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'.
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949)
7.4/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
John Ford teamed up with John Wayne as an iron-willed calvalry captain who is battling a Cheyenne uprising. An epic film which won the Oscar for its c... Read more
Western Heroes: 'Deadline' & 'The Arizona Ranger' (1948)
Director: John Rawlins
Starring: Richard Martin, Tim Holt, Jack Holt
Deadline: 1948. A Pony Express rider discovers some mysterious goings-on during the construction of a telegraph line. When a murder is committed, he i... Read more
Yellow Sky (1948)
7.5/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: Anne Baxter, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, Harry Morgan
Gregory Peck leads a group of outlaws in a bank robbery, then after almost dying of thirst in the desert, seeks refuge in a seeming ghost-town known a... Read more
The Man From Colorado (1948)
6.7/10
Director: Henry Levin
Starring: Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew
Glenn Ford delivers a mesmerising performance as Owen Devereaux, a sadistic Civil War veteran who has deep-rooted psychological damage due to his expe... Read more
Whispering Smith (1948)
6.7/10
Director: Leslie Fenton
Starring: Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp, Fay Holden, Robert Preston, William De...
Luke "Whispering" Smith (Alan Ladd) is a by-the-book, no-nonsense railroad detective who learns his friend, Murray Sinclair (Robert Preston), has been... Read more
Sorrowful Jones / The Paleface (1948)
Director: Norman Z McLeod, Sidney Lanfield
Starring: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
A Bob Hope comedy double bill. 'Sorrowful Jones' (1949) - When bookie Bob is left with a client's 5-year-old daughter, he must become a reluctant fath... Read more
The Paleface (1948)
7.6/10
Director: Norman Z McLeod
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell
A Bob Hope comedy 'The Paleface' (1948) - Hope is a daffy dentist and a shaky gun; Jane Russell is the gorgeous gunslinger Calamity Jane, and together... Read more
Under California Stars (1948)
5.8/10
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Andy Devine
That's where Roy Rogers' ranch is...and where some sidewindin' crockacrookas have kidnapped (horsenapped?) Trigger, holding the noble steed for a $100... Read more
The Strawberry Roan (1948)
5.6/10
Director: John English
Starring: Gene Autry
Young Joe is paralyzed as he is bucked by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. Angered, his father, Walt, tries to shoot the horse but is stopped by his f... Read more
Loaded Pistols (1948)
6.5/10
Director: John English
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene protects young Larry Evans, wrongly accused of murder, while trying to find the real badguys. Read more