TV Westerns
That most sacred and beloved of American movie genres was also a huge hit on the small screen and many of the TV shows listed below were also world-wide hits bringing an unbeatable combination of adventure, the pioneering spirit, nostalgic old-style values and gun-totin' good guys standing up for what's right! Check out Alice's collection that includes everything from clean-living cowpoke Roy Rogers to 'Bonanza' to the more recent hard-talking folk of HBO's 'Deadwood'.
Gunsmoke: Season 1 (1955)
8/10
Starring: Amanda Blake, Dennis Weaver, James Arness, Milburn Stone
Television's longest running Western series (20 seasons!) begins here... Dodge City, known as the Sodom and Gomorrah of the plains, is a typical front... Read more
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990)
7.2/10
Director: Charles Correll
Starring: James Arness, Michael Learned, Richard Kiley, Hugh O'Brian
Matt Dillon (James Arness) receives a request for help from a former flame and is shocked to find her ranch was burned by Apache warriors who have tak... Read more
Gunsmoke: To The Last Man (1992)
7.2/10
Director: Jerry Jameson
Starring: James Arness, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward, Joseph Bottoms
Matt Dillon joins forces with his daughter and a novice ranch hand to stop a gang of ruthless rustlers who are stealing his cattle. James Arness, Pat... Read more
Hard Luck Story / Phantom Rustlers (1953)
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans
The King of the Cowboys stars in these two short tales from his classic TV series, 'The Roy Rogers Show'. In 'Phantom Rustlers' will Roy be able to s... Read more
Hatfields and McCoys (2012)
4/10
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: Bill Paxton, Jena Malone, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Powers Boothe, Tom Ber...
Bonded by their oath to the same flag, two confederate soldiers, "Devil" Anse Hatfield (Kevin Costner) and Randall McCoy (Bill Paxton), return home se... Read more
Into the West (2005)
8.1/10
Starring: Matthew Settle, Josh Brolin, Tonantzin Carmelo, Gary Busey, Michael Spears, Zahn...
When Jacob Wheeler heads West for excitement, he falls in love with Native American girl, Thunder Heart Woman, sister of Loved By Buffalo, who fears h... Read more
Little House on the Prairie: Season 1, Part 1 (1974)
7.4/10
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Karen Grassle
The year was 1878, the rush for land was on, and among the many who sought a new life in the new land were the Ingalls; Charles, his young wife; Carol... Read more
Little House on the Prairie: Season 1, Part 2 (1974)
7.4/10
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Karen Grassle
The year was 1878, the rush for land was on, and among the many who sought a new life in the new land were the Ingalls; Charles, his young wife; Carol... Read more
Little House on the Prairie: Season 2, Part 1 (1975)
7.4/10
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Karen Grassle
This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American frontier of the 1870s, captur... Read more
Little House on the Prairie: Season 2, Part 2 (1975)
7.4/10
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Karen Grassle
This dramatic and gripping story of a young pioneer family's struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American frontier of the 1870s, captur... Read more