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"Making a film is like a stagecoach ride in the Old West. When you start, you are hoping
for a pleasant trip. By the halfway point, you just hope to survive."
— François Truffaut in "La Nuit Américaine" [1973]
For other Western movies that either won or were nominated
for Academy Awards [Oscars], visit our separate webpage (no duplications):
Oscar-Winning Western Movies Page
browse Western movies on VHS at Amazon
browse Western movies on DVD at Amazon
browse silent Westerns on DVD at Amazon
 | "60 Great Cowboy Movie Posters" [2003] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [7/2003] for $10.49 |
 | "More Cowboy Movie Posters" [1998] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [8/98] for $14.00 |
 | "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
and Documentary Films
General Collections {just below} ★ Documentary Films ★ Spaghetti Western Collections
"1950s TV's Greatest Westerns" [2002]
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indep 5-hour DVD set [7/2002] 3 disks for $24.99
contains 12 TV eoisodes, 1949-1960: "The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956 episode) starring Scott Forbes; "Annie Oakley" (1956 episode) starring Gail Davis; "Bat Masterson" (1958 episode) starring Gene Barry; "The Cisco Kid" (1951 color episode) starring Duncan Renaldo & Leo Carillo; "Death Valley Days" (1953 episode) hosted by Stanley Andrews; "Fury" (1956 episode) starring Peter Graves; "Judge Roy Bean" (1955 episode) starring Edgar Buchanan; "The Lone Ranger" (1949 episode) starring Clayton Moore; "The Roy Rogers Show" (1955 episode) starring Roy Roger & Dale Evans; "Sergeant Preston of The Yukon" (1957 episode) starring Richard Simmons; "Sky King" (1958 episode) starring Kirby Grant; and "Tate" (1960 pilot) starring David McLean |
"Great Westerns Limited Edition" 20-DVD Pack [2004]
 | 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" |
"Legends of The West: Classic Western Feature Films"
DVD Box Sets [2005-2006]
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Volume 1: 8-disk box set
Echo Bridge b&w DVD set [9/2005] 8 disks for $14.27 contains 36 feature films, starring Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Lee Van Cleef & John Wayne Volume 2: 8-disk box set Platinum Disc b&w DVD set [10/2005] 8 disks for $42.97 contains 32 feature films, starring Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Ronald Reagan & Randolph Scott Volume 3: 8-disk box set Platinum Disc b&w DVD set [1/2006] 8 disks for $9.30 contains 33 feature films, starring Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Lee Van Cleef & John Wayne Volume 4: 8-disk box set Echo Bridge b&w DVD set [1/2006] 8 disks for $29.99 contains 32 feature films, starring Gene Autry, Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter & Bob Steele Volume 5: 8-disk box set Platinum Disc b&w DVD set [1/2006] 8 disks for $23.97 contains 32 feature films, starring Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers & John Wayne |
"The Great American Western Collection" DVD Box Sets
 
| "Limited Edition: 84 Movies on 20 DVDs" [2006]
Echo Bridge Home Ent. b&w/color DVD set [11/2006] 20 disks for $87.99 "Volumes 1-10: 44 Movies on 10 DVDs"
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"Volumes 11-20: 40 Movies on 10 DVDs"
Platinum Disc b&w/color DVD set [3/2004] 10 disks for $35.99 contains four documentary films: "The Great Indian Wars, 1840-1890" [1991]; "Great American West" [1973] with John Ford, James Stewart, John Wayne, Henry Fonda & Andy Devine; "Gunfighters" [??]; and "The Old West Cowboy" [1993]; two hour-long TV episodes from "Cade's County" [Fox/CBS 1971-72] with Glenn Ford & Edgar Buchanan; and 34 feature-length Westerns: "Against A Crooked Sky" [1975] with Richard Boone; "American Empire" [1942] with Leo Carrillo & Pres-ton Foster; "Battles of Chief Pontiac" [1952] with Lex Barker, Helen Westcott & Lon Chaney Jr; "Bells of San Angelo" [1947] with Roy Rogers, Dale Evans & Andy Devine; "Boot Hill" [Italy 1969] with Bud Spencer & Woody Strode; "The Brothers O'Toole" [1973]; "The Bushwhackers" [1951] with John Ireland, Lawrence Tierney & Dorothy Malone; "Cry Blood, Apache" [1970] with Joel McCrea; Zane Grey's "Fighting Caravans" [1931] with Gary