dwire Yakima Canutt Jack Rockwell Lloyd Whitlock Artie Ortego Jay Wilsey Herman Hack
cowboy prospector murderer granddaughter sheriff deputy spirited gutsy thrilling tense texas frontier trail mine shack desert murder manhunt false accusations justice
A cowboy (John Wayne) protects a girl (Sheila Terry) and her father (George Hayes) from a rustler and a sheriff.
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
Joe Burns
John Wayne Sheila Bromley Earle Dwire Frank McGlynn Jr. Jack Curtis Yakima Canutt Wally Howe
rodeo rider father friend niece sheriff banker spirited gutsy tense rousing american west small town ranch cave schemes mistaken identity undercover operations gold disappearance cattle rustling
John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emmett, a rancher who disappeared earlier. They help each other escape and learn that a local... See full summary »
Action, Western
1933
54 Minutes
High Wolf
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
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Buck
Robert Randall Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Rita Hayworth Ed Cassidy Sammy McKim Yakima Canutt Harry Tenbrook F.R. Smith Eddie Boland George Plues
saloon girl gunslinger rancher swindler sheriff son patriotic suspenseful melodramatic wild west saloon wilderness sheriff's office town ranch horse thieves illicit business protected wildlife love triangle murder
Greedy rancher McGowan wants to have a local wild horse sanctuary closed, so he can capture and sell them while Tucson tries to break up Stony's marriage to a sexy, gold-digging saloon girl.
Western
USA
1937
56 Minutes
Spider
Robert Randall Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Kenneth Harlan Julia Thayer Sammy McKim Yakima Canutt Fred S. Toones
Flagg is relocating flood victims to Gunsmoke Ranch. The Three Mesquiteers know Flagg to be a crook and try to warn them. They ignore the warning and improve the land only to find that it has been condemned for a new dam.
Western
1937
57 Minutes
Arizona Ranger Sergeant Beef
Tex Ritter Louise Stanley Charles King Horace Murphy Snub Pollard Earle Dwire Yakima Canutt Martin Garralaga
Tex and his friends fight rustlers along the border, but when his friends are framed and jailed, he joins an outlaw gang to clear his pal's names.
Western
1936
58 Minutes
Bull Horell
John Wayne Ann Rutherford Cyrus W. Kendall Bob Kortman Etta McDaniel Sam Flint Denny Meadows Jim Toney Yakima Canutt Lloyd Ingram Bob Burns
Western
USA
1933
56 Minutes
Henchman
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
1933
60 Minutes
Henchman Joe
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
1943
69 Minutes
Roy Rogers Sheila Ryan Barton MacLane Harry Shannon Arline Judge William Haade Eve March Hal Taliaferro Sons of the Pioneers Bob Nolan Yakima Canutt
A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch.
Western
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Errol Flynn Patrice Wymore Scott Forbes Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Dickie Jones Howard Petrie Slim Pickens Chubby Johnson Robert "Buzz" Henry Sheb Wooley Peter Coe
rocky lord general spirited mountain california men union rivalry 18th century
In California during the Civil War, a Confederate patrol and a Union troop must set their differences aside in order to survive a Shoshone attack.