Movies and TvShows featuring "frontier-scout" theme.

In Western Union, a construction worker and a surveyor join forces to protect a telegraph line from Native American attacks. Set during the American Civil War, they face challenges such as racial impersonation, drunkenness, and arson. Loyalties are tested as they navigate the frontier and encounter various Native American tribes.

In the midst of the California gold rush, a group of pioneers face various challenges as they struggle to find their fortune and establish their lives in the wild west. With evil landowners, paning for gold, and the fight for statehood, they must navigate a treacherous landscape where self-sacrifice and marriage of convenience become necessary for survival.

During the late 1800s, a cavalry unit faces dangerous obstacles and personal conflicts as they navigate the American frontier.

Kit Carson is a pioneer scout and frontiersman who helps settlers along the Oregon Trail and fights against American Indian attacks. He also becomes involved in a romantic relationship and faces various challenges and betrayals.

Tomahawk is a classic Western drama set in the 1800s. It tells the story of a widower Lieutenant who faces an American Indian uprising. With battles, hand-to-hand combat, and torch-lit attacks, the movie follows the drama and final battle that ensues.

An Arizona frontiersman steals an Indian agent's girlfriend, followed by trouble.

In Pillars of the Sky, set in 1858 Oregon, Sergeant Emmett Bell enlists the help of Captain Tom Gaxton to maintain peace between the US Cavalry and the Apache Nation. As tensions rise, Bell faces challenges such as ambushes, battles, and the conflict between his duty and his personal desires. In the end, he must make difficult choices that test his loyalty and honor.

Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett and Keane double-cross each other somewhere along the line, weakening their ability to foment an all-out Indian attack.

Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good. His friends, the Hutters, are a white family living on an ark in the middle of a lake. The Hurons attack them and Deerslayer enlists the aid of scout Harry March, who is escorting sixty-five brides to the near-by settlement. Deerslayer and Harry are both in love with Judith Hutter, who is secretly in love with Harry. The Hurons succeed in capturing her father and Harry, where-upon Judith's sister Hetty, playing on an Indian superstition never to harm an insane person, feigns madness and makes an escape. Hutter, Judith, Hetty and Princess Wah-Tah return to the ark, where they ate attacked by the waiting Hurons and Hetty is killed. Deerslayer, Harry and the settlement men arrive to time to drive the Hurons away.

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.

In Ambush (1950), an army major and his scout are ambushed by Apache Indians while escorting the general's daughter through the Arizona Territory. The major struggles to protect the group and navigate the complex relationships between the characters. As tensions rise, a love triangle, romantic rivalry, and false accusations emerge, leading to a gun battle and a massacre. The movie explores themes of honor, loyalty, and survival in the harsh frontier landscape.

A pastiche of three episodes from the 1958 TV series Northwest Passage, stitched together as a feature and released theatrically in Europe.

Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.

In the winter of 1845, a fur trapper embarks on a dangerous journey through the snowy wilderness to rescue his kidnapped niece and nephew from a Native American tribe. Along the way, he encounters treacherous obstacles, a smallpox epidemic, and the ever-present threat of revenge.

In this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold shipment across the wild West. When the Mystery Riders attack and steal the gold, Kit is the only survivor. He later joins forces with the cavalry to retrieve it.

A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort.

Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Lee Van Cleef and Jimmy Wakely.

A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.