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Plot Summary:
After Custer's defeat an army captain tries to warn a small town that the Sioux are coming. The inhabitants own two machine-guns but don't want to lend them to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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The Canadians (1961)
Plot Summary:
When the Sioux come to Canada, the Canadians permit them to stay in Canada if they come peacefully. However, some cowboys kill all inhabitants of one of their villages. The cowboys seek to get back their horses, but they pretend to search for a girl who once had been robbed by the Indians.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Western
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Kill and Pray (1967)
Plot Summary:
Requiescant is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Carlo Lizzani. After surviving his family being massacred, a young boy is taken in and raised by a preacher. Years later he comes face to face with the man that killed his family and he is tempted into back into violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Seven Hours of Gunfire (1965)
Plot Summary:
When he was 12 years old, Bill Cody, later knew as Buffalo Bill, is rider for "pony express" carrying the mail through the wilds of America. It becomes later caravans guide. When driving one of them meets Luisa, the niece of a priest who tried to evangelize the savage tribes accompanied by a converted Indian. It is a dangerous time because, before the advancing white man, the Sioux tribes are buying weapons from unscrupulous dealers.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Western
Country: Spain, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, euro western
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Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967)
Plot Summary:
Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Chuka: The Gunfighter (1967)
Plot Summary:
A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: retro, spaghetti western
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Fort Utah (1967)
Plot Summary:
An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to enrich himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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He Rides Tall (1964)
Plot Summary:
A rancher is pressured by his cheating wife and a gang leader, into trying to cripple a marshal's gun hand, after that marshal killed his murderous son in self defense.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, tension, suspense
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The Wild Westerners (1962)
Plot Summary:
Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers. Marshal McDowell and his men are looking for the killers. They catch one who is murdered to keep from talking but his killer is identified as Plummer's Deputy. Plummer is still not suspected when McDowell's wife is kidnaped and the outlaws demand the big gold shipment be sent unguarded. So McDowell heads out alone to face the gang with a load of gunpowder instead of gold and only a few trusted Deputies nearby.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
Plot Summary:
Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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Cattle King (1963)
Plot Summary:
President Arthur helps a rich rancher (Robert Taylor) fight advocates of open grazing in the Territory of Wyoming.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
Plot Summary:
The professional gambler Case Silverthorn wants to quit and retire to a small ranch in Marlpine he bought recently. On the way there he saves the Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. However another man is dead, Will Donovan, from whom he bought the ranch! Neither the Sheriff nor Donovan's children know about the sale. So Case has to switch back to his former profession, while he tries to clarify the situation. He comes across a group of cattle thieves.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Waco (1966)
Plot Summary:
Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly, who died trying to bring law-and-order to Emporia, Wyoming. Among the mourners are businessman George Gates, mayor Ned West and his daughter Patricia. The mayor rejects Gates' suggestion that he release gunfighter Waco from jail to clean up the town. When Patricia is attacked by a cowboy after leaving her boyfriend Scotty Moore, the mayor finally decides it is time accept the governor;s offer of amnesty for Waco. Jill Stone's first reaction, when learning that Waco has been released, is to leave town before Waco finds out that she, his former fiancée, has married the town preacher while Waco was in jail. Town boss Joe Gore is not overjoyed, either, but Ike and Pete Jenner eagerly await the chance to shoot Waco for the death of their brother. Written by Les Adams.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Fort Courageous (1965)
Plot Summary:
In this western, a cavalry sergeant is wrongly court-martialed. To reclaim his good name, he takes over a patrol that just lost its leader in an Indian attack. He leads the regiment to Fort Courageous, but is appalled to discover that the Indians attacked and massacred all but one of its inhabitants. The hardy little group must now fight the renegades on their own. The ex-sergeant plans a brilliant strategy that culminates in winning the Indian's respect. They leave the fort alone and peace is restored.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Posse (1975)
Plot Summary:
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, spaghetti western
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The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
Plot Summary:
Confederate super-spy Roy Orbison and his partner in crime Sammy Jackson travel to San Francisco near the end of the Civil War, masquerading, respectively, as a singer/guitar instructor and a magic-elixir vendor. Once there, Orbison dons a fake wig, beard, and mustache and steals Union gold to bring back to the South, aided by a guitar that doubles as a gun.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic
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Hostile Guns (1967)
Plot Summary:
U.S. Marshal Gid McCool (George Montgomery) leads a wagon train of convicted felons to Huntsville prison in this routine western. The only female among the crooks is the dancehall girl Laura Mannon (Yvonne De Carlo), McCool's former flame. When McCool cannot be swayed from completing his lawful duty, Laura tries to endear herself to shotgun rider Mike Reno (Tab Hunter) in hopes he will set her free.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, silent, silent film
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Johnny Reno (1966)
Plot Summary:
The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: retro, serious, realistic, tension, suspense
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Apache Uprising (1965)
Plot Summary:
Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forces against the Apaches.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)
Plot Summary:
During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds out that a local businessman is selling weapons to a band of rampaging Indians.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
Plot Summary:
Two men on a desperate search to save a woman only one of them could have!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Blood on the Arrow (1964)
Plot Summary:
In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to his trial.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Quick Gun (1964)
Plot Summary:
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Taggart (1964)
Plot Summary:
Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and kills his son. Before he dies the rancher hires three bounty hunters to avenge him with the promise of $5000 as a reward. Taggart must flee into Apache territory to escape the wrath of the trio of hired killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the Civil War, a major shipment of gold has been stolen and buried in the desert. Only one man knows the whereabouts of gold and the army sends captain Matt Martin to arrest him and come back with the gold. Martin, his prisoner and a handful of men enter Indian territory in search of the precious cargo. The Apaches, outlaws and storms will make it not too easy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense
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The Raiders (1963)
Plot Summary:
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad. , against the railroad.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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Black Fox: The Price of Peace (1995)
Plot Summary:
After blaming Britt for his wife's decision to stay with the Native Americans who captured her, an abusive husband organizes a party of vigilantes to accompany him into Indian territory.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
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The War Wagon (1967)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, humorous, suspense, tense, captivating, retro, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending
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Yuma (1971)
Plot Summary:
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new sheriff (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Plot Summary:
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, harsh, epic, retro, entertaining, educational, smart, visually stunning, powerful
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Plot Summary:
This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land and life are in danger as the railroad is getting closer and closer to taking them over. A mysterious harmonica player joins forces with a desperado to protect the woman and her land.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 344000
Genere: Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing, stylized, clever, scenic, visual, realistic, breathtaking