171. Support Your Local Gunfighter
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Burt Kennedy
Actors: James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Joan Blondell, Marie Windsor
172. The Last Sunset
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, James Westmoreland, Jack Elam
173. The Scalphunters
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Dabney Coleman, Paul Picerni
174. Man Without a Star
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, William Campbell, Richard Boone, Jay C. Flippen
175. Rancho Notorious
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, Gloria Henry, William Frawley, Jack Elam
Plot: After his wife is killed during a robbery, a man vows revenge. The quest leads him to Chuck-a-luck, a ranch set up specifically to hide criminals and even though he finds the men responsible, he may be in over his head.
176. 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, Skip Homeier, Henry Silva
177. 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, Stephen Root, Jason Aldean
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.
178. 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, Richard Jordan, Hector Elizondo
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.
179. 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, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan
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.
180. 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, Christopher George, Ricardo Montalban
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.
