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Andreychuk, Ed. American frontiersmen on film and television : Boone, Crockett, Bowie, Houston, Bridger, and Carson Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2005. (MAIN: PN1995.9.P487 A53 2005)

The American Cinema: The Western

Cast: clips and critical commentary on films from John Ford's seminal Stagecoach (1939), Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992) through the work of Arthur Penn, Sam Peckinpah, and other important directors, the program traces the aesthetic evolution of the Western film as well as the sociological importance of the genre. 1994. 55 min. DVD 371; vhs Video/C 3712

The American West of John Ford .

John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda offer personal anecdotes from their experiences working with director John Ford. Includes interviews with Ford, as well as lengthy clips from his classic westerns and a discussion of his various works. Features Andy Devine in a special cameo role. 1971. 60 min. Video/C MM532

Annie Oakley (The Golden Years of Television)

Cast: Gail Davis, Jimmy Hawkins, Kenneth MacDonald, Brad Johnson, Robert B. Williams. Contents: Sharpshooting Annie (28 min.) -- Hardrock Trail (26 min.) Two episodes from the 1950's television adventure series about the legendary sharpshooter, Annie Oakley. In the first program Annie solves a robbery of money raised for charity taken by the manager of "Bill's Wonder Show." In the second program Vic Carver escapes jail and sets out to get revenge on the man who got him locked up, Annie's Uncle Luke, but Annie hatches a plot to send Uncle Luke out of town and away from trouble ... she thinks. Program originally telecast the 1950's. 55 min. Video/C 6786

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Directed by Andrew Dominik. Cast: Brad Pitt, Mary-Louise Parker, Brooklynn Proulx, Dustin Bollinger, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Jeremy Renner, Sam Shepard, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Schneider. Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and the quest for fame becomes obsession. Based on the novel by Ron Hansen. 159 min. DVD 9280

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1969)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Cast: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Peter Whitney, R.G. Armstrong. Left to die by his two prospecting partners, Cable Hogue starts his long walk across the parched Arizona landscape. After a few dry days, he can barely crawl but then he finds something more precious than gold: a water hole. Hogue settles in and makes his fortune selling water to thirsty travelers, and patiently waits for the desert rats who betrayed him to drop by for a drink. 122 min. DVD 5015; vhs 999:916

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1914)

Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Blanche Sweet, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Lionel Barrymore. Mae Marsh and her little sister meet Lillian Gish and her family on the stagecoach bound for the frontier settlement of Elderbush Gulch. The girls' arrival is welcomed with enthusiasm until the ranch foreman for their uncle, with whom they've come to live, refuses to let them keep their puppies in the house. Left outside, the pups run away and fall into the hands of two young Indians who, amazed at their good fortune, prepare to eat them. Marsh's screams alert her uncle, who comes running with his gun and shoots one of the braves. Unfortunately, the victim turns out to be the son of the chief. To avenge the death of his son, the chief organizes an attack on Elderbush Gulch. 29 min. DVD 1545; DVD 1399; VHS 999:568, 999:569; 999:604

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The Big Country (1958)

Directed by William Wyler. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya. A sea captain trades the expanse of the oceans for the open range of the West and grows to regret his choice as he and his neighbor feud over water rights. Peace is achieved only after the deaths of both family heads. 168 min. 999:766:1&2

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Blazing Saddles (1974)

Directed by Mel Brooks. Cast: Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Claude Ennis Starrett Jr., Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman. In this spoof on western films the new sheriff and his sidekick, retired gunfighter Waco Kid, protect the town of Rock Ridge from the men who want to run the railroad through the town. DVD includes a new, exclusive 55-minute interview with Mel Brooks. 148 min. DVD 891

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Broken Arrow (1950)

Directed by Delmer Daves. Cast: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Basil Ruysdael, Will Geer. Amidst the bitter struggle between white men and Apache Indians Calvary scout, Tom Jeffords, believes the Indians are treated unfairly. He befriends Cochise, the leader of the Apaches, and arranges a truce but is then called upon by a U.S. Army general to negotiate a peace treaty. After fulfilling his mission however, he, his Indian wife and Cochise are targets of a renegade ambush. Special features: Fox Movietonenews "Stars see 'new' 50-star flag, Broken arrow ceremony;" interactive pressbook gallery; exclusive poster gallery; original theatrical trailer. 93 min. DVD 8475; vhs 999:1444

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Broncho Billy's Sentence (1915)

Directed by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson. Cast: "Bronco Billy" Anderson, True Boardman, Ernest Van Pelt, Carl Stockdale, Evelyn Selbie, Harry Todd. The sixth in a series of rare silent films from the early film-making period of 1911-1915. In this one-reeler Western a wounded robber is taken in by a preacher and his wife, repents, and returns the money he stole. Special feature: Broncho Billy's NIles, California: then and now: Views of Niles as it was in Broncho Billy's day and in our own, set to the tune of Nell Wright Slaughter's "The Broncho Billy rag" (1914). DVD 8450

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The Bronz Buckeroo (1939)

Directed by Richard C. Kahn. Cast: Herbert Jeffrey, Lucius Brooks, Artie Young, F.E. Miller, Spencer Williams, Jr., Clarence Brooks. Bob Blake and his boys arrive at Joe Jackson's ranch to find him missing. While Slim cheats Dusty out of his money using ventriloquism and marked cards, Blake tries to find Jackson. Learning that Thorne and his gang are holding him prisoner, he and his men trail them. When Thorne's gang gets the drop on them, Slim puts his ventriloquism to work. Filmed with an all Black cast and crew. 56 min. DVD 4995; vhs 999:2211

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Leyda, Julia. "Black-Audience Westerns and the Politics of Cultural Identification in the 1930s." Cinema Journal. 42(1):46-70. 2002

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or, Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

Directed by Robert Altman. Cast: Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Geraldine Chaplin, Burt Lancaster, Frank Kaquitts. Chronicles the travels and adventures of Buffalo Bill Cody, the legendary Western adventurer. Although Buffalo Bill had fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing could prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His "Wild West Show" was hugely popular, Cast: stunt-riders, battle recreations and a beautiful sharpshooter, Annie Oakley. But when Bill signed a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role in the show, a clash of cultures reverberated far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. 123 min. DVD 4269; vhs 999:1641

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Directed by George Roy Hill. Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey, Henry Jones. One of the most successful Westerns ever made, this film captures the legend of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and their bandit companions known as "the hole-in-the-wall" gang. 110 min. DVD 7833; vhs 999:918

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By the Sun's Rays (1914)

Directed by Tod Browning. Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney, Seymour Hastings, Agnes Vernon. DVD 2214

Chato's Land (1971)

Directed by Michael Winner. Cast: Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Ralph Waite, Richard Jordan, Victor French, Richard Basehart. Chato, a half-breed Apache, kills a vicious sheriff in self defense and then finds himself on the run from a posse, but the odds shift in Chato's favor when he leads his pursuers into Apache territory, where the harsh, cruel land can kill as surely as a gunman's bullet. Using his sharp wits, raw courage and ferocious determination, Chato exacts his brutal revenge, as the hunters become the hunted. 93 min. 999:1959

Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, Dolores Del Rio, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Kennedy, James Stewart. True life story of three hundred starving Cheyenne men, women and children, forcibly resettled in the barren wastelands of Oklahoma, who set out in the Autumn of 1878 on a desperate 1500-mile trek back to their Yellowstone homeland. 158 min. DVD 5658; vhs 999:459

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The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

Directed by Gene Kelly. Cast: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon, Elaine Devry. Saddle-weary Texan cowboys are surprised to find they've inherited a Wyoming brothel and must defend it against a gun-wieding gang. 102 min. DVD 6171

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Cimarron (1931)

Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil, William Collier, Jr., Rosco Ates, George E. Stone, Stanley Fields, Robert McWade, Edna May Oliver, Nancy Dover, Eugene Jackson. Epic western about the Cravat family settling the Oklahoma prairie, opening with the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. Yancy Cravat is a newspaperman and lawyer who helps found the town of Osage. An adventurer, he finds town-life stifling and seeks his thrills even further into the frontier. His wife ends up becoming a town leader when his absences leave her no other choice. 123 min. DVD 5091

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The Cisco Kid. Vol. 1, Quarterhorse (TV, 1950). The Postmaster (1956). (195?)

"Here's adventure! Here's romance! Here's O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the Old West." Here's typical, sappy, "Frito Bandito" stereotyping from 1950's TV! Starring Duncan Ronaldo and Leo Carillo (as befuddled sidekick Pancho). In this first television series to be produced in color, The Cisco Kid as the "Robin Hood of the Old West", stops treachery with incredible stunts and ingenuity with help from his sidekick, Pancho. In Quarterhouse Cisco recovers a valuable stolen racing horse. In The Postmaster a U.S. postal inspector who is investigating robberies is murdered and Cisco must unravel a mystery to apprehend the killer. Starring Leo Carrillo, Duncan Renaldo, Virginia Herrick, Tris Coffin (1st work). Leo Carrillo, Duncan Renaldo, Maris Wrixon, Edward Keane (2nd work). 999:1354

The Cisco Kid

Cast: Duncan Renaldo (Cisco Kid), Leo Carrillo. The Cisco Kid was well known to audiences from numerous films long before the television series. The Cisco Kid and his English-mangling sidekick Pancho traveled the old west in the grand tradition of righting wrongs and fighting injustice wherever they found it, ending each episode with the exclamations, "Hey, Poncho, Hey, Cisco!". Segment from a television program originally produced 1950-1956. DVD 9645

Cowboy (1958)

Directed by Delmer Daves. Cast: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi, Brian Donlevy, Dick York, Victor Manuel Mendosa, Richard Jaeckel, James Westerfield. Tempers flare and fists fly in this action-packed sagebrush classic based on the real-life adventures of a tenderfoot turned tough cattleman. Based on the book "My reminiscences as a cowboy" by Frank Harris. 92 min. DVD 4272

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Boyer, Jay. "The Westerns of Delmer Daves." In: The book of westerns / edited by Ian Cameron and Douglas Pye. New York : Continuum, 1996. (Main Stack PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996; Moffitt PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996)

The Cowboy (1968)

Directed by Abe Wexler. Cast: Bob Steele, Josie Sedgwick, Carmen Laroux, Julian Rivero, Robert Homans. A spoof produced in 1968 by adding Yiddish dialogue to a shortened version of the film "Son of Oklahama", a 1932 Hollywood western. The plot centers around a cowboy new to town unjustly accused of theft, who helps to solve the crime and discovers the identity of his parents. Dubbed into Yiddish. 12 min. 99:3765

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Dances With Wolves (1990)

Directed by Kevin Costner. Cast: Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant. Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. John Dunbar wants to see the American frontier before it is gone. He is assigned to an abandoned fort, where a sioux tribe is his only neighbor. 181 min. DVD 1693; vhs 999:480

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Days of Heaven(1996)

Directed by Terrence Malick. Cast: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz. A moving story about two men who love the same woman. A fugitive from the slums of Chicago finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan for the love of Abby. 93 min. DVD 7436

The cinema of Terrence Malick : poetic visions of America / edited by Hannah Patterson.London ; New York : Wallflower, 2003. (MAIN: PN1998.3.M3388 C56 2003; PFA : PN1998.3.M3388 C56 2003)

Crofts, Charlotte. "From the 'hegemony of the eye' to the 'hierarchy of perception': The reconfiguration of sound and image in Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven." Journal of Media Practice, 2001, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p19, 11p;

McGettigan, Joan. "Interpreting a man's world: Female voices in Badlands and Days of Heaven." Journal of Film and Video. Winter 2001. Vol. 52, Iss. 4; p. 33 (11 pages)

Mellen, Joan, "Spiraling Downward: America in Days Of Heaven, In the Valley of Elah, and No Country For Old Men." Film Quarterly; Spring2008, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p24-31, 8p, 4 bw

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Morrison, James. The films of Terrence Malick Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003. (MAIN: PN1998.3.M3388 M67 2003)

Wondra, Janet. "Marx in a Texas Love Triangle: "Marrying Up" and the Classed Gaze in Days of Heaven." Journal of Film and Video. Winter 2005. Vol. 57, Iss. 4; pg. 3, 15 pgs

Zucker, Carole. "'God don't even hear you,' or paradise lost: Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven"" Literature/Film Quarterly. 2001. Vol. 29, Iss. 1; p. 2 (8 pages)

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Dead Man's Walk(TV, 1996)

Cast: David Arquette, Jonny Lee Miller, F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Brian Dennehy, Edward James Olmos, Eric Schweig, Harry Dean Stanton. The prequel to Lonesome Dove is set in the Texas Republic in the early 1840s, a time when Anglo, Hispanic, and Commanche cultures were in fierce conflict. Shows Gus and Call on a deadly trail to Santa Fe facing the rigors of nature and the elements, as well as outlaws, bandits, and the notorious Commanche warrior Buffalo Hump. Teleplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana; directed Yves Simoneau. 283 min. DVD 6147

Deadwood (TV series)

Created by David Milch. Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif, John Hawkes, Paula Malcomson, Leon Rippy, William Sanderson. SEE TV videography

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Destry Rides Again (1939)

Directed by George Marshall. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Brian Donlevy, Mischa Auer, Una Merkel. A tongue-in-cheek western set in the frontier town of Bottleneck about a lawman with an aversion to guns and a cabaret girl at the Bloody Gulch Saloon. 95 min. DVD 5092; vhs 999:914

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Jacobowitz, Florence. "The Dietrich Westerns: Destry Rides Again and Rancho Notorious." In: The Book of Westerns / edited by Ian Cameron and Douglas Pye. pp: 88-98. New York: Continuum, 1996. (Main Stack PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996; Moffitt PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996; Bancroft PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996)

Dodge City (1939)

Directed by Michael Curtiz. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, John Litel, Henry Travers, Henry O'Neill, Victor Jory, William Lundigan, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams. Dodge City, a wide-open cattle town needs a fearless honest Marshal. A guy like Wade Hatton, who helped bring the railroad in. It may not help that he fancies Abbie Irving, who won't have anything to do with him since he had to shoot her brother. But that's the West. 100 min. DVD 4017

