20 movies like Abilene Town, ordered by similarity : A Lawman Is Born(1937), Treasure of Ruby Hills(1955), The Man From Snowy River(1982), The Texas Rangers(1936), Wichita(1955), Tornado Range(1948), The Far Country(1955), Badman's Territory(1946), Lucky Terror(1936), Barbed Wire(1952), The Hateful Eight(2015), The Spoilers(1942) ...
Western
USA
1946
89 Minutes
Randolph Scott Ann Dvorak Edgar Buchanan Rhonda Fleming Lloyd Bridges Helen Boice Howard Freeman Richard Hale Jack Lambert Dick Curtis Eddy Waller
marshal entertainer cattleman merchant sheriff daughter gritty rousing fiery kansas saloon trail mine range land wars cowboys homesteading law and order quest rivalry
A sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
Western
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Johnny Mack Brown Iris Meredith Warner Richmond Mary MacLaren Dick Curtis Earle Hodgins Charles King Frank LaRue
shopkeeper rancher daughter cattleman sheriff lawman confident spirited ranch town general store sheriff's office trail range range war outlaws duplicity law and order hired killers impersonation
An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman.
Western
USA
1955
71 Minutes
Zachary Scott Carole Mathews Barton MacLane Dick Foran Lola Albright Gordon Jones Raymond Hatton Lee Van Cleef Charles Fredericks
rancher foreman businessman gunslinger marshal beautiful woman tense gritty rousing fiery arizona valley ghost town saloon ranch land wars set-up hired killers betrayal peace
Unscrupulous ranchers feud among themselves for control of the valley but a newcomer owns the water rights to the sole water source, without which grazing lands are useless.
Western
Australia
1982
102 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Tom Burlinson Sigrid Thornton Jack Thompson Lorraine Bayly Tommy Dysart Bruce Kerr
cowboy rancher father daughter rival young man heartwarming powerful spectacular australia mountain ranch countryside mine home father/daughter relationship ambition honor horse breaking sibling rivalry
In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, Jim takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
Western
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Jack Oakie Jean Parker Lloyd Nolan Edward Ellis Bennie Bartlett Frank Shannon Frank Cordell
ranger friend bandit boy daughter orphan gripping confident texas range town ranch crime friendship texas rangers loyalty law and order moral dilemma transformation quest
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
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
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
1955
97 Minutes
James Stewart Ruth Roman Walter Brennan Corinne Calvet John McIntire Jay C. Flippen Harry Morgan Steve Brodie Royal Dano Gregg Barton Chubby Johnson
cowboy partner lawman saloon owner townsperson miner suspenseful gritty wyoming yukon mountain small town saloon ship klondike gold rush cattle drives double-cross lawlessness romance wealth
Two Wyoming cattlemen (James Stewart, Walter Brennan) drive a herd to gold-rush Alaska and find trouble.
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Randolph Scott Ann Richards George "Gabby" Hayes Ray Collins James Warren Morgan Conway Virginia Sale John Halloran Andrew Tombes Richard Hale Harry Holman
brother deputy outlaw marshal newspaper owner jesse james engaging gritty thrilling texas oklahoma kansas saloon bank law and order rebellion brotherhood showdown horse racing native americans
Sheriff Mark Rowley and his brother John find themselves in an annexed area of Indian Territory which is home to notorious outlaws like Jesse James and Sam Bass.
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
1952
61 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Anne James William Fawcett Leonard Penn Michael Vallon Terry Frost Clayton Moore Ed Parker Sandy Sanders
gene autry real estate agent newspaper reporter homesteader investor rancher spirited rousing engaging kansas texas homestead frontier wild west land grab schemes railroad frontier life cattle drives law and order
When the Texas cattle trails to Kansas are blocked, cattle buyer Gene Autry (Gene Autry) goes to Texas to investigate. There, he finds his friend, land-agent "Buckeye" Buttram (Pat Buttram)... See full summary »
Western
USA
2015
168 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson Kurt Russell Jennifer Jason Leigh Walton Goggins Demián Bichir Tim Roth Michael Madsen Bruce Dern James Parks Dana Gourrier Zoë Bell
bounty hunter fugitive prisoner sheriff stranger man brooding bleak intense suspenseful frightening wyoming town stagecoach camp mountain trail american civil war bounty travel
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
Western
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Margaret Lindsay Harry Carey Richard Barthelmess George Cleveland Samuel S. Hinds Russell Simpson William Farnum Marietta Canty
miner saloon girl commissioner judge love interest politician spirited thrilling melodramatic alaska mine saloon mining gold rush political corruption love triangle theft court battles love rivalry
In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
Western
USA
1947
94 Minutes
Veronica Lake Joel McCrea Donald Crisp Charles Ruggles Preston Foster Don DeFore Arleen Whelan Lloyd Bridges Nestor Paiva Ray Teal
rancher father cattleman overseer sheriff alcoholic gutsy brash tense ranch saloon dressing room range street range war ambition murder romantic dilemma deception gender roles
Violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land.
Western
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Clayton Moore Jay Silverheels Lyle Bettger Bonita Granville Perry Lopez Robert Wilke John Pickard Beverly Washburn Michael Ansara Frank de Kova Charles Meredith
rancher governor indian sidekick cavalryman the lone ranger rousing thrilling patriotic texas range indian territory law and order land wars battle frontier life adventure pursuit quest 19th century
Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate.
Western
USA
1948
133 Minutes
John Wayne Montgomery Clift Walter Brennan Joanne Dru Coleen Gray John Ireland Noah Beery Jr. Harry Carey Harry Carey Jr. Paul Fix Mickey Kuhn
rancher cowboy sidekick cook rousing spirited texas ranch abilene, kan. oklahoma daunting task travel cattle troubled youth rivalry quest adventure 1860s
Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen Rock Hudson John Alexander
sergeant cowboy sheriff prostitute outlaw tense spirited mountain saloon prairie dodge city, kan. cowboys robbery guns pursuit revenge rivalry 1890s
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Western
USA
1965
122 Minutes
John Wayne Dean Martin Martha Hyer Michael Anderson Jr. Earl Holliman Jeremy Slate James Gregory George Kennedy Paul Fix Dennis Hopper John Litel
cowboy sheriff gunslinger gambler brother mother rousing gutsy tense wild west ranch texas revenge family honor land wars showdown revenge sacrifice 1870s
Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
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
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
1943
70 Minutes
Roy Rogers Smiley Burnette Virginia Grey Bob Nolan Sons of the Pioneers Harry Shannon Ona Munson Dick Purcell Onslow Stevens Arthur Hohl Hal Taliaferro
cowboy judge young boy madam gunslinger saloon owner suspenseful charming emotional small town idaho saloon courtroom ranch law and order morality frame-up criminal past investigation friendship
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.