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Subgenre Sampler

 
Annie Get Your GunAnnie Get Your Gun (1950)
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Betty Hutton, Howard Keel
The much–filmed story of Annie Oakley, star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, is the subject of this Irving Berlin musical, with Betty Hutton…
Bitter SpringsBitter Springs (1950)
Dir. Ralph Smart
Feat. Chips Rafferty, Tommy Trinder
Racially dubious Australian bush western about a 20th century settler (Chips Rafferty) trying to make a living off land shared by an Aboriginal tribe.
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)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 TerritoryComanche 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, TheFuries, The (1950) Recommended
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, TheGunfighter, The (1950) Recommended
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 GrandeRio 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 '73Winchester '73 (1950) Recommended
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…

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