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Best Western Films of 1951


The Gold Raiders

Filmed in a record ... reissued in a shortened version (shorter even than its original 56-minute running time!) as The Three Stooges Go West. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Whirlwind

Gene Autry stars in ... up as Gene Autry's leading lady in Whirlwind. As a bonus, Autry performs three songs, including the title tune. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Vengeance Valley

The old "Cain and ... increasing frequency on cable television; it has also been made available in a narrated version for the visually impaired. [ best western films - 1951 ]

My Outlaw Brother

This medium-budget western is ... Outlaw Brother is a somewhat uncharacteristic project for Elliot Nugent, a director usually associated with comedies and romantic dramas. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Heart of the Rockies

Roy Rogers and Trigger, ... program is provided by the golden-throated Mr. Rogers, together with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Spoilers of the Plains

Roy Rogers enters the ... a whole new kind of trouble that culminates with a blazing fight to the death on an oil derrick. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Man in the Saddle

Rancher Randolph Scott rides ... Scott and producer Harry Joe Brown. The film's title song is sung over the credits by Tennessee Ernie Ford. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Silver Canyon

This 1951 Gene Autry ... Autry's sidekick, Bob Steele as an all-around louse, and perennial Autry leading lady Gail Davis as the spunky heroine. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Cavalry Charge

Paramount's immensely successful Pine-Thomas ... between the battling Brittons. Halfway down the cast list as Lieutenant Fenton is TV's future "Ward Cleaver," Hugh Beaumont. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Valley of Fire

Valley of Fire is ... Autry's feminine vis-a-vis in Valley of Fire is Gail Davis, who went on to star in TV's Annie Oakley. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Texans Never Cry

Texans Never Cry but ... by the film's sound effects, which seemed more appropriate for a Three Stooges comedy than a Gene Autry vehicle. [ best western films - 1951 ]

In Old Amarillo

Yet another Roy Rogers ... forced to pilot the attacking plane by Burnside, the real killer, who is himself killed in a climactic fistfight. [ best western films - 1951 ]

South of Caliente

After a string of ... Sean and Christopher Penn. Though not Roy Rogers' best film, South of Caliente still scores in the action department. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Santa Fe

The creative team of ... Curiously, many TV prints of Santa Fe were processed with the soundtrack slightly out of sync with the action. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Bonanza Town

A sequel to West ... Also present, needless to say, is bumbling Smiley Burnette, who once again perform a few of his own compositions. [ best western films - 1951 ]

The Adventures of Kit Carson [TV Series]

The Adventures of Kit ... early '50s. One of the all-time western good guys, Kit Carson, defended law and order in show after show. [ best western films - 1951 ]

The Range Rider [TV Series]

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Ahi Viene Martin Corona

Popular Mexican singing star ... Little Love of My Life, this innocuous musical had been run innumerable times over the Spanish cable service Univision. [ best western films - 1951 ]

Bodas De Fuego

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Con Todo El Corazon

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