The High Chaparral
Our Favorite Movie Westerns

Fans of The High Chaparral tend to be experts in the Western genre so if you're looking for a good Western, you probably won't go wrong with one of these.  This is a list compiled by HC fans of some of our favorite Western movies. 

The list is not exhaustive, so feel free to make new suggestions.  If you do, be sure to also suggest one of the following categories to put it in:  True Biographies, Epics, Showdowns, Adventure/Drama, Quests, End of an Era, Spaghetti, Romance, Comedy/Light Side, Musicals, Western Spoofs.  Lots of movies could fit in more than one category, but choose the one that best fits in your opinion.  If you think I've missed on some category placement, let me know.  I had to guess on a few of these that I hadn't seen.

Highlighted movies
have HC cast members and guest stars in them as noted, but we continue to discover more, so let us know if you spot an HC actor or guest we haven't mentioned.  As you can see, most really good Westerns are connected in some way to The High Chaparral !

A straight alphabetical listing follows the categories in case you are looking for a particular movie and want to quickly find out if it's here or what category it is in.  Just print the alpha list next time you head out to rent a movie!

Additions? Corrections? Suggestions?
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True Biographies (close anyway) While a considerable amount of dramatic license is expected, these movies are based on actual people and actual events, not just the addition of a historical figure who wanders into a fictional account for flavor. 
Title Year HC Actors Director

Other Stars

Santa Fe Trail
(about John Brown, George Custer,
Kit Carson)
1940   Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn
Olivia DeHavilland
Ronald Reagan
Raymond Massey
They Died With Their Boots On
(about Custer's Last Stand)    
1942  Walter Brooke

Raoul Walsh

Errol Flynn
Olivia DeHavilland
My Darling Clementine
(about the Earps)    
1946   

John Ford

Henry Fonda
Victor Mature
Apache
(about Geronimo and Massai)
1954  John Dehner

Robert Aldrich

Burt Lancaster
Jean Peters
Charles Bronson
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(about the Earps)
1957 Jack Elam, Henry Wills,
Ted de Corsia,

John Sturges

Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas
The Left Handed Gun
(about Billy the Kid)
1958 John Dehner, Red Morgan,
Martin Garralaga, Denver Pyle
Arthur Penn Paul Newman
The Alamo
(about Davey Crockett, Jim Bowie,
Santa Anna, and Sam Houston) 
1960 Linda Cristal, Denver Pyle,
Red Morgan, Bill Shannon
John Wayne John Wayne
Richard Widmark
Alvarez Kelly
(about a civil war cattle scheme)
1966 Roger C. Carmel, Howard Caine, Clint Ritchie Edward Dmytryk William Holden
Richard Widmark
The Andersonville Trial
(about the Andersonville prison camp
trial after the Civil War)
1970 Cameron Mitchell, Lou Frizzell, Albert Salmi, Bert Freed, George C. Scott William Shatner
Richard Basehart
Jack Cassidy
Martin Sheen
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
(about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid)
1973 R.G. Armstrong,Luke Askew, John Chandler, Jack Elam,
Harry Dean Stanton

Sam Peckinpah

James Coburn
Kris Kristofferson
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid  (about Robert Leroy Parker
and Harry Longabaugh)
1975 Charles Dierkop

George Roy Hill

Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Katharine Ross
Tom Horn
(about Tom Horn)
1980 Dick Farnsworth,
Roy Jenson

