Rio Grande (1949)

(0) based on 0 votes
As Bruce Lanning posts a "no trespassing" sign at a watering hole on his Circle A ranch, his sister Jane rides up with news that Wes Caven, the hired gun of the Elwood brothers, is looking for him. Soon after, Wes appears and kicks over the sign. Later, Sunset Carson, Wes's boyhood friend, rides into town to invite Wes to become a partner in his new ranch. Just as Wes declines the offer and offers Sunset a job working for the Elwoods instead, Bruce bursts into the saloon, demanding to see Frank Elwood. Not to be confused with the 1950 John Wayne film of the same name
Directors
Release Date
Jan 01, 1949
Runtime
00h 50m
Genre
Available in streaming on

As Bruce Lanning posts a "no trespassing" sign at a watering hole on his Circle A ranch, his sister Jane rides up with news that Wes Caven, the hired gun of the Elwood brothers, is looking for him. Soon after, Wes appears and kicks over the sign. Later, Sunset Carson, Wes's boyhood friend, rides into town to invite Wes to become a partner in his new ranch. Just as Wes declines the offer and offers Sunset a job working for the Elwoods instead, Bruce bursts into the saloon, demanding to see Frank Elwood. Not to be confused with the 1950 John Wayne film of the same name

Movies like Rio Grande

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s discovered that the ghost is also the long lost relative of Shaggy Rogers!
Search similar movies
7.8
Scooby-Doo%21+Shaggy%27s+Showdown
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

2017

Search similar movies
Giant

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Search similar movies
7.6
Giant
Heaven with a Gun

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after her shepherd father is hung by Coke Beck, the vicious son of the head cattle rancher. Killian must weigh his actions carefully lest he perpetuate the cycle of retribution and revenge.
Search similar movies
5.5
Heaven+with+a+Gun
Heaven with a Gun

1969

Search similar movies
The Trackers

A rancher comes home and finds that his son has been murdered and his daughter kidnapped by a bandit gang. He hires a professional tracker with a reputation for finding his quarry to help him find the gang and rescue his daughter.
Search similar movies
5.7
The+Trackers
The Trackers

1971

Search similar movies
The Durango Kid

The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett's usual love-interest, Iris Meredith), the daughter of a homesteader, defeat the evil MacDonald who has been terrorizing the decent citizens with his gang of rustlers.
Search similar movies
6.0
The+Durango+Kid
The Durango Kid

1940

Search similar movies
Melody Trail

Gene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.
Search similar movies
4.7
Melody+Trail
Melody Trail

1935

Search similar movies
Ride 'em, Cowgirl

Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson, to further some undercover activities of his own. He counts on Rickson's inability to stay away from gambling as the means to his ultimate success. Government investigator Oliver Shea and his assistant, Dan Haggerty, start a fight in Doyle's place when they see Rickson being cheated and are invited to the Bar-X where Oliver and Helen Rickson, Rufe's daughter, discover interest in each other and Dan finds himself pursued by Bell, the ranch cook. Sheriff Larson brings the prize money for the $5,000 race of the Rodeo Association, and that night it is stolen.
Search similar movies
5.0
Ride+%27em%2C+Cowgirl
Ride 'em, Cowgirl

1939

Search similar movies
Marshal of Cedar Rock

Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his stooge who then offers even less than Mason. But Rocky eventually suspects Mason and when Bill Anderson informs him the agent is a fake, they head out after Mason
Search similar movies
5.5
Marshal+of+Cedar+Rock
Marshal of Cedar Rock

1953

Search similar movies
Fighting to Live

When attacked by two dogs, Joe Gilmore leaves them on the desert to die. Later one of the dogs saves John Blake from drowning. Men arrive claiming the dog is killing their chickens. They want to kill the dog but John convinces them the dog's fate should be determined by a trial.
Search similar movies
Fighting+to+Live
Fighting to Live

1934

Search similar movies
Hi, Gaucho!

The son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.
Search similar movies
7.5
Hi%2C+Gaucho%21
Hi, Gaucho!

