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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.
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.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1940
My Favorite Wife (1940)
1935
Roberta (1935)
1936
Follow the Fleet (1936)
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
1939
Jesse James (1939)
1937
High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
1942
To The Shores of Tripoli (1942)
1942
The Spoilers (1942)
1943
Bombardier (1943)
1943
'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)
1940
Virginia City (1940)
1941
Belle Starr (1941)
1946
Badman's Territory (1946)
1948
Coroner Creek (1948)
1939
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
1938
The Texans (1938)
1935
She (1935)
1936
Go West Young Man (1936)
1936
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
1944
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
1941
Western Union (1941)
1943
The Desperadoes (1943)
1946
Abilene Town (1946)
1943
Corvette K-225 (1943)
1945
China Sky (1945)
1956
7 Men from Now (1956)
1939
Frontier Marshall (1939)
1957
The Tall T (1957)
1946
Home, Sweet Homicide (1946)
1951
Sugarfoot (1951)
1949
The Walking Hills (1949)
1948
Albuquerque (1948)
1950
Colt .45 (1950)
1959
Ride Lonesome (1959)
1948
Return of the Bad Men (1948)
1951
Fort Worth (1951)
1949
Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
1947
Trail Street (1947)
1942
Pittsburgh (1942)
1945
Captain Kidd (1945)
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
1951
Starlift (1951)
1962
Ride the High Country (1962)
1957
Decision At Sundown (1957)
1960
Comanche Station (1960)
1947
Christmas Eve (1947)
1940
When The Daltons Rode (1940)
1949
Canadian Pacific (1949)
1958
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
1954
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
1947
Gunfighters (1947)
1953
The Man Behind The Gun (1953)
1954
Riding Shotgun (1954)
1952
Carson City (1952)
1951
Man in The Saddle (1951)
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
1950
The Nevadan (1950)
1933
Supernatural (1933)
1935
So Red The Rose (1935)
1953
Thunder Over The Plains (1953)
1941
Paris Calling (1941)
1959
Westbound (1959)
1955
Tall Man Riding (1955)
1955
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
1952
Hangman's Knot (1952)
1939
Coast Guard (1939)
1957
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
1951
Santa Fe (1951)
1950
The Cariboo Trail (1950)
1956
7th Cavalry (1956)
1936
And Sudden Death (1936)
1955
A Lawless Street (1955)
Randolph Scott Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 3 | My Favorite Wife (1940) | Cary Grant & Irene Dunne |
4.10 | 185.2 | 262.00 | 30 | 78 | 03 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 3 | Roberta (1935) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
4.20 | 218.3 | 347.50 | 10 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 1 | Follow the Fleet (1936) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
5.10 | 255.3 | 451.20 | 15 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 5 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) | Shirley Temple | 5.00 | 231.5 | 231.50 | 30 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 5 | Jesse James (1939) | Tyrone Power & Henry Fonda |
9.50 | 422.3 | 422.30 | 4 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 7 | High, Wide and Handsome (1937) | Irene Dunne | 4.20 | 201.9 | 201.90 | 37 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 4 | To The Shores of Tripoli (1942) | Maureen O'Hara | 6.60 | 283.3 | 283.30 | 21 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 9 | The Spoilers (1942) | John Wayne & Marlene Dietrich |
5.00 | 215.5 | 215.50 | 44 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 8 | Bombardier (1943) | Pat O'Brien | 5.30 | 222.6 | 272.00 | 51 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 10 | 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943) | Robert Mitchum | 4.80 | 199.4 | 286.30 | 64 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 11 | Virginia City (1940) | Errol Flynn & Humphrey Bogart |