William Wiard

Steve McQueen
Linda Evans
Richard Farnsworth
Houston: The Legend of Texas
(about Sam Houston)
1986 Bob Hoy, Donald Moffat,
Ned Romero, John Quade
Peter Levin Sam Elliott
Claudia Christian
Tombstone
(about the Earps)
1993 Don Collier,
Kurt Russell
George Cosmatos Val Kilmer
Sam Elliott
Bill Paxton
The Ballad of Little Jo
(about Josephine Monaghan)
1993   Maggie Greenwald Suzy Amis
Beau Hopkins
Frank and Jesse
(about the James Gang)
1994 Luke Askew Robert Boris Rob Lowe
Bill Paxton
Randy Travis
Wyatt Earp
(about the Earps)
1994 John Furlong Lawrence Kasdan Kevin Costner
Dennis Quaid
Gene Hackman
Wild Bill
(about Bill Hickock)
1995 Ted Markland, Bruce Dern, James Gammon Walter Hill Jeff Bridges
John Hurt
Keith Carradine
True Women
(about a real Texas family)
1997  

Karen Arthur

Dana Delaney
Angelina Jolie
One Man's Hero
(about St. Patrick's Brigade)
1999 James Gammon Lance Hool Tom Berenger
 
Epics These are the big sweeping tales that sometimes cover vast amounts of time and territory, often with great cinematography to match.
Title Year HC Actors

Director

Other Stars

River of No Return 1954   Otto Preminger Robert Mitchum
Marilyn Monroe
The Tall Men 1955 Cameron Mitchell,
Argentina Brunetti

Raoul Walsh

Clark Gable
Jane Russell
Pillars of the Sky 1956 Michael Ansara, Charles Horvath, Frank DeKova

George Marshall

Jeff Chandler
Lee Marvin
How the West was Won
    
1962  Rudolfo Acosta, Roy Jenson
Harry Dean Stanton, Red Morgan

John Ford

Henry Fonda, John Wayne, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, Eli Wallach
Cheyenne Autumn 1964 Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Victor Jory, Sean McClory, John McKee, Denver Pyle

John Ford

Richard Widmark
Carroll Baker
Karl Malden
The Way West 1967 Jack Elam, Michael Keep, Eddie Little Sky

Andrew V. McLaglen

Kirk Douglas
Robert Mitchum
Richard Widmark
Soldier Blue 1970 Jorge Russek

Ralph Nelson

Candace Bergen
Peter Strauss
Donald Pleasence
Little Big Man
    
1970  Chief Dan George,
Alan Oppenheimer

Arthur Penn

Dustin Hoffman
Faye Dunaway
Lonesome Dove 1989 Tony Epper

Simon Wincer

Robert Duvall
Tommy Lee Jones
Robert Urich
Dances with Wolves 1990  

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner
Mary McDonnell
 
Showdowns  These revolve around the classic Western theme where the movie builds toward the big shoot out on main street - or down at the OK Corral, except that all the Earp stories have been moved up to True Biographies.
Title Year HC Actors

Director

Other Stars

The Showdown

1950 Leif Erickson, Jim Davis Dorrell McGowan
Stuart McGowan
Bill Elliott
Harry Morgan
Walter Brennan

High Noon

1952 Jack Elam Fred Zinnemann Gary Cooper
Grace Kelly

Shane

1953 Steve Raines, Henry Wills,
Ellen Corby
George Stevens Alan Ladd
Jean Arthur

3:10 to Yuma

1957 Richard Devon Delmer Daves Glenn Ford
Van Heflin

Guns of Fort Petticoat

1957 Sean McClory, Charles Horvath George Marshall Audie Murphy
Kathryn Grant

Rio Brava

1959 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales,
Myron Healey, Walter Barnes,
Robert Donner
Howard Hawks John Wayne
Dean Martin
The Magnificent Seven

1960

Roberto Contreras, Alex Montoya, Rico Alaniz, Pepe Hern,
Natividad Vacio, Henry Wills
John Sturges Yul Brynner
Eli Wallach
 Steve McQueen
Seven Ways from
  Sundown

