The Fighting Westerner

Mar 1, 1935

1h 3m

★ 4.6

Lone protector of a terror-stricken family marked for death by an unseen, unknown peril...the mysterious Black Rider!

Overview

A mining engineer teams up with a crusty deputy sheriff to solve the mystery killings at an old mine where the owner's family waits for him to die, and where a valuable radium strike may have been made.

Genres

Mystery

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Larry Sutton

Randolph Scott

Tex Murdock

Charles 'Chic' Sale

Mrs. Borg

Mrs. Leslie Carter

Jim Ballard

George F. Marion

Rita Ballard

Ann Sheridan

Mrs. Ballard

Florence Roberts

Flora Ballard

Kathleen Burke

Ling Yat

Willie Fung

John Borg

James Eagles

Fritz Ballard

Howard Wilson

U.S. Marshals "Nevada Jack" McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins, working undercover, investigate a plot to rob a widow and her daughter of a mine which they know to be filled with gold-laden ore, but the widow believes it has played out. A hermit, hanging around the mine and killing, impartially, anyone who enters the mine, impedes the investigation somewhat.

7.2

Pale Rider

Jun 28, 1985

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

4.7

Song of the Gringo

Nov 22, 1936

In his film debut Ritter is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.

7.0

The Rider of Death Valley

Apr 23, 1932

Rigby, Larribee, and Grant each have one third of Bill Joyce's map locating his gold mine. The three plus Joyce's sister Helen head for the mine. An accident with a runaway horse carrying supplies leaves them stranded in the desert with very little water.

5.4

The Golden Eye

Aug 29, 1948

A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him. Charlie and his "crew" travel to the mine, pretending to be tourists staying at a nearby dude ranch so as not to arouse suspicion, and discover that the owner may well be right--it looks like the mine is being used as a cover for criminal activities, and that someone is indeed out to murder him.

6.0

Zagor

Feb 1, 1972

This film is about Zagor’s revenge upon four men that persecuted his family. Rodrigo, Lopez and Şerif take the mine that Zagor discovers. They don’t even give him a share. They deposit him famished, thirsty and on foot in the desert. Along the journey, he meets Mr. Taylor and his daughter. Mr. Taylor teaches Zagor how to use a gun quickly. Zagor goes back and settles the score with those who have done him wrong. But the villains do not sit idle. They kill Zagor’s sibling Katito, mother, and father. They also kill Mr. Taylor and steal his horse. Zagor marries Mr. Taylor’s daughter. He then exacts revenge on Rodrigo, Lopez, Şerif and Karlo one by one

5.8

Boot Hill Bandits

Apr 24, 1942

Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly killed in the explosion. A man finds his badge and gives it to Bolton. Thinking Crash dead, Bolton gives the badge away and it ends up with the Sheriff. Crash is OK and the Range Busters know Bolton is the head of the gang but that he gets his orders from someone else and that is the man they want.

4.9

Haunted Gold

Dec 17, 1932

John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan and his gang are also there to get the gold. A mysterious Phantom is also present. Mason's plan to expose Ryan as an outlaw and to force him to turn his share to Janet works. But when distracted by the Phantom, John is made a prisoner by the gang.

0.0

Range Land

Dec 24, 1949

Monogram's Whip Wilson western series occasionally produced a better-than-average entry. In Range Land, Wilson and saddle pal Andy Clyde try to get the goods on a gang of stagecoach bandits.

5.6

The Mysterious Doctor

Mar 3, 1943

The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.

3.8

Young Buffalo Bill

Apr 11, 1940

It's 1860 and the old Spanish land grants are being surveyed. Montez is after part of Don Regas' rancho and gets the surveyor to alter the boundary. But Don Regas still has the original grant written on a bandanna. Montez sends Indians after it but Bill Cody and Gabby fight them off and a wounded Gabby unknowingly ends up with the missing million dollar deed wrapped around his arm for a bandage.

6.0

Cross Fire

May 28, 1933

Tom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to fight in WW1, everything is OK. When he returns after the war he finds his former assistant not only in control of the mine but the whole town. His former partners have fled becoming outlaws and are now robbing the mine shipments of money they believe is really theirs.

0.0

The Golden Web

Sep 1, 1926

After it has been sold to a new owner,a shyster and killer has stolen the property deed to a valuable mine and is using it for blackmail purposes. The former owner of the mine is framed for a murder, and his daughter and the new owner work to save him from the gallows.

5.5

Kid Courageous

Feb 2, 1935

The man Bannister has sent to investigate the trouble at his mine has disappeared. This time his son Bob goes, quickly learning that Kincade is the culprit. Kincade has been taking gold from the mine and now plans to kidnap Teresa and skip across the border.

6.4

Silver City

Dec 1, 1951

Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.

6.0

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

Oct 30, 1948

Jesse James returns to Missouri, and he and brother Frank come to the aid of a young woman who owns a gold mine. Her father was murdered and she took over the mine, and now the villains who killed her father are trying to drive her out of the mine so they can take it over.

3.7

Space Rage

Dec 25, 1985

In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping.

6.0

The Cowboy Millionaire

Apr 25, 1935

Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only pretending. But he follows her to England.

5.2

Angel in Exile

Oct 20, 1948

An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.

0.0

Under Fiesta Stars

Aug 25, 1941

Rodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady employment for the surrounding rancheros. Unfortunately, the other half goes to Easterner Barbara Erwin (Carol Hughes), who is only interested in monetary remuneration. To convince Gene to buy her share, Barbara enters into an unholy alliance with unscrupulous attorneys Arnold (Ivan Miller) and Fry (Sam Flint), who, without their client's consent, hire a gang of thugs headed by Tommick (John Merton). When a ranchero (Elias Gamboa) is mortally wounded in the ensuing gun battle, Barbara sees the error of her way and switches sides.