My five favourite Westerns
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- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsHenry FondaCharles BronsonClaudia CardinaleA mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.Truly great Western directed by Sergio Leone. Charles Bronson probably gives his best ever performance. Henry Fonda playing against type as a villain is not far behind with his performance either. It's more than just a revenge film. Its about the changing of the West as ruthless business men finance the railroad for maximum profit and try to get rid anybody in the way.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.A great Western concerning three men each one searching for a lost fortune, whilst the civil war intrudes on their lives. Nice black humour, with the occasional poignant scene.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSpencer TracyRobert RyanAnne FrancisA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.Doesn't get much better than this. A modern Western which also explores darker themes of American Japanese relations in and after the second world war. Spencer Tracy as the one armed veteran gives a brilliant performance, returning to a remote 'western' town to seek out a friend.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockeChief Dan GeorgeMissouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.A fine Western which follows in the aftermath of the US civil war. More sympathetic to the first people (Native Americans) than many Westerns that came before. One of the best revisionist Westerns, and probably one of the earliest as well.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodVerna BloomMarianna HillA gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.This is an eerie, enigmatic and violent Western. It does contain a scene of sexual violence however, which might put you off from watching it.