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Plot Summary:
Classic comedic western, Captain Oren Hayes of the Texas Rangers takes a break to visit his daughter in a neighboring town. When he arrives he find's his daughter Hannah's husband Jeff is running for Mayor against a corrupt town boss, Nard Lundy. Lundy has no intention of allowing the free election of the honest Jeff Rose, so he has his henchmen beat them up. Hayes then calls for the help of some his old buddies in the Rangers. Upon arriving in town, they realize quickly that age has caught up with them and they must rely on their sheer wits to out-smart and defeat Lundy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
Plot Summary:
Walter Brennan is back as the clever and funny over the hill Texas Ranger Nash Crawford. This time the gang must face corruption in their own home town. The gang put their heads together to clean up their town, take back the rule of law and rehabilitate the town lush (played by Fred Astaire) along with way.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Sam Whiskey (1969)
Plot Summary:
Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before they are missed. But how shall he manage to get several hundred pounds of gold into the mint without anyone noticing?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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No Sweat (1975)
Plot Summary:
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn as a blundering patsy to Richard Pryor's slick con man.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, funny, black comedy, exciting, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, slapstick
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Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
Plot Summary:
While the audience watches a black and white horse opera, a narrator's voice wonders what such a movie would be like today. Rex O'Herlehan, The Singing Cowboy, finds himself in color and enters a cliche ridden town, in which the evil cattle baron (Andy Griffith) and the new Italian cowboys (who always wear raincoats no matter how hot it gets) join forces to get him and the sheep ranchers to leave.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, semi serious, spaghetti western, campy
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Skin Game (1971)
Plot Summary:
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Quincy gets the bidding rolling, sells Jason, and the two later meet up to split the profit. Jason was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Plot Summary:
Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, parody, tension, light, romantic
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Backtrack! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Sent to Mexico to buy a bull, a Wyoming cowhand (Doug McClure) teams up with three Texas Rangers to solve a robbery/murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, saga, semi serious
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The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
Plot Summary:
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, parody, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Plot Summary:
Charismatic criminal Paris Pitman ends up in jail, then attempts to escape the prison of warden Lopeman.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, spaghetti western, slapstick comedy
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Lightning Jack (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, anamorphic, realistic, semi serious, independent film, spaghetti western, parody, light, clever
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Waterhole #3 (1967)
Plot Summary:
James Coburn is a con man and grifter who comes across a map that leads to a fortune in stolen US Army gold. Carroll O'Connor is the crooked sheriff who stays on Coburn's tail.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, spaghetti western, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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4 for Texas (1963)
Plot Summary:
Frank Sinatra plays a tough guy who hooks up with fellow rat packer Dean Martin to open a casino in this western.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, exciting, light, sexy, biblical
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Plot Summary:
Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery. Riding out to hunt down McKaye, Flagg is captured by McKaye's gang and finds out that McKaye is no longer the leader of the gang, but is considered just an aging relic by the new leader, a youngster named Waco. Waco orders Mackaye to shoot Flagg, and when Mackaye refuses Waco abandons both of them. Flagg then takes Mackaye back to town only to find out that he has been "retired", and when he sees how clueless and incompetent the new marshal and the city fathers are, he persuades Mackaye that it is up to the two of them to stop Waco and his gang from ravaging the town.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, campy
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Six Gun (2008)
Plot Summary:
When three cowboys show up dead, Tommy, a hard-drinking, retired bounty hunter whose ranch is on the brink for foreclosure, must saddle up one more time to stop the bandit and collect a ransom. Prepare yourself to go back in time to the real old west, when he takes the law into his own hands and kills anyone in his way.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, semi serious, rough, humorous, serious, realistic, independent film
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Carry on Cowboy (1965)
Plot Summary:
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody, funny, feel good, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy, sex comedy, independent film, campy
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Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Plot Summary:
A quick-witted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the Mayor with his lightning quick, dead eye pistol accuracy. He makes the town council know that he is really just passing through on his way to Australia and he will pull up and leave anytime he chooses (including at the first sign of real trouble). His first day on the job he takes on the biggest, meanest ranching family and meets his klutzy love interest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, retro, action adventure, exciting, feel good, realistic, not serious
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Buddy Goes West (1981)
Plot Summary:
Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments. When a band of murderous outlaws attempts to overrun the small town Buddy is passing through, the presumed medico shows that his true talent is cracking skulls. Music is composed by Ennio Morricone.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, exciting, serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, funny, euro western, rough, spoof
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Boot Hill (1969)
Plot Summary:
Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, funny, action comedy, euro western, cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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They Call Me Trinity (1970)
Plot Summary:
The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, buddy comedy, spoof, funny, grindhouse, parody, humorous, slapstick, epic, fast paced
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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three rogues set out to rob $300,000 from an Indian-hating cavalry major.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, euro western, parody, cult film
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Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)
Plot Summary:
A "prequel" of sorts to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," chronicling the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, detective
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Catlow (1971)
Plot Summary:
Catlow is a 1971 western based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a outlaw determined to pull off a gold robbery and co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, spaghetti western, exciting, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Boss Nigger (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, spaghetti western, funny, independent film, exciting, parody, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Doc West - Part 1 (2009)
Plot Summary:
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle amongst the town breaks out in gunfire he will have to choose sides, between the outlaws or the law-abiding citizens.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, spaghetti western, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Charro! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Jess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces. He tries to find the real culprits, a gang of criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, wild, cult film
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The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Plot Summary:
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick comedy, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, epic, slapstick, 70mm film
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The Scalphunters (1968)
Plot Summary:
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, retro, cult classic, slapstick comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious
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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