Some fantastic westerns from Universal!
I love westerns,especially when they were at their greatest in the 1950s,but my favourites are the ones made by Universal at this time. Now this was a studio that sure did know how to make a fun and exciting western movie.
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- DirectorKing VidorStarsKirk DouglasJeanne CrainClaire TrevorSharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartRock HudsonArthur KennedyWhen a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn LundJeff ChandlerSusan CabotWhen Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
- DirectorCharles F. HaasStarsJock MahoneyMartha HyerLyle BettgerAfter the Civil War, Confederate Jim Trask returns to his native Abilene to find his sweetheart engaged to his old friend Dave Mosely who's leading the cattlemen in a feud against the farmers.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartShelley WintersDan DuryeaA cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonBarbara RushGregg PalmerWhen peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsYvonne De CarloDan DuryeaJeffrey LynnCalifornia stage robber Black Bart meets European dancer Lola Montez.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsJeff ChandlerDorothy MaloneWard BondIn 1868 Oregon, after the Army violates the treaty by building a road across the reservation, several tribal chiefs decide to unite their forces against the trespassing whites.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsAudie MurphyDarren McGavinRuta LeeFormer Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsVan HeflinYvonne De CarloAlex NicolIn 1866 Wyoming, a frontier scout tries to prevent a war between the Sioux and the U.S. after the Army builds a road and a fort on territory previously ceded to the Sioux by treaty.
- DirectorDon SiegelRobert TottenStarsRichard WidmarkLena HorneCarroll O'ConnorA Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsDana AndrewsPiper LaurieRex ReasonA suspected cavalry deserter proves to be resourceful in helping the surviving members of a fort flee Indians along a dangerous river.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsAudie MurphyJoan EvansRobert SterlingBefore the Civil War, Lt. Jed Sayre's efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the Navajo are undermined by his racist C.O. and Confederate sympathizers.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRobert RyanJulie AdamsRock HudsonTwo brothers end up on opposite sides of the law in post-Civil War Texas.
- DirectorJesse HibbsStarsAudie MurphySusan CabotDan DuryeaAfter his father and brother are murdered by a corrupt lawyer and sheriff duo, railroad surveyor Clay O'Mara plans his revenge, and is aided by former outlaw Whitey Kincade.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsStephen McNallyJulie AdamsHugh MarloweAt Apache River Station, the passengers of a stagecoach, the owners of the station, a sheriff and his prisoner and a few ferry passengers are besieged by a band of renegade Apaches.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsAudie MurphyBeverly TylerJames BestUnjustly accused of robbing the train he was riding home, Bill Doolin re-joins his old gang, participates in other robberies and becomes a wanted outlaw.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMaureen O'HaraJeff ChandlerJohn McIntireMajor Howell Brady arrives in Indian Territory in hopes of recruiting peaceful, relocated Seminoles to help the army fight rampaging Kiowas.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsStephen McNallyColeen GrayWillard ParkerA gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsVictor MatureSuzan BallJohn LundThis biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMaureen O'HaraMacdonald CareyWill GeerWhite settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsRobert FullerJocelyn LaneDan DuryeaAfter a convoy carrying a million dollars in gold is ambushed, an army captain is sent on a secret mission to retrieve the bullion with the reluctant help of one of the robbers.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRock HudsonJulie AdamsMary CastleAfter being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsAlan LaddShelley WintersJ. Carrol NaishIn 1877 Western Canada, a police inspector revolts against his inept commander, taking a safer route to the U.S. border in order to stop invading hostile Indians.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsKirk DouglasGena RowlandsWalter MatthauA fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.
- DirectorAbner BibermanStarsFred MacMurrayJeffrey HunterJanice RuleAfter the death of a rancher, his three sons run the ranch but one of them is seen as a coward because of his aversion to gun-fighting.
- DirectorJesse HibbsStarsAnne BaxterJeff ChandlerRory CalhounIn 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsVan HeflinJulie AdamsAbbe LaneDuring the Mexican revolution of 1910, an American prospector gets involved with the revolutionaries after a corrupt Mexican official confiscates his mine.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsStephen McNallyAlexis SmithHoward Da SilvaIn 1869, when the railroad mail service is threatened by frequent bandit attacks, the government hires Steve Davis to infiltrate a gang in order to destroy it from inside.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsGlenn FordJulie AdamsChill WillsDuring the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsMacdonald CareyAlexis SmithEdgar BuchananReleased after serving 15 years in prison for train robbery Pete Carver being the only survivor of the gang goes looking for the loot in the caves where it was hidden.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRichard WidmarkDonna ReedWilliam CampbellJim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsRichard ConteViveca LindforsBarbara BrittonA rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsLex BarkerMara CordayStephen McNallyIn Tomahawk, the crooked Jackman brothers control the town, Sheriff Dunham is up for re-election, the sheep growers are banned in town and a stagecoach line undercover investigator arrives to catch the gang that regularly robs the stages.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsAudie MurphySusan CabotPaul KellyA young gunslinger tries to help a rancher and his daughter save their land and cattle from an evil, wealthy land owner.
- DirectorJohn SherwoodStarsRory CalhounYvonne De CarloMara CordayIn 1842 lawless Oregon, a gunfighter seeks vengeance when his innocent brother is lynched and his beautiful Indian wife is claimed by the local tyrant.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRock HudsonBarbara HaleAnthony QuinnA cavalry lieutenant recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.
- DirectorJesse HibbsStarsJohn PayneMari BlanchardDan DuryeaA railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsFred MacMurrayDorothy MaloneJames BartonGang of robbers heads for Mexican border, meets unexpected opposition along the way.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRory CalhounMartha HyerDean JaggerA gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.
- DirectorStuart MillarStarsJohn WayneKatharine HepburnAnthony ZerbeMarshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down her father's murderers.