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver. A historical drama that tells the story of a young frontier leader, his spirited wife, and their struggles in the backwoods of New York state. 103 min. DVD 4090; vhs 999:699

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Duel in the Sun (1946)

Directed by King Vidor. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Charles Bickford. The hot-blooded son of a Texas land baron and his clear headed, calm brother become rivals when they meet a beautiful half-breed Indian girl who comes to live on their ranch. 138 min. DVD 6689; vhs 999:1358

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Early Westerns (silent): Part I (1912-1920)

Various directors. Contents: Fatherhood of Buck McKee (1912); Sheriff of Stone Gulch (1913); The Man from Nowhere (1914); Man from Tia Juana (1917); Four Gun Bandits (1919); Fight It Out (1920). Buck McKee, Ruth Roland, J. Warren Kerrigan, Vera Sussan, George Perilet, Jack Hoxie, Pete Morrison, Hoot Gibson, Dorothy Wood. 115 min. 999:542

Early Westerns (silent): Part 2 (1912-1920)

Directed by George Holt, William Bertram. Contents: Get Your Man (1927); Battling Archie Travers; Extra Man and Milk Fed Lion; Man with a Punch; The Bashful Whirlwind (1925). Cast: Neal Hart, Dick Hatton, Art Acord, Hoot Gibson, Edmund Cobb. 108 min. 999:533

An Eastern Westerner (1920)

Director, Hal Roach. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis. A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The Easterner befriends a young woman whose father is being held captive by Tompkins, and he decides to help her. 24 min. DVD 6208; DVD 3160

El Dorado (1967)

Director, Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michelle Carey, R.G. Armstrong, Edward Asner, Christopher George. Robert Mitchum is J.P. Harrah, an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked "businessmen". John Wayne is Cole Thornton, the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Together they try to bring justice to a rancher and his family. 126 min. DVD 8320

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Firecreek (1968)

Directed by Vincent McEveety. Cast: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gary Lockwood, Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jay C. Flippen, Inger Stevens. An outlaw preys on small towns, and a $2-a-month lawman must find the courage to stop him. 104 min. DVD 6171

Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Directed by Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, John Wels, W. Lukschy, S. Rupp, Joe Edger. The first of the "spaghetti westerns" Cast: a lean, cold-eyed, cobra-quick gunslinger, a cynical enigmatic loner, the first of the "anti-heroes." 99 min. DVD 4545; vhs 999:276

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For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Directed by Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Josef Egger, Mara Krup. Western drama in which two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader. 131 min. DVD 4547

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Fort Apache (1948)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond. In this drama of war on the American frontier between the Apache Indians and the U.S. Cavalry, a military martinet assumes command of a desert fort where his rigid leadership creates dissension and conflict among his family and staff. 127 min. DVD 5669; vhs 999:1445

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Forty Guns (1957)

Directed by Samuel Fuller. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry. Tougher-than-nails landowner Jessica Drummond has ruled over her county in Arizona with such power that even the local sheriff won't stand up to her. And when gunslinger-turned-U.S. marshal Griff Bonnell and his brothers seek to restore law and order, they meet with harsh resistance, that is until Jessica falls in love with Bonnell. But when the man's brother is murdered and the two families become bitter enemies, Jessica's loyalty is divided, and Bonnell faces his biggest moral dilemma : how to avenge his brother's death and still maintain his vow of non-violence. 79 min. DVD 4036

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4 for Texas (1963)

Directed by Robert Aldrich. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Victor Buono, The Three Stooges. Two gamblers vie for supremacy at the card tables of 1870s Galveston. Though they'd as soon cut each other's throats than cooperate, Zack and Joe are forced to unite against a pair of common enemies: crooked banker Harvey Burden and cold-blooded outlaw/hired-gun Matson. 116 min. DVD 7901

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The Frisco Kid (1979)

Directed by Robert Aldrich. Cast: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford. A innocent Polish rabbi travels through 1850s America toward his new congregation and wife in San Francisco. Along the way, he forms an uneasy alliance with an inept bank robber and the two cut a pratfall-filled path across the wild west. 119 min. DVD 5972

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The Gambler (TV, 1980)

Directed by Dick Lowry. Cast: Kenny Rogers, Christine Belford, Bruce Boxleitner, Harold Gould, Clu Gulager, Lance Legault, Lee Purcell, Ronnie Scribner. On a train headed for Yuma, California, to rescue the son he never knew, high-rolling frontier gambler Brady Hawks meets Billy Montana. A self-fashioned gambling dandy, Billy is headed for San Francisco to try his hand at the poker tournament. The two become fast friends who then become a strong team when they help Jennie Reed, a lady who is being pursued by unprincipled railroad baron, Arthur Stobridge.

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (silent, 1912)

Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Dorothy Bernard, Christy Cabanne, Harry Hyde, Wilfred Lucas, Charles Hill Mailes, Alfred Paget, Blanche Sweet, Charles West 162 min. 999:568

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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs)

This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s, when television began to bring this genre into homes on a regular weekly basis. The film contains a large number of scenes from early silents and seldom seen films, as well as old photographs of the stars and one-sheet advertisements for lost films. Featuring: Rex Allen, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Gene Autry, Ward Bond, William Boyd, Walter Brennan, Johnny Mack Brown, Yakima Canutt, Harry Carey, Andy Devine, Dale Evans, John Ford, Clark Gable, Hoot Gibson, William S. Hart, Raymond Hatton, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Herb Jeffries, Ben Johnson, Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, Jane Russell, Randolph Scott, John Wayne. 2003. 94 min. DVD 8574

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Directed by Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffre. During the American Civil War, three men seek hidden loot. With greed as their sole motivation, they overcome anything that gets in their way - including each other. 162 min. DVD 4546; vhs 999:832:1&2

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Great Train Robbery (Silent, 1903)

Directed by Edwin S. Porter. Four men assault and tie up the clerk at the train station, then rob the train, take all the money and shoot a passenger while escaping. A little girl discovers the clerk and gives notice to the sheriff, who with his men goes in pursuit of the bandits. 12 min. On DVD 277; VHS 999:851, 999:1006

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Director, John Sturges. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland. Based on historical events in Tombstone, Arizona this film explores the relationship between two of the West's most celebrated legends -- Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. When Earp saves Holliday from mob violence, the foes become friends and join forces to rid the West of the Clanton gang, which culminates in the legendary gunfight. 122 min. 999:3068

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Blake, Michael F. Hollywood and the O.K. Corral : portrayals of the gunfight and Wyatt Earp Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007. (MAIN: PN1995.9.W4 B583 2007)

Cohen, Hubert I. "Wyatt Earp at the O. K. Corral: Six Versions." The Journal of American Culture. Jun 2003. Vol. 26, Iss. 2; p. 204 (20 pages)

Simmon, Scott. "Concerning the Weary Legs of Wyatt Earp: The Classic Western According to Shakespeare." Literature/Film Quarterly. 1996. Vol. 24, Iss. 2; pg. 114, 14 pgs

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Gunsmoke (TV series, 1956-57)