Cooper; "Four Rode Out" [1969] with Leslie Nielson & Pernell Roberts; "The Gatling Gun" [1972] with Guy Stockwell & Woody Strode; "The Gun and The Pulpit" [1974] with Slim Pickens, Estelle Parsons & Pamela Sue Martin; "The Gun-fighters" [1987 Canada TV pilot] with Mike Kane & George Kennedy; "The Hanged Man" [1974]; "The Jackals" [1967] with Vincent Price; "Jory" [1972] with Robby Benson & John Marley; "Joshua" [1976] with Fred Williamson; "Kentucky Rifle" [1955] with George Keymas, Henry Hull & Chill Wills; "Kid Vengeance" [1977] with Lee Van Cleef & Jim Brown; "Little Moon and Jud McGraw" [1974] with Aldo Ray, Stephanie Powers, James Caan & Sammy Davis Jr; "My Outlaw Brother" [1951] with Mickey Rooney & Robert Stack; "Pioneer Woman" [1973] with Joanna Pettet, William Shatner & Helen Hunt; "The Proud and The Damned" [1969] with Chuck Conners & Ceasar Romero; "The Proud Rebel" [1958] directed by Michael Curtiz, with Alan Ladd & Olivia de Havilland; "Savage Guns" [Italy 1971]; "Seven Alone" [1975] with Aldo Ray; "Sitting Bull" [1954] with Dale Robertson & Iron Eyes Cody; "The Sundowners" [1950] with Robert Preston, Robert Sterling & Chill Wills; "Sunset Carson Rides Again" [1948]; "The Wackiest Wagon Train In The West" [1977] with Bob Denver; "Wanted: The Sundance Woman" [1976] with Katherine Helmond, Katherine Ross & Stella Stevens; "White Comanche" [1967] with William Shatner & Joseph Cotten; "The Woman of The Town" [1944] with Claire Trevor & Barry Sullivan; and "Yuma" [1970] with Barry Sullivan, Clint Walker & Edgar Buchanan |
"Western Heroes Ultimate Collection" [2007]
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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] |
"Ultimate Westerns DVD Giftpack" [2007]
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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], directed by Howard Hawks, 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], starring Marlon Brando & Jack Nicholson |
"Classic Western Round-Up" [2007]
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Volume 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. Volume 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 |
"Western Legends 50 Movie Pack" [2007]
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Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD set [6/2007] 12 disks for $26.99
fifty Western feature films, from 1930 to 1956: "The Apache Kid's Escape" [1930]; "Bells of San Fernando" [1947]; "Below The Border" [1942] with Buck Jones & Tim McCoy; "Between Men" [1935] with Johnny Mack Brown; "Buckskin Frontier" [1943] with Richard Dix; "Call of The Forest" [1949]; "Cavalcade of The West" [1936] with Hoot Gibson; "Clearing The Range" [1931] with Hoot Gibsonn; "Colorado Sundown" [1952] with Rex Allen; "The Cowboy Millionaire" [1935] with George O'Brien; "Coyote Trails" [1935] with Tom Tyler; "The Dawn Rider" [1935] with John Wayne; "Death Rides The Range" [1939] with Ken Maynard; "Fast Bullets" [1936] with Tom Tyler; "Feud of The Range" [1939] with Bob Steele; "Forbidden Trails" [1941] with Buck Jones & Tim McCoy; "Frontier Justice" [1936] |
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"Frontier Scout" [1938];
"Git Along Little Dogies" [1937] with Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette;
"Hard Hombre" [1931] with Hoot Gibson;
"High Lonesome" [1950] with John Drew Barrymore & Chill Wills;
"The Kid's Last Ride" [1941] with Ray Corrigan;
"King of The Cowboys" [1943] with Roy Rogers & the Sons of The Pioneers band;
"The Laramie Kid" [1935] with Tom Tyler;
"The Lone Ranger" [1952] with Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels;
"The Man From Texas" [1948];
"Mystery Ranch" [1934] with Tom Tyler;
"The Naked Hills" [1956];
"'Neath The Arizona Skies" [1934] with John Wayne;
"New Mexico" [1951];
"The Range Busters" [1940] with Ray Corrigan;
"Red River Valley" [1941] with Roy Rogers & Gale Storm;
"Renegade Girl" [1946] with Ann Savage;
