20 movies like Thunder Over Texas, ordered by similarity : The Law of the 45's(1935), The Restless Breed(1957), Blazing Guns(1934), Unforgiven(1992), Gun Smoke(1935), The Man From Galveston(1963), Kansas Pacific(1953), Streets of Laredo(1949), Big Calibre(1935), Thunder Town(1946), The Return of Frank James(1940), The Texas Rangers(1936) ...
Western
USA
1934
50 Minutes
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Marion Shilling Helen Westcott Claude Payton Philo McCullough Bob McKenzie Tiny Skelton
banker sheriff cowboy orphan kidnapper schoolmaster spirited melodramatic confident texas plains railroad tracks kidnapping secret documents orphans murder guardianship railroad rescue pursuit
A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because he had railroad maps that showed the location of a proposed new line. Now the killers are after her because they think she has the maps.
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
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
1957
81 Minutes
Scott Brady Anne Bancroft Jay C. Flippen Jim Davis Rhys Williams Leo Gordon Scott Marlowe Eddy Waller Harry Cheshire Myron Healey Gerald Milton
lawyer father murderer woman gangster sheriff intense gory suspenseful thrilling patriotic brooding texas saloon mexico sheriff's office western films gangsters bandits murder
A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.
Western
USA
1934
58 Minutes
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
USA
1992
130 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Gene Hackman Morgan Freeman Richard Harris Jaimz Woolvett Saul Rubinek Frances Fisher Anna Levine David Mucci Rob Campbell Anthony James
gunslinger sheriff prostitute writer cowboy confident dark intense small town wyoming kansas vigilantism murder aging rivalry pursuit 19th century
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
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
1963
57 Minutes
Jeffrey Hunter Preston Foster James Coburn Joanna Moore Edward Andrews Kevin Hagen Martin West Ed Nelson Karl Swenson Grace Lee Whitney
lawyer ex-girlfriend extortionist wrongly accused murder suspect sheriff brooding tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic engaging galveston, texas wrongfully accused innocence murder investigation court decision protecting girlfriend murder accusation escape
In 1800s Texas, during the early days of circuit-courts, lawyers had to be handy with their guns as well as with their law books when facing lynch mobs bent on administering frontier justice.
Western
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Eve Miller Barton MacLane Reed Hadley Irving Bacon Harry Shannon Tom Fadden Douglas Fowley Robert Keyes Myron Healey James Griffith
army officer railroad engineer railroad worker boss daughter southerner patriotic spirited gripping kansas railroad tracks frontier train saloon american civil war railroad construction westward expansion sabotage quest
With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.
Western
USA
1949
92 Minutes
William Holden William Bendix Macdonald Carey Mona Freeman Stanley Ridges Alfonso Bedoya Ray Teal Clem Bevans James Bell Dick Foote Joe Dominguez
texas ranger bandit orphan beautiful woman outlaw tense engaging gritty confident texas wild west romantic dilemma rescue redemption old west law and order rescue transformation love rivalry
An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies.
Western
USA
1935
59 Minutes
son mad scientist murderer sheriff beautiful woman lawyer confident outlandish rousing border town jail ranch laboratory cave bank murder investigation false accusations robbery on the run
Intent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1946
57 Minutes
Bob Steele Syd Saylor Ellen Hall Edward Howard Bud Geary Charles King Steve Clark Bud Osborne
ex-convict best friend girlfriend rancher sheriff villain engaging wild west ranch sheriff's office street plains land wars false accusations murder kidnapping mystery pursuit 19th century
Jim Brandon returns from prison having been framed for robbery. At the time of the robbery his partner supposedly committed suicide. Jim's first break in proving his innocence comes when he... See full summary »
Western
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Henry Fonda Gene Tierney Jackie Cooper Henry Hull John Carradine J. Edward Bromberg Donald Meek Eddie Collins George Barbier Ernest Whitman Charles Tannen
cowboy murderer news reporter young man woman tense confident missouri colorado wild west court search retribution murder robbery trial pursuit revenge 19th century
Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
Western
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Jack Oakie Jean Parker Lloyd Nolan Edward Ellis Bennie Bartlett Frank Shannon Frank Cordell
ranger friend bandit boy daughter orphan gripping confident texas range town ranch crime friendship texas rangers loyalty law and order moral dilemma transformation quest
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
Western
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Joel McCrea Frances Dee Charles Bickford Joseph Calleia William Conrad Martin Garralaga Raymond Largay John Parrish
cowboy sheriff nurse bank robber gambler rancher intense suspenseful new mexico small town bank train saloon wild west bank heist foreclosure romance showdown chase organized crime
In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral, in exchange for an IOU but the marshal and his posse chase after him.
Western
USA
1944
87 Minutes
John Wayne Ella Raines Audrey Long Ward Bond George "Gabby" Hayes Elisabeth Risdon Raymond Hatton
cowboy rancher woman niece judge aunt thrilling intricate spirited melodramatic wild west town ranch saloon road inheritance murder love triangle corruption sexism
Ranch hand Rocklin arrives in town to start his new job but his employer has been murdered and the locals don't seem too friendly.
Western
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Richard Widmark Felicia Farr Susan Kohner Tommy Rettig Stephanie Griffin Ray Stricklyn Nick Adams Carl Benton Reid Douglas Kennedy George Mathews James Drury
prisoner sheriff young boy general beautiful woman native american melodramatic tense plains wagon train murder revenge massacre prejudice daunting task culture clash escape rescue underdog 19th century
Wagon train survivors of an Apache attack entrust the sheriff's prisoner, scout Comanche Todd, with their lives despite his wanted-for-murder status.
Western
USA
1955
93 Minutes
James Cagney Viveca Lindfors John Derek Jean Hersholt Grant Withers Jack Lambert Ernest Borgnine Ray Teal
cowboy sheriff townspeople young woman unrestrained thrilling spirited rousing engaging confident wild west frontier shoot out mistaken identity train robbery adventure pursuit 19th century
Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen Rock Hudson John Alexander
sergeant cowboy sheriff prostitute outlaw tense spirited mountain saloon prairie dodge city, kan. cowboys robbery guns pursuit revenge rivalry 1890s
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Western
USA
1961
107 Minutes
John Wayne Stuart Whitman Lee Marvin Ina Balin Nehemiah Persoff Michael Ansara Patrick Wayne Bruce Cabot Joan O'Brien Jack Elam Edgar Buchanan
texas ranger native american outlaw gun runner gambler prisoner gritty rousing melodramatic texas mexico desert valley american west unlikely allies cowboys frontier justice violence romance adventure
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
Western
USA
1967
126 Minutes
John Wayne Robert Mitchum James Caan Arthur Hunnicutt Ed Asner Michele Carey Christopher George Charlene Holt Paul Fix R. G. Armstrong Johnny Crawford
gunslinger sheriff tycoon deputy thug spirited gritty el dorado, texas land grab friendship alcoholism redemption rescue rivalry transformation 19th century
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Western
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Robert Sterling Gloria Grahame Claude Jarman Jr. John Ireland Jeff Donnell Myrna Dell Martha Hyer George Cooper Jeff Corey Sara Haden James Bell
cattle rancher younger brother sheriff ex-convict friend dance hall girl engaging melodramatic spirited thrilling california trail ranch mountain american west ranchers siblings escaped criminals ambush murder
Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside.