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The Indian Fighter

Western

Trail guide Kirk Douglas agrees to shepherd a wagon train through Sioux territory. Douglas tries to convince the Sioux to leave his charges alone, but such hot-heads as drunken white trader Walter Matthau and embittered Indian brave Harry Landers escalate the tensions. Douglas is forced to go "mano y mano" with Landers; Douglas wins, but refuses to kill Landers, having lost his taste for killing. But when Matthau and his partner Lon Chaney Jr. contrive to rob the Indians of their gold, Sioux chief Eduard Franz prepares to wipe out the settlers. Only when Douglas risks life and limb to bring Matthau and Chaney Jr. to justice does Franz relent.

Sergeant Rutledge

Western

A proud cavalry soldier (Golden Globe-nominee Woody Strode - "The Professionals," "Spartacus") and former slave is accused of rape and murder but defended during a court martial by his superior officer. Directed by four time Academy Award-winner and Golden Globe-winner John Ford ("The Quiet Man," "The Grapes of Wrath," "The Searchers").

The Left Handed Gun

Western

This unusually gritty Western about gunslinger William Bonney, better known as "Billy the Kid," portrays Bonney as he is historically known to have been: illiterate, unintelligent and homicidal. When a rancher treats Bonney with kindness for the first time in his hard life, Bonney becomes devoted to the man. When the rancher is killed, Bonney goes on a murderous rampage to avenge his friend, which leads head-long to a confrontation with Pat Garrett, the man who would finally gun him down. Based on the play by Gore Vidal, this Western classic stars Academy Award-winner Paul Newman ("Message in a Bottle," "The Hudsucker Proxy") as William Bonney, Lita Milan ("I Mobster," "Never Love a Stranger"), and John Dehner("The Right Stuff," "The Boys from Brazil"). This was the first movie directed by Academy Award-nominee Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde," "Little Big Man").

The Gun Hawk

Western

Gunslinger Rory Calhoun dispenses his own brand of justice in this action-packed Western adventure costarring Rod Cameron and Ruta Lee. It's been three years since gunfighter Blaine Madden (Calhoun) visited his hometown. So when he warns the Sully brothers to stop harassing the town drunk, they shoot the old man dead, not realizing he's Madden's father. Killing them both, Madden is badly wounded by the sheriff (Cameron) but escapes to an outlaw haven where the law fears to tread and prepares what may be his last stand. Written by Jo Heims (Play Misty for Me), The Gun Hawk was the final film directed by Edward Ludwig, whose nearly 50-year career spanned over 100 shorts, TV episodes and features, including the John Wayne hits The Fighting Seabees, Wake of the Red Witch and Big Jim McLain.

Dead 7

Western

Starring an ensemble cast of music’s biggest Pop Stars, a ragtag band of assassins team up to rid a small town of a zombie plague in the post-apocalyptic West.

Whelm

Western

Whelm takes audiences on a mind-bending odyssey through the sprawling landscape of the Great Depression. As a midwestern hotel is brutally robbed of the money it's hiding for a notorious gang, a WWI veteran, August, and his younger brother Reed, get tangled in a rivalry between a legendary bank robber and a mysterious enigma of a man named Alexander Aleksy. With their father left for dead and their safe empty, the brothers embark on an outmatched wild goose chase. Their journey descends into the madness of the mind as the estranged brothers are lured into a snare that forces them to work together and puts them at the center of a larger historic scheme. Told in 13 chapters, the intricately woven web of characters snowballs to an emotional climax of discovery that asks the viewer to look inwards.

The Fastest Guitar Alive

Western

Rock 'n' roll legend Roy Orbison in his first -- and only -- starring feature role as a Confederate spy who becomes entangled in a plot to steal Union gold at the close of the war. But when he and his partner are deemed outlaws, he must rely on his bullet-shooting guitar to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.

Traded

Western

In 1880s Kansas, sharpshooter turned rancher, Clay Travis, goes from happily married father of two to a man on a mission after the tragic death of his son and the disappearance of his daughter. Determined to bring his daughter home, and to protect what little family he has left, Clay leaves his quiet ranch and heads to Wichita and on to Dodge City with help of unlikely companion Billy (Kris Kristofferson), leaving a trail of gun smoke and dead bodies in their wake. Also starring Trace Adkins and Tom Sizemore.

Scandalous John

Western

Saddle up for a rousing adventure in the touching SCANDALOUS JOHN. Brian Keith stars as John McCanless, a grumpy and grizzled old modern-day rancher who believes he's living in the old West. When John can no longer pay the mortgage, a greedy real estate developer steps in to seize the land. Believing that he'll make money off his cattle, he hits the trail and sets out across the desert with his ranch hand Paco to take his one last steer to market. Soon, his cantankerous behavior leads to a series of whooping and hollering shootouts. So rustle up the family and see how the West was fun.

Short Grass

Western

Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he's back. And the bad blood stirred up by his return and the violence caused by a cattleman's grab for all the good grasslands mean Steve must strap on his sidearms again. Rod Cameron -- who became a marquee draw with a pair of espionage serials in the 1940s and went on to establish himself as a popular cowboy star -- makes Steve a hero to reckon with in Short Grass, one of the actor's 10 films with busy shoot-'em-up director Lesley Selander. Johnny Mack Brown, a sagebrush stalwart in his own right, plays the marshal who allies with Steve. Adding to the Western pedigree is costar Cathy Downs, who plays the title role in the iconic My Darling Clementine. Buffs will note other familiar faces, including Alan Hale, Jr., well remembered as the skipper who takes a "three-hour tour" to Gilligan's Island.

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Western

In this follow-up film to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF!, James Garner portrays a con artist who runs off with bride-to-be Marie Windsor to the small Western town of Purgatory where the good citizens mistake him for famous gunslinger Chuck Connors. Garner is actually delighted with the mistake and decides to take the town for everything he can get! Also on hand is Garner's sidekick, dim-witted Jack Elam, and a love interest, tomboyish Suzanne Pleshette, whose ambition is to start a ladies finishing school. But when genuine-gunslinger Connors arrives in town and challenges Garner, Garner remarks, "I'm slow...but you're slower." We will never know...Connors shoots himself in the foot.

Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story

Western

After retiring from his life as an outlaw, ranch owner Nathaniel Reed (Trace Adkins) quietly leads an honest existence with his devoted wife, Laura Lee. But his gun-slinging past suddenly comes back to haunt him when he learns that the man he once maimed during a stagecoach robbery is now a U.S. Marshal (Kim Coates) who will stop at nothing to find vengeance. After a violent shootout brings tragic consequences, Nathaniel returns to his old ways and becomes Texas Jack: the most wanted outlaw in the West. Judd Nelson also stars in this action-packed quest for redemption filled with galloping getaways, a beautiful bounty hunter and the possibility of a second chance.

Santa Fe

Western

Randolph Scott is tougher than boot leather in this wild Western. The four Canfield brothers leave the South after the Civil War and one of them (Scott) takes a job on the Santa Fe Railroad. While he leads an honest, hard-working life, his brothers turn bad.

The Warrant: Breaker's Law

Western

John Breaker and his deputy transport a prisoner to a Western town held hostage by a ruthless gang.

The Confederate

Western

Covington, Georgia, July 1864. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage to her brutal neighbor, Willa Randall disguises herself as a boy and joins Wheeler's Division of the Confederate Cavalry. Dressed in a uniform and adapting to military life, Willa feels safer amid the threat of battle than she ever did at home. Captain Jeff Spencer believes the boy who volunteered to join his troop will be an asset and takes him on as an aide. Can Willa keep her secret from the captain she grows to love, and can she outrun the abusive Edgar Dodds, hot on her trail?

Mclintock! (Producer's Cut)

Western

Wayne shows off his funny side in this 1963 western, a comedy inspired by THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Starring as wealthy cattle baron G.W. McLintock, Wayne shows a real sense of comic timing in several scenes filled with slapstick humor. After his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and daughter leave him for the East, McLintock attempts to win them back. The dynamics between O'Hara and Wayne are the strong suit of this film, the actors having worked together previously on THE QUIET MAN. As this is by no means a revisionist western, McLintock's chauvinistic attempts to "tame" his wife fit within the problematic ideology of the larger western genre. The ultimate example of this comes at the end of the film when McLintock settles his marital dispute by publicly "spanking" his wife in what is now a notorious cinematic moment.

Tombstone Rashomon

Western

The Tombstone story told in the style of the Japanese classic Rashomon where we see history from several perspectives including that of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Kate, Ike Clanton, Colonel Hafford and Johnny Behan.

Last Rites of Ransom Pride

Western

The story begins when Juliette Flowers swears to bring the body of Ransom Pride home to Texas after he’s gunned down in the streets of Mexico. With the help of Siamese twins, a shotgun-toting dwarf, and Ransom’s crackshot younger brother, Juliette spills blood on the border to honor her oath to Ransom Pride. From savage bounty hunters to a murderous Reverend, The Last Rites of Ransom Pride is a full throttle high style graphic novel western that’s a classic in the making.

Eminence Hill

Western

A notorious outlaw and his gang come upon a small homestead, killing both husband and wife and kidnapping their teenage daughter. With the law closing in on them, and after losing their way, the bandits find themselves in the town of Eminence Hill, a community run by a group of deeply pious and fanatical homesteaders.

The Night of the Grizzly

Western

Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.

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