Westerns with a Ghost Theme
A neat little sub-genre of the Western format is a set of films that have a ghost or haunted theme. Here's a quick list of those I've seen and reviewed on the IMDb. I've put them in IMDb ranking order, so have fun with this one!
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- DirectorUli EdelStarsSam ShepardEric RobertsRandy QuaidAn outlaw band rides into a town that is actually Purgatory, between Heaven and Hell."The Creator may be tough, but He ain't blind."
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsWilliam BoydAndy ClydeRand BrooksAt the reading of his late cousin's will, California learns the estate will be divied among whoever remains of the seven relatives. With one already dead, another immediately murdered, and the Lawyer telling them the ranch is almost worthless, Hoppy investigates. Finding the ranch valuable and the Lawyer embezzling money from it, Hoppy confronts him."Don't worry, there's nothin' to be afraid of. I don't think."
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneThe three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town."This ain't no Madison Square Garden..."
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnJean CarlinDawson is running rustled cattle across the abandoned Trenton ranch and has given it the reputation of a ghost ranch to keep people away. When Henty Tenton arrives from England to take over the ranch, Dawson tries to get rid of him. But Billy and Fuzzy are on hand to help Henry and it's not long before they have to go into action."My word! What a fantastic country!"
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionGail DavisCircuit judge Gene must judge a man who claims he's already done time for the killing he's accused of."He knows more places to hide than a side-hill badger can find."
- DirectorJohn EnglishStarsGene AutryChampionNan LeslieGene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.No, we shouldn't question a ghost!"
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeAl St. JohnCharles KingThorne and his gang are wiping out the ranchers. When they get to the Jones ranch they wound Andy. When he dies Billy Carson has his brother Fuzzy become Andy's ghost. They then set out to bring in the gang."I ain't fightin' ghosts!"
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsLash La RueAl St. JohnJennifer HoltGold has been found and Sharp is out to get the land. He has the land owners killed and then has Watson forge new deeds. Cheyenne and Fuzzy arrive in time to save Trent. Then they go after the gang and its leader."You don't have anything to worry about anyhow, ghosts don't start walkin' around till midnight."
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettGeorge ChesebroMary Ellen KaySteve, Smiley, and the Sheriff come to a ghost town looking for missing gold. In flashback, Steve tells the story of Bill Donner who doublecrossed his partners to get the gold. Donner, now blind and in jail, refuses to tell where the gold is hidden.Oh, no tellin' what'll disappear next, maybe one of us!
- DirectorHarry L. FraserStarsHarry CareyDavid SharpeRuth FindlayAn old miner is ambushed by outlaws trying to steal the $10,000 he is carrying to start up a new mine. A passing cowboy comes to the miner's aid, but winds up getting blamed for the attack."If you got any jail breakin' ideas in your head, you better forget 'em!"
- DirectorMack V. WrightHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsJohn WayneDukeSheila TerryJohn and Janet get a weird letter telling them to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom."Looks to me like somebody was getting a dirty deal..."
- DirectorDavid ListerStarsJudge ReinholdTanja ReichertTodd JensenThe ghost of the sharp-shooter Lucius Meek (Judge Reinhold) calls on a young Danny Logan to help him clear his name so he can move on to the afterlife. -Echo Bridge Entertainment."The saloon is kind of spooky."
- DirectorMark Landre GouldStarsLance HenriksenTom BerengerBilly LushAged, ill, and unable to reconcile the man he was to who he has become, Flynn is hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory."Save the last bullet for yourself."
- DirectorAndrew GothStarsWesley SnipesKevin HowarthRiley SmithA cursed gunman (Snipes) whose victims come back from the dead recruits a young warrior to help in the fight against a gang of zombies."You never forget the man who kills you for the first time."
- DirectorKirk MurrayStarsEric RobertsMartin KoveMatthew ZiffThe road to hell is paved with good intentions."I can smell fear and death. That's pretty much where my talent ends."