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Best Western Movies of 1956 Ranked | Top Frontier Films

#1. Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)

★ 10.0/10 1 votes

Mr. Magoo, intent on going to the beach, winds up in the desert instead. Thinking himself to be at the beach, he tries fishing (he hooks a turtle which he mistakes for a crab) and swimming. Meanwhile, a desert wanderer and his horse are lost beyond hope when suddenly they lay eyes on Magoo's set up. Thinking the whole thing to be a mirage, they decide to make the best of it by devouring Magoo's picnic lunch and refreshments despite Magoo's protests. After the hearty meal, the man wants to thank Magoo before he "fades away" by giving him the only gold nugget he found while trekking the desert. Magoo thinks the gold is a sea-shell and plans to give it to Waldo to add to his collection!

#2. The Black Whip (1956)

★ 10.0/10 1 votes

A gang of renegade Civil War soldiers terrorize four women and the owners of an inn as they plot to kidnap the new governor of the state. If all goes according to plan, the outlaws will murder their hostage after collecting a hefty ransom.

#3. Yaqui Drums (1956)

★ 9.0/10 1 votes

In this western, a Mexican bandit and an angry rancher team up and take on a crooked saloon keeper.

#4. Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956)

★ 9.0/10 1 votes

Bill Ramsbottom sells his English pub and drags his family off to Canada where he has inherited a ranch from his grandfather Wild Bill Ramsbottom. He ends up tangling with outlaw Black Jake, an Indian chief Blue Eagle, and the local law.

#5. The Wild Dakotas (1956)

★ 9.0/10 1 votes

When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River Valley, his dictatorial style soon creates problems. When the settlers reach their destination, Baring unwisely declares war on the local Indians. When savvy frontier scout Jim Henry tries to promote cooperation between the natives and the newly arrived settlers, Baring responds by having Williams whipped.

#6. El último perro (1956)

★ 8.1/10 4 votes

During the second half of the 19th century, a young survivor is saved in the Argentine pampas by a man she ends up marrying.

#7. Ha pasado un hombre (1956)

★ 8.0/10 1 votes

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#8. The Desperados Are in Town (1956)

★ 8.0/10 1 votes

In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. The trouble begins when the young fellow flees his family's Texas dirt farm and becomes an outlaw. He is advised by one of the desperadoes to return home. The boy does, and with hard work, makes the farm successful. Harvest time rolls around. He is just about to celebrate when the outlaws ride up and force him to help them pull a local bank job. He refuses and kills the gang leader and his brother. Meanwhile, the boy's past is revealed to the town banker. Seeing that he truly has gone straight, the banker forgives him. The boy marries and lives with his lovely bride upon his land.

#9. The Searchers (1956)

★ 7.7/10 1,619 votes

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

#10. Giant (1956)

★ 7.6/10 776 votes

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.

#11. Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (1956)

★ 7.3/10 2 votes

A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron.

#12. A Cowboy Needs a Horse (1956)

★ 7.3/10 18 votes

A young boy dreams of being a cowboy. After he gets the basics, as outlined in the title song, he's attacked by Indians. He runs out of bullets and manages to lasso them. He smokes the peace pipe with their chief. A robber is holding up a stagecoach and he rides to the rescue, refusing the reward. He also saves a train from a dynamited bridge, and a girl tied to a cactus, before riding into the sunset (and back to his suburban bed).

#13. The Young Guns (1956)

★ 7.2/10 5 votes

After he's continually harrassed and bullied by his town's citizens, the orphaned teenage son of a notorious gunslinger takes flight and joins a gang of youthful outlaws.

#14. Rebel in Town (1956)

★ 7.1/10 7 votes

Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and shoots dead a boy playing with a cap pistol. The Mason clan then flees but Gray Mason, feeling remorse, decides to return to the town. He winds up at the home of John and Nora Willoughby who, unknown to him, are parents of the dead boy. Nora recognizes him as one of the Confederates but keeps quiet, wishing to avoid more violence. However, when John learns of Gray's true identity, he determines to avenge his son's death

#15. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)

★ 7.0/10 31 votes

Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers as soon as looks at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock’s ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.