"Riders of The Sage" [1939] with Bob Steele; "Ridin' Down The Canyon" [1942] with Roy Rogers; "Roamin' Wild" [1936] with Tom Tyler; "Roarin' Guns" [1936] with Tim McCoy; "Roaring Six Guns" [1937] with Kermit Maynard; "Santa Fe Bound" [1936] with Tom Tyler; "Southward Ho" [1939] with Roy Rogers; "Take Me Back To Oklahoma" [1940] with Tex Ritter & Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys; "Thunder River Feud" [1942] with Ray Corrigan; "The Trail Beyond" [1934] with John Wayne; "Trail of The Hawk" [1935]; "Trailing Double Trouble" [1940] with Ray Corrigan; "Trouble In Texas" [1937] with Tex Ritter & Rita Hayworth; "Whirlwind Horseman" [1938] with Ken Maynard; "Whistling Bullets" [1937] with Kermit Maynard; "Winds of The Wasteland" [1936] with John Wayne; "The Yellow Rose of Texas" [1944] with Roy Rogers & the Sons of The Pioneers band |
"Western 250 Movie Pack" DVD box set [2007]
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Mill Creek Ent. DVD box set [10/2007] 60 disks - orig $89.99 - out of prodn/scarce
Yup, 250 fiilms on 60 disks! 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 |
"Ultimate Westerns Collection"
DVD Box Set from M.G.M. [2009]
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M.G.M. widescreen color DVD set [5/2009] 20 disks for $111.99
13 Western movies on 20 disks: "A Fistful of Dollars" [1964] on 2 disks, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood; "The Big Trail" [1930] on 2 disks, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring John Wayne; "Broken Arrow" [1950] starring James Stewart; Oscar-winner "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" [1969] on 2 disks, starring Paul Newman & Robert Redford; "The Comancheros" [1961], directed by Michael Curtiz; Oscar-winner "Dances With Wolves" [1990] on 2 disks; "For A Few Dollars More" [1965] on 2 disks, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood; "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" [1966] on 2 disks, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood; "Hang 'em High" [1968], starring Clint Eastwood; "The Magnificent Seven" [1960] on 2 disks, starring Yul Brynner; "The Missouri Breaks" [1976], starring Marlon Brando & Jack Nicholson; "Red River" [1948], directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Wayne & Montgomery Clift; and "The Westerner" [1940], directed by William Wyler, starring Gary Cooper |
"Greatest Classic Films Collection: Western Adventures"
DVD Box Set from Turner Classic Movies [2009]
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Turner Home Ent. DVD set [5/2009] 2 disks for $24.99
contains four feature films: "The Wild Bunch" [1969] directed by Sam Peckinpah [1925-84]; starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson & Warren Oates; "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" [1971] directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006], starring Warren Beatty & Julie Christie; "Jeremiah Johnson" [1972] directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford; and "The Train Robbers" [1973] directed by Burt Kennedy, starring John Wayne [1907-79] & Ann-Margret; extras include trailer gallery, commentaries, and 8 documentary shorts & featurettes |
"The Definitive TV Western Collection" DVD Box Set [2010]
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Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD set [4/2010] on 48 disks for $61.99
contains 600 complete television episodes, from 40 different TV Western series of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s - including "The Adventures of Champion", "Annie Oakley", "Bat Masterson", "Bonanza", "The Cisco Kid", "Cowboy G-Men", "The Deputy", "Dusty's Trail", "The Gabby Hayes Show", "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", "The Lone Ranger", "The Range Rider", "The Rifleman", "Sergeant Preston of The Yukon", "Shotgun Slade", "Wagon Train", and many more |
"Treasures From American Film Archives V: The West, 1898-1938" [2011] 
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Image Ent. b&w/color DVD set [9/2011] 3 disks & book for $34.49
