Best Western movies of 1970s

Actors : Slim Pickens, Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, Gene Wilder,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

Actors : Bill McKinney, Sondra Locke, Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.

Actors : James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Rod Steiger, Maria Monti,
Directors : Sergio Leone,

An I.R.A. explosives expert on the run in Mexico meets an amoral Mexican bandit; together they are drawn into the Mexican revolution.

Actors : Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Debra Winger, John Travolta,
Directors : James Bridges,

Bud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Walter Hill,

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, John Saxon, Robert Duvall, Don Stroud,
Directors : John Sturges,

An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.

Actors : Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane,
Directors : Robert Altman,

A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

Actors : Katy Jurado, Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Actors : José Legarreta, Brontis Jodorowsky, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau,
Directors : Alejandro Jodorowsky,

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.

Actors : Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Clint Eastwood, Mitchell Ryan,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

Actors : John Hurt, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Waterston, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.

Actors : Robert Redford, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee, Will Geer,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

Actors : Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, John Wayne,
Directors : Don Siegel,

A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.

Actors : Kathleen Lloyd, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.

Actors : Val Bisoglio, Gene Wilder, Ramon Bieri, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way he is nearly burnt at the stake by Indians and almost killed by outlaws.

Actors : Jack Elam, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, John Wayne,
Directors : Howard Hawks,

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.

Actors : Bruce Dern, Roscoe Lee Browne, Colleen Dewhurst, John Wayne,
Directors : Mark Rydell,

When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to get his herd to market in time to ...

Actors : Henry Fonda, Jean Martin, Terence Hill, R.G. Armstrong,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

A young, easygoing gunman (Hill) worships and competes with an old gunfighter (Fonda) who only wants to retire.

Actors : Robert Redford, Willie Nelson, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are ...

Actors : Anthony Zerbe, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan, John Wayne,
Directors : Stuart Millar,

Marshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down the killers of her father.