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August 7th, 2014: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Aug7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Camp, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged "the railroad is coming", attempted lynching, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bar, bartender, Cult Film, double cross, Ernest Borgnine, gunfighter, guns, Joan Crawford, John Carradine, lynching, Mercedes McCambridge, mob, National Film Registry, Nicholas Ray, Paul Fix, Peggy Lee, railroad, Republic Pictures, Royal Dano, saloon, Sheb Wooley, stagecoach, Sterling Hayden, Ward Bond

December 9th, 2013: Terror in a Texas Town

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Western Tagged blacklisted writer, corrupt cops, corruption, Dalton Trumbo, evil businessman, flashback, front, gunfighter, harpoon, hired guns, homesteaders, immigrants, Joseph H. Lewis, low-budget, oil, Sebastian Cabot, sheriff, Sterling Hayden, Swedes, United Artists, whaler

October 26th, 2013: Tombstone

Oct26 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Western Tagged Arizona, bar, Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Zane, Charlton Heston, children of famous people, Christopher Mitchum, Dana Delaney, Frank Stallone, gunfight at the O.K. Corral, gunfighter, Harry Carey Jr., Hollywood Pictures, Jason Priestly, John Corbett, Kurt Russell, Michael Biehn, Michael Rooker, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Powers Boothe, Robert Mitchum, Sam Elliot, sheriff, Terry O'Quinn, Thomas Haden Church, Tombstone, U.S. Marshall, Val Kilmer, Wyatt Earp

September 3rd, 2013: Shane (1953)

Sep3 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, Western Tagged Alan Ladd, Ben Johnson, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Elisha Cook Jr., farm, farmers, George Stevens, gunfighter, hired guns, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, range war, split nomination, Van Heflin

February 7th, 2013: El Topo (1970)

Feb7 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Spaghetti Western, Western Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau, allegory, father-son relationship, gore, grindhouse, gunfighter, head film, low-budget, Mexico, midnight movie, religion, surreal

May 31st, 2012: Unforgiven (1992)

May31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, bounty hunters, Clint Eastwood, cowboys, Frances Fisher, Gene Hackman, gunfighter, Malpaso Productions, Morgan Freeman, prostitutes, reporter, Richard Harris, Saul Rubinek, Sharps Rifle, sharpshooters, sheriff, Warner Brothers

April 30th, 2012: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Apr30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Road Trip, Sequel, Spaghetti Western, War Movies, Western Tagged Alberto Grimaldi, Aldo Sambrell, bounty hunters, bridge, buried treasure, Cannon, cemetery, Civil War, Clint Eastwood, Constantin Film Produktion, double cross, Drive-In, Eli Wallach, Ennio Morricone, explosives, gold, graveyard, grindhouse, gunfighter, hanging, homage, interrupted execution, Italy, Lee Van Cleef, Luigi Pistilli, Mario Brega, musical interlude, POW, POW camp, priest, prison, prison warden, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Sergio Leone, shopkeeper, showdown, Spain, train, treasure, treasure hunt, United Artists, wanted poster, West Germany

April 23rd, 2012: Pale Rider (1985)

Apr23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Coming of Age, Ghost, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Western Tagged Billy Drago, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Clint Eastwood, evil businessman, giant, gold panners, gunfighter, John Russell, Michael Moriarty, mine, miners, preacher, Richard Dysart, Richard Kiel, showdown, small town, stealth remake, The Malpaso Company, town vs. rednecks

April 4th, 2012: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Apr4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, before they were famous, Best Score Nominee, Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, coward, Eli Wallach, Elmer Bernstein, farmers, greed, gunfighter, Horst Bucholz, James Coburn, John Sturges, knife thrower, mercenary, Mexico, remake of a foreign film, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, under siege, United Artists, Victor French, village, Yul Brynner

June 11th, 2011: The Shootist

Jun11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Western Tagged Bill McKinney, Dino De Laurentiis, Don Siegel, Elmer Bernstein, gambler, gunfighter, Harry Morgan, James Stewart, John Carradine, Lauren Bacall, living legend, Paramount Pictures, Richard Boone, Ron Howard, Scatman Crothers, undertaker

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