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Subgenre Sampler

 
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…
Butch and Sundance: The Early YearsButch and Sundance: The Early Years (1979)
Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. William Katt, Tom Berenger, Jeff Corey
Surprisingly enjoyable prequel to BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID has the roguish duo pursued across various New Mexico landscapes. Utterly…
Cactus JackCactus Jack (1979)
Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas
A fledgling Arnie and Kirk Douglas square–up in this comic take on the Old West.
Electric Horseman, TheElectric Horseman, The (1979)
Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine
Curious romantic western with Redford as a former rodeo star who turns his back on his lucrative gig advertising cereal, and heads off to the desert…
Frisco Kid, TheFrisco Kid, The (1979)
Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Harrison Ford, Gene Wilder
Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder cross joke–strewn terrain in this comedy Western.
Centennial (TV Mini-series)Centennial (TV Mini-series) (1978)
Feat. Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Robert Conrad
Western mini–series spanning the 200 year history of the town of Centennial, Colarado. Well–researched in its depiction of the…
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…
White Buffalo, TheWhite Buffalo, The (1977)
Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson
Rugged and hokey psycho–adventurism in which Charles Bronson channels Captain Ahab in his quest to hunt down a mythical albino buffalo.

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