Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner are among the actors who have played frontier lawman Wyatt Earp in movies. This week’s poll asks for your pick for the best big-screen Wyatt.
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Guest writer Laura Grieve deals herself in with a review of 1954’s The Gambler from Natchez, a lush mix of frontier drama and swashbuckling action starring Dale Robertson, Debra Paget and Kevin McCarthy.
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Perhaps the most iconic protagonist in western movie history is Will Kane, Gary Cooper’s taciturn lawman in 1952’s High Noon. Guest writer Fred Gallagher examines Cooper’s acclaimed turn and what it means to be a film hero.
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Paul Newman and Robert Redford weren’t the first to play Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the movies. Laura G look at 1954’s Wyoming Renegades, starring Phil Carey as an ex-partner of the infamous duo who tries to reform.
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In today’s guest post, Laura G. shares her thoughts on the Rod Cameron Western classic Short Grass. Does she think it’s a sagebrush spectacular, or does she think it is about as exciting as watching the tumbleweeds go by? Read on to find out!
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The 1950s saw many revisionist takes on the Western genre, but director Howard Hawks went back to the basics in 1958 with Rio Bravo. Rick29 saddles up and reviews this frontier drama starring John Wayne as a tough sheriff.
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Everyone knows what makes a move a western: a gun-slinging prairie hero on horseback saving the day and getting the girl, right? Well, yea and know, according to Bill Dunphy, who talks about his frontier faves and what defines a western film.
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With the opening of The Lone Ranger, replete with Johnny Depp’s not-your-dad’s take on Tonto, we decided to round up a passel of the strangest sagebrushers and oddest oaters that ever flashed up on the screen. Ride along and check them out.
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World War II Hero Audie Murphy and Charles Drake saddle up in this 1959 Universal-International Western releases directed by Charles Drake. No Name on the Bullet took the unusual approach of using the top-billed actor Audi Murphy) and casting him as the villain, a cold-blooded gun-for-hire.
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