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3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  92 min. B&W
Plot: In an attempt to prevent an outlaw gang from breaking their leader out of jail, local authorities hire a guard to escort him to the nearest train station.
Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicie Farr. Directed by Delmer Daves.
Categories:  Western  Drama

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3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  122 min. 
Plot: A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma.
Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster. Directed by James Mangold.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement  Criminal Law

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All the Pretty Horses (2000)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  116 min. 
Plot: Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter.
Cast: Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Henry Thomas. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton.
Categories:  Drama  Romance  Western

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Appaloosa (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  115 min. 
Plot: Two friends hired to police a small town suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons. Directed by Ed Harris.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Western  Drama

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Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (1970)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: A hobo stumbles onto a water spring and creates a profitable weigh station.
Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner. Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Categories:  Western  Housing  Land Use

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Big Country, The (1958)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  167 min. 
Plot: A ship captain ventures west to marry the woman he loves and finds a hotbed of jealousy, hatred, and rivalries.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives. Directed by William Wyler.
Categories:  Western  Romance  Land Use

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Blazing Saddles (1974)
Rated:  R  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD  93 min. 
Plot: An African-American is appointed sheriff of a bigoted, one-horse town embroiled in a land dispute with the railroad.
Cast: Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, David Huddelson, Mel Brooks. Directed by Mel Brooks.
Categories:  Comedy  Western  Racism

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Broken Lance (1954)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: A cattle baron's son takes the fall for a crime his father commits. His father dies while he is in jail and his three half brothers inherit the land, but must face his vengeance when he's released.
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Winmark. Directed by Edward Dmytryx.
Categories:  Western  Land Use  Family

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  110 min. 
Plot: Two Western bank and train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross. Directed by George Roy Hill.
Categories:  Western  Biography  International

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Cat Ballou (1965)
Rated:  G  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  97 min. 
Plot: When her father is murdered a woman hires a has-been gunfighter to help her gain revenge.
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan,Nat King Cole. Directed by Elliot Silverstein.
Categories:  Western  Comedy  Justice

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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  119 min. 
Plot: The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world.
Cast: Clancy Brown, Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell. Directed by Jon Favreau.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Western  National Security

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Dances With Wolves (1990)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  181 min. 
Plot: Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant. Directed by Kevin Costner.
Categories:  Drama  Western  Domestic Relations

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Dead Man (1995)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: An simple accountant in the Old West unwittingly finds himself transformed into a killer and wanted man.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henrikson, Michael Wincott, Eugene Byrd, Mili Avital, Crispin Glover, Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thorton, Jared Harris, Gabriel Byrne, John Hurt, Alfred Molina, Robert Mitchum. Directed by Jim Jarmusch.
Categories:  Accounting  Western

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Django (1966)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  91 min. 
Plot: A coffin-dragging gunslinger enters a town caught between two feuding factions.
Cast: Franco Nero, José Bódalo, Ángel Álvare, Eduardo Fajardo. Directed by Sergio Corbucci.
Categories:  Western

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Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: A young farmer and his new bride Lana settle in upstate New York shortly before the Revolutionary War begins.
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins, John carradine. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  War  History

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For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Rated:    Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  132 min. 
Plot: Two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mara Krup. Directed by Sergio Leone.
Categories:  Drama  Western  Law Enforcement

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Fort Apache (1948)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  128 min. B&W
Plot: Duty bound soldiers must obey tactics of their glory seeking commander.
Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement  Military

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Forty Guns (1957)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  79 min. 
Plot: A new marshall arrives in town to take on a tougher-than-nails cattle queen and her posse of hired guns.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyk, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry. Directed by Samuel Fuller.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement

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Frisco Kid, The (1979)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  119 min. 
Plot: A Polish rabbi sets out to lead a synagogue in California and must make it through the Wild West to get there
Cast: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford. Directed by Robert Aldrich.
Categories:  Comedy  Western

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Giant (1956)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 201 min. 
Plot: Three generations of land-rich Texans clash in a drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper. Directed by George Stevens.
Categories:  Western  Business  Family

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Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The (1966)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD  161 min. 
Plot: A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffre. Directed by Sergio Leone.
Categories:  Drama  Western  History

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  122 min. 
Plot: Brothers team up to rid Tombstone, Arizona of a murderous gang.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland. Directed by John Sturges.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement

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Gunfighter (1998)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: **
Format:  DVD  95 min. 
Plot: A gunfighter seeks to avenge the innocent victims of a jealous outlaw.
Cast: Chris Lybert, Lou Schwiebert, Clu Gulager. Directed by Christopher Coppola.
Categories:  Western  Criminal Law

