Subgenre Sampler
Gunfighter, The (1950)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell… - Right up there with the best cowboy flicks is this bleak yet brilliant tale of a retiring gunfighter (Gregory Peck) who is challenged by a young punk…
Rio Grande (1950)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson - Concluding instalment of John Ford's cavalry trilogy has John Wayne in more trouble with Indians on the Mexican border. Even minor Ford stands tall.
Wagon Master, The (1950)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Ben Johnson - Pioneering saga starring Ben Johnson. A personal favourite of its director.
Winchester '73 (1950)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Shelley Winters - Lean, mean, and superbly photographed, this helped repopularise the Western in the '50s. Stewart wins a rare 'perfect' rifle, which is subsequently…
Man from Colorado, The (1949)- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew - Gritty technicolor psycho–drama set during the American Civil War starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar… - Cavalry officer John Wayne is about to retire on the eve of impending war with Indians. Followed by RIO GRANDE.
Streets of Laredo (1949)- Dir. Leslie Fenton
Feat. William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman… - Middling western with Holden as an outlaw who separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit…
Fort Apache (1948)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple - The first film of Ford's cavalry trilogy tells of a maverick martinet (Henry Fonda) at odds with his peers and the Injuns. Followed by SHE WORE A…
Paleface, The (1948)- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong… - One of Bob Hope's most popular comedies is a western spoof in which he stars as a hapless dentist who through a series of misfortunes winds up…
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum - Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…
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