WHITE HATS, COWBOYS IN THE

heroes; good guys. In early black-and-white American cowboy movies, the hero always wore a white hat while the villian always wore a black hat. Audiences knew that whenever they saw a cowboy in a white hat he was one of the good guys. And that gives you the difference between the cowboys in the white hats and the cowboys in the black hats, see? -The Itsa Line (cont.) (21 Aug. 63) heroes; good guys. In early black-and-white American cowboy movies, the hero always wore a white hat while the villian always wore a black hat. Audiences knew that whenever they saw a cowboy in a white hat he was one of the good guys.heroes; good guys. See also black hats, cowboys in the in this glossary.