Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Western: 282 Films to Buy & Rent
Lone Ranger, The (1956)
- Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger…
- Modest but proficient movie spinoff from the popular 1950s TV series, with the masked one (Moore) and Tonto (Silverheels) taking on a rancher who is…
Mohawk (1956)
- Dir. Kurt Neumann
Feat. Scott Brady, Rita Gam
- White men playing Indians is typical of this hokey affair, which is about as ethnically sensitive as Adolf Hitler. In retrospect, though, it's a…
Pardners (1956)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Agnes Moorehead
- Comic–partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis saddle–up for a jaunt in the Old West.
Searchers, The (1956)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles…
- A grand example of what made this such a popular genre. A disturbed John Wayne treks the untamed wilderness in a five–year odyssey to kill the…
Seven Men From Now (1956)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin…
- Revered, obscure Western from iconoclast Budd Boetticher: Randolph Scott plays a lone rider charged with bringing seven ruthless bank robbers to…
Star in the Dust (1956)
- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. John Agar, Richard Boone, Mamie Van Doren…
- Psychological western with Agar as a sheriff caught between farmers and cattlemen who disagree the impending execution of a gunman.
Walk the Proud Land (1956)
- Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Charles Drake
- Considered one of Audie Murphy's best Westerns, based on the true story of an Indian agent who is sent to try a new approach to peace with the…
Gunsmoke (TV Series) (1955)
- Feat. James Arness
- James Arness plays Marshal Matt Dillon protecting Dodge City from roaming gunslingers in this seminal TV show – the Grandaddy of TV…
Kentuckian, The (1955)
- Dir. Burt Lancaster
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn…
- Western directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, an adaptation of the novel The Gabriel Horn by Felix Holt.
Beautifully shot in Kentucky and…
Man from Laramie, The (1955)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp…
- An angst–ridden James Stewart seeks retribution on arms dealers whose illegal trade resulted in the ambushing of his brother's cavalry patrol.…