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'.
The True Story of Jesse James (Blu-ray) (1957)
6.2/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Hale Jr, John C...
Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James. Read more
The Undefeated (1969)
6.7/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Tony Aguilar, Roman Gabriel
Rousing Western action as John Wayne and Rock Hudson star as two ex-Civil War officers, once bitter enemies, now united against a common enemy. Read more
The Unforgiven (1960)
6.7/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy
A powerful western drama about racism and family ties directed by John Huston. Set in Texas in the 1850's, a proud and strongwilled family discovers a... Read more
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
7.1/10
Director: Ford Beebe, B Reeves Eason
Starring: Harry Carey
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of... Read more
The Violent Men (1954)
7/10
Director: Rudolph Mate
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Keith, Edward G Robinson, Glenn Ford, Dianne Foster
A range war is coming to the valley. Ambitious land baron Lew Wilkison (Edward G Robinson) and his hired guns from the Anchor Ranch have been driving... Read more
The War Wagon (1967)
6.9/10
Director: Burt Kennedy
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, John Wayne, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot
Ex-con John Wayne seeks to settle a score with villainous Bruce Cabot by plundering his gold-laden stagecoach - with the help of Kirk Douglas and a ba... Read more
The Way West (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Jack Elam, Stubby Kaye, Harry Car...
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership. Read more
The Westerner (1940)
7.5/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport
A classic tale of range wars in the late 1800s, with Gary Cooper as a wanderer who finds himself in the middle. Walter Brennan won his third Oscar as... Read more
The White Buffalo (1977)
6.2/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Jack Warden, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Slim Picken...
Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) is haunted by the image of a white buffalo that symbolises his fear of death. Together with Chief Crazy Horse (Will... Read more
The Wild Bunch (1969)
8/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: William Holden, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson
Peckinpah at his violent best. In the Southwest of 1913, Pike Bishop (William Holden) is leader of 'The Wild Bunch', a gang of outlaws coerced by a Me... Read more