20 movies like Rancho Grande, ordered by similarity : Heart of the Rio Grande(1942), Saddle Pals(1947), Sunset in Wyoming(1941), Under Fiesta Stars(1941), The Singing Hill(1941), Stars Over Texas(1946), Git Along, Little Dogies(1937), Yodelin' Kid From Pine Ridge(1937), Comes a Horseman(1978), Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride(1940), Vengeance Valley(1951), Gold Mine in the Sky(1938) ...
Western
USA
1940
68 Minutes
gene autry foreman brother sister attorney ranch hand rousing engaging endearing ranch american west train church debt schemes inheritance land dispute dams mortgage rivalry
Kay and her eastern clan go out West to run the ranch left her by her grandfather. Badguys are out to ruin the ranch's irrigation system, so Autry lends a hand.
Western
USA
1942
68 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Edith Fellows Pierre Watkins Joe Strauch Jr. William Haade
gene autry sidekick teen girl teacher traveler rancher endearing spirited ranch train american west prairie paddock journey ranching rodeo honesty rural life schemes quest
Gene and Smiley help an all-too-proper girl Connie in her attempt to run a cattle ranch.
Western
USA
1947
72 Minutes
Gene Autry Lynne Roberts Sterling Holloway Irving Bacon Damian O'Flynn Charles Arnt Jean Van Tom London
gene autry old friend landowner lawyer board member sister gutsy rousing engaging spirited lake ranch corporate headquarters office american west property rights corruption debt business false accusations
Someone is trying to drive wealthy land owner Waldo Brooks into bankruptcy, and Gene is just the guy to expose the badguys.
Western
USA
1941
65 Minutes
gene autry manager foreman company president sidekick granddaughter spirited engaging endearing gutsy ranch country club valley wyoming city forest flooding deforestation friendship conservationism
By stripping all the timber from the land, a lumber baron threatens everyone with flooding. Gene won't let that happen.
Western
USA
1941
64 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Carol Hughes Frank Darien Joe Strauch Jr. Pauline Drake Ivan Miller Sam Flint
gene autry love interest lawyer sidekick henchman friend engaging suspenseful spirited endearing texas ranch mine jail town inheritance schemes land dispute murder plot unlikely romance
Gene inherits a gold mine and a whole lot of trouble as well.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Virginia Dale Mary Lee Spencer Charters Gerald Oliver Smith George Meeker Wade Boteler Harry Stubbs Jack Kirk
gene autry sidekick rancher cattleman landowner villain endearing charming wild west prairie ranch party ranchers community land dispute justice greed quest sacrifice rivalry
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
Western
USA
1946
57 Minutes
Eddie Dean Roscoe Ates Shawn Smith Lee Bennett Lee Roberts Kermit Maynard Jack O'Shea Hal Smith Matty Roubert Carl Mathews
rancher sidekick thug cattle rustler cowboy foreman rousing engaging spirited ranch american west prairie saloon cattle drives cattle rustling crime frontier life law and order investigation quest
When Eddie and his pals deliver cattle to the Lawrence ranch, they run into trouble with Ringo Evans and his gang. Ringo's men are rustling cattle and attempting to kill the foreman. Seeing... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Judith Allen Weldon Heyburn William Farnum Willie Fung Carleton Young
gene autry rancher oil driller businessman villain banker rousing engaging gutsy ranch oil well bank radio station town ranchers oil business attempted robbery deception schemes railroad
When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railroad to town.
Western
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Betty Bronson Roy Mason Charles Middleton Russell Simpson Jack Dougherty Guy Wilkerson Frankie Marvin Henry Hall Fred S. Toones
gene autry rancher father son cattle rustler turpentiner engaging rousing thrilling confident georgia forest ranch jail small town schemes land dispute murder frame-up cattle rustling
The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.
