“Ranching is the only business where the goal is to break even—survive another season.” So says Kevin Costner’s character, John Dutton (shown...
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Henry C. Parke
Dusty’s Journey to the Movies
After writing hundreds of Westerns under a pseudonym, Dusty Richards was incredibly proud of the movie adapted from his 150th novel, published under...
DVD Review: 6 Bullets To Hell
When Billy Rogers (Crispian Belfrage) returns to his sun-blasted ranch to find his wife (Magda Rodriguez) raped and murdered, he vows revenge on...
Reality Cowboy Stars
This April 26, Chris “Booger” Brown, Cody Harris and Bubba Thompson saddle up for their third season of INSP’s The Cowboy Way—Alabama, the most...
Hostiles is Deeply Felt
Hostiles is a deeply felt story, peopled by soldiers, American Indians and civilians who express their feelings with utmost caution. Despite the...
DVD Review: Barquero
For a Few Dollars More and The Wild Bunch propelled former bit players Lee Van Cleef and Warren Oates to Western movie stardom. Van Cleef is the...
DVD Review: Painted Woman
Painted Woman (Echo Bridge; $15.99). After experiencing both the security and shame of a kept woman, Julie (played by Stef Dawson) knows too much...
The Nation’s Worst Single Lynching
You might guess that the worst single lynching in U.S. history took place in the Deep South and that the victims were black. But the remarkable...
The Absolute Best Historically Accurate Westerns
To put it mildly, we at True West have been overjoyed—nay, overwhelmed—by our readers’ responses to the deceptively simple question: Which is the...
DVD Review: The Law And Jake Wade
Outlaw-turned-marshal Jake Wade (Robert Taylor) figures he’s squared his debt to former accomplice Clint (Richard Widmark) by busting him out of...
What Killed Off The High Chaparral?
A half century ago, a new Western arrived on NBC, and four seasons later, it was gone, leaving a legacy of just under 100 episodes—less than a...
True West Best of the West 2018 Western Movies
The one notable theme that has emerged from this year’s short list of Westerns is the tale of the aging tough guy or, less sentimentally, the...