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Best Westerns
(Alphabetical Order)
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Riders
of the Badlands (1941)
A ranger is sentenced to hang for the crimes of
a look-alike outlaw.
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Riders of the Desert (1932)
The Rangers in New Mexico are being disbanded
but Bob Houston gets them to make one
more ride. They go after the outlaw
gang led by Hashknife. They catch Hashknife,
but he escapes taking Barbara with him
and Bob and Slim have to go after him
again.
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Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
Jim Lassiter roams from town to town in
search for the man who drove his sister
to suicide. While riding toward a mountain
pass, he sees an heiress, Jane Withersteen,
being harassed by thugs and steps in
to help. A religious sect wants Jane
to marry their leader, Deacon Tull,
so they can gain ownership of her land.
When he steps in to help, Lassister
slowly begins to believe that a member
of this sect is the man he is looking
for.
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Riders
of the Range (1949)
Hero tries to keep rancher's good-for-nothing brother
on the straight & narrow.
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Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)Considered
the best of the Three Mesquiteers series, with
Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune
out to stop outlaws from robbing ancient Incan
gold.
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Ridin' Down The Canyon
(1942)
Roy Rogers helps the government foil outlaws trying
to steal World War II ponies.
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Rio Bravo
(1959)
John Wayne plays a law officer who recruits four
unlikely deputies in a stand-off against outlaws
attempting to break a killer out of jail.
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Rio Grande
(1950)
Directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, this
film is about a post-Civil War cavalry officer
and his raw recruit son who clash as their troop
fights hostile Apaches.
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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
A crusty U.S. Marshall played by John Wayne and
a spinster missionary played by Katherine Hepburn
pursue the outlaws who killed her father.
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Rustler's
Rhapsody (1985)
A satire of western films, "Rustler's Rhapsody" opens with
the narrator introducing the audience to
Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger), a singing
cowboy riding into town on his trusty horse,
Wildfire. As the narrator ponders what westerns
would be like if they were still made today,
O'Herlihan is thrust into a world of color,
where he finds himself entering a cliché
ridden town where the evil cattle tycoon,
played by Andy Griffith, teams up with the
new raincoat-clad Italian cowboys as they
attempt to rid the town of Rex and the sheep
ranchers. A hilarious send up of classic
western films and spoofs what these films
would be like if they were made today.
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The Searchers
(1956)
John Ford's classic western with John Wayne as a
bitter Texan in a ruthless five-year search
for his niece, abducted and assimilated by Indians.
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Shane
(1953)
A Homesteader family is intimidated by a mob of
cattlemen, and to the rescue comes a mysterious,
capable stranger named Shane (played by Alan
Ladd).
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Vintage John Ford directed cavalry western starring
John Wayne. About to leave active service,
an aging career cavalryman refuses to leave
his men when Indians mass for attack. Oscar
for photography.
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Shenandoah
(1965)
The tale of a Virginia family lead by Jimmy Stewart,
and how their reluctant involvement in the Civil
War causes heartbreak in their lives.
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