#16. Frontier Woman (1956)

★ 7.0/10 2 votes

Tennessee, 1838. Polly Crockett, the daughter of the legendary hero Davy Crockett of Alamo, and makes a living from hunting in the forests. These forests are still inhabited by the Indians. Most of them live in peace but some of them are negatively affected by white traders. One day Polly, who is accompanied by her faithful Indian friend Neshoba, goes to the town to sell her hides. Polly meets Catawampus Jones. Jones and his father fought in the Alamo too. Indians influenced by Prewitt, an employee of a hide company, and Redbud, are killing settlers and burning down their homes. Polly's house is destroyed too and her maid Birdie, Neshoba's mother, is killed.

#17. Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)

★ 7.0/10 1 votes

Roberts and Moore played an army scout and a pony express rider who come to the aid of settlers terrorized by a greedy rancher-turned-outlaw.

#18. The Last Hunt (1956)

★ 6.9/10 44 votes

A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.

#19. The Broken Star (1956)

★ 6.9/10 7 votes

A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

#20. The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

★ 6.9/10 66 votes

Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.

#21. Jubal (1956)

★ 6.9/10 91 votes

Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of carrying the smell of sheep.

#22. Reprisal! (1956)

★ 6.9/10 8 votes

New ranch owner Frank Madden, half Indian but posing as white, arrives just as an all white jury finds the three white Shipley brothers who lynched three Indians innocent. There is soon trouble between Frank and the Shipleys who are using Frank's land to graze their cattle. When the brother of one of the Indian victims kills a Shipley, Frank is accused and put in jail. The Shipleys then organize a lynch mob and head for the jail.

#23. Barbary-Coast Bunny (1956)

★ 6.9/10 43 votes

After Bugs' giant gold nugget is stolen by Nasty Canasta, he tries to win it back at Canasta's San Francisco gambling hall.

#24. The White Squaw (1956)

★ 6.8/10 10 votes

A Swedish settler starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.

#25. The Rainmaker (1956)

★ 6.8/10 50 votes

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

#26. Stranger at My Door (1956)

★ 6.8/10 12 votes

Notorious outlaw Clay Anderson and gang rob the town bank and flee in separate directions. Riding hard, Clay's horse goes lame and he is forced to pull-up at a nearby farm. He soon discovers that the place belongs to local preacher Hollis Jarret, his new wife, and a son from a previous marriage. Clay, posing as a weary traveler, tries to insinuate himself into a secure hideout, but the reverend isn't fooled. He agrees to allow Clay to remain at the farm for a few days, but his motive isn't the preservation of his family's safety. Hollis reasons that, with time, patience and a lot of faith, he can convince the outlaw to turn over a new leaf. But Clay's criminal tendencies may run deeper than the preacher had imagined

#27. 7 Men from Now (1956)

★ 6.8/10 129 votes

A former sheriff relentlessly pursuing the 7 men who murdered his wife in Arizona crosses paths with a couple heading to California.

#28. The Hawks (1956)

★ 6.7/10 45 votes

The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.

#29. Pardners (1956)

★ 6.7/10 65 votes

Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.

#30. The First Texan (1956)

★ 6.7/10 10 votes

After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.

#31. The Proud Ones (1956)

★ 6.5/10 38 votes

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.

#32. Man from Del Rio (1956)

★ 6.5/10 26 votes

Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by the town's leading citizens. His popularity with its less-savory element, particularly saloonkeeper Bannister, wanes dramatically, too, as he starts to take his job seriously. It is his love for a decent, caring woman that keeps Dave in town, but can she convince him to lay down his gun and start a new life?

#33. Gun the Man Down (1956)

★ 6.5/10 15 votes

An outlaw is left for dead by his gang after being shot. A year later, he is released from jail with one thing on his mind: Revenge.

#34. Backlash (1956)

★ 6.5/10 51 votes

Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.

#35. Perils of the Wilderness (1956)

★ 6.5/10 2 votes

In the 56th (and next-to-last serial) made by Columbia Pictures, Montana Deputy Dan Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, goes to the Canadian northwest on the trail of Bart Randall who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the states. In Canada, Randall is a little more upscale and uses a hydra-plane and a fake totem to over-awe the Indians. Laramie is aided in his search by RCMP Sergeant Gray and by Donna Blane, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who is actually a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's gun-trading with the Indians.

#36. Canyon River (1956)

★ 6.5/10 6 votes

A rancher's foreman schemes against him on a cattle drive from Oregon to Wyoming.

