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"60 Great Cowboy Movie Posters" [2003] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [7/2003] for $10.49 |
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"More Cowboy Movie Posters" [1998] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [8/98] for $14.00 |
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"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
"Ultimate Westerns Collection" 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 |
"Western 250 Movie Pack" DVD box set [2007]
 | Mill Creek Ent. DVD box set [10/2007] 60 disks for $89.99
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 |
"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; "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 |
"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 |
"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 |
"Western Heroes Ultimate Collection" [2007]
 | 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]
 | 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" miniseries [1996]
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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" miniseries [May 1995]
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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 |
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"1950s TV's Greatest Westerns" [2002]
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 |
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"Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs" [Starz/Encore TV special 2000]
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, 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] 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 not available on video/DVD full credits from IMDb producer's official movie page |
 | "Cowboys of The Saturday Matinee" [1984] Warner VHS [8/93] for $14.99 |
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"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 |
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"TV'S Greatest Westerns: 90 Minutes of The Best From The Old West!"
Superior Promotions 90-min VHS [undated] out of stock/used |
The Modern Cowboy
"Brokeback Mountain" [2005]
official website
credits from IMDb
"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 novel by Max Evans; starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette & Penιlope 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]
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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 b&w VHS [5/92] 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 |
"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" [1972]
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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
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Oscar 'Budd' Boetticher, Jr. [1916-2001]
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
autobiography "When In Disgrace"
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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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![won Best Director Oscar for "The Informer" [1935]](images/oscar_sm.gif) | John Ford [1894-1973] Page |
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Henry Hathaway [1898-1985]
Westerns/VHS
Westerns/DVD
posters
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Wikipedia
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| | John Huston [1906-87] Page |
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Burt Kennedy [1922-2001]
autobiography
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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Sergio Leone [1929-89] of Italy
Westerns/VHS
Westerns/DVD
'Man With No Name'
posters
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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Anthony Mann [1906-67]
Westerns/DVD
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IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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John Sturges [1911-92]
Westerns/DVD
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| | King Vidor [1894-1982] Page |
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Books About Western Movies
now on their own page
Links
Zane Grey Pages +
ZG movie pages
Western Heritage Award-Winning Movies list
Scottsdale AZ Western Film Festival [March 2004 = #14]
Pioneertown movie ranch [est. 1946] in California
The Cowboy in Movies & Vaudeville
![Lone Pine Film Festival [Oct 2003 = #14]](images/lonepineFF.jpg)
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