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Lesser-Known  Western  Movies
{ in alphabetical order }

"Appaloosa" [New Line Sept 2008]

The town of Appaloosa in New Mexico Territory has fallen under the rule of a ruthless rancher, who shoots the town marshal and two deputies in cold blood. The town merchants hire a new marshal and his sidekick to rid them of their oppressor. Complications begin with the arrival of a mysterious widow who takes a job playing piano at the town's hotel. Co-written & directed by and starring Ed Harris; co-produced, co-written by & co-starring Robert Knott; also starring Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall & Rex Linn; filming locations included Abiquiu, Rio Chama, Diablo Canyon, Galisteo Basin & Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico New Line Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2009] 2 disks for $14.99 New Line Home Video widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $17.99 Lakeshore Records soundtrack CD [10/2008] 25 tracks for $14.99 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 latest credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Appaloosa: A Novel" [2005] by Robert B. Parker "A stunning Western ... one of Parker's finest." — Publishers Weekly Berkley mass pb [6/2006] for $7.99 Putnam 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2005] for $16.47 Random House UNABR audio CD [6/2005] for $18.15 Random House UNABR audio [6/2005] for $16.50

"Buffalo Bill & The Indians, or Sitting
Bull's History Lesson" [De Laurentiis June 1976]

Directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; based on the stage play by Arthur L. Kopit; starring Paul Newman {as 'Buffalo Bill' Cody}, 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

"Dirty Dingus Magee" [M.G.M. Nov 1970]

Western parody; stagecoach robber Dingus Magee robs his old pal Hoke, who stops off at the town of Yerkie's Hole and is appointed sheriff by the lady mayor, who is also madam of the bordello. Her plan is to stir up the local (peaceful) Indians, so that the U.S. Army cavalry outpost does not move away, taking with it the town's economy. Co-produced & directed by Burt Kennedy; based on the novel by David Markson; starring Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Lois Nettleton, Jack Elam, Michele Carey & John Dehner • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia M.G.M./Warner color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used Double Feature soundtrack CD - with "The Dirty Dozen" [1967] Chapter III Records soundtrack CD [7/2000] 26 tracks - out of prodn/used

"The Ballad of Dingus Magee: Being The Immortal True Saga of The Most Notorious and Desperate Bad Man of The Olden Days" [1965] by David Markson Counterpoint bargain price mass pb [5/2008] for $5.58 Counterpoint mass pb [5/2008] for $12.55 Dell mass pb [1965] out of print/used Bobbs-Merrill 8x5¾ hardcover [1965] out of print/used

"Heaven's  Gate"
[Partisan/United Artists Nov 1980]

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: 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]

Directed by Sydney Pollack; script by John Milius & Edward Anhalt from two books (below); starring Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Joaquín Martínez, Allyn Ann McLerie & Stefan Gierasch Warner widescreen color DVD [9/98] out of prodn/many used Warner color VHS [6/2001] out of prodn/many used Warner widescreen color VHS [6/2001] out of prodn/used 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: A Novel of Male & Female In The Early American West" [1967] by Vardis Fisher Univ Idaho Press pb [12/2000] for $9.95 Amereon hardcover [10/80] for $30.95 "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

"The King of The Wild Horses"
[Hal Roach April 1924 silent Western feature]

The son of a horse rancher is determined to capture & tame a wild stallion; he saves the horse during a forest fire, and together they prove that the foreman has been rustling horses and laying the blame on the boy. Directed by Fred Jackman, Sr.; script by Hal Roach & Carl Himm; starring Edna Murphy, Sidney De Gray, Charley Chase (as Charles Parrott), Léon Bary, Pat Hartigan & Rex the Wonder Horse Televista b&w silent DVD [6/2009] for $17.99   full credits at IMDb

"Lemonade Joe: A Horse Opera"
[Czechoslovakia 1964]

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

"The Missouri Breaks" [Devon/Persky-Bright May 1976]

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"

	1970 feature film [Cinema Center Oct 1970] "Monte Walsh is haunting and lyrical; a slow, realistic, and melancholy poem on celluloid." per Stephen T. McCarthy of Arizona 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
	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
	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]

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]

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]

"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: 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]

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

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]

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

"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 at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

"Red Garters" musical Western spoof [Paramount Feb 1954]

