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Movies Like The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher

If you liked The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (1912), a western movie directed by J.P. McGowan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Union Pacific

    Union Pacific (1939)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western

    One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief…

  2. 2The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery (1903)

    ★ 7/10Also western

    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

  3. 3The Missouri Breaks

    The Missouri Breaks (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin…

  4. 4Run for Cover

    Run for Cover (1955)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

  5. 5The Last Wagon

    The Last Wagon (1956)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    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…

  6. 6Ramrod

    Ramrod (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She…

  7. 7Billy Two Hats

    Billy Two Hats (1974)

    ★ 5.8/10Also western

    After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half-breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship, but Sheriff Henry Gifford is determined to capture or kill them.

  8. 8Flaming Star

    Flaming Star (1960)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western

    Pacer Burton, a young man of mixed Kiowa and white heritage, is caught between two worlds as conflict erupts between Native Americans and white settlers in Texas.

  9. 9The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch (1969)

    ★ 7.6/10Also western

    An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

  10. 10Dead for a Dollar

    Dead for a Dollar (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also western

    In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return…

  11. 11The Iron Horse

    The Iron Horse (1925)

    ★ 6.8/10Also western

    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…

  12. 12The Law and Jake Wade

    The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only…

  13. 13Barbarosa

    Barbarosa (1982)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger…

  14. 14The Westerner

    The Westerner (1940)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western

    Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the…

  15. 15Night Passage

    Night Passage (1957)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western

    Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a…

  16. 16The Hallelujah Trail

    The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.

  17. 17Jubal

    Jubal (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western

    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…

  18. 18Jesse James

    Jesse James (1939)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

  19. 19The Indian Fighter

    The Indian Fighter (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western

    A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

  20. 20Man of the West

    Man of the West (1958)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western

    Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his…

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