Best Western Films of 1948

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The Three Godfathers

John Ford had already ... promise from the three to take care of her child. Under a blistering sun, they head for New Jerusalem. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Loaded Pistols

Gene Autry goes in ... "When the Bloom is on the Sage", "A Boy from Texas, A Girl from Tennessee" and the title tune. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Under California Stars

Opening with a brief ... vehicle, Under Western Stars (1938), Roy also sings Gene Autry's dramatic "Dust". Under California Stars was released in Trucolor. [ best western films - 1948 ]

The Strawberry Roan

Gene Autry's equine sidekick ... This was Gene Autry's first picture in color, and (of course) featured him singing five songs of the West. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Adventures of Gallant Bess

Bearing little relation to ... gentle comedy relief, while Gallant Bess herself steals every scene she's in, as animal stars are wont to do. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Blazing Across the Pecos

The dastardly mayor of ... out to provide the local Native Americans with guns and ammunition so that they may pillage a neighboring burg. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Battling Marshal

Produced in 1947 by ... Late in life, Carson co-produced and hosted a series of B-Western revivals for a South Carolina public television station. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Rolling Home

In this western, an ... but lame horse in a trotting race in hopes of raising enough money to save the little town church. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Fighting Mustang

Filmed back-to-back with three ... extremely low-budget Westerns, originally filmed in 16mm and released by that dumping ground of Poverty Row flotsam, Astor Pictures. [ best western films - 1948 ]

Sunset Carson Rides Again

Filmed in 16 mm ... did at the tail end of his career. As film historian Don Miller so succinctly put it, "Yucca indeed!" [ best western films - 1948 ]

Devil's Den

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Cartas Marcadas

Mexican cinema icon Pedro ... as planned, two criminal-minded grifters soon find their motivations for money taking a back seat to their newfound love. [ best western films - 1948 ]

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