6 Best Slim Whitaker Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 5, 2026

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Slim Whitaker was a tireless B-western character actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly two hundred films through the 1930s and 40s. The Desperadoes has a reformed outlaw-turned-sheriff stopping his old gang, Law of the Lash fights outlaws with an unusual weapon, Hollywood Round-Up makes a rodeo cowboy a cowardly star’s stunt double, and Mystery Liner goes wrong with a remote-controlled ship. The Man from Monterey and A Holy Terror round out the list.

The Desperadoes (1943) 01

The Desperadoes (1943)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Slim Whitaker appears in this western about a reformed outlaw turned sheriff who must stop his old gang from robbing the town bank one last time.

Directed by Charles Vidor · 1h 27m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Law of the Lash (1947) 02

Law of the Lash (1947)

TMDB ★ 5.6

Slim Whitaker is in this western about a masked avenger who battles a gang of outlaws terrorising ranchers with an unusual weapon of choice.

Directed by Ray Taylor · 0h 53m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Hollywood Round-Up (1937) 03

Hollywood Round-Up (1937)

TMDB ★ 5.6

Slim Whitaker is in this western about a rodeo cowboy who becomes a stunt double for a cowardly Hollywood western star and falls for his leading lady.

Directed by Ewing Scott · 0h 54m

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Mystery Liner (1934) 04

Mystery Liner (1934)

TMDB ★ 5.2

Slim Whitaker appears in this thriller about a mysterious inventor whose remote-controlled ship experiment goes disastrously wrong aboard a passenger liner.

Directed by William Nigh · 1h 02m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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The Man from Monterey (1933) 05

The Man from Monterey (1933)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Slim Whitaker features in this John Wayne western where an American cavalry officer helps California ranchers fight back against corrupt land grant swindlers.

Directed by Mack V. Wright · 0h 57m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A Holy Terror (1931) 06

A Holy Terror (1931)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Slim Whitaker features in this western about a wealthy Eastern dandy who travels west to his family ranch and uncovers a plot against it.

Directed by Irving Cummings · 0h 53m

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.