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| 1 |  | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) |  3.4197 42 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western |
$14.74
| Three men set to the hills for lost treasure. They agree to split the gold three ways, but as they ...more about Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston |
| 2 |  | Red River (1948) | 3.3925 12 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Western |
$4.86
| Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive ...more about Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift |
| 3 |  | 3 Godfathers (1948) |  3.1636 17 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Western |
$9.99
| Three outlaws, on the run after robbing a bank, encounter a woman in labor in the middle of the ...more about 3 Godfathers starring John Wayne and Pedro Armendáriz |
| 4 |  | Fort Apache (1948) | 2.9463 12 reviews | G | Western |
$11.52
| In John Ford's sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character ...more about Fort Apache starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda |
| 5 |  | Yellow Sky (1948) | 2.7696 9 reviews | NA | Western |
$5.99
| A band of bank robbers on the run from a posse flee into the desert. Near death from lack of water ...more about Yellow Sky starring Gregory Peck and Anne Baxter |
| 6 |  | Man from Colorado, The (1948) |  2.5859 6 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.95
| Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of ...more about Man from Colorado starring Glenn Ford and William Holden |
| 7 |  | Pecos Bill (1948) | 2.5844 1 reviews | NA | Western, Animation, Short | N/A | Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers tell the story of Pecos Bill, an infant who fell out of a ...more about Pecos Bill starring Roy Rogers and Bob Nolan |
| 8 |  | Paleface, The (1948) | 2.5086 12 reviews | NA | Western, Comedy |
$3.92
| Someone is selling guns to the Indians and in order to find the culprit Calamity Jane and a secret ...more about Paleface starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell |
| 9 |  | Blood on the Moon (1948) | 2.4078 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Western | N/A | When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired ...more about Blood on the Moon starring Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Preston |
| 10 |  | Four Faces West (1948) | 2.3488 9 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.99
| Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks ...more about Four Faces West starring Frances Dee and Eva Novak |
| 11 | | Station West (1948) |  2.1125 3 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Station West starring Dick Powell and Jane Greer |
| 12 | | Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) | 2.0547 2 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Fury at Furnace Creek starring Victor Mature and Coleen Gray |
| 13 |  | Blazing Across the Pecos (1948) | 2.0547 2 reviews | NA | Western |
$9.66
| Ace Brockway is trying to drive Matt Carter out of business by having Indians attack his trading ...more about Blazing Across the Pecos starring Charles Starrett and Paul Campbell |
| 14 | | Strawberry Roan, The (1948) | 1.9908 1 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Young Joe is paralyzed as he is bucked by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. Angered, his father, ...more about Strawberry Roan starring Gene Autry and Champion (II) |
| 15 | | Coroner Creek (1948) | 1.9451 1 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Coroner Creek starring Randolph Scott and Marguerite Chapman |
| 16 | | Southern Yankee, A (1948) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | War, Western, Comedy | N/A | Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union ...more about Southern Yankee starring Red Skelton and Brian Donlevy |
| 17 |  | Whispering Smith (1948) |  1.6164 1 reviews | NA | Western |
$5.66
| Smith as an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railraod and ...more about Whispering Smith starring Alan Ladd and Robert Preston |
| 18 | | Oklahoma Badlands (1948) | 1.5342 1 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Oliver Budge is after the Rawlins ranch. His henchman Sanfers kills Ken Rawlins but when he tries ...more about Oklahoma Badlands starring Black Jack and Eddy Waller |
| 19 | | Bold Frontiersman, The (1948) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Smiling Jim is after the money Adam Post is collecting for a new reservoir. After Rocky breaks up ...more about Bold Frontiersman starring Black Jack and Eddy Waller |
| 20 | | Outlaw Brand (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Outlaw Brand starring Jimmy Wakely and Kay Morley |
| 21 | | Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western, Musical, Comedy, Short | N/A | Ranchers Margaret Field and Will Wright compete in a race between their chuck-wagons and drivers. ...more about Jingle starring Page Cavanaugh and Margaret Field |
| 22 | | Cowboy Cavalier (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Pat Croft (Jan Bryant) is welcomed back home by her mother, Mary (Claire Whitney), owner of a stage ...more about Cowboy Cavalier starring Jimmy Wakely and Jan Bryant |
| 23 | | Madonna of the Desert (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Madonna of the Desert starring Lynne Roberts and Don Castle |
| 24 | | Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is ...more about Desperadoes of Dodge City starring Black Jack and Eddy Waller |
| 25 | | Thunderhoof (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Thunderhoof starring Preston Foster and Mary Stuart |
