Old western movies in Westerns DVDs & Videos

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The original "Cisco Kid" western that set off a run of knockoffs in the early days of cinema, IN OLD ARIZONA is historically notable for a number of reasons. An early "talkie" filmed in 1929, it was the first western with sound to emerge from a major studio, Fox Pictures, making it a revolutionary breakthrough with its cleverly-hidden microphones masked by real rocks and shrubs. Warner Baxter received an Academy Award for his portrayal of the Cisco Kid, the "Robin Hood of the West" who was based on the character conceived by O. Henry. Originally cast in the role, director Raoul Walsh (WHITE HEAT) had to drop out of the project after a car accident involving a jackrabbit left him with his signature eye patch, which he wore for the rest of his life. The Cisco Kid and his rival, Sgt. Mickey Dunne (Edmund Lowe), are both in love with the fetching Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess LADY FOR A NIGHT), whose beauty is equal only to her trickery. She soon betrays the Kid to the Sergeant, and Cisco turns ruthless in his quest for revenge, plotting to ensnare Tonia in a trap that was meant for him.

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As far as TV Westerns go, it's hard to top BONANZA. Presented here are 34 episodes from the classic show that will remind fans just why it was such a stellar series. But even for the most die-hard BONANZA fanatic, there are still tons of other shows that were topnotch in their own way. And so a bonus 57 episodes from a variety of classic TV Westerns are also included here to satisfy any hunger for the Old West.

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Renowned singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this patriotic 1939 western as an Army sergeant who discovers that nefarious mine owners are riling up the local farmers in order to cheat the government and sell their land for an inflated price.

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Tom Craig (John Wayne) is a recent arrival to Sacramento, California, where he is trying to set up his pharmacy. He unfortunately finds out that the town is owned by political boss Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker), who is getting protection money from the townspeople. The town boss meets his match when he tries to frame Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig is ready for a fight.

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The Singing Cowboy is at his best in this old West classic. Gene plays a cowboy who trains wild horses and then sells them to the Saddle Rock stagecoach line, where he does some pretty good business. That is, until Doc Lockwood ((Lyle Talbott), his only competitor, decides to get in on Gene's turf. Gene pairs up with Parson Brooks to clean up the town, turning it into a law-abiding community. A spectacular stagecoach race, multiple gun battles, and of course, Gene's characteristic songs of faith, make this both an enjoyable and highly positive ride.

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THE BRAVADOS: When four men who Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) believes raped and killed his wife escape from their death sentences, Jim sets out to track the men down and enact his own vengeance. An honest man, Jim sees his actions as just and brave, but as he crisscrosses Mexico to exact an eye for an eye, he comes to realize that he has lost something of himself in his self-absorbed quest for revenge. Peck did his best work in characters with strong arcs, and THE BRAVADOS is no exception. Carrying the film from scene to scene, Peck hits his mark dead on when he realizes that the men he is after may actually be innocent, providing an exceptional cinematic moment. Joan Collins does a fine job as Josefa Velarde, an old flame of Jim's, but Peck's real costar is the gorgeous color photography of the mountains and ravines of the Mexican countryside. BUFFALO BILL: William Wellman skillfully directs the life story of William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill. Based on a story by Frank Winch, there is plenty of action as the stages of his life unfold. The journey begins with his early years as an Indian fighter, jumps to his days as a scout and campaigner for Indian rights, and culminates in a display of his later years of Wild West showmanship. DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK is John Ford's first film in Technicolor (which had just perfected far richer shadings of color than had previously been possible), and the director uses it to stunning effect. The film stars Henry Fonda as Revolutionary War-era farmer Gilbert Martin, who, in 1776, has returned with his well-born wife, Lana (Claudette Colbert), to his rustic cabin in the increasingly dangerous Mohawk River valley. At first unaccustomed to the harsh physical challenges of frontier life, Lana adjusts to the work at hand and is soon able to help her husband in the fields. Shortly after they learn that the colonies are at war with the British, their farmhouse is attacked and burned to the ground by a party of Tory-led Indians. The feisty Widow McKlennar (Edna May Oliver) provides temporary shelter for the couple, but it's only a matter of time before the Indians launch a more brutal assault. Save for THE QUIET MAN, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK contains the richest passages of pastoral imagery in Ford's entire canon, the visual beauty nearly upstaging the spectacular and terrifying Indian battles. IN OLD ARIZONA: The original "Cisco Kid" Western that set off a run of knockoffs in the early days of cinema, IN OLD ARIZONA is historically notable for a number of reasons. An early "talkie" filmed in 1929, it was the first Western with sound to emerge from a major studio, Fox Pictures, making it a revolutionary breakthrough with its cleverly hidden microphones masked by real rocks and shrubs. Warner Baxter received an Academy Award for his portrayal of the Cisco Kid, the "Robin Hood of the West" who was based on a character conceived by O. Henry.