40 preserved films on 3 DVDs, with 110-page booklet; contents include: The West in Promotional Travelogues (1898-1920); "The Sergeant" [Selig 1910]; D.W. Griffith's "Over Silent Paths" [Biograph 1910]; "Mexican Fili-busters" [Kalem 1911] Mack Sennett's "The Tourists" [Biograph 1912] with an 18-year-old Mabel Normand; "The Better Man" [1912]; "Life On The Circle Ranch In California" [1912] "Broncho Billy and The School-mistress" [Essanay 1912] starring Broncho Billy Anderson; "The Girl Ranchers" [Nestor 1913]; Bret Harte's "Salomy Jane" [1914] with Beatriz Michelena; "Ammunition Smuggling On The Mexican Border" [1914]; Thomas Ince's "Last of The Line" [1914] with Sessue Hayakawa; "Passing of The Oklahoma Outlaws" [1915] by lawman Bill Tilghman; "Deschutes Driftwood" [1916]; "Lake Tahoe, Land of The Sky" [Essanay 1916]; "Legal Advice" [1916] starring Tom Mix; "How The Cowboy Makes His Lariat" [1917]; "Arizona" [1918] by Doug Fairbanks; W.S. Van Dyke’s "The Lady of The Dugout" [1918] featuring outlaw-turned-actor Al Jennings; "Sunshine Gatherers" [1921] promo for Del Monte Foods; "Womanhandled" [1925] starring Richard Dix & Esther Ralston; "The Indian-Detour" [1926] promo for Fred Harvey Co.; "Mantrap" [1926] starring Clara Bow (in her favorite role); "Romance of Water" [1931?]; "We Can Take It" [1935]; "A New Miracle In The Desert" [1935]; "The Promised Land Barred To Hoboes" [1936]; "From The Golden West" [1938]; and "Seeing Yosemite" with David A. Curry; plus Native Americans in newsreels and Kodachrome home movies |
Documentary Films & Collections
 | "Hollywood: A Celebration of The American Silent Film – Vol. 9: Out West" [HBO 1980] Produced & directed by David Gill & Kevin Brownlow H.B.O. VHS [6/98] for $11.99 |
 | "Cowboys of The Saturday Matinee" [1984]
Warner VHS [8/93] out of prodn/used |
"History Channel: The Real West" [1992-93] DVD Box Set
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A&E Home Video color DVD [undated] 4 disks for $25.99
contains 8 feature-length documentary films [aired 1992-93] hosted by Kenny Rogers: segment titles are "Buffalo Bill", "Wild Bill Hickok", "The James Gang", "The Texas Rangers", "Legendary Cowboys", "Law Behind The Tin Star", "Ten Most Wanted", and "Guns That Tamed The West" series credits at IMDb |
"How The West Was Lost" 6-hour mini-series
[Discovery Channel May 1993]
 | Produced & directed by Chris Wheeler & Sonny Hutchinson; segments include "The Navajo: A Clash of Cultures"; "The Nez Perce of Oregon: I Will Fight No More Forever"; "The Apache"; "The Cheyenne: The Only Good Indian Is A Dead Indian"; "The Lakota Sioux" A Good Day To Die"; "The Seminole: Unconquered"; and "The Iroquois: Divided We Fall"
Apache Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/scarce Cheyenne (58 min.) Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/used Iroquois (50 min.) Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/used Lakota (58 min.) Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/used Lakota 2 (58 min.) Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/used Navajo (50 min.) Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/used Nez Perce (58 min.) Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/used Seminole Time-Life Video color VHS [1993] out of prodn/used DVD/Blu-ray not available; no entry at IMDb "How The West Was Lost" music by Peter Kater, with R. Carlos Nakai Volume 1: Silver Wave soundtrack CD [4/93] 23 tracks - out of prodn/many used Volume 2: Silver Wave soundtrack CD [1/95] 24 tracks for $16.98 |
"American Experience: The Way West" mini-series [May 1995]
DVD set subtitled "How The West Was Lost & Won, 1845-1893"
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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 |
Ken Burns Presents "The West" miniseries [1996]
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Executive produced by Ken Burns; co-produced & 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 $71.49 PBS VHS [1/98] 9 tapes - out of prodn/used 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 |
 | "Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs" [Starz/Encore TV special 2000] Co-produced & directed by Robert J. Emery; written by James MacEachern, based on William K. Everson's book "The Hollywood Western"; narrated by Dave Mann; featured personnel include Rex Allen, 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Gene Autry, Ward Bond, William Boyd [1895-1972], Walter Brennan, Johnny Mack Brown, Smiley Burnette, Yakima Canutt, Harry Carey, Lili Damita, Eddie Dean, Andy Devine, Dale Evans, John Ford [1894-1973], Clark Gable [1901-60], Hoot Gibson [1892-1962], Reed Hadley, William S. Hart [1864-1946], Raymond Hatton, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Howard Hughes [1905-76], Herb Jeffries, Ben Johnson, Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix [1880-1940], George O'Brien, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Randolph Scott [1898-1987], Bob Steele, Al St. John, Tom Tyler & John Wayne [1907-79] not available on video/DVD • full credits from IMDb • producer's official movie page |