Vol. 1 of the TV series. Contents: The Killer [May 1956]; Kitty's Outlaw [October 1957]. Cast: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake and Milburn Stone. Gunsmoke was TV's first "adult Western", TV's longest running series with continuing characters and unquestionably the most popular western of all time. In the episode The Killer, Marshall Dillion turns the tables on a cold blooded killer with the cowardly habit of inciting violence and then killing his victims in "self-defense." In Kitty's Outlaw, Kitty knows a lot of men but she seems especially close to an unsavory character Named Cole Yankton. When Yankton robs the Dodge City bank, Matt and Chester hear painful evidence that Kitty has betrayed them. 58 min. 999:1353

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Harlem Rides the Range (1939)

Directed by Richard Kahn. Cast: Herbert Jeffrey, Lucius Brooks, Flournoy E. Miller, Artie Young, Spencer Williams, Clarence Brooks, Tom Southern. A sagebrush singer's two-gun law is all that stands between the claim-jumpimg villains and the heroine and her father's uranium mine. (African American film heritage video series.) 58 min. 999:1167

Leyda, Julia. "Black-Audience Westerns and the Politics of Cultural Identification in the 1930s." Cinema Journal. 42(1):46-70. 2002

Heartland (1979)

Directed by Richard Pearce. Cast: Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell, Barry Primus, Lilia Skala, Megan Folsom, Amy Wright, Jerry Hardin, Mary Boylan. Based on true events, tells the story of widow Elinore Pruitt and her seven-year-old daughter who travel in 1910 by train to face two great unknowns-- a strange land and life with a man they have never met. Elinore has contracted by mail to keep house for Clyde Stewart, a rancher living in the remote frontier near Burntfork, Wyoming. Captivated by the vast landscape, Elinore acts quickly on her secret passion: to homestead a piece of land of her own. But fulfilling her year's contract with Clyde may be as challenging as the oncoming winter-- a winter of devastating blizzards, famine and isolation. 96 min. DVD 4274

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High Noon (1959)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney, Jr. A retired marshal's wedding is interrupted when he learns that an outlaw he helped send to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople are unwilling to help the marshal, so, reluctantly, he takes up his badge and guns again. This alienates his new bride, a Quaker woman who is opposed to any kind of violence. 84 min. DVD 958; vhs 999:15

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High Plains Drifter (1973)

Directed by Clint Eastwood. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Mariana Hill, Jack Ging, Mitchell Ryan. A stranger is hired to protect a guilt-ridden Western town from three desperadoes. 106 min. DVD 4271; vhs 999:2585

How the West Was Won (1962)

Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall. Cast: Carroll Baker, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Eli Wallach, Richard Widmark, Spencer Tracy. An epic western adventure spanning three generations, the breadth of a wild, unsettled country, and fifty of the most excitingly turbulent years of this nation's history. 165 min. DVD 307; VHS 999:920:1&2

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I Shot Jesse James (1949)

Directed by Samuel Fuller. Cast: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, J. Edward Bromberg, Victor Kilian. After years of crime reporting and writing pulp novels and screenplays, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James. 81 min. DVD 8207

Iola's Promise (silent, 1912)

Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Dorothy Bernard William J. Butler, Arthur V. Johnson, Charles Hill Mailes, Claire McDowell, George Nichols, Alfred Paget, Mary Pickford, Josef Swickard, Henry B. Walthall, Charles West. 999:568

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The Iron Horse (silent, 1924)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick. One of the earliest westerns, this film is a dramatization of the monumental "joining of the rails" in the late 1800's. One man's vision of a coast-to-coast railroad is realized by his son, who overcomes impossible odds to unite the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railways. Special DVD features: Newly created score composed and conducted by Christopher Caliendo ; audio commentary by author and film historian Robert Birchard; "Scoring the past: 'The iron horse' sessions with Christopher Calienda" featurette; restoration comparison; vintage program gallery; advertising gallery; still gallery. International version (133 min.) -- U.S. version (149 min.). 133 min. DVD 9375; vhs 999:3502

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Johnny Guitar (1954)

Directed by Nicholas Ray. Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Ernest Borgnine, Mercedes McCambridge, Ward Bond. Bitter hatred leads to persecution when a pastoral valley is threatened by plans for a new railroad. Johnny Guitar, adept with a gun as well as a guitar, becomes involved with the proprietress of a gambling saloon, who is scheming to build a town out of grazing land. 110 min. 999:557

Junior Bonner (1972)

Directed by by Sam Peckinpah. Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ben Johnson, Ida Lupino, Joe Don Baker. A rowdy modern-day western about a young, drifting rodeo star who decides to raise money for his father's ranch by challenging a formidable bull. 100 min. DVD 4273

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The Last Sunset (1961)

Directed by Robert Aldrich. Cast:Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand. Journey to the Wild West with a haunted sheriff (Rock Hudson) as he joins an outlaw (Kirk Douglas) in a treacherous cattle drive and finds his heart captive to the wanted man's former lover. Based upon the novel 'Sundown at Crazy Horse' by Howard Rigsby. 112 min. DVD 8144

Little Big Man (1970)

Directed by Arthur Penn. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Martin Balsam, Jeff Corey, Chief Dan George, Faye Dunaway. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Little Big Man is Jack Crabb's story. 140 min. DVD 1738; vhs 999:420

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The Lone Ranger (TV series, 1956)

Two episodes. Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels. In Message to Fort Apache, directed by William J. Thiele, the Lone Ranger and Tonto join forces with the U.S. Army to halt the flow of guns to hostile Indians; in The Frightened Woman, directed by Oscar Rudolph, after witnessing a robbery, a pretty widow is the target of the bandit's vengeance. 55 min. 999:1357

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Lone Ranger

Disc 3: Side A. Bonanza: The gunmen; Spanish grant; Last Viking. The lone surviving Texas Ranger (Clayton Moore), was nursed back to health by the Indian Tonto (Jay Silverheels). The two rode their horses throughout the West doing good while living off a silver mine which supplied them with income and bullets. Disc 3. Side B. 1949-1956, 6 episodes, 30 min. each DVD 2860

The Lonedale Operator (silent, 1911)

Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Francis J. Grandon, Joseph Graybill, Dell Henderson, Wilfred Lucas, George Nichols, Blanche Sweet, Charles West. DVD 361; vhs 999:570

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The Lonesome Dove (TV, 1988)

Directed by Simon Wincer. Cast: Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Angelica Huston, Danny Glover, Diane Lane. Two former Texas Rangers leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana. Special features: interview with Larry McMurtry; interview with Suzanne de Passe; western historical trivia game; trailer; cast and crew information; production notes; scene access; interactive menus. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry. 360 min. DVD 6145

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The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Directed by John Sturges. Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn. Yul Brynner stars as the leader of a group of skilled gunfighters hired to protect a poor Mexican village from marauding bandits led by the vicious Calvera, played with evil delight by Eli Wallach. 129 min. DVD 713; VHS 999:462

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Buscombe, Edward. "The Magnificent Seven." In: Mediating Two Worlds: Cinematic Encounters in the Americas / edited by John King, Ana M. Lopez, Manuel Alvarado. pp: 15-24. London: BFI, 1993. (Main Stack PN1995.9.L37.M43 1993; Moffitt PN1995.9.L37.M43 1993)