4.30 | 193.6 | 270.40 | 25 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 12 | Belle Starr (1941) | Gene Tierney | 4.80 | 216.0 | 216.00 | 30 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 15 | Badman's Territory (1946) | Gabby Hayes | 5.00 | 177.6 | 177.60 | 64 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 14 | Coroner Creek (1948) | Marguerite Chapman | 4.90 | 151.7 | 151.70 | 74 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 13 | Susannah of the Mounties (1939) | Shirley Temple | 3.20 | 142.9 | 142.90 | 67 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 17 | The Texans (1938) | Joan Bennett | 3.50 | 160.2 | 160.20 | 54 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 16 | She (1935) | Nigel Bruce | 2.90 | 148.8 | 148.80 | 33 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 19 | Go West Young Man (1936) | Mae West | 3.00 | 150.0 | 150.00 | 57 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 21 | The Last of the Mohicans (1936) | Binnie Barnes | 3.10 | 157.0 | 157.00 | 52 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 21 | Belle of the Yukon (1944) | Gypsy Rose Lee & Dinah Shore |
4.90 | 189.6 | 271.50 | 68 | 44 | 02 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 20 | Western Union (1941) | Robert Young | 2.60 | 114.6 | 114.60 | 95 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 24 | The Desperadoes (1943) | Glenn Ford & Claire Trevor |
3.10 | 131.0 | 131.00 | 95 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 26 | Abilene Town (1946) | Rhonda Fleming | 4.10 | 145.2 | 145.20 | 81 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 22 | Corvette K-225 (1943) | Barry Fitzgerald | 2.90 | 119.0 | 119.00 | 100 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 25 | China Sky (1945) | Anthony Quinn | 3.60 | 132.3 | 164.40 | 90 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 24 | 7 Men from Now (1956) | Lee Marvin | 2.60 | 59.6 | 73.10 | 122 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 27 | Frontier Marshall (1939) | Cesar Romero & Binnie Barnes |
2.60 | 115.2 | 115.20 | 94 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 27 | The Tall T (1957) | Richard Boone & Maureen O'Sullivan |
2.90 | 63.8 | 63.80 | 86 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 30 | Home, Sweet Homicide (1946) | Peggy Ann Garner & Dean Stockwell |
3.20 | 114.3 | 114.30 | 98 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 31 | Sugarfoot (1951) | Raymond Massey | 4.60 | 114.3 | 114.30 | 70 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 33 | The Walking Hills (1949) | John Ireland | 4.10 | 118.3 | 118.30 | 89 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 34 | Albuquerque (1948) | Gabby Hayes & Lon Chaney Jr. |
4.60 | 144.7 | 144.70 | 76 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 34 | Colt .45 (1950) | Lloyd Bridges & Alan Hale |
5.70 | 149.0 | 232.20 | 45 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 31 | Ride Lonesome (1959) | James Coburn | 2.70 | 56.5 | 56.50 | 89 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 37 | Return of the Bad Men (1948) | Robert Ryan | 4.50 | 139.8 | 139.80 | 80 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 35 | Fort Worth (1951) | David Brian | 5.00 | 123.9 | 167.30 | 62 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 79.3 | |
| 36 | Fighting Man of the Plains (1949) | Bill Williams | 3.30 | 96.9 | 96.90 | 108 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 38 | Trail Street (1947) | Robert Ryan | 3.70 | 126.5 | 172.10 | 94 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 40 | Pittsburgh (1942) | John Wayne & Marlene Dietrich |
3.20 | 136.7 | 136.70 | 82 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 78.0 | |
| 40 | Captain Kidd (1945) | Charles Laughton | 2.80 | 102.6 | 102.60 | 98 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 43 | The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) | Lee Marvin & Claire Trevor |
4.80 | 101.0 | 101.00 | 66 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 77.5 | |
| 45 | Starlift (1951) | Doris Day | 4.80 | 121.1 | 164.40 | 64 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 41 | Ride the High Country (1962) | Joel McCrea & Warren Oates |
2.10 | 35.3 | 35.30 | 96 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 42 | Decision At Sundown (1957) | John Carroll | 2.60 | 57.4 | 57.40 | 97 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 44 | Comanche Station (1960) | Claude Akins | 2.50 | 45.3 | 45.30 | 93 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 46 | Christmas Eve (1947) | George Raft | 2.70 | 91.3 | 91.30 | 119 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 45 | When The Daltons Rode (1940) | Kay Francis | 2.00 | 88.0 | 88.00 | 99 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 51 | Canadian Pacific (1949) | Jane Wyatt | 3.60 | 106.0 | 106.00 | 97 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 48 | Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) | Craig Stevens | 2.90 | 59.5 | 59.50 | 81 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 48 | The Bounty Hunter (1954) | Ernest Borgnine | 2.90 | 79.8 | 101.90 | 105 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 74.3 | |
