Subgenre Sampler
Western: 480 Films to Buy & Rent
War Wagon, The (1967)
- Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel…
- A light–hearted western with John Wayne playing a rancher who returns to his home town after being wrongfully imprisoned, to take revenge on…
Waterhole No 3 (1967)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Maggie Blye…
- Western comedy spoof which boldly sends up 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'.
James Coburn plays a con man and grifter who comes into possession…
A Bullet For the General (Quien Sabe?) (1966)
- Dir. Damiano Damiani
Feat. Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick
- Spaghetti western set during the Mexican revolution where a gringo assassin infiltrates a gang of bandits in order to find and kill a rebel general.…
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. William Holden, Richard Widmark
- Set during the American Civil War, this violent western concerns a running feud between the leads over cattle–rustling activities.
Appaloosa, The (Southwest to Senora) (1966)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon…
- Minor, though well–crafted and photographed Western set around Brando's attempts to recover his prized horse from a Mexican bandit (Saxon).
Django (1966)
- Dir. Sergio Corbucci
Feat. Franco Nero, Jose Bodalo, Loredana Nusciak…
- Stylish, ice–cold 'Spaghetti Western' tells the story of Django, a gunslinger who drags a mysterious coffin through the bandit–populated…
Django Shoots First (1966)
- Dir. Alberto De Martino
Feat. Glenn Saxson, Ida Galli, Nando Gazzolo…
- Spaghetti western riffing liberally on Sergio Leone stereotypes, and carrying the distinction of being the first DJANGO knock–off. A man sets…
El Dorado (1966)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan…
- A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
Few Dollars for Django (1966)
- Dir. Leon Klimovsky
Feat. Antonio De Teffe, Gloria Osuna, Frank Wolff
- Imitation spaghetti–Western, several times removed from the Sergei Leone/Clint Eastwood model, let alone Franco Nero's original 'Django'.…
Hills Run Red, The (Un fiume di dollari ) (1966)
- Dir. Carlo Lizzani
Feat. Dan Duryea, Henry Silva, Thomas Hunter
- Violent spaghetti western doesn't spare the sauce as two confederate soldiers flee the civil war with some ill–gotten loot. Duryea appears to…