18 March 2015

Westerns, the list

Rico says he's thoroughly enjoyed (and highly recommends) Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide to Great Westerns by Howard Hughes (no, not that one), a compendium of damn near every Western movie ever made:

Here's the list from the book (and, no, Rico has not seen all of them):



1903 The Great Train Robbery (video above)

1916 Hell's Hinges (directed by and starring William S. Hart)

1917 Straight Shooting (directed by John Ford and starring Harry Carey)


1923 The Covered Wagon

1924 The Iron Horse

1925 Tumbleweeds (starring William S. Hart)


1926 Three Bad Men (poster: Spanish version) (directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien)


1930 The Big Trail (directed by Raoul Walsh and starring John Wayne)


1931 Cimarron (starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne)



1939 Destry Rides Again  (starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart)


1943 The Ox-Bow Incident  (directed by William Wellman and starring Henry Fonda)


1946 Duel in the Sun (directed by King Vidor and starring Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck)


1947 Pursued (directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Robert Mitchum)


1948 Fort Apache (directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda)


1948 The Paleface (starring Jane Russell and Bob Hope)


1948 Yellow Sky (directed by William Wellman and starring Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark)


1950 Broken Arrow (directed by Delmer Davies and starring James Stewart)


1950 The Gunfighter (directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck)


1950 Rio Grande (directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, and Ben Johnson)


1950 WagonMaster (directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson)


1950 Winchester '73 (directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, and Dan Duryea)


1952 Bend of the River (directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Julia Adams, and Arthur Kennedy)


1952 Rancho Notorius (directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer, and Arthur Kennedy)


1952 Son of Paleface (directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Bob Hope)


1953 Hondo (directed by John Farrow and starring John Wayne, Geraldine Page, and Ward Bond)


1953 The Naked Spur (directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Janet Leigh, and Robert Ryan)


1954 Apache (directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Lancaster)


1955 Bad Day at Black Rock (directed by John Sturges and starring Spencer Tracy,  Robert Ryan, and Anne Francis)


1955 The Far Country (directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman, and Corinne Calvet)

1956 The Last Wagon (directed by Delmer Daves and starring Richard Widmark)


1956 Seven Men from Now (directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, and Lee Marvin)

1957 Decision at Sundown (directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott)


1957 Run of the Arrow (directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Rod Steiger and Brian Keith)


1957 3:10 to Yuma (directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn FordVan Heflin, and Felicia Farr)


1958 The Big Country (directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, and Carroll Baker)



Rico says that, except for the two terrible Bob Hope movies, many worth seeing...


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