The Magnificent Seven is a terrifically satisfying Western, and 2010 marks its 50th anniversary. The picture launched several actors, including...
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Western Books & Movies
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
In October, Warner Brothers is launching its Humphrey Bogart collection ($99.98) that will box up 42 of Bogart’s choicest pictures on 12 discs,...
“That Cockeyed Little Old Thing”
The Rounders was Director and Screenwriter Burt Kennedy’s first shot at making a Western comedy, and it’s one of his best. Other movies about aging...
Legal Executions in the Western Territories, 1847-1911
Legal Executions in the Western Territories, 1847-1911, is a wonderful encyclopedic reference—a must for libraries and scholars interested in the...
I’m the Man You Thought You Killed
John Davis, his current alias, is like no other Westerner in fact or fiction. San Francisco strumpet salesman, con man and killer for hire, he uses...
Old West Shootists
The Johnson-Sims Feud: Romeo and Juliet, West Texas Style (University of North Texas Press, $24.95), by Bill O’Neal, features as the star-crossed...
Dark Tower Series
Stephen King, America’s reigning Horror novelist, started his Dark Tower series in 1982 with The Gunslinger. The book features Roland Deschain, who,...
Dark Tower Series
Stephen King, America’s reigning Horror novelist, started his Dark Tower series in 1982 with The Gunslinger. The book features Roland Deschain, who,...
TCM Greatest Classic Film Collection: Westerns
This newest batch offers four solid post-1950s Westerns: two of Sam Peckinpah’s best pictures, Ride the High Country (1962) and Pat Garrett and...
TCM Greatest Classic Film Collection: Westerns
This newest batch offers four solid post-1950s Westerns: two of Sam Peckinpah’s best pictures, Ride the High Country (1962) and Pat Garrett and...
The Bad Boy Behind the Mystery Man
He did not wear a mask or carry silver bullets. The Virginian was designed to be the first Mystery man of Old West fiction. He did not wear a mask...
The Bad Boy Behind the Mystery Man
He did not wear a mask or carry silver bullets. The Virginian was designed to be the first Mystery man of Old West fiction. He did not wear a mask...