Baron of Arizona, The

If there's one genre that I'll never tire of, it's con artist movies. I can't help but be pulled in by their clever hooks, complex plots, and cheerfully criminal spirits. Thus, it was only natural that I fell head over heels for The...

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Wild Bunch, The

The Wild Bunch,  by Sam Peckinpah,  stars William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien and Ben Johnson. The story is a forceful tale of desperados bound together by the same greed. The men exist by a code of honor, but in their ...

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Belle of the Yukon

You've seen the story a million times. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl. Belle of the Yukon (1944), is a lightweight MGM musical which tells the trite tale with great music, gorgeous costumes and a lively cast.

Big Trail, The

The Big Trail (1930) was John Wayne's 19th film - although some of those films were uncreditied - and in it he landed his first leading-man role. The 70mm screen print is impressive, even with its flaws. One of the first talkies, the sound in T...

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Cowboy and the Lady, The

We've seen this plot before. Many times before. Pampered woman weds an ordinary man. Even the title, The Cowboy and the Lady, makes it clear what this film is about. However, this 1938 film, starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon,  starts out wi...

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Frisco Kid, The

No matter how many times you might see The Frisco Kid (1979), it's always good for a few laughs. Since the action takes place in 1850, the film never gets that outdated look that some contemporary movies get. Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford are p...

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Iron Horse, The

John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924), which was the biggest grossing film of its day, is an epic silent western about the building of the first transcontinental railroad. The main thrust of the movie is when an Old West surveyor (James Gordon), wh...

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Man From Colorado, The

Critics dubbed the 1948 "The Man From Colorado" as a "psychological Western" genre due to its dark and brooding central characters and themes. Directed by Henry Levin ("The Desperado's"), the film starred Academy A...

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Ride The High Country

Ride the High Country (1962) is one of Sam Peckinpah's most enjoyable Westerns. The story is about Steve Judd (Joel McCrea), an aging lawman and his former friend Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott) who agree to transport gold from a Sierra Nevada min...

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Seven Men From Now

Seven Men From Now (1956) is a well-made Western from the pen of Burt Kennedy (The Train Robbers, The War Wagon) directed by Budd Boetticher (The Cimarron Kid) and staring Randolph Scott, ably supported by Gail Russell and Lee Marvin. Don't be ...

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