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In the 1880s American West, murderous outlaw gang leader Frank Griffin hunts for ex-protege Roy Goode. Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico--a town inhabited, after a mining disaster, almost entirely by women.
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Kelly Reilly gives a captivating performance as the only daughter of modern-day rancher John Dutton on the popular series Yellowstone. She's a woman who you wouldn't want to mess with. Raised on a ranch full of men, she isn't necessarily warm and fuzzy. But like any good layered performance, she does have a soft side reserved for the love of her li...
Tom Selleck gives a memorable performance as the cowboy Quigley in this Australian western but it's impossible to look away from Laura San Giacomo as his love interest, Crazy Cora. At first glance, Cora just seems eccentric, but over the course of the film, you realize that it's actually all a front to deal with the horrific tragedy she endured bac...
Longtime fans of John Wayne's Oscar-winning performance in True Gritweren't sure what to think when news came out that the Coen Brothers would be remaking the story of Mattie Ross and Rooster Cogburn. Not only did Jeff Bridges give the performance of a lifetime as Cogburn, but Steinfeld shines as Mattie, a young girl seeking justice for her father'...
This isn't necessarily one of the best westerns of all time, but it's a fun story, and the performances are next level. MacLaine, who is always good, is perfect as the prostitute posing as a nun, Sara, who teams up with a mercenary played by Eastwood. Together they help a group of rebels fighting an evil emperor's reign during the French interventi...
Elizabeth Taylor was already a Hollywood legend, but Giantended up becoming of the most iconic southern films ever made. Starring opposite Rock Hudson and James Dean, she gives a stunning performance as Leslie Lynnton, a socialite who marries a wealthy rancher and finds herself in a complicated love triangle.
One of the most memorable female TV characters of all time is the matriarch Victoria Barkley. Stanwyck won an Emmy for playing the wealthy ranch owner who maintains the Barkley ranch after her husband's death. Not only was her performance absolute perfection, but it was an important time for women as this was one of the first times a woman was able...
Amanda Blake is another actress who gave a memorable performance in a classic western TV series. Blake spent 19 years playing saloon-keeper Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke, one of the longest-running westerns of all time.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidis not only one of the best westerns ever made but the best movies, period. It did an amazing job of capturing the final days of the two legendary outlaws who have managed to become folklore heroes since their presumed deaths in Bolivia. It's hard to hold your own with the likes of Robert Redford and Paul Newman, b...
Django Unchainedis a lot of things. It has nods to the spaghetti westerns of the '50s and '60s that have heavily influenced writer/director Quentin Tarantino's work over the years, but it's also a harsh reminder of the horrors that defined the Antebellum South. Kerry Washington is absolutely stunning as Broomhilda, the wife of Django, who has come ...
Lonesome Doveis full of some of the biggest western stars of all time — Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover. The miniseries is highly regarded as one of the best westerns ever to hit the screen and that's really because the flawless cast did justice to Larry