Subgenre Sampler
Western: 480 Films to Buy & Rent
Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell…
- TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
Drum Beat (1954)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan…
- Fine western with Indian fighter Ladd sent by President Grant to negotiate a treaty with the Medoc Tribe. Charles Bronson's first major role.
Far Country, The (1954)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Walter Brennan
- The Yukon Ranges provide the unforgiving backdrop to this prototypical Anthony Mann western, in which James Stewart must battle the elements and…
Garden of Evil (1954)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark, Susan Hayward…
- A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches. In Cinemascope.
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…