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Cowboys, The (1972): Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. John Wayne, Bruce Dern; John Wayne loses his cattle ranchers to the gold–rush, so is forced to recruit 11 children, much to the delight of cowboy nasty, Bruce Dern.…
Skin Game (1971): Dir. Paul Bogart
Feat. James Garner, Louis Jr. Gossett, Susan Clark…; Beguiling comedy about a pair of con–artists who pose as master and slave to deceive unsuspecting rednecks in the post–civil war era.
They Call Me Trinity (1971): Dir. Enzo Barboni
Feat. Terence Hill, Bud Spencer; The film that triggered the careers of B–movie icons Terence Hill and Bud Spencer is an engaging spaghetti–western spoof. Something of a…
Wild Rovers (1971): Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden…; Saddle–sore cowpunchers William Holden and Ryan O'Neal safeguard their retirement by bank robbery, then head for the Mexican border.…
There Was a Crooked Man (1970): Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda; Prison inmate Kirk Douglas matches wits with warden Henry Fonda in an attempt to escape. Curious mix of black comedy and melodrama.
Charro (1969): Dir. Charles M. Warren
Feat. Elvis Presley, Ina Balin, Victor French; An Elvis curiosity which (mis)casts him in a dramatic Western. An unintentional hoot.
Paint Your Wagon (1969): Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg…; Entertaining musical epic based on the popular Lerner–Loewe play. Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood play gold prospectors who share a wife they…
Support Your Local Sheriff (1969): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. James Garner, Joan Hackett; The definitive Western spoof stars James Garner as a reluctant sheriff ordained to restore law and order to a village struck by goldrush fever.
Wild Bunch, The (1969): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan…; Sam Peckinpah's uncompromising Western bloodbath with William Holden and Ernest Borgnine leading the famous band of unruly marauders. Astonishing in…
Hang 'em High (1968): Dir. Ted Post
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens; A stateside attempt at a spaghetti Western. Clint Eastwood avenges a gang of vigilantes who wrongfully tried to hang him for murder.
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1967): Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef; The third, the funniest and most violent of Clint's association with director Leone. Set during the Civil War, three low–lifes search for a…
Few Dollars for Django (1966): Dir. Leon Klimovsky
Feat. Antonio De Teffe, Gloria Osuna, Frank Wolff; Imitation spaghetti–Western, several times removed from the Sergei Leone/Clint Eastwood model, let alone Franco Nero's original 'Django'.…
Duel at Diablo (1965): Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier, James Garner; Violent, off–beat Cowboys–and–Indians conflict successfully revives the formula. With Sidney Poitier, and James Garner in a sober…
Outlaws Is Coming, The (1965): Dir. Norman Maurer
Feat. Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe De Rita; In their last comic feature, the Three Stooges don cowboy hats for a slapstick romp in the Wild West.
Shenandoah (1965): Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. James Stewart, Doug McClure; Moving melodrama in which James Stewart heads a Virginian family deeply affected by the American Civil War. Co–stars Doug 'The 'Virginian'…
Ride the High Country (1962): Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea; Perhaps the last hoorah of a great western tradition, directed with supreme artistry by Sam Peckinpah. Scott and McCrea play retiring lawmen who…
Misfits, The (1961): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe; Stark melodrama was to be the curtain call for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. They are two of a group of cheerless souls roping wild mustangs…
Two Rode Together (1961): Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones; Overlooked Jimmy Stewart and Richard Widmark starrer with the master of the genre at the helm.
Sundowners, The (1960): Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov…; Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr play a devoted couple in 1920s Australia who come to a crossroads over their gypsy lifestyle. Affectionate saga about…
Horse Soldiers, The (1959): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers; Set around a Yankee incursion into Rebel territory during the American Civil War, this rates about average against Dir. Ford's other action films. …
Rawhide (TV Series) (1959- 1966): Feat. Clint Eastwood; Clint Eastwood steals the show as Rowdy Yates in this 60's cattle–driving TV show.
Fastest Gun Alive, The (1956): Dir. Russell Rouse
Feat. Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Jeanne Crain…; Modest–scale Western with Ford playing a reformed gunfighter who is not allowed to leave his past behind.
Lone Ranger, The (1956): Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger…; Modest but proficient movie spinoff from the popular 1950s TV series, with the masked one (Moore) and Tonto (Silverheels) taking on a rancher who is…
Mohawk (1956): Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Scott Brady, Rita Gam; White men playing Indians is typical of this hokey affair, which is about as ethnically sensitive as Adolf Hitler. In retrospect, though, it's a…
Gunsmoke (TV Series) (1955): Feat. James Arness; James Arness plays Marshal Matt Dillon protecting Dodge City from roaming gunslingers in this seminal TV show – the Grandaddy of TV…
Man from Laramie, The (1955): Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp…; An angst–ridden James Stewart seeks retribution on arms dealers whose illegal trade resulted in the ambushing of his brother's cavalry patrol.…
Violent Men, The (1955): Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson…; Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford and Edward G. Robinson transform a standard conflict of the land into a notable diversion.
