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1. Whispering Smith (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Western
Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp
Votes: 1,392
2. The Narrow Margin (1952)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert
Votes: 8,680
3. Union Station (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 2,735
4. Time Table (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Arizona, a train's baggage car is robbed of a large payroll, prompting an investigation led by a railroad official-insurance investigator team.
Director: Mark Stevens | Stars: Mark Stevens, King Calder, Felicia Farr, Marianne Stewart
Votes: 924
5. The Return of Frank James (1940)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Western
Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull
Votes: 3,698
6. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Drama
In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips, Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Votes: 2,368
7. Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Railroad detective Matt Clark roams the west, tracking down outlaws and bandits who are preying on the railroad.
Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Kristine Miller, Pat Hogan
Votes: 205
8. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Approved | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 1,709
9. Beggars of Life (1928)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen, Louise Brooks, Bob Perry
Votes: 1,328
10. Western Pacific Agent (1950)
Approved | 65 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad payroll agent.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Mickey Knox, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 227
11. By Whose Hand? (1932)
Passed | 65 min | Mystery
A man (Nat Pendleton) tries to hide aboard a moving train after murdering a jewelry magnate.
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks, Kenneth Thomson, Ethel Kenyon
Votes: 216
12. Half-Fare Hare (1956)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs decides to travel to Chattanooga. He hitches a ride on a train where he meets two bums who are so hungry that at first sight they yell "food". The bums chase him all across the train, but Bugs deftly defies them.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 370
13. Special Agent (1949)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, History
Johnny Douglas investigates a train robbery, committed by brothers Paul and Edmond Devereaux, in which Lucille Peters' father was killed.
Director: William C. Thomas | Stars: William Eythe, George Reeves, Kasey Rogers, Paul Valentine
Votes: 118
14. The Flying Ace (1926)
65 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A WWI fighter pilot returns to his former job as a railroad detective, and must recover a satchel filled with $25,000 of stolen payroll, locate a missing employee, and capture the gang of thieves responsible.
Director: Richard E. Norman | Stars: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Boise De Legge, Harold Platts
Votes: 312
15. Whispering Smith Rides (1927)
Passed | Western
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Wallace MacDonald, Rose Blossom, J.P. McGowan, Henry Hebert
Votes: 20
16.
State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode:
Cinder Jungle
(1957)
30 min | Drama
Blake helps a railroad detective investigate a wave of freight train robberies.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Armstrong, Joseph Sargent, Charles Watts
Votes: 10
17.
Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
Episode:
Frank and Jesse James
(1954)
Approved | Western
Railroad detectives Matt Clark (Jim Davis)and Frankie Adams (Mary Castle), with the aid of much stock footage from earlier Republic Pictures films, pursue the vengeful James brothers, Frank... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Lee Van Cleef, Dale Van Sickel
Votes: 35
18.
Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
Episode:
Geronimo
(1954)
Approved | Western
Railroad detectives Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams (Mary Castle), go after Apache chief Geronimo (Chief Yowlachie), who has been identified by Joe Burns (Emile Meyer), the night ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Chief Yowlachie, Robert Shayne
Votes: 29
19.
Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
Episode:
Henry Plummer
(1954)
Approved | Western
Plummer is the corrupt sheriff of Bannack, Montana in 1863-64 and runs a criminal gang as a source of wealth. When another stage is robbed, Matt and Frankie arrive to find out who is behind the crime spree responsible for over 100 deaths.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, John Dehner, Kristine Miller
Votes: 24
20.
Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
Episode:
Tom Horn
(1954)
Approved | 30 min | Western
Matt and Frankie stop in to see Matt's old friend Tom Horn while investigating a dispute involving cattle in Wyoming. When a young homesteader is killed the two detectives begin to see ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Louis Jean Heydt, Harry Woods
Votes: 25