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Hershenson Vol 21: Great Cowboy Posters   "60 Great Cowboy Movie Posters" [2003]
by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen

self-published 11x8¾ pb [7/2003] for $10.49
Hershenson Vol 6: More Cowboy Posters   "More Cowboy Movie Posters" [1998]
by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen

self-published 11x8¾ pb [8/98] for $14.00
Hershenson Vol 2: Cowboy Movie Posters   "Cowboy Movie Posters" [1994]
by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen

self-published 11x8¾ pb [10/94] out of print/used

Western movies poster catalog at AllPosters.com




Western  Movies  Collections

"Western 250 Movie Pack DVD Box Set" [2007]  
Western 250 Movie Pack DVD box set   Yup, 250 fiilms on 60 disks!
Mill Creek Ent. DVD box set [10/2007] 60 disks for $89.99
comprised of selections from these Mill Creek DVD box sets: Gunslinger Classics 50 Movie Pack, John Wayne 20 Movie Pack, John Wayne: American Hero 10 Movie Pack, John Wayne: Cowboy Legend 10 Movie Pack, Mean Guns 20 Movie Pack, Roy Rogers 20 Movie Pack, Rule of The Gun 20 Movie Pack, Ultimate John Wayne 20 Movie Pack, Western Classics 100 Movie Pack, Western Legends 50 Movie Pack, and Westerns 10 Movie Pack

"Classic Western Round-Up" [2007]
Classic Western Round-Up movie collections   Vol. 1: Universal color DVD [5/2007] 2 disks for $19.99
includes "Canyon Passage" [1946] starring Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward & Brian Donlevy; "Kansas Raiders" [1950] starring Audie Murphy & Brian Donlevy; "The Lawless Breed" [1953] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Rock Hudson & Julie Adams; and "The Texas Rangers" [1951] starring George Montgomery & Noah Beery Jr.
Vol. 2: Universal color DVD [5/2007] 2 disks for $23.99
includes "California" [1946]; "The Cimarron Kid" [1952] directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Audie Murphy; "The Man From The Alamo" [1953] directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Glenn Ford & Julie Adams; and "The Texans" [1938] starring Randolph Scott

"Ultimate Westerns DVD Giftpack" [2007]
Ultimate Westerns DVD Gift Pack   M.G.M. color DVD box set [5/2007] 11? disks for $69.99
includes "Fistful of Dollars" [1964], "For A Few Dollars More" [1965], "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" [1966] {2-disc edition}, "Hang 'Em High" [1968] - all Clint Eastwood; plus "Red River"
[1948]
starring John Wayne, "The Big Country" [1958] starring Gregory Peck, "The Magnificent Seven" [1960], "Hour of The Gun" [1967], "Heaven's Gate" [1980], and "The Missouri Breaks" [1976]

"Western Heroes Ultimate Collection" [2007]
Ultimate Western Heroes DVD Box Set  St. Clair Vision color DVD [2/2007] 6 disks for $18.99
includes: John Wayne TV appearance on "The Lucy Show" [1966]; "John Wayne Biography" [1998]; 100+ classic John Wayne movie trailers; and Roy Rogers TV episodes "The Desert Fugitive" [1952] & "Ranch War" [1955]