Broken Lance (1954): Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters…; King Lear loosely transposed as a gripping Western melodrama with proud yet stubborn patriarch Spencer Tracy at odds with his ungrateful sons over…
Hondo (1953): Dir. John Farrow
Feat. John Wayne, Geraldine Page; A Louis L'Amour story gives John Wayne a chance to swagger his stuff as a wily half–Apache cavalry scout who finds and assists Geraldine Page,…
Lusty Men, The (1952): Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy; A nicely close–to–the–ground take on the life of the rodeo rider – and one of Wim Wenders' favourite films – this…
Rancho Notorious (1952): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer; Lively and interesting Western about a vengeful gunman who search brings him to the ranch of sultry saloon mistress Marlene Dietrich.
Viva Zapata! (1952): Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn; Stirring treatment of the life of the Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) who rose from peasanthood to presidency in the…
Wagon Master, The (1950): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Ben Johnson; Pioneering saga starring Ben Johnson. A personal favourite of its director.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar…; Cavalry officer John Wayne is about to retire on the eve of impending war with Indians. Followed by RIO GRANDE.
Fort Apache (1948): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple; The first film of Ford's cavalry trilogy tells of a maverick martinet (Henry Fonda) at odds with his peers and the Injuns. Followed by SHE WORE A…
Rachel and the Stranger (1948): Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. William Holden, Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum; Western 'rom–com' with husband William Holden and 'stranger' Robert Mitchum competing for the affections of Loretta Young ('Rachel') towards…
Three Godfathers (1948): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne; Sentimental, exquisitely–shot Western parable of the Three Wise Men with John Wayne leading the outlaws who adopt a newborn baby.
Angel and the Badman (1947): Dir. James Edward Grant
Feat. John Wayne, Gail Russell; Classic model Western with big John Wayne as a gunfighter tamed by the love of a good woman.
Last of the Redmen (1947): Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Jon Hall, Michael O'Shea; Economy–sized take on the Last Of The Mohicans story.
Duel in the Sun (1946): Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten…; Brothers Gregory Peck and James Cotton feud over the family ranch and legacy. Lauded by the likes of Martin Scorsese for its visual splendour, this…
Yearling, The (1946): Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Claude Jr. Jarman, Jane Wyman, Gregory Peck; Delightfully quaint fable of childhood, has innocent lad Claude Jarman Jnr raising a pet deer in backwoods Florida, while Ma and Pa, scrape together…
Return of Frank James (1940): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper; Worthy sequel to JESSE JAMES with Henry Fonda reprising his role of Frank, now out to avenge the death of his brother.
Westerner, The (1940): Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan; Gary Cooper stars in accomplished Texan yarn concerning land disputes. Most impressive, though, is Walter Brennan in an Oscar–winning…
Destry Rides Again (1939): Dir. George Marshall
Feat. James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Una Merkel; James Stewart is once again a mild–mannered law–man while Marlene Dietrich makes her most sensational Hollywood turn as exotic saloon…
Dodge City (1939): Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland; Lusty western with Errol Flynn cutting the mustard as a cowboy hero. Olivia De Havilland is his gracious co–star once again.
Stagecoach (1939): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, John Carradine; As the first fully realised Western, this blazed the trail for all subsequent efforts, as well as carrying John Wayne to stardom. Panoramic…
Way Out West (1937): Dir. James W Horne
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy; One of Laurel and Hardy's best features, spreading their brand of chaos into the Old West.
Annie Oakley (1935): Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas…; Sharpshooter Barbara Stanwyck joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for friendly rivalry with resident top gun Preston Foster. A romantic–comic…
Barbary Coast (1935): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Edward G. Robinson…; Set as far out west as a Western can go – San Fransisco, circa the 1850s gold–rush days. Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea are two…
Cimarron (1931): Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor; Set during the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1880's, a charismatic newspaper editor claims a plot of land and resettles himself, along with his rather…
Range Feud, The (1931): Dir. D.Ross Lederman
Feat. John Wayne, Buck Jones; A better than B–Western with a young, gangly John Wayne as a ten–galloned Romeo framed for murder while entangled in a feud with his…
Big Trail, The (1930): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel…; The film that elevated a young John Wayne from bit–part actor to leading man is this grand saga of a wagon trail, shot in an early form of 70mm.

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