A musical filmed in 3-D & Technicolor; a man looking for his brother's killer is surprised to find everyone celebrating the brother's death and an end to gunplay in general. He eventually discovers the murderer and each man swears to shoot down the other in a gunfight; however, their girlfriends team up to put an end to the bloodshed. Directed by George Marshall; choreography by Nick Castle; starring Rosemary Clooney], Guy Mitchell, Jack Carson, Pat Crowley, Gene Barry, Cass Daley, Frank Faylen, Reginald Owen, Joanne Gilbert & Buddy Ebsen Paramount color DVD [9/2005] out of prodn/used Paramount color VHS [1998] for $12.98 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Ride The High Country" [M.G.M. June 1962]

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 Home Video widescreen color DVD [1/2006] for $14.99 Warner color VHS [3/91] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb

"The Squaw Man"

silent feature [Famous Players-Lasky Feb 1914] Partly filmed along then-natural Ballona Creek in Culver City, California as well as at San Pedro Harbor, Hollywood & Chatsworth; British nobleman James is framed for embezzlement by his cousin, and flees to the American West; he acquires a ranch and marries a local Ute Indian girl; the crooked cousin dies, leaving a written confession, and word arrives that James can return to England; he refuses to leave Wyoming but agrees to allow his half-breed son to go, for the advantages of an aristocratic upbringing; distraught over the loss of her son, and pursued by the sheriff over an old crime, the Indian girl kills herself; James then returns to England as the new Earl of Kerhill. Co-produced & co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille; co-directed by Oscar Apfel; based on the 1905 Broadway stageplay by Edwin Milton Royle; starring Dustin Farnum & Red Wing, with Monroe Salisbury, Winifred Kingston, William Elmer & Hal Roach Alpha Video b&w silent DVD [7/2006] for $7.98 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"The Squaw Man" silent remake [1918]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Squaw_Man_(1918_film)

sound feature remake [M.G.M. Sept 1931] Same plot as before: British nobleman under a cloud for embezzlement finds a wife in the American Southwest; when his cousin dies and confesses the crime, he has a chance to return to England and assume the title. Produced & directed by Cecil B. DeMille; based on the 1905 Broadway stageplay by Edwin Milton Royle (and on the DeMille films of 1914 & 1918); starring Warner Baxter, Lupe Velez, Eleanor Boardman, Charles Bickford, Paul Cavanagh & Julia Faye DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"3:10 To Yuma" [Columbia Aug 1957]

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 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] 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

"Under A Texas Moon" [Warner Bros. April 1930]

The first sound Western filmed in color; one print exists, copied at the UCLA Archive. Directed by Michael Curtiz; adapted by Gordon Rigby, from Stewart Edward White's novel "Two-Gun Man"; starring Frank Fay, Raquel Torres, Myrna Loy, Armida Vendrell & Noah Beery Sr. DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits from IMDb

"The Vanishing American" [Paramount 1925]

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]

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/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb based on the 1957 novel by Heck Allen (writing as Will Henry) Leisure mass pb [3/98] for $4.99

Selected  Favorite  Western  Movies
{ in chronological order }

jump to NEW movies, coming soon

★           ★

"The Great Train Robbery"
[Edison Mfg. Dec 1903]

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 • credits from IMDb V.C.I. 100th Anniversary b&w DVD [12/2003] for $17.99 the DVD includes "Tumbleweeds" [1925 silent] by William S. Hart; "The Battle of Elderbush Gulch" [1913 silent] by D.W. Griffith [1875-1948]; and "The Heart of Texas Ryan" [1917 silent] with Tom Mix, plus extras

watch "The Great Train Robbery" free online at Internet Archive

★           ★

"Go West" feature film [B.K.P./M.G.M. 1925 silent]

After failing in New York City, Buster heads West and is dumped off a train near a ranch, where he is hired as a cowboy. He takes a pebble from the hoof of a cow, who then follows him everywhere. The rancher needs to sell 1,000 beeves to save the ranch, and Buster and the cattle are set loose in the streets of Los Angeles. Co-produced, co-written, directed by & starring Buster Keaton; also starring Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Joe Keaton & Brown Eyes the Cow Kino Video b&w DVD [11/99] for $11.55 Kino Video b&w VHS [11/2001] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia video & DVD also contain shorts "The Scarecrow" & "The Paleface" DOUBLE FEATURE on DVD or Blu-ray with "Battling Butler" [1926] Kino Intl. b&w silent Blu-ray [9/2011] for $31.49 Kino Intl. b&w silent DVD [9/2011] 2 disks for $22.49

