Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.

North West Mounted Police

1940

English

6.3

♡ 7

Cecil B. DeMille Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Anton

Walter Hampden as Big Bear

Chief John Big Tree as Blue Owl

Regis Toomey as Constable Jerry Moore

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)

Lost Horizon

1937

English

7.6

♡ 16

92%

based on novel or book

Drama

Fantasy

himalaya

himalaya mountain range

Mystery

survival

tibet

Frank Capra Director

Thomas Mitchell as Barnard

Sam Jaffe as High Lama

John T. Murray as Meeker

Chief John Big Tree as Porter

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.

Unconquered

1947

English

6.9

♡ 7

86%

native american tribe

Romance

Western

Cecil B. DeMille Director

Chief John Big Tree as Indian

Raymond Hatton as Venango Scout

Walter Baldwin as Villager

Trevor Bardette as Villager Beside Garth at Ft. Pitt Siege

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

English

7.0

♡ 12

82%

60%

Action

based on novel or book

countryside

Drama

frontiersman

historically inaccurate

History

husband wife relationship

John Ford Director

Ward Bond as Adam Hartman

Chief John Big Tree as Blue Back

Henry Fonda as Gilbert Martin

Edwin Maxwell as Rev. Daniel Gros

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

Western Union

1941

English

6.7

♡ 14

75%

Fritz Lang Director

Irving Bacon as Barber

Addison Richards as Captain Harlow

Chief John Big Tree as Chief Spotted Horse

Barton MacLane as Jack Slade

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.

The Big Trail

1930

English

7.2

♡ 18

100%

Raoul Walsh Director

Chief John Big Tree as Indian

Frank McGrath as Pioneer

Jack Kenny as Pioneer

Ward Bond as Sid Bascom

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.

Stagecoach

1939

English

7.8

♡ 39

100%

John Ford Director

Thomas Mitchell as Doc Josiah Boone

Chief John Big Tree as Indian Scout

Tim Holt as Lieutenant Blanchard

William Hopper as Sergeant

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Devil's Doorway

1950

English

7.2

♡ 4

100%

Anthony Mann Director

Paula Raymond as Orrie Masters

Frank McGrath as Posse Member

Chief John Big Tree as Thundercloud

Edgar Buchanan as Zeke Carmody

A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

English

7.2

♡ 25

92%

woman between two men

John Ford Director

Mildred Natwick as Abby Allshard

Frank McGrath as Bugler / Indian

Chief John Big Tree as Chief Pony That Walks

John Agar as Lt. Flint Cohill

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

The Telegraph Trail

1933

English

5.8

♡ 2

Tenny Wright Director

Marceline Day as Alice Keller

Frank McHugh as Corporal Tippy

Chief John Big Tree as Indian Chief

John Wayne as John Trent

A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.

Destry Rides Again

1939

English

7.6

♡ 8

96%

George Marshall Director

Chief John Big Tree as Indian in Saloon

Jack Carson as Jack Tyndall

Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Hyram J. Slade

Minerva Urecal as Mrs. DeWitt

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.

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Destry Rides Again