Westerns
The American West has always fascinated movie goers, even though much of the Old West never was. Russian nobility toured, eccentric Englishwomen toured, and authors wrote wild stories that seeped into the minds of us all. Gunslingers, cattle rustlers and savage Indians are part of the myth. Other iconic elements include the hanging tree, stetsons amd spurs, lassos and Colt 45s, stagecoaches, gamblers, long-horned cattle and cattle drives, prostitutes (or madams) with a heart of gold, and more.
Alice's Westerns, or Cowboy Films are listed alphabetically below, be sure to check out 'Spaghetti Westerns' sub-featured in green on the left, and 'TV Westerns' under 'Television Shows'.
Horizons West (1952)
6.2/10
Director: Budd Boetticher
Starring: Julia Adams, Raymond Burr, Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson
Set in the years following the Civil War, this thrilling western stars Robert Ryan as Dan Hammond, one of three Texans who decide to return home after... Read more
Son of Paleface (1952)
7/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers
Bob Hope and Jane Russell reprise their roles as the lead characters of 'The Paleface'. Hope plays Junior Potter, an Ivy League student who returns to... Read more
The Old West (1952)
6.5/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort... Read more
Wagon Team (1952)
7.6/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Special investigator Gene Autry (Gene Autry) has himself jailed so he can work on then conscience of Dave Weldon (Dick Jones), suspected of the theft... Read more
Blue Canadian Rockies (1952)
6.7/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Montana ranch owner Cyrus Bigbee sends his foreman, Gene Autry, and Rawhide Buttram to his Canadian timber land to stop the marriage of his daughter S... Read more
Bend Of The River (1952)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy
A compelling western about a reformed outlaw (James Stewart) guiding settlers along the Oregon Trail and the conflict that arises when he runs into an... Read more
High Noon (1952)
8/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly, Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper is the marshall who fights alone for upholding the law when the entire town is paralysed with fear. Famously played out in real-time, star... Read more
Rancho Notorious (1952)
7/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer
Fritz Lang's final film noir infused western - a highly moral and distinctly feminist tale that innovatively reworked his themes of love, betrayal and... Read more
Tomahawk (1951)
6.3/10
Director: George Sherman
Starring: Jack Oakie, Preston Foster, Susan Cabot, Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol
Jim Bridger (Van Heflin), noted scout, attends the 1866 Laramie, Wyoming, meeting between Sioux chiefs and four Commissioners for Indian Affairs, to p... Read more
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Rawhide (1951)
7.1/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, George Tobias, Hugh Marlowe, Jack Elam, Susan Haywa...
Screen legend Tyrone Power eschews his usual heroic persona to give a riveting performance as a mild-mannered mule herder, who finds himself in a batt... Read more