"Great Westerns Limited Edition" 20-DVD Pack [2004]
Platinum Disc Great Westerns 20 DVD box set  Echo Bridge Home Ent. color DVD box set [11/2004] 20 disks for $71.99
122 features, including "Arizona Days" starring Tex Ritter; "Bad Man of Deadwood" starring Roy Rogers & Gabby Hayes; "Billy The Kid: Frontier Outlaws" starring Buster Crabbe & Al St. John; "Billy The Kid: The Kid Rides Again" starring Buster Crabbe & Al St. John; "Border Phantom" starring Bob Steele; "Branded A Coward" starring Johnny Mack Brown; "The Buckskin Lady"; "Buffalo Bill In Tomahawk Territory" starring Clayton Moore; "Call The Mesquiteers" starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan & Max Turhune; "The Carson City Kid" starring Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes & Bob Steele; "Cavalcade of The West" starring Hoot Gibson; "Colorado" starring Roy Rogers & Gabby Hayes; "Days of Jesse James"; "Death Rides The Range" starring Ken Maynard; "Desert Phantom"; "The Far Frontier"; "Fuzzy Settles Down" starring Buster Crabbe & Al St. John; "The Gay Ranchero" starring Roy Rogers & Andy Devine; "Ghost Patrol"; "The Gunman From Bodie" starring Buck Jones & Tim McCoy; "Home In Oklahoma" starring Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes & Dale Evans; "Jesse James At Bay" starring Roy Rogers & Gabby Hayes; "The Light of Western Stars" starrring Victor Jory; "The Lights of Old Santa Fe" starring Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes & Dale Evans; "The Man From Hell's Edges" starring Bob Steele & Gabby Hayes; "Nighttime In Nevada" starring Roy Rogers & Andy Devine; "Rawhide" starring Lou Gehrig; "Rawhide Rangers" starring Johnny Mack Brown & Fuzzy Knight; "Rebellion" starring Tom Keene, Rita (Hayworth) Cansino & Duncan Renaldo; "Riders of Destiny" starring John Wayne; "Riders of The Whistling Skull"; "Rip Roarin' Buckaroo" starring Tom Tyler; "Rough Riders' Roundup" starring Roy Rogers; "Round-Up Time In Texas" starring Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette; "Sheriff of Tombstone" starring Roy Rogers & Gabby Hayes; "Silver Spurs" starring Roy Rogers & Smiley Burnette; "Skull and Crown" starring Rin-Tin-Tin Jr.; "Southward Ho!"; "Springtime In The Sierras" starring Roy Rogers & Andy Devine; "Stagecoach Outlaws" starring Buster Crabbe; "Stampede" starring Charles Starrett; "Sunset Serenade" starring Roy Rogers & Gabby Hayes; "Sunset On The Desert"; "Texas Terror" starring John Wayne; "Tomahawk Territory"; "The Trail Beyond" starring John Wayne; "Trouble In Texas" starring Tex Ritter & Rita Hayworth; "West of The Divide" starring John Wayne; "Winds of The Wasteland" starring John Wayne; "Without Honor" — PLUS spisodes from TV series "Bat Masterson", "Death Valley Days", "The Lone Ranger", "The Rifleman", "Shotgun Slade", "Stories of The Century", "U.S. Marshal" & "Wagon Train"

"The West: A Film by Ken Burns" [1996 miniseries]
Ken Burns The West  

Ken Burns The West companion book  

Directed by Stephen Ives; narrated by Peter Coyote
Episode One (to 1806): The People
Episode Two (1806-48): Empire Upon The Trails
Episode Three (1848-56): Speck of The Future
Episode Four (1856-68): Death Runs Riot
Episode Five (1868-74): The Grandest Enterprise Under God
Episode Six (1874-77): Fight No More Forever
Episode Seven (1877-87): The Geography of Hope
Episode Eight (1887-1914): One Sky Above Us
PBS DVD [9/2004] 5 disks for $116.99
PBS VHS [1/98] 9 tapes for $94.98
full credits from IMDb • PBS official website
"The West: An Illustrated History" {1996 companion book}
by Geoffrey C. Ward

Back Bay 10¾x9¼ pb [2/2003] for $16.47

"American Experience: The Way West" [May 1995 miniseries]
The Way West   Directed by Ric Burns
Episode One: Westward, The Course of Empire Takes its Way, 1845-1864
Episode Two: The Approach of Civilization, 1865-1869
Episode Three: The War For The Black Hills, 1870-1876
Episode Four: Ghost Dance, 1877-1893
P.B.S./Paramount DVD [3/2006] for $31.99
Koch/Shanachie VHS [5/95] 4 tapes out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb

Hollywood / Silent Film - Out West   "Hollywood: A Celebration of The American Silent Film – Vol. 9: Out West"
[HBO 1980] Produced & directed by David Gill & Kevin Brownlow

HBO VHS [6/98] out of stock/used
1950s tv Westerns   "1950s TV's Greatest Westerns" [2002]
indep 5-hour DVD [7/2002] 3 disks for $24.99
tv Westerns   "TV'S Greatest Westerns: 90 Minutes of The Best From The Old West!"
Superior Promotions 90-min VHS [undated] out of stock/used
Saturday Matinee   "Cowboys of The Saturday Matinee" [1984]
Warner VHS [8/93] for $14.99



Lesser-Known  Western  Movies

"Buffalo Bill & The Indians, or Sitting
Bull's History Lesson"
[De Laurentiis June 1976]
Buffalo Bill & The Indians   Directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; based on the stage play by Arthur L. Kopit; starring Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Geraldine Chaplin, Frank Kaquitts, Will Sampson, Frank Kaquitts, Pat McCormick, Shelley Duvall, Noelle Rogers & Burt Lancaster
MGM/UA widescreen DVD [5/2001] for $17.98
MGM/UA color VHS [5/2000] for $14.95
full credits from IMDb
Bantam movie tie-in pb [1976] out of print/used
Based on the 1969 stage play "Indians: A Play" by Arthur L. Kopit
Bantam movie tie-in pb [1976] out of print/used

"The Great Train Robbery"
[Edison Mfg. Dec 1903]
Great Train Robbery   The first movie with a plotted storyline was a Western!; made in 1903, listed in National Film Registry 1990 Co-written & directed by Edwin S. Porter; starring Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
V.C.I. 100th Anniversary b&w DVD [12/2003] for $17.99
includes "Tumbleweeds" [1925 silent] with Wm. S. Hart; "The Battle of Elderbush Gulch" [1913 silent] by D.W. Griffith [1875-1948]; "The Heart of Texas Ryan" [1917 silent] with Tom Mix, plus extras
"Great Train Robbery" credits from IMDb

"Heaven's  Gate"
[Partisan/United Artists Nov 1980]
Heaven's Gate poster   Based on a real range war in Wyoming; a sheriff tries to prevent bloodshed between cattle barons and immigrant sodbusters, while vying with a ruthless hired gun for the lovely owner of a bordello. Written & directed by Michael Cimino; cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond; starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Joseph Cotten, Jeff Bridges, Ronnie Hawkins, Paul Koslo, Geoffrey Lewis, Richard Masur, Rosie Vela, Mary Catherine Wright, Terry O'Quinn, Mickey Rourke & Willem Dafoe
M.G.M. widescreen color DVD [2/2002] for $12.99
M.G.M. widescreen color VHS [9/96] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used
M.G.M. color VHS [7/96] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
Final Cut / Heaven's Gate  
"Final Cut: Dreams & Disaster In The Making of Heaven's Gate, The Film That Sank United Artists" [1985]
by Steven Bach

WmMorrow 9¼x6 pb [1/94] out of print/used
Plume mass pb [6/86] out of print/used
WmMorrow hardcover [6/85] out of print/used

"Jeremiah Johnson" [Warner Bros. Dec 1972]
Jeremiah Johnson movie   Jeremiah Johnson movie poster   Directed by Sydney Pollack; script by John Milius & Edward Anhalt from two books (below); starring Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Joaquํn Martํnez, Allyn Ann McLerie & Stefan Gierasch
Warner widescreen DVD [9/98] for $16.99
Warner VHS [6/2001] for $9.94
Warner widescreen VHS [6/2001] for $9.94
full credits from IMDb
"Jeremiah Johnson" posters at AllPosters [dot] com
11"x17" white poster (at left) from Amazon for $9.99
11"x17" color poster from Amazon for $9.99

Mountain Man   "Mountain Man: A Novel of Male & Female In The Early American West" [1967]
by Vardis Fisher

Univ Idaho Press pb [12/2000] for $7.95
Amereon hardcover [10/80] for $28.42
"Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson" [1969]
by Raymond W. Thorp & Robert Manson Bunker

Indiana Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [9/83] for $10.36
Indiana Univ Press hardcover [10/69] for $29.95

"Lemonade Joe: A Horse Opera"
[Czechoslovakia 1964]
Lemonade Joe parody   I remember this as being a silent film, perhaps because this total sendup of the old cowboy silents was filmed in Czech, with subtitles. The hero, a teetotaling salesman for KolaLoca, wears spotless white even after climbing down a chimney, the bad guys wear black – all the cliches. A hilarious spoof, finally available on VHS & DVD.
Co-written & directed by Oldrich Lipsky
Facets Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $26.99
Facets Video b&w VHS [3/2002] for $28.45
full credits from IMDb

"Missouri Breaks" [Devon/Persky-Bright May 1976]
The Missouri Breaks   Directed by Arthur Penn; starring Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton & John McLiam
M.G.M. widescreen color DVD [11/2005] for $8.49
MGM/UA widescreen VHS [7/2001] out of stock/used
MGM/UA color VHS [7/2002] out of stock/used
RykoDisc import soundtrack CD [11/99] for $38.99
full credits from IMDb
"The Missouri Breaks: An Original Screenplay" [1976]
by Thomas McGuane

Ballantine pb [1976] out of print/used

"Monte Walsh"
Monte Walsh video   1970 feature film [Cinema Center Oct 1970]
Directed by William A. Fraker; starring Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitch Ryan, Jim Davis & G.D. Spradlin
Fox color VHS [2/93] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
Monte Walsh tv movie   TNT TV movie [air date 17 Jan 2003]
Directed by Simon Wincer; starring Tom Selleck, Joanna Miles, Keith Carradine, George Eads, Robert Carradine, William Devane & Isabella Rossellini
Warner widescreen DVD [7/2003] for $21.49
Warner color VHS [7/2003] for $50.97
Warner VHS w/Spanish subtitles [7/2003] for $50.97
full credits from IMDb
TNT official website
Monte Walsh book  
based on the 1963 novel by Jack Schaefer
Univ NE Press 8x5¼ pb [1/2002] for $11.17
Buccaneer hardcover [1/63] out of print/used

"Nevada" [R.K.O. Dec 1944]
Zane Grey's Nevada   A miner carrying cash to buy equipment is murdered, and the local gang boss blames drifter Nevada. Directed by Edward Killy; starring Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Nancy Gates, Richard Martin, Craig Reynolds & Harry Woods
LionsGate b&w DVD [9/2005] for $9.98
Bridgestone b&w VHS [5/2001] for $12.95
full credits from IMDb
other versions: 1935 credits | 1927 Gary Cooper silent credits

based on the 1928 novel by Zane Grey
HarperCollins mass pb [2/94] out of print/used
Amereon hardcover [1/46] for $26.95

"Nevada Smith" [Embassy June 1966]
Nevada Smith   Directed by Henry Hathaway; starring Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy & Paul Fix
Paramount color VHS [5/90] for $9.95
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" insert poster available at AllPosters [dot] com
based on characters from the 1962 novel
"The Carpetbaggers" by Harold Robbins
Pocket pb [7/97] out of print/used

"One-Eyed Jacks" [Paramount March 1961]
One-Eyed Jacks poster   "wonderfully amazing, cool as can be"; begun as a film about Billy The Kid, the script changed into a tale of betrayal and revenge between two unapologetic Western-era crooks.
Directed by & starring Marlon Brando; co-starring Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Larry Duran & Sam Gilman
Madacy color DVD [8/98] for $7.98
Paramount color VHS [5/91] for $9.95
Madacy color VHS [4/98] for $4.95
full credits from IMDb
loosely based on "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" [Harper 1956]
by Charles Neider

Univ NV Press 9x6.3 pb [4/93] out of print/used
Brando Rides Alone  
"Brando Rides Alone: A Reconsideration of The Film One-Eyed Jacks" [2004]
by Barry Gifford

a witty history and critique of the only movie that Marlon Brando directed
North Atlantic Books 7x5 pb [1/2004] for $10.95

"Open Range" [Tig/Touchstone Aug 2003]
Open Range poster   Directed by & starring Kevin Costner; screenplay by Craig Storper, based on Lauran Paine's novel "Open Range Men"; co-starring Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon & Diego Luna
Buena Vista color VHS [1/2004] for $20.99
Buena Vista VHS dubbed in Spanish [1/2004] for $24.99
Buena Vista widescreen DVD [1/2004] for $20.99
Hollywood Rcds soundtrack CD [8/2003] for $14.99
full credits from IMDb
"Open Range" posters at AllPosters [dot] com
Open Range novel  
based on the 1990 novel by Lauran Paine
Dorchester movie tie-in pb [9/2003] for $5.99
Blackstone audio [8/2003] for $39.95
Blackstone audio CD [8/2003] for $24.95

"Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid"
[M.G.M. May 1973]
Pat Garrett   The new sheriff is ordered to capture a former pardner, who is now the outlaw Billy the Kid. Directed by Sam Peckinpah; starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson {as Billy}, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards, Bob Dylan, R.G. Armstrong, Rita Coolidge, Jack Elam, Paul Fix, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens & Harry Dean Stanton
Warner widescreen restored 237-min. version color DVD [1/2006] 2 disks for $14.99
Warner color VHS [10/89] out of prodn/used
Sony soundtrack CD [7/73] for $9.98
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com
Authentic BTKid  
"The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid" [1882]
by Pat F. Garrett & Ash Upton

Univ OK Press pb [8/85] for $10.47
Univ OK Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/89] for $20.97

Billy The Kid Page

"Ride The High Country" [MGM June 1962]
Sam Peckinpah's "Ride The High Country"   An aging ex-lawman is hired to guard a shipment of gold; his old friend (Scott, in his final feature role) agrees to help, but intends to take the gold for himself. They meet a young woman on the trail who is running away from her mean rancher father and her fiance & his psycho brothers. Directed by Sam Peckinpah; starring Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Edgar Buchanan, Warren Oates & L.Q. Jones; listed in US National Film Registry 1992
Warner widescreen color DVD [1/2006] for $17.99
M.G.M./Warner color VHS [4/94] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

"3:10 To Yuma" [Columbia Aug 1957]
3:10 To Yuma video   An outlaw leader is captured in a small town, and a rancher agrees to escort the prisoner to the nearest railroad stop, where the rest of the gang try to free their leader. Directed by Delmer Daves; story by Elmore Leonard; starring Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr & Richard Jaeckel
Sony Special Edition b&w DVD [8/2007] for $14.99
Sony b&w DVD [4/2002] for $12.49
Columbia/TriStar b&w VHS [9/94] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
Three-Ten To Yuma & Other Stories  
"Three-Ten To Yuma and Other Stories" [1952-56]
by Elmore Leonard

HarperTorch mass pb [11/2007] for $5.99  
"3:10 To Yuma" color remake  [LionsGate Sept 2007]
3:10 To Yuma 2007 color remake   A hardscrabble rancher, eager for the offered fee, agrees to take charge of a captured killer and deliver him to the railhead. Directed by James Mangold; starring Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Kevin Durand, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman & Gretchen Mol
LionsGate widescreen color DVD [1/2008] for $16.99  
LionsGate color DVD [1/2008] for $16.99  
full credits from IMDb

"The Vanishing American" [Paramount 1925]
VAmerican   Directed by George B. Seitz; starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson & Noah Beery
Image Ent b&w DVD for $22.49
full credits from IMDb
1955 version: full credits from IMDb
"The Vanishing American" posters at AllPosters.com

based on the 1925 novel by Zane Grey [1872-1939]
Harper pb [10/91] for $5.49

"Yellowstone Kelly" [Warner Bros. 1959]
cover of 'Yellowstone Kelly' comic book   A fur trapper takes on a partner, then shelters a runaway Arapaho woman; the two youngsters fall in love, and then a Sioux chief arrives to reclaim the girl. Directed by Gordon Douglas; starring Clint Walker, Edd Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton & Andra Martin
video not available; full credits from IMDb

based on the 1957 novel by Heck Allen/Will Henry
Leisure mass pb [3/98] for $4.99




