Top 26 Western Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1943

When a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men. Details on The Ox-Bow Incident / IMDB / YouTube

A wanted outlaw arrives in town to rob a bank that has already been held up! His past and his friendship with the sheriff land them both in trouble. Look into The Desperadoes / IMDB / YouTube

In 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts. Details on In Old Oklahoma / IMDB / YouTube

Facing forty, a NYC spinster on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her unsuitable city suitors. Find out about A Lady Takes a Chance / IMDB / YouTube

Ken returns from school with poor grades, disappointing his father. His mother convinces his father to let Ken choose a horse, but he picks an injured filly instead of a colt. Can he nurse her back to health? Learn about My Friend Flicka / IMDB / YouTube

Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them to be three famous lawmen coming to clean up the town. Assigned to guard the bank, the boys have the local gang scared at first, but when the gang learns who the stooges really are,. See more about Phony Express / IMDB / YouTube

A cowboy injured fighting bank robbers awakens to find he's the new marshal. He faces off against the corrupt town banker who's exploiting the locals. More about The Kansan / IMDB / YouTube

A young lawyer and owner of a great property in the interior of Venezuela tries to recover its control in the name of the law, fighting against his neighbour, a powerful, seductive and misterious lady named Doña Bárbara, learning in the process that the only chance to win is by playing on Doña's rules. Look into Doña Bárbara / IMDB / YouTube

When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff. Find out about Border Patrol / IMDB / YouTube

Saboteurs are blowing up government warehouses (during World War II). Roy and his pals work undercover to put an end to their operations. Info on King of the Cowboys / IMDB / YouTube

Sheriff Hoppy has to find a way to bring the bad guys, headed by Tom Jordan, to justice in the Lone Star state. The problem is that they are hiding out beyond his jurisdiction, in Oklahoma. See more about Hoppy Serves a Writ / IMDB / YouTube

Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them. See more about Bar 20 / IMDB / YouTube

While oil drilling, Hoppy and California discover an underground well - a potential threat to Jebb Hardin's monopoly on water in the region. Learn about Colt Comrades / IMDB / YouTube

Bat Masterson's girl tries to get him to give up gunfighting and become a respectable journalist, but Bat has other problems - his rival is in town gunning for him. Read about The Woman of the Town / IMDB / YouTube

A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass. Check out Buckskin Frontier / IMDB / YouTube

To obtain water rights, bad guy Mark Foster murders the heir to a cattle ranch and puts an imposter in his place. Get info on False Colors / IMDB / YouTube

As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Bar 20 ranch hand Johnny Travers sends for old friends Hopalong Cassidy and California Carlson. Check out Leather Burners / IMDB / YouTube

A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner. Learn about Idaho / IMDB / YouTube

Just Baggot can't decide whether to rob the Jackass Mail or run it. But that's just where his troubles begin. More about Jackass Mail / IMDB / YouTube

A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch. Explore Song of Texas / IMDB / YouTube

Roy's boss has inherited a very large ranch, but the will keeps him from selling it--although his widow could. Lucky Miller is out to get control of the ranch, so he has a girl come West to marry him, then after the wedding he has his henchman kill the owner. Roy is nearby, and when the murder gun is switched with his, he finds himself in jail. Check out Silver Spurs / IMDB / YouTube

US government agents Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson, aka The Trail Blazers, make a deal with captured outlaw Duke Dillon to catch crooked Indian agent John Hampton, who has been using his authority to steal from the local tribe. Dillon double-crosses the inept and lethargic heroes, making it difficult for them to carry out their mission. Explore The Law Rides Again / IMDB / YouTube

Tom, with the help of his sidekick Ike, searches for the truth of who killed his dad, a banker. Look into Sagebrush Law / IMDB / YouTube

A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company. The company hires a cowboy to stop them. Find out about Devil Riders / IMDB / YouTube

Billy breaks jail in Texas and travels to Sundown at the request of his friend Fuzzy. There he runs into Mort Slade who is after a mortgage held by banker Ainsley. Slade's men rob the bank and then incite a run on the bank knowing Ainsley does not have enough money. Info on The Kid Rides Again / IMDB / YouTube

Both the Range Busters and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. The gold is in a steel cased organ but a certain combination of organ stops need to be pulled to obtain the gold. More about Haunted Ranch / IMDB / YouTube