Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Red River (1948)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru - Another contender for the best of the west. John Wayne is in prime mode as a tyrannical rancher whose adopted son is determined to prove his…
Three Godfathers (3 Godfathers) (1948)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne - Sentimental, exquisitely–shot Western parable of the Three Wise Men with John Wayne leading the outlaws who adopt a newborn baby.
Whispering Smith (1948)- Dir. Leslie Fenton, Mel Epstein
Feat. Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall… - Swish, action–packed western features Alan Ladd chasing train robbers and sentimental skirt. Good stuff.
Yellow Sky (1948)- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark… - Tough–minded western shot largely in Death Valley has Anne Baxter coming across a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in a neighboring…
Angel and the Badman (1947)- Dir. James Edward Grant
Feat. John Wayne, Gail Russell - Classic model Western with big John Wayne as a gunfighter tamed by the love of a good woman.
Last of the Redmen (1947)- Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Jon Hall, Michael O'Shea - Economy–sized take on the Last Of The Mohicans story.
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