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Hateful Eight, The (2015)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  168 min. 
Plot: In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Categories:  Drama  Western  Action

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High Noon (1952)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  85 min. B&W
Plot: A lawman stands alone to protect a town against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado. Directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Categories:  Western  Mystery/Suspense

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How the West was Won (1962)
Rated:  G  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  155 min. 
Plot: A dauntless pioneer family's trek tells the history of Western expansion in the United States.
Cast: Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark. Directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall.
Categories:  Western  Drama  History

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Hud (1963)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  111 min. B&W
Plot: The son of a respectable rancher is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches.
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon de Wilde. Directed by Martin Ritt.
Categories:  Western  Drama

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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  108 min. 
Plot: A mountain man becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors on the early frontier.
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
Categories:  Action  Drama  Western

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Jesse James (1939)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull. Directed by Henry King.
Categories:  Western  Family  Estates

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Johnny Guitar (110)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  110 min. 
Plot: On the outskirts of a small town sits an empty casino, waiting for the customers the constructing of the new railroad will bring. When a man is murdered the local officials come to run the casino owner out of town.
Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine. Directed by Nicholas Ray.
Categories:  Western  Criminal Law  Death Penalty

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Left Handed Gun, The (1958)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  102 min. 
Plot: After his boss is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
Cast: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield. Directed by Arthur Penn.
Categories:  Western  Biography  History

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Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The (1972)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  120 min. 
Plot: A man is nearly killed by the inhabitants of a badlands bar and brothel. He returns to take vengeance.
Cast: Paul Newman, Stacey Keach, Victoria Principal, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner. Directed by John Huston.
Categories:  Comedy  Western  Jurisprudence

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Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  128 min. 
Plot: Seven gunfighters are hired to protect a poor Mexican vilage from a band of ruthless outlaws.
Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn. Directed by John Sturges.
Categories:  Western  Action  Drama

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Magnificent Seven, The (2016)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  132 min. 
Plot: Seven gunmen in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Categories:  Action  Western  Justice

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Man from Laramie, The (1955)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: A resolute vigilante becomes obsessed with finding the man who is responsible for his brother's death.
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nichol, Aline MacMahon. Directed by Anthony Mann.
Categories:  Western  Mystery/Suspense  Justice

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Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
Rated:  NR  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD  123 min. B&W
Plot: An aged Senator returns to the small town of Shinbone for the funeral of a friend, and recounts for reporters his relationship with the man.
Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode, Andy Devine, Strother Martin, Lee Van Cleef. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Action  Law Enforcement

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: A gambler and bordello madam set up a tavern in a small mining town in the Pacific Northwest and business flourishes until a large corporation attempts to buy out the entire town.
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auber Jonois. Directed by Robert Altman.
Categories:  Corporations  Business  Western

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Misfits, The (1961)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  125 min. B&W
Plot: A love quadrangle develops around a disilliusioned divorcee and a trio of down-on-their luck cowboys intent on rounding up a herd of Mustangs.
Cast: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach. Directed by John Huston.
Categories:  Western  Romance

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Missouri Breaks, The (1976)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  126 min. 
Plot: A rancher hires a regulator to hunt down horse thieves; one at a time.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd. Directed by Arthur Penn.
Categories:  Drama  Western  Safety

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My Darling Clementine (1946)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  96 min. B&W
Plot: Legendary frontier marshall Wyatt Earp sets out to avenge his brother's murder by cattle rustlers.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Cathy Downs. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement  Family

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Oklahoma! (1955)
Rated:  G  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 145 min. 
Plot: A couple of young cowboys win the hearts of their sweethearts in the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the century.
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Shirley Jones, Gene Nelson. Directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Categories:  Musical  Romance  Western

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Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  175 min. 
Plot: Epic story of a mysterious stranger who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a widow from a ruthless assassin.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jack Elam, Jason Robards Jr.. Directed by Sergio Leone.
Categories:  Drama  Western  Mental Health

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Open Range (2003)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  139 min. 
Plot: A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Cast: Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter. Directed by Kevin Costner.
Categories:  Western  Romance

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Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  135 min. 
Plot: A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerilla unit and winds up on the run from Union soldiers.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
Categories:  Western  War

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Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD  75 min. B&W
Plot: A cowboy is unable to prevent three wandering travelers from being unjustly lynched for murder.
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan, Jane Darwell, Frank Conroy. Directed by William Wellman.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement  Drama

