A Big Hand for the Little Lady DVD

A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) is not a typical gun-slinging western but more a of character study of several members of a small town who gather yearly for a poker game. These players - Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford...

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Belle of the Yukon DVD

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 DVD

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 R...

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid DVD

One of the Most Memorable Films of The Century Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) is one of the most memorable films of the century. Based on real history of two of America's most infamous bandits, the movie became a Western class...

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Cowboy and the Lady, The DVD

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 starts out with a light-hearted flair that snares the ...

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McQ DVD

John Wayne is, well, John Wayne. In McQ (1974) he's a cop. Yet he's still the same loose cannon but honest, anything-goes-to-get-the-job-done character. This is definitely a shoot-em-up, and McQ has no trouble replacing one gun after anothe...

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Ride the High Country DVD

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 DVD

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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Three Ten To Yuma DVD

Although it didn't receive any major awards, 3:10 To Yuma is considered on e of the best westerns of the 1950s. Glenn Ford starred as the self-assured villain Ben Wade and Van Heflin as the honorable and downtrodden Dan Evans who must escort Wa...

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Train Robbers, The DVD

John Wayne turns in another bigger-than-life persona while Ann Margret's sizzle consumes the screen in The Train Robbers (1972). This action/adventure/comedy classic, is a variation of a tale told many times before, but this telling is a deligh...

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