20 movies like Heritage of the Desert, ordered by similarity : Hit the Saddle(1937), West of the Divide(1934), Durango Valley Raiders(1938), Tornado Range(1948), Ten Wanted Men(1955), Springtime in the Rockies(1937), The Furies(1950), Duel in the Sun(1946), Night Riders(1939), The Bravados(1958), Wichita(1955), The Searchers(1956) ...
Western
USA
1939
74 Minutes
Donald Woods Evelyn Venable Russell Hayden Robert Barrat Sidney Toler C. Henry Gordon
gunslinger rancher son daughter outlaw scientist suspenseful wild melodramatic wild west desert ranch wilderness abduction hired killers love triangle family ties unlikely allies real estate rescue
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
57 Minutes
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
1934
54 Minutes
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
USA
1938
56 Minutes
Bob Steele Louise Stanley Carl Hackett Ted Adams Forrest Taylor Steve Clark
rancher ranch hand sheriff outlaw deputy daughter suspenseful thrilling patriotic small town wild west saloon ranch courtroom valley suspicion murder investigation false accusations abduction
The Shadow and his outlaw gang have control of Durango Valley. Keene Cordner arrives, and with the help of Tanner becomes a second Shadow in his attempt to round up the gang.
Western
USA
1948
56 Minutes
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
1955
80 Minutes
Randolph Scott Jocelyn Brando Richard Boone Skip Homeier Leo Gordon Donna Martell Alfonso Bedoya Clem Bevans
rancher sheriff nephew mistress mercenary leader melodramatic rousing spirited thrilling arizona ranch jail saloon american southwest border town hired killers law and order ranchers jailbreak
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Polly Rowles Ula Love Ruth Bacon Jane Hunt George Chesebro Alan Bridge Tom London Edmund Cobb Frankie Marvin
ranch owner rancher gene autry businesswoman sidekick college graduate positive winsome spirited ranch wild west house family business inheritance schemes advice inexperience ranching rescue love
Ranch owner Sandra, fresh from animal husbandry school, brings a flock of sheep into cattle country. The local ranchers don't like it, and ranch foreman Gene must deal with it.
Western
USA
1950
109 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Walter Huston Wendell Corey Judith Anderson Gilbert Roland Thomas Gomez Beulah Bondi Albert Van Dekker John Bromfield Wallace Ford Blanche Yurka
childhood friend father daughter bad boy gambler rancher dark tense sultry melodramatic ranch new mexico family home wild west town father/daughter relationship family dysfunction jealousy love triangle power struggle
A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman.
Western
USA
1946
130 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck Joseph Cotten Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Herbert Marshall Walter Huston Butterfly McQueen Charles Bickford Tilly Losch Harry Carey
orphan aunt senator outlaw rancher son passionate tense ranch desert texas love-hate relationship love triangle doomed romance cross-cultural romance family dysfunction love revenge rivalry 19th century
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Western
USA
1939
56 Minutes
John Wayne Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Doreen McKay Ruth Rogers George Douglas Tom Tyler Kermit Maynard
con artist rancher gunslinger forger farm girl president james garfield melodramatic spectacular suspenseful wild west small town ranch family home american southwest westward expansion swindling investigation vigilantism politics teamwork
Soft-spoken Homer C. Fitch works his first day as manager of the Windsor Arms, a posh apartment building, and that night shares his problems with his wife Sybil, their daughter Patricia, ... See full synopsis »
Western
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Gregory Peck Joan Collins Stephen Boyd Albert Salmi Henry Silva Kathleen Gallant Barry Coe George Voskovec Herbert Rudley Lee Van Cleef Ada Carrasco
cowboy outlaw ex-girlfriend daughter young woman gritty tense suspenseful wild west new mexico small town ranch prairie kidnapping chase rape murder mission revenge discovery
A man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.
Western
USA
1955
81 Minutes
Joel McCrea Vera Miles Lloyd Bridges Wallace Ford Edgar Buchanan Peter Graves Keith Larsen Carl Benton Reid John Smith Walter Sande Robert Wilke
wyatt earp rancher mayor criminal daughter saloon owner suspenseful tense fiery thrilling wichita, kan. wild west bank saloon family home ranch gun control lawlessness law enforcement frontier justice
In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.
Western
USA
1956
119 Minutes
John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Natalie Wood Vera Miles Ward Bond John Qualen Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey Antonio Moreno Henry Brandon Hank Worden
gunslinger uncle niece brother native american powerful engaging texas new mexico wilderness wild west abduction family revenge native people missing persons bigotry quest adventure discovery
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
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
1941
58 Minutes
Buck Jones Tim McCoy Raymond Hatton Luana Walters Denny Meadows Kathryn Sheldon Tristram Coffin Horace Murphy
cowboy gunslinger lawman ranch hand reverend outlaw melodramatic rousing suspenseful mesa city, ariz. ranch desert wild west town vigilantism bandits old west justice friendship showdown
The Rough Riders are called upon to help save a stagecoach line.
Western
USA
1958
81 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Joan Weldon John Ericson Robert Middleton Marie Windsor Edgar Buchanan Eduard Franz Skip Homeier Peggy Converse Robert Foulk Ann Doran
father cousin judge killer son sheriff suspenseful rousing melodramatic town ranch wild west jail gallows death sentence justice intimidation corruption family rivalry
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
Western
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Pat Buttram Mary Castle Russell Hayden Gail Davis Don Harvey Tom Keene
texas ranger gene autry gunslinger con artist cowgirl rancher melodramatic suspenseful rousing texas ranch saloon wild west frontier financial troubles scam law and order old west kidnapping rescue
Texas Ranger Sergeant Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his pal, Pecos Bates (Pat Buttram), save from eviction the family of Nancy Carter (Gail Davis), whose father (Harry Tyler) has purchased ... See full summary »
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
1957
75 Minutes
John Derek John Smith Carolyn Craig Nick Adams Gage Clarke Robert Griffin
ex-convict brother lawyer railroad baron thug suspenseful melodramatic patriotic wild west small town ranch saloon stagecoach hotel family ranching starting over swindling railroad brother relationship
After serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas.
Western
USA
1936
66 Minutes
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
Italy
1967
76 Minutes
Elsa Martinelli Robert Wood George Eastman Francesca Righini Bruno Piergentili Bruno Corazzari Vladimir Medar Remo De Angelis Eugene Walter
outlaw femme fatale robber gambler wild spirited suspenseful sultry wild west saloon desert outlaws love-hate relationship robbery gambling revenge pursuit rivalry temptation adventure
Abused and dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-rides, out-smokes, out-shoots, and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the Old West, usually wearing male garb. One ... See full summary »