Favorite Actors: Randolph Scott
by classicsoncall | created - 22 Apr 2012 | updated - 17 Mar 2023 | PublicHere's a list of Randolph Scott films I've watched and reviewed on the IMDb. It's presented in IMDb ranking order.
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1. Ride the High Country (1962)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Western
An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr
Votes: 14,843
"... the Lord's bounty may not be for sale, but the devil's is, if you can pay the price."
2. 7 Men from Now (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Western
A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed
Votes: 5,998
"Anytime you're ready, Sheriff."
3. My Favorite Wife (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.
Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick
Votes: 11,516
"Don't you think it's about time somebody started kissing somebody?"
4. The Tall T (1957)
Approved | 78 min | Western
An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 6,158
"...when our chance comes, we've got to take it."
5. Jesse James (1939)
GP | 106 min | Western
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Directors: Henry King, Irving Cummings | Stars: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott
Votes: 4,947
"Great thunderin' Halleluia - that's ruin!"
6. Comanche Station (1960)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Western
A man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier
Votes: 4,427
"I'm not talking about right, I'm talking about stayin' alive."
7. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western
Texan Tom Buchanan is heading back home with enough money to start his own ranch, but when he stops in the crooked town of Agry, he's robbed and framed for murder.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley, Tol Avery
Votes: 3,230
"When I hang a man I like him to know what's going' on."
8. Decision at Sundown (1957)
Approved | 77 min | Western
Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames for his wife's death years earlier.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele, Valerie French
Votes: 3,474
"Looks like there's gonna be some more shootin'."
9. Virginia City (1940)
Passed | 121 min | Western
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 2,965
"Too bad you and I had to be on opposite sides of the fence in this, I think we might have been friends."
10. Hangman's Knot (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Western
A Confederate Major and his troops are falsely led to believe the Civil War is not over, and become wanted men after they attack a Union Army wagon train in Nevada.
Director: Roy Huggins | Stars: Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman Jr., Frank Faylen
Votes: 1,757
"Does it surprise you to find people who aren't like you?"
11. The Spoilers (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Western
In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 3,253
Get your guns, boys, and get ready for action!
12. The Bounty Hunter (1954)
Passed | 79 min | Western
A bounty hunter, hired by Pinkerton, trails 3 unknown murderous train robbers to a town and finds a host of suspects.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor, Howard Petrie
Votes: 1,328
Must be a lot of guilty consciences around here.
13. Westbound (1958)
Passed | 72 min | Western
In 1864 Capt. John Hayes goes to Colorado to take over the stagecoach line and keep the flow of Western gold flowing and help the North win the Civil War.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, Karen Steele, Michael Dante
Votes: 1,503
That's in the fire now.
14. The Walking Hills (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Thriller, Western
A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,117
You messed up a pretty good hand, Kid.
15. Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Western
Susannah is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in. Everybody suffers further Indian attacks and the Mountie is saved from ... See full summary »
Directors: William A. Seiter, Walter Lang | Stars: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Martin Good Rider
Votes: 997
Go ahead. I'm getting used to being a squaw.
16. The Desperadoes (1943)
Approved | 87 min | Western
A wanted outlaw arrives in town to rob a bank that has already been held up! His past and his friendship with the sheriff land them both in trouble.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes
Votes: 1,619
Now we've got two men here to hang, but we're gonna do it by the law.
17. A Lawless Street (1955)
Passed | 78 min | Western
Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, Jean Parker
Votes: 1,528
When one man goes down, there's always another itching to take his place.
18. Carson City (1952)
Approved | 87 min | Western
When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, Raymond Massey, Richard Webb
Votes: 1,191
Sometimes I think engineers are crazy.
19. To the Last Man (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Western
In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Jack La Rue, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 673
Things are headin' for a showdown!
20. Captain Kidd (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine
Votes: 2,068
Of all the slummocky blackguards!
21. Tall Man Riding (1955)
Approved | 83 min | Western
Larry Madden returns to Little River after several years, still vowing to avenge himself against the humiliating whipping he received at the hands of cattle baron Tucker Ordway.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Peggie Castle, William Ching
Votes: 920
...he's trying to play an honest game with a crooked deck.
22. The Nevadan (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Western
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker, Frank Faylen
Votes: 1,225
I pay for everything eventually.
23. Gunfighters (1947)
Passed | 87 min | Western
Gunfighter Brazos Kane takes a job on a ranch but he is unjustly accused of killing fellow cowhand Bob Tyrell and must clear himself by finding the real killer.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Dorothy Hart, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 914
No gunfighter can hang up his guns.
