Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Frontier Scout
TITLE DETAILS

Frontier Scout

1938-09-16 · 61 min · ★ 6.0

Action · Western

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Sam Newfield
Production companies
Franklyn Warner Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

George HoustonGeorge HoustonWild Bill Hickok
Al St. JohnAl St. JohnWhiney Roberts
Beth MarionBeth MarionMary Ann Norris
Stephen ChaseStephen ChaseMort Bennett
Dave O'BrienDave O'BrienSteve Norris
Jack C. SmithGeneral Ulysses Grant
Budd BusterBudd BusterJones
Slim WhitakerSlim WhitakerHenchman Davis
Jack IngramJack IngramOne-Shot Folsom
Walter ByronWalter ByronLieutenant Adams
Dorothy FayDorothy FayJulie
Minerva UrecalMinerva UrecalHelen
Kenne DuncanKenne DuncanHenchman Crandall
Kit GuardKit GuardHenchman King
Carl MathewsCarl MathewsHenchman Elliott
Joseph W. GirardJoseph W. GirardDr. Lawrence
Mantan MorelandMantan MorelandNorris Family Butler
Frank LaRueFrank LaRueMr. Norris
Bill NestellBill NestellHenchman
Jim ThorpeJim ThorpeHenchman

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Streaming

Best Westerns Ever Amazon Channel

Free

Hoopla, Fawesome

With ads

Plex, Plex Channel, Mometu, Tubi TV

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

The Rare Breed
★ 6.2
The Rare Breed1966Western

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle.

The Plainsman
★ 6.5
The Plainsman1936Western

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

8 Seconds
★ 7.1
8 Seconds1994Western

This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

The Tall Men
★ 6.4
The Tall Men1955Western

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

Gunless
★ 6.4
Gunless2010Action · Western

American gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West.

True Grit
★ 7.3
True Grit1969Western

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

Man Without a Star
★ 6.4
Man Without a Star1955Western

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

Go West
★ 6.6
Go West1940Western

A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.

Annie Get Your Gun
★ 6.7
Annie Get Your Gun1950Western

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

The Last Sunset
★ 6.8
The Last Sunset1961Western

At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.

No Name on the Bullet
★ 6.6
No Name on the Bullet1959Action · Western

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

The Fighting Kentuckian
★ 6.0
The Fighting Kentuckian1949Western

John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

Silverado
★ 6.9
Silverado1985Action · Western

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

North to Alaska
★ 6.5
North to Alaska1960Western

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.

Union Pacific
★ 6.7
Union Pacific1939Western

One 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 troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Ramrod
★ 6.5
Ramrod1947Western

A 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 hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

Spirit Untamed
★ 7.2
Spirit Untamed2021Western

Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.

Go West
★ 6.9
Go West1925Western

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.

Renegade
★ 6.1
Renegade1987Action · Western

While on his travel across the Southwestern United States, with his Jeep CJ Renegade and his chestnut colt named Joe Brown, Luke meets Matt, son of a friend of his, Moose, who is in jail. Moose asks Luke to take care of Matt, and to help him to take possession of a piece of land. So starts their travel, full of adventures...

El Dorado
★ 7.4
El Dorado1966Western

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

Similar titles

Union Pacific
★ 6.7
Union Pacific1939Western

One 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 troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Phantom Trails
★ 7.0
Phantom Trails1955Western

A short feature western comprised of two episodes of the TV series 'Wild Bill Hickok': "A Close Shave for the Marshal" (6/16/1952) and "Ghost Rider" (4/7/1952).

Pony Express
★ 5.8
Pony Express1953Action · Western

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way they must battle bad weather, hostile Indians and outlaws intent on robbing the mail and shutting down the entire operation.

The Plainsman
★ 6.5
The Plainsman1936Western

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

The White Buffalo
★ 6.0
The White Buffalo1977Action · Western

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.

Timber Country Trouble
Not rated
Timber Country Trouble1955Western

A short feature western comprising two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, the episodes being "Lumber Camp Story" (4/21/1952) and "Boy And The Bandit" (5/5/1952).

Vengeance Valley
★ 5.4
Vengeance Valley1951Western

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.

North of 36
★ 8.0
North of 361926Western

A young woman inherits her father's large Texas ranch and plans to begin a cattle drive to Abilene, Kansas, 1000 miles away. The crooked State Treasurer plans to attack the cattle drive and steal all of the stock so he can gain control of her ranch.

Outlaw's Son
★ 10.0
Outlaw's Son1954Western

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

Poster unavailable
★ 7.0
The Roaring Rider1926Western

A cowboy arrives to help a girl who has a note due. He plans to sell her cattle to raise the money but they are stampeded and most are killed. Knowing who stampeded them gives him another plan to get the money.

Avenging Waters
★ 7.0
Avenging Waters1936Western

Mortimer builds a fence for the cattle brought by Ken Morley. To retaliate, Slater who wants access to the land, builds a dam cutting off Mortimer's water supply. When Ken confronts Slater, he is captured. Then lightning destroys the dam and Ken, imprisoned in a shack, is in the path of the oncoming water.

The Tilted Tenderfoot
★ 8.0
The Tilted Tenderfoot1955Western

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

Two Gun Marshal
★ 9.0
Two Gun Marshal1953Western

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature film.

The Far Country
★ 6.9
The Far Country1954Western

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
★ 4.5
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok1956Western

Rival horse traders clash in the Old West.

Abilene Town
★ 5.4
Abilene Town1946Western

Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However…

Old Yeller
★ 6.9
Old Yeller1957Western

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.

Red River
★ 7.3
Red River1948Western

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.

The Legend of the Lone Ranger
★ 4.9
The Legend of the Lone Ranger1981Action · Western

When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.

Chisum
★ 6.6
Chisum1970Western

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.