20 movies like Under California Stars, ordered by similarity : Somewhere in Sonora(1933), Come On Tarzan(1932), The Man From Laramie(1955), Rebel in Town(1956), Springfield Rifle(1952), Smoky(1946), Hands Across the Border(1943), Bells of Rosarita(1945), My Pal Trigger(1946), Day of the Bad Man(1958), Desert Phantom(1936), The Man From Button Willow(1965) ...
Western
USA
1948
70 Minutes
Roy Rogers Jane Frazee Andy Devine George Lloyd Wade Crosby Michael Chapin House Peters Jr. Steve Clark Joseph Garro Bob Nolan Sons of the Pioneers
roy rogers disabled person teenager stepfather kidnapper horse rousing positive ranch california stable family home movie set horse thieves kidnapping father/son relationship disability celebrities helping others mystery
Rancher Roy and his boys track down a gang who have stolen Trigger and are holding him for ransom.
Western
USA
1933
57 Minutes
John Wayne Shirley Palmer J.P. McGowan Ann Fay Frank Rice Billy Franey Paul Fix Ralph Lewis Henry B. Walthall
cowboy outlaw rodeo rider boss father son melodramatic rousing suspenseful mexico mine desert rodeo american west false accusations horse thieves kidnapping father/son relationship redemption romance
John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.
Western
USA
1932
61 Minutes
Ken Maynard Myrna Kennedy Kate Campbell Roy Stewart Bob Kortman Niles Welch Benny Corbett Jack Rockwell Nelson McDowell Jack Mower Edmund Cobb
cowboy horse rancher horse owner sheriff businessman spirited suspenseful engaging wild west prairie desert ranch family home animal rights animal slaughter romance horse thieves relationships american west
Frazier and his gang are rustling horses. When the wild horse Tarzan frees Frazier's horses. Frazier gets the Sheriff to declare Tarzan an outlaw and have him shot. But Tarzan is Ken's favorite and he now tries to protect him.
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
James Stewart Arthur Kennedy Donald Crisp Cathy O'Donnell Alex Nicol Aline MacMahon Wallace Ford Jack Elam John War Eagle James Millican Gregg Barton
lawman rancher son foreman spirited fiery brooding thrilling new mexico desert ranch family deception justice father/son relationship power struggle pursuit revenge fall 1860s
Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.
Western
USA
1956
78 Minutes
John Payne Ruth Roman J. Carrol Naish Ben Cooper John Smith Ben Johnson James Griffith Mary Adams
robber father son brother young boy mother fiery tense gripping rousing arizona small town family home ranch desert bank death of child false accusations cowardice accidental killing
After the Civil War, in a Yankee town five Confederates find trouble when one of them accidentally shoots a local young boy.
Western
USA
1952
93 Minutes
Gary Cooper Phyllis Thaxter David Brian Paul Kelly Philip Carey Lon Chaney James Millican Martin Milner Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Jerry O'Sullivan James Brown
major wife son traitor thief confederate soldier intense rousing melodramatic colorado military base mountain saloon ranch battlefield american civil war secret mission treason horse thieves impersonation
Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.
Western
USA
1946
87 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Anne Baxter Bruce Cabot Esther Dale Burl Ives Roy Roberts J. Farrell MacDonald
cowboy rancher horse brother heartwarming charming ranch cattle rustling horse breaking theft dark secrets horses pursuit rescue 1940s
Drama about the strong bond between a cowpoke and a wild bronco set during the 1940s.
Western
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Roy Rogers Ruth Terry Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Onslow Stevens Mary Treen Joseph Crehan Duncan Renaldo Roy Mason
cowboy horse breeder horse roy rogers sheriff daughter winsome spirited positive wild west ranch stable contract competition tragic death family business horse breeding loyalty rivalry adventure
Horse breeders Adams and Brock are vying for the Army contract. When Adams is killed trying to ride his horse Trigger, Roy saves the horse from being shot. He trains him and then plans to ride him in the race to win the contract.
Western
USA
1945
68 Minutes
George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Adele Mara Grant Withers Janet Martin Addison Richards Roy Barcroft Sons of the Pioneers
roy rogers circus owner circus manager business partner kidnapper cowboy charming lighthearted california countryside ranch circus circus life kidnapping show business romance fraud adventure pursuit 1940s
Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1946
79 Minutes
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Jack Holt Roy Mason Roy Barcroft Sam Flint Kenne Duncan Ralph Sanford Francis Macdonald Harlan Briggs
horse horse trader rancher nightclub owner roy rogers winsome campy ranch prairie wilderness horses framed animals false accusations adventure underdog rivalry 1800s
Gabby refuses to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When the Sovereign and Roy's horse escape, Skoville shoots the Sovereign by mistake but Roy is blamed and jailed. A year ... See full summary »
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
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, Animation
USA
1965
84 Minutes
senator secret agent father adopted daughter businessman friend spirited charming san francisco ranch california father/daughter relationship land grab railroad kidnapping ranching pursuit rivalry 19th century
The first undercover agent helps Western settlers.
Western
USA
1932
60 Minutes
farmer adoptive brother father son cattleman daughter intense spirited engaging homestead ranch bar frontier old west competition romance land dispute murder father/son relationship brotherhood
Ken not only has to fight with his brother Wally over the girls, he has to try and stop the conflict between the cattlemen and the sheep men. It gets worse when Butch kills Judy's father.
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
1932
59 Minutes
Lane Chandler Sally Darling Neal Hart Yakima Canutt John Ince Charles Whitaker
gunslinger adoptive father love interest rival father son engaging wild west small town ranch saloon family home land dispute murder father/son relationship showdown mentorship adventure quest 19th century
Gunfighter Ken Wayne gets hired at Thorton's sheep ranch to help fight the cattleman Moran and his gang. In Moran's gang is Whispering Carlyle, the man that raised Wayne and taught him how ... See full summary »
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.
Adventure
USA
1947
81 Minutes
Ted Donaldson Jane Darwell Robert Paige Noreen Nash Ray Collins Guy Kibbee Willie Best Robert Bice Pierre Watkin Bill Cartledge
grandmother grandson horse ranch hand horse owner horse trainer emotional uplifting tender winsome horse auction horse track ranch stable family home debt horse racing training financial troubles family
A mare dies while foaling the Red Stallion. He is reared by a boy and is entered in a big race - something like the Kentucky Derby.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Fred Scott Al St. John Marjorie Beebe Eddie Holden Charles King Frank LaRue Lafe McKee Phoebe Logan Sherry Tansey Jack C. Smith Jack Evans
father sheriff son deputy fiancée outlaw thrilling spirited brash wild west ranch arizona wedding robbery murder vengeance gunfight father/son relationship estrangement revenge
The Sheriff and his deputies are after Scar Adams. Scar is the brother of Alice Denton, the girl Deputy Tom plans to marry, and when the Sheriff is wounded she makes Tom refuse the job of ... See full summary »
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
1958
103 Minutes
Alan Ladd Olivia de Havilland Dean Jagger David Ladd Cecil Kellaway Henry Hull
father son doctor dog farmer sheriff suspenseful melodramatic heartwarming illinois doctor's office farm wild west general store forest father/son relationship grief disability new town wrongful conviction
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners.