Cast: Edgar Buchanan

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Edgar Buchanan. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Human Desire

1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Glenn Ford · Gloria Grahame · Broderick Crawford · Edgar Buchanan

Synopsis A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder.

7.7

5K votes

7.7

5K votes

Shane

1953 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Alan Ladd · Jean Arthur · Van Heflin · Brandon De Wilde

Synopsis Shane (1953) follows the story of a mysterious gunslinger, Shane, who arrives in a small Wyoming valley and befriends a homesteader family, the Starretts. As tensions rise between the settlers and a ruthless cattle baron, Shane becomes an unlikely protector,...

7.7

11K votes

7.7

11K votes

Ride the High Country

1962 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast Randolph Scott · Joel McCrea · Mariette Hartley · Ron Starr

Synopsis Ride the High Country (1962) follows two aging former lawmen, Steve Judd and Gil Westrum, hired to transport gold from a remote mining camp. Judd, a principled man, sees the job as a chance to reclaim his dignity, while Westrum...

7.6

5K votes

7.6

5K votes

The Talk of the Town

1942 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Cary Grant · Jean Arthur · Ronald Colman · Edgar Buchanan

Synopsis When accused arsonist Leopold Dilg escapes jail, he hides out in the home of old friend (and sweetheart) Nora. Nora happens to be renting a farmhouse to Supreme Court candidate Michael Lightcap, but she lets Dilg hide in the attic...

7.1

1K votes

7.1

1K votes

Devil's Doorway

1950 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast Robert Taylor · Louis Calhern · Paula Raymond · Marshall Thompson

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

7.0

760 votes

7.0

760 votes

Wichita

1955 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Jacques Tourneur

Cast Joel McCrea · Vera Miles · Lloyd Bridges · Wallace Ford

Synopsis Ex-Buffalo Hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gunfighter make him a perfect candidate for Marshal but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Rawhide

1951 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Tyrone Power · Susan Hayward · Hugh Marlowe · Edgar Buchanan

Synopsis At an Arizona stagecoach stop, an attendant and a stranded female passenger with her baby are kept hostages by a band of escaped criminals. Their goal is to rob the next shipment of gold that passes the next day.

6.9

581 votes

6.9

581 votes

Framed

1947 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Richard Wallace

Cast Glenn Ford · Janis Carter · Barry Sullivan · Edgar Buchanan

Synopsis Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law.

6.9

199 votes

6.9

199 votes

Donovan's Reef

1963 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Lee Marvin · Elizabeth Allen · Jack Warden

Synopsis A war veteran in the South Seas tries to salvage a buddy''s reputation when the man''s daughter comes calling.

6.9

4K votes

6.9

4K votes

Cimarron

1960 · Movie · 147 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast Glenn Ford · Maria Schell · Anne Baxter · Arthur O'Connell

Synopsis Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the life of an American family, from the 1890s through the 1920s, who move to Oklahoma territory. The epic western chronicles the founding of the Oklahoma town of Osage, and the lives of the...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Penny Serenade

1941 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Cary Grant · Irene Dunne · Edgar Buchanan · Ann Doran

Synopsis While listening to a recording of "Penny Serenade," Julie Gardiner Adams (Irene Dunne) begins reflecting on her past. She recalls her near-impulsive marriage to newspaper reporter Roger Adams (Cary Grant), which begins on a deliriously happy note but turns out...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

The Comancheros

1961 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast John Wayne · Stuart Whitman · Ina Balin · Nehemiah Persoff

Synopsis Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

The Sea of Grass

1947 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Elia Kazan

Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Robert Walker · Melvyn Douglas

Synopsis Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as a husband and wife on America's frontier; cattlemen in a "sea of grass". The wife has an affair which produces a child, and she is ostracized from the community. Meanwhile, the farmers watch...

6.6

687 votes

6.6

687 votes

Dawn at Socorro

1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Rory Calhoun · Piper Laurie · David Brian · Kathleen Hughes

Synopsis Gunfighter Brett Wade, diagnosed with tuberculosis, tries to get out of his former life while helping a young woman.

6.3

111 votes

6.3

111 votes

The Sheepman

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast Glenn Ford · Shirley MacLaine · Leslie Nielsen · Mickey Shaughnessy

Synopsis A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants...

6.2

660 votes

6.2

660 votes

The Man from Colorado

1949 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Henry Levin

Cast Glenn Ford · William Holden · Ellen Drew · Ray Collins

Synopsis Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately...

6.2

384 votes

6.2

384 votes

Lust for Gold

1949 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction S. Sylvan Simon · George Marshall

Cast Ida Lupino · Glenn Ford · Gig Young · William Prince

Synopsis The tale of how immigrant Jacob Walz, the "Dutchman" (German) of Arizona's notorious Lost Dutchman gold mine, found treasure and love and lost them again.

6.2

193 votes

6.2

193 votes

Buffalo Bill

1944 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Joel McCrea · Maureen O'Hara · Linda Darnell · Thomas Mitchell

Synopsis The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.

6.1

345 votes

6.1

345 votes

Any Number Can Play

1949 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Clark Gable · Alexis Smith · Wendell Corey · Audrey Totter

Synopsis Charlie King (Gable) runs a casino, but, in a business that thrives among the unscrupulous, Charlie takes pride in running an honest game and treating his customers with fairness and respect. However, Charlie's wife Lon (Alexis Smith) doesn't care if...

6.1

30 votes

6.1

30 votes

Direction Montgomery Pittman

Cast James Best · Sherry Jackson · Edgar Buchanan · Lance Fuller

Synopsis A young man wakes up at his own funeral and wants to know what the heck is going on. The townfolk are glad to see him back, but they begin to wonder if he's a man.. or something else?

6.1

61 votes

6.1

61 votes