Christmas in July (1940), True Grit (1969), Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948), Posse (1975), Streets of Laredo (1949), Frontier Outlaws (1944), Outlaws of the Plains (1946), Pioneer Justice (1947) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Reward movies.
Storyline: An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize. As a result, he gets a promotion, buys presents for all of his family and friends, and proposes to his girl. When the truth comes out, he's not prepared for the consequences.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, christmas, 1940s, american film, black and white, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross, (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he has "grit", and a reputation of getting the job done. The two are joined by a Texas Ranger, La Boeuf, (Glen Campbell), who is looking for the same man (Jeff Corey) for a separate murder in Texas. Their odyssey takes them from Fort Smith, Arkansas, deep into the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) to find their man.
Plot Keywords: western, revenge, american frontier, bounty hunter, law and justice, courage, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four is the gang leader. Rocky has to learn his identity and retrieve the message—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, gunfight, revenge, bounty hunter, justice, outlaw, small town ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A U.S. marshal (Kirk Douglas) tracks an outlaw (Bruce Dern), killing his chance to be a senator from Texas.
Plot Keywords: western, action, adventure, revenge, gunfight, bounty hunter, american west ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: western, texas, gunfight, revenge, bounty hunter, showdown, outlaw ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Wolf Valley is in the throes of a land-grab engineered by Barlow and Taylor. The fight against them is led by Billy Carson, who is framed on a murder charge which the outlaws believe will drive him out of the territory. But instead of running, Billy surrenders and stands trial before Judge Ryan, a square shooter. After weighing the evidence, Ryan finds Bill not guilty but sentences Billy to jail for 30 days for disturbing the peace because the Judge thinks that is the only way to save Billy from the vengeance of Barlow and Taylor. But, without Billy's leadership, the settlers are helpless and ranches are burned, cattle rustled, the town is shot up, the bank robbed and the mining claim owned by Billy and Fuzzy Jones is confiscated. Ryan releases Billy who puts on a fake mustache, gets a sombrero and poses as a Mexican cattle-buyer in order to work his way into the gang.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, black and white, 1940s, american film, b movie, gunfight, outlaw ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A gang of swindlers led by Nord Finner (Charles King) take advantage of simple-minded Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) by "advising" him through a "mysterious voice" which he believes is that of a deceased Indian chief. Fuzzy persuades his fellow townsmen to join him in buying worthless property, but Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe) comes trotting onto the scene.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, gunfight, bounty hunter, desert, sheriff, outlaw, revenge ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When three deputy marshals meet mysterious deaths near Buffalo Gap, the U.S. Marshal sends his top two trouble-shooters, Cheyenne Davis and Fuzzy Jones, to investigate. Cheyenne discovers that all the honest people in the vicinity are being driven from their lands by a gang led by Bill Judd. Further investigating disclose that a mysterious man is giving orders to Judd. Cheyenne rounds up the gang and its mysterious leader and restores law-and-order to Buffalo Gap.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, revenge, justice, gunfight, bounty hunter, outlaw, small town ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A year after a violent train robbery the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find the three remaining killers. He tracks them to Twin Forks but has no clue to their identity. Tensions surface as just his presence in town acts as a catalyst.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, drama, western, bounty hunter, revenge, gunfight ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Kirby sends his henchmen to break killer Matt Brawley out of jail. But Brawley has already broken out and they return with Fuzzy instead. Realizing they think he's Brawley, Fuzzy plays the part. He and Bill plan to round up the gang but Fuzzy is in trouble when the real Brawley shows up to expose the hoax.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, gunfight, revenge, justice, fugitive, gangsters, wilderness ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Giuliano Gemma plays a confederate soldier who returns from the war to fight one at home. Unbeknownst to him, his brother has become the infamous gunfighter "Black Jack" to defeat the local bullies. Gemma agrees to ambush and kill Black Jack, only to discover too late who the outlaw really is. With vengeance in his heart he turns on his employers, who then shoot him.—Cristian Redferne <Harlock@prodigy.com>
Plot Keywords: western, revenge, gunfight, bounty hunter, betrayal, spaghetti western, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fur-trapper Shawn Garrett gets out of a horse-stealing charge in a small, frontier town by agreeing to buy the horse with a gold nugget. This nugget attracts the attention of a man named McCracken who, with his gang, secretly follows Garrett across the desert in the hope of finding the source of his gold. Garrett joins up with his partner, Jim Rainbolt, and together they manage to hold off McCracken's gang long enough to hide their gold before seeking refuge in the hacienda of a landowner named Gondora. Gondora soon finds out about the gold, however, and Rainbolt and Garrett now find themselves in a fight to save their gold and their lives as well.—dinky-4
Plot Keywords: western, action, adventure, gold, gold rush, desert, gunfight ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Amanda Dartland accompanies her half-Apache husband Jonathan to a mining community where he will supervise the excavation of an almost mythical Apache treasure. His jealous rages and macho attitude cause her much misery, while the excavation project is threatened by prejudice and fear. Amanda tries to bridge the cultural gap, and Jonathan must do the same, or he will lose her. Mesmerizing brief performance by Celia Lovsky as Princess Saba.—Molly Malloy <mailcall@intersource.com>
Plot Keywords: adventure, western, drama, crime, action, mystery, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In August, 1863, Jim Dancer, searching for the killer of his brother, rides with Quantrell's raiders against Lawrence, Kansas. Yancey, one of the guerrillas most responsible for the band's bad name and reputation, accosts Evelyn Slocom. Yancey tell Dancer that Evelyn's father is the man who killed Dancer's brother, and Dancer takes revenge by killing him. But the man he is searching for is really the dead ma;s brother, Bert Slocum. When the Civil War ends in 1865, Dancer becomes a fugitive, hunted by Slocum and George Cummings, a detective for the Pleasanton Agency. Cummings finally catches Dancer, and it is only then that Dancer learns he killed the wrong man. While crossing the river on a makeshift ferry, Cummings is accidentally killed. When they are found, Dancer introduces himself as Cummings, saying the dead man was Jim Dancer. As Cummings, Dancer becomes a track-worker at Lanyard, Kansas. While the town is celebrating the arrival of the first cattle-drive herd from Texas, one of the cowboys menaces Evelyn Slocum, and Dancer stops him in a gun duel. The townsmen named Dancer Town Marshal in place of the cowardly Marshal. Persuaded by Dave Oldham and Florence Peel, both of whom know his true identity, Dancer accepts the job. But Bert Slocum is still after him, and the town's crooked justice-of-the-peace and district attorney aren't overly fond of the new Marshal and his law-and-order ways.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, revenge, gunfight, justice, bounty hunter, american frontier, duel ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Hurley's own a lumber mill and want to harvest all the timber in the valley. They kill the Forester and substitute their brother Dusty in his place. Dusty then says all the trees are infected and must be cut down. But Rex Allen is suspicious and writes to the Forestry Department.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, gunfight, revenge, outlaw, bounty hunter, small town, showdown ...
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