AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

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CAST

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
KING'S CREEK LAW
James Lawton
1923
BRINGIN' HOME THE BACON
The bandit
1924
TEARIN' LOOSE
The law
1925
THE FIGHTING SHERIFF
Jeff Bains
1925
THE DESERT DEMON
Jim Slade
1925
THE OUTLAW EXPRESS
Scott
1926
ACE OF ACTION
1926
WITHOUT ORDERS
Taylor Beal
1926
VANISHING HOOFS
Jack Warren
1926
SPEEDY SPURS
Mr. Wells, a bully
1926
RIDING RIVALS
1926
CODE OF THE COW COUNTRY
Tallas
1927
THE OUTLAW BREAKER
Henchman Sebley
1927
YELLOW CONTRABAND
1928
THE VALLEY OF HUNTED MEN
1928
TEXAS TOMMY
1928
LAW OF THE MOUNTED
1928
BREED OF THE WEST
Deputy
1930
TRAILS OF PERIL
Butch Coleson
1930
NOT EXACTLY GENTLEMEN
Deputy
1931
QUICK TRIGGER LEE
Pete
1931
TREASON
Second lieutenant
1933
ME AND MY PAL
Officer
1933
ESCAPE FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND
Prisoner
1935
WOLF RIDERS
Jennings, Jack's father
1935
RIO RATTLER
Tonto
1935
BIG BOY RIDES AGAIN
Al
1935
LAWLESS RIDERS
Twister
1935
SQUARE SHOOTER
Cowboy
1935
UNDER TWO FLAGS
1936
THE LION'S DEN
Bar patron
1936
END OF THE TRAIL
Mason Man
1936
THE TEXAS RANGERS
Ranger
1936
FOLLOW THE FLEET
Member of the band
1936
IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD
Gorman
1937
RANGE DEFENDERS
Henchman
1937
THE RIDERS OF THE WHISTLING SKULL
Coggins
1937
BOOTHILL BRIGADE
Brown
1937
GUN LORDS OF STIRRUP BASIN
Horner
1937
TWO FISTED SHERIFF
Gargan
1937
TRAIL OF VENGEANCE
Red Cassidy
1937
THE GAMBLING TERROR
Blackie
1937
ONE MAN JUSTICE
Henchman
1937
THE OLD WYOMING TRAIL
Cattle rustler
1937
IN EARLY ARIZONA
Ben
1938
BORDER WOLVES
McCone
1938
WEST OF CHEYENNE
Kells
1938
LAW OF THE PLAINS
Turner
1938
CATTLE RAIDERS
Rustler
1938
SUNDOWN ON THE PRAIRIE
1939
THE MARSHAL OF MESA CITY
Slim Walker
1939
TEXAS WILDCATS
Al
1939
WESTBOUND STAGE
Spider
1939
ROLL WAGONS ROLL
doc
1939
HONOR OF THE WEST
Butch
1939
RIDE 'EM COWGIRL
Sheriff Larson
1939
MY FAVORITE WIFE
1940
COVERED WAGON TRAILS
Allen
1940
STAGE TO CHINO
1940
LAW AND ORDER
Townsman
1940
WESTERN UNION
1941
THE LONE RIDER IN GHOST TOWN
1941
MAN FROM MONTANA
Decker
1941
THE LONE RIDER IN FRONTIER FURY
Joe
1941
THUNDERING HOOFS
Carver
1941
BILLY THE KID WANTED
Bart
1941
