My Pick For Best Western Dvd Of 2005!

I picked up my copy of

on Tuesday. I'm definitely going to watch it this weekend.

I know I've pushed this movie a lot (too much?), but it really is that good. It holds up well when compared to just about any Western, and really should be in every Western fan's movie collection.

Just look at the cast - Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark, Anthony Quinn, DeForest Kelley, Dorothy Malone, Frank Gorshin (OK, he's got a very small role - but as he just passed away I've got to mention him) - that's an all star cast! Beyond a great cast the script is fantastic and the direction is top notch.

It's in my top 10 Westerns of all time - maybe even my top 5! I can't wait to watch it this weekend (I haven't seen it in a year, and I've never seen the whole thing in widescreen)!

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Originally posted by The Ringo Kid@May 27 2005, 01:40 PM
I'd like to see a list of all Westerns that have already come out or are coming out on DVD this year before choosing. Is there any such list available?

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Hold on let me check...

Here's what I got from Barrie Maxwell on The Digital Bits website:

Title Year Release Date Company
Way Out West (in Laurel and Hardy: Volume Two) 1937 March 15 Lions Gate
Bells of San Fernando --(Monte Blue)-- 1947-- March 29-- Alpha
Big Boy Rides Again-- (Guinn Williams)-- 1935-- March 29-- Alpha
Custer’s Last Stand [serial]-- (Rex Lease)-- 1936-- March 29-- Alpha
Days of Jesse James-- (Roy Rogers)-- 1939-- March 29-- Alpha
Fighting Mustang-- (Sunset Carson)-- 1948-- March 29-- Alpha
Ghost Town Law-- (Buck Jones)-- 1942-- March 29-- Alpha
God’s Country and the Man-- (Tom Keene)-- 1937-- March 29-- Alpha
High Lonesome-- (John Drew Barrymore)-- 1950-- March 29-- VCI
Kansas Pacific-- (Sterling Hayden)-- 1953-- March 29-- Alpha
Roaring Six-Guns-- (Kermit Maynard)-- 1937-- March 29-- Alpha
Sky Bandits-- (Dave O’Brien)-- 1940-- March 29-- Alpha
Sundowners, The-- (Robert Preston)-- 1950-- March 29-- VCI
Sunset Range-- (Hoot Gibson)-- 1935-- March 29-- Alpha
Terror of the Plains-- (Tom Tyler)-- 1934-- March 29-- Alpha
Whistling Bullets-- (Kermit Maynard)-- 1936-- March 29-- Alpha
Windjammer-- (George O’Brien)-- 1937-- March 29-- Alpha
Winners of the West [serial]-- (Dick Foran)-- 1940-- March 29-- Alpha

Bonanza Town-- (Charles Starrett)-- 1951-- April 5-- Columbia
Desperadoes, The-- (Randolph Scott)-- 1943-- April 5-- Columbia
Good Day for a Hanging, A-- (Fred MacMurray)-- 1958-- April 5-- Columbia
Jubal-- (Glenn Ford)-- 1956-- April 5-- Columbia
Lust for Gold-- (Ida Lupino)-- 1949-- April 5-- Columbia
Professionals, The-- (Lee Marvin) SE-- 1966-- April 5-- Columbia
Silverado-- (Scott Glenn)-- 1985-- April 5-- Columbia
Texas-- (William Holden)-- 1941-- April 5-- Columbia
Texican, The-- (Audie Murphy)-- 1966-- April 5-- Columbia
Violent Men, The-- (Barbara Stanwyck)-- 1955-- April 5-- Columbia

Blue Canadian Rockies-- (Gene Autry)-- 1952-- April 19-- Image
Dodge City-- (Errol Flynn)-- 1939-- April 19-- WB
They Died with Their Boots On-- (Errol Flynn)-- 1941-- April 19-- WB
Three Violent People-- (Charlton Heston)-- 1957-- April 19-- Paramount
Wagon Team-- (Gene Autry)-- 1952-- April 19-- Image

Adventures of Jim Bowie: Volume 2-- April 26-- Alpha
Fury (4 Episodes)-- April 26--- Alpha
Gunsmoke Ranch-- (Robert Livingston)-- 1937-- April 26-- Alpha
Hard Ground-- (Burt Reynolds)-- 2003-- April 26-- Goodtimes
My Name Is Nobody-- (Terence Hill)-- 1973-- April 26-- Image
Mystery Mountain [serial]-- (Ken Maynard)-- 1934-- April 26-- Alpha
Overland Mail [serial]-- (Lon Chaney Jr.)-- 1941-- April 26-- Alpha
Phantom of the West [serial]-- (Tom Tyler)-- 1931-- April 26-- Alpha
Purple Vigilantes, The-- (Robert Livingston)-- 1938-- April 26-- Alpha
Riders of Death Valley [serial]-- (Buck Jones)-- 1941-- April 26-- Alpha

Guns of Honor (Todd Jensen) 1994 May 3 Lions Gate
Lonesome Dove: The Series, Volume 1 May 3 Platinum
Other Side of the Law (Jurgen Prochnow) 1994 May 3 Lions Gate
Silent Tongue (Richard Harris) 1994 May 3 Lions Gate
Tall in the Saddle (John Wayne) 1944 May 3 WB
Train Robbers. The (John Wayne) 1973 May 3 WB

Bad Day at Black Rock (Tracy) 1954 May 10 WB
Have Gun Will Travel: Season Two 1958/1959 May 10 Paramount