★           ★

"The Winning of Barbara Worth" [1926]
article on the making of The Winning of Barbara Worth
http://www.hbw.addr.com/blackrock.htm

★           ★

"The Big Trail" [1930]
Directed by Raoul Walsh; starring John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, Tyrone Power Sr. &
David Rollins; listed at National Film Registry 2006; DVD • credits from IMDb

"The Making of The Big Trail" [2008 video release] /tt1346899/

★           ★

"The Squaw Man" sound feature remake [M.G.M. Sept 1931]

British nobleman under a cloud for embezzlement finds a wife in the American Southwest; when his cousin dies and confesses the crime, he has a chance to return to England and assume the title. Produced & directed by Cecil B. DeMille; based on the 1905 Broadway stageplay by Edwin Milton Royle (and on the DeMille films of 1914 & 1918); starring Warner Baxter, Lupe Velez, Eleanor Boardman, Charles Bickford, Paul Cavanagh & Julia Faye DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

★           ★

"Cowboy From Brooklyn" musical Western
[Cosmopolitan/Warner Bros. July 1938]

'Wyoming Steve' Gibson has a pleasant tenor and a really neat cowboy outfit, so he's sure to hit it big as Hollywood's next singing cowboy star, as long as nobody figures out that he is really an East Coast city slicker who's scared silly of animals, big or small. He manages to pull off the ruse until he's challenged to ride in a Madison Square Garden rodeo – on a horse! Full of sprightly songs by lyricist Johnny Mercer and melodists Richard Whiting & Harry Warren. Directed by Lloyd Bacon; screenplay by Earl Baldwin, based on the 1937 Broadway stageplay "Howdy Stranger"; starring Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, Priscilla Lane, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Emma Dunn, Granville Bates & James Stephenson Warner Archive b&w DVD-R [9/2011] for $18.49 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Two Guys From Texas" Technicolor remake
musical Western [Warner Bros. Aug 1948]

Two vaudeville performers are stranded at a Texas dude ranch; largely the same musical comedy plot as "Cowboy From Brooklyn" [1938], but with different songs, from Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne. The cameo by Bugs Bunny is his first appearance in a feature film. Directed by David Butler; script by I.A.L. Diamond & Allen Boretz, based on the 1937 Broadway stageplay "Howdy Stranger"; starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone, Penny Edwards, Forrest Tucker, Fred Clark, Gerald Mohr, John Alvin, Andrew Tombes & Monte Blue VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

★           ★

"Destry Rides Again" [1939]
Directed by George Marshall; based on the novel by Max Brand; starring Marlene Dietrich, James
Stewart & Brian Donlevy; listed at National Film Registry 1996; DVD • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Virginia City" [1940]
Directed by Michael Curtiz; starring Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott & Humphrey Bogart

★           ★

"The Outlaw" [United Artists Feb 1943]

Gunfighter Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico, looking for his stolen horse. Sheriff Pat Garrett finds it in the possession of cowboy outlaw Billy The Kid. Doc and Billy become friends, the sheriff wounds Billy, and Doc asks his girlfriend Rio to hide Billy. Romance ensues, Billy assumes possession of both the girl and the horse, and the final showdown is expectedly tragic (and non-historical). Produced & co-directed by Howard Hughes, co-directed by Howard Hawks; cinema- tography by Gregg Toland; starring Jack Buetel (as Billy), Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, Ben Johnson & Mimi Aguglia Platinum Disc b&w DVD [6/99] for $6.99 R.O.A.N. b&w DVD [10/99] for $12.99 Madacy Ent. b&w VHS [9/97] out of prodn/used Starcuts b&w VHS [4/2002] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 16"x20" Jane Russell art print available at AllPosters.com

★           ★

"Tall In The Saddle" [1944] starring John Wayne
videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"San Antonio" [studio mo 1945]
full credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Canyon Passage" [Universal Pictures July 1946]
color Western noir directed by Jacques Tourneur; full credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Red River" [1948]: listed at National Film Registry 1990
1948 feature film: videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb
Directed by Howard Hawks; starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru & Walter Brennan
1988 tv movie: credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Montana" [studio mo 1950]
full credits from IMDb

★           ★

"The Gunfighter" [1950] starring Gregory Peck

★           ★

"Winchester '73" [Universal July 1950]

