Genre: Classic Westerns
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The Spaghetti West (2005)
Cast: Alessandro Alessandroni, Ferdinando Baldi, Enzo G. Castellari …
Directed by: David Gregory
This fascinating documentary from the Independent Film Channel traces the history of the spaghetti Western, a genre that got its name because most of the movies were produced by Italian film…
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Roy Rogers: American Legend (2005)
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans
Saddle up for a nostalgic look at the life of a beloved Hollywood icon. From his humble origins in Cincinnati, Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) began his career as a guitar picker and radio…
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Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks …
Directed by: Lesley Selander
This collection of five classic Westerns from the Hopalong Cassidy franchise -- based on the novels by Clarence E. Mulford -- follows one of America's first silver-screen cowboys…
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Singing Cowboys on the Silver Screen (2004)
Cast: Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Ray Whitely …
Relive your childhood via this video featuring those famous singing movie cowpokes of yesteryear. The following vintage musical clips are included: "Come On Boys We're Riding into Town"…
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Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks …
Directed by: Lesley Selander
This collection of five classic Westerns from the Hopalong Cassidy franchise -- based on the novels by Clarence E. Mulford -- follows one of America's first silver-screen cowboys…
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The Great American Western: Vol. 12 (2003)
Cast: Chill Wills, William Stowell, Robert Woods …
Directed by: Demofilo Fidani, Edward LeSaint, George Templeton …
Settle in for a Wild West marathon with this collection of four classics. William Stowell stars as Lambert, a good man worn down by a nefarious gambler, in "Fighting Mad" (1917). In "The…
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Young Duke Series: The Fugitive (1992)
Cast: John Wayne
A youthful John Wayne stars in three of his earliest works -- "The Fugitive," "On the Run" and "Next of Kin" -- and shows why he became America's favorite cowboy. In the span of a few…
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They Call Him Bulldozer / Jesse & Lester / Kid Stuff / Diamond Peddlers (1978)
Cast: Bud Spencer, Raimund Harmstorf, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua …
Directed by: Giuliano Carnimeo, Michele Lupo, Richard Harrison …
This collection of four cult favorites reveals Italy's role in the American grindhouse of the 1970s. They Call Him Bulldozer stars Bud Spencer as a retired football star who trains his…
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Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977)
Cast: Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Donald O'Brien …
Directed by: Sergio Martino
When a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past -- and a desperate future -- disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a barrage of brutality, betrayal and…
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)
Cast: Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Shelley Duvall …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Robert Altman delivers an uproarious look at Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman), the legendary Western adventurer who turned his celebrity into cash with the creation of a Wild West sideshow.…
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Baker's Hawk (1976)
Cast: Burl Ives, Diane Baker, Cam Clarke …
Directed by: Lyman Dayton
In this family-oriented Western with dual story arcs, 12-year-old Billy Baker (Lee Montgomery) happens upon a wounded hawk and seeks help from crusty hermit Mr. McGraw (Burl Ives), who has a…
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
In this gritty Oscar-nominated Western, ex-Confederate soldier Josey Wales is on the run from both his former unit and the U.S. Army regiment that killed his family when he comes to rest in a…
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Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Cast: Fabio Testi, Lynne Frederick, Michael J. Pollard …
Directed by: Lucio Fulci
After escaping death and then wandering through the desolate Utah frontier, gambler Stubby (Fabio Testi), boozer Clem (Michael J. Pollard), pregnant prostitute Bunny (Lynne Frederick) and…
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Bite the Bullet (1975)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn …
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Gene Hackman plays a former roughrider who matches wits with a lovely but shady lady-in-distress (Candice Bergen). James Coburn is a drifting ex-cowboy who joins a grueling 700-mile race and…
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Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975)
Cast: James Caan, Sammy Davis Jr., Stefanie Powers …
Directed by: Bernard Girard
Somewhere in the mirage-laden distances of the Southwest is a ghost town called Black Nullar. Jud Mc Graw, a tarnished hero, and Little Moon, a not-so-innocent Indian maiden, have scores to…
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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Cast: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe …
Directed by: Stuart Millar
John Wayne returns, eye patch and all, as the irascible Rooster Cogburn in this entertaining sequel to the Oscar-winning True Grit. This time, Wayne gets saddled with prim and proper Eula…
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens …
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Politically incorrect and relentlessly funny, Mel Brooks's take on Hollywood Westerns follows the tortured trail of freed slave Bart, who's elected sheriff of the racist town of…
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My Name Is Nobody (1974)
Cast: Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin …
Directed by: Tonino Valerii
Spaghetti Western regular Terence Hill stars as Nobody, a man who's been chosen to take out established bandit Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda) but who strikes up a friendship with the…
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The Strangers Gundown (1974)
Cast: Rada Rassimov, Teodoro Corra, Anthony Steffan …
Directed by: Sergio Garrone
Years after narrowly surviving a Civil War ambush by Union troops, an ex-Confederate soldier named Django -- aka "The Stranger" (Anthony Steffan) -- returns to the scene of the crime to get…
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Blood Money (1974)
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo, Patty Shepard …
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
A gun-toting frontiersman (Lee Van Cleef) teams up with a martial arts master (Lieh Lo) to dig up a mess of buried treasure in this genre-bending brainchild from the minds of Italian producer…
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The Hanged Man (1974)
Cast: Steve Forrest, William Bryant, Dean Jagger …
Directed by: Michael Caffey
Gunslinger James Devlin (Steve Forrest) is wrongfully convicted of murder and, after miraculously surviving the noose, turns into a Wild West avenger with psychic powers. Bent on helping…
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The Spikes Gang (1974)
Cast: Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Ron Howard …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
While seeking refuge from the law at a local farmhouse, injured bank robber Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin) charms his young hosts (Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard) with engrossing…
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Zandy's Bride (1974)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart …
Directed by: Jan Troell
When he discovers that his lovely mail-order bride, Hannah (Liv Ullman), is a spirited lass instead of the meek and mild servant he wanted, rough California ranch owner Zandy Allan (Gene…
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High Plains Drifter (1973)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Amid shoot-outs and existentialism, a mysterious stranger (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) is hired to protect a small town from outlaws. But his recipe for defense could be a deal with the…
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Cahill: U.S. Marshall (1973)
Cast: John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes …
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
John Wayne hits the saddle again as a U.S. Marshal who must deal with his own young son running afoul of the law. One of Wayne's later Westerns, this film finds the Duke squaring off…