Subgenre Sampler
Western: 476 Films to Buy & Rent
- Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
- Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Russell Johnson…
- Classic B–movie western following a railroad surveyor who forms an unlikely alliance with a notorious gunslinger to avenge the death of his…
- River of No Return (1954)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum
- A Western adventure set aboard a river raft in which the frayed temperaments of Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum endure the perils of raging water…
- Track of the Cat (1954)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Tab Hunter…
- Claustrophobic allegorical western finds a feuding family snowbound and under siege from a less than benevolent panther.
Certainly something of a…
- Vera Cruz (1954)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster
- Humour and suspense reflect the uneasy alliance of Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster who collaborate to depose a corrupt Emperor in 1860s Mexico.
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Doris Day, Howard Keel
- Big, rousing musical western, featuring Doris Day as the tomboy heroine, who falls for easygoing Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).
- Gun Fury (1953)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Philip Carey…
- Attractively shot revenge western shot on location in Arizona, with Rock Hudson going after the ruthless gang that stole his fiancĂ© and left him for…
- Hondo (1953)
- Dir. John Farrow
Feat. John Wayne, Geraldine Page
- A Louis L'Amour story gives John Wayne a chance to swagger his stuff as a wily half–Apache cavalry scout who finds and assists Geraldine Page,…
- Johnny Guitar (1953)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Sterling Hayden…
- Cowgirls Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge come head to head over the men they love in this wild Western soap opera, brimming with quirky…
- Lawless Breed, The (1953)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, Mary Castle…
- Western based on the life of outlaw John Wesley Hardin (Rock Hudson), a former gunfighter who creates a manuscript detailing his life and adventures,…
- Man from the Alamo, The (1953)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills…
- Glenn Ford stars in a sprawling but nuanced Western from the legendary Budd Boetticher that hurtles from the battle of the Alamo to a gripping wagon…