My Top 10 List of Coolest Sounding Western Movie Titles
The criteria for this list is that the title has to sound cool. I've only seen a couple of these myself, but am always on the lookout for those I haven't. These are all B Westerns that came out before 1956, a pretty cool fact.
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- DirectorMack V. WrightStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneA supernatural western! The Three Mesquiteers accompany an archeological expedition to a lost Indian city of gold called Lukachuke.A rugged mountain cliff resembles an Indian face and the howling wind makes it a whistling skull - very cool!
- DirectorLew LandersStarsTim HoltNan LeslieRichard MartinWhen the Tonto Rim gang attack Brad's stagecoach, they take the strongbox and kill one of his workers. Learning the gang member Patton is in jail, Brad gets himself thrown in also. Chito helps break him out and he takes Patton with him. Patton leads him to the Tonto Rim hideout, but needing to get to the Sheriff, Brad finds himself a prisoner.Tim Holt had his share of cool sounding Westerns, this one's the best.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsBuck JonesNoel FrancisNiles WelchA saloon owner falls for one of his girls.Buck Jones as an honest saloon owner - what?
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydAndy ClydeJimmy RogersWhen Hoppy's falsely accused young friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, an embittered Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.Hopalong Cassidy with regular sidekick California Carson (Andy Clyde).
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsRex AllenMary Ellen KayBuddy EbsenHidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until escaped convict Smitty arrives with plans of taking over and opening the town up as a gambling resort. Fronting for him is hotel owner Carson Masterson who is running for mayor against incumbent Larkin. Smitty is counting on Masterson winning the election and getting rid of Marshal Tim Gallery and his deputy, Happy Hooper. Newspaper editor Bill Stafford confronts Smitty about his past and the convict beats him to death. Masterson uses the killing as a campaign issue, and blasts away at Larkin's inability to catch the killer, while the crooks are also able to frame Happy as a tool of the gambling interests. Western artist Rex Allen, a WW II Air Force buddy of Tim and Happy arrives on an assignment from a national magazine and becomes involved in the troubles facing his pals and the Mayor.This one features Rex Allen - future 'Frontier Doctor'.
- DirectorDerwin AbrahamsStarsCharles StarrettVirginia HunterTexas Jim LewisA saddle-weary Steve Larkin (Charles Starrett), also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with cattle rustlers. Cafe owner Smiley (Smiley Burnette), befriends Steve and fills him in on the activities. Steve angers the rustler's leader, Flip Dugan (Jim Diehl) when he purchases the old Atkins ranch which is supposedly haunted. Flip and his henchmen try to prevent the recording of the deed, but the Durango Kid and Deputy Marshal Tug Carter win the gun battle.Oh yeah - Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid!
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsBuck JonesMuriel EvansHarvey ClarkA man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.The Boss in this case is Buck Jones.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsDavid BrianNeville BrandRichard LongWhen the loot from a botched bank robbery disappears, the Hogan gang takes over the whole town and threatens to kill everyone if the loot is not found.I got a warm spot in my heart for sheriffs, especially dead ones.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettEve MillerForrest TaylorBandit Pop Ryland and his two sons, Clint and Dave, are planning their biggest job; the printing and distribution of territorial bonds. The elder Ryland contracts a hired gunman, McCall, to dispose of his stepson, Tommy, who knows what his step-family members are up to. The Durango Kid captures McCall, takes the letter and presents himself, Steve Lacey, as the hired killer. He stages a fake killing, and discovers the Ryland's scheme. Cling ambushes Durango and is killed in a gunfight, and Durango also shoots McCall who has made an escape. Cash-Register salesman Smiley Burnette aids Steve/Durango in rounding up the remaining villains.Starrett's Durango Kid aided by Smiley Burnette.
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny Mack BrownFuzzy KnightNell O'DayOne of Thorndyke's men has murdered a man and Eris is the only witness. Jim Reardon breaks up Thorndyke's first attempt to kidnap Eris but the second attempt is successful, Jim now not only has to find Eris but has to get her back in time for the trial.Saddle up with Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight.