Top 22 Highest Rated Westerns of 1942

All types of westerns were produced during the 1940s, including B-westerns, epic westerns, historical westerns, swashbuckling westerns, musical westerns, comedy westerns and serials. here is a selection of some of the most noteworthy westerns released in the year 1942.
Total ratings for the 22 films = 132 (out of 220) an average of 6 out of 10. (same as previous year)
Ratings Average sources include IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Radio Times, FilmAffinity, Letterboxd, TMDB, Videohound, Halliwell, Maltin and occasionally my own score will be added too.
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[@lobo7196]

I remember the Spoilers great film with 3 leading Movie Stars.

[@florarobison4508]

I haven't seen a single western from 1942. I am surprised I have not seen the Abbott and Costello movie. Favourite posters and stills are from The Great Man's Lady, Ride 'Em Cowboy, Jackass Mail, Man From Cheyenne Rides, and Wild Bill Hickok Rides.

[@Top10Charts3978]

Hi Flora, I've only seen Ride em Cowboy and The Spoilers, I may have seen In Old California but can't remember for sure. It wasn't a great year for westerns. 1943 might be better. Thanks for commenting, it is appreciated. Glad you liked the posters and stills. Next video on friday.

[@walterappling6230]

I’ve seen the Roy and Gene films. Big 1920s and 1930s star Constance Bennett is here twice. She was 38 in 1942 and starting to slide down the Hollywood pecking order.

[@Top10Charts3978]

The B-westerns have taken over the charts, and there are more to come. :)

[@walterappling6230]

@@Top10Charts3978 No doubt the war played a huge role in what films would get made after 1941. Actor availability too. It makes sense to recycle Hoot Gibson or Tim McCoy or Ken Maynard in low-resource (stock footage) B’s under the circumstances. After Stagecoach and Destry in 1939, I think the stage was set for a bigger cycle of A-list Westerns than actually happened because of the imperatives of the war on film development and production.

[@mikebarratt4802]

Wow I haven't seen any westerns from 1942 which do you recommend me

[@Top10Charts3978]

Mike, I've only seen The Spoilers and the Abbott & Costello comedy and that was ages ago. Not the greatest year for westerns, actually one of the worst unless you're a big fan of B-westerns.