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Singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this quartet of vintage Westerns that offer equal parts action sequences and musical interludes. In COW TOWN (1950), Autry ignites a range war when he fences his ranch with barbed wire to end cattle rustling. In WHIRLWIND (1951), he plays a postal inspector investigating a series of mail robberies involving a shady land baron. In THE OLD WEST (1952), Autry takes on a criminal gang undercutting his stagecoach business. And in SONS OF NEW MEXICO (1949), he takes a young boy under his wing only to discover that the lad is in debt to a dangerous gambler.

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THE MAN FROM MUSIC MOUNTAIN - Autry breaks up a gang of swindlers selling worthless mining stock. OH SUSANNA! - Gene is mistaken for a gunslinger - not surprising since he plays both roles - and is out to clear his name. THE OLD BARN DANCE - Shootin', singin', and lots of belly laughs are the order of the day in this classic film. THE OLD CORRAL - A sheriff squares off against a gang of Chicago mobsters who are bent on rubbing out a nightclub singer who can finger them for a murder.

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Roy clears his own name and some immigrant ranch hands as he proves that a cattle foreman has been responsible for the disappearance of the ranch's herd.

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DAKOTA: A cowboy becomes involved in a struggle against land grabbers of the Dakota Territory. He is helped by the daughter of a railroad tycoon. IN OLD CALIFORNIA: Tom Craig (John Wayne) is a recent arrival to Sacramento, California where he is trying to set up his pharmacy. He unfortunately finds out that the town is owned by political boss Britt Dawson (Albert Dekker), who is getting protection money from the townspeople. The town boss meets his match when he tries to frame Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig is ready for a fight.

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Albert C. Gannaway (MAN OR GUN, THE BADGE OF MARSHALL BRENNAN) directs this low-budget western starring Jim Davis and Lee Van Cleef. Set in 1857 in a Mexican portion of California, the film explores the accumulating strife between Mexican homesteader Captain Miguel Sebiastian (Lawrence Dobkin) and Angus McKane (Jim Davis), the American military man responsible for stealing his land. When McKane cruelly takes the land and tries to pass it off as his own, Sebiastian refuses to suffer in silence. Gunfights and horseback chases abound as lives are threatened in a breakneck battle between good and evil that will not stop until somebody's dead.

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A sheriff squares off against a gang of Chicago mobsters who are bent on rubbing out a nightclub singer who can finger them for a murder.

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Two very different cowboys are featured in this fine double feature collection. In THE PROUD AND THE DAMNED, five mercenaries stumble into the camp of a powerful military dictator who forces them to spy for him. While doing so, they become the victims of violence and betrayal. Chuck Connors makes for a tough-as-nails cowboy protagonist. THE OLD CORRAL, on the other hand, stars the legendary singing cowboy, Gene Autry.

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In this 1941 western, Roy Rogers plays Steve Blane, a New York reporter who befriends Arapaho Brown (George "Gabby" Hayes) while he's investigating some gunmen and their possible connection with a Wyoming cattlemen's war. However, Blane doesn't find what he expects and finds himself relying him for help!

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This double feature includes two vintage Westerns starring Roy Rogers. In SOUTH OF SANTE FE, three businessmen are kidnapped while visiting gold mines. IN OLD CHEYENNE finds a New York reporter befriending an outlaw while investigating some gunmen and their possible connection with a Wyoming cattlemen's war.

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A pair of Roy Rogers?s oaters--RIDIN? DOWN THE CANYON and ON THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL--is included in this two-film set.

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This program presents classic episodes from the 1950s television series STORIES OF THE CENTURY, starring Jim Davis and Mary Castle as Matt Clark and Frankie Adams, a pair of detectives assigned to patrol the Southwestern Railroad. Each week, the daring duo would encounter an infamous, historical character, such as Billy the Kid or Doc Holliday (played by guest stars), along with a host of robbers, bandits, and other common wild west threats. This program contains eleven episodes from the series.

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This program contains the classic Roy Rogers westerns ON THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL and YOUNG BILL HICKOK. Please see individual titles for complete information.

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This program presents classic episodes from the 1950s television series STORIES OF THE CENTURY, starring Jim Davis and Mary Castle as Matt Clark and Frankie Adams, a pair of detectives assigned to patrol the Southwestern Railroad. Each week, the daring duo would encounter an infamous, historical character, such as Billy the Kid or Doc Holliday (played by guest stars), along with a host of robbers, bandits, and other common wild west threats. This program contains ten episodes from the series.

