Odd Westerns
Films set in the old west , but not the usual gunslinging , cowboys and indians , plus films set in the wild east / north / south / and other places . Mostly from the classic era , forties to sixties .
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- DirectorEdward DeinStarsEric FlemingMichael PateKathleen CrowleyWhile a malady is claiming the lives of young women in a Western town, a sinister gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.Horror western
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsSterling HaydenAnita EkbergAnthony SteelAfter the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.Psychological drama , often listed as Film Noir
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsYvonne De CarloRod CameronDavid BruceA famous Viennese ballerina flees Europe during the Austro-Prussian War and falls in love with an American bandit who looks like her deceased royal lover.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsMiriam HopkinsEdward G. RobinsonJoel McCreaMary Rutledge arrives from the East, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in 1850s San Francisco.San Francisco in the Gold Rush
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsMark StevensAngela LansburyPatric KnowlesDuring the War of 1812, the U.S. tasks Captain James Marshall to sail through the British blockade and bring back a French loan in gold but the secret leaks out and many greedy hands, including the mutinous crew's, are after the gold.Pirates in early 19thc America
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsMaureen O'HaraPeter LawfordFinlay CurrieIn turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.Australian near western
- DirectorBurt BalabanStarsJohn DerekElaine StewartPatrick AllenA greedy miner's determination to continue winter blasting in the Canadian Rockies threatens to bring avalanches down on a small village.Noirish melodrama set in Alaska
- DirectorKing VidorOtto BrowerWilliam DieterleStarsJennifer JonesJoseph CottenGregory PeckBeautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.Camp classic , supposed to be a western but so much more
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperMadeleine CarrollPaulette GoddardIn 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.Canadian
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsRobert RyanJohn DehnerTorin ThatcherWhen 6000 Sioux flee to Canada, they are permitted to stay. But a Montana rancher and his cowboys, in search of stolen horses, kill all inhabitants of a Sioux village and claim they only wanted to free a white squaw who had been kidnapped.Canadian
- DirectorSam NewfieldRon OrmondStarsMarie WindsorRichard RoberCarla BalendaThis rather unusual 50s western is set in a town where men may not enter. The town is controlled by a woman gambler who eventually succumbs to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.Western town run by women
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsMaria MontezRod CameronMikhail RasumnyA woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.Mexican
- DirectorClaude FournierStarsDonald SutherlandGordon TootoosisChief Dan GeorgeBased on an actual event, this is the tragic story of Saskatchewan fugitive Almighty Voice, a Cree Indian who is arrested for stealing government livestock out of desperate hunger.Canadian
- DirectorR. John HughStarsLin McCarthyStephen CourtleighBerry Kroeger5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.Southern , set in Florida everglades
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsGlenn FordFrank LovejoyCesar RomeroAn American working on a ranch in the Amazon comes up against a gang of Brazilian bandits.Brazilian
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsVincent PriceEllen DrewVladimir SokoloffMaster swindler James Reavis painstakingly spends years forging documents and land grants that will make his wife and him undisputed owners of the entire territory of Arizona.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBilly CurtisYvonne Moray'Little Billy' RhodesAn evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue.Musical western with dwarves .
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsSterling HaydenSebastian CabotCarol KellyA Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.Western , but the final showdown has a slight difference ...
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsArthur KennedyBetta St. JohnEugene IglesiasIn Mexico, at the dawn of the automobile, modern bandit Santiago burglarizes train freight cars and falls in love with a poor farmer's wife.Mexican
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsLew AyresTeresa WrightVictor JoryA badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.Modern , often listed as Film Noir
- DirectorMarlon BrandoStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenPina PellicerAfter robbing a bank in Mexico, Dad Longworth absconds with the loot leaving his partner Rio to be captured by the Rurales. Rio escapes prison but struggles with his conflicting desires to love Dad's stepdaughter Louise and to get revenge.One of the few westerns with the sea in .
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsVan HeflinAnne BancroftRichard BooneA group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans, Vermont. To get the lay of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life--especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.Eastern , confederates raid a Northern town .
- DirectorJohn SherwoodStarsRory CalhounYvonne De CarloMara CordayIn 1842 lawless Oregon, a gunfighter seeks vengeance when his innocent brother is lynched and his beautiful Indian wife is claimed by the local tyrant.Oregon in 1842 has an unusual way of men getting women...
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsGary CooperRita HayworthVan HeflinAn army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.Mexican , early 20th century , one of those films about something more than the specifics .
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsRobert MitchumTeresa WrightDiana LynnAround the turn of the 20th century, during a harsh northern California winter, members of a ranching family are squabbling among themselves while the two oldest sons go hunting for a panther that is killing their livestock.Snowbound allegorical story
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLon McCallisterPeggy Ann GarnerPreston Foster1933. A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by drought, old fights and a cougar. He turns out to be pivotal in all of these.Modern drama , set in the west
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRobert RyanRhonda FlemingWilliam LundiganA tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.Modern , man left to die in the desert . In 3D too !
