Greatest 22 Western Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1947

Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad. Look into Duel in the Sun / IMDB / YouTube

Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in. Details on Angel and the Badman / IMDB / YouTube

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead. Look into Pursued / IMDB / YouTube

Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War. Explore Unconquered / IMDB / YouTube

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals. Info on The Sea of Grass / IMDB / YouTube

Story about violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land. Info on Ramrod / IMDB / YouTube

Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal Fred Hawkins is murdered and the two are charged with the crime. They are quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to die by hanging. The head of the local citizens' committee, Jim Simp. Look into The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap / IMDB / YouTube

Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer. Find out about California / IMDB / YouTube

Gunfighter Brazos Kane takes a job on a ranch but he is unjustly accused of killing fellow cowhand Bob Tyrell and must clear himself by finding the real killer. Details on Gunfighters / IMDB / YouTube

Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war. Check out Trail Street / IMDB / YouTube

In post-Civil War Missouri, friends, relatives and neighbors find it difficult to live harmoniously together knowing that some of them fought on opposing sides during the war. Read about The Romance of Rosy Ridge / IMDB / YouTube

To avoid going to trial, a gambler becomes a detective for an insurance company to find out who is robbing the stages. Explore Cheyenne / IMDB / YouTube

Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. They discover a silver mine. Learn about Bells of San Angelo / IMDB / YouTube

The gang heads to the old west to redeem Louie's honor, find a gold mine and a bald baby, and right an old wrong. Check out Bowery Buckaroos / IMDB / YouTube

A veterinarian and rancher (Ronald Reagan) and a novelist (Zachary Scott) compete for the affections of a horse breeder (Alexis Smith) during an outbreak of anthrax. Get info on Stallion Road / IMDB / YouTube

In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born. Read about Black Gold / IMDB / YouTube

A gang, headed by evil Stephanie Bachelor, is slaughtering game out of season. Roy finds the freezer where the meat is kept, but baddie Roy Barcroft finds him there. A famous fight takes place in the freezer. Roy, of course, wins it. Check out Springtime in the Sierras / IMDB / YouTube

With a $10,000 note Roy co-signed for the Pioneers due, Roy plans to get the money from the reward for the capture of the Gypsy. After he captures him he lets him go realizing he is innocent and it's not long before the real outlaws show their hand. Read about On the Old Spanish Trail / IMDB / YouTube

At the reading of his late cousin's will, California learns the estate will be divied among whoever remains of the seven relatives. With one already dead, another immediately murdered, and the Lawyer telling them the ranch is almost worthless, Hoppy investigates. Finding the ranch valuable and the Lawyer embezzling money from it, Hoppy confronts him. Look into Unexpected Guest / IMDB / YouTube

Sue Harmon gets Hoppy and his friends to join their expedition looking for Indian artifacts. Expedition leader Atwood makes a deal with nearby cattle rustler Morgan to loot the Indian treasures instead and sell them. Hoppy is on to their plan and pretending to leave follows them. Not only is he outnumbered by Morgan's men, but California has himself about to be sacrif. Check out Dangerous Venture / IMDB / YouTube

Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are countered by gamblers from an off-shore gambling boat determined to control the land (and oil) themselves. Learn about Apache Rose / IMDB / YouTube

A bad guy has used several murders to drive all the inhabitants out of town in order to give his gang access to the oil which lies under the land. Details on The Marauders / IMDB / YouTube