 | "When Cowboys Were King" 2-hour documentary [History Channel 2003] Co-produced & directed by Michael Emerson; narrated by Eli Wallach A&E Home Video color DVD [6/2006] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb |
"Vaquero" video series [2005-2009] by Susan Jensen & Paul Singer
official website
#1 http://www.amazon.com/Tapadero-Vaqueros-Buckaroos-Cowboys-California/dp/B000O79FK0/
Remuda #2 http://www.amazon.com/Vaqueros-Buckaroos-Cowboys-Ranches-vaquero/dp/B000O79GB8/
#3 http://www.amazon.com/Paniolo-Hawaiian-Cowboys-Paniolos-Californio/dp/B000YM6B5C/
#4 http://www.amazon.com/Houlihan-Cowboys-Buckaroos-Montana-Wyoming/dp/B001AIUYTI/
#5 http://www.amazon.com/Los-Primeros-First-Vaqueros/dp/B001NXN6UY/
#6 http://www.amazon.com/Tierra-Encantado-New-Mexico-Cowboy/dp/B002WY6QEG/
"How The West Was Lost" [BBC-TV June 2008}
90-minute British TV documentary on the demise of the Western movie; directed by
Chris Cottam, written by Rich Hall • not available on DVD.Blu-ray • full credits at IMDb
 | "American History of The Wild West" DVD Box Set [2010] Eight hours of documentary films on two disks: "Wild Bill' Hickok" Parts 1 & 2; "Wyatt Earp" Parts 1 & 2; "Old West Cowboys" Parts 1 & 2; "Gunfighters of The Old West" Parts 1 & 2; "Cowboys, Indians and Me"; and "Western Heroes of The Silver Screen" featuring Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger & Roy Rogers Digital1stop color DVD [4/2011] 2 disks for $5.86 Mill Creek Ent. Collectible Tin Box color DVD [9/2010] 2 disks for $13.49 |
 | "The American West: A 12-hour Documentary Collection" DVD Box Set [2010] Mill Creek Ent. color DVD set [10/2010] 8 disks for $26.99 contains short & feature-length documentary & dramatic films about cowboys and Indians: topics include The Anasazi, Archaeology, Billy The Kid, The Cavalry, The Desert People, Wyatt Earp, The Eskimos of Alaska, Geronimo, Gunslingers, 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Indian battles, The Indian Warrior, The Indians, Jesse James, Lewis and Clark, The Moundbuilders, Native American culture & arts, Navajo & Pueblo heritage, Old West Cowboys, Seminoles of The Everglades, and "White Fawn's Devotion" [1910 silent film] |
Spaghetti Western DVD Collections
"The Spaghetti Western Collection" [2004]
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Western-Collection-Lee-Cleef/dp/B0001MMGFE/
"The Spaghetti Western" [2005]
http://www.amazon.com/The-Spaghetti-Western/dp/B000AARK62/
 | "The Spaghetti West: An I.F.C. Original Documentary - A Celebration of The Classic Italian Westerns of The 1960s" [2005] 56-minute documentary TV film co-produced, written & directed by David Gregory; featuring interviews & clips of Alex Cox, Sergio Donati, Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, Franco Nero & Sergio Sollima New Video Group/Docurama color/b&w DVD [6/2007] for $18.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Spaghetti Western Gunfighters Collection" [2006]
Starring Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Anthony Dawson
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Western-Gunfighters-Collection-Cleef/dp/B000IOM2AE/
"Spaghetti Westerns" (2006)
Starring Jack Palance, William Shatner, Guy Madison
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Westerns-Palance-William-Shatner/dp/B000CNET2A/
"Spaghetti Westerns 20 Movie Pack" [2008]
Starring Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Westerns-20-Movie-Pack/dp/B0014CKCCY/
"Spaghetti Western Collection" (2010)
Starring Lee Van Cleef, Franco Nero, Jack Palance, George Eastman
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Western-Collection-11pc-Cleef/dp/B003XMKUFC/
"Spaghetti Western Collection" (2010)
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Western-Collection-John-Wayne/dp/B003XUIMJ0/
"Spaghetti Western Collection" (2010)
Starring Lee Van Cleef, Gianni Garko, Franco Nero
http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Western-Collection-Lee-Cleef/dp/B0031Z5RZ4/