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJeff ChandlerOrson WellesColleen MillerVirgil Renchler owns most of the town, providing a thriving economy. When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him, even if it means his job and everyone else's.Big rancher tyrannizes town , sheriff stands up to him , but in the 20th century.
- 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.If it was 1865 it would be a western
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsPaulette GoddardPedro ArmendárizGilbert RolandA revolutionary and his band take over a small Mexican town. The townspeople begin to take sides over whether to fight him, join forces with him or just try to get along with him.Mexican , odd film .
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsRay MillandAnthony QuinnDebra PagetA murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend.Modern , criminal forces man to take him over the border
- DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanLaurence HarveyClaire BloomTravelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.Film set in the west , but not really western , a remake of Rashomon
- DirectorSerge BourguignonStarsMax von SydowYvette MimieuxEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Bounty hunters capture a wanted fugitive, but on the return trip begin to fight among themselves as to who should get the bigger share of the reward.Strange film , modern Mexico . Well worth finding
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJohn CarradineChuck CourtneyMelinda CaseyDracula travels to the American West intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance', outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her.Z grade horror film
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJohn LuptonNarda OnyxCal BolderMaria Frankenstein puts the brain of a monster into the body of one of Jesse James' sidekicks.Ditto
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRandolph ScottElla RainesWilliam BishopA group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley.Noirish modern day film , group of people searching for lost gold .
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsJames FranciscusGila GolanRichard CarlsonA cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in a Mexican valley and putting it in a wild west show. His star attraction, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.Cowboys and dinosaurs
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartRosemary LaneDuring the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.Warner Bros Gangster film set in the west , Humphrey Bogart in the black hat . See Goodfellas .
- DirectorServando GonzálezStarsAnthony PerkinsEdward AlbertHenry HullAfter the Civil War, a Southern boy aged 12 runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside and meets various odd characters along the way.Another unusual film , a child makes his way across the west with Anthony Perkins .
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsVan HeflinJoanne WoodwardPhilip CareyA pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.Great title for a spaghetti western , but this is a western with no shooting (well , once ) . A returning Union soldier (in the south) tries to preach and start a church
- DirectorMonte HellmanStarsMillie PerkinsJack NicholsonWill HutchinsA mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme.Obscure in the good sense , a ride to hell in the desert , Warren Oates and somebody called Jack Nicholson
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsRobert CummingsBrian DonlevyMarjorie ReynoldsAn angel is sent to earth to help save the soul of a saloon and gambling house owner.Here Comes Mr Jordan as a western
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonGeorge MarshallStarsIda LupinoGlenn FordGig YoungFortune seeker Barry Storm stumbles onto some clues that may lead him to the fabulous Lost Dutchman Mine, but others have tried and been murdered.Half modern day , half flashback to the old west , noirish .
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRory CalhounGene TierneyRichard BooneIn 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader.Set and filmed in Argentina
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsRobert CummingsBrian DonlevyMarjorie ReynoldsAn angel is sent to earth to help save the soul of a saloon and gambling house owner.Comedy , an angel goes to Montana to correct a mistake in the book of life .
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsJeff ChandlerRhonda FlemingMamie Van DorenIn 1800, trapper Jason Starbuck falls for Massachusetts girl Roxana but has to rescue her from slavery when sea pirates capture Roxana and sell her to a Moroccan harem.Starts off as a western , then goes to sea , then turns into an Arabian adventure film .
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJack PalanceBarbara RushRex ReasonIn 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.Eighteenth century Mexico , with bandits and indians .
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsYvonne De CarloCharles CoburnScott BradyIn order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.Starts in modern day , and ends with a helicopter .
- DirectorLew LandersStarsCornel WildeTeresa WrightAlfonso BedoyaIn the 1840s, most Californians want their state to break away from Mexico and possibly join the USA but Russia, Britain and France aim to grab California for themselves.1840s California , sword fights , whips , and the Russians are coming
- DirectorLew LandersStarsJon HallMary CastleJames SeayIn 1753, during the French and Indian War, Colonel George Washington and frontiersman Christopher Gist hope to persuade the Delaware tribes to join the British side but French spies aim for a contrary outcome.set in 1753
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsPhilip CareyDiane McBainJames BestTwo friends join together to strike oil during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s, and wind up fighting over the same oil wells and the same girl.Oklahoma in the 1920s
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsRod CameronJoanne DruJohn IrelandThe U.S. Cavalry is ordered to test the feasability of camels in the deserts of the Southwest.It's got camels in it.And in 3D .
