Western Movies of 1949
The Man from Colorado
Glenn Ford is top-billed in Man From Colorado, though he's anything but a hero. Ford plays a ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Lust for Gold
Producer/director S. Sylvan Simon, a man usually associated with comedies and musicals, turned out a rip-roaring western melodrama when he aimed his sights at Lust for Gold. Most of the film is told in flashback, relating the ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
The Fighting Kentuckian
Set shortly after the Battle of New Orleans, the film casts John Wayne as John Breen, a Kentucky trooper making the long ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Rim of the Canyon
Gene Autry plays a dual role in the above-average Columbia oater Rim of the Canyon. Our hero plays "himself" and his ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The second of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", She ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Bells of Coronado
Bells of Coronado was another of Roy Rogers' ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Sons of New Mexico
Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Riders in the Sky
Gene Autry enjoyed considerable success with his recording of Stan Jones' haunting "Riders in the Sky". He then parlayed this success into a film, which proved to be one of Autry's best postwar efforts. The basic ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
The Big Sombrero
Gene Autry sings, fights, and sings some more in the Cinecolor "special" The Big Sombrero. Autry comes to the aid of senorita Estrellita Estrada (Elena Verdugo), who is ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Down Dakota Way
In Roy Rogers' Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by evil rancher H. T. McKenzie (Roy Barcroft). To avoid an ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Riders of the Whistling Pines
Gene Autry's second 1949 release for Columbia was Riders of the Whistling Pines. As was customary for Autry, the title refers to one of the songs heard in ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Susanna Pass
Republic's Trucolor "special" Susanna Pass stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, King and Queen of the West. Rogers plays "himself," while Evans is cast as female doctor Kay Parker. The villains this time around are trying to force a fish ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
Special Agent
It had been said that the Pine-Thomas production unit never lost money for Paramount Pictures. Even without major ... [ Western movie - 1949 ]
