Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler. Read More »
Western
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe AKA Un genio, due compari, un pollo (1975) Damiano Damiani, Terence Hill, Miou-Miou, Robert Charlebois
Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Read More »
My Name Is Nobody AKA Il mio nome è Nessuno (1973) Tonino Valerii, Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin
Jack Beauregard, once the greatest gunslinger of the Old West, only wants to move to Europe and retire in peace Read More »
The Kentuckian (1955) Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Dianne Foster
A frontiersman in 1820s Kentucky finds the area too civilized for his tastes Read More »
Bucking Broadway (1917) John Ford, Harry Carey, Molly Malone, L.M. Wells
A ranch foreman battles a rich stockbroker for the affections of a beautiful young woman. Read More »
Land Beyond the Law (1937) B. Reeves Eason, Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Wayne Morris
When Chip Douglas’ father is murdered by rustlers, Chip is appointed Sheriff to combat the lawlessness. Read More »
Rio Grande (1950) John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Ben Johnson
Rio Grande takes place after the Civil War when the Union turned their attention towards the Apaches. Read More »
Fort Apache (1948) John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
In John Ford’s sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday Read More »
The Retrieval (2013) Chris Eska, Ashton Sanders, Tishuan Scott, Keston John, Bill Oberst Jr.
On the outskirts of the U.S. Civil War, a boy is sent north by his bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man. Read More »
A Girl Is a Gun AKA Une aventure de Billy le Kid (1971) Luc Moullet, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Rachel Kesterber, Jean Valmont
Despite most Cahiers du cinéma critics admired many western authors, when they themselves became filmmakers few dared to overtly revisit that genre. Read More »
Rocky Mountain (1950) William Keighley, Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes
A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California Read More »
The Gold Rush (1925) Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray
A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters Read More »
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns (1971) Paul Hunt, Robert Padilla, Gregory Sierra, Federico Gómez
A jailed Mexican bandit is offered a pardon if he will cross the border into Mexico and bring back a gang of murderous gold thieves. Read More »
Laughing Boy (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, Ramon Novarro, Lupe Velez, William B. Davidson
There were very few laughs in this phlegmatic film adaptation of the Oliver LaFarge’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Laughing Boy. Read More »
The Treasure of the Silver Lake AKA Der Schatz im Silbersee (1962) Harald Reinl, Pierre Brice, Lex Barker, Herbert Lom
In Arkansas, a stagecoach is robbed by Colonel Brinkley’s gang. Read More »