Mad for revenge, McAdam tracks a killer to Dodge City where Marshall Earp disarms them both; McAdam wins a shooting contest for a special Winchester rifle against his quarry, who then steals the rifle and leaves town. Directed by Anthony Mann; based on a story by Stuart N. Lake; starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell, Steve Brodie, John McIntire, Jay C. Flippen, Rock Hudson & Will Geer {as Wyatt Earp}; WGA nomination for Best Western Script Universal b&w DVD [5/2003] for $11.49 Universal b&w VHS [5/92] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb • credits for 1967 TV movie remake 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com

★           ★

"Springfield Rifle" [1952]
videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"The Naked Spur" [1953]
listed at National Film Registry 1997

★           ★

"The Man From Laramie" [1955]
videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Man With The Gun" [1955]
videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Tin Star" [1957]: videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Gunfight At The O.K. Corral"
[Paramount May 1957]

Captures the spirit of the legend, if not the facts. Directed by John Sturges; written by George Scullin & Leon Uris; starring Burt Lancaster {as Wyatt Earp}, Kirk Douglas {as Doc Holliday}, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Lyle Bettger, Frank Faylen, Earl Holliman, Ted de Corsia, Dennis Hopper, Whit Bissell, George Mathews, John Hudson, DeForest Kelley, Martin Milner & Kenneth Tobey {as Bat Masterson} Paramount color DVD [4/2003] for $9.98 Warner widescreen color VHS [2/97] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb

★           ★

"The Tall T" [1957]: listed at National Film Registry 2000

★           ★

"The Left Handed Gun" [Warner May 1958]

James Dean was cast as the rebellious teenage outlaw, but died in a car crash; young cowhand Billy The Kid vows revenge when his peaceful rancher boss is murdered, escalating the Lincoln County War. Directed by Arthur Penn; script by Leslie Stevens, from the play by Gore Vidal; starring Paul Newman {as Billy}, John Dehner, Denver Pyle, James Congdon, James Best & Lita Milan Warner b&w VHS [1/94] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb DVD available only as part of Paul Newman Boxed Set [2006] Warner DVD box set [11/2006] 7 disks for $29.99

★           ★

"Man of The West" [1958]: videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"The Hanging Tree" [1959]: videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

"Rio Bravo" [1959] directed by Howard Hawks; starring John Wayne
videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★

'The Magnificent Seven' [1960]

Director Sturges developed a Western script based closely on the plot of Akira Kurosawa's hit epic "Seven Samurai" [1954]; filming took place on location in Mexico, using widescreen Cinemascope cameras. Poor farmers in Mexico hire an American gunman to defend their village from bandits. He brings along six others, who defend the village against 40 attackers in a climactic shootout. Co-produced & directed by John Sturges; music by Elmer Bernstein; starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter & Whit Bissell; Oscar nomination for Best Music Score M.G.M. Special Edition widescreen color DVD [5/2001] for $9.99 M.G.M. color VHS [4/92] out of prodn/many used Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [3/2004] 24 tracks for $13.99 credits at IMDb • official movie site • film entry at Wikipedia

more details (synopses, remakes & sequels, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Seven Samurai" & "Magnificent Seven" Movies Page

★           ★

"The Misfits" [1961]
Directed by John Huston; written by Arthur Miller [1915-2005]; starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe,
Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter & Eli Wallach; videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb

★           ★           ★           ★

"A Fistful of Dollars"  [1964]

"For A Few Dollars More"  [1965]

"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"  [1966]
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Ugly-Blu-ray/dp/B001U6YI92/

"The Man With No Name Trilogy" [2010] M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2010] 3 disks for $54.99 M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color DVD [10/99] 3 disks for $15.99 contains the three feature films above; extras unknown

★           ★           ★           ★

"Ranch of The Ruthless" [Italy March 1965]

Nicely-done Italian-language Western, with similarities to 'Rio Bravo'; also known as "Oklahoma John", recent DVD release as "The Man From Oklahoma". The new sheriff stands up to the nasty rancher and his violent coward son. Directed by Jaime Jesús Balcázar & Roberto Bianchi Montero; co-written by Alfonso Balcázar; starring Anton Geesink/Rick Horn, José Calvo, Sabine Bethmann, Giuseppe Addobbati, Tom Felleghy, Karl-Otto Alberty, George Herzig, Maria De Nieva & Antonio Almorós Dorado Films color DVD [10/2009] for $17.99 credits at IMDb

