20 movies like 20 Mule Team, ordered by similarity : Beyond the Purple Hills(1950), California(1946), Forbidden Trails(1941), The Gambling Terror(1937), Way Out West(1937), Wichita(1955), The Carson City Kid(1940), Check Your Guns(1947), The Old Corral(1936), Wild Rovers(1971), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean(1972), Riders in the Sky(1949) ...
Western
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Marjorie Rambeau Anne Baxter Douglas Fowley Noah Beery Jr. Berton Churchill Arthur Hohl Clem Bevans Charles Halton Minor Watson
mule-team driver saloon owner daughter clerk prospector friend engaging rousing death valley saloon bank desert rooming house office fugitives blackmail mining murder prospecting failing business
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Jo Dennison Don Beddoe James Millican Don Reynolds Hugh O'Brian Roy Gordon
gene autry judge son saloon owner brother bank manager spirited confident small town saloon bank law office dance hall hideout bank robbery frame-up father/son relationship murder gambling will and testament
Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Ray Milland Barry Fitzgerald George Coulouris Albert Van Dekker Anthony Quinn Frank Faylen Gavin Muir James Burke Edward Ciannelli Roman Bohnen
deserter poker player prospector saloon girl irishman landowner engaging melodramatic spirited gutsy california wagon train mining town saloon small town graveyard california gold rush self-sacrifice marriage of convenience mining
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
Western
USA
1941
55 Minutes
Buck Jones Tim McCoy Raymond Hatton Tristram Coffin Charles King Glenn Strange Lynton Brent Hal Price Dave O'Brien Christine McIntyre Richard Alexander
marshal convict partner friend fiancée saloon owner gritty rousing texas city barn saloon wagon attempted murder fire duplicity ambush swindling wedding revenge
When two outlaws are released from prison, they travel to Arizona to "take care of" the newly retired Marshal that put them behind bars.
Western
USA
1937
53 Minutes
Johnny Mack Brown Iris Meredith Charles King Earle Dwire Dick Curtis Bobby Nelson Ted Adams Horace Murphy Frank Ball
gambler racketeer boss rancher friend sister rousing spirited engaging american west saloon office hideout ranch protection racket gambling extortion attempted murder relationships friendship
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den, they try to shut him down. Unlike the others who have given in, he plans to fight back.
Comedy, Western
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy James Finlayson Sharon Lynne Stanley Fields James Mason James C. Morton Frank Mills Dave Pepper Vivien Oakland Harry Bernard
saloon owner prospector young girl hapless men playful cheeky amusing frenetic wild west saloon countryside gold rush small town friendship deception adventure 19th century
Stanley and Ollie are enlisted to deliver the deed to a goldmine in a small village, only for it to be stolen.
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
1940
54 Minutes
George "Gabby" Hayes Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Pauline Moore Francis Macdonald Hal Taliaferro Arthur Loft George Rosener Chester Gan
gunslinger outlaw prospector saloon owner singer melodramatic thrilling wild west saloon small town sheriff's office investigation undercover operations murder mistaken identity love triangle adventure pursuit 19th century
Roy is a bandit who is out to get the man who killed his younger brother. He learns as he rides into the town of Sonora that the man is the owner of the local saloon and gambling hall.
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
1936
54 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Hope Manning Sons of the Pioneers Cornelius Keefe Lon Chaney John Bradford Milburn Morante Abe Lefton Merrill McCormick
gangster witness singer sheriff saloon owner mobster rousing lighthearted arizona nightclub bus chicago saloon witnessing murder on the run murder organized crime investigation cowboys escape
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
Western
USA
1971
136 Minutes
William Holden Ryan O'Neal Karl Malden Lynn Carlin Tom Skerritt Joe Don Baker James Olson Leora Dana Moses Gunn Victor French Rachel Roberts
cowboy friend rancher son sheriff boss engaging suspenseful touching incredible witty powerful ranch paddock bank american southwest living space montana aging accidental death
Tired of cow-punching for a living, two Montana cowboys rob a bank and flee but their employer's sons chase after them.
Comedy, Western
1972
120 Minutes
Paul Newman Victoria Principal Anthony Perkins Jacqueline Bisset Ava Gardner Tab Hunter John Huston Stacy Keach Roddy McDowall Ned Beatty Anthony Zerbe
outlaw beautiful woman friend teacher singer murderer gritty quirky texas small town saloon river law and order justice robbery money death rescue quest 1900s
A small-time outlaw takes over a town by dispensing his own form of justice and confiscating property for court costs.
Western
USA
1949
70 Minutes
Pat Buttram Gloria Henry Steve Darrell Robert Randall Mary Beth Hughes Alan Hale Jr. Tom London Hank Patterson
gene autry rancher cowgirl card player murder suspect daughter melodramatic suspenseful rousing arizona town saloon household jail false accusations murder old west justice frame-up law and order
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle ... See full summary »
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
1941
105 Minutes
Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Van Dekker Chill Wills Veda Ann Borg
swindler judge daughter old flame housekeeper partner engaging playful emotional train nevada saloon boardinghouse small town ambition romance father/daughter relationship friendship duplicity drinking
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Western
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Ray Milland Mary Murphy Ward Bond Raymond Burr Arthur Space Lee Van Cleef Alan Hale Jr. Douglas Spencer Thomas B. Henry Grandon Rhodes Martin Garralaga
gunslinger deputy sheriff daughter robber townsperson engaging tense small town wild west desert family home saloon murder robbery mistaken identity injustice pursuit quest 19th century
A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.
Western
USA
1946
60 Minutes
Charles Starrett Tex Harding Dub Taylor Carole Mathews
cowboy sidekick daughter stagecoach owner friend hero thrilling fiery playful wild west post office saloon murder investigation business scheme father/daughter relationship honor stagecoach robbery rivalry pursuit
Jeff Waring (Charles Starrett) and his friends Tex Harding (Tex Harding) and Cannonball (Dub Taylor) become involved in the affairs of two rival stagecoach lines, one of them headed by Mary... See full summary »
Western
USA
1962
94 Minutes
Randolph Scott Joel McCrea Mariette Hartley Ron Starr R. G. Armstrong Edgar Buchanan John Anderson L.Q. Jones Warren Oates James Drury John Davis Chandler
lawman frontiersman daughter drifter brother engaging amusing rousing sad sierra nevada mountains mining camp countryside middle age friendship robbery father/daughter relationship romance greed fall rivalry
An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Western
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Richard Dix Jane Wyatt Lee J. Cobb Albert Van Dekker Victor Jory Lola Lane Max Baer Joe Sawyer
surveyor railroad engineer business owner assistant daughter investor engaging melodramatic kansas small town countryside saloon office land ownership railroad business deal father/daughter relationship scandal rivalry quest
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
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
1948
56 Minutes
Roscoe Ates Phyllis Planchard Eileene Hardin Steve Drake Bob Duncan
cowboy sidekick rancher younger brother sheriff saloon owner spirited tense gutsy rousing american west small town ranch saloon ranchers murder land grab greed double-cross corruption
Singing lawman Eddie Dean and sidekick Soapy Jones help a city woman and her ne'er-do-well brother save their ranch from a ruthless cattle baron seeking silver.