"The Horse Soldiers" (1959)
-John Wayne, William Holden

Plot:IMDB
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence. The Union officers each have different reasons for wanting to be on the mission.

Phantoms Review: Solid well made John Wayne adventure. Plenty of action and a good story (based on true events) and fine performances from the stars.

"Escape From Fort Bravo" (1953)
-William Holden

Plot: IMDB
In the Civil War, Fort Bravo is a prison camp for captured southerners. Its isolated position and unfriendly natives make escape almost impossible, but anyone who tries is always brought back by by-the-book Captain Roper. A group of prisoners hatch a plot to get away by bringing in a southern belle to distract the Captain. The plan seems to work, but the inhospitable desert, the murderous Indians, and - most importantly - the Colonel apparently wronged in love mean that this is only the start.

Phantom's Review: This is a great movie.Plenty of action, suspense and fine performances from the stars. A classic.

"Red River" starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift...one of my favorites!

A little late to this thread, but...

THE WILD BUNCH - Man, if you aren't horrified by those kids at the beginning of the movie, you may not have a soul. The rest of the movie is just great as well.

LEONE's WESTERNS - Honestly, there isn't a bad one in the bunch. THE GOOD, THE BAD and THE UGLY is particularly recommended. One of the great cinematic showdowns of all time between Van Cleef and Eastwood.

THE ROAD WARRIOR (aka MAD MAX II) - Totally a western, and a damn fine one at that.

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALBERTO GARCIA - Stretching "western" a bit, as it's really a crime drama set in Mexico, but there's plenty of western feel to it, and it centers around a severed head that various parties want and will kill over.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN - Man, this one is off the rails. The seventies were a crazy, crazy time in Hollywood.

-Matt

You mean ALFREDO Garcia....

Goddammit. Yeah, I do.

Im'a gonna go watch it again as penance.

Judge Roy Bean is awesome.

"The Great Silence" (1968)

Plot: IMDB
A mute gunslinger faces off against a gang of bounty hunters in the great blizzard of 1899, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.


Phantom's Review: Action packed spaghetti western with interesting characters and one of the most shocking and unhappy endings I have ever seen.

i love THE LONG RIDERS - great and realistic feeling portrayal of the James Gang (and all the various 'brothers' in the film are played by real life brothers - carradines, keachs, etc.).

"The Burrowers" (2009)

Plot: IMDB
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories. A handful of brave pioneers maintain isolated settlements in the badlands beyond civilization. Irish Immigrant Fergus Coffey is near to winning the hand of his beloved Maryanne when she is suddenly taken from him, her family brutally abducted in a nighttime attack on their homestead. Suspicion falls immediately on hostile Indians. Experienced Indian fighters Will Parcher and John Clay form a posse and set out to rescue the kidnapped settlers, taking along a naïve teenager hoping to prove himself a man, an ex-slave looking to find his place in the world and their ranch-hand, Coffey. But as men vanish in the night and horrific evidence accumulates with the dead and dying, the group discovers that their prey is far more terrifying than anything human, and their prospects are far more terrible than death.

Phantom's Review: I've always been a fan of both westerns and horror movies and always found it interesting when someone tries to combine the two, but in most cases these hybrid films, well.....suck. But much to my surprise "The Burrowers" is actually a decent film. Lots of western action, a decent story and some fun looking monsters. Not a great movie by any means, but entertaining.
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"The Left Handed Gun" (1958)
-Paul Newman

Plot: IMDB
William Bonney - Billy the Kid - gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to supply the local Army fort with his beef, Billy decides to avenge the death by killing the four men responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him - Tom and Charlie, two hands he worked with; Pat Garrett, who is about to be married; and the kindly Mexican couple who take him in when he's in trouble - into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.


Phantom's Review: Like most Hollywood "Billy The Kid" movies, this one is more fiction than fact, but Newman does his usual fine performance and the film is an okay piece of entertainment.

what about The Shakiest Gun in the West?? gotta love don knotts!

i've always wondered why there aren't more great western/horror films - i mean the idea of vampires and werewolves and such in the old west should be gold but somehow every thing like this i've seen has sucked

"High Plains Drifter"
-Clint Eastwood

A mysterious stranger is hired by the town of Lago to protect them from three ex-convicts, but the stranger has plans for the town of his own.

Phantom's Review: One of my favorite Eastwod movies. Violent, blood soaked, and a little bit spooky. One of Eastwood's best.

"The Baron Of Arizona" (1950)
-Vincent Price

Plot: IMDB
Master swindler James Reavis devotes years to forging documents that will give him claim to the entire state of Arizona. He finds a young girl whom he believes is an orphan and hires a governess to educate her in the manner of the Spanish aristocracy. He invents deceased parents for her whose ancestry can be traced to a mythical Spanish nobleman. He then insinuates himself into a Spanish monastery for three years so he can access its biblioteca which carries the records of Spanish land grants. He later joins a gypsy band to have access to the library of a Spanish noblemen where he can alter duplicate documents. When everything is in place, he marries the now-grown young woman and puts in his claim as her husband as the Baron of Arizona.

