Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Western: 281 Films to Buy & Rent
- My Little Chickadee (1940)
- Dir. Edward Cline
Feat. Mae West, W.C. Fields
- Mae West and W.C. Fields profitably co–exist in this formula story of marital shenanigans in the Wild West, garlanded with lunatic gags, dirty…
- North West Mounted Police (1940)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Lon Jr. Chaney…
- Technicolour western set in 1885, with Gary Cooper playing a Texas Ranger who travels to Canada to arrest a fugitive who is inciting rebellion…
- Return of Frank James (1940)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper
- Worthy sequel to JESSE JAMES with Henry Fonda reprising his role of Frank, now out to avenge the death of his brother.
- Santa Fe Trail, The (1940)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Olivia de Havilland…
- Set in the leadup to the American Civil War, this professionally executed Western has future Confederate general Jeb Stuart (Flynn) lead the charge…
- Westerner, The (1940)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
- Gary Cooper stars in accomplished Texan yarn concerning land disputes. Most impressive, though, is Walter Brennan in an Oscar–winning…
- Destry Rides Again (1939)
- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Una Merkel
- James Stewart is once again a mild–mannered law–man while Marlene Dietrich makes her most sensational Hollywood turn as exotic saloon…
- Dodge City (1939)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
- Lusty western with Errol Flynn cutting the mustard as a cowboy hero. Olivia De Havilland is his gracious co–star once again.
- Jesse James (1939)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly
- Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda play the legendary James brothers in this somewhat romanticised version of their fable. Sequel: THE RETURN OF FRANK…
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, John Carradine
- As the first fully realised Western, this blazed the trail for all subsequent efforts, as well as carrying John Wayne to stardom. Panoramic…
- Way Out West (1937)
- Dir. James W Horne
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
- One of Laurel and Hardy's best features, spreading their brand of chaos into the Old West.