1960

Don Collier, Barry Sullivan, Harry Keller Audie Murphy
The Posse from Hell 1961 Rudolfo Acosta, Henry Wills,
Harry Lauter, Charles Horvath,
I. Stanford Jolley
Herbert Coleman Audie Murphy
John Saxon
The Savage Guns 1962   Michael Carreras Richard Basehart
Law of the Lawless 1964 Jerry Summers, Roy Jenson William F. Claxton Dale Robertson
Yvonne De Carlo
Ride in the Whirlwind 1965 Cameron Mitchell, Harry Dean Stanton Monte Hellman Jack Nicholson
Millie Perkins
Return of the
   Magnificent Seven    
1966 Rudolfo Acosta Burt Kennedy Yul Brynner
Robert Fuller
Hombre    

1967

Cameron Mitchell, Frank Silvera Martin Ritt Paul Newman
Frederic March
Bandolero! 1968 Denver Pyle, Clint Ritchie, Sean McClory, Dub Taylor Andrew V. McLaglen James Stewart
Dean Martin
Raquel Welch
Firecreek 1968 Ed Begley, Barbara Luna,
Morgan Woodward, Jack Elam
Vincent McEveety James Stewart
Henry Fonda
Inger Stevens
Guns of the Magnificent
    Seven
1969 Frank Silvera, Monte Markham,
Joe Don Baker, Michael Ansara
Paul Wendkos George Kennedy
James Whitmore
The Stalking Moon 1969 Frank Silvera, Lou Frizzell,
Joaquin Martinez, Red Morgan, Richard Farnsworth
Robert Mulligan Gregory Peck
Eva Marie Sainte
Chisum 1970 John Pickard, Robert Donner,
Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales,
Gregg Palmer,
Robert Mulligan John Wayne
Forrest Tucker
Christopher George
Yuma 1971 Barry Sullivan, Morgan Woodward Ted Post Clint Walker
Ulzana's Raid 1972 Ted Markland, Joaquin Martinez, John McKee, Jerry Gatlin,
Richard Farnsworth, Tony Epper
Robert Aldrich Burt Lancaster
Bruce Davison
The Great Gundown 1975 Ted Markland Paul Hunt Robert Padilla
The Shootist 1976 Greg Palmer, Leo Gordon Don Siegel John Wayne
Lauren Bacall
James Stewart
The Legend of the
   Lone Ranger
1981 Bob Hoy, Henry Wills,
Richard Farnsworth, Ted Gehring
William Fraker Klinton Spilsbury
Michael Horse
Silverado 1985 James Gammon Lawrence Kasdan Kevin Costner
Scott Glenn
Danny Glover
Kevin Costner
Pale Rider 1985 Jerry Gatlin Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood
Michael Moriarty
Open Range 2003   Kevin Costner Kevin Costner
Robert Duvall
Annette Bening
 
Adventure/Drama Covers a variety of Western adventures and morality plays that could be set in a variety of genres.
Title Year HC Actors

Director

Other Stars

Stagecoach 1939   John Ford John Wayne
Claire Trevor

Ox Bow Incident

1943   William Wellman Henry Fonda
Anthony Quinn

Fort Apache

1948   John Ford John Wayne
Henry Fonda
Shirley Temple

The Man from Colorado

1948

Denver Pyle, Myron Healey

Henry Levin Glenn Ford
William Holden

Red River

1948

Noah Beery,Jr., Paul Fix,
Paul Fierro, Richard Farnsworth

Howard Hawks
Arthur Rosson
John Wayne
Montgomery Clift
Joanne Dru
Winchester '73 1950   Anthony Mann James Stewart
Shelly Winters
The Furies 1950 Gilbert Roland, Pepe Hern Anthony Mann Barbara Stanwyck
Wendell Corey
Westward the Women 1951 Roy Jensen, I. Stanford Jolley, David Sharpe, Henry Wills William Wellman Robert Taylor
Denise Darcel
Hope Emerson
The Outcasts of Poker Flat 1952 Cameron Mitchell Joseph M. Newman Anne Baxter
Dale Robertson
Miriam Hopkins
Hondo 1953 Rudolfo Acosta, Rayford Barnes, Paul Fix, Leo Gordon, Tony Epper John Farrow John Wayne
Geraldine Page
Ward Bond
Powder River 1953 Cameron Mitchell, John Dehner Louis King Rory Calhoun
Corinne Calvet
Johnny Guitar 1954 Denver Pyle, Paul Fix, Scott Brady Nicholas Ray Joan Crawford
Mercedes McCambridge
Drum Beat 1954 Rudolpho Acosta, Anthony Caruso, Frank DeKova Delmer Daves Alan Ladd
Charles Bronson

