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Subgenre Sampler
Broken Arrow (1950)- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget - This influenced a trend in offering a more sympathetic view of Indian culture. James Stewart is amiable as always as an army scout who arbitrates…
Cisco Kid, The (TV Series) (1950-1956)- Feat. Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo
- A generous selection of episodes from the 1950s TV Western serial, in which the semi–masked 'Cisco Kid' (Renaldo) redistributes justice and…
Comanche Territory (1950)- Dir. George Sherman
Feat. Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Will Geer… - Solid enough B Western with Carey as Jim Bowie sent by the government to negotiate a treaty with an Indian tribe. Double–crossing ensues, but…
Furies, The (1950)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston, Wendell Corey - Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston lock horns in this colossal, psychosexual western, notable for its Oedipal complex and Freudian horseplay. Anthony…
Gunfighter, The (1950)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell… - Right up there with the best cowboy flicks is this bleak yet brilliant tale of a retiring gunfighter (Gregory Peck) who is challenged by a young punk…
Rio Grande (1950)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson - Concluding instalment of John Ford's cavalry trilogy has John Wayne in more trouble with Indians on the Mexican border. Even minor Ford stands tall.
- Wagon Master, The (1950)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Ben Johnson - Pioneering saga starring Ben Johnson. A personal favourite of its director.
Winchester '73 (1950)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Shelley Winters - Lean, mean, and superbly photographed, this helped repopularise the Western in the '50s. Stewart wins a rare 'perfect' rifle, which is subsequently…
Man from Colorado, The (1949)- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew - Gritty technicolor psycho–drama set during the American Civil War starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar… - Cavalry officer John Wayne is about to retire on the eve of impending war with Indians. Followed by RIO GRANDE.
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