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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.
Union Pacific
Union Pacific (1939) is Cecil B. DeMille's Paramount Western, from Ernest Haycox's Trouble Shooter, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea as allies defending transcontinental railroad construction from saboteurs; it won the 2002-retroactive 1939 Cannes Palme d'Or.
Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz (1954) is a Robert Aldrich Western starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster as mercenaries escorting a countess and hidden gold across 1866 Mexico; the first SuperScope film and a spaghetti-western influence.
Wagon Master
Wagon Master is John Ford's 1950 black-and-white Western (also styled Wagonmaster) from Argosy Pictures, starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, and Joanne Dru as guides of a Mormon wagon train to Utah, shot near Moab and one of Ford's own favorites.
Warlock (1959 film)
Warlock is a 1959 American Western directed by Edward Dmytryk for Twentieth Century-Fox, starring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, and Anthony Quinn as figures brought in to tame a mining town.
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.
Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith is Frank H. Spearman's 1906 railroad-detective character, adapted into films from 1916 (J. P. McGowan, Helen Holmes) through the 1948 Alan Ladd Technicolor Paramount Western, plus a 1952 RKO film and 1961 Audie Murphy NBC series.
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.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 (1950) is an Anthony Mann Western starring James Stewart as Lin McAdam, who wins a rare Winchester 1873 rifle in a Dodge City contest, loses it to Dutch Henry Brown, his father's killer brother, and pursues it across the West.
Yellow Sky
Yellow Sky is a 1948 American black-and-white Western directed by William A. Wellman, starring Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark as outlaws fighting over a prospector's gold.