01 An Army captain's fragile peace with the Apache collapses when gold-hungry miners arrive.
Directed by Ray Nazarro · 1h 12m
6 Best Tristram Coffin Movies
By Vlad Zakh · September 7, 2026
Tristram Coffin was a versatile Hollywood character actor, best known as the screen’s original Rocket Man, who appeared in dozens of features and serials through the 1940s and 50s. The Legend of the Lone Ranger turns a lone Texas Ranger survivor into a masked vigilante, Indian Uprising collapses an Army captain’s fragile peace with the Apache, The Shanghai Chest has Charlie Chan investigating a triple murder, and The Scarlet Coat goes undercover in the Revolutionary War. Back from Eternity and So’s Your Aunt Emma! round out the list.
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02 Tristram Coffin features in this mystery where Charlie Chan investigates a triple murder linked by a dead man's fingerprints.
Directed by William Beaudine · 1h 05m · Rated NR
03 Tristram Coffin appears as the sole survivor of an ambush on a group of Texas Rangers who becomes a masked lawman.
Directed by George B. Seitz Jr. · 1h 14m · Rated NR
04 Tristram Coffin features in this Revolutionary War drama about an American officer who goes undercover to unmask a notorious traitor.
Directed by John Sturges · 1h 41m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
05 A planeload of passengers crash-lands in a remote jungle and has to escape before the locals find them.
Directed by John Farrow · 1h 40m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store · Buy: Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
06 A dizzy old spinster unexpectedly gets tangled up in the boxing racket and a murder.
Directed by Jean Yarbrough · 1h 02m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
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