18)The Hired Gun(57)(MGM)Rory Calhoun,Anne Francis(WBA)(dvd-r) 3/5 Ellen Beldon(Anne Francis) is about to be the first woman to be hanged in Texas. She has been convicted of killing her husband. Judd Farrow(Chuck Connors) breaks her out of jail and brings her back to New Mexico where she isn't...
17)Gun the Man Down(56)(UA)James Arness,Angie Dickinson (OLIVE)(BLU)3/5 Three outlaws,Rem Anderson(James Arness),Matt Hankin(Robert J. Wilke) and Ralph Farley(Don Megowan), rob a bank and get away with the money. Rem is shot and badly wounded so they leave him for the posse to capture ,and they...
16)The Shootist(76)(PAR)John Wayne,Lauren Bacall,Ron Howard(ARROW)(BLU)4/5 J. B. Books(John Wayne) comes to Carson City Arizona to see his old friend Dr. Hostetier (James Stewart) to confirm that he is dying from cancer. Once the diagnosis is confirmed Books takes a room at a local boarding...
15)The Silver Whip(53)(FOX)Dale Robertson,Robert Wagner,Rory Calhoun(Foxmod(DVD) 3/5
Robert Wagner plays Jess Harker a young stagecoach driver who is driving his first big run. The stage gets held up and the money it was carrying stolen. The veteran coach guard is killed along with the coach...
I didn't remember him from past viewings of the movie but i think the film would have been better with a antagonist with a bit more punch. Sounds like an interesting guy though.
14)Terror in a Texas Town(58)(UA)Sterling Hayden,Sebastian Cabot(ARROW)(BLU) 3 1/2/5
Sterling Hayden is George Hansen who comes home from the sea to the town of Prairie only to find that his father was gunned down and the family homestead is now claimed by McNeil(Sebastian Cabot)...
13)Gold of the Seven Saints(61)(WB)Clint Walker,Roger Moore (WBA)(DVD) 3/5 While in the mountains of Utah two fur trappers,Jim Rainbolt(Clint Walker)and Shaun Garrett(Roger Moore), discover gold. After mining over 100 pounds of gold they head to the city of Seven Saints to cash in. Unfortunately...
12)Hannie Caulder(71)(Tigon)Robert Culp,Raquel Welch (Olive)(BLU) 3 1/2/5
Three wacko outlaw brothers,Emmett(Ernest Borgnine),Frank(Jack Elam) and Rufus(Strother Martin) Clemens, steal horses from a man and rape his wife(Hannie Caulder(Raquel Welch) after they kill him. They burn down her home...
11)Hombre(67)(FOX)Paul Newman,Richard Boone (TT)(BLU) 4/5 Paul Newman is John Russell a white man who was raised by Apache and prefers the Apache. The stagecoach Russell is traveling on is held up by
bandits,including fellow passenger Grimes(Richard Boone), the bandits want the money that indian...
10)Tomahawk Trail(57)(UA)Chuck Connors,John Smith(MGM/modDVD) 2 1/2/5 A US cavalry patrol are in Apache territory on the Tomahawk trail on their way to Fort Bowie. They are being led by Lt Davenport(George N. Neise) who has no experience fighting apache. Davenport makes poor decision after poor...
9)3:10 to Yuma(57)(Col)Glenn Ford,Van Heflin(Criterion)(BLU) 4 1/2/5 Outlaw Ben Wade(Ford) is caught after killing a man in a stagecoach robbery. Small time rancher Dan Evans(Heflin),needing money, takes the job to get Wade to the 3:10 train to Yuma before Wade's gang can free him. Ford and...
8)High Noon(52)(UA)Gary Cooper,Grace Kelly(OLIVE)(BLU) 4 1/2/5 Gary Cooper plays Marshal Will Kane who has been a respected lawman in his town but is leaving for a new life with his Quaker wife Amy(Kelly). On Kane's wedding day , and last day as lawman ,Frank Miller(Ian MacDonald) his brother...
7)The Naked Spur(53)(MGM)James Stewart,Robert Ryan,Janet Leigh(WBA)(BLU) 4/5 James Stewart plays Howard Kemp a man who is hunting down a murderer,Ben Vandergroat(Robert Ryan), with a $5,000 reward on his head. In the Colorado Rockies Kemp teams up with prospector Jesse Tate(Millard Mitchell) and...
6)Rock Island Trail(50)(REP)Forrest Tucker,Adele Mara(ItunesHD) 2 1/2/5. Forrest Tucker is Reed Loomis a man who owns a railroad , Rock Island Trail Company, that he is trying to expand from Rock Island Iowa out to the midwest past the Mississippi River. He runs afoul of Kirby Morrow(Bruce...
5)The Ox-Bow Incident(42)(FOX)Henry Fonda,Dana Andrews (KL)(BLU)4 1/2/5. When a local rancher is supposedly murdered by rustlers a group of town people form an illegal posse , led by the town mayor , to go after the killers and get revenge. Wonderfully acted and directed morality play that oozes...
4)Support Your Local Sheriff(69)(UA)James Garner,Jack Elam,Joan Hackett(TT)(BLU)4/5. James Garner plays Jason McCullough who takes the job of sheriff of an unruly town that recently had a gold strike. McCullough is a drifter on his way to Australia and happens to be the fastest draw and best...
3)The Law and Jake Wade(58)(MGM)Robert Taylor,Richard Widmark(WBA)(BLU)4/5. Robert Taylor plays Jake Wade an outlaw who has gone straight and is now a town marshal. Richard Widmark plays Clint Hollister Wade's cohort in crime from the past who hunts down Wade to get bank robbery money Wade...
2) Quantez(57)(UNIVERSAL)Fred MacMurray,Dorothy Malone(KL)(BLU) 3 1/2/5 Somber noirish western with a very good performance by Fred MacMurray as ex gunman involved with outlaws who are on the run from a posse and heading to Mexico. They end up in a deserted desert town so they can rest before...
1) Broken Arrow(50)(FOX)James Stewart,Jeff Chandler(KL)(BLU) 4/5 stars Excellent James Stewart/Delmar Daves western. Nice Arizona landscapes that are breathtaking. Stewart is perfect as the thoughtful indian scout who decides to broker peace between the settlers and the Apache. Chandler is also...
I have not participated in this challenge before , do you have to watch certain western tv/movie or whatever you want to watch? and do you just keep a running tally with info required for each on this post? If so i guess this is my placeholder.
1) Broken Arrow(50)(FOX)James Stewart,Jeff...
Three Godfathers is a favorite of mine so i'm very excited for that release. Plus They Drive By Night is a day one purchase for me also. Will probably pick up the silent df too at some point.