Highest-Rated Movies about 'Western Music'

The Last Picture Show (1971), The Sapphires (2012), Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940), Breakdown (1997), Mountain Rhythm (1939), Guns and Guitars (1936), Sioux City Sue (1946), Blue Montana Skies (1939) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Western Music movies.

#16. Stars Over Texas (1946)

Storyline: When Eddie and his pals deliver cattle to the Lawrence ranch, they run into trouble with Ringo Evans and his gang. Ringo's men are rustling cattle and attempting to kill the foreman. Seeing the resemblance between the foreman and his pal Waco, Eddie has Waco impersonate the foreman. They then find proof that Evans is behimd the rustling but find themselves greatly outnumbered when the gang attacks.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: actor shares first name with character, fast draw, redemption, reprisal, imposter, violence, vindication ...

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#17. Indian Territory (1950)

Storyline: Immediately following the Civil War, former Confederate cavalry captain Gene Autry, now a sergeant in the Union Army, is assigned to help break up Indian raids on the frontier. While working with a scout, Shadrach Jones, Gene tangles with and is forced to lick Lt. Randolph Mason, who is in love with Melody Colton, daughter of rancher Jim Colton. Gene manages to forestall one Indian raid, fails to stop another one but does stop the gun-running activities of Curt Raidler and the Apache Kid.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: actor shares first name with character, fistfight, held at gunpoint, damsel in distress, jealousy, gang leader, gang member ...

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#18. California Mail (1936)

Storyline: Bids submitted to win the U.S. Mail contract for their stagecoach lines are entered by both singing cowboy Bill Harkins and the Banton brothers, Roy and Bart. During a stagecoach race to determine who is awarded the contract, Roy, fueled by his greed as well as his desire for Bill's lady friend, resorts to sabotaging his rival's rig in order to win. Bill, having an idea who is behind a recent rash of stagecoach robberies, devises a plan to catch the highwaymen but not before he is himself arrested for robbery and murder, having been seen committing the crime by impartial eye witnesses.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: vindication, hostage, competition, fistfight, sabotage, treachery, barfly ...

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#19. Tornado Range (1948)

Storyline: Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called 'Nesters', start to take over land acquired by the homesteaders by a government lease. Quirt Thayer, working both sides against the middle, has his gang join with the ranchers seeking revenge against the settlers for raids on the ranchers by Quirt's henchmen. Eddie uses his friendship with Mary King, daughter of the leading rancher, to pin the guilt on the correct culprits.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: actor shares first name with character, western music, vindication, schemer, lynch mob, frame up, false accusation ...

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#20. The Singing Cowboy (1936)

Storyline: When Gene's boss is murdered, the boss's daughter is seriously injured. To raise money for her operation, Gene and the ranch hands enter the new medium of television as singers. When they do well, the bank agrees to lend them the needed money. Martin, who is the murderer, is after the ranch. Now he has to make sure the daughter doesn't get the operation so he sends his henchmen out to wreck Gene's equipment.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: actor shares first name with character, shootout, slang, cattle ranch, cattle rancher, grindhouse film, slapstick comedy ...

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#22. Arizona Trail (1943)

Storyline: When crafty Doc Wallace sends for Johnny Trent and his pal, Kansas to come home to the Trent ranch in Arizona, Johnny meets Martha Brooks, who is caring for his invalid father, whose ranch some unknown enemy is trying to wrest away, as it has become suddenly valuable. Aided by Wayne Carson and Martha, Johnny uncovers the culprit to be Doc Wallace, the supposed family friend.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: reconciliation, confrontation, turmoil, anger, hostility, brawling, resolvement ...

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#23. The Man From Hell (1934)

Storyline: Clint Mason returns from prison after serving three years for a crime he didn't commit and finds his girl friend is about to marry Anse McCloud. He suspects McCloud is the wanted murderer that escaped from the same prison he was in. But McCloud has a large gang that includes the Marshal and Clint's life is quickly in danger.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: actor shares first name with character, horse billed above the title, actor billed above the title, b western, white horse, betrayal, grindhouse film ...

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#24. Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938)

Storyline: Brooklyn crooner Elly Jordan and his bandmates end up broke at a Wyoming dude ranch run by Jane Hardy. Singing for his supper there, Elly is heard by Broadway booker Roy Chadwick, who mistakes him for a genuine cowboy and decides to make him a star. The fact that Elly is terrified of animals (including horses) and doesn't know the first thing about the West makes his big break tough to pull off.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: based on play, brooklyn new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, wyoming, animal, cowboy ...

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#25. The Old Barn Dance (1938)

Storyline: Sally Dawson gets Gene to sign a contract to sing on her struggling radio station. Gene is selling horses and unknown to him the sponsor of his program is the tractor company he is competing against. When the ranchers that bought tractors can't make their payments and Maxwell forecloses, the ranchers blame Autry.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: actor shares first name with character, slapstick, fistfight, resolvement, anger, dire straits, stock footage ...

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#26. Thunder Town (1946)

Storyline: Jim Brandon returns from prison having been framed for robbery. At the time of the robbery his partner supposedly committed suicide. Jim's first break in proving his innocence comes when he finds the fatal bullet does not match the weapon that was used.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: independent film, redemption, horse chase, revenge seeker, deception, drinking, cigarette smoking ...

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#27. Outlaw Express (1938)

Storyline: The government assigns cavalry captain Bob Bradley (Bob Baker) to an area where pony express riders are being killed by arrows and their mail is being rifled. Posing as horse buyers, Bob and his pal, Andy Sharpe (Don Barclay), center their investigation around the ranch owned by Don Ricardo Hernandez (Martin Garralaga) where, in addition to learning that the Don has a pretty daughter named Lorita (Cecelia Callejo), he discovers that Jack Sommers (LeRoy Mason) and his lead henchman Phelps (Jack Kirk) are getting possession of the huge ranches, created by Spanish land grants, by having Ramon (Carleton Young), a disloyal Hernandez servant, kill the riders with arrows (hoping the Indians will be blamed) and taking the certificates of registry.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: western music, rope, remake, rancher, ranch foreman, prisoner, posse ...

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