Subgenre Sampler
Western: 481 Films to Buy & Rent
Singer Not the Song, The (1961)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot…
- Philosophical western is an oddity amongst the Rank canon with Bogarde as a campy Mexican bandit terrorising a catholic priest Mills. Homoerotic…
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.
Alamo, The (1960)
- Dir. John Wayne
Feat. John Wayne
- Duke's sprawling historical epic centres around a small fort where Texas fought for its independence. Slow pace builds to an exciting climax.
Bonanza (TV Series) (1960)
- Dir. Lewis Allen, Arthur Lubin
Feat. Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts…
- Iconic, larger–than–life western TV show set near Virginia City, Nevada, in which Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his sons help protect…
Comanche Station (1960)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins…
- Last of the Boetticher/Scott westerns with Randolph Scott again essaying the taciturn hero brilliantly. Here he's attempting to resuce saving a…
Flaming Star (1960)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Dolores Del Rio
- Elvis Presley plays a half Native American rancher whose neighbourhood starts getting raided by people from the same tribe he is descended from, in…
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
- Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally…
- Another "mistaken identity" western for Murphy. This time he's an honest horse–trader wanted for a murder he didn't commit pursued across Texas…
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn
- Dysfunctional stagecoach high jinx with Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren fleeing with a theatre company into the American's heartland. While lush as a…
Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson…
- Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson head other famous faces–to–be in this popular remake of Kurosawa's THE SEVEN SAMURAI.
One Foot in Hell (1960)
- Dir. James B. Clark
Feat. Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy…
- Alan Ladd's final western –scripted by Aaron Spelling – has him cast as a psychotic killer exacting revenge on a small town by assuming…