Ox Bow Incident

1955 Cameron Mitchell, Michael Ansara Gerd Wallace Robert Wagner
Raymond Burr
Friendly Persuasion 1956 John Pickard, Helen Kleeb William Wyler Gary Cooper
Dorothy McGuire
The Horse Soldiers 1959 Denver Pyle, Ron Hagarthy John Ford John Wayne
William Holden
Gold of the Seven Saints 1961 Roberto Contreras Gordon Douglas Clint Walker
Roger Moore
The Comancheros 1961 Nehemiah Persoff, Jack Elam, Michael Ansara, Richard Devon, Gregg Palmer Michael Curtiz John Wayne
Lee Marvin
Shenandoah 1965 Paul Fix, Rayford Barnes, 
Lane Bradford, Kelly Thorsdsen, Denver Pyle, Kevin Hagen,
Gregg Palmer, Henry Wills
Andrew V. McLaglen James Stewart
Doug McClure
Glenn Corbett
The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 Rudy Acosta, Paul Fix, Henry Wills, Jerry Gatlin, Red Morgan Henry Hathaway John Wayne
Dean Martin
Earl Holliman
El Dorado 1966 Don Collier, Paul Fix, Robert Donner, Jim Davis Howard Hawks John Wayne
Robert Mitchum
James Caan
Winchester '73 1967 Ned Romero, John Dehner,
Barbara Luna, Paul Fix, Jan Arvan, George Keymas
Herschel Daugherty Tom Tryon
John Saxon
Dan Duryea
The War Wagon 1967 Don Collier, Bruce Dern,
Red Morgan
Burt Kennedy John Wayne
Kirk Douglas
Five Card Stud 1968 Don Collier, Bob Hoy, Denver Pyle, Red Morgan, Jerry Gatlin,
Roy Jenson, Ted de Corsia
Henry Hathaway Dean Martin
Robert Mitchum
Inger Stevens
A Man Called Horse 1970 Michael Baseleon, Dub Taylor, James Gammon, Eddie Little Sky, Vince St. Cyr Elliot Silverstein Richard Harris
Judith Anderson
The Hired Hand 1971 Ted Markland Peter Fonda Peter Fonda
Warren Oates
Verna Bloom
Jeremiah Johnson 1972 Richard Angarola, Joaquin Martinez, Charles Tyner Sydney Pollack Robert Redford
Will Geer
Joe Kidd 1972 Gregory Walcott, Joaquin Martinez, Pepe Hern, Clint Ritchie John Sturges Clint Eastwood
Robert Duvall
John Saxon
The Cowboys 1972 Bruce Dern, Henry Wills,
Charles Tyner, Jerry Gatlin, Richard Farnsworth, Tony Epper
Mark Rydell John Wayne
Colleen Dewhurst
Jory 1972 Ted Markland Jorge Fons John Marley
Robby Benson
Billy Two Hats 1973 Vince St. Cyr Ted Kotcheff Gregory Peck
Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Mark of Zorro 1974 Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Robert Carricart Don McDougall Frank Langella
Yvonne De Carlo
Winterhawk 1975 Leif Erickson, Denver Pyle Charles B. Pierce Woody Strode
Man from Snowy River 1982   George Miller Kirk Douglas
Tom Burlinson
Return to Snowy River 1988   Geoff Burrowes Tim Burlinson
Sigrid Thornton
Brian Dennehy
Quigley Down Under 1990   Simon Wincer Tom Selleck
Laura San Giacomo
Alan Rickman
Mask of Zorro 1998   Martin Campbell Antonio Banderas
Anthony Hopkins
Catherine Zeta-Jones
The Claim 2000   Michael Winterbottom Peter Mullan
Milla Jovovich
 