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsRandolph ScottCharles 'Chic' SaleMrs. Leslie CarterThe heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin's name.Early Randolph Scott western , part murder mystery , and set early 20thc , there's a telephone for example
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsBill ElliottMarie WindsorForrest TuckerA reformed gambler turned preacher partnered with a pretty female fugitive outlaw runs into an old pal who's also a marshal, and they both fall for the same bad gal.Religious western , with a female gunslinger .
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsRhonda FlemingGene BarryAgnes MooreheadA woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.Alaskan , half musical , and set at the turn of the century .
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsRichard ToddAnne AubreyJamie UysLuke Billings and his four reprobate sons ride into a small South African settlement in search of revenge on Police Sergeant Sam Hargis. Hargis knows he cannot outgun the five outlaws and turns to the townspeople for help. But he gets no help except from a most unexpected source. Ultimately Hargis must face Billings on his own.British , set and filmed in South Africa
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsRichard EganAnthony QuinnMichael RennieIn 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGeorge MontgomeryMaureen O'HaraJohn SuttonIn the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that trained officers for the American Revolutionary War.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsSusan HaywardJeff ChandlerJacques Bergerac1850 adventure story of the Basque immigrants on their way to California, their struggle with the Indians, and the development of a complicated love triangle.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSophia LorenAnthony QuinnMargaret O'BrienStory of theatrical troupe that travels through the Old West.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterWalter LangStarsShirley TempleRandolph ScottMargaret LockwoodSusannah is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in. Everybody suffers further Indian attacks and the Mountie is saved from the stake only by Susannah's intervention with the Indian chief.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperPaulette GoddardHoward Da SilvaIntrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsLex BarkerPatricia MedinaWarren StevensIn 1820 Louisiana, river pirates tangle with plantation owners while gambling-ship pirate queen Lili Scarlet falls in-love with planter André Tulane to the dismay of rival Hugo Marat, leader of the river pirates.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsMickey RooneyColeen GrayHugh O'BrianA reverend goes West to a town where the Indians killed his priest-father and burned his church but the local townsfolk are keener about cash than religion.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsSteve CochranCarole MathewsWarren StevensClay Webley returns to Florida from the Civil War a hunted man and his brother, Dan Webley agrees to lead him and his wounded friend, Curtis Parker, through the Everglades to the Gulf of Mexico with Cuba as their final destination. The dying man reveals that Clay has murdered a man. The brothers slog through the swamp fighting off alligators, snakes and the plot and come upon a widow and her son whom the Seminoles, who control the Everglades, have allowed to stay. She agrees to let them stay when Clay is bitten by a poisonous snake, and a romance develops between her and Dan, while the recovering Clay plots a few schemes of his own. When the Seminoles discover the presence of the brothers, all are forced to flee through the Everglades with the Seminoles in pursuit.
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsDick ForanGloria DicksonGale PageCpl. Jim of the R.C.M.P. is taking his daughter Julie to school in Edmonton on the Arctic Queen. Six men hold up the boat when they stop for wood and gun down Jim in front of his daughter. The new inspector sends Alan after them, but has him split his unit. This leaves Alan short and they are ambushed and forced to bring back his wounded comrade. At Fort Endurance, Alan is confined to quarters for not arresting Dave when some of the stolen furs are found in his shed. Elizabeth lies about Dave being part of the gang to have Alan thrown out of the Mounties. When the other Mounties go out on a long chase, the only chance Alan and Bill have in finding the bandits is to take the forestry plane and search the lakes and rivers.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsDavid FarrarHonor BlackmanDiana DorsSet in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".
- DirectorMilton RosmerGeoffrey BarkasStarsRichard ArlenBarry MacKayAntoinette CellierThe building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWallace BeeryRichard ConteMarjorie MainAn outlaw finds a place in his gang for a grave-robbing doctor.
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsBrian KeithRick JasonRita GamSet in 1848 California. About a brother and sister battling a crooked businessman over property rights.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsAnn SavageTom NealGlenda FarrellA San Francisco songbird comes to Alaska and turns the town of Totem Pole and a scheming saloon owner's life upside down. Then a rival saloon owner wants a piece of the action.
- DirectorDick RossStarsWilliam TalmanJames CraigKristine MillerOklahoma Territory rancher Mark Bonham is killed for his law-and-order convictions in a community that is terrorized by rancher Bick Justin and his gang of henchmen. Minister Matt Bonham, Mark's twin brother, arrives and consoles Mark's widow Kathryn and son Toby, who vows vengeance despite his sweetheart Cora Nicklin's pleading. Justin talks Toby out of vengeance and offers him a job, which he takes. This alienates him from the community and his family. On the first Sunday that Matt is to hold a service, Justin enters the church, orders everybody out, and with his henchmen sets to burn the building down.
- DirectorTed PostStarsJames MitchellRosemarie StackJan MerlinA former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his men causing all the trouble. The new preacher sets out to bring the two sides together and he says he will not need a gun.