Joel McCrea Western Movies

McCrea starred in two William A. Wellman Western's, The Great Man's Lady (1942), with Barbara Stanwyck, and Buffalo Bill (1944), with character actor Edgar Buchanan and a young Maureen O'Hara. After the success of The Virginian in 1946, McCrea made Westerns exclusively for the rest of his career, with the exception of the British-made Rough Shoot (1953) with Veronica Lake in Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Performing in Westerns was a return to what he had done earlier in his career, and McCrea enjoyed the genre. In a 1978 interview, he said:

" I liked doing comedies, but as I got older I was better suited to do Westerns. Because I think it becomes unattractive for an older fellow trying to look young, falling in love with attractive girls in those kinds of situations...Anyway, I always felt so much more comfortable in the Western. The minute I got a horse and a hat and a pair of boots on, I felt easier. I didn't feel like I was an actor anymore. I felt like I was the guy out there doing it "

Collection of 24 Movies

The Silver Horde (1930)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
Buffalo Bill (1944)
Ramrod (1947)
Four Faces West (1948)
Colorado Territory (1949)
The Outriders (1950)
Saddle Tramp (1950)
Frenchie (1950)
Cattle Drive (1951)
The San Francisco Story (1952)
Lone Hand (1953)
Black Horse Canyon (1954)
Stranger on Horseback (1955)
Wichita (1955)
The First Texan (1956), featuring son Jody McCrea
The Oklahoman (1957)
Trooper Hook (1957)
Gunsight Ridge, 1957
Fort Massacre (1958)
The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
Ride the High Country (1962)
Cry Blood, Apache (1970), starring son Jody McCrea


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