1935

Search similar movies
North of 36

A young woman inherits her father's large Texas ranch and plans to begin a cattle drive to Abilene, Kansas, 1000 miles away. The crooked State Treasurer plans to attack the cattle drive and steal all of the stock so he can gain control of her ranch.
Search similar movies
North+of+36
North of 36

1926

Search similar movies
The Hunting Party

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
Search similar movies
6.2
The+Hunting+Party
The Hunting Party

1971

Search similar movies
The Power of the Dog

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Power+of+the+Dog
The Power of the Dog

2021

Search similar movies
Fighting for Justice

Property taxes, murder charges, and outlaws trouble the son of a dead rancher.
Search similar movies
Fighting+for+Justice
Fighting for Justice

1932

Search similar movies
Cat Ballou

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
Search similar movies
6.4
Cat+Ballou
Cat Ballou

1965

Search similar movies
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Search similar movies
7.8
The+Man+Who+Shot+Liberty+Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

Search similar movies
Oklahoma!

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
Search similar movies
6.6
Oklahoma%21
The Man From Snowy River II

After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Man+From+Snowy+River+II
The Man From Snowy River II

1988

Search similar movies
Two-Gun Caballero

A cowhand named Bob Blake visits with Sally Thompson and her kid-brother, Jimmy, on their hard-scrabble homestead adjoining the Steele Ranch where Bob works. He learns that their father just died, and he plans on seeing if he can make things a bit easier for them.
Search similar movies
3.5
Two-Gun+Caballero
Two-Gun Caballero

1931

Search similar movies
Young Guns

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
Search similar movies
6.7
Young+Guns
Young Guns

1988

Search similar movies
The Cowboys

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Search similar movies
7.1
The+Cowboys
The Cowboys

1972

Search similar movies
Tall in the Saddle

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
Search similar movies
6.5
Tall+in+the+Saddle
Tall in the Saddle

1944

Search similar movies
McLintock!

Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
Search similar movies
6.5
McLintock%21
McLintock!

1963

Search similar movies
Old Shatterhand

Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.
Search similar movies
6.2
Old+Shatterhand
Old Shatterhand

1964

Search similar movies
Cheyenne Cowboy

Cheyenne Jones comes to the Blue River Ranch and asks for a job as a cowpuncher. Actually, Jones's real name is Buck McCloud and he's the new owner of the spread, having inherited it when his uncle died a year earlier. He's roaming the range incognito while trying to identify who's behind the cattle rustling that is afflicting his new business.
Search similar movies
Cheyenne+Cowboy
Cheyenne Cowboy

1949

Search similar movies
Fence Riders

Whip Wilson and Andy Clyde are back and Monogram's got 'em in Fence Riders. The Whipster comes to the aid of beautiful ranch owner Reno Browne, who is being victimized by rustlers Myron Healey and Riley Hill. To get Wilson out of the way, the villains frame him on a murder rap.
Search similar movies
2.0
Fence+Riders
Fence Riders

1950

Search similar movies
The Red Pony

Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the city-loving Fred and country-happy Alice -- constantly bickering, Tom looks to cowboy Billy Buck for companionship and paternal love.
Search similar movies
5.7
The+Red+Pony
The Red Pony

1949

Search similar movies
3:10 to Yuma

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
Search similar movies
7.2
3%3A10+to+Yuma
3:10 to Yuma

1957

Search similar movies
Forty Guns

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Search similar movies
6.5
Forty+Guns
Forty Guns

1957

Search similar movies
The War Wagon

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+War+Wagon
The War Wagon

1967

Search similar movies
Prairie Pals

Two deputies go undercover to save a scientist from his evil kidnappers.
Search similar movies
Prairie+Pals
Prairie Pals

1942

Search similar movies
Raiders of the West

In this western, a frontier detective disguised as an entertainer performs for the leader of an outlaw gang. At the same time, he learns the whereabouts of the outlaws' hideout. Unfortunately, his true identity is revealed and he must escape if he is to bring the gang to justice.
Search similar movies
Raiders+of+the+West
Raiders of the West

1942

Search similar movies
Day of the Badman

Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
Search similar movies
6.5
Day+of+the+Badman
Day of the Badman

1958

Search similar movies
Along the Navajo Trail

U.S. Deputy Marshal Roy investigates the disappearance of a government agent who has come to Dale's father's Ladder A Ranch. The bad guys want the land the ranch sits on because they know an oil pipeline is planned through this location.
Search similar movies
Along+the+Navajo+Trail
Along the Navajo Trail

1945

Search similar movies
Nevada

Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.
Search similar movies
5.7
Nevada
Riders of the Dawn

