Clearing the Range is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and his then wife Sally Eilers.

Directed by Otto Brower, it was the first film released by the Poverty Row studio Allied Pictures.

Curt Fremont pretends to be a clueless "peaceful man" in front of his friends, but when trouble starts—in this case, his Banker brother has been murdered by his assistant—he resorts to clever trickery without being seen or suspected to undo the villain.

By going underground, so to speak, his efforts are more effective in uncovering the murderer than a run-and-gun approach.

Inevitably, the female lead, as in this film, looks down her nose at Gibson's public persona, but admires his "other" self's deeds of daring and courage, not realizing it's the same man.