Randolph Scott Movies

Randolph Scott...one of the great movie cowboys of all-time

Randolph Scott…one of the great movie cowboys of all-time

Want to know the best Randolph Scott movies?  How about the worst Randolph Scott movies?  Curious about Randolph Scott’s box office grosses or which Randolph Scott movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Randolph Scott movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Randolph Scott (1898-1987) was one of the icons of the cinema’s West.   Scott’s rise to fame had some interesting crossroads.  After graduating from the University of North Carolina with a degree in textile engineering and manufacturing, Scott had chance encounter with mogul Howard Hughes.  Hughes got him some work as an extra in Hollywood in the late 1920s.  This got Scott interested in acting.  After taking some acting classes, Scott signed a movie contract with Paramount.   Slowly Scott began appearing in better movies with bigger roles. His pinnacle was from 1950 to 1953 when he was a Top Ten Box Office Star every year during that four year stint.

His IMDb page shows 106 acting credits from 1928-1962. This page ranks Randolph Scott movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, and movies not released in North America and many of his movies that barely made a dent at the box office were not included in the rankings.

Lee Marvin and Randolph Scott in 1956's Seven Men From Now

Lee Marvin and Randolph Scott in 1956’s Seven Men From Now

Randolph Scott Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

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Cary Grant, Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott in 1940's My Favorite Wife

Cary Grant, Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott in 1940’s My Favorite Wife

Possibly Interesting Facts About Randolph Scott

1. George Randolph Scott was born in Orange County, Virginia but raised in Charlotte, North Carolina.

2. At 19 Randolph Scott served in France as an artillery observer during World War I.

3. Randolph Scott played college football for Georgia Tech……but his football career was cut short due to injury.

4. Randolph Scott was best friends with Cary Grant and Fred Astaire.  For many years he and Grant shared a house in Hollywood.

5.  Randolph Scott was married twice.  First first marriage was to Mariana duPont Somerville from 1936 to 1939.  His second marriage was to Patrica Stillman from 1944 until his death in 1987….they had two children.

6. Randolph Scott formed Ranown Productions with producer Harry Joe Brown and produced several films.

7. Randolph Scott was reportedly worth around $100 million when he passed away….this was due to the fact that he was a great businessman who made many shrewd financial investments.

8. Randolph Scott was among Hollywood’s Top 10 box office stars from 1950 to 1953:  He ranked 10th in 1950, 7th in 1951, 10th in 1952 and 10th in 1953.

9. Randolph Scott was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1975.

10. Randolph Scott was Margaret Mitchell’s choice to play Ashley Wilkes in the movie version of her novel Gone with the Wind….Leslie Howard got the part.

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74 thoughts on “Randolph Scott Movies

  1. 2/length. As you couldn’t make an epic on a shoestring the typical B outing tended to be around 80 minutes on average. Audie’s 1953 Gunsmoke is just 79 minutes long as compared with the Duke’s North to Alaska which runs for 122 minutes; and Brando’s One Eyed Jacks lasts 141 minutes at a budgetary cost equivalent to $55 million in 2021 money.

    3/Certainly when they reached us over here the B movies tended to be on double bills usually the 2nd feature. In Belfast Reagan’s 1953 B western Law and Order was the supporting feature to a British comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt starring Stanley Holloway later of My Fair Lady fame. When they eventually took own the Law and Order posters I was outside the cinema and the usher allowed me to take one of them away with me!

    “An example of all these factors is Seven Men from Now. The Duke’s production company made that movie and initially it was to be a big budget production starring Wayne himself. However they changed their mind for cashflow considerations and decided to make it on a shoestring budget.

    The Duke therefore told his fellow producers “You can’t afford my salary now so I’m bowing out,” and he cynically added “Randolph Scott’s career is on the decline so we can get him on the cheap to replace me.”

    Accordingly Seven Men from Now although today considered a cult classic was released as a low budget Randy Scott movie in 1956 and runs for just 78 minutes. Its adjusted domestic Cogerson gross is a mere $44 million in contrast to the whopping $178 million adjusted domestic gross Bruce quotes for Wayne’s own starrer North to Alaska.

  2. HI BRUCE

    1 I’m not really expecting a reply to my latest tongue-in-cheek posts about Demi as I think we’ve exhausted the Demi/Split subject unless (a) you actually have hard information like a box office survey that shows Bruce W was really the Split box office draw (b) he truly does have a new movie out called SLIGHT that has escaped my notice (3) Bogie did do a “lost” version of Hamlet.

    2 However perhaps we could break some NEW ground as when you’ve the time I’d be interested in your take on my 11 49 am post today to Steve as I would be curious about your views on the Scott 7 that I mention and also actor-knight Gielgud
    taking up supporting roles in routine detective episodES on TV

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