171. River of No Return
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig
172. The Tall T
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Budd Boetticher
Actors: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt
173. Sweet Vengeance ( Sweetwater )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Logan Miller
Actors: Ed Harris, January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Eduardo Noriega
Plot: In late 1800s, in the New Mexico territory, a beautiful former prostitute and her husband set off to start a new life together. But a fanatical religious man becomes obsessed with her - ending in violence. Seeking her own vengeance, she teams up with a renegade sheriff, who has his own brand of "justice" to serve.
174. Valdez is Coming
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Edwin Sherin
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera, Jon Cypher
Plot: Burt Lancaster made his best movies in the westerns of his later career. This is one of them. As a stoic veteran of the Apache wars, he plays a Mexican lawman (Valdez) who mistakenly kills a black man held under siege by the heavies of a corrupt rancher. When he discovers his error he tries to get $100 from the rancher to help the dead man's Indian wife. The story follows the honorable Valdez fight the long odds in his attempt to get the rancher to pay up. The film has the tone of a spaghetti western (it was filmed in Spain) but the plot has more than a few surprises. Look for the early work of some actors who became much more visible over the years.
175. Rawhide
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger
Plot: A woman and her young niece find themselves stranded at the Rawhide desert stagecoach stop where Sam and his assistant, Tom run things. When four bandits take over the station, intent on robbing an incoming gold shipment, they murder Sam but need to keep Tom for the deception to work. Tom proclaims the woman is his wife, hoping to save her as well.
176. The Train Robbers
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Burt Kennedy
Actors: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson
Plot: A widow hires a gunman (John Wayne) to recover some gold that her husband stole during a train robbery. She wants to return the gold to clear her family's name and start a new life.
177. The Last Sunset
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten
178. The Toll Gate
Year of Release: 1920
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Actors: William S. Hart, Anna Q. Nilsson, Joseph Singleton, Jack Richardson
179. Clearing the Range
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Otto Brower
Actors: Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley, Robert Homans
180. Trail of Kit Carson
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lesley Selander
Actors: Allan Lane, Helen Talbot, Tom London, Twinkle Watts