"10,000 Ways To Die: Spaghetti Western Collection" [2010]
http://www.amazon.com/000-Ways-Die-Spaghetti-Collection/dp/B003XMKU34/
The Modern West
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"Don't Come Knocking"
[Sony Classics March 2006]
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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]
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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]
 | 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 novella by Max Evans; starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette & Penélope Cruz; won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler 1999; filming locations included Pritchett, Colorado and Bernal, Cerrillos, Galisteo, Española, Las Vegas, San Jose & Santa Fe in New Mexico
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 novella 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]
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Directed by David Miller; script by [blacklistee] Dalton Trumbo, based on 'The Brave Cowboy'; starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands & Walter Matthau
Universal widescreen b&w DVD [7/2009] for $17.49 Universal b&w VHS [3/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"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 |
"Pocket Money" [First Artists/National General Feb 1972]
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A down-on-his-luck cowboy in 1970s Arizona agrees to work for two shady ranchers; he and a friend bring 200 cattle up from Mexico, with a series of problems along the way.
Directed by Stuart Rosen-berg; adapted by Terrence Malick & John Gay, based on the 1970 novel "Jim Kane" by Joseph P. Brown; cinematography by László Kovács; starring Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra & Fred Graham
Warner Home Video color DVD [undated] for $9.95 Warner Home Video color VHS [8/93] for $14.98 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Jim Kane" novel [1970] by J.P.S. Brown
Authors Guild BackInPrint 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $22.95 Domain mass pb [7/91] out of print/used Dial Press 9x6½ hardcover [3/70] out of print/used E.P. Dutton hardcover [3/70] out of print/used "Pocket Money" movie tie-in edition [1972] award books movie tie-in mass pb [1972] for $0.00 |
"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"
[Sony Classics Dec 2005]
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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" [Fox Oct 1972]
  | Filmed on location in Colorado & New Mexico; 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 |
"Wild Horses & Renegades" [festival circuit 2010]
 | A 'call-to-action' color short film from Moving Cloud Productions also called "Saving The American Wild Horse", with a followup documentary film "Disappointment Valley ... A Modern Day Western". Each film describes how the politics behind the Bureau of Land Management's recent policy changes has put the very existence of America's wild horses and burros in jeopardy. Co-produced & directed by James Kleinert; featuring Michael Blake, Sheryl Crow, Daryl Hannah, Viggo Mortensen, Willie Nelson & Madeleine Pickens; filmed in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Washington, DC
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
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"Budd Boetticher Box Set" [2008]
Sony widescreen color DVD [11/2008] 5 disks for $44.99 Five of the six 'Ranown Cycle' Western films produced by Harry Joe Brown, written by Burt Kennedy, directed by Budd Boetticher & starring Randolph Scott: "The Tall T" [1957] based on an Elmore Leonard story, co-starring Richard Boone & Maureen O'Sullivan; "Decision At Sundown" [1957] co-starring John Carroll; "Buchanan Rides Alone" [1958] co-written by Charles Lang, based on the Jonas Ward novel; "Ride Lonesome" [1959] co-starring Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Best, Lee Van Cleef & James Coburn; and "Comanche Station" [1960] co-starring Claude Akins & Nancy Gates; {unclear why "Seven Men From Now" [1956] co-starring Gail Russell & Lee Marvin is absent} |
"Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That" [2005 TV] /tt0486560/
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