The Cocoanuts (1929), Three Bad Men (1926), Far and Away (1992), Tumbleweeds (1925), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), Return of the Bad Men (1948), Cimarron (1931) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Land Rush movies.
Storyline: Mr. Hammer runs a bankrupt Florida hotel. He'll try anything to make money, even make love to rich Mrs. Potter. But his main scheme, selling real estate, is in danger of sabotage from zanies Chico and Harpo, who also reduce the schemes of a pair of jewel thieves to chaos. A subplot involves the star-crossed love of Polly Potter and architect Bob Adams.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: hotel owner, wealthy woman, daughter, guest, clerk, brother, hysterical ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the 1870s, gold is discovered in the Dakota Territory, and wanted men Bull Stanley (Tom Santschi) and Mike Costigan (J. Farrell MacDonald) join thousands of other pioneers on a westward journey in search of wealth. Soon, Bull and Mike see a gang of thugs attacking Lee (Olive Borden), a young woman. They rescue her, but her father is killed during the assault, so Mike and Bull become her guardians. Before long, Bull and Mike leave their criminal pasts behind and devote themselves to Lee.
Plot Keywords: outlaw, frontier woman, father, husband, sheriff, sister, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father and they dream of owning land at the big give-away in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local bare-hands boxer and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to the U.S. to find her and take her back.
Plot Keywords: irishman, woman, landlord, boxer, heartwarming, spirited, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.—Volker Boehm
Plot Keywords: cowboy, drifter, love interest, homesteader, best friend, native american, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder..—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: son, outlaw, judge, brother, rousing, cheery, wild ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When part of Indian Territory is incorporated into the United States, good-natured rancher Vance Cordell reluctantly accepts the badge of federal marshal when a flood of notorious outlaws views the new area as ripe for banditry. Included are the Dalton and Younger Gangs, Billy the Kid, and the Sundance Kid led by the notorious Wild Bill Doolin. Cordell has a personal stake in his campaign to eradicate the bad men because of a friend's murder and the robbery of the local bank owned by his future father-in-law.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: outlaw, gang member, daughter, ranger, fiancée, sundance kid, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.—George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: editor, wife, prostitute, servant, outlaw, native american, rousing ...
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