CLASSIC WESTERN MOVIES
INDEX/ DISCUSSION
This is intended to be a list of Western movies
even remotely worth seeing from the past 100 years, interesting,
entertaining or in some way provocative or memorable.
The Internet Data Base (IMDb.com) lists 11,000 Westerns.
Well, that's a bit much, so we settled on the more digestible number
Of course all of Duke's Westerns are classics
and for an indicator as to where Duke was in the chronology
we have included most of his major movies in this list
The full Duke Western Filmography is here
Duke's Westerns
Index of Movies
1903-2016
In chronological order
Blue- Duke's Westerns
(Click on colored links for the movie profile)
1900's
The Great Train Robbery (1903) Edwin S. Porter (Broncho Billy Anderson, A.C. Abadie,George Barnes )
1910's
The Squaw Man (1914) Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille (Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury, Winifred Kingston)
Hell's Hinges (1916) William S. Hart, Charles Swickard (William S. Hart, Clara Williams, Jack Standing)
Straight Shooting (1917) John Ford (Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee, George Berrell )
Scarlet Days (1919) D.W. Griffith (Richard Barthelmess, Eugenie Besserer, Carol Dempster )
1920's
The Covered Wagon (1923) James Cruze (J. Warren Kerrigan, Alan Hale, Lois Wilson )
The Iron Horse (1924) John Ford (George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull )
Tumbleweeds (1925) King Baggot (William S. Hart Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield )
The Virginian (1929) Victor Fleming (Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Mary Brian )
1930's
The Big Trail (1930) Raoul Walsh (John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel )
Cimarron (1931) Wesley Ruggles (Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor)
Heritage of the Desert (1932) Henry Hathaway (Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald)
Wild Horse Mesa (1932) Henry Hathaway (Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, Fred Kohler, Lucille La Verne)
To the Last Man (1933) Henry Hathaway (Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Jack La Rue, Buster Crabbe)
Man of the Forest (1933) Henry Hathaway (Randolph Scott, Verna Hillie, Harry Carey, Noah Beery)
The Thundering Herd (1933) Henry Hathaway (Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe, Noah Beery)
Sunset Pass (1933) Henry Hathaway (Randolph Scott, Tom Keene, Kathleen Burke, Harry Carey)
Wagon Wheels (1934) Charles Barton (Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Billy Lee, Monte Blue)
The Last Round-Up (1934) Henry Hathaway (Randolph Scott, Barbara Fritchie, Monte Blue, Fred Kohler)
Frontier Marshal(1934) Lewis Seiler (George O'Brien, Irene Bentley)
Viva Villa! (1934) Jack Conway/Howard Hawks/William Wellman (Wallace Berry)
Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935) Charles Barton (Randolph Scott, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Mrs. Leslie Carter)
Home on the Range (1935) Arthur Jacobson (Jackie Coogan, Randolph Scott, Evelyn Brent, Dean Jagger)
Barbary Coast (1935) Howard Hawks (Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea)
The Plainsman (1936) Cecil B. DeMille (Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford)
The Last of the Mohicans(1936) George B. Seitz (Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Bruce Cabot)
High, Wide, and Handsome ( 1937) Rouben Mamoulian (Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour)
Wells Fargo (1937) Frank Lloyd (Joel McCrea ,Bob Burns, Frances Dee )
The Texans (1938) James Hogan (Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson, Walter Brennan)
Frontier Marshal (1939) Allan Dwan (Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero)
Destry Rides Again (1939) George Marshall (Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart)
Stagecoach (1939) John Ford (John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) John Ford (Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda)
Dodge City (1939) Michael Curtiz (Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot)
Jesse James (1939) Henry King (Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939) Lloyd Bacon (James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart)
Union Pacific (1939) Cecil B. DeMille (Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Barbara Stanwyck)
1940's
Dark Command (1940) Raoul Walsh (John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Roy Rogers)
Virginia City (1940) Michael Curtiz (Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott)
The Return of Frank James (1940) Fritz Lang (Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney)
The Westerner (1940) William Wyler (Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan)
North West Mounted Police (1940) Cecil B. DeMille (Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard)
Santa Fe Trail (1940) Michael Curtiz (Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan)
When the Daltons Rode (1940) George Marshall (Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy)
The Light of Western Stars (1940) Lesley Selander (Victor Jory, Jo Ann Sayers, Russell Hayden, Alan Ladd)
Billy the Kid (1941) David Miller (Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy)
The Outlaw (1941) Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks (Jane Russell, Jack Buetel, Walter Huston)
Texas (1941) George Marshall (William Holden, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) Raoul Walsh (Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy)
The Shepherd Of The Hills (1941) Henry Hathaway (John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey)