Western
USA
1978
118 Minutes
Jane Fonda James Caan Jason Robards George Grizzard Richard Farnsworth Jim Davis Mark Harmon Macon McCalman Basil Hoffman James Kline James Keach
rancher veteran nemesis henchman ranch hand love interest brash gritty spirited american west ranch house plains woods cattle oil land ownership violence feud determination
Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1940
65 Minutes
gene autry cowboy competitor meatpacker sheriff business owner lighthearted spirited endearing meatpacking plant range ranch valley train american west romance competition business schemes sabotage
Overly shy cowboy Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
Western
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Robert Walker Joanne Dru Sally Forrest John Ireland Carleton Carpenter Hugh O'Brian
foreman rancher brother rival mother wife tense thrilling colorado ranch jail household adoption jealousy sibling rivalry framed illegitimate child infidelity rivalry revenge
The sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire.
Western
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Smiley Burnette Carol Hughes Craig Reynolds Cupid Ainsworth Roy Mason Frankie Marvin Robert Homans
ranch owner foreman daughter businessman friend gene autry rousing engaging thrilling ranch stable american west frontier will and testament marriage kidnapping responsibility old west bounty discovery
As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.
Western
USA
1947
76 Minutes
rancher ranch owner land baron son indian singing cowboy spirited engaging thrilling american west ranch desert mesa city, ariz. land grab relocation old west schemes law and order native americans discovery
Gene is assigned to round up a tribe of Indians squatting on barren land.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Judith Allen Ronald Sinclair Guy Usher Bill Elliott John Ward Frankie Marvin Chris-Pin Martin Stanley Blystone Bud Osborne
earl solicitor foreman sidekick rival rancher charming amusing positive ranch countryside military base texas land dispute competition horse racing gambling inheritance transformation rivalry
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead..
Western
USA
1940
64 Minutes
Victor Jory Jo Ann Sayers Russell Hayden Morris Ankrum Noah Beery Jr. J. Farrell MacDonald Ruth Rogers
rancher foreman brother sheriff soldier bride emotional engaging endearing frontier small town ranch crime scene mexico american west old west marriage corruption relationships romance
Cowhand Ladd dances with cantina girl Estrella and has a part in shooting Sheriff Tyler.
Western
USA
1958
165 Minutes
Gregory Peck Jean Simmons Carroll Baker Charlton Heston Burl Ives Charles Bickford Alfonso Bedoya Chuck Connors Chuck Hayward Buff Brady Dorothy Adams
captain fiancée family patriarch land owner rancher son rousing gutsy thrilling spirited american west ranch land ownership american west harassment land wars family feud honor revenge rivalry
A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Western
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Barry Kelley Michael Ansara Whit Bissell James Dobson George N. Neise Adam Kennedy Michael Pate Leo Gordon Ray Teal
union soldier widow half brother cattle rustler settler confederate soldier tense brooding powerful gritty american west colorado wagon train valley ranch reconciliation schemes land grab grudge estrangement
Back from the Civil War, an ex-Yankee officer aids a wagon train of former Confederates settle in a prosperous valley marred by cattle-rustling and land-grabbing feuds.
Western
USA
1950
70 Minutes
Gene Autry Gail Davis Harry Shannon Jock Mahoney Clark "Buddy" Burroughs Harry Harvey Steve Darrell Sandy Sanders Ralph Sanford Bud Osborne Robert Hilton
gene autry neighbor rancher sheriff brother partner spirited engaging stagecoach range jail mountain ranch town range war ranchers debt jailbreak cattle rustling stampedes
Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.
Western
USA
1945
56 Minutes
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Evelyn Finley Carl Hackett I. Stanford Jolley Bud Osborne Kermit Maynard
deputy friend cousin outlaw cattle rustler rancher rousing suspenseful engaging diner ranch small town american west look-alikes cattle rustling mistaken identity murder grudge showdown rivalry
Billy Carson is accused of the crimes committed by his dead-ringer, outlaw cousin, Jim Slade, and barely escapes a lynching. With the aid of his pal, Fuzzy Jones, Billy catches up with his cousin and clears his own name.
Western
USA
1949
60 Minutes
ranger cowboy old man hero young woman rancher thrilling rousing engaging american west ranch prairie stagecoach family home arizona law and order crime romance land grab old west
Crooked ranch foreman Thatcher sends his two henchmen, Parnell and Clint, out to murder his boss, wealthy Peter Arnold who has just arrived to retire on his ranch, bringing in tow his ... See full summary »