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Genre: Western   Director: Andrew V. McLaglen   Starring: John Wayne , Rock Hudson , Ben Johnson , Jan-Michael Vincent   Running Time: 118 ...

Genre: Western   Director: John Farrow (and John Ford, uncredited) Starring: John Wayne , Geraldine Page   Running Time: 84 minutes   Synop...

Genre: Western   Director: John Ford   Starring: John Wayne , William Holden , Constance Towers   Running Time: 120 minutes   Synopsis: Dur...

Genre: Western   Director: Howard Hawks   Starring: John Wayne , Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam , Jennifer O'Neill   Running Time: 114 minutes ...

A robust western, The Sons Of Katie Elder  features a rich set of characters and a straightforward but still engaging plot centred on a ques...

A character-driven western, True Grit  thrives on an unlikely bond between a grizzled veteran and a headstrong young woman. In 1880, dairy f...

A western adventure, drama and romance, Stagecoach presents a compelling cross-section of American society in a rough and tumble story abou...

A romantic comedy, Without Reservations invests in a complicated premise but then abandons it in favour of an underdeveloped jealousy ploy....

A comedy western, North To Alaska throws a spiky romance into a rough-and-tumble gold rush. The setting is the rambunctious town of Nome, A...

A rowdy but relatively routine Western with a streak of understated humour, The Comancheros is competently traditional. It's 1843 in Ne...

A cinematic recounting of the famous battle, The Alamo is a well-staged but bloated western. Historical events are used as a faint found...

A crime action movie, McQ attempts to contribute to the genre's increasing grittiness but achieves only modest success. In Seattle...

A western about the frontier's evolution towards civility, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance   thoughtfully reflects on the people and...

A robust western, Tall In The Saddle rises marginally above the routine thanks to numerous plot points and a rich cast of characters. ...

A police action film, Brannigan borrows heavily from the trends of the day and offers plenty of over-familiar London scenery but nothing...

A salute to rank-and-file cavalrymen, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon lovingly portrays the machinations of cavalry tactics but forgets to incl...

A World War Two submarine action film with a touch of romance, Operation Pacific ticks all the boxes but does not shine in any of them. ...

A colourful maritime epic, Reap The Wild Wind has a bit of everything but not much of anything. It's the 1840s, and Key West, Flor...