Jimmy Wakely and Dusty, traveling with the medicine show owned by "Lasses" White, stop at the Ferguson ranch and find the rancher and his wife killed. They take the Ferguson baby to their camp, where outlaws Joe, Slick and Pete attempt to kidnap the baby, while Dusty is reporting the murders to Sheriff Beasley and town mayor Melinda Pringle. Wakely and his singers hide the baby from its legal guardian, Doc Judd Thomas, as they suspect him of being connected with the Ferguson murders.
Search similar movies
Riders+of+the+Dawn
Riders of the Dawn

1945

Search similar movies
Big Jake

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
Search similar movies
6.9
Big+Jake
Alias John Law

John Clark (Bob Steele) and his deaf pal, Bootch Collum (Buck Connors), are trailed by U. S. Marshal Lamar Bly (Jack Rockwell)...
Search similar movies
3.8
Alias+John+Law
Alias John Law

1935

Search similar movies
China 9, Liberty 37

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he agrees to murder Matthew, a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major obstacle to the railroad’s plans for expansion.
Search similar movies
5.3
China+9%2C+Liberty+37
China 9, Liberty 37

1978

Search similar movies
Border Outlaws

Western tale of a special agent (Bill Edwards) unravelling a series of rustlings on and around Cooley's dude ranch
Search similar movies
Border+Outlaws
Border Outlaws

1950

Search similar movies
Stars Over Texas

Eddie Dean is a Cattlemen's Association agent investigating a serious rash of rustlings along with sidekicks Soapy (Roscoe Ates) and Waco (Lee Bennett. The latter bears a striking resemblance to Lawrence ranch foreman Bert Ford (also Bennett), who has been the target of several assassination attempts. Rancher Lawrence (Lee Roberts) and Eddie decide that Waco shall impersonate Ford, who is hiding out in a hotel room.
Search similar movies
5.5
Stars+Over+Texas
Stars Over Texas

1946

Search similar movies
Green Grass of Wyoming

The romance of a rancher's niece and a rival rancher's son parallels that of a stallion and a mare.
Search similar movies
6.6
Green+Grass+of+Wyoming
Green Grass of Wyoming

1948

Search similar movies
My Friend Flicka

Ken McLaughlin is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing grades, his father, Rob, blames the boy's lack of personal responsibility. At the suggestion of his wife, Nell, Rob allows Ken to choose a single colt from the herd to raise as his own. Much to his father's dismay, Ken chooses a fiery mustang filly -- but the two soon become fast friends.
Search similar movies
6.0
My+Friend+Flicka
My Friend Flicka

1943

Search similar movies
The Fighting Stallion

Released from a navy hospital following WW II, Lon Evans learns that he faces eventual blindness and returns to his Wyoming ranch. He sees a beautiful white stallion named Starlight and his cowhands Lem and Yancy say he is a killer and cannot be trained. Lon disproves this by training the stallion to act as his guide in preparation for his future blindness.
Search similar movies
6.3
The+Fighting+Stallion
The Fighting Stallion

1950

Search similar movies
Law of the Panhandle

Johnny Mack Brown follows his tried-and-true western formula in Law of the Panhandle. This time, U.S. Marshal Brown backs up Sheriff Tom Stocker (Riley Hill) in an ongoing battle against a marauding outlaw gang. The thieves, led by snarling Henry Faulkner (Myron Healey), hope to scare all the local ranchers off the land that will soon be purchased by the railroad that's coming through the territory.
Search similar movies
Law+of+the+Panhandle
Law of the Panhandle

1950

Search similar movies
All the Pretty Horses

The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.
Search similar movies
5.7
All+the+Pretty+Horses
All the Pretty Horses

2000

Search similar movies
Appaloosa

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Search similar movies
6.6
Appaloosa
The Big Country

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
Search similar movies
7.6
The+Big+Country
The Big Country

1958

Search similar movies
Eye for Eye

Cattle king wants Reagan's small ranch, and Latina beauty Lola McLaughlin. His men kill Reagan's pregnant wife. Reagan leaves his tin badge on Consuela's grave, and with Winchester, scattergun, and Colt, rides alone against a hundred.
Search similar movies
1.3
Eye+for+Eye
Eye for Eye

