Best Western movies of 1960s

The Sons of Katie Elder(1965)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.



Support Your Local Sheriff!(1969)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 11

In the old west, a man becomes a sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.



One-Eyed Jacks(1961)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 12

After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.



Lo chiamavano Trinità...(1970)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major and his henchmen.



Lonely Are the Brave(1962)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.



McLintock!(1963)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Wealthy rancher G.W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.



A Man Called Horse(1970)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 10

In 1825, an English aristocrat is captured by Native Americans. He lives with them and begins to understand their way of life. Eventually, he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader.



The War Wagon(1967)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 7

The story of a man who was shot, robbed and imprisoned who returns to steal a large gold shipment from the man who wronged him. The gold is transported in an armored stage coach, the War Wagon.



Chisum(1970)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.



Nevada Smith(1966)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A naive half-Indian, half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.



Cheyenne Autumn(1964)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 11

The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.



Il grande silenzio(1968)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.



Shenandoah(1965)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 4

During the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue.



North to Alaska(1960)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 6

During the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall.



The Comancheros(1961)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.



Will Penny(1967)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Aging cowboy Will Penny gets a line camp job on a large cattle spread and finds his isolated cabin is already occupied by a husbandless woman and her young son.



Soldier Blue(1970)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 6

After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort.



7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.



Da uomo a uomo(1967)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young gunfighter plans to track down and eliminate the bandits who killed his family, and forms a tenuous alliance with an aging ex-outlaw to achieve this end.



There Was a Crooked Man...(1970)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.




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