20 movies like The Desert Trail, ordered by similarity : Overland Riders(1946), Lucky Terror(1936), The Man From Utah(1934), The Lusty Men(1952), Virginia City(1940), Sweet Country(2017), Somewhere in Sonora(1933), Convict Stage(1965), The Shooting(1967), Roughshod(1949), Pioneer Justice(1947), Heart of the Rockies(1937) ...
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
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
1946
49 Minutes
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Patti McCarty Charles Whitaker Bud Osborne Jack O'Shea Frank Ellis Al Ferguson
cowboy sidekick young woman rancher henchman gang leader suspenseful rousing gutsy stagecoach ranch trail prison american west robbery business deal murder frame-up friendship jailbreak
Billy arrives to buy Barkley's cattle and gets involved in Landreau's scheme to get Barkley's ranch. When Landreau kills Barkley he takes the money Billy paid him. But Billy had been ... See full summary »
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.
Western
USA
1934
55 Minutes
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
1952
113 Minutes
Susan Hayward Robert Mitchum Arthur Kennedy Arthur Hunnicutt Frank Faylen Walter Coy Carol Nugent Maria Hart Lorna Thayer Burt Mustin
rodeo rider cowboy wife brooding gutsy american west ranch rodeo rodeo marriage injury dreams sports sacrifice quest rivalry transformation 1950s
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
Western
USA
1940
121 Minutes
Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins Randolph Scott Humphrey Bogart Frank McHugh Alan Hale Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Moroni Olsen Russell Hicks Douglas Dumbrille
southerner commander intelligence officer bandit friend engaging gripping rousing prison wagon train virginia city, nev. trail american civil war theft escape prisoners of war robbery pursuit escape sacrifice
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
Western, Drama, History
Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Bryan Brown Matt Day Tremayne Doolan Anni Finsterer Natassia Gorey Furber Gibson John Ewen Leslie Hamilton Morris Sam Neill Thomas M. Wright
aboriginal murderer farmer murder victim runaway office worker emotional gripping intense sad somber uneasy australian outback cattle ranch outdoors manhunt on the run murder law justice
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Western
USA
1933
57 Minutes
John Wayne Shirley Palmer J.P. McGowan Ann Fay Frank Rice Billy Franey Paul Fix Ralph Lewis Henry B. Walthall
cowboy outlaw rodeo rider boss father son melodramatic rousing suspenseful mexico mine desert rodeo american west false accusations horse thieves kidnapping father/son relationship redemption romance
John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.
Western
USA
1965
71 Minutes
Harry Lauter Don "Red" Barry Jodi Mitchell Joe Patridge Eric Matthews Walter Reed Michael Carr
gunslinger sister outlaw brother mother marshal suspenseful raw crafty rousing arizona territory desert trail stagecoach ghost town murder justice vigilantism deception schemes
Ben has been after the Sims brothers since they gunned down his sister. His wife, threatening to leave him, sees his chance to get her back and get his revenge when the brothers are ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1967
82 Minutes
Millie Perkins Jack Nicholson Will Hutchins Warren Oates B.J. Merholz Guy El Tsosie Charles Eastman
bounty hunter gunslinger partner woman friend tense gritty mining camp small town desert wild west bounty murder unlikely allies paranoia old west cowboys revenge pursuit 19th century
A mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme.
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.
Western
USA
1947
56 Minutes
Lash La Rue Al St. John Jennifer Holt William Fawcett Jack Ingram Lane Bradford
marshal partner outlaw sheriff ranger victim gritty engaging frontier small town sheriff's office frontier justice murder lawlessness farming corruption adventure pursuit 1800s
Judd and his gang are driving the ranchers away. When Lash and Fuzzy arrest them, the Sheriff lets them go. Lash expected this and he hopes to follow them to their leader, the person he is really after.
Western
USA
1937
58 Minutes
Robert Randall Ray Corrigan Max Terhune J.P. McGowan Lynne Roberts Sammy McKim
cattle rancher cattle rustler park ranger partner stepson crafty suspenseful positive american west ranch rocky mountains park cattle rustling duplicity revenge justice frame-up wild animals discovery pursuit
Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family.
Western
USA
1954
75 Minutes
Randolph Scott Wayne Morris Joan Weldon Joe Sawyer James Millican Charles Bronson James Bell Fritz Feld Richard Garrick Victor Perrin John Baer
guard gang leader bandit deputy son sister suspenseful rousing tense gritty small town american west stagecoach saloon casino murder false accusations on the run robbery siblings
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang
Western
1965
132 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Lee Van Cleef Gian Maria Volonte Josef Egger Mara Krup Rosemarie Dexter Klaus Kinski Mario Brega
bounty hunter rival colonel outlaw woman adult gritty intense emotional wild west texas new mexico train saloon bank teamwork crime murder betrayal partnership
A man with no name (Clint Eastwood) and a man with a mission (Lee Van Cleef) hunt a Mexican bandit (Gian Maria Volonte) for different reasons.
Western
USA
1936
54 Minutes
John Wayne Muriel Evans Cyrus W. Kendall Arthur Aylesworth Herbert Heywood Frank Glendon Edward Hearn Mary MacLaren
lawyer judge cattleman murderer young boy grandfather brooding gritty unrestrained austin, texas sweetwater, texas pecos river ranch frontier courtroom death of parents witnessing murder land dispute law justice
Texas cattle baron Stiles killed John Clayborn's parents ten years earlier. Now a lawyer, Clayborn tries legally to break up Stiles' water monopoly and rustling operation. When that fails he must use force.
Western
USA
1930
61 Minutes
Ken Maynard Jeanette Loff Wallace MacDonald Carmelita Geraghty William L. Thorne Charles King Fred Burns Bill Nestell Tommy Bay John Fowler Charles Baldra
henchman niece miner bar owner barmaid gambler engaging rousing thrilling house stagecoach saloon mine wild west greed frame-up schemes justice murder swindling
Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
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
1950
71 Minutes
scout partner army colonel native american driver teacher engaging melodramatic rousing thrilling trail fort camp office american west indian reservation wagon train false accusations american indian wars ambush
Davy Crockett (not the famous Alamo hero, but his nephew) guides a wagon train through hostile territory and rescues the cavalry from ambushing Indians.
Western
USA
1939
55 Minutes
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton Eddie Acuff William Pawley Dorothy Sebastian George Meeker Jack Rockwell Guy Usher George Chesebro Glenn Strange
border patrol officer bandit gold smuggler young woman engineer friend gripping rousing spirited border arizona mexico mine ranch stagecoach outlaws missing persons smuggling murder justice
Now that the Spanish-American war is over, Roy and other Rough Riders become border patrolmen. Their goal is to stop outlaws who are stealing gold from stage coaches and express offices.
Western
USA
1932
55 Minutes
John Wayne Ruth Hall Henry B. Walthall Harry Gribbon Otis Harlan Charles Sellon Frank Hagney
cowboy townsperson sidekick bank robber thief killer spirited engaging suspenseful ranch courtroom desert wild west town old west law and order murder frame-up animal rights secret identity
John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that the real murderer, a bad guy known as The Hawk, is the town's leading citizen, Drury arrested on a fraudulent charge.