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The Best of the West (37 titles)

If you love Westerns then these are my classics of the genre. (This list is not yet complete!)

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High Noon

Probably the greatest Western ever made!

High Noon on DVD (1952)
Starring: Otto Kruger, Ian MacDonald, Katy Jurado
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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This Western classic stars Gary Cooper as Hadleyville marshal Will Kane, about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new Quaker bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). But his happiness is short-lived when he is informed that the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian McDonald) Will had arrested, is due ..read more »
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Shane

Alan Ladd in the 2nd greatest Western ever made

Shane on DVD (1953)
Starring: Van Heflin, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
Director: George Stevens
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The simple story of a Wyoming range war is elevated to near-mythical status in producer/director George Stevens' Western classic Shane. Alan Ladd plays the title character, a mysterious drifter who rides into a tiny homesteading community and accepts the hospitality of a farming family. Patriarch ..read more »
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Red River

Classic!

Red River on DVD (1948)
Starring: John Irel, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr.
Director: Howard Hawks
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Tom Dunson (John Wayne) and his adopted son (Montgomery Clift) lead the cattle train which establishes the Chisholm Trail. However, father and son argue when it comes to bringing law and order to the Wild West: Tom is tied to an authoritarian approach, whilst his son favours a more liberal stance, ..read more »
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The Searchers

A lot tougher than you would expect and a little politically incorrect by today's standards

The Searchers on DVD (1956)
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood, John Wayne
Director: John Ford
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Thought by many to be director John Ford's masterpiece, 'The Searchers' tells the story of Ethan Edwards (John Wayne), an ex-confederate soldier who swears revenge after his brother's family is butchered by Comanches and his niece (Natalie Wood) is kidnapped. Accompanied by Martin Pawley (Jeffrey ..read more »
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Filmed in Sedona ,Arizona,on the purpose built Western Town set,since demolished, the area is now a residential district which has all it's streets named after films that were made there. Coffee-Pot Rock is still highly visible - see if you can spot it in the film. The cattle drive would be impossible now as the whole valley is the City of Sedona!!

Angel and the Badman on DVD (1947)
Starring: Irene Rich, Bruce Cabot, John Wayne
Director: James Edward Grant
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Quart Evans (John Wayne), ex-deputy sheriff of Wyatt Earp, is now a rough and ready gunslinger. After being injured in a shootout, Evans is taken in and nursed by a Quaker family. He finds himself falling for the daughter (Gail Russell), and attempts to give up gunslinging. However, a determination ..read more »
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Broken Arrow

Also filmed in the Sedona Valley in Arizona - visit and you can see all this scenery more or less intact, but with quite a few houses dotted about!!

Broken Arrow on DVD (1950)
Starring: James Stewart, Debra Paget, Jeff Chandler
Director: Delmer Daves
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In 1870s America, relations between whites and the Apaches are at an all-time low, with the latter treated unfairly by the frontiersmen. The result is bitter warfare, but there seems to be a hope of peace when Apache sympathiser Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) is called upon to negotiate a treaty with ..read more »
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Classic Wayne

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on DVD (1962)
Starring: Ken Murray, Lee Van, Strother Martin
Director: John Ford
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Classic Western starring John Wayne and James Stewart. Big-city lawyer Ransom (Stewart) heads into the Wild West outpost of Shinbone to bring local outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) to justice. En route, he is met by a posse led by Valance, who beat him within an inch of his life. Passing cowboy ..read more »
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True Grit

Wayne's best movie

True Grit on DVD (1969)
Starring: Strother Martin, Jeremy Slate, Glen Campbell
Director: Henry Hathaway
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Screen legend John Wayne finally received Oscar recognition for his performance as ageing gunslinger Rooster Cogburn. After her father is murdered by outlaw Tom Chancey (Jeff Corey), 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) attempts to track down the killer. She goes to a paunchy, one-eyed marshall (..read more »
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The Wild Bunch

The original Shoot 'em Up!!

The Wild Bunch on DVD (1969)
Starring: William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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The director's cut of the bloody, violent western from one of the masters of the genre, Sam Peckinpah. In 1913, a gang of outlaws (William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan, amongst others) ride into a Texan border town where the railroad office is their target. The robbery turns into a blood-..read more »
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Dances With Wolves

A homage to the West and the Lakota Nation. Probably shows the real West better than any other movie in the genre.

Dances With Wolves on DVD (1990)
Starring: Gordon Tootoosis, Wes Studi, Mary McDonnell
Director: Kevin Costner
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In the year 1864, Lieutenant John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) requests an assignment to a remote outpost in the American West. Spending a lot of time by himself, Dunbar falls in love with the frontier, and becomes firm friends with the local Lakota Indians. Before long he finds himself contravening ..read more »
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