★           ★

"The Rounders" [M.G.M. March 1965]

Two aging Arizona bronco busters spent the winter corraling steers; usually they blow their winter pay in one night, but this year they have a plan: to take an ornery, unbreakable roan to the Sedona Rodeo and bet their bankroll that no cowboy can ride him. Adapted & directed by Burt Kennedy; based on the 1960 novel by Max Evans; starring Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Freeman, Joan Freeman, Denver Pyle, Barton MacLane, Doodles Weaver, Allegra Varron, Peter Fonda, Warren Oates & Casey Tibbs Warner Bros. Archive Collxn widescreen color DVD [1/2010] for $24.49 M.G.M./Warner color VHS [5/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia 1960 novel by Max Evans Univ NM Press 50th Anniv Edition 9x6 pb [6/2010] for $13.22

★           ★

"Will Penny" [1968] starring Charlton heston

★           ★

"Once Upon A Time In The West" [1968]
videos/DVDs • credits from IMDb
listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)

★           ★           ★           ★

"Sabata"  [1969] /tt0064916/

"Adios Sabata" aka 'Indio Black'   [1971] /tt0066745/

"Return of Sabata" aka "È tornato Sabata"  [1971] /tt0067672/

"The Sabata Trilogy" DVD Box Set [2005] M.G.M. Home Video color DVD set [10/2005] 3 disks for $23.99 contains 3 feature films: "Sabata" [Italy 1969] co-written & directed by Gianfranco Parolini, starring Lee Van Cleef; "Adios Sabata" [Italy 1971] co-written & directed by Gianfranco Parolini, starring Yul Brynner; and "Return of Sabata" [Italy 1971] co-written & directed by Gianfranco Parolini, starring Lee Van Cleef Sabata Trilogy entry at Wikipedia

★           ★           ★           ★

"Wild Rovers" [1971]
the only Western directed by Blake Edwards; starring William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden

★           ★

"The Outlaw Josey Wales" [1976]
listed at National Film Registry 1996

★           ★

"Tom Horn" [1980] starring Steve McQueen

★           ★

"Bronco Billy" [1980]: DVD • credits from IMDb
Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood

★           ★

Larry McMurtry's 'Lonesome Dove' Saga [1985-2008]

★           ★

"Deadwood" [H.B.O. March 2004 - Aug 2006]

	36 one-hour episodes set in the lawless & corrupt frontier town of Deadwood, South Dakota beginning just weeks after the Sioux massacre of George Custer's troops at Little Big Horn (1876). The series used its late-night cable venue to advantage, with very adult themes (sexual & political) and constant profanity. Former sheriff Seth Bullock and gunfighter Bill Hickok find themselves lined up against saloon-owner Al Swearengen, with changing relationships among the townsfolk as law & order and then outside business & political interests affect the town's rapid growth. Co-produced & co-written by David Milch; starring Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Molly Parker, John Hawkes, Brad Dourif, Dayton Callie, William Sanderson, Robin Weigert, Jim Beaver, Jeffrey Jones, Gerald McRaney, Keith Carradine, Leon Rippy, Anna Gunn, W. Earl Brown, Paula Malcomson, Sean Bridgers, Bree Seanna Wall, Kim Dickens, Powers Boothe, Titus Welliver, Peter Jason, Larry Cedar & Geri Jewell; won D.G.A. Award, 8 Emmy Awards (of 28 noms), 2 W.G.A. noms Complete Series on Blu-ray: H.B.O. widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2010] 13 disks for $119.99 Complete Series on DVD: H.B.O. widescreen color DVD set [12/2008] 19 disks for $87.99 First Season: H.B.O. widescreen color DVD set [2/2005] 6 disks for $54.99 Second Season: H.B.O. widescreen color DVD set [5/2006] 6 disks for $54.99 Third Season: H.B.O. widescreen color DVD set [6/2007] 6 disks for $54.99 Complete Seasons: H.B.O. widescreen color DVD set [6/2007] 18 disks for $159.99 series credits from IMDb • H.B.O. official site • series entry at Wikipedia
	"Reading Deadwood: A Western To Swear By" [2006] Edited by David Lavery I.B. Tauris 8½x6 pb [9/2006] for $13.57 "Deadwood: Music From The H.B.O. Original Series" [2005] Lost Highway Records soundtrack CD [2/2005] 23 tracks for $9.97
	"Deadwood: A Novel" [1986] by Pete Dexter Vintage 8x5¼ pb [7/2005] for $10.17 Penguin 7½x5 pb [8/89] out of print/used Random House hardcover [3/86] out of print/many used "Deadwood: Stories of The Black Hills" [2006] by David Milch Bloomsbury USA 9x8 hardcover [10/2006] for $19.77