| 54 | Gunfighters (1947) | Barbara Britton & Bruce Cabot |
3.20 | 107.4 | 107.40 | 108 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 55 | The Man Behind The Gun (1953) | Patrice Wymore & Alan Hale Jr. |
6.10 | 126.3 | 172.70 | 50 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 73.9 | |
| 50 | Riding Shotgun (1954) | Charles Bronson | 3.00 | 80.4 | 101.60 | 104 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
| 56 | Carson City (1952) | Raymond Massey | 4.70 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 66 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 55 | Man in The Saddle (1951) | Joan Leslie | 3.30 | 82.1 | 82.10 | 110 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 58 | The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) | George Macready | 3.10 | 89.0 | 89.00 | 113 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 71.9 | |
| 57 | The Nevadan (1950) | Dorothy Malone | 2.50 | 65.1 | 65.10 | 121 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 61 | Supernatural (1933) | Carole Lombard | 1.50 | 79.6 | 79.60 | 64 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 58 | So Red The Rose (1935) | Margaret Sullavan & Robert Cummings |
1.20 | 61.8 | 61.80 | 117 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 59 | Thunder Over The Plains (1953) | Lex Barker | 3.40 | 71.0 | 107.70 | 112 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 62 | Paris Calling (1941) | Basil Rathbone | 1.80 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 136 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 61 | Westbound (1959) | Virginia Mayo | 2.20 | 45.0 | 84.50 | 101 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 63 | Tall Man Riding (1955) | Dorothy Malone | 4.00 | 96.2 | 96.20 | 83 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 65 | Ten Wanted Men (1955) | Jocelyn Brando | 2.90 | 68.7 | 68.70 | 111 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 64.6 | |
| 67 | Hangman's Knot (1952) | Lee Marvin | 3.50 | 78.9 | 78.90 | 107 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 66 | Coast Guard (1939) | Ralph Bellamy | 1.50 | 68.9 | 68.90 | 146 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 67 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) | James Garner | 1.90 | 41.6 | 73.30 | 122 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 61.8 | |
| 68 | Santa Fe (1951) | Janis Carter | 3.10 | 76.8 | 76.80 | 119 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 61.1 | |
| 69 | The Cariboo Trail (1950) | Bill Williams | 2.30 | 60.6 | 60.60 | 135 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 71 | 7th Cavalry (1956) | Barbara Hale | 2.60 | 58.4 | 58.40 | 123 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 55.1 | |
| 70 | And Sudden Death (1936) | Frances Drake | 1.00 | 47.9 | 47.90 | 149 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 53.6 | |
| 72 | A Lawless Street (1955) | Angela Lansbury | 2.20 | 51.9 | 51.90 | 131 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 |
Adjusted Randolph Scott Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Follow the Fleet (1936) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
451.20 | |
| Roberta (1935) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
347.50 | |
| 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943) | Robert Mitchum | 286.30 | |
| Bombardier (1943) | Pat O'Brien | 272.00 | |
| Belle of the Yukon (1944) | Gypsy Rose Lee & Dinah Shore |
271.50 | |
| Virginia City (1940) | Errol Flynn & Humphrey Bogart |
270.40 | |
| My Favorite Wife (1940) | Cary Grant & Irene Dunne |
262.00 | |
| Colt .45 (1950) | Lloyd Bridges & Alan Hale |
232.20 | |
| The Man Behind The Gun (1953) | Patrice Wymore & Alan Hale Jr. |
172.70 | |
| Trail Street (1947) | Robert Ryan | 172.10 | |
| Fort Worth (1951) | David Brian | 167.30 | |
| China Sky (1945) | Anthony Quinn | 164.40 | |
| Starlift (1951) | Doris Day | 164.40 | |
| Thunder Over The Plains (1953) | Lex Barker | 107.70 | |
| The Bounty Hunter (1954) | Ernest Borgnine | 101.90 | |
| Riding Shotgun (1954) | Charles Bronson | 101.60 | |
| Westbound (1959) | Virginia Mayo | 84.50 | |
| Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) | James Garner | 73.30 | |
| 7 Men from Now (1956) | Lee Marvin | 73.10 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Randolph Scott
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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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.
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