2022

Search similar movies
Silver Spurs

Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying to get a railroad spur right of way. Lucky has a woman come west to marry Jerry to get control of the ranch. After the wedding, Lucky has the owner killed. Roy’s gun is substituted for the murder weapon, so Roy is put in jail.
Search similar movies
3.5
Silver+Spurs
Silver Spurs

1943

Search similar movies
The Feud of the Trail

A man who's a dead ringer for the leader of an outlaw gang kills the gang leader, then takes his place to try to bring the gang to justice.
Search similar movies
4.5
The+Feud+of+the+Trail
The Feud of the Trail

1937

Search similar movies
Wanderers of the West

In this western, a rancher's son rides out for revenge against the rustlers who killed his father. The pursuit stretches between Montana to Arizona and it becomes more difficult because though the son knows the killer's name, he has never seen his face. Fortunately, the killer doesn't know what the son looks like either.
Search similar movies
Wanderers+of+the+West
Wanderers of the West

1941

Search similar movies
Wild Rovers

Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.
Search similar movies
6.3
Wild+Rovers
Wild Rovers

1971

Search similar movies
Loaded Pistols

A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.
Search similar movies
5.7
Loaded+Pistols
Loaded Pistols

1948

Search similar movies
Trails End

Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawyer Mel Porter to induce Stuart to sell. The latter refuses, and also orders Bill Cameron not to see his daughter Laurie again. Foreman Johnny Mack, after intervening, quits after he sees Stuart hit Laurie while quarreling over her proposed marriage to Cameron. Peddler Alibi Terhune witnesses the killing of Stuart by Clem Kettering, hired by Porter, and is taken prisoner. Cameron is blamed for Stuart's killing, escapes jail, but is persuaded by Johnny to go back and stand trial. Johnny rescues Alibi and the two work together on clearing Cameron's name, and bringing the real culprits to justice.
Search similar movies
Trails+End
Trails End

1949

Search similar movies
Trail to Gunsight

In this western, an innocent saddletramp is blamed for killing a man. Fortunately he finds the real culprit before it is too late.
Search similar movies
Trail+to+Gunsight
Trail to Gunsight

1944

Search similar movies
South Pacific Trail

Rex, Slim and the boys are fired by a wealthy rancher but decide to help him out when his daughter intends on marrying a shifty, gold-digging actor. Meanwhile, the rancher's foreman executes plans for a train robbery.
Search similar movies
South+Pacific+Trail
South Pacific Trail

1952

Search similar movies
Gun Smoke

Parker, seeking revenge on Culverson, is bringing in a flood of sheep. Branning signs on at the Culverson ranch to help fight them off. Standing in his way is hired gunman and crooked lawyer Sneed. T
Search similar movies
Gun+Smoke
Cowboy from Lonesome River

This western features a singing cowboy, a brave hero, and a bumbling sidekick who band together to defeat a ruthless range boss.
Search similar movies
Cowboy+from+Lonesome+River
Cowboy from Lonesome River

1944

Search similar movies
Cyclone Prairie Rangers

It's World War 2 and saboteurs are out to destroy the ranchers food crop. Steve Travis and sidekick Cannonball have been called in to investigate. Avoiding the attempts on his life by the gang, Steve uses a pair of eyeglasses to discover their leader, a supposedly deaf mute shoe repairman.
Search similar movies
Cyclone+Prairie+Rangers
Cyclone Prairie Rangers

1944

Search similar movies
Code of the Lawless

In this western, the hero fights the bad guys by impersonating the son of a rancher. The outlaws have been making the good landowners pay fake taxes. Not only does the good guy succeed in catching the bad guys, he also catches himself the postmistress.
Search similar movies
Code+of+the+Lawless
Code of the Lawless

1945

Search similar movies
Gun Justice

Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter, and arrives posing as himself. In an ensuing gunfight a man is killed and Ken is in trouble when not only is he accused of the murder, but the imposter escapes and convinces the Sheriff he's the real Ken Lance.
Search similar movies
Gun+Justice
Gun Justice

1933

Search similar movies
Boots of Destiny

Both Harmon and his men and a Mexican gang are after a treasure hidden on the Wilson ranch. Acey learns of their raid and goes to get Ken only to find him in jail for a murder he did not commit.
Search similar movies
Boots+of+Destiny
Boots of Destiny

1937

Search similar movies
El Siete Machos

Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
Search similar movies
8.1
El+Siete+Machos
El Siete Machos

1951

Search similar movies