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 Outlaw (1943)
5.5/10
Director: Howard Hughes
Starring: Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell, Jack Buetel
Howard Hughes' controversial Western drama, a loose retelling of the story of gunslinger Billy the Kid and lawman Pat Garrett, is best remembered now... Read more
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
7.9/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon
An exciting post-Civil War adventure about a cowboy on a trail of vengeance against the Union soldiers who murdered his wife and son. Director/star Cl... Read more
The Outsider (2002)
7/10
Director: Randa Haines
Starring: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Naomi Watts, Tim Daly
After her husband is killed by land-seizing ranchers, Amish homestead owner Naomi Watts encounters wounded gunfighter Tim Daly. While nursing the myst... Read more
The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
5.6/10
Starring: Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills
Walter Brennan reprises his role as the cunning retired Texas Ranger, Nash Crawford. Together with Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine and Chill Wills, Crawf... Read more
The Overlanders (1946)
6.8/10
Director: Harry Watt
Starring: Chips Rafferty
A visually ambitious tale of a resilient drover (played by the affable, sun-dried Chips Rafferty), who, in the face of a Japanese invasion of the Nort... Read more
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
8.1/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Henry...
Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Henry Morgan) ride into a town frustrated by the prevalence of cattle rustlers. Suddenly, word comes that a po... Read more
The Paleface (1948)
7.6/10
Director: Norman Z McLeod
Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell
A Bob Hope comedy 'The Paleface' (1948) - Hope is a daffy dentist and a shaky gun; Jane Russell is the gorgeous gunslinger Calamity Jane, and together... Read more
The Plainsman (1936)
6.9/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford
Gary Cooper is Wild Bill Hickok and Jean Arthur is his Calamity Jane in Cecil B. Demille's grand western about profiteering white men running guns to... Read more
The Professionals (1966)
7.4/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin headline this top-notch, rip roaring Western action/adventure. Four soldiers of fortune are hired by a wealthy Texan oil... Read more
The Professionals ( Blu-ray ) (1966)
7.4/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance, Ralph Bellamy, Claudia Ca...
Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin headline this top-notch, rip roaring Western action/adventure. Four soldiers of fortune are hired by a wealthy Texan oil... Read more