Westerns
The American West has always fascinated movie goers, even though much of the Old West never was. Russian nobility toured, eccentric Englishwomen toured, and authors wrote wild stories that seeped into the minds of us all. Gunslingers, cattle rustlers and savage Indians are part of the myth. Other iconic elements include the hanging tree, stetsons amd spurs, lassos and Colt 45s, stagecoaches, gamblers, long-horned cattle and cattle drives, prostitutes (or madams) with a heart of gold, and more.
Alice's Westerns, or Cowboy Films are listed alphabetically below, be sure to check out 'Spaghetti Westerns' sub-featured in green on the left, and 'TV Westerns' under 'Television Shows'.
Open Range (2003)
7.5/10
Director: Kevin Costner
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter, Die...
With the face of the American West changing, grizzled cowboys Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner (who also directed) are among the last of a dying breed... Read more
Pal Joey / They Came to Cordura (1957)
Director: George Sidney, Robert Rossen
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, Gary Cooper, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter
A Rita Hayworth double feature. "Pal Joey" (1957) - Frank Sinatra is the womanising nightclub singer caught between his attraction to chorus girl Kim... Read more
Pale Rider (1985)
7.3/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
Clint Eastwood wears two hats as director and actor in this first-rate western adventure, Eastwood's homage to "Shane". Clint stars as the mysterious... Read more
Pale Rider ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
7.3/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Carrie Snodgress, Christopher Penn, Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Richard Dy...
Clint Eastwood wears two hats as director and actor in this first-rate western adventure, Eastwood's homage to "Shane". Clint stars as the mysterious... Read more
Pancho Villa (1972)
4.9/10
Director: Eugenio Martin
Starring: Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Anne Francis
This Italian spaghetti Western casts Telly Savalas as a famous Mexican revolutionary, leading an army against an American fort run by evil military co... Read more
Paradise Canyon / 'Neath The Arizona Skies (1934)
Director: Harry L Fraser
Starring: John Wayne, George Gabby Hayes, Marion Burns
"Paradise Canyon" - In his final B-Western for Monogram Pictures, John Wayne plays a government agent who goes undercover with a travelling medicine s... Read more
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Bob Dylan, James Coburn, Jason Robards, Katy Jurado, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Co...
Romantic, mythic version of the changing West, James Coburn stars as Pat Garrett, the former outlaw who has put on a badge to work for the cattlemen a... Read more
Poker Alice (1987)
6.3/10
Director: Arthur Seidelman
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Skerritt, George Hamilton, Susan Tyrrell
This Wild West comedy stars Elizabeth Taylor as a New Orleans gambling queen who becomes a business woman of questionable ethics when she wins a front... Read more
Posse (1993)
5.5/10
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Starring: Billy Zane, Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Tone Loc, Blair Underwood
Rousing western with an almost-all-black cast stars Mario Van Peebles (who also directed) as a charismatic gunslinger who leads a group of Spanish-Ame... Read more
Posse (1975)
6.5/10
Director: Kirk Douglas
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins
An unscrupulous politico marshal and his deputies chase a gang of train robbers whose leader proves that every man has his price. Read more