Man Called Horse (1969)

Directed by Elliot Silverstein. Cast: Richard Harris, Dame Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou, Corinna Tsopei. Richard Harris is a man called "Horse," the British aristocrat who flees civilized England and in turn embraces the wild, nomadic culture of the American Sioux Indians. 115 min. 999:842

Man of the West (1958)

Directed by Anthony Mann. Cast: Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, Jack Lord. When the train he is on gets robbed, Link Jones (Cooper) finds himself unwillingly reunited with his old gang. Dock Tobin (Cobb), the gang's sadistic, half-crazed patriarch, was like a father to Link some twenty years past and welcomes him back. To survive, Link must take up his old ways - his killing ways. 100 min. 999:897

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Basinger, Jeanine. "Mann of the West." In: Anthony Mann Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2007. (PFA : PN1998.3.M36 B37 2007)

Boyer, Jay. "The Collapse of Fantasy: Masculinity in the Westerns of Anthony Mann." In: The book of westerns / edited by Ian Cameron and Douglas Pye. New York : Continuum, 1996. (Main Stack PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996; Moffitt PN1995.9.W4.B66 1996)

Kitses, Demetrius John. Horizons West; Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, Sam Peckinpah: studies of authorship within the western Bloomington, Indiana University Press [1970, c1969] (MOFF: PN1995.9.W4 K5; PFA : PN1995.9.W4 K5 1970)

Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Ken Murray. A western portraying the struggle between cattlemen and homesteaders in the town of Shinbone, telling about the encounter of a young eastern lawyer with the notorious gunman Liberty Valance. 123 min. DVD 8321; DVD 959; vhs 999:924

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

Directed by Robert Altman. Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Hugh Millais, Shelly Duvall. A gambling gunfighter comes to a northwest mining town at the turn of the century and with his winnings from a small-time card hustle sets up lavish brothels. 121 min. DVD 1275; vhs 999:419

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The Missouri Breaks (1976)

Directed by Arthur Penn. Cast: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John Ryan, Sam Gilman. Horse thief Tom Logan has set his sights on the horses and daughter of rancher David Braxton. However, Braxton has hired the infamous Lee Clayton to make sure that his possessions are safe and that any horse thief is stopped in his tracks. 126 min. DVD 5032

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The Movies Go West

Hal Angus, of the original Essanay Film Manufacturing Company western unit, revisits the studio and location sites and reminisces about the early days between 1909-1916 when Gilbert M. Anderson produced and starred in hundreds of westerns. He points out that in the role of Broncho Billy, Gilbert Anderson created the prototype of the movie cowboy hero and established the format of the classic American movie western. 14 min. Video/C MM892

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Cathy Downs. Wyatt Earp becomes Marshal of Tombstone in order to avenge the murder of his youngest brother. He is helped by Clementine, "Doc" Holliday and Chihuahua and finally kills old man Clanton and his sons in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral.117 min. DVD 2290; VHS 999:95

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Blake, Michael F. Hollywood and the O.K. Corral : portrayals of the gunfight and Wyatt Earp Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007. (MAIN: PN1995.9.W4 B583 2007)

Cohen, Hubert I. "Wyatt Earp at the O. K. Corral: Six Versions." The Journal of American Culture. Jun 2003. Vol. 26, Iss. 2; p. 204 (20 pages)

Simmon, Scott. "Concerning the Weary Legs of Wyatt Earp: The Classic Western According to Shakespeare." Literature/Film Quarterly. 1996. Vol. 24, Iss. 2; pg. 114, 14 pgs

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The Naked Spur (1953)

Directed by Anthony Mann. Cast: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, Millard Mitchell. Bounty hunter Howard King tracks down a vicious criminal in an attempt to start a new life with the money he'll collect. When he finally catches up with his prey, he faces an even more perilous trip back with his quarry. 93 min. DVD 6165; vhs 999:1846

Basinger, Jeanine. "Mann of the West." In: Anthony Mann Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2007. (PFA : PN1998.3.M36 B37 2007)

Horton, Robert. "Mann & Stewart: Two Rode Together." Film Comment. Mar 1990. Vol. 26, Iss. 2; p. 40 (6 pages)

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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Directed by Sergio Leone. Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Woody Strode. Frank is a ruthless murderous psychopath who suffers no conscience pangs after annihilating an entire family and a half-breed is falsely accused of the terrible slaughter. Special DVD features: Commentary track with directors John Carpenter, John Milius and Alex Cox, plus film historians Sir Christopher Frayling and Dr. Sheldon Hall, plus additional comments from cast and crew. 3 documentaries: "An opera of violence," "The wages of sin," and "Something to do with death." Railraod: Revolutionizing the west featurette ; location gallery production gallery ; cast profiles ; theatrical trailer. 165 min. DVD 8564; vhs 999:1360

Once Upon a Time Sergio Leone

With "A Fistful of Dollars" in 1964, the Italian film director, Sergio Leone, inaugurated the classic movie genre that came to be known as the spaghetti western. This program explores Leone's directorial career while underscoring his personal approach and commenting on the influences upon his art. Footage from the celebrated filmmaker's final interview, previously unpublished letters and photographs and interviews with actors and family members projects a colorful image of both the man and his methods. Dist.: Films Media Group. 58 min. Video/C 7385

One Eyed Jacks (1960)

Directed by Marlon Brando. Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Larry Duran, Sam Gilman, Timothy Carey, Miriam Colon, Elisha Cook, Rudolph Acosta, Joan Petrone, Tom Webb, Ray Teal, John Dierkes, Philip Ahn, Margarita Cordova, Hank Worden, Clem Harvey, William Forrest, Mina Martinez, Pina Pellicer. Johnny Rio, betrayed by his best friend, returns to seek vengence after serving five years in a Mexican prison. After years of obsessed hatred the film concludes with a blazing showdown 141 min. DVD 4466

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Out West (Silent, 1921/22)

Directed and written by Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle. Cast: Keaton, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Al St. John. Arbuckle arrives in Buster Keaton's wild West saloon, foils a holdup in progress and becomes involved in several gun battles. 14 min. DVD 669; vhs 999:912

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The Outlaw (1943)

Directed by Howard Hughes. Cast: Jack Beutel, Jane Russell, Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell. Howard Hughes shocked the film world with this high-voltage western adventure that featured the steamy screen debut of voluptuous Jane Russell. The first release of the film in 1941 caused so much indignation that the picture was withdrawn for over five years before its general release. Presents a provocative retelling of the sagebrush saga of Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday - and their heated rivalry for the love of the sultry Rio - explodes in a gripping and unforgettable climax as their fateful destinies collide with the legendary Sheriff Pat Garrett. 117 min. DVD 1296

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Ox-Bow Incident (1942)

Directed by William A. Wellman. Cast: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Henry Morgan, Anthony Quinn. A cowboy is unable to prevent three wandering travellers from being unjustly lynched for murder. 75 min. 999:267

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John Calhoun. "The Ox-Bow Incident." Cineaste. Summer 2004. Vol. 29, Iss. 3; pg. 55

Crain, M.B. "The Ox-bow incident revisited." Literature/Film Quarterly Vol IV nr 3 (Summer 1976); p 240-248

