Best 27 Western Movies Fan Favorite Released in 1945

Which 1945 Western movies are worth rewatching? We picked the 27 best—see if you agree! Watch top western movies now

  • The Southerner (1945)

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    The life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them. More about The Southerner / IMDB / YouTube

  • Along Came Jones (1945)

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    A good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head. Look into Along Came Jones / IMDB / YouTube

  • San Antonio (1945)

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    Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town. More about San Antonio / IMDB / YouTube

  • Dakota (1945)

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    In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development to control the town of Fargo. Info on Dakota / IMDB / YouTube

  • Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)

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    A cowboy competes with a gambling tycoon on the Barbary Coast for the hand of a beautiful dance-hall queen. Check out Flame of Barbary Coast / IMDB / YouTube

  • Hare Trigger (1945)

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    Yosemite Sam means to hold up the Superchief and Bugs is out to stop him. See more about Hare Trigger / IMDB / YouTube

  • The Falcon Out West (1945)

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    Detective Falcon and the police travel west to a ranch in Texas to try and solve the mystery of the murder by venom from a rattlesnake, in a New York City nightclub, of a Rich cattle baron. See more about The Falcon Out West / IMDB / YouTube

  • The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)

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    This starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest. Learn about The Shooting of Dan McGoo / IMDB / YouTube

  • Wild and Woolfy (1945)

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    The Wolf rides into town, terrorises it, kidnaps the girl, and is chased by the outraged townspeople, accompanied by Droopy, who despite introducing himself as the hero at the end, in fact barely features in this one - but connoisseurs of Tex Avery wolves will have a field day. Read about Wild and Woolfy / IMDB / YouTube

  • Belle of the Yukon (1945)

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    In the Yukon mining town of Malemute, saloon owner John Calhoun and an assortment of shady characters are after the bags of gold dust the miners deposit in the new bank managed by Calhoun himself. Read about Belle of the Yukon / IMDB / YouTube

  • Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)

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    A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse. Check out Thunderhead: Son of Flicka / IMDB / YouTube

  • Frontier Gal (1945)

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    A wanderer returns after six years and a one-night honeymoon to make amends with his bride and five year-old daughter. Check out Frontier Gal / IMDB / YouTube

  • Rockin' in the Rockies (1945)

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    While Rusty Williams is away at college, he leaves his cousin, Shorty Williams, in charge of his large ranch. Shorty, more concerned with his prospecting ambitions, wanders into town looking for backers. At the Wagon Wheel Cafe, he encounters a couple of vagrants, Curly and Larry, who are just a step or two ahead of Sheriff Zeke, who have won some money at the roulett. See more about Rockin' in the Rockies / IMDB / YouTube

  • Don't Fence Me In (1945)

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    Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge. Check out Don't Fence Me In / IMDB / YouTube

  • Utah (1945)

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    When ranch foreman Roy learns the new ranch owner Dorothy Bryant and her friends are arriving, he directs them to Gabby's rundown ranch. He figures they will be discouraged and return East. But the plan backfires when Dorothy, thinking her ranch worthless, sells the real ranch at a fraction of it's value. Get info on Utah / IMDB / YouTube

  • Northwest Trail (1945)

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    Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave. Read about Northwest Trail / IMDB / YouTube

  • His Brother's Ghost (1945)

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    Thorne and his gang are wiping out the ranchers. When they get to the Jones ranch they wound Andy. When he dies Billy Carson has his brother Fuzzy become Andy's ghost. They then set out to bring in the gang. See more about His Brother's Ghost / IMDB / YouTube

  • Wildfire (1945)

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    Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and Alkali arrive and immediately get into trouble with Fanning and his men. When Alkali is shot, Happy catches the outlaws but the Judge not only releases them, he discharges the Sheriff and tries to arrest Happy for rustling. Happy escapes and he and the Sheriff then set out to. Learn about Wildfire / IMDB / YouTube

  • Gangster's Den (1945)

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    Black is after both Taylor's saloon and the Lane ranch. Fuzzy takes the gold from his and Billy's mine and buys Taylor's saloon. This puts him and Billy in conflict with Black and his gang. More about Gangster's Den / IMDB / YouTube

  • The Topeka Terror (1945)

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    The land-rush opening of the Cherokee Strip brings in its wake a scattering of outlaws and claim jumpers. Among these is crooked promoter Trent Parker (Frank Jacquet) and his henchmen, who plan a huge swindle by compiling falsified reports, putting the claims of honest settlers into the names of various henchmen. Clay Stevens (Allan Lane), a government agent posing as. Explore The Topeka Terror / IMDB / YouTube

  • Lawless Empire (1945)

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    A band of raiders are about to run the Murphys off of their homestead when they are stopped by the Rev. Harding and his sister Vicky. Gang leader Duke Flinders is about to shoot Harding when the Durango Kid appears and runs off the outlaws. Steve Ransom is persuaded by the townspeople to beome their Marshal. He soon learns that saloon owner Blaze Howard and Doc Weston. Find out about Lawless Empire / IMDB / YouTube

  • Flame of the West (1945)

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    John Poole, a lawman turned peace-loving doctor, refuses to use force to tame the lawless element of the town. Tom Nightlander, newly-appointed sheriff, who uses both his fists and guns against the gangs is murdered in an ambush. Poole, realizing that actions speak louder than words, digs out his own guns from his medicine bag, and proceeds to clean out the law breake. Read about Flame of the West / IMDB / YouTube

  • Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)

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    Adam Larey is looking for the killer of his father when he was a boy. His only clue is a brand and he finds it when he runs into the Collinshaws. When he learns that Jim Collinshaw, now an old man and an invalid is the one, he is unable to kill him and leaves. But Eliot then kills Collinshaw and blames Adam and Adam finds himself in jail charged with the murder. Learn about Wanderer of the Wasteland / IMDB / YouTube

  • Shadows of Death (1945)

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    With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is murdered and the railroad location map stolen, broken match sticks point to Vic Landreau. While Billy tries to find the missing map, Landreau suspects Billy is on to him and plans to ha. More about Shadows of Death / IMDB / YouTube

  • Song of Old Wyoming (1945)

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    Ma Conway, owner of a cattle ranch and publisher of the Laramie Bulletin, wages an up-hill battle to have Wyoming join the Union. She refuses to be intimidated by corrupt politician Lee Landow and crooked banker Jesse Dixon, teamed up to fight her. Led by cowhand Eddie Reed and foreman Uncle Ezra, the Conway cattle drive is blocked at La Platte Pass by the Dixon hench. Learn about Song of Old Wyoming / IMDB / YouTube

  • Under Western Skies (1945)

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    A traveling show arrives in a small Arizona town and finds much opposition from local townspeople. They plan to stage the show in the saloon and the leading lady, Katie (Martha O'Driscoll), gets involved with the local school teacher, Tod (Noah Beery, Jr). and a mysterious masked bandit, King Randall (Leo Carrillo). Look into Under Western Skies / IMDB / YouTube

  • Marked for Murder (1945)

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    Rangers Dave and Panhandle arrive and are joined by Lawyer Tex to try and stop the range war between the ranchers and the sheep men. After they jail the ranchers for attacking the sheep men, they are lead away from town by a decoy as the real culprits head for town to kill the ranchers and blame the sheep men. Find out about Marked for Murder / IMDB / YouTube

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