Edwin S. Porter’s, The Great Train Robbery hit the silver screen in 1903. Filmed in the wilds of New Jersey, it lasted just nine minutes. It was the...
The First of the Silver Screen Cowboys
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Western Movies
Mescal Reborn
The stores of Far Haven and the rebirth of an iconic film location are both tales of redemption. Beginning with the deadly nighttime ambush of a...
Best of the West 2023: Western Movies, DVDs & TV Shows
2022 was the Year of 1883 From Taylor Sheridan's popular series to director Walter Hill's latest film, the past year was one of the decade's most...
Jeremiah Johnson
Half a century later, it’s still the best mountain man movie ever made. Long before there was a grid to live off of, there were mountain men,...
Ulzana’s Raid
Fifty years after its release, Robert Aldrich's Western stands out as a classic in an era when the genre is waning. In 1972’s...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. The Oklahoma...
Eye for Eye
L.J. Martin makes a movie. Western author L. J. Martin, with more than 40 novels to his credit, is not one to wait for things to happen: he...
Christopher Mitchum
The reluctant Western star shares memories of his acting career. "Dad started acting just about the time I was born, in 1943,” Christopher...
What History Has Taught Me: Samuel K. Dolan
Writer, Producer, Historian Samuel K. Dolan is a writer and Emmy Award-winning television producer based in Montana. His career in film and...
Bruce Boxleitner
James Arness made all the difference in his storied film and television career. In 1976, Gunsmoke’s James Arness was about to take on the lead role...
Tombstone: On the Cutting Room Floor
Historians, actors and film critics weigh in on Kevin Jarre’s original script—and whether it should be remade and finally get its DUE. Everyone...
My Top Ten Favorite Movie Moments
True West’s Firearms Editor applauds authenticity. Western movies are made for entertainment, and we must consider them strictly as such, and not as...