| 26 | | Crossed Trails (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Thirteen-year-old Melissa Hendrix (Kathy Frye) runs away from school to return to her ranch near ...more about Crossed Trails starring Johnny Mack Brown and Lynne Carver |
| 27 | | Rangers Ride, The (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Rangers Ride starring Jimmy Wakely and Dub Taylor |
| 28 | | Borrowed Trouble (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Western | N/A | Finishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the ...more about Borrowed Trouble starring Andy Clyde and William Boyd |
| 29 | | Tex Williams & Orchestra in Western Whoopee (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western, Short, Music | N/A | In this Universal "Name Band Musical" (correct title "Tex Williams & Orchestra in Western ...more about Tex Williams & Orchestra in Western Whoopee starring Tex Williams and Deuce Spriggins |
| 30 | | Strange Gamble (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Western | N/A | In the 63rd of the series based on the Clarence E. Mulford character, Hopalong Cassidy (William ...more about Strange Gamble starring William Boyd and Andy Clyde |
| 31 | | Denver Kid, The (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | When Border Patrol Lieut. Roberts is killed, it appears that his brother Tim was the killer. To ...more about Denver Kid starring Black Jack and Eddy Waller |
| 32 | | West of Sonora (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Steve becomes a Deputy to help find the outlaw Black Murphy whose one hand is a hook. Although the ...more about West of Sonora starring Charles Starrett and Steve Darrell |
| 33 | | Man from Texas (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Man from Texas starring James Craig and Lynn Bari |
| 34 | | Last of the Wild Horses (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Last of the Wild Horses starring James Ellison and Mary Beth Hughes |
| 35 | | Hidden Danger (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about Hidden Danger starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton |
| 36 | | Smoky Mountain Melody (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western, Music | N/A | Range minstrel Roy Acuff (Roy Acuff) takes over the county-wide Corby Ranch which, under the terms ...more about Smoky Mountain Melody starring Roy Acuff and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams |
| 37 | | Back Trail (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Rancher Terry Dugan (James Horne) returns to Brentwood, ans is met by his sweetheart Helen Frazer ...more about Back Trail starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton |
| 38 | | Return of Wildfire, The (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Western, Romance | N/A | ...more about Return of Wildfire starring Richard Arlen and Patricia Morison |
| 39 | | Hawk of Powder River, The (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Vivian as the Hawk is the secret leader of an outlaw gang. She wants the Chambers ranch and after ...more about Hawk of Powder River starring Eddie Dean and White Cloud (II) |
| 40 | | Valiant Hombre (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | The Cisco Kid (Duncan Renaldo) and Pancho (Leo Carrillo) find a dog, Daisy (played by Daisy), ...more about Valiant Hombre starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo |
| 41 |  | Loaded Pistols (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western |
$5.16
| The only Gene Autry film where the leading lady, Barbara Britton, is equally billed above the title ...more about Loaded Pistols starring Gene Autry and Barbara Britton |
| 42 | | Silver River (1948) | No Score 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Western | N/A | Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be ...more about Silver River starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan |
| 43 | | Westward Trail, The (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Ann and Tom Howard arrive from the east to take up ranching. But Tom wants to return and forges his ...more about Westward Trail starring Eddie Dean and Copper the Horse |
| 44 | | Overland Trails (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Johnny Murdock (Johnny Mack Brown),who hasn't seen his father for some time, learns at Gold Flats ...more about Overland Trails starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton |
| 45 | | Whirlwind Raiders (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. ...more about Whirlwind Raiders starring Charles Starrett and Nancy Saunders |
| 46 | | El Dorado Pass (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | ...more about El Dorado Pass starring Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette |
| 47 | | Renegades of Sonora (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | As a valuable Indian tribal belt is being brought to the Indian Agent, Rocky Lane breaks up an ...more about Renegades of Sonora starring Allan Lane and Eddy Waller |
| 48 | | Old Los Angeles (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Old Los Angeles (never known as "California Outpost" until 1953 when Republic re-issued it under ...more about Old Los Angeles starring John Carroll and Catherine McLeod |
| 49 | | Far Frontier, The (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Willis Newcomb (Robert Strange) and Bart Carroll (Roy Barcroft) head a gang engaged in smuggling ...more about Far Frontier starring Roy Rogers and Trigger (I) |
| 50 | | Song of Idaho (1948) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Western, Musical | N/A | When sponsor Nottingham cancels King Russell's radio program, The Hot Shots try to change his mind. ...more about Song of Idaho starring The Hoosier Hotshots and Paul Trietsch |
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