Movies starring Grant Withers

War of the Wildcats (1943)

102 mins     Western      

War of the Wildcats (1943) John Wayne finds himself in competition with an oil magnate not only over drilling leases but also a woman...

The Fighting Seabees (1944)

100 mins     Action , Drama, War      

"The Fighting Seabees" maybe known for being a John Wayne movie but it is also one of those war movies which highlights the efforts of those who seem to be forgotten, in this case we are talking about the Seabees aka the Cons...

The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)

69 mins     Western      

Movie Review - The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) Roy Rogers is working as an under cover insurance agent sent on a showboat to catch an escape convict who is the father of the attractive Betty Weston (Dale Evans) who works on t...

Bells of Rosarita (1945)

68 mins     Western      

Normally when it comes to these older 1 hour westerns I find myself using words like usual and familiar to describe them but those words don't immediately come to mind after watching "Bells of Rosarita". The reason being is t...

Dakota (1945)

82 mins     Western      

By 1945 John Wayne was a big movie star having spent many a year working in the b-movies before finally getting his big break. But whilst John Wayne went on to be arguably the biggest movie star ever director Joseph Kane was ...

My Darling Clementine (1946)

97 mins     Western      

To be honest I have lost track of the number of movies I have watched which are based upon the story of Wyatt Earp and the gunfight at the OK Corral, but rather than being bored by these movies they continue to entertain beca...

Gunfighters (1947)

87 mins     Western      

I suppose at one point westerns were like today's comic book movies, there were a variety of actors who were the mainstay but each storyline ended up being pretty similar. That is in many ways the problem with "Gunfighters" a...

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

106 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

The story of unfortunate lovers who, despite a deep affection for one another, are forced by circumstance to live apart, nope I'm not on about "Wuthering Heights" but in fact "Wake of the Red Witch". But it would be understan...

Night Time in Nevada (1948)

67 mins     Western      

I think I may be coming to my temporary end with these old one hour westerns as I am running out of things to say about them with out sounding like a broken record. Then again the majority of these old westerns were like a br...

Hellfire (1949)

90 mins     Western      

Does being different to the norm make a movie automatically good? For me the answer is always no but it certainly makes a movie interesting which is the case of 1940s western "Hellfire". The interest comes from the fact this ...

Trigger, Jr. (1950)

68 mins     Western      

Winter is coming and Roy Rogers along with his Wild West show are heading to the ranch of Colonel Harkrider (George Cleveland) who use to be partners with Roy's father, running the circus together. But the death of one of his...

Run for Cover (1955)

93 mins     Western      

"Run for Cover" is one of those westerns which when you look at who was involved you get what you expect. As such director Nicholas Ray brings a nice touch of colour and depth to the visuals which make it a rich and beautiful...