★           ★

"Rango" animated feature [I.L.M./Paramount Feb 2011]

An outstanding and also astounding CGI-generated film, the first from George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic company; suggested by several print reviewers as Best of The Year (before it opened). A city-bred lizard gets abandoned in the Southwest desert and stumbles into the town of Dirt in the middle of a water crisis. Co-produced, directed & co-written by Gore Verbinski; co-written by John Logan; starring voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton & Timothy Olyphant Paramount widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [7/2011] 2 disks for $19.99   Paramount widescreen color DVD [7/2011] for $15.99   full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Ballad of Rango: The Art and Making of An Outlaw Film" [2011] by David S. Cohen, Introduction by Gore Verbinski Insight Editions 10¼x11½ hardcover [3/2011] for $26.37

★           ★

"Cowboys & Aliens" [Imagine/Universal July 2011]

Location filming at Randsburg, California and at Abiquiu & Santa Fe, New Mexico; stunned cowboy wakes up in an 1870s Western town where he has enemies just as the town is attacked by flying saucers. Co-produced & directed by Jon Favreau; based on the graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg; starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Buck Taylor, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Adam Beach, Brian Duffy, Keith Carradine & Brendan Wayne Universal widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo set [12/2011] for $23.99   Universal widescreen color DVD [12/2011] for $16.99   full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia "Cowboys and Aliens: The Illustrated Screenplay" [2011] Insight Editions 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $14.21

"Cowboys & Aliens" graphic novel [2006] by Rosenberg, Van Lente, Foley, Calero & Lima Image Comics 10x6½ pb [12/2006] out of print/used Image Comics 10x6½pb [12/2006] out of print/used It Books 10¼x7 hardcover [2/2011] for $15.37 Platinum Studios hardcover [2006] out of print/used publisher's official book page novelization by Joan D. Vinge [2011] Tor Books mass pb [8/2011] for $7.99

★           ★

"Blackthorn: Sin Destino (Without Destiny)"  
[Spain July 2011, Magnolia Pictures Oct 2011]

Filmed in Bolivia; Butch Cassidy survived the shootout in Bolivia and decides to return home under the name of Blackthorn. Back in America's West, he partners with a fugitive bankrobber pursued by a ruthless posse. Directed by Mateo Gil; script by Miguel Barros; starring Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega, Dominique McElligott, Padraic Delaney, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Daniel Aguirre & Stephen Rea DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

★           ★

"Gateway" TV series [Warner/TNT for 2012?]  
Announced 8/2011: T.N.T. has authorized a 'cast-contingent' deal to film the pilot for a new Western TV series called
"Gateway". Bruce C. McKenna & Danny Cannon will produce for Warner Horizon Television. The story is about three
brothers who stand up against the ruthless local cattle baron who caused the murder of their sheriff father.

"The Frontier" TV series [Sony TV/NBC-TV for 2012?]  
Announced 9/2011: Sony Pictures Television & NBC-TV are developing a new series set in the 1840s that revolves
around a group who follow their dreams and head West from Missouri across the uncharted country; to be produced
by Shaun Cassidy, Paul Frank & director Thomas Schlamme

"The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday"  
[Paramount 2012] /tt1570698/

"A Thousand Guns" [2012] /tt1232800/ starring Vera Farmiga

★           ★

"Django Unchained" [Weinstein / Sony Dec 2012]  

The film takes place in the post-Civil War U.S. South, but is designed to have the style of a spaghetti Western. A freed slave seeks revenge against a nasty slave-holder who took his wife away from him. Written & directed by Quentin Tarantino; starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Kerry Washington, Dennis Christopher, Laura Cayouette, M.C. Gainey, Tom Savini, Anthony LaPaglia, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gerald McRaney, Sacha Baron Cohen & Michael K. Williams DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • latest info at IMDb • official movie fansite • movie entry at Wikipedia

★           ★

"Blood Meridian" [2015?] /tt0983189/
Based on the Western novel [Random House 1985] by Cormac McCarthy

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