With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)

(0) based on 0 votes
The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.
Directors
Release Date
Jun 14, 1927
Runtime
01h 15m
Genre
Available in streaming on

The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.

Movies like With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

Looking for Trouble

Jack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement regarding Miss Tulip Hellier, and the sheriff goes after Jack. While hiding out, Jack finds a liquor cache on the Hellier ranch and knows it was placed there as a ruse to distract the sheriff while an outlaw gang runs dope across the border.
Search similar movies
Looking+for+Trouble
Looking for Trouble

1926

Search similar movies
Jubilo

Jubilo, a hobo, witnesses a robbery, finds work on Judge Hardy’s farm, and foils the vengeful machinations of a sinister villain.
Search similar movies
5.3
Jubilo
Pinto

When Pinto reaches her eighteenth birthday, the five wealthy Arizonans who adopted her upon the death of her parents decide that ranch life will never make a lady of her. Their old friend Pop Audry, formerly of Arizona and now a member of New York society, agrees to provide Pinto with the necessary education. Accordingly, Pinto and her cowboy nursemaid Looey are dispatched to New York where they lose Audry's address. ...
Search similar movies
Pinto
Water, Water, Everywhere

Cowboy Billy Fortune is in love with Hope Beecher, who prefers Billy's friend Ben Morgan, but resists his advances because of his fondness for drink. Hope's discontent is echoed by the town wives' public outcry against drink. To divert their interest, Billy is nominated to make love to their leader, widow Fay Bittinger, who has already disposed of four husbands....
Search similar movies
Water%2C+Water%2C+Everywhere
Water, Water, Everywhere

1920

Search similar movies
Honest Hutch

Ort Hutchins is a confirmed loafer who spends all of his time fishing while his wife toils over the washtub. One day, while digging for worms, Hutch uncovers a box containing $100,000 in bills, the loot of a bank robbed in the next town. Realizing that he cannot spend the money without arousing suspicion, Hutch resigns himself to taking a job for cover. ...
Search similar movies
Honest+Hutch
Honest Hutch

1920

Search similar movies
The Hell Cat

Pancha O'Brien, the beautiful and spirited daughter of an Irish ranch owner, is loved by two men, Sheriff Jack Webb, whom she loves, and outlaw Jim Dyke, whose attentions she repeatedly rebuffs. Jim and his men attack Pancha's ranch, burning it to the ground and killing her father. The outlaw carries her to his cabin, where Wan-o-mee, his jealous squaw, tries to stab the girl....
Search similar movies
The+Hell+Cat
The Hell Cat

1918

Search similar movies
The Paleface

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.
Search similar movies
6.1
The+Paleface
The Paleface

1922

Search similar movies
$50,000 Reward

Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be registered the next day, offers a $50,000 reward for Tex's capture.
Search similar movies
5.0
%2450%2C000+Reward
$50,000 Reward

1924

Search similar movies
They Died with Their Boots On

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Search similar movies
6.6
They+Died+with+Their+Boots+On
They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Search similar movies
Gun Gospel

From Death Valley in the Mojave Desert to Mount Whittier, the outlaw gangs are wreaking havoc on the gold and money shipments from the mines and ranches. Wells Fargo organizes an express service that will insure the shipments and ensure a guaranteed delivery. Granger Hume is hired to help Wells-Fargo deliver on their promise.
Search similar movies
Gun+Gospel
Gun Gospel

1927

Search similar movies
The Son of the Golden West

Tom Hardy (Tom Mix), a pony express rider, is carrying government gold in a coach to Wassatch accompanied by Alice Calhoun (Sharon Lynn) , the daughter of the US telegraph survey station. The gold is to pay for the US Telegraph Survey and it is to be delivered to the survey chief, Jim Calhoun (Thomas Lingham). The coach is attacked by bandits led by the Slade (Duke Lee) and Kane (Mark Hamilton).
Search similar movies
The+Son+of+the+Golden+West
The Son of the Golden West

1928

Search similar movies
Avalanche

An otherwise honest gambler, played by Jack Holt, begins to cheat at cards in order to put his son John Darrow through mining school in this lavish Zane Grey adaptation produced by Paramount. The callow foster-son pays back the noble gesture by running off with Holt's mistress, Olga Baclanova.
Search similar movies
Avalanche
The Cowboy Kid

Our hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty daughter.
Search similar movies
The+Cowboy+Kid
The Cowboy Kid

1928

Search similar movies
Out West

The story involves Arbuckle coming to the western town of Mad Dog Gulch after being thrown off a train and chased by Indians. He teams up with gambler/saloon owner Bill Bullhum, in trying to keep the evil Wild Bill Hickup away from Salvation Army girl, Salvation Sue. Fatty and Buster have a series of adventures trying to beat St. John, until they discover his one weakness: his ticklishness.
Search similar movies
6.0
Out+West
The Frozen North

