Cast: James Arness
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Arness. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 35
Wagon Master
1950 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Ben Johnson · Joanne Dru · Harry Carey Jr. · Ward Bond
Synopsis As Mormon settlers head to the promised land at the San Juan river in Utah, they hire horse traders Travis Blue and Sandy as wagon masters. They have to forge a trail across unknown territory and face many hardships along...
7.1
2K votes
7.1
2K votes
The Thing from Another World
1951 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Christian Nyby · Howard Hawks
Cast Margaret Sheridan · Kenneth Tobey · Robert Cornthwaite · Douglas Spencer
Synopsis Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out!
7.0
8K votes
7.0
8K votes
How the West Was Won (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1977 · Series · United States
Direction Burt Kennedy · Daniel Mann
Cast James Arness · Eva Marie Saint · Bruce Boxleitner · Kathryn Holcomb
Synopsis In 1865, the Macahans are heading west from Virginia to Oregon. Mrs. Kate Macahan is waiting with her children Laura, Jessie and Josh on a farm they have built for her husband and her oldest son Luke to return from...
7.0
25 votes
7.0
25 votes
How the West Was Won (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Bernard McEveety
Cast James Arness · Bruce Boxleitner · Fionnula Flanagan · Kathryn Holcomb
7.0
39 votes
7.0
39 votes
How the West Was Won (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 82 min. · United States
Direction Bernard McEveety · Barry Crane · Vincent McEveety · Alf Kjellin
Cast Ricardo Montalban · James Arness · Christopher Lee · Vicki Schreck
7.0
167 votes
7.0
167 votes
Them!
1954 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Douglas
Cast James Whitmore · Edmund Gwenn · Joan Weldon · James Arness
Synopsis That ol' cinematic devil the A-bomb has spawned a colony of giant murderous ants bent on destroying humanity in this, the seminal big bug movie (an obvious and oft-credited influence for Alien among countless others). The special effects may be...
6.8
2K votes
6.8
2K votes
The People Against O'Hara
1951 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction John Sturges
Cast Spencer Tracy · Pat O'Brien · Diana Lynn · John Hodiak
Synopsis James Curtayne (Spencer Tracy) has retired from law but he returns to defend John O'Hara (James Arness) on a murder charge. Curtayne's drinking and rustiness result in O'Hara's being found guilty, but Curtayne makes further efforts to prove him innocent.
6.6
294 votes
6.6
294 votes
Hondo
1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast John Wayne · Geraldine Page · Ward Bond · Michael Pate
Synopsis Hondo Lane, a despatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always...
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
Carbine Williams
1952 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast James Stewart · Jean Hagen · Wendell Corey · Carl Benton Reid
Synopsis This is the story of David Marshall 'Marsh' Williams, the real life inventor of the world famous M-1 Carbine automatic riffle used in WWII. It all started when Marsh, who was one to do things his way, was caught distilling...
6.3
100 votes
6.3
100 votes
Horizons West
1952 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Budd Boetticher
Cast Robert Ryan · Rock Hudson · Julie Adams · John McIntire
6.3
484 votes
6.3
484 votes
The Sea Chase
1955 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast John Wayne · Lana Turner · David Farrar · Lyle Bettger
Synopsis As World War II begins, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gantlet of Allied warships.
6.1
540 votes
6.1
540 votes
Gunsmoke (TV Series)
1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Andrew V. McLaglen · Harry Harris · Ted Post · Bernard McEveety
Cast James Arness · Milburn Stone · Amanda Blake · Ken Curtis
Synopsis TV Series (1955-1975). 20 Seasons. 635 Episodes. Marshal Matt Dillon is in charge of Dodge City, a town in the wild west where people often have no respect for the law. He deals on a daily basis with the problems...
6.1
88 votes
6.1
88 votes
Island In The Sky
1953 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast John Wayne · Lloyd Nolan · Walter Abel · James Arness
Synopsis A transport plane crash-lands in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Dooley (Wayne), must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
6.0
399 votes
6.0
399 votes
Many Rivers to Cross
1955 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Roy Rowland
Cast Robert Taylor · Eleanor Parker · Victor McLaglen · Jeff Richards
Synopsis A coonskin-hat-wearing, fur-trapping frontiersmen (Robert Taylor) is set on making his fortune in the Northwest Territory. But that's easier said the done, especially when he passes through Barren River, Kentucky, and meets Mary Stuart Cherne (Eleanor Parker). She's a beautiful...
6.0
322 votes
6.0
322 votes
Hellgate
1952 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Charles Marquis Warren
Cast Sterling Hayden · Joan Leslie · Ward Bond · James Arness
Synopsis A man is accused of spying for the confedaracy, and sentenced to the notorious Hellgate Prison. After he unsuccessfully attempts to breakout, and is sentenced to solitary confinement, he redeems himself when the prison is taken down by a plague.
5.8
56 votes
5.8
56 votes
The Lone Hand
1953 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction George Sherman
Cast Joel McCrea · Barbara Hale · Jimmy Hunt · Alex Nicol
5.7
121 votes
5.7
121 votes
Wyoming Mail
1950 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Reginald Le Borg
Cast Stephen McNally · Alexis Smith · Ed Begley · James Arness
Synopsis In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized gang with one of the mail's supposed guardians in their pay. Prizefighter Steve Davis, a...
5.6
87 votes
5.6
87 votes
Gun the Man Down
1956 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast James Arness · Angie Dickinson · Robert J. Wilke · Emile Meyer
Synopsis Three outlaw buddies rob a bank, but one of them is wounded. His two partners and his girlfriend take his share of the loot and run off, leaving him to be captured by the sheriff. Years later, after he gets...
5.6
84 votes
5.6
84 votes
Double Crossbones
1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton
Cast Donald O´Connor · Helena Carter · Will Geer · John Emery
Synopsis Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of...
5.2
38 votes
5.2
38 votes
Big Jim McLain
1952 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast John Wayne · Nancy Olson · James Arness · Alan Napier
Synopsis U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter attempt to break up a ring of Communist Party troublemakers in Hawaii.
4.0
64 votes
4.0
64 votes