The original and still the best. Glenn Ford plays the outlaw Ben Wade whose capture leads to a desperate and dangerous mission for the poor rancher, Dan Evans, who is charged with bringing the renegade to justice on the 3.10 train to Yuma.
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BEND OF THE RIVER (1952)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The second of the terrific Stewart/Mann Westerns is characteristic of their pairings: adult themes played out against prairie vistas in which betrayal and violence can erupt at any time. Formerly a vicious Missouri raider, Stewart now leads an Oregon bound wagon train that, having brushed aside ineffective Native American resistance to the invasion, becomes embroiled in a conflict over resources between farmers (decent folk) and miners (womanising, drinking, thieving, scumbags). Welcome to Middl
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DODGE CITY (1939)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Michael Curtiz's epic Western 'Dodge City' stars Errol Flynn as Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff who tames the cow town at the end of the railroad. Flynn brings his trademark swash buckling charisma to the role of the justice-seeking sheriff, and Olivia de Havilland is both tough and lovely as Hatton's ally and inevitable love interest. The film also features one of the liveliest bar room brawls in cinematic history.
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FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965)
Certification15 Our Rating
Second in the famous series of spaghetti westerns and quite brilliant it is too. Those long lingering shots, the clink of spurs, the scratching sound of hands dragged across unshaven chins and above all THAT music... What more could you ask for in a western?
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HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973)
Certification18 Our Rating
A slightly surreal story of a man with no name who rides into the town of Lago, knocks off some desperados who try to kill him and gets hired to defend the timid townsfolk from some other baddies. One of Clint's best.
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THE BIG COUNTRY (1958)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Long, long Western with all the necessary ingredients - feuding farming clans, stubborn old grandpas chewing matches on the verandah and lots of tinder-dry open space - plus a stellar cast. Tautly-directed and particularly memorable for the marathon fist fight between Heston and Peck.
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THE GUNFIGHTER (1950)
CertificationU Our Rating
Jimmy Ringo is still revered and feared as the deadliest draw in the West, but as Ringo's blood lust subsides so those eager to take his place escalates, and what better way to prove your metal than face off against the man himself? The Gunfighter is a classic example of the ‘your actions have consequences' moral fable, as so many of the very best westerns are. A tense and thoughtful picture of a man whose past will never allow him a future.
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