The  Modern  Cowboy

"Brokeback Mountain" [2005]
official website • credits from IMDb

"Don't Come Knocking"
[Sony Classics March 2006]
Don't Come Knocking video   Directed by Wim Wenders; script by & starring Sam Shepard; co-starring Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk & Eva Marie Saint
Sony widescreen color DVD [8/2006] for $21.99
full credits from IMDb
official website

"The Electric Horseman"
[Wildwood/Columbia Dec 1979]
Electric Horseman   An aging rodeo champion frees a thoroughbred horse misused by his breakfast cereal corporate sponsor.Directed by Sydney Pollack; starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon & Wilford Brimley
Image Ent color DVD [10/2000] for $13.49
Universal color VHS [5/88] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb

"The Hi-Lo Country" [Polygram Dec 1998]
Hi-Lo Country video   About ranchers and changing times near the New Mexico border after WWII; also a complicated love story: two cowboy pals are both in love with another man's wife. Directed by Stephen Frears; from the novel by Max Evans; starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette & Pen้lope Cruz; won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler 1999
USA Films widescreen DVD [5/2001] for $17.96
USA Films color VHS [11/99] not available?
full credits from IMDb
based on the 1980 novel by Max Evans
Boulevard movie tie-in pb [12/98] out of print/used
G.K. Hall hardcover [7/80] out of print/used

"Lonely Are The Brave" [May 1962]
Lonely video   Directed by David Miller; script by [blacklistee] Dalton Trumbo, based on 'The Brave Cowboy'; starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands & Walter Matthau
Universal b&w VHS [5/92] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
Brave Cowboy   "The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale In A New Time" [novel 1956]
by Edward Abbey [1927-89]

Avon 8x5¼ pb [4/92] for $10.80
Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [10/77] out of print/used
BooksOnTape audio [1/88] out of stock/used

"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"
[Sony Classics Dec 2005]
Three Burials video   Directed by & starring Tommy Lee Jones; script by Guillermo Arriaga; co-starring Barry Pepper & Julio Cedillo; won Best Actor [TLJ] & Best Screenplay at Cannes
Sony widescreen color DVD [6/2006] for $10.47
full credits from IMDb
official website

"When The Legends Die" [1972]
When The Legends Die video  When The Legends Die book   A Ute Indian boy raised in the wild competes on the rodeo circuit and learns about America and himself. Directed by Stuart Millar; starring Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest, Luana Anders & John War Eagle
Fox color VHS [7/88] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
based on the 1963 novel by Hal Borland
Bantam Starfire pb [8/84] for $5.99



The  Directors

★           ★

Budd Boetticher [1916-2001]
explore videos/DVDs •  IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

won Best Director Oscar for "The Informer" [1935]  won Best Director Oscar for "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940]  won Best Director Oscar for "How Green Was My Valley" [1941]    John Ford [1894-1973] Page

★           ★

Henry Hathaway [1898-1985]
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posters •  IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

won an Honorary Oscar in 1975    

Howard  Hawks  [1896-1977] Page

★           ★

won Best Director Oscar for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" [1948]    John Huston [1906-87]
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★           ★

Burt Kennedy [1922-2001]
explore videos/DVDs • autobiography •  IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Sergio Leone [1929-89] of Italy
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posters • 'Man With No Name' • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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★           ★

Anthony Mann [1906-67]
explore videos/DVDs • Westerns/DVD • Westerns/VHS
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] Page

★           ★

John Sturges [1911-92]
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IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

won Honorary Oscar in 1979    King Vidor [1894-1982] Page

★           ★

Raoul Walsh [1887-1980] Page



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