Best Western Films of 1947

Pursued

Chased by a posse ... Jeb and Thorley come home to roost in multiple shootings and murder, a deadly chase and a long-planned lynching. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Albuquerque

Randolph Scott puts in ... does his usual as John Armin's chief henchman. Albuquerque was based on a novel by the prolific Luke Short. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Home in Oklahoma

One of the better ... of the novelty tune "Miguelito." Chalk up another winner for the star-director team of Roy Rogers and William Witney. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Angel and the Badman

One of John Wayne's ... the most frequently telecast of John Wayne's Republic films, thanks to its lapse into Public Domain status in 1974. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Smugglers are working the ... other selections. In addition to Joshua Tree National Monument, Twilight on the Rio Grande was filmed at Victorville, CA. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Apache Rose

Apache Rose is a ... offers plenty of opportunity for a steady stream of musical numbers. A tense, action-filled climax caps this delightful diversion. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Robin Hood of Texas

A dude ranch, unemployed ... and "You're the Moment of a Lifetime" by Sergio de Karlo and Kay Charles (in both Spanish and English). [ best western films - 1947 ]

Thunder Mountain

Based on Zane Grey's ... on Zane Grey novels, Thunder Mountain bears no resemblance to the 1935 George O'Brien oater of the same title. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Wild Horse Mesa

RKO Radio's "Zane Grey" ... Leslie. Wild Horse Mesa had been previously filmed in 1925 (with Tim Holt's father Jack), then again in 1933. [ best western films - 1947 ]

The Last Round-Up

Dissatisfied with his postwar ... series. Some of the action highlights in The Last Round-Up were lifted from the 1940 Columbia "A" western Arizona. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Under the Tonto Rim

Bearing no resemblance to ... Barker, a year away from becoming the screen's tenth Tarzan, appears in a bit part as a sheriff's deputy. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Law of the Lash

The most unlikely cowboy ... enduring appeal of St. John's Fuzzy Q. Jones character, a hold-over from PRC's late Buster Crabbe/Billy the Kid Westerns. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Bells of San Fernando

Bells of San Fernando ... Renaldo, aka "The Cisco Kid" -- which may explain why the film looks like a thinly disguised "Cisco" episode. [ best western films - 1947 ]

Code of the West

The third of western ... West was previously filmed in 1925 and 1934 (the latter version, titled Home on the Range, starred Randolph Scott). [ best western films - 1947 ]

Jesse James Rides Again [Serial]

Clayton Moore stars as ... James in this Western serial, in which the notorious outlaw attempts to leave behind the criminal life. [ best western films - 1947 ]