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Paint Your Wagon (1969)

Directed by Joshua Logan. Cast: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Ray Walston, Harve Presnell. In this musical film a Michigan farmer and a grizzled prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnaping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boomtown. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. Screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; produced by Alan Jay Lerner. 164 min. DVD 8223

The Paleface (1921)

Directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Keaton is mistaken by the Indians for an unscrupulous oil-promoter. 20 min. DVD 254; vhs 999:910

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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Jason Robards. Outlaw Pat Garrett puts on a badge and stalks his best friend across the vast New Mexican desert in this classic portrayal of a western legend. 122 min. DVD 5017; vhs 999:917

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The Phantom of the West (1931)

Directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast: Tom Tyler, Kermit Mayard, William Desmond, Dorothy Gulliver. A 10 episode Mascot Serial. An escaped convict tells rancher Jim Lester that the real murderer of his father is hiding in a nearby town. A mysterious Phantom starts terrorizing the town, asking "Will you talk or must seven men pay for one man's crime?" Will the Phantom finally discover the identity of the killer? 161 min. DVD 7939

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Red River (1948)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, John Ireland, Noah Beery, Jr., Harry Carey, Sr., Harry Carey, Jr., Paul Fix. With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.34 min. DVD 351; VHS 999:414

Ride the High Country (1962)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Cast: Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan, R.G. Armstrong, Jonie Jackson. Two retired lawmen help transport gold from a mining camp to the bank, but one has ideas of his own for the gold. 93 min. DVD 5014; vhs 999:175

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Rio Bravo (1959)

Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell. A Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody. 141 min. DVD 4270; vhs 999:515

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Rio Grande (1950)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaughlin, Claude Jarman, Jr. A vivid look at the gentlemanly spirit of the Calvary stationed on the Mexican border during the post-Civil War days and the difficult relationship between an estranged father and his son. 105 min. DVD 300; 999:2206

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Springtime in the Sierras(1947)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Jane Frazee, Chester Conklin, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers. Someone is illegally killing deer and other protected wildlife and making a fortune selling the meat. When a kindly old man, who has devoted his life to protecting animals, is murdered, Roy Rogers and his portly comic sidekick (Andy Devine) swing into action. 75 min. DVD 7912

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The Gay Ranchero (1948)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Tito Guizar, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriquez, Sons of the Pioneers. Crooks want to gain control of a private airport, and aren't above sabotage and murder to get what they want. Riding to the rescue is sheriff Rogers, who is aided by Latino-flyboy Nicci Lopez (Tito Guizar). Roy gets to warble several tunes both by himself and with heroine Jane Frazee, while Tito Guizar solos on "You Belong to My Heart" and "Granada." 55 min. DVD 7912

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Grand Canyon Trail(1948)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Robert Livingston, Roy Barcroft, Charles Coleman, Foy Willing, Riders of the Purple Sage. Filmed in color at the majestic location of the title, Grand Canyon Trail stars Roy Rogers as a rancher going up against crooked mining engineer Regan, who has conned the eastern owner into believing that his mine is worthless. But his pretty secretary, Carol Martin is suspicious and travels to the ghost town masquerading as the boss' daughter. Rancher Rogers and his hired hands -- Foy Willing & the Riders of the Purple Sage in their first Rogers Western -- have all invested in the mine, courtesy of hayseed blacksmith "Cookie" Bullfincher (Andy Devine), and are doing a bit of digging themselves. Roy and the Riders capture the gang and Regan, whom Carol dispatches with a well-appointed rock. In between the action, Roy and the Riders perform "Everything's Going My Way," "Grand Canyon Trail" and "Colorado Joe." 66 min. DVD 7912

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The Far Frontier (1948)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Gail Davis, Andy Devine, Francis Ford, Roy Barcroft, Clayton Moore, Foy Willing, Riders of the Purple Sage. Roy rides to the rescue of his boyhood friend, a victim of amnesia, who has been manipulated by a ruthless gang of smugglers. Old reliable heavy Roy Barcroft plays Bart Carroll, the head bad guy, who'll mow down anyone -- friend and foe alike -- to avoid capture. Gail Davis, TV's Annie Oakley, plays Rogers' romantic interest, while "Lone Ranger" Clayton Moore appears sans mask. 53 min. DVD 7912

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Home in Oklahoma (1946)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Carol Hughes, George "Gabby" Hayes, George Meeker, Sons of the Pioneers. After a rancher is murdered and his fortune inherited by a young boy, a frontier newspaper editor teams up with a big-city journalist to hunt the killer. Following the trail of clues like a Sagebrush Sherlock, Rogers exposes a rival rancher as the culprit. Musical highlights include Roy and Dale's rendition of the novelty tune "Miguelito." 72 min. DVD 7912

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My Pal Trigger (1946)

Directed by Frank McDonald. Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Jack Holt, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers. This gentle, tuneful western is one of cowboy crooner Roy Rogers' best and most successful films; it is also his personal favorite. The fanciful tale tells how Rogers obtained his magnificent horse Trigger and begins with horse trader Rogers as he prepares to breed his best mare with his best friend's glorious Palomino stallion. Trouble comes in the form of a villainous gambler who has similar plans for his own mare. He attempts to rustle the stud, but the attempt fails, the stallion escapes and breeds with Roger's mare. Angrily, the gambler shows up and shoots the beautiful horse, leaving Rogers to shoulder the blame. Fortunately, Roy and his impregnated mare flee. Later she gives birth to Trigger who helps Rogers get revenge after he grows up. 79 min. DVD 7912

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Roll on Texas Moon(1946)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers and Trigger, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers. Roll on Texas Moon was the first of 26 Roy Rogers vehicles directed by fast-action specialist William Witney. The plot concerns a deadly feud between cattle ranchers and sheepherders, with the villains playing both ends down the middle. Working on behalf of the cattlemen, Rogers tries to avoid an all-out range war, finding time to champion the cause of gorgeous sheep rancher Jill Delaney (Dale Evans). 68 min. DVD 7912

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Apache Rose (1947)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Olin Howland, George Meeker, John Laurenz, Russ Vincent, Sons of the Pioneers. The Vegas family own an oil rich ranch and Calhoun is after the mineral rights. He gets Carlos Vega to run up huge gambling debts, and when Carlos' sister arrives, Calhoun tries to have her killed. Roy ultimately finds a clue that leads him to Calhouns' offshore gambling ship. 76 min. DVD 7912

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Bells of San Angelo (1947)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, John McGuire, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers, David Sharpe. The Bells of San Angelo was the second Republic Roy Rogers western to be filmed in the "new" Trucolor process (actually the old Magnacolor process). Set in the modern west, the story involves a silver-smuggling racket headed by rotten Rex Gridley. In a novel scripting touch, Roy Rogers doesn't outwit the villains-and in fact is soundly beaten by the bad guys halfway through the film. It's up to heroine Lee Madison (Dale Evans), a writer of fanciful cowboy novels, to save the day! 75 min. DVD 7912

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Young Bill Hickok (1940)

