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.
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Union Pacific (1939)
★ 6.7/10Also westernOne 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…
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The Great Train Robbery (1903)
★ 7/10Also westernAfter 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.
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The Missouri Breaks (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also westernWhen 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…
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Run for Cover (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also westernAn ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
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The Last Wagon (1956)
★ 6.5/10Also westernWhen 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…
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Ramrod (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also westernA 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…
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Billy Two Hats (1974)
★ 5.8/10Also westernAfter 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.
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Flaming Star (1960)
★ 6.5/10Also westernPacer 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.
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
★ 7.6/10Also westernAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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Dead for a Dollar (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also westernIn 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…
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The Iron Horse (1925)
★ 6.8/10Also westernBrandon, 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…
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The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
★ 6.6/10Also westernJake 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…
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Barbarosa (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also westernKarl 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…
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The Westerner (1940)
★ 7.1/10Also westernDrifter 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…
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Night Passage (1957)
★ 6.4/10Also westernGrant 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…
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The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
★ 6.1/10Also westernA 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.
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Jubal (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also westernJubal 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…
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Jesse James (1939)
★ 6.6/10Also westernAfter railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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The Indian Fighter (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also westernA scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
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Man of the West (1958)
★ 6.6/10Also westernHeading 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…