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This program presents classic episodes from the 1950s television series STORIES OF THE CENTURY, starring Jim Davis and Mary Castle as Matt Clark and Frankie Adams, a pair of detectives assigned to patrol the Southwestern Railroad. Each week, the daring duo would encounter an infamous, historical character, such as Billy the Kid or Doc Holliday (played by guest stars), along with a host of robbers, bandits, and other common wild west threats. This program contains ten episodes from the series.

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This collection of Roy Rogers favorites includes BILLY THE KID RETURNS, IN OLD CALIENTE, ROUGH RIDERS' ROUND-UP, THE ARIZONA KID, and SHERIFF OF TOMBSTONE. See individual titles for details.

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This program presents classic episodes from the 1950s television series STORIES OF THE CENTURY, starring Jim Davis and Mary Castle as Matt Clark and Frankie Adams, a pair of detectives assigned to patrol the Southwestern Railroad. Each week, the daring duo would encounter an infamous, historical character, such as Billy the Kid or Doc Holliday (played by guest stars), along with a host of robbers, bandits, and other common wild west threats. This program contains eleven episodes from the series.

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When Dale Evan's Wild West show is sabotaged by a greedy competitor, Roy and the pioneers ride to the rescue.

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This program contains TV CLASSIC WESTERNS - LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST: STORIES OF THE CENTURY - VOL. 3 and VOL. 4. Please see individual titles for complete information.

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This program contains TV CLASSIC WESTERNS - LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST: STORIES OF THE CENTURY - VOL. 1 and VOL. 2. Please see individual titles for complete information.

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MOUNTAIN MEN: Bill Tyler (Charlton Heston) and Henry Frapp (Brian Keith), two aging beaver trappers in the high Rockies, find their lives on the line when they encounter Running Moon (Victoria Racimo), a beautiful Blackfoot runaway. Though Tyler wants no part of her, she takes him as her own--which angers her true mate, Heavy Eagle (Steven Macht), the powerful local Blackfoot chief. Beautiful photography is one of the highlights of this offbeat mixture of action, adventure, and comedy, which features a script by Charlton Heston's son, Fraser Clarke Heston. OLD GRINGO: A middle-aged spinster (Jane Fonda) decides to escape her cloistered New England life by taking a job as a governess in Mexico. There she falls in love with a passionate young general fighting in Pancho Villa's army, while at the same time finding herself drawn to a mysterious, aging American man. The American turns out to be the journalist Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), who disappeared in Mexico in 1913. The three characters become enmeshed in a love triangle that plays itself out against the dramatic backdrop of the Mexican Revolution. Based on Carlos Fuentes' novel.

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This two-pack contains two B-westerns starring legendary singing cowboy Roy Rogers. IN OLD CALIENTE: Roy clears his own name and exonerates some immigrant ranch hands as he proves that a cattle foreman has been the one responsible for the disappearance of the ranch's herd as well as other crimes. ROUGH RIDERS ROUNDUP: Singing less than usual, Roy Rogers stars in this 1930s B-western as a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed. Determined to stop at nothing, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man they know is responsible for Tommy's death.

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Four Old West stories are compiled on this two DVD Disc set. CRAZY HORSE AND CUSTER: Two men join forces when they find themselves trapped in territory belonging to the villainous Blackfoot tribe. The names of the men: George Armstrong Custer and Crazy Horse--two men destined to later become bitter enemies. SITTING BULL: A depiction of the battle at Little Big Horn is the centerpiece of this classic American western that showcases the trial and near hanging of Calvary Officer Robertson for his sympathy toward native Americans. The main character, Chief Sitting Bull, becomes the hero when he saves Officer Robertson's life by collaborating with President Grant to offer a pardon on behalf the sympathizer. DANIEL BOONE: TRAIL BLAZER: Set in 1775, Daniel Boone takes his family far West to build Fort Boone despite the extreme dangers of Indian attacks. Boone explained his courage: "It isn't how you die, it's what you live for," he is credited with saying. WANTED: THE SUNDANCE WOMAN: After the death of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Etta Place (again played by Katherine Ross) teams up with the legendary Pancho Villa (played by Hector Elizondo.)

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This double feature includes two western classics starring the legendary Roy Rogers. Cowboys, outlaws, crooks, and gunslingers round out all the elements as our hero and his trusty steed Trigger ride into action, saving small towns from treacherous villains.