Directed by Joseph Kane. Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Helen Parrish, Onslow Stevens, Joan Woodbury, Sons of the Pioneers. Roy Rogers champions the cause of Easterner Sylvia Clark, who is in danger of losing her father's ranch to crooked land speculators. Roy tries to deal with the villains through legal channels, but they spoil things by resorting to strong-arm tactics. Making our hero's task all the more difficult is that the principal heavy is woman, one Vera Martin --and just try to catch Roy Rogers punching out a female! 53 min. DVD 7912

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Sunset Serenade [(1942)

Directed by William Witney. Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jacqueline Wells, John Milton, Sally Payne, Monte Blue. During the Civil War, a European agent plans to seize western territory and control of California's wealth by forcing the state to break away from the Union. Young Wild Bill Hickok (Rogers) as a relay station agent assisted by Calamity Jane, overpowers the foreign agents. 53 min. DVD 7912

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Heart of the Golden West (1942)

Directed by Joseph Kane. Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ruth Terry, Bob Nolan, WAlter Catlett, Paul Harvey, Sons of the Pioneers. In this fast-paced comedy-Western Roy persuades an eccentric steamboat owner to transport ranchers cattle to market. The surrounding ranchers would otherwise be forced to ship their cattle with crooked trucking company operator Ross Lambert 54 min. DVD 7912

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King of the Cowboys (1943)

Directed by Joseph Kane. Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Trigger, Peggy Moran, Gerald Mohr, James Bush, Lloyd Corrigan, Dorthea Kent, Russell Hicks, Irving Bacon, Yakima Canutt, Sons of the Pioneers. Roy playes himself, a rodeo star assigned by the governor, Russell Hicks, to investigate a series of warehouse bombings. With sidekick Frog Millhouse in tow, Roy infiltrates the Merry Makers, a touring tent show whose phony mind reader, Maurice , is the chief operative for a sabotage ring run by the governor's secretary. 56 min. DVD 7912

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Silver Spurs (1943)

Directed by Joseph Kane. Cast: Roy Rogers, John Carradine, Smiley Burnette, Phyllis Brooks, Bob Nolan, Yakima Canutt, Sons of the Pioneers. This Roy Rogers musical western gets off to a grim start when rancher Jerry Johnson is murdered by resort-hotel operator Lucky Miller. It's all part of Lucky's scheme to take financial advantage of a railroad right-of-way construction project. Conspiring with the villain is Johnson's mail-order bride Mary Hardigan --or is she? No matter: the main plot complication concerns the efforts by Miller to frame Roy Rogers, Johnson's ranch foreman, for the murder. 54 min. DVD 7912

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The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)

Directed by Joseph Kane. Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Bob Nolan, Grant Withers, Harry Shannon, George Cleveland, Sons of the Pioneers. Rogers plays a frontier insurance investigator who is assigned to locate a company payroll stolen several years earlier. Working undercover, Roy poses as a singer on a river showboat named "Yellow Rose of Texas." The showboat's owner, Betty Weston (Dale Evans), is the daughter of the man who was arrested for the robbery. She's convinced that her dad is innocent, and Roy proves that she's right by capturing the genuine culprit. 56 min. DVD 7912

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The Roy Rogers Show (TV)

Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Minerva Urecal, Francis McDonald, John Doucette, Bill Catching, Paul Fierro, Al Ferguson. Contents: Phantom rustlers (27 min.) -- Pat Brady, outlaw (27 min.) Two episodes from the 1950's television Western series staring the "singing cowboy" Roy Rogers who was joined by his wife Dale Evans, his horse Trigger, and his bumbling sidekick Pat Brady. In Phantom rustlers Roy and Dale go after cattle rustlers who are preying on the small ranchers. In Pat Bracy, outlaw, Brady poses as an outlaw for a photograph and winds up being mistaken for the real thing so his accusers can collect the bounty. Program originally telecast the 1950's. Segments from a television program originally produced 1951-1957.54 min. Video/C 6787

The Roy Rogers Show

Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady. A segment from the television program from the Double R Ranch featuring "The king of the cowboys" Roy, his "smartest horse in the movies" Trigger, "the queen of the cowgirls" Dale Evans, her horse Buttermilk, their dog Bullet, and even Pat's jeep Nellybelle. Segment from a television program originally produced 1951-1957. DVD 9645

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

Directed by Leo McCarey, Cast: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, Zasu Pitts, Leila Hyams. A comedy classic concerning a stuffy British butler who finds himself in the Wild West when his master loses him in a card game to a wealthy, rowdy American. 90 min. 999:765

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Searchers (1956)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond. A Civil War veteran on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughters. 119 min. DVD 264; VHS 999:69

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Shane (1953)

Directed by George Stevens. Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan. A drifter and retired gunfighter assists a homestead family terrorized by an aging cattleman and his hired gun. 117 min. DVD 4261; vhs 999:541

Shanghai Noon (2000)

Directed by Tom Dey. Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Roger Yuan. Two cultures collide when East meets West in this stunt-filled, action-adventure comedy. Chinese Imperial Guard Chan goes West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei. There he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon: the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West. 110 min. DVD 726

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1946)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr. Captain Nathan Brittles, a veteran of the winning of the West, was only days away from retirement. But 265 cavalrymen lie dead at Little Big Horn, and the prairie is again dark with buffalo. Convinced these are omens of victory, the Cheyenne set out to recover their lost glory, and Captain Brittles suddenly has one more job to do. 93 min. DVD 2479; VHS 999:837

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The Shootist (1976)

Directed by Don Siegel. Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Bill McKinney, James Stewart. A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last valiant battle and dies with honor. 100 min. DVD DVD 8321; vhs 999:915

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Soldier Blue (1970)

Directed by Ralph Nelson. Cast: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence. A paymaster's detachment of the U.S. cavalry is attacked by Indians seeking gold, and two white survivors trek through the desert. 105 min. DVD 6753; vhs 999:460

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Something New (silent, 1920)

Directed by Bert Van Tuyle. Cast: Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle, L. M. Wells, William McCormack. A thrilling and hilarious Western where the hero comes to the rescue of the kidnapped girl -- in a 1920 Maxwell sedan! Chased by bandits on horseback across rocky terrain, they survive some of the most amazing (and real) stunts ever attempted in a roadster. 60 min. 999:2635

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The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

Directed by Henry Hathaway. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson, Jr., Earl Holliman, Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Paul Fix, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper. The day that Katie Elder is buried, her four sons return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. It is a he-man story, as well as, a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, her sacrifice, love and incredible valor. The hopes and aspirations for her sons are movingly communicated from beginning to conclusion. Based upon a story by Talbot Jennings. 121 min. DVD 8320

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The Spaghetti West

Celebrates the history of the Spaghetti Western - the wildly popular but brutal cinema classics of the 1960s created by Italy's finest filmmakers. Featuring narrations by Spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone and actor Robert Forster, plus interviews with legendary composer Ennio Morricone, director Alex Cox, and a host of others who pioneered this vibrant film movement. 2007. 56 min. DVD 8318

The Squaw Man (1914)

