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Publisher
Warner Bros. Pictures
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Never give a saga an even break! Blazing Saddles is an iconoclastic, not-politically-correct parody; one of the 1970s most successful and popular films. Every cliched element from every Western ever made is turned upside down and inside out, while retaining all the familiar caricatures--eh, characters--of the genre: a dance-hall girl, a gunslinger, a sheriff, and a town full of pure folk. Mel Brooks redefined film comedy, and proved that even sophomoric,...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
El Dorado: Set in post-Civil War Texas, this film is about an alcoholic sheriff who fights greedy cattlemen and empire builders as he tries almost single-handedly to tame the West.
Hatari: Big game hunters in Africa use ropes and cameras to to capture animals for zoos and circuses. Hatari means danger in Swahili.
3) Unforgiven
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bill Munny, a retired, once ruthless killer-turned-hog farmer, is flat broke. A widower with two young children to tend to, he feels he has no choice but to accept one last bounty hunter mission to find and kill two young gunslingers who brutalized and cut up the face of a local prostitute. Bill teams up with his old partner Ned and the cocky greenhorn, The Schofield Kid. The three men soon find out this bounty has many more obstacles to overcome...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter.
In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush.
In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody.
In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...
Publisher
Lions Gate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After a brazen escape from his sentence to be hanged, infamous outlaw Jack Barnett cons a crooked judge, local saloon gal, and old partner into partaking in the heist of a lifetime. Havoc breaks loose when a small-town sheriff stands for justice.
7) High noon
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Just-married lawman Will Kane is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In this unusual take on the Old West, an innocent cowboy, Luke, with his reluctant new partner, Elmer, fleece a crooked sheriff and attempt to disappear into the desert. Only Geronimo's smart and beautiful niece, Sue, can help them break a mysterious Indian curse and escape from Sheriff Zombie's bloodthirsty posse. Will romance between Luke and Sue blossom, or will the undead permanently keep them apart?
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Sheriff Clay Hollister and Tombstone Epitaph newspaper editor Harris Claibourne have their hands full trying to keep the peace in their city as gunslingers, bank robbers, and criminals of all kinds ride through Tombstone, Arizona Territory, in the 1880s.
11) 4 western movies
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Texas Rangers: "After the Civil War, Texas is at the mercy of murderous bandits. From the chaos emerges a group of young cowboys summoned to reform the Texas Rangers and restore order."--From container.
Dead man: "A young man (Johnny Depp) in search of a fresh start embarks on an exciting journey to a new town...never realizing the danger that lies ahead."--From container.
Yuma: "A U.S. Marshall has been appointed by the governor to bring order...
12) Unforgiven
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two retired, down on their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
Series
Publisher
IHR, LLC
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The Pledge: A sheriff sets out to capture an escaped criminal who murdered his wife and son, only to find that he was hired by a greedy land baron.
Avenging Angel: He was just a humble preacher before he lost everything. In the wake of a ruthless crime that stole his family, his church, and the loves of his life, a man known simply as The Preacher is conflicted between his faith and his need for revenge. But when other innocent people are overrun...
14) Rock Hudson
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Has anybody seen my gal: Set in the 1920s, a faithful soda jerk finds his attentions to the lovely Millicent turned down after her family gains a large sum of money.
A very special favor: The war of the sexes heats up when a sleek businessman (Rock Hudson) attempts to seduce an attractive psychiatrist (Leslie Caron) who seems immune to his charms.
The golden blade: Rock Hudson is on an epic adventure as a brave warrior who uses the magical Sword...
15) The gunfighter
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A key forerunner of the new breed of dark, brooding westerns that would cast a shadow over America's frontier folklore, this subversive psychological saga sounds a death knell for the myth of the outlaw hero. In one of his most morally complex roles, Gregory Peck stars as Jimmy Ringo, an infamous gunslinger looking to hang up his holsters and start a new life, but whose reputation draws him inexorably into a cycle of violence and revenge from which...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
YUMA: U.S. Marshal Dave Harmon has been appointed by the Governor to bring order to the Yuma Territory--an area known for running off any lawman who dares to bring the rowdies to heel.
THE GATLING GUN: When a small band of cavalry--transporting the newfangled gun to their fort?cross hostile territory, they find themselves in a battle with a tribe of Apache hell-bent on confiscating the weapon.
SITTING BULL: General George A. Custer engages the proud...
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