WESTERN OF THE 50s
A SELECTION OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CLASSICS
12 FILMS ON 6 DVD
1950-1959
1056 min
Language: German, English
FSK 12
"The Four Outlaws"
After the murder of one of their agents by the Reno brothers, the detective agency Peterson sends James Barlow to Seymour to put an end to the bandits. With the help of his colleague Claxton, Barlow poses as a train robber and can thus gain the trust of the Renos and the corrupt dignitaries of Seymour. While hooking up with Reno's sister Laura, he persuades the brothers to have another train robbery, in which they are captured. A mob of outraged citizens storms the prison and lynches the gang.
Running time: 80 minutes
Year of production: 1955
Directed by Tim Whelan
Starring: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish
"The Gunslingers of Kansas"
Shortly before the start of the American Civil War, the rebel leader Luke Darcy dreams of a new, independent Republic of Kansas. To this end, he puts together a group of vigilantes whose mission is to end slavery by force. However, Darcy used the vigilantes for his own purposes, namely for absolute control over Kansas.
Running time: 97 minutes
Production year: 1959
Director: Melvin Frank
Actors: Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva
"The Last Battle of the Sioux"
Major Robert Parrish has sympathy for the Indians, which is why he cannot approve of the actions of white settlers who want to take over Sioux land. Colonel Custer, who hates the Indians, sees to it that Parrish is assigned to monitor a prison camp for Indians. While Parrish tries to arrange a meeting between Indian chief Sitting Bull and the American President Grant, Custer provokes the Sioux into a battle on the Little Big Horn, in which they themselves are killed. Parrish ends up in a military tribunal and is sentenced to death, but Sitting Bull turns to Grant and obtains his pardon.
Running time: 101 minutes
Year of production: 1954
Director: Sidney Salkow
Starring: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish
"Buffalo Bill and the Indian Chief"
Buffalo Bill Cody is sent out by the cavalry to stop Chief Whitecloud and his tribe from attacking freight trains. In a negotiation with Cody, Whitecloud demands the herd of buffalo that the government promised his tribe. What neither of them know is that the buffalo herd was stolen by a gang of gold diggers in order to extort land from the Indians. It is now up to Buffalo Bill Cody to track down the real criminals and restore peace. A task that takes him on a fast-paced western adventure and so many dangers ...
Running time: 65 minutes
Production year: 1952
Director: Bernhard B. Ray
Cast: Clayton Moore, Slim Andrews, Charles Harvey
"Drums Across the River"
When the gold vein slowly begins to dry up in the small western town of Crown City, greedy bandits under the leadership of Frank Walker seek their fortune in Indian country, where there is said to be even greater gold deposits. The young cowboy Gary Brannon is also initially part of the party. But the early Indian hater, who once lost his mother in an attack by the Utahs, takes the side of the Indians when he learns that the bandits want to incite the Utahs against the whites, only to be able to plunder the Indians' gold undisturbed ...
Running time: 78 minutes
Year of production: 1954
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan, Lyle Bettger
"Outlaws of the Prairie"
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff make a living from catching wild horses and training them to become mature horses. Since Jeff has been wanted for a long time for a murder he did not commit, they hide in the mountains. However, things change when the two meet Riley Martin and Ring falls in love for the first time. However, Riley works for the law and wants Jeff to finally lead a judge. A difficult undertaking, since the real killer is now doing everything possible to get Jeff underground as quickly as possible.
Running time: 83 minutes
Production year: 1950
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast:: Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy, Burl Ives
"Play me the song of vengeance"
Orphan Owen Daybright was adopted by rancher Arch Strobie and raised at the side of his son Lee. Although Owen keeps getting good-for-nothing Lee out of trouble, he shows himself not very grateful and is instead gripped by jealousy and fear for the inheritance. When Lili, who is pregnant by Lee, gives birth to her baby, Lee, who is already married, sees the opportunity to get Owen out of the way. He helps the angry Lilis brothers to lure Owen - whom they mistakenly believe to be their father - into a trap ...
Running time: 79 minutes
Year of production: 1951
Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru
"Unscrupulous"
In 1861, shortly before the outbreak of the civil war, at a time when the population was divided between supporters of the Confederate South and those of the northern states: The businessman Owen (Robert Stack), who came from the south, won a poker game in a saloon in Denver , a hotel and its staff. There he meets the lovely Ann Merry (Virginia Mayo), who wants to open a clothing store in town and immediately falls in love with Owen. Pretty Boston (Ruth Roman), who works in the hotel, also falls in love with the new owner straight away. But Owen has very different plans. His main concern is the gold of the city's confederates, which is what attracted him here. It's about gold and power and maybe only about love ...
Running time: 92 minutes
Year of production: 1956
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Starring: Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman
"The Maverick Queen"
Their small, prosperous hotel is not enough for the ambitious and unscrupulous Kit Banion. She hires cattle thieves to catch cattle that are walking around unbranded. In this way, Kit creates a handsome herd. But then a detective finds out about her. Unsuspecting, she falls in love with him ...
Running time: 86 minutes
Year of production: 1956
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Mary Murphy
"For a handful of money"
In 1900 the unscrupulous timber merchant Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) tried to profit from a new law in order to make millions by selling redwood. A large part of the land that he would like to clear for this, however, actually belongs to a colony of Quakers - a special religion of the Protestants. The Quakers try to dissuade the wooden baron from cutting down the gigantic sequoias - but that's exactly what the baron is after in his greed ...
Running time: 85 minutes
Production year: 1952
Director: Felix E. Feist
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan
"El Lobo"
The California-Yucatan Railway Company is planning a new railway line that will finally connect Mexico and California directly. But ruthless businessman JA Marsden has other plans for the country. El Lobo's men leave a trail of death and devastation across the land. Only the great-grandson of the legendary Zorros is ready to face you. In the mask of his legendary great-grandfather, he fights against the villains and helps justice to victory.
Running time: 128 minutes
Production year: 1959
Directed by William Witney, John English
Cast: John Carroll, Helen Christian, Richard Alexander, Duncan Renaldo
"Lone Ranger - The Legend"
Five Texas Rangers are ambushed by the Butch Cavendish Gang. Only the ranger John Reid survived the attack, seriously injured, and was able to escape. The Indian Tonto finds him and nurses him back to health. From now on, Reid decides to ensure law and order under the mask of the LONE RANGER. After getting a white horse and silver cartridges, the LONE RANGER and his Indian friend Tonto set out to put Butch Cavendish down to the dirty trade.
Running time: 82 minutes
Production year: 1952
Directed by George B. Seitz Jr., Earl Bellamy
Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Glenn Strange, James Griffith
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