Movie

Short Grass

“ROD CAMERON...as the fabulous "Man from Santa Fe" who battled the Southwest's deadliest badmen!”

★ 6.5(2)19501h 22m

Short Grass is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store in Canada. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 20 June 2026.

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Director: Lesley Selander
Release date: 1950-12-24
Runtime: 1h 22m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Scott R. Dunlap Productions

About Short Grass

Short Grass is a 1950 movie in the Western genre, directed by Lesley Selander, starring Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs and Johnny Mack Brown. It has a runtime of 1 hour 22 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.5/10 from 2 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Short Grass in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he’s back. And the bad blood stirred up by his return and the violence caused by a cattleman’s grab for all the good grasslands mean Steve must strap on his sidearms again. Rod Cameron -- who became a marquee draw with a pair of espionage serials in the 1940s and went on to establish himself as a popular cowboy star -- makes Steve a hero to reckon with in Short Grass, one of the actor’s 10 films with busy shoot-‘em-up director Lesley Selander. Johnny Mack Brown, a sagebrush stalwart in his own right, plays the marshal who allies with Steve. Adding to the Western pedigree is costar Cathy Downs, who plays the title role in the iconic My Darling Clementine. Buffs will note other familiar faces, including Alan Hale, Jr., well remembered as the skipper who takes a “three-hour tour” to Gilligan’s Island.