Best 23 Western Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1942

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. Check out They Died with Their Boots On / IMDB / YouTube

In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara. Explore The Spoilers / IMDB / YouTube

Two peanut vendors at a traveling rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that both know nothing about cowboys, horses, or much of anything. See more about Ride 'Em Cowboy / IMDB / YouTube

During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson. Look into In Old California / IMDB / YouTube

A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks. Learn about The Great Man's Lady / IMDB / YouTube

The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to find the treasure. After some mishaps with Curly's gold finding invention, they locate the mine and strike it rich. When two crooked miners try to take their gold they hole up in a. More about Cactus Makes Perfect / IMDB / YouTube

A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there. Info on Lady in a Jam / IMDB / YouTube

Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other. Check out American Empire / IMDB / YouTube

Wyatt Earp cleans up Tombstone and faces the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral. More about Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die / IMDB / YouTube

In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers. Info on Wild Bill Hickok Rides / IMDB / YouTube

Stanton breaks Billy and his two friends Fuzzy and Jeff out of jail. He wants them free so three of his men can impersonate them for the robberies and murders he has planned. Look into Billy the Kid Trapped / IMDB / YouTube

Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks. Info on Dawn on the Great Divide / IMDB / YouTube

Johnny is accused of robbing and bank and runs off into the hills. Hoppy tries to prove his innocence and get the real bad guys. Find out about Lost Canyon / IMDB / YouTube

A bandit who robs both Americans and Mexicans is causing each side of the border to blame the other. Hoppy has to settle matters. Details on Undercover Man / IMDB / YouTube

The Range Busters help a young man framed as the leader of an outlaw gang that has been holding up stage coaches. Get info on Arizona Stage Coach / IMDB / YouTube

Ranger Jack Mason is sent to Manzanita to bring in Ann Jordan, head of the Jordan gang, reputed to have murdered a rancher and stolen his herd. Mason helps her out during an ambush and, gaining her confidence, hears her side of the story - that tax collector Ott Ramsey, in cahoots with the law, is illegally increasing taxes on ranches and foreclosing on them, and was . Explore Come on Danger / IMDB / YouTube

Ranch hand Clay Travers is framed for murdering ranger Frank Mattison after discovering Mattison's body. Businessman Art Kenyon, involved in cattle rustling, hired a gunman to impersonate Mattison. Look into Bandit Ranger / IMDB / YouTube

A crime boss uses a corrupt judge and fake land grant to steal ranchers properties, but is met with strong resistance organized by two cowboys and the town's newspaper editor. Details on Red River Robin Hood / IMDB / YouTube

When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They have to find the killers in a ghost town where the houses and an old mine are interconnected by secret passages and tunnels. More about Ghost Town Law / IMDB / YouTube

New Mexico is the scene of undeveloped gold mines and kidnapping. Modern elements include tommy guns, an airplane, two-way radios, fast cars, and big city gangsters. Explore South of Santa Fe / IMDB / YouTube

Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward. Roy, of course, saves the ranch for the girl. Info on Sunset Serenade / IMDB / YouTube

Billy and his pals, on the run from the law again, travel to Sage Valley where Billy is made Sheriff. The local outlaw gang is run by Kansas Ed who closely resembles Billy. Ed captures Billy and changing clothes with him, now plans to run the town as Sheriff. Read about Sheriff of Sage Valley / IMDB / YouTube

A gang of rustlers blackmails young Joe Collins into helping them, Sandy poses undercover as a janitor in the leader's saloon, and Buck impersonates a well-known crooked fence. Check out Below the Border / IMDB / YouTube