THE LONE RIDER CROSSES THE RIO
Fred
1941
BILLY THE KID IN SANTA FE
Hank [Baxter]
1941
THE BANDIT TRAIL
Al
1941
THE KID'S LAST RIDE
Wash
1941
THE LONE RIDER RIDES ON
Pete
1941
OUTLAWS OF THE RIO GRANDE
Brett
1941
THE LONE RIDER FIGHTS BACK
Gandon
1941
WRANGLER'S ROOST
Brady
1941
COME ON DANGER
Jake
1941
THE PINTO KID
Bill
1941
ARIZONA STAGE COACH
Dan
1942
BORDER ROUNDUP
Joe
1942
OUTLAWS OF BOULDER PASS
Ringo
1942
LAND OF THE OPEN RANGE
Dode
1942
BILLY THE KID'S SMOKING GUNS
Carter
1942
TEXAS TROUBLE SHOOTERS
Duke
1942
BANDIT RANGER
Dorn
1942
TEXAS MANHUNT
Hank Smith
1942
TEXAS TO BATAAN
[Ken] Richards
1942
ROCK RIVER RENEGADES
Chuck
1942
PHANTOM KILLER
1942
BLAZING GUNS
1943
DEVIL RIDERS
1943
BLACK MARKET RUSTLERS
Kyper
1943
BLAZING FRONTIER
Biff
1943
FUGITIVE OF THE PLAINS
Dirk
1943
TWO-FISTED JUSTICE
Harve
1943
LAW OF THE SADDLE
Vic
1943
TRAIL OF TERROR
Joe
1943
CATTLE STAMPEDE
Elkins
1943
RAIDERS OF RED GAP
Jed
1943
COWBOY COMMANDOS
Mario
1943
WILD HORSE RUSTLERS
Jake
1943
CARSON CITY CYCLONE
Fred Sheperd
1943
WESTWARD BOUND
Judd
1944
OATH OF VENGEANCE
1944
OUTLAW ROUNDUP
Sam Panzer
1944
WILD HORSE PHANTOM
Callen
1944
FIREBRANDS OF ARIZONA
Henchman
1944
ARIZONA WHIRLWIND
Lefty
1944
WILDFIRE
Doug Hawker
1945
GUN SMOKE
Duce
1945
FRONTIER FUGITIVES
Mert Donner
1945
ENEMY OF THE LAW
Red
1945
SHADOWS OF DEATH
Frisco
1945
TRAIL OF KIT CARSON
Customer
1945
CORPUS CHRISTI BANDITS
Heavy
1945
RUSTLERS OF THE BADLANDS
Cowboy
1945
THE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST
Guard
1946
THE FIGHTING FRONTIERSMAN
Guard
1946
SWING, COWBOY, SWING
Frank Lawson
1946
AMBUSH TRAIL
Frank Owen
1946
PRAIRIE BADMEN
Bill Thompson
1946
GENTLEMEN WITH GUNS
Cassidy
1946
OVERLAND RIDERS
Cherokee
1946
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
Western character
1947
THE WESTWARD TRAIL
Taggart
1948
STAGE TO MESA CITY
Stocker
1948
DEADLINE
Blake
1948
THE COWBOY AND THE PRIZEFIGHTER
1949
THE VALIANT HOMBRE
1949
BEYOND THE PURPLE HILLS
Corey
1950
INDIAN TERRITORY
Tex
1950
MAN IN THE SADDLE
1951
THE RAIDERS
1952
THE OLD WEST
1952
THE MAN FROM THE ALAMO
1953
THE STRANGER WORE A GUN
1953
THE LAST POSSE
Harding
1953
PACK TRAIN
1953
THE LONE HAND
Citizen
1953
RIDE CLEAR OF DIABLO
Miner
1954
THE YELLOW MOUNTAIN
Poker player
1954
EVEL KNIEVEL
Rodeo clown
1971