A mix of guns and mistaken identity leads to chaos in this satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic westerns, finding Buster in the frozen north - "the last stop on the subway".
Search similar movies
6.2
The+Frozen+North
The Frozen North

1922

Search similar movies
Wild Beauty

A soldier returns home from World War I with a beautiful black horse that he saved on the battlefield, and names Thunderhoof. He enters the horse in a local race, hoping to earn enough money to save the family ranch of the girl he loves. However, the crooks intent on taking the ranch manage to capture a notorious wild horse and enter it in the same race, believing that it can beat Thunderhoof and thereby ensure that they're able to take the ranch.
Search similar movies
Wild+Beauty
Wild Beauty

1927

Search similar movies
King of the Saddle

A cowboy discovers that his stock is all but worthless due to the bankruptcy of a ranch owner. The supposedly worthless stock certificate bears the name of waitress Joan Meredith's long-lost father, who suddenly reappears to save Cody from ruin.
Search similar movies
King+of+the+Saddle
King of the Saddle

1926

Search similar movies
The Sagebrusher

A friend of a Montana sagebrusher advertises for a potential wife for him.
Search similar movies
The+Sagebrusher
The Sagebrusher

1920

Search similar movies
Taming the West

John Carleton is living a carefree jazz lifestyle, much to the annoyance of his father. When he can take it no longer, Carleton senior sends John to his ranch in the West, hoping that the experience will make a man of him. John's ability to ride a bucking bronco wins the friendship of the cowhands, but trouble's a-brewin' when he falls in love with Beryl King.
Search similar movies
Taming+the+West
Taming the West

1925

Search similar movies
The Mysterious Rider

Jack Holt stars as Ben Wade, a rancher framed on a robbery charge by crooked lawyer Harkness (Charles Sellon).
Search similar movies
The+Mysterious+Rider
The Mysterious Rider

1927

Search similar movies
Men of Daring

The story is set in the Black Hills of South Dakota circa 1876. While making their way through the Badlands, a religious cult is terrorized by a bandit known only as Black Roger.
Search similar movies
Men+of+Daring
Men of Daring

1927

Search similar movies
Hurricane Hal

A young Texan known as "Hurricane Hal," saves Bill Adams from Mexican bandits. In gratitude, Adams gives Hal a job on his ranch
Search similar movies
6.0
Hurricane+Hal
Hurricane Hal

1925

Search similar movies
Wanderer of the Wasteland

Wanderer of the Wasteland is a 1924 American color silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, and Billie Dove.
Search similar movies
Wanderer+of+the+Wasteland
Wanderer of the Wasteland

1924

Search similar movies
The Saddle Hawk

Ben Johnson, a sheepherder who hates sheep, is instructed by his employer, Vasquez, to escort beautiful Rena Newhall to her father's ranch. On the journey, Rena is abducted by Zach Marlin, who takes her to Buck Brent, an outlaw who has sworn vengeance on Jim Newhall, Rena's father, for sending him to jail years before. Ben later poses as an outlaw, joins Brent's band, and takes a hand in rustling the elder Newhall's cattle. On that raid, Ben contrives to get himself captured and convinces Rena's father both of his own good intentions and of the treachery of Marlin. Ben rejoins Brent's gang, but he is soon exposed as a fraud by Marlin.
Search similar movies
The+Saddle+Hawk
The Saddle Hawk

1925

Search similar movies
Three Word Brand

Ben Trego dies defending his twin sons from Indian attack. Separated, the two boys grow up very differently, one as Paul Marsden, the other as a cowboy named Three Word Brand. Paul becomes governor of Utah while Brand partners with George Barton in a ranch. The owner of the adjacent ranch plots to get Barton and Brand out of the way in order to control water rights. When Governor Marsden comes to the area to investigate, Brand sees the resemblance between them, though neither knows about his twin. Brand waylays Paul and takes his place as governor in an attempt to thwart the crooked rancher in the water rights scheme.
Search similar movies
5.0
Three+Word+Brand
Three Word Brand

1921

Search similar movies
The Wind

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
Search similar movies
7.3
The+Wind
The Prairie King

Andy Barden, Edna Jordan, and Dan Murdock are the three claimants to the valuable mine of the late Abner Ferrige. Edna takes possession but Murdock gets her to leave and while the three are away his men take possession. But when the Lawyer arrives to announce that Ferrige never filed, everyone rushes off to be the first at the claims office.
Search similar movies
The+Prairie+King
The Prairie King

1927

Search similar movies
Forbidden Trails

"Squint" Taylor owns a ranch and has a much older mining partner. When the partner is fatally wounded, he makes Taylor promise to take care of his daughter Marion. Taylor is more than happy to do his bidding, but Marion and her uncle are both involved with William Carrington, who is trying to cheat them out of her share of the mine.
Search similar movies
Forbidden+Trails
Forbidden Trails

