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'.
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
8/10
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonte, Clint Eastwood
The first in Sergio Leone's famous spaghetti western trilogy starring Clint Eastwood as the 'Man with No Name'. The film is a slick remake of Kurosawa... Read more
A Fistful of Dollars ( Blu-ray ) (1964)
8/10
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch
The first in Sergio Leone's famous spaghetti western trilogy starring Clint Eastwood as the 'Man with No Name'. The film is a slick remake of Kurosawa... Read more
A Fistful of Dynamite ( aka Duck You Sucker ) (1972)
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Romolo Valli, Rod Steiger, James Coburn
James Coburn is top-billed as an Irish soldier of fortune with a penchant for explosives. Rod Steiger plays another mercenary who wants to utilize Cob... Read more
A Gunfight (1971)
6.4/10
Director: Lamont Johnson
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander
"A Gunfight" was the first mainstream American film to be produced by an Indian tribe - specifically, the Jicarilla Apaches of New Mexico. Kirk Dougla... Read more
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
6.6/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Jean Arthur, John Wayne
When New Yorker Molly Truesdale (Jean Arthur) takes a bus tour of the West, rodeo rider Duke Hudkins (John Wayne) literally falls into her lap. It's l... Read more
A Long Ride From Hell (1968)
6.3/10
Director: Camillo Bazzoni
Starring: Steve Reeves
A Long Ride from Hell, in the original Italian known as Vivo per la tua morte (literally "I Live for Your Death!"). The film was bodybuilder Steve Ree... Read more
A Man Called Horse (1970)
6.9/10
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Starring: Jean Gascon, Judith Anderson, Richard Harris, Manu Tupou, Corinna Tsopei
Richard Harris stars in this carefully documented epic that attempted to realistically portray the life of the American Sioux in the early 19th centur... Read more
A Man Called Horse ( Blu-ray ) (1970)
6.9/10
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Starring: Jean Gascon, Judith Anderson, Richard Harris, Manu Tupou, Corinna Tsopei
Richard Harris stars in this carefully documented epic that attempted to realistically portray the life of the American Sioux in the early 19th centur... Read more
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Starring: Charlize Theron, Giovanni Ribisi, Liam Neeson, Sarah Silverman, Neil Patrick Har...
Comedy western in which Seth MacFarlane ("Ted", "Family Guy") directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert. Aft... Read more
A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die (1974)
6.3/10
Director: Tonino Valerii
Starring: James Coburn, Telly Savalas, Bud Spencer
Aka 'Massacre at Fort Holman'. A Union colonel enlists the aid of seven condemned men in retaking a Missouri fort captured by Confederates. This spagh... Read more