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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc) 122 min. 
Plot: An aging lawman is hired to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Rita Coolidge. Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Categories:  Western  History  Law Enforcement

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Pocket Money (1972)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.
Cast: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Hector Elizondo. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
Categories:  Western  Comedy

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Professionals, The (1966)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  117 min. 
Plot: A Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance, Ralph Bellamy. Directed by Richard Brooks.
Categories:  Action  Western  Marital Relations

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Proposition, The (2005)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him 9 days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Cast: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham. Directed by John Hillcoat.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement  Family

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Rango (2011)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  117 min. 
Plot: An ordinary chameleon accidentally winds up in a lawless outpost in the Wild West.
Cast: Voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
Categories:  Animation  Comedy  Western

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Red River (1948)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  133 min. B&W
Plot: Plummeting livestock values drives a self-made cattle baron to drive his herd through a treacherous trail.
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey, Sr., Colleen Gray, John Ireland, Noah Beery, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Paul Fix. Directed by Howard Hawks.
Categories:  History  Action  Western

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Rider, The (2017)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: After a tragic riding accident, a young cowboy searches for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Cast: Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lily Jandreau. Directed by Chloe Zhao.
Categories:  Drama  Western

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Rio Grande (1950)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  105 min. B&W
Plot: A Union cavalry officer risks court-martial with an unorthodox plan to battle the marauding Apaches.
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claud Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carroll Naish, Victor McLaglen. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Romance  Military

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Searchers, The (1956)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  119 min. 
Plot: An ex-Confederate sets out to find his niece, captured by the Comanches who massacred his family.
Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Drama  War

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Shane (1953)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  117 min. 
Plot: A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering conflict between the family and a wealthy cattleman forces him to act.
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin. Directed by George Stevens.
Categories:  Western  Drama

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: A cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier vows to make his last mission one of peace.
Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Romance

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Silverado (1985)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  132 min. 
Plot: Four unwitting heroes unite to overthrow a corrupt sheriff and his posse in the sleepy town of Silverado.
Cast: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
Categories:  Western  Discrimination  Law Enforcement

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Stagecoach (1939)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  97 min. B&W
Plot: Nine disparate travelers are thrust together on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.
Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berto Churchill, Tim Holt. Directed by John Ford.
Categories:  Western  Transportation

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Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  81 min. B&W
Plot: When a greedy oilman murders his father, a peace-loving sailor is forced to take on an entire frontier town.
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Martin, Ned Young, Victor Millan. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
Categories:  Western  Land Use  Criminal Law

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There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Rated:  R  Stars:
Format:  DVD  123 min. 
Plot: A bank robber is sent to jail after stashing his loot away. He now must come up with an escape plan so he can recover his riches.
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Western

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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: A Ranch hand looks to fulfill a promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cesar Cedillo. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones.
Categories:  Western  Action

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Tombstone (1993)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  130 min. 
Plot: A band of outlaws create a path of destruction to the mining town of Tombstone.
Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlton Heston, Robert Mitchum. Directed by George P. Cosmatos.
Categories:  Drama  History  Western

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Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 126 min. B&W
Plot: Three men prospecting for gold in the mountains of Mexico discover there's far more to contend with than just hardship and bandits.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya. Directed by John Huston.
Categories:  Western  Drama  Action

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True Grit (1969)
Rated:  G  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  128 min. 
Plot: A 14 year old is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold.
Cast: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Alfred Ryder, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey. Directed by Henry Hathaway.
Categories:  Western  Drama  Justice

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True Grit (2010)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  110 min. 
Plot: A 14 year old is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold.
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Hailee Steinfeld. Directed by Ethan Coen.
Categories:  Western  Drama  Justice

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Unforgiven (1992)
Rated:  R  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD  131 min. 
Plot: A retired gunslinger agrees to avenge a brutalized prostitute and has to take on a corrupt sheriff. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
Categories:  Western  Action  Justice

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Westerner, The (1940)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  100 min. B&W
Plot: A tough, straight-shooting cowboy encounters the colorful and dangerously unpredicable judge.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Dana Andrews. Directed by William Wyier.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement

Law movies
Wild Bunch, The (1969)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  145 min. 
Plot: An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the traditional American West disappears around them.
Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmund O'Brien, Warren Oates. Directed by Paul Seydor.
Categories:  Western  Law Enforcement

Law movies
Winchester '73 (1950)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  92 min. B&W
Plot: The story of a rifle leads to a final showdown.
Cast: James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis . Directed by Anthony Mann.
Categories:  Western  Criminal Law  Romance

The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.

You can view a list of all law library movies in the online catalog.