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Long Riders, TheLong Riders, The (1980)
Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine
Sombre treatment of the perennial Jesse James/Cole/Younger–gang saga, starring real–life brothers Carradine, Keach and Quaid, does…
Tom HornTom Horn (1980)
Dir. William Wiard
Feat. Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth
Flawed but beautifully lensed tale based on a real–life Wyoming bounty hunter, who outlived the wild years of the 19th century and was…
Comes A HorsemanComes A Horseman (1978)
Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Jane Fonda, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth
An unusual attempt to transfer the grand mythos of the Western to a latterday setting, with Fonda playing a ranch boss, who mixes it up with a cousin…
Goin' SouthGoin' South (1978)
Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd
The ‘Western’ done as farce, with troublesome outlaw Jack Nicholson rescued from the gallows by Mary Steenbergen, in a marriage of…
Mannaja: A Man Called BladeMannaja: A Man Called Blade (1977)
Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Maurizio Merli, John Steiner
One of the last belated gasps of the 'spaghetti western' genre, with the handsome Merli playing a bounty hunter whose special talent is with the…
Buffalo Bill and the IndiansBuffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster
Off–key satire on 'official' American history, with Paul Newman as the charismatic fraud Bill Hickock, whose Wild West Show toured America in…
Missouri Breaks, TheMissouri Breaks, The (1976)
Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson
Startling 70s Western, pairs regulator Marlon Brando and horse rustler Jack Nicholson for a brutal, yet often comic game of…
Outlaw Josey Wales, TheOutlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) Recommended
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke
Clint Eastwood mixes action, high drama, humour and landscape to create one of his most satisfying tales of the Wild West. His peaceful farmer turns…
Return of a Man Called Horse, TheReturn of a Man Called Horse, The (1976)
Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis
Renowned sequel to the notorious Western, with English aristocrat Harris returning to Dakota and the Yellow Hand Sioux tribe he was inducted into.…
Shootist, TheShootist, The (1976)
Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. John Wayne, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall
Celebrated finale to John Wayne's career playing an aging gunfighter seeking obscurity but assailed by cancer and various 'young guns', out to prove…

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