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The Outrage
The Outrage (1964) is Martin Ritt's Western remake of Kurosawa's Rashomon, starring Paul Newman as bandit Juan Carrasco, with conflicting testimonies about a rape and murder in the 1880s Southwest; released October 1964 by MGM, poorly received.
The Professionals (1966 film)
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western directed by Richard Brooks, starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin as soldiers of fortune hired to rescue a kidnapped woman.
The Rare Breed
The Rare Breed is a 1966 Universal Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, and Juliet Mills, about an English widow bringing a Hereford bull to Texas.
The Rounders
The Rounders is a 1965 American comedy Western directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda as two wranglers battling an unbreakable horse, adapted from Max Evans's novel.
The Scalphunters
The Scalphunters is a 1968 Sydney Pollack Western comedy starring Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Savalas, and Shelley Winters, in which a trapper chases his stolen furs through Kiowa and scalphunter hands.
The Shootist
The Shootist (1976) is Don Siegel's Western, John Wayne's final film, adapted from Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel about dying gunfighter J.B. Books in Carson City, with Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, and Ron Howard.
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Sons of Katie Elder: 1965 Henry Hathaway Western starring John Wayne and Dean Martin as Elder brothers avenging their father's murder in Clearwater, Texas; loosely based on the 1888 Marlow Brothers case.
The Stalking Moon
The Stalking Moon (1968) is Robert Mulligan's Western starring Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, and Robert Forster, adapted from Theodore V. Olsen's novel, produced by Alan J. Pakula, about an Army scout pursued by an Apache renegade.
The Train Robbers
The Train Robbers is a 1973 John Wayne Western, also starring Ann-Margret and Rod Taylor, written and directed by Burt Kennedy and produced by Michael Wayne for Batjac. A widow hires gunman Lane to recover gold her husband stole; shot in Durango, Mexico, released February 7, 1973 by Warner Bros.
The Valley of Gwangi
The Valley of Gwangi is a 1969 Ray Harryhausen stop-motion fantasy film, also known as Gwangi or The Lost Valley, in which cowboys capture an allosaur in a Mexican lost world; based on Willis O'Brien's unmade 1942 RKO project and a box-office failure.
The War Wagon
The War Wagon is a 1967 American Western heist film directed by Burt Kennedy, starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas as rival gunmen robbing an armored stagecoach.
The Way West
The Way West (1967) is a 122-minute Western directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark, adapted from A.B. Guthrie Jr.'s Pulitzer-winning novel, filmed in Oregon, and panned by critics.
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch (1969) is Sam Peckinpah's revisionist Western, also called Grupo Salvaje, about aging outlaws led by William Holden's Pike Bishop fleeing into Mexico in 1913, famous for slow-motion multi-camera violence and repeated censorship cuts.
They Call Me Trinity
They Call Me Trinity (Lo chiamavano Trinità..., 1970) is an Italian comedy spaghetti western by Enzo Barboni starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as outlaw brothers defending Mormon settlers, which launched the fagioli western subgenre.
True Grit (1969 film)
True Grit (1969) is Henry Hathaway's Western starring John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn, adapted from Charles Portis's 1968 novel; it won Wayne his only Best Actor Oscar and was re-adapted by the Coen brothers in 2010.
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Two Mules for Sister Sara is a 1970 Don Siegel Western starring Clint Eastwood as mercenary Hogan and Shirley MacLaine as Sara, a fake nun helping Mexican revolutionaries capture a French garrison; shot in Mexico, scored by Ennio Morricone.
Two Rode Together
Two Rode Together is John Ford's 1961 Columbia Western, the first pairing of Ford with James Stewart, co-starring Richard Widmark and Shirley Jones, based on Will Cook's 'Comanche Captives' and about ransoming Comanche-held white captives.
Ulzana's Raid
Ulzana's Raid: 1972 Robert Aldrich Western (also La venganza de Ulzana) starring Burt Lancaster as scout McIntosh tracking Apache leader Ulzana in 1880s Arizona; Universal, 103 min, Vietnam-era allegory, AHA 'Unacceptable' rating.
Waterhole #3
Waterhole #3 (also Waterhole No. 3) is a 1967 Paramount comedy Western directed by William A. Graham, starring James Coburn as gambler Lewton Cole chasing stolen Army gold near the town of Integrity, produced by Joseph T. Steck as a Blake Edwards production, with Roger Miller ballad narration.
Welcome to Hard Times
Welcome to Hard Times (1967) is a Burt Kennedy Western for MGM, adapted from E. L. Doctorow's 1960 debut novel, starring Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, and Aldo Ray; a box-office failure with mixed reviews.
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers is a 1971 American Western directed, written, and produced by Blake Edwards, starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal as cowhands who rob a bank and are pursued.
Will Penny
Will Penny (1968) is a Paramount Western written and directed by Tom Gries, starring Charlton Heston as an aging line rider who shelters Catherine Allen and her son; Heston's favorite film, grossing about $1.3 million.