20 movies like Colorado Sunset, ordered by similarity : The Law of the 45's(1935), Public Cowboy, No. 1(1937), Guns and Guitars(1936), Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die(1971), Dodge City(1939), Pioneer Justice(1947), Jesse James at Bay(1942), Drum Taps(1933), Blue Montana Skies(1939), Prairie Moon(1938), Tumbling Tumbleweeds(1935), Check Your Guns(1947) ...
Western
USA
1939
61 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey Buster Crabbe Robert Barrat
gene autry sidekick band member sheriff veterinarian dairy owner airy charming colorado dairy countryside highway sheriff's office land grab corrupt police cattle show business dairy farming justice pursuit
Gene and his buddies discover that the ranch they bought is really a dairy farm. And worse, it's subject to intimidation from a protection racket that prevents dairy products from safely reaching the market.
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
1937
59 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Ann Rutherford William Farnum James C. Morton Frank LaRue Maston Williams Arthur Loft Frankie Marvin House Peters Jr.
cowboy gene autry cattle rustler sheriff pilot spirited engaging winsome wild west sheriff's office ranch airplane cattle rustling law enforcement technology culture clash investigation pursuit adventure 1930s
Rustlers using modern technology (airplanes, shortwave radios, refrigerated trucks) are Gene's target.
Western
USA
1936
58 Minutes
sheriff gene autry sidekick daughter veterinarian criminal rousing spirited engaging ranch texas hotel small town canyon murder frame-up justice election cattle outlaws
After being framed for murdering the sheriff, Gene proves his innocence, then gets elected sheriff to go after the baddie who framed him.
Western, Drama
Italy
1971
95 Minutes
Brad Harris José Torres Gisella Hahn Gino Lavagetto Maretta Procaccini Andrea Scotti Dean Reese
gunslinger bandit mexican robber sheriff airy suspenseful thrilling patriotic gory tucson, ariz. prison saloon cemetery western films false accusations robbery fight for justice revenge pursuit
A debt collector gets involved in a dangerous situation when a corrupt businessman he retrieved 100,000 dollars for doesn't want to pay him his usual percentage for his services.
Western
USA
1939
104 Minutes
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Ann Sheridan Bruce Cabot Frank McHugh Alan Hale John Litel Victor Jory Henry Travers Henry O'Neill Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
sheriff deputy girl thief cattle rustler frenetic thrilling gutsy spirited dodge city, kan. train law and order american west frontier justice cattle drives adventure love pursuit revenge 1870s
A Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.
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
1942
56 Minutes
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Sally Payne Pierre Watkin Ivan Miller Hal Taliaferro Gale Storm Roy Barcroft Jack Kirk William Benedict Jack O'Shea
jesse james sheriff newspaper reporter look-alike gambler love interest engaging uplifting missouri railroad tracks farm small town office land grab railroad farming newspapers rightful ownership adventure pursuit
Jesse James joins with Missouri settlers in their battle with rich, land-grabbing railroad tycoons.
Western
USA
1933
61 Minutes
Ken Maynard Dorothy Dix Frank Coghlan Jr. Charles Stevens Alan Bridge Harry Semels James Mason Charles Whitaker Kermit Maynard Hooper Atchley
rancher father brother outlaw sheriff cowboy engaging spirited tense cattle ranch sheriff's office house frontier wild west cattle rustling frame-up old west justice law and order crime
Skinner and his gang are grabbing land from the ranchers. When they go after Kerry's ranch Ken stops them. Skinner frames Ken for rustling but the Sheriff is on Ken's side, and with the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
56 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey Harry Woods Tully Marshall Alan Bridge Glenn Strange Dorothy Granger Edmund Cobb
gene autry sidekick rancher smuggler henchman marshal spirited rousing positive frontier montana canadian border cattle ranch range fur trade cattle ranchers justice undercover operations smuggling murder
Autry follows a clue written on a rock by a dead man to get to a smuggling operation near the Canadian border.
Western
USA
1938
58 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Shirley Deane Tommy Ryan Walter Tetley David Gorcey Stanley Andrews William Pawley
gene autry sheriff sidekick old friend shopkeeper child suspenseful amusing melodramatic ranch sheriff's office barn general store town adoption cattle rustling death of father family scam inheritance
Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of rustlers.
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Lucile Browne George "Gabby" Hayes
cowboy rancher homesteader sheriff ex-girlfriend childhood friend rousing endearing airy wild west small town cattle ranch land wars murder accusation vigilantism family honor redemption shady dealings fall mystery
After a five year absence Gene returns home to find his father murdered and his boyhood pal accused of the dastardly deed.
Western
USA
1947
55 Minutes
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
1937
63 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Kay Hughes Monte Blue George J. Lewis Max Terhune Robert Homans Lloyd Whitlock Chief Thundercloud
gene autry sidekick texas ranger saloon owner native american love interest striking confident airy frontier texas town square saloon jail cowboys american indian wars protection changing times undercover operations adventure
Gene is a Texas Ranger working under cover to protect an Army wagon train full of ammunition and supplies. The Army doesn't believe him at first, until the Commanches arrive.
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Barbara Pepper Fred Kelsey Frank Glendon Hooper Atchley Julian Rivero Denny Meadows
gene autry sidekick sheriff granddaughter uncle lawyer spirited amusing wild west small town law office mine household inheritance gold murder undercover operations music suspicion quest
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Henry Fonda Linda Darnell Victor Mature Walter Brennan Cathy Downs Tim Holt Ward Bond Alan Mowbray John Ireland Jane Darwell
sheriff cowboy barber schoolteacher gambler love interest charming gutsy engaging o.k. corral wild west tombstone, ariz. barbershop saloon justice wyatt earp doc holiday cattle underdog revenge
The Earps battle the Clantons at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
Western
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Smiley Burnette Ruth Terry Thurston Hall Joe Strauch Jr. Cliff Nazarro Dorothea Kent Edmund MacDonald
gene autry cowboy cattle baron cattle rancher radio producer singer rousing spirited positive wild west ranch office business scheme gambling addiction cattle ranchers radio transmissions deception showdown rescue adventure
Gene heads some cattlemen who have been swindled by McCoy. McCoy needed their money to pay off his gambling debt.
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
1949
67 Minutes
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Estelita Rodriguez Douglas Fowley Lucien Littlefield Robert Emmett Keane
engineer sheriff newspaper owner ichthyologist business owner deputy spirited suspenseful positive lake countryside office animal reserve oil deception land grab murder sabotage pursuit rivalry
The bad guys dynamite a fish hatchery. They're trying to put the hatchery out of business so they can get possession of oil underneath the lake. Roy is a game warden investigating the dynamiting.
Western
USA
1941
64 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Frank M. Thomas Robert Homans Earle Hodgins Dorothy Christy Kermit Maynard
rancher gene autry partner banker pilot sheriff spirited suspenseful uplifting ranch small town sheriff's office airplane hangar field ranching mysterious deaths agriculture investigation cattle mystery
Gene is a government inspector looking into what's killing cattle. The ranchers want to burn the area to clear of a poisonous weed, but Gene favors chemical spray from an airplane.
Western
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Gene Autry Jimmy Durante Ann Miller Barton MacLane George "Gabby" Hayes Jerome Cowan Mary Lee Joe Sawyer
gene autry singer cowboy nemesis sheriff judge campy charming amusing torpedo, ariz. town celebration radio performers justice gunfight murder cowboys rivalry adventure 1940s
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.