Belle Starr (1941) Irving Cummings (Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews)
Western Union (1941) Fritz Lang (Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger)
Bad Men of Missouri (1941) Ray Enright (Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman ,Wayne Morris)
Tombstone: the Town Too Tough to Die (1942) William C. McGann (Richard Dix, Edgar Buchanan)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) William A. Wellman (Henry Fonda,Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes)
The Great Man's Lady (1942) William A. Wellman (Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy)
The Spoilers (1942) Ray Enright (Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Harry Carey)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) William A. Seiter (Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger)
The Desperadoes (1943) Charles Vidor (Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor)
In Old Oklahoma (1943) Albert S. Rogell (John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker)
Buffalo Bill (1944) William A. Wellman (Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Thomas Mitchell)
Nevada (1944) Edward Killy (Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams)
Tall in the Saddle (1944) Edwin L. Marin (John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond)
Belle of the Yukon (1944) William A. Seiter (Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore)
San Antonio (1945) David Butler (Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall)
Flame of the Barbary Coast (1945) Joseph Kane (John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut)
West of the Pecos (1945) Edward Killy (Robert Mitchum, Barbara Hale, Richard Martin)
Dakota (1945) Joseph Kane (John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan)
Canyon Passage (1946) Jacques Tourneur (Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Ward Bond)
In Old Sacramento (1946) Joseph Kane (Bill Elliott, Constance Moore, Henry H. Daniels Jr.)
The Virginian (1946) Stuart Gilmore (Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts )
My Darling Clementine (1946) John Ford (Henry Fonda, Victor Mature)
Duel in the Sun(1946) King Vidor (Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones)
Abilene Town (1946) Edwin L. Marin (Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan)
Badman's Territory (1946) Tim Whelan (Randolph Scott, Ann Richards, George 'Gabby' Hayes)
Gunfighters (1947) George Waggner ( Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Dorothy Hart)
Trail Street (1947) Ray Enright (Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys)
Pursued (1947) Raoul Walsh (Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright)
Angel And The Badman (1947) James Edward Grant (John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey)
Cheyenne (1947) Raoul Walsh (Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Arthur Kennedy)
Sea of Grass (1947) Elia Kazan (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker, Harry Carey)
Wyoming (1947) Joseph Kane (Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston)
Ramrod (1947) Andre de Toth (Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore)
3 Godfathers (1948) John Ford (John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond)
Red River (1948) Howard Hawks (John Wayne, Montgomery Clift)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) John Huston (Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt)
Albuquerque (1948) Ray Enright (Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George 'Gabby' Hayes)
Blood on the Moon (1948) Robert Wise (Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes,Robert Preston)
Yellow Sky (1948) William A. Wellman (Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter)
Fort Apache (1948) John Ford (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Ward Bond)
Rachel and the Stranger (1948) Norman Foster (Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum)
Silver River (1948) Raoul Walsh (Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett)
Coroner Creek (1948) Ray Enright (Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, George Macready)
Return of the Bad Men (1948) Ray Enright (Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys)
Four Faces West(1948) Alfred E. Green (Joel McCrea, Charles Bickford, Frances Dee)
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) H. Bruce Humberstone (Victor Mature, Coleen Gray)
The Man from Colorado (1948) Henry Levin (Glenn Ford, William Holden)
Whispering Smith (1948) Leslie Fenton (Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Donald Crisp)
South of St. Louis (1949) Ray Enright (Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott)
Canadian Pacific (1949) Edwin L. Marin (Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish, Victor Jory)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) Gordon Douglas (Randolph Scott, George Macready,John Ireland
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) George Waggner (John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn)
Hellfire (1949) R. G. Springsteen (Bill Elliott, Marie Windsor)
The Last Bandit (1949) Joseph Kane (Bill Elliott, Forrest Tucker
Streets of Laredo (1949) Leslie Fenton (William Holden, Macdonald Carey)
I Shot Jesse James (1949) - Samuel Fuller (John Ireland, Preston Foster)
Fighting Man of the Plains (1949) Edwin L. Marin (Randolph Scott, Dale Robertson, Bill Williams)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) John Ford (John Wayne, John Agar)
Colorado Territory (1949) Raoul Walsh (Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo)
For movies
1950-1959
Please see following post