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille; co-director, Oscar C. Apfel. Cast: Dustin Farnum, Art Acord, Cecil B. DeMille, Cecilia de Mille, 'Baby' Carmen De Rue, William Elmer, Mrs. A.W. Filson, Haidee Fuller, Winifred Kingston, Foster Knox, Red Wing, Joseph Singleton, Monroe Salisbury, Hal Roach, Fred Montague, Richard L'Estrange, Dick La Reno. Captain Wynnegate flees England and heads out West after accepting the blame for embezzling charity funds though knowing that his cousin Sir Henry is guilty. Afer many lonely months he marries an Indain girl who eventually dies. Into the ruins of his second shattered life steps the secret love he left behind in England, with news that could reconcile him with his ignoble past. Written, produced and directed by Cecil B. De Mille, the Squaw Man was reported to be the first feature length film shot in Hollywood. He later made two remakes of the film (1918, 1931). 81 min. DVD 6117

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The Squaw's Love (silent, 1911)

Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Kate Bruce, William J. Butler, Donald Crisp, Dark Cloud, Grace Henderson, Wilfred Lucas, Claire McDowell, Mabel Normand, Wild Flower, Alfred Paget, Dorothy West. 999: 999:573

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Stagecoach (1939)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine. Nine passengers board a Cheyenne-bound stagecoach, each with an urgent reason for the journey, each determined to live through the dangerous trip through Indian territory. Special features on DVD 5630: Special features (Disc 1): Commentary by biographer of John Ford, Scott Eyman. (Disc 2): Feature length American Masters retrospective profile "John Ford/John Wayne: the filmmaker and the legend," new documentary "Stagecoach: a story of redemption," audio-only bonus: Radio adaptation with Claire Trevor and Randolph Scott. 98 min. DVD 5630; DVD 98; VHS 999:94

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Streets of Laredo (TV, 1995)

Directed by Joe Sargent. Cast: James Garner, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Randy Quaid, Ned Beatty, Wes Studi, Charles Martin Smith, George Carlin, Alexis Cruz, Kevin Conway, James Gammon, Sonia Braga. A vicious new breed of killer is stalking the west Texas plains. And only an old-fashioned kind of lawman can stop him. In this sequel to Lonesome Dove, legendary Texas Ranger Woodrow Call is pitted against his deadliest adversary ever. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry. 224 min. DVD 6146

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The Tall Men (1955)

Directed by Raoul Walsh. Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan. The Allison brothers, Ben and Clint, are ex-Confederate soldiers now trying their hands at robbery. But one attempt to get rich quick leads them into the company of Nathan Stark, a Texas cattle baron with a huge herd to get to market. Along the dangerous journey both bullets and fists are flying as these rough and ready cowpokes take on anything standing in their way, while Ben and Nathan compete for Nella's affection. 122 min. DVD 5955

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

Directed by Abraham Polonsky. Cast: Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake, Susan Clark, Barry Sullivan. A modern western classic based on the true story of a Pauite Indian, named Willie Boy, and his bride who become the objects of the last great Western manhunt after he kills her father in a "marriage by capture". As the pressure builds, the events explode in the tragic deaths of Lola and Willie and a turning point for Sheriff Cooper. 98 min. 999:1447

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They Died With Their Boots On (1942)

Directed by Raoul Walsh. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Ridges, John Litel, Walter Hampden, Sydney Greenstreet, Regis Toomey, Hattie McDaniel. Tells the story of General George Armstrong Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through the American Civil War and finally to his last days in the battle of Little Big Horn. 139 min. DVD 4019

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Three Bad Men (1926)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi. When a trio of bandits discovers a young woman whose father was murdered by a ruthless gang, the "Three Bad Men" go from being partners in crime to comrades in chivalry. An outstanding example of the silent western and one of John Ford's earliest triumphs. 92 min. DVD 9392

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Three Godfathers (1948)

Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Jane Darwell, Ben Johnson. John Ford's Western retelling of the Biblical Three Wise Men tale remains a scenic and thematic masterpiece. Fugitive bank robbers Robert, William and Pedro stand at a desert grave. Caring for the newborn infant of the woman they just buried will ruin any chance of escape. But they won't go back on their promise to her; they won't abandon little Robert William Pedro. 106 min. DVD 5670

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3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Directed by Delmer Daves. Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr. As other volunteers quit or are killed, a rancher is left alone to deal with the responsibility of putting a captured outlaw aboard a Fort Yuma-bound train. 92 min. DVD 9255

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3:10 to Yuma (2007)

Directed by James Mangold. Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Tudyk, Luce Rains, Gretchen Mol, Lennie Loftin, Rio Alexander, Johnny Whitworth. Arizona in the late 1800s. Infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn each other's respect. But with Wade's outfit on their trail, and dangers at every turn, the mission soon becomes a violent, impossible journey toward each man's destiny. Special features: Audio commentary with director James Mangold; "Destination Yuma:" making-of documentary; "An epic explored" featurette; "Outlaws, gangs and posses" featurette; deleted scenes. 122 min. DVD 9285

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Tom Horn (1980)

Director, William Wiard. Cast: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Slim Pickens. When he rode into Wyoming in 1900, Tom Horn was already a legend. He was as successful at wiping out rustlers as he had been at everything else he'd tried. But the West was changing, and a free spirit like Horn was a liability to the men who had hired him. Based on the true story, Tom Horn presents a harsher, less romantic vision of the West, but one that remains true to the frontier's raging spirit. 97 mn. DVD 5083

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Tombstone (1993)

Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Jason Priestley, Charlton Heston. Presents the life and times of the famous cowboys Marshall Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday as they team up to bring law to the lawless in a showdown with ruthless outlaws at the O.K. Corral, located at the outskirts of Tombstone, Arizona. 130 min. 999:1828

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Blake, Michael F. Hollywood and the O.K. Corral : portrayals of the gunfight and Wyatt Earp Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007. (MAIN: PN1995.9.W4 B583 2007)

Cohen, Hubert I. "Wyatt Earp at the O. K. Corral: Six Versions." The Journal of American Culture. Jun 2003. Vol. 26, Iss. 2; p. 204 (20 pages)

Simmon, Scott. "Concerning the Weary Legs of Wyatt Earp: The Classic Western According to Shakespeare." Literature/Film Quarterly. 1996. Vol. 24, Iss. 2; pg. 114, 14 pgs

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El Topo (Mexico, 1971)

Directed by Alexandro Jodorowsky. Cast: Alexandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Mara Lorenzio, David Silva, Paula Romo, Jacqueline Luis, Robert John, Hector Martinez, Juan Jose Gurrola, Victor Fosado, Agustin Isunza. First part of the film follows El Topo, a gunfighter and his seven year old son on their journey across the desert as they come upon a massacre and hunt down the killers. The second part shows the death of El Topo, and the rise of his son to fill his place. Non-US format DVD. 119 min. DVD 2955

True Grit (1969)

Directed by Henry Hathaway. Cast: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall, Strother Martin. U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn is hired by a 14-year-old girl to kill the man who murdered her father and stole the family nest egg. She also accepts the help of a Texas Ranger, who is intent on the reward, and accompanies them both on the quest. Special DVD features: Commentary by Jeb Rosebrook, Bob Boze Bell and J. Stuart Rosebrook; True writing; working with the Duke; "Aspen gold:" the locations of True grit; "The law and the lawless;" theatrical trailer. 128 min. DVD 8319; vhs 999:919

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