Western Movies Set in Kansas
Kansas was the setting of many films during the Western's heyday. Most use the state purely as a plot setting.
Here you'll find basic information on the Kansas Westerns we're aware of.
We continue to add to this list. Email us at kshs.kansasmuseum@ks.gov if you are aware of a title that's absent from this filmography.
You can search for titles either alphabetically (below) or by topic.
Kansas Westerns Listed Alphabetically
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L |
| M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y |
A
- Abilene Town (1946)
- Abilene Trail (1951)
- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James, The (1948)
- Alias Jesse James (1959)
- American Outlaws (2001)
- Arizona Raiders (1965)
B
- Bad Company (1972)
- Badman's Country (1958)
- Big Trail, The (1930)
C
- Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
- Cimmaron (1931)
D
- Dalton Girls, The (1957)
- Dalton's Women, The (1950)
- Dark Command (1940)
- Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948)
- Dodge City (1939 / 1951 re-release)
- Dodge City Trail (1936)
E
F
- Frank and Jesse (1994)
- Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
G
- Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, The
- Great Jesse James Raid, The (1953)
- Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
- Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
- Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
- Gunmen of Abilene (1950)
H
- Harvey Girls, The (1945)
I
J
- Jayhawkers, The (1959)
- Jesse James (1939)
- Jesse James at Bay
- Jesse James Rides Again
- Jesse James Under the Black Flag (1921)
- Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1953)
- Jesse James vs. Frankenstein's Daughter
K
- Kansan, The (1943)
- Kansas Cyclone (1941)
- Kansas Pacific (1953)
- Kansas Raiders (1950)
- Kansas Territory (1952)
- Kid From Kansas, The (1941)
- King of Dodge City (1941)
L
- Law of the Lawless (1964)
- Law of the Golden West (1949)
- Long Riders, The (1980)
M
- Masterson of Kansas (1954)
N
O
- Old Chisholm Trail, The (1942)
- Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)
P
- Plainsman, The (1937)
Q
- Quantrell's Son (1914)
- Quantrill and His Raiders (1954)
- Quantrill's Raiders (1958)
R
- Red Mountain (1951)
- Red River (1948)
- Renegade Girl (1946)
- Return of Frank James, The (1940)
- Ride With the Devil (1999)
S
- Santa Fe Passage (1955)
- Santa Fe Trail (1940)
- Seven Angry Men (1955)
- Sheriff of Wichita (1949)
- Showdown at Abilene (1956)
- South of the Chisholm Trail (1947)
- Stranger Wore a Gun, The (1953)
T
- Tall Men, The (1955)
- Topeka (1953)
- Topeka Terror, The (1945)
- Trail Street (1947)
- True Story of Jesse James, The (1957)
U
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Union Pacific (1939)
V
- Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944)
W
- West of Abilene (1940)
- West of Dodge City (1947)
- When the Daltons Rode (1940)
- Wichita (1955)
- Woman They Almost Lynched, The (1953)
- Wyatt Earp (1994)
Y
- Young Jesse James (1960)
- Younger Brothers, The (1949)
Kansas Westerns Listed By Topic
Cowboys & Cattle Drives
- Abilene Town (1946)
- Dodge City (1939)
- Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
- Kansas Territory (1952)
- Trail Street (1947)
- Wichita (1955)
Jesse James
- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948)
- Frank and Jesse (1994)
- Kansas Raiders (1950)
- Long Riders, The (1980)
- Young Jesse James (1960)
Quantrill
- Arizona Raiders (1965)
- Dark Command (1940)
- Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
- Jayhawkers, The (1959)
- Jesse James Under the Black Flag (1921)
- Kansas Pacific (1953)
- Kansas Raiders (1950)
- Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)
- Quantrell's Son (1914)
- Quantrill and His Raiders (1954)
- Quantrill's Raiders (1958)
- Red Mountain (1951)
- Renegade Girl (1946)
- Ride With the Devil (1999)
- South of the Chisholm Trail
- Stranger Wore a Gun, The (1953)
- Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
- Young Jesse James (1960)
Entry: Western Movies Set in Kansas
Author: Kansas Historical Society
Author information: The Kansas Historical Society is a state agency charged with actively safeguarding and sharing the state's history.
Date Created: October 2005
Date Modified: December 2014
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