Greatest 27 Western Movies Releases from 1949

Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. More about She Wore a Yellow Ribbon / IMDB / YouTube

Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization. Look into 3 Godfathers / IMDB / YouTube

In 1818 Alabama, French settlers are pitted against greedy land-grabber Blake Randolph but Kentucky militiaman John Breen, who's smitten with French gal Fleurette De Marchand, comes to the settlers' aid. Learn about The Fighting Kentuckian / IMDB / YouTube

Outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. See more about Colorado Territory / IMDB / YouTube

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust. Get info on I Shot Jesse James / IMDB / YouTube

Yosemite Sam tries to force Bugs Bunny to do a high-diving act when the regular act cancels; but the bullying pipsqueak is no match for our redoubtable rabbit. Read about High Diving Hare / IMDB / YouTube

Fortune seeker Barry Storm stumbles onto some clues that may lead him to the fabulous Lost Dutchman Mine, but others have tried and been murdered. Look into Lust for Gold / IMDB / YouTube

After two U.S. cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, U.S. Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers. Get info on Station West / IMDB / YouTube

In Tulsa, after a rancher dies during a feud with a major oil company, his daughter, driven by revenge, starts digging for oil herself. Read about Tulsa / IMDB / YouTube

A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results. Find out about The Red Pony / IMDB / YouTube

A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley. More about The Walking Hills / IMDB / YouTube

In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral in exchange for an IOU, but the marshal and his posse chase after him. Learn about Four Faces West / IMDB / YouTube

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion. Learn about Canadian Pacific / IMDB / YouTube

Temperamental saloon singer Freddie Jones jealously shoots at her cheating boyfriend Blackie, but mistakenly hits Judge Alfalfa J. O'Toole's honorable behind, forcing her to skip town under the guise of a schoolteacher. More about The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend / IMDB / YouTube

Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside. Info on Roughshod / IMDB / YouTube

An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime after they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies. Info on Streets of Laredo / IMDB / YouTube

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become The Kissing Bandit. Get info on The Kissing Bandit / IMDB / YouTube

Former Dalton gang member Bill Doolin puts together his own bank-robbing gang but federal Marshals are closing in. Read about The Doolins of Oklahoma / IMDB / YouTube

The friendship of three Texas ranchers whose ranch is destroyed by Cottrell, of the Union army, and his band of outlaw raiders. The working title was Distant Drums, and south of St. Louis was a term used to describe Civil War deserters. Look into South of St. Louis / IMDB / YouTube

Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element--with help from an old pal, Jesse James. See more about Fighting Man of the Plains / IMDB / YouTube

In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner. Learn about El Paso / IMDB / YouTube

Good luck with horses and women pushes Sam Bass toward outlawry. More about Calamity Jane and Sam Bass / IMDB / YouTube

A reformed gambler turned preacher partnered with a pretty female fugitive outlaw runs into an old pal who's also a marshal, and they both fall for the same bad gal. Check out Hellfire / IMDB / YouTube

A young girl sets out to tame a wild horse so she can enter him in a race. Details on Red Canyon / IMDB / YouTube

Two cavalry officers clash over the colonel's daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles. Explore Massacre River / IMDB / YouTube

An outlaw finds a place in his gang for a grave-robbing doctor. Read about Big Jack / IMDB / YouTube

1933. A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by drought, old fights and a cougar. He turns out to be pivotal in all of these. Details on The Big Cat / IMDB / YouTube