Phantom's Review: Based on true events, This is an excellent movie. The great Vincent Price (a couple of years away from becoming a horror star) is perfect as the brilliant forger who almost gets away with stealing an entire state. Not a typical western, but a great movie to see. I remember several years ago on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" Price was being interviewed and he said "Baron.." was his favorite of the movies he had made.
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"Prairie Fever" (2008)
-Kevin Sorbo

A drunken ex-sheriff is hired to escort three woman to Carson City, along the way the meet a lady gambler on the run from her partner.

Phantom's Review: While all the actor's turn in fine performances, the film is rather dull and lifeless. Little action and a boring plot.
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"The Ride Back" (1957)
-Anthony Quinn, William Conrad (who also produced)

Plot: IMDB
A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

Phantom's Review: While the plot is pretty basic, the actors do such a fine job that you find yourself totally into the film. Not a great movie, but highly enjoyable.

"Gun Glory" (1957)
-Stewart Granger, Rhonda Fleming

Plot: A man, after abandoning his wife and son to become a gambler and gunfighter returns many years later, to find his wife dead and his son, now grown, resentful of him. He tries to make a go of being a farmer but soon has to defend his land against a cattleman trying to drive his cows through.

Phantom's Review: While the plot is standard, this is a well acted film with some good action and great scenery. Stewart Granger is fine as the gunman trying to make up the lost years to his son. Rhonda Fleming is kind of wasted as the love interest, but does good with what she has to work with.
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Haven't seen it, but there is one called "High Tomb".

This one and Sudden Impact really show Eastwood's dark side. I'd love to seem him at the helm of a decent revenge flick sometime soon especially since there's a 70s/early 80s tone in film lately... grind n' trash creepin' in to the mainscreen.

The Man Who Came Back
this was really one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Every second of this film is nothing short of painful. I rented it blindly because of the attractive cover art, but dont fall for it, steer far clear.

"Rio Conchos" (1964)
-Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Jim Brown

Plot: IMDB: Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.

Phantom's Review: I enjoyed this film a great deal. Good acting, good story and plenty of action. My only compliant is the ending is a bit vague. Your not quite sure what happens to a couple of the main characters. Other than that, it's a fine movie.

"Shane" (1953)
-Alan Ladd, Jack Palance

A former gunman sides with a farmer and his family against a ruthless cattle baron.

Phantom's Review: Classic all the way. Alan Ladd does a great job as the title character and Jack Palance is perfect as the villain. When Palance smiles after he shoots down a former confederate, it is more terrifying than a hundred Jason movies.
A great film, but I will say that I thought Jack Schaefer's original novel was better, but it's still a classic movie.

"The Searchers"

John Ford's epic American masterpiece. John Wayne's best movie and one of the greatest films ever made.

"The Villain" (1979)

Plot: Amazon
A wacky western spoof from Hal Needham ("Smokey and the Bandit") starring Kirk Douglas as a calamity-prone outlaw who is continually impeded in his pursuit of "innocent" damsel-in-distress Ann-Margret by white-clad hero Arnold Schwarzenegger. Paul Lynde, Ruth Buzzi, Foster Brooks also star.

Phantom's Review: Funny, live action cartoon. All the gags from the Road Runner cartoons are brought to life in this very silly, but fun movie. If your in the mood for great acting, plot or drama...then skip this movie. If you want total lunacy then enjoy.

Not sure if it's been mentioned or not, but The War Wagon (1967) is one of my all-time favorites. Pretty great movie starring The Duke and Kirk Douglas...

Plot: Taw Jackson returns from prison having survived being shot, to the ranch and gold that Frank Pierce stole from him. Jackson makes a deal with Lomax, the man who shot him 5 years ago to join forces against Pierce and steal a large gold shipment. The shipments are transported in the War Wagon, an armored stage coach that is heavily guarded. The two of them become the key players in the caper to separate Pierce from Jackson's gold. "IMdB" (sh*tty grammar and all)

"Cahill: Untied States Marshal" (1973)
- John Wayne

Plot: IMDB
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

Phantom's Review: One of Wayne's later Movies. Not a classic, but a good solid western movie. Plenty of action, a good story and some fine acting. Very entertaining.

Today is Oct 26. On this date in 1881 was the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,
To commemorate this historic event I'll be watching these movies:

"My Darling Clementine" (1946)
-Henry Fonda

"Tombstone" (1993)
-Kurt Russell

"Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" (1957)
-Burt Lancaster. Kirk Douglas

The Good The Bad The Weird


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Stagecoach (1939)

A group of disparate passengers battle personal demons and each other while racing through Indian country.

Phantoms Review: One of the few nearly perfect films ever made. A simple plot elevated by great acting, direction, scenery and characters. Brilliant from start to finish. A film that truly deserves the term "classic"
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Paramount to Show Us Doc Holliday's Adventures
Source:Variety
December 18, 2009


Paramount Pictures has bought Chad St. John's action adventure spec script The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday and hopes to turn it into a Western-style tentpole.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura ("Transformers" films) will produce via his Paramount-based company.

The studio is keeping the story under wraps, but the project is described as a history-based action adventure tale in the vein of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films.

The famously tuberculosis-ridden gunfighter Holliday is best known for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and for his role in 1881's Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.