Category "western"

Western with extremely sweat-lathered horses [closed]

I recently watched a western that showed some (feasibly only one) extremely sweat-lathered horses. They'd been ridden hard, but I honestly can

Rango's Western reference?

The (excellent) Rango is filled with references to other movies. While I found quite a lot of them, I'm stuck on this one. Which (famous I suppose) western do

Spaghetti Western with a blind man [closed]

I'm looking for a movie. It is a western, the main character is blind and it's a really good shooter. The man is in his 50s and is dressed in

Western about a sheriff with a tin star made by children [closed]

There are many westerns about reluctant sheriffs, including "The Tin Star," but the one I am looking for has a star that children made for th

What is a "Spaghetti Western"?

I've seen numerous films being described as a Spaghetti Western. What exactly makes a film a Spaghetti Western?

What are the analogies/homages to Western Cinema in Breaking Bad?

Critics have drawn comparisons of scenes in Breaking Bad to classic Western Cinema. Vince Gilligan himself has spoken of such influences, and I was just wonderi

Amateur kills outlaw with a lucky shot and is hailed as a hero [closed]

I think it was a black and white film, made in the same kind of style as High Noon. I think it starts with outlaws robbing a town, they might

Fat Cowboy, a Skinny Cowboy, and a Prostitute [closed]

It was around 1995 that I watched this cowboy movie. It think it was not very popular and not a high grade movie. I just want to watch it agai

To which degree were Spaghetti Westerns influenced by Italian Neorealism?

After the chaos of WWII and the Mussolini-government the largely devastated Italian film industry developed the so-called Italian Neorealism, which distanced it

Revisionist westerns of the 70's

Why are many movies of the 70's called revisionist? If I look up many of Eastwood's westerns, they would be found in a search of 'revisionist westerns'. Why are

Name of B western movie that starts with horse race [closed]

Looking for name of B western movie in color from "50-60 seen on TV. It starts out with a horse race in a town out west. A stranger rides in a

What movie is this set from? [closed]

While on a motorbiking trip across America in 2012, we had the good fortune to be taken to visit a movie set. We were not allowed onto the set

What exactly are those typical bean dishes in Italo Western?

If you look at the typical Italo Western there is a common theme of eating. Both heroes and villains are eating a typical bean sludge dish in a frying pan by ha

Use of anachronisms in film intros to surprise the user with the revelation of the actual time period

Sam Peckinpah did this at least twice: The Wild Bunch: The film opens with an Old West-style bank robbery in progress, but as we see more detail, we notice tha

Old western set in a cavalry outpost in the desert -- lots of friction between the commander and his newest lieutenant [closed]

I once watched this movie on television. I think this was in the late 1980s. It was a western, in color, in English. Most of it was set in and

Is there a trope for cowboys who laugh after punching something?

In Overwatch and Mortal Kombat X, there are two characters, one is Mcree, and the other is Erron Black. Both are themed and designed to be your stereotypical co

Were cowboy stories popular before movies?

There are lots of cowboy movies out there, and especially in the 50s and 60s, they seemed to be the most popular genre. Pretty much any (male) star who was anyb

Western Parody - White hats vs Black hats [closed]

This film is all about the good guys wear white hats and the bad guys wear black hats trope. I've tried looking it up but can't find it anywhe

Were there spaghetti westerns with a 'Man with no Name' before the Leone (non)-trilogy?

After reading Is the man with no name the same character? and specifically, this answer, I began to wonder about precursors of the 'Man with no Name' characte

How did they make these gun sound effects from the 1970's?

Gun sounds from old films often had a whining sound like an electric motor or a 500CC motorbike. What materials were used to record that sound?