24. Man in the Saddle (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Western
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox
Votes: 1,588
It's a little warm in there, Mister.
25. Abilene Town (1946)
Approved | 89 min | Western
A sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 1,308
It's not this town you're fightin' for, it's the right to live.
26. Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, War, Western
In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 4,158
The road to Santa Fe was on iron rails to Kansas, and pure nerve from there on.
27. Fort Worth (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Western
Civil War veteran and former newspaperman Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the war is over and finds himself fighting an old friend who's grown ambitious.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, David Brian, Phyllis Thaxter, Helena Carter
Votes: 810
...let's spin the wheel and see what comes up.
28. Trail Street (1947)
Approved | 84 min | Western
Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 829
What this town needs is a little law and order.
29. Ten Wanted Men (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Romance, Western
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 1,454
Looks like we got all the foxes bottled up in one hole!
30. Colt .45 (1950)
Passed | 74 min | Western
Gun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless killer Jason Brett but vows to recover them.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 1,126
White men crazy.
31. Rage at Dawn (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Western
A special agent from Chicago is sent out west to bring in the notorious Reno brothers.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 1,419
The Reno's are worth a lot of money..... dead!
32. The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Approved | 83 min | War, Western
A former spy moves to Arizona to join a gold robbery, but when he gets there decides that it's not for him and tries to change his life.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Joan Weldon, George Macready
Votes: 1,433
Once you learn to toss your conscience out the window, nothing matters.
33. Canadian Pacific (1949)
Passed | 95 min | Western
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish, Victor Jory
Votes: 925
If Hannibal can cross the Alps, we can cross the Rockies!
34. The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Western
An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson, Philip Carey
Votes: 797
"I was told when a man got this far West, nobody asked him questions."
35. The Cariboo Trail (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Western
Montanans Jim Redfern and Mike Evans head into Canada's British Columbia via the Cariboo Trail intent to raise cattle and dig for gold but find trouble instead.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Bill Williams, Karin Booth
Votes: 888
Broken heart for every rock, dead man for every tree.
36. Heritage of the Desert (1932)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Nabb controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except Holderness and his stolen cattle. When Nabb refuses to sell, Holderness works an his son Snap who has run up gambling debts. ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald, David Landau
Votes: 192
You got a six gun where your brains oughta be.
37. Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)
Passed | 63 min | Mystery, Western
The heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin's name.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Randolph Scott, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Mrs. Leslie Carter, George F. Marion
Votes: 436
I wouldn't trust that feller, he's got a bad eye.
38. 7th Cavalry (1956)
Approved | 75 min | Western
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Frank Faylen
Votes: 1,376
General Custer was a great human being, Sir.
39. Belle Starr (1941)
Approved | 87 min | Western
At the end of the Civil War, an embittered Southern belle joins forces with a Confederate guerrilla leader to raid Union towns.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 993
I like doing fool things, don't you?
40. Broken Dreams (1933)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Medical intern Robert is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and heads off to Europe to pursue medicine.
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Randolph Scott, Martha Sleeper, Beryl Mercer, Joseph Cawthorn
Votes: 111
"That ain't a dog, that's a rat!"
41. Wagon Wheels (1934)
Passed | 56 min | Western
In 1844 scout Clint Belmet and his two sidekicks guide a wagon train to the newly opened Oregon territory despite hardships and Indian attack.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Billy Lee, Monte Blue
Votes: 346
Our destiny rides with us, out to Empire.
42. The Thundering Herd (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Western
Both Sprague and Jett and their crews are hunting buffalo. Doan is with Sprague and is looking for the Jett outfit where his girlfriend Milly is being held against her will.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe, Noah Beery
Votes: 328
It's our duty to save that boy from makin' a life long mistake.
43. Man of the Forest (1933)
Approved | 62 min | Western
Beasley, who is after Gayner's land, plans to kidnap his daughter. But Dale overhears their plan and kidnaps her himself. When Gayner arrives to retrieve his daughter, Beasley kills him and makes the Sheriff arrest Dale for the murder.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Verna Hillie, Harry Carey, Noah Beery
Votes: 259
Cats grow big up here, it's the mountain air.
44. Belle of the Yukon (1944)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Musical, Romance
In the Yukon mining town of Malemute, saloon owner John Calhoun and an assortment of shady characters are after the bags of gold dust the miners deposit in the new bank managed by Calhoun himself.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns
Votes: 494
"You can carry this honesty thing too far!"
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