Quests We might be searching for gold, a long lost relative, or someone to settle a score with, but we're on a mission.
Title Year HC Actors

Director

Other Stars

Treasure of the
   Sierra Madre
1948 Martin Garralaga John Huston Humphrey Bogart
Walter Huston
Bend of the River 1952   Anthony Mann James Stewart
Arthur Kennedy
Rock Hudson
Garden of Evil 1954 Cameron Mitchell Henry Hathaway Gary Cooper
Susan Hayward
Richard Widmark
The Far Country 1954 Jack Elam, Kathleen Freeman, Paul Bryar, Jack Williams, Stuart Randall Anthony Mann James Stewart
Ruth Roman
Walter Brennan
The Searchers 1956   John Ford John Wayne
Vera Miles
The Badlanders 1958 Roberto Contreras, Richard Devon
Nehemiah Persoff,
Anthony Caruso, Anna Navarro
Delmer Daves Alan Ladd
Ernest Borgnine
Katy Jurado
Two Rode Together 1961 Linda Cristal John Ford James Stewart
Richard Widmark
Shirley Jones
One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Rudolpho Acosta, Henry Wills, Jorge Moreno, Miriam Colon, Margarita Cordova Marlon Brando Marlon Brando
Karl Malden
The Professionals 1966 Roberto Contreras, Marie Gomez, Carlos Romero, Joe De Santis, Vaughn Taylor, Eddie Little Sky, John McKee Richard Brooks Burt Lancaster
Lee Marvin
Woody STrode
Robert Ryan
Claudia Cardinale
Jack Palance
Nevada Smith 1966 Pat Hingle, Paul Fix,
Ted de Corsia,
Bert Freed, Henry Wills
Henry Hathaway Steve McQueen
Karl Malden
Arthur Kennedy
The Appaloosa 1966 Frank Silvera, Miriam Colon, Alex Montoya,
Larry D. Mann,
Argentina Brunetti
Sidney Furie Marlon Brando
John Saxon
True Grit 1969 Carlos Rivas, Myron Healey,
Red Morgan, John Pickard,
Vince St. Cyr
Henry Hathaway John Wayne
Glenn Campbell
Kim Darby
MacKenna's Gold 1969 Robert Phillips J. Lee Thompson Gregory Peck
Omar Sharif
Rio Lobo 1970 Jack Elam, Jim Davis,
Robert Donner, Red Morgan, John McKee
Howard Hawks John Wayne
Jennifer O'Neil
Valdez is Coming 1971 Frank Silvera, Tony Epper Edwin Sherin Burt Lancaster
Susan Clark
Big Jake 1971 Jerry Summers, Gregg Palmer, Roy Jenson, Jerry Gatlin George Sherman John Wayne
Richard Boone
Buck and the Preacher 1972 Cameron Mitchell, Jerry Gatlin,
Bill Shannon
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier
Harry Belafonte
Ruby Dee
Bite the Bullet 1975 Bob Hoy, Jerry Gatlin,
Robert Donner
Richard Brooks Gene Hackman
Candace Bergen
James Coburn
Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Bob Hoy, John Davis Chandler, Charles Tyner, John Vernon, Richard Farnsworth,
Chief Dan George, John Quade
Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood
Sondra Locke
The Last Hard Men 1976 Barbara Hershey, Robert Donner, John Quade Andrew McLaglen Charlton Heston
James Coburn
Michael Parks
The Missing 2003   Ron Howard Tommy Lee Jones
Cate Blanchett
 
End of an Era Covers the stories of adjustment as the modern age closed in on the Wild West.
Title Year HC Actors Director