1920

Search similar movies
The Tough Guy

Riding into a wild Western town Fred Saunders comes to the aid of the minister in recovering money stolen from the collection plate, winning the love of June, the minister's daughter in the process. Later Fred prevents the orphan boy Buddy from being trampled by a runaway horse, informally adopting him. When Carney and his gang kidnap the boy Fred rescues him uncovering the secret that Buddy is June's long-lost brother. Fred and June are married by her father.
Search similar movies
The+Tough+Guy
The Tough Guy

1926

Search similar movies
The Half Breed

Delmar Spavinaw, an educated "half-breed," loves Evelyn Huntington, daughter of a racist judge. Evelyn's other suitor is Ross Kennion, a widower with one child, and owner of a vast tract of land which Spavinaw insists belongs to his Indian mother. Spavinaw seeks revenge when Judge Huntington decides to evict the squaw. Assisted by Juan Del Rey, a cattle rustler, Spavinaw steals the title to the land, wounds Kennion, stages a raid on the judge's cattle, and attempts to kidnap Kennion's son and Evelyn. The arrival of the sheriff forces him into flight across the border without his hostages. En route he meets Doll Pardeau, a school friend of Evelyn's, and together they ride for the Mexican border. Caught between a cattle stampede and a sheriff's posse, the couple catch a passing freight train, leaving calamity behind as the train slowly passes.
Search similar movies
The+Half+Breed
The Half Breed

1922

Search similar movies
The Pilgrim

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Pilgrim
The Pilgrim

1923

Search similar movies
Billy Blazes, Esq.

Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.
Search similar movies
5.9
Billy+Blazes%2C+Esq.
Billy Blazes, Esq.

1919

Search similar movies
The Last Trail

The robberies on Jasper Carrol's stages have been so frequent that the stage line plans to hold a stagecoach race with the winner getting the new contract. Tom foils Cal Barker's attempt to kill him and gets a confession from him that Kurt Morley is behind the robberies. But first Tom must win the race for Carrol although Morley's stages have him greatly outnumbered.
Search similar movies
The+Last+Trail
The Last Trail

1927

Search similar movies
The Crusader

Veteran action hero William Russell starred opposite his offscreen wife Helen Ferguson in this typical Fox oater about a miner who finds himself up against a master swindler (George Webb).
Search similar movies
The+Crusader
The Crusader

1922

Search similar movies
Annie Oakley

Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Search similar movies
6.3
Annie+Oakley
Annie Oakley

1935

Search similar movies
Tracked to Earth

A railroad detective is falsely accused by a rancher's daughter Virginia Valli of being a notorious outlaw.
Search similar movies
Tracked+to+Earth
Tracked to Earth

1922

Search similar movies
The Red Warning

Phillip Haver, who, along with his friend Toby Jones, finds David Ainslee dying in the desert. After rustlers stole his cattle, Ainslee went off in search of a lost mine and fell victim to a killer. Before he kicks the bucket, Ainslee hands Haver a poke of gold dust to pay off the mortgage on the ranch.
Search similar movies
The+Red+Warning
The Red Warning

1923

Search similar movies
Algie, the Miner

When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.
Search similar movies
4.7
Algie%2C+the+Miner
Algie, the Miner

1912

Search similar movies
Don't Touch the White Woman!

A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.
Search similar movies
5.5
Don%27t+Touch+the+White+Woman%21
Don't Touch the White Woman!

1974

Search similar movies
'49–'17

A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.
Search similar movies
5.8
%2749%E2%80%93%2717
The Winning of Barbara Worth

While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
Search similar movies
6.4
The+Winning+of+Barbara+Worth
The Winning of Barbara Worth

1926

Search similar movies
Sitting Bull

Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.
Search similar movies
5.2
Sitting+Bull
Sitting Bull

1954

Search similar movies
West of Hot Dog

Stan travels to the small town of Hot Dog to collect an inheritance. He learns his late uncle left him everything - but in the event of Stan's death it all goes to his two outlaw cousins.
Search similar movies
5.7
West+of+Hot+Dog
West of Hot Dog

1924

Search similar movies
The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The owner of a gambling hall is entrusted with the care of a pretty young girl. He falls in love with her, but he must decide whether to let her go to his best friend, with whom he believes her to be in love, or to try to win her for himself.
Search similar movies
4.0
The+Outcasts+of+Poker+Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1919

Search similar movies
Marked Men

Three outlaws rescue a baby in the desert and with barely any water left try to return to the town in which they just robbed a bank. Lost film. A remake of 1916's "The Three Godfathers," which also starred Harry Carey.
Search similar movies
5.0
Marked+Men
Marked Men

1919

Search similar movies