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Bad men... Bad ladies... Bad horses...
Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 203 ratings · 26 Mar 1969 · English · 1h 32m · Released
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
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Decision at Sundown
Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 10 Nov 1957 · English
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
Boss Nigger
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 17 Aug 1975 · English
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
Open Range
Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 11 Aug 2003 · English
A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
Firecreek
Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 24 Jan 1968 · English
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
American Outlaws
Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 17 Aug 2001 · English
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.
The White Buffalo
Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 1 May 1977 · English
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Warlock
Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 15 May 1959 · English
A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 1 Jul 1975 · English
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.
Rango
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 2 Mar 2011 · English
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt and uncover the truth behind a looming water crisis—before his act catches up with him.
Day of the Outlaw
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 14 May 1959 · English
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
The Last Wagon
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 21 Sept 1956 · English
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.
Barbarosa
Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 19 Feb 1982 · English
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.