homesteader
19 movies and shows
Shane
Thu, 23 Apr 1953
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Bend of the River
Wed, 23 Jan 1952
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
Abilene Town
Fri, 11 Jan 1946
Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However…
Blood on the Moon
Thu, 11 Nov 1948
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.
Cimarron
Thu, 01 Dec 1960
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
Mon, 30 Jun 1947
Red Ryder returns to Sioux City, Wyoming, at the close of the Spanish-American War, settling down at the ranch of his aunt, The Duchess, with his pals Little Beaver and "Blizzard". But Red soon discovers that the country is over-run by rustlers.
The Durango Kid
Thu, 15 Aug 1940
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.
Sons of Matthew
Fri, 16 Dec 1949
The story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers, on the virgin plateaus of the Australian bush country.
Man from Montana
Fri, 05 Sep 1941
A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders.
Canyon Raiders
Sat, 07 Apr 1951
Whip Wilson only gets to crack his trademark weapon once in this economic Western filmed in toto at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, CA. A government agent, Wilson arrives in the near ghost town of Tunis, where his friend is in trouble with a couple of horse thieves. The latter are also terrorizing a homesteader, Texas Milburn, and his wife, Ruth, and when the female sheriff Alice Long interferes, she finds herself taken hostage.
Trail Guide
Fri, 15 Feb 1952
A cowboy and his Mexican-Irish sidekick lead a wagon train to an unfriendly place.
Ambush Valley
Sat, 24 Oct 1936
Clay Morgan kills Joel Potter and Marshal Manning has to arrest the brother of the girl he plans to marry.
Phantom Valley
Thu, 19 Feb 1948
The Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of murders that threaten to fuel a range war.
Tornado Range
Sat, 21 Feb 1948
Tornado Range is one of five Eddie Dean westerns originally produced by PRC in 1947 but released the following year by Eagle-Lion. Cast as a troubleshooter for the U.S. Land Office, Dean is assigned to settle a deadly range war. Sure enough, the warring homesteaders and cattlemen are being whipped into a frenzy by a third party, who hopes to "divide and conquer," claiming the land for himself. Surprisingly, all-purpose PRC villain George Cheseboro isn't the culprit in this one; instead, he's cast as the father of heroine Jennifer Holt. Roscoe Ates is once more on hand for some questionable comedy relief.
Desperadoes of Dodge City
Wed, 15 Sep 1948
Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four is the gang leader. Rocky has to learn his identity and retrieve the message.
Living by the Gun
Tue, 07 Jan 2014
A man returns from the bad blood and hard luck roads of redemption to his family homestead following his brother's death setting off his niece's quest for revenge.
You Are a Traitor and I Will Kill You!
Sat, 04 Mar 1972
A mysterious bounty hunter goes after a town boss who is murdering homesteaders for their land.
The Riding Rascal
Sun, 19 Sep 1926
Larrabie Keller, a homesteader, is accused of being a cattle rustler, and when Keller refuses to fight Phil Sanderson, whose sister, Phyllis, has struck his fancy, he is insulted by Bill Healy, to whom he administers a severe drubbing. Phyllis, finding Keller beside a branding fire, believes him guilty; and when he is wounded by Healy, she takes Keller to Yeager, another homesteader, who cares for him and to whom he reveals that he is a Texas Ranger.