#37. Frontier Gambler (1956)

★ 6.5/10 2 votes

A deputy marshal arrives in the small western town of Fairweather to investigate the death of a beautiful gambler known as "The Princess".

#38. Dakota Incident (1956)

★ 6.5/10 14 votes

Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.

#39. The Last Wagon (1956)

★ 6.5/10 90 votes

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

#40. Naked Gun (1956)

★ 6.4/10 9 votes

Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...

#41. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)

★ 6.4/10 36 votes

During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.

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#42. Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

★ 6.3/10 70 votes

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass themselves off as Native Americans.

#43. Running Target (1956)

★ 6.3/10 3 votes

In the Colorado Rockies, Sheriff Scott, heads a posse that is after four escaped convicts, and thought it is his sworn duty to return the men dead or alive, he is, as always, reluctant to kill his fellow man. He is accompanied by Jaynes, a tavern owner, who takes much delight in his telescopic rifle, and by "Smitty," a gas station held up the escapees and more than ready to show she can be as tough as any man, although she seems to have some other motive for getting to the leader of the convicts, Kaygo.

#44. Thunder Over Arizona (1956)

★ 6.3/10 3 votes

Ervin Plummer-played by the estimable George Macready, who like his good friend Vincent Price was a man of culture and erudition who specialised in bad guy roles-is a grasping avaricious businessman with a hunger for gold.

#45. The Brass Legend (1956)

★ 6.3/10 9 votes

During a ride with his new pony Sinoya, the young Clay Gibson by chance finds the secret housing of the multiple murderer Tris Hatten. He reports immediately to Sheriff Adams, who strongly recommends him not to tell anybody about it. Unfortunately Clay talks to his father nevertheless. He believes Adams just wanted fame and reward for himself and accuses him in the newspaper. Thereby he endangers his son, who's now targeted by a killer which Tris' girlfriend Winnie hired for revenge. Written by Tom Zoerner

#46. Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

★ 6.2/10 4 votes

An outlaw terrorizes the citizens of Gunsight Pass while he searches for stolen bank money that mysteriously disappeared after a robbery.

#47. Raw Edge (1956)

★ 6.3/10 16 votes

A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother.

#48. The Lone Ranger (1956)

★ 6.2/10 26 votes

The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore wants to mine silver on Spirit Mountain which is sacred to the Indians.

#49. Tension at Table Rock (1956)

★ 6.2/10 17 votes

When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.

#50. Love Me Tender (1956)

★ 6.2/10 95 votes

After the Civil War, Confederate soldiers Clint and Vance Reno steal a Union payroll, leading to conflict when the younger marries the woman his older brother loves.

Best Western Movies of 1956 Ranked

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#1. Magoo Beats the Heat (1956)

#2. The Black Whip (1956)

#3. Yaqui Drums (1956)

#4. Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956)

#5. The Wild Dakotas (1956)

#6. El último perro (1956)

#7. Ha pasado un hombre (1956)

#8. The Desperados Are in Town (1956)

#9. The Searchers (1956)

#10. Giant (1956)

#11. Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (1956)

#12. A Cowboy Needs a Horse (1956)

#13. The Young Guns (1956)

#14. Rebel in Town (1956)

#15. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)

#16. Frontier Woman (1956)

#17. Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)

#18. The Last Hunt (1956)

#19. The Broken Star (1956)

#20. The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

#21. Jubal (1956)

#22. Reprisal! (1956)

#23. Barbary-Coast Bunny (1956)

#24. The White Squaw (1956)

#25. The Rainmaker (1956)

#26. Stranger at My Door (1956)

#27. 7 Men from Now (1956)

#28. The Hawks (1956)

#29. Pardners (1956)

#30. The First Texan (1956)

#31. The Proud Ones (1956)

#32. Man from Del Rio (1956)

#33. Gun the Man Down (1956)

#34. Backlash (1956)

#35. Perils of the Wilderness (1956)

#36. Canyon River (1956)

#37. Frontier Gambler (1956)

#38. Dakota Incident (1956)

#39. The Last Wagon (1956)

#40. Naked Gun (1956)

#41. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)

#42. Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

#43. Running Target (1956)

#44. Thunder Over Arizona (1956)

#45. The Brass Legend (1956)

#46. Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

#47. Raw Edge (1956)

#48. The Lone Ranger (1956)

#49. Tension at Table Rock (1956)

#50. Love Me Tender (1956)

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