STAND INS

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
NOT EXACTLY GENTLEMEN
Riding double for Edward Gribbon
1931

HISTORY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
TEARIN' INTO TROUBLE
1927
CHEYENNE KID
1931
RANGE FEUD
1931
THE AVENGER
1931
WHISTLIN' DAN
1932
OUTLAW JUSTICE
1932
THE BIG STAMPEDE
1932
BOILING POINT
1932
LAW OF THE WEST
1932
THE COWBOY COUNSELLOR
1932
SUNSET TRAIL
1932
TEXAS GUN FIGHTER
1932
THRILL HUNTER
1933
THE DUDE BANDIT
1933
TRAIL DRIVE
1933
UNKNOWN VALLEY
1933
THE TELEGRAPH TRAIL
1933
THE FIGHTING PARSON
1933
THE FIGHTING CODE
1933
GUN JUSTICE
1933
PHANTOM THUNDERBOLT
1933
THE FIGHTING RANGER
1934
IN OLD SANTA FE
1934
COWBOY HOLIDAY
1935
WESTWARD HO
1935
NORTH OF ARIZONA
1935
UNCONQUERED BANDIT
1935
THE DESERT TRAIL
1935
LAWLESS RANGE
1935
POWDERSMOKE RANGE
1935
JUSTICE OF THE RANGE
1935
BULLDOG COURAGE
1935
RAINBOW VALLEY
1935
GALLANT DEFENDER
1935
WESTERN FRONTIER
1935
SILENT VALLEY
1935
ACES AND EIGHTS
1936
THUNDERBOLT
1936
ROARIN' GUNS
1936
FAST BULLETS
1936
COMIN' 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
1936
GHOST PATROL
1936
LIGHTNIN' BILL CARSON
1936
RIO GRANDE RANGER
1936
THE TRAITOR
1936
THE PHANTOM OF SANTA FE
1936
TOO MUCH BEEF
1936
ROAMIN' WILD
1936
GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES
1937
GUNS IN THE DARK
1937
ROMANCE OF THE ROCKIES
1937
BORDERLAND
1937
SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES
1937
PUBLIC COWBOY NO. 1
1937
ROLL ALONG COWBOY
1937
BLAZING SIXES
1937
HOPALONG RIDES AGAIN
1937
HEROES OF THE ALAMO
1937
PHANTOM RANGER
1938
PANAMINT'S BAD MAN
1938
CALIFORNIA FRONTIER
1938
GHOST TOWN RIDERS
1938
WESTERN JAMBOREE
1938
CALL THE MESQUITEERS
1938
IN OLD MONTEREY
1939
CHIP OF THE FLYING U
1939
ROVIN' TUMBLEWEEDS
1939
NEW FRONTIER
1939
THE MAN FROM SUNDOWN
1939
ROUGH RIDERS' ROUND-UP
1939
SIX-GUN RHYTHM
1939
THE LAW COMES TO TEXAS
1939
SOUTHWARD HO!
1939
LONE STAR PIONEERS
1939
DESPERATE TRAILS
1939
PRAIRIE LAW
1940
ARIZONA GANG BUSTERS
1940
YOUNG BILL HICKOK
1940
WEST OF ABILENE
1940
FRONTIER CRUSADER
1940
MEN WITH STEEL FACES
1940
IN OLD CHEYENNE
1941
BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE
1941
PALS OF THE PECOS
1941
TUMBLEDOWN RANCH IN ARIZONA
1941
BACK IN THE SADDLE
1941
PRAIRIE PIONEERS
1941
TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL
1941
SHERIFF OF TOMBSTONE
1941
THE TRAIL OF THE SILVER SPURS
1941
WYOMING WILDCAT
1941
THE PHANTOM COWBOY
1941
THE TEXAS MARSHAL
1941
THE SON OF DAVY CROCKETT
1941
STICK TO YOUR GUNS
1941
BOSS OF BULLION CITY
1941
RAWHIDE RANGERS
1941
ARIZONA CYCLONE
1941
TWO GUN SHERIFF
1941
RAIDERS OF THE WEST
1942
THE LONE RIDER AND THE BANDIT
1942
PRAIRIE PALS
1942
IN OLD CALIFORNIA
1942
UNDERCOVER MAN
1942
SHERIFF OF SAGE VALLEY
1942
TRAIL RIDERS
1942
BAD MEN OF THE HILLS
1942
THE LONE RIDER IN TEXAS JUSTICE
1942
STARDUST ON THE SAGE
1942
THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER
1942
DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
1942
SONS OF THE PIONEERS
1942
STAGECOACH BUCKAROO
1942
ALONG THE SUNDOWN TRAIL
1942
DEATH VALLEY RANGERS
1943
DEATH RIDES THE PLAINS
1943
WAGON TRACKS WEST
1943
OVERLAND MAIL ROBBERY
1943
THE BLACK HILLS EXPRESS
1943
WESTERN CYCLONE
1943
CHEYENNE WILDCAT
1944
MOJAVE FIREBRAND
1944
SONORA STAGECOACH
1944
CODE OF THE PRAIRIE
1944
OKLAHOMA RAIDERS
1944
OUTLAW TRAIL
1944
MARSHAL OF GUNSMOKE
1944
FRONTIER OUTLAWS
1944
MARKED FOR MURDER
1945
BORDER BADMEN
1945
HIS BROTHER'S GHOST
1945
THREE IN THE SADDLE
1945
SUNSET IN ELDORADO
1945
WAGON WHEELS WESTWARD
1945
TWO-FISTED STRANGER
1946
SANTA FE UPRISING
1946
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
1946
RETURN OF THE LASH
1947
ALONG THE OREGON TRAIL
1947
BORDER FEUD
1947
TRIGGERMAN
1948
COURTIN' TROUBLE
1948
LAW OF THE WEST
1949
ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
1949
I SHOT BILLY THE KID
1950
SHORT GRASS
1950
SILVER RAIDERS
1950
GUNSLINGERS
1950
WHISTLING HILLS
1951
THE FRONTIER PHANTOM
1952
CANYON AMBUSH
1952
JUNCTION CITY
1952
BORN RECKLESS
1959

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