Blue (Terence Stamp) 1968 May 17 Paramount
Conagher (Sam Elliott) 1991 May 17 WB
Desperate Trail, The (Sam Elliott) 1995 May 17 WB
Escort West (Victor Mature) 1959 May 17 MGM
Hour of the Gun (James Garner) 1967 May 17 MGM
Invitation to a Gunfighter (Yul Brynner) 1964 May 17 MGM
Johnny Reno (Dana Andrews) 1966 May 17 Paramount
Last Stand at Saber River (Tom Selleck) 1997 May 17 WB
Purgatory (Sam Shepard) 1999 May 17 WB
Sam Whiskey (Burt Reynolds) 1969 May 17 MGM
Scalphunters, The (Burt Lancaster) 1968 May 17 MGM
Waterhole #3 (James Coburn) 1967 May 17 Paramount

Bravados, The (Gregory Peck) 1958 May 24 Fox
Broken Lance (Spencer Tracy) 1954 May 24 Fox
Buffalo Bill (Joel Mc Crea) 1944 May 24 Fox
Drums Along the Mohawk (Henry Fonda) 1939 May 24 Fox
Forty Guns (Barbara Stanwyck) 1957 May 24 Fox
In Old Arizona (Warner Baxter) 1929 May 24 Fox
Trail to Hope Rose, The (Ernest Borgnine) 2004 May 24 Goodtimes
Warlock (Henry Fonda) 1959 May 24 Fox

Annie Oakley Volume 1 May 31 Alpha
Annie Oakley Volume 2 May 31 Alpha
Annie Oakley Volume 3 May 31 Alpha
Annie Oakley Volume 4 May 31 Alpha
Appaloosa, The [contained in the Marlon Brando Collection] 1966 May 31 Universal
Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free (Don Meredith) 1976 May 31 Columbia
Buckskin Lady (Patricia Medina) 1957 May 31 Alpha
Buffalo Bill Jr. Volume 1 May 31 Alpha
Buffalo Bill Jr. Volume 2 May 31 Alpha
Fighting with Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown) [serial] 1933 May 31 VCI
Gun Fury (Rock Hudson) 1953 May 31 Columbia
Hit the Saddle/Call the Mesquiteers 1937/1938 May 31 Alpha
Last Frontier, The (Lon Chaney Jr.) [serial] 1932 May 31 VCI
Legend of Booger Red (Ron Capps) 2004 May 31 Pro-Active Entertainment
Loaded Pistols (Gene Autry) 1948 May 31 Alpha
Major Dundee [Extended Cut] (Charlton Heston) 1965 May 31 Columbia
Marked Trails (Bob Steele) 1944 May 31 Alpha
Rifleman, The: Box Set #4 May 31 MPI
Roy Rogers 2 on 1 (Titles unknown) May 31 Unicorn
Rustlers of Red Dog (Johnny Mack Brown) [serial] 1935 May 31 VCI
Sky King Volume 1 May 31 Alpha
Tex Ritter 2 on 1 (Titles unknown) May 31 Unicorn
Texas Cyclone (Tim McCoy) 1932 May 31 Columbia
Tom Horn (Steve McQueen) 1980 May 31 WB
Wild Horse Phantom (Buster Crabbe) 1944 May 31 Alpha

Branded (Alan Ladd) 1950 June 7 Paramount
Chuka (Rod Taylor) 1967 June 7 Paramount
Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, The (George Segal) 1976 June 7 Fox
Far Horizons, The (Fred MacMurray) 1955 June 7 Paramount
Heller in Pink Tights (Sophia Loren) 1960 June 7 Paramount
Hopalong Cassidy Triple Feature 1 (Titles unknown) June 7 Falcon Picture Group
Lonesome Dove: The Series, Volume 2 June 7 Platinum
Rattler Kid (Brad Harris) 1968 June 7 Jef Films
Wanted Dead or Alive: Season One 1958 June 7 New Line

Reivers, The (Steve McQueen) 1969 June 14 Paramount
Thunder in the Desert (Bob Steele) 1938 July 19 Ventura
Rifleman, The: Box Set #5 July 26 MPI


Titles with Less Precise Timing ***** ***** *****


Ballad of Cable Hogue, The (Jason Robards) 1970 2006 WB
Duck, You Sucker 1972 2005 MGM
Fistful of Dollars, A (Clint Eastwood) 1964 2005 MGM
For a Few Dollars More (Clint Eastwood) 1966 2005 MGM
Hellbenders, The (Joseph Cotten) 1967 Fall 2005 Anchor Bay
Hondo (John Wayne 1953 2005-2006 Paramount
Maverick 2005 WB
McClintock! (John Wayne) 1963 2005-2006 Paramount
Northwest Passage (Spencer Tracy) 1940 TBD WB
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (James Coburn) 1973 2006 WB
Ride the High Country (Randolph Scott) 1962 2006 WB
Sam Peckinpah Collection (The Ballad of Cable Hogue/Ride the High Country/Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid/The Wild Bunch) 1970/1962/1973/1969 2006 WB
Searchers, The: SE (John Wayne) 1956 2006 WB
Seven Men from Now (Randolph Scott) 1956 2005-2006 Paramount
Three Godfathers (John Wayne) 1948 TBD WB
Track of the Cat (Robert Mitchum) 1954 2005-2006 Paramount
Wild Bunch, The (William Holden) SE 1969 2006 WB


Not a whole lot coming out this year.

Seriously, though, this is a good year for Westerns on DVD, and Warlock is my favorite of those titles release/to be released. It's also gotten some rave reviews as well. It seems to be one of those movies that both the critics AND the fans like.

(My new "most wanted" DVD is now The Naked Spur - and that's coming next year!)