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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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
After murdering the man who killed his Indian wife, outlaw Jay Grobart (Burt Reynolds) goes on the run with roughneck cohorts Dawes (Jack Warden) and Billy (Bo Hopkins) -- who promptly abduct…