Ramrod is a 1947 American Western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Preston Foster and Don DeFore.

This cowboy drama from Hungarian director de Toth was the first of several films based on the stories of Western author Luke Short.

The supporting cast features Donald Crisp, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Bridges and Ray Teal.

He recruits an old pal, Bill Schell, who bends the law to his own purposes now and then but is fiercely loyal to Dave, to come help him run the ranch and fend off the ruthless Ivey.

It was the first film from the independent production company Enterprise and was Lake's first movie as a star outside Paramount.

[5][6]: 288 The film received a positive review from The New York Times, which said in summary "the director, scenarists and cast, many of whom are no strangers to this sort of emoting, have pitched in with him to make this horse opera a pleasant variation on a venerable theme.