Other Stars

The Man Who Shot
   Liberty Valance
1962 Edmond O'Brien, Denver Pyle,
Robert Donner
John Ford John Wayne
James Stewart
Vera Miles
Will Penny 1968 Gene Rutherford, Luke Askew,
Bruce Dern, Roy Jenson, Quentin Dean,
Jerry Gatlin
Tom Gries Charlton Heston
Joan Hackett
Lee Majors
The Wild Bunch 1969 Rayford Barnes, Edmund O'Brien,
Dub Taylor, Jorge Russek, Tony Epper
Sam Peckinpah William Holden
Earnest Borgnine
The Undefeated 1969 Don Collier, Richard Angarola, Paul Fix, Gregg Palmer, Robert Donner,
Dub Taylor
Andrew V. McLaglen John Wayne
RockHudson
Monte Walsh 1970 Ted Gehring, Mitch Ryan, Jim Davis, Raymond Guth, John McKee,
Charles Tyner, Richard Farnsworth
William Fraker Lee Marvin
Jeanne Moreau
Jack Palance
Unforgiven 1992 Anthony James Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman
Monte Walsh 2003 James Gammon Simon Wincer Tom Selleck
Isabella Rossallini
Keith Carradine
 
Spaghetti Westerns filmed in Italy or elsewhere in Europe, made famous by Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone.
Title Year HC Actors Director

Other Stars

The Last Gun 1964 Cameron Mitchell Sergio Bergonzelli Carl Mohner
Celina Cely
Fistful of Dollars 1964   Sergio Leone Clint Eastwood
Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966   Sergio Leone Clint Eastwood
Lee Van Cleef
For a Few Dollars More 1966   Sergio Leone Clint Eastwood
Lee Van Cleef
Johnny Yuma 1967   Romolo Guerrieri Mark Damon
Lawrence Dobkin
Blue 1968 Ricardo Montalban, Sara Vardi, Helen Kleeb, Joe De Santis Silvio Narizzano Terence Stamp
Joanna Pettet
Once upon a Time in the West 1968 Jack Elam Sergio Leone Henry Fonda
Claudia Cardinale
Charles Bronson
Hang 'Em High 1968 Ned Romero, Richard Angarola, Ed Begley,Sr. Ted Post Clint Eastwood
Inger Stevens
High Plains Drifter 1972 Walter Barnes, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan, John Quade Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood
Verna Bloom
My Name Is Nobody 1973 R.G. Armstrong, Leo Gordon Tonino Volerii Terence Hill
Henry Fonda
 
Romance  Not many Westerns have romance as the central theme, but here are a few good ones.
Title Year HC Actors Director

Other Stars

Duel in the Sun 1946 Dan White King Vidor Gregory Peck
Jennifer Jones
Angel and the Badman 1947   James Edward Grant John Wayne
Gail Russell
Rachel and the Stranger 1948   Norman Foster Loretta Young
William Holden
Robert Mitchum
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 Paul Fix John Ford John Wayne
Joanne Dru
The Big Country 1958 John McKee William Wyler Gregory Peck
Carroll Backer
The Unforgiven 1960 Albert Salmi, Carlos Rivas John Huston Burt Lancaster
Audrey Hepburn
The Duchess and the 
  Dirtwater Fox
1976 Bob Hoy, Roy Jenson,
Jerry Wills, E.J. Andre,
Dick Farnsworth, Jerry Gatlin
Melvin Frank George Segal
Goldie Hawn
Riders of the Purple Sage 1996 Jerry Wills Charles Haid Ed Harris
Amy Madigan
 
Musicals  Even Westerns can be made into musicals and here are some of the classics.
Title Year HC Actors Director

Other Stars

Annie Get Your Gun 1950 William Tannen George Sidney Betty Hutton
Howard Keel
Louis Calhern
Calamity Jane 1953 I. Stanford Jolley David Butler Doris Day
Howard Keel
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Lane Bradford Stanley Donen Jane Powell
Howard Keel
Oklahoma! 1955   Fred Zinnemann Gordon MacRae
Shirley Jones
Cat Ballou 1965 Charles Horvath Elliot Silverstein Jane Fonda
Lee Marvin
Paint Your Wagon 1969 Roy Jenson,
Tony Epper
Joshua Logan Lee Marvin
Clint Eastwood
Jean Seberg
 
Comedy/Light Side  James Garner may have led the way playing Western comedic characters, but Henry Fonda, James Stewart, and even John Wayne contributed to this category as well.  Lots of HC actors also.
Title Year HC Actors

Director

Other Stars

Destry Rides Again 1939   George Marshall James Stewart
Marlene Dietrich
Once Upon a Horse 1958 Leif Erickson, John McGiver Hal Kanter Dan Rowan
Dick Martin
The Sheepman 1958 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales George Marshall Glenn Ford
Shirley MacLaine
McLintock 1963 Leo Gordon Andrew V. McLaglen John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara
Texas Across the River 1966 Michael Ansara Michael Gordon Dean Martin
Rosemary Forsyth
A Big Hand for the Little Lady 1966 Kevin McCarthy,
Noah Keen, Milton Selzer
Fielder Cook Henry Fonda
Joanne Woodward
Waterhole #3 1967 Ted Markland William Graham James Coburn
Carroll O'Connor
Support Your Local Sheriff 1969 Jack Elam, Bruce Dern,
Kathleen Freeman
Burt Kennedy James Garner
Joan  Hackett
Cheyenne Social Club 1970 John Dehner, Charles Tyner
Myron Healey, Red Morgan
Gene Kelly Henry Fonda
James Stewart
Shirley Jones
Two Mules for Sister Sara 1970   Don Siegel Shirley McLaine
Clint Eastwood
There Was a Crooked Man 1970 Bert Freed, Vince St. Cyr Joseph Manckiewicz Kirk Douglas
Henry Fonda
Hawmps! 1976 Denver Pyle, Jack Elam,
Don Starr
Joe Camp James Hampton
Christopher Connelly
Barbarosa 1981 Roberto Contreras,
Gary Busey, Gilbert Roland
Fred Schepisi Willie Nelson
Isela Vega
Cattle Annie and Little Britches 1981 John Quade, Jerry Gatlin Lamont Johnson Scott Glenn
Diane Lane
Burt Lancaster
Rod Steiger
El Diablo 1990 Don Collier Peter Markle Anthony Edwards
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Maverick 1994 Henry Darrow, Leo Gordon,
Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor,
Charles Dierkop
Richard Donner Mel Gibson
Jodie Foster
James Garner
 
Western Spoofs We've got to be able to laugh at ourselves, right?  Besides, only true Western fans would be able to catch all the elements of spoofery in these two classics that poke fun at the whole Western genre.
Title Year HC Actors Director

Other Stars

Blazing Saddles 1974

Jerry Summers

Mel Brooks Gene Wilder
Slim Pickens
Cleavon Little
Rustler’s Rhapsody 1985   Hugh Wilson Tom Berenger
Patrick Wayne
 
Alpha List of Our Favorite Western Movies

Title

Category

3:10 to Yuma
Alamo, The
Alvarez Kelly
The Andersonville Trial
Angel and the Badman
Annie Get Your Gun
Apache
Appaloosa, The
Badlanders, The
Ballad of Little Jo, The
Bandolero
Barbarosa
Bend of the River
Big Country, The
Big Hand for the Little Lady, A
Big Jake
Billy Two Hats
Bite the Bullet
Blazing Saddles
Blue
Buck and the Preacher
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Calamity Jane
Cat Ballou
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Cheyenne Autumn
Cheyenne Social Club
Chisum
Claim, The
Comancheros, The
Cowboys, The
Dances With Wolves
Destry Rides Again
Drum Beat
Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, The
Duel in the Sun
El Diablo
El Dorado
Far Country, The
Firecreek
Fistful of Dollars, A
Five Card Stud
For a Few Dollars More
Fort Apache
Frank and Jesse
Friendly Persuasion
Furies, The
Garden of Evil
Gold of the Seven Saints
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The
Great Gundown, The
Gunfight At the OK Corral
Guns of Fort Petticoat
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Hang ‘Em High
Hawmps!
High Noon
High Plains Drifter
Hired Hand, The
Hombre
Hondo
Horse Soldiers, The
Houston: The Legend of Texas
How the West Was Won
Jeremiah Johnson
Joe Kidd
Johnny Guitar
Johnny Yuma
Jory
Last Gun, The
Last Hard Men, The
Law of the Lawless
Left Handed Gun, The
Legend of the Lone Ranger, The
Little Big Man
Lonesome Dove
MacKenna’s Gold
Magnificent Seven, The
Man Called Horse, A
Man from Colorado, The
Man from Snowy River, The
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The
Mark of Zorro
Mask of Zorro
Maverick
McLintock
Missing, The
Monte Walsh (1970)
Monte Walsh (2003)
My Darling Clementine
My Name is Nobody
Nevada Smith
Oklahoma!
Once Upon a Horse
Once Upon a Time in the West
One-Eyed Jacks
One Man's Hero
Open Range
Outlaw Josey Wales, The
Ox Bow Incident, The (1943)
Ox Bow Incident, The (1955)
Paint Your Wagon
Pale Rider
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kidd
Pillars of the Sky
Posse from Hell, The
Powder River
Professionals, The (1966)
Quigley Down Under
Rachel and the Stranger
Red River
Return of the Magnificent Seven
Return to Snowy River
Ride in the Whirlwind
Riders of the Purple Sage, The
Rio Brava
Rio Lobo
River of No Return
Rustler’s Rhapsody
Santa Fe Trail
Savage Guns, The
Searchers, The
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Ways from Sundown
Shane
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Sheepman, The
Shenandoah
Shootist, The
Showdown, The
Silverado
Soldier Blue
Sons of Katie Elder, The
Stagecoach
Stalking Moon, The
Support Your Local Sheriff
Tall Men, The
Texas Across the River
There Was a Crooked Man
They Died With Their Boots On
Tom Horn
Tombstone
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
True Grit
True Women
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Two Rode Together
Ulzana’s Raid
Undefeated, The
Unforgiven
Unforgiven, The
Valdez is Coming
War Wagon, The
Waterhole #3
Way West, The
Westward the Women
Wild Bill
Wild Bunch, The
Will Penny
Winchester ’73 (1950)
Winchester ’73 (1967)
Winterhawk
Wyatt Earp
Yuma
Showdowns
True Biography
True Biography
True Biography
Romance
Musical
True Biography
Quests
Quests
True Biography
Showdowns
Comedy/Light Side
Quests
Romance
Comedy/Light Side
Quests
Adventure/Drama
Quests
Western Spoofs
Spaghetti
Quests
True Biography
Musical
Musical
Comedy/Light Side
Epics
Comedy/Light Side
Showdowns
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
Epics
Comedy/Light Side
Adventure/Drama
Romance
Romance
Comedy/Light Side
Adventure/Drama
Quests
Showdowns
Spaghetti
Adventure/Drama
Spaghetti
Adventure/Drama
True Biography
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
Quests
Adventure/Drama
Spaghetti
Showdowns
Showdowns
Showdowns
Showdowns
Spaghetti
Comedy/Light Side
Showdowns
Spaghetti
Adventure/Drama
Showdowns
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
True Biography
Epics
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
Spaghetti
Adventure/Drama
Spaghetti
Showdowns
Showdowns
True Biography
Showdowns
Epics
Epics
Quests
Showdowns
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
End of an Era
Adventure/Drama
Adventure/Drama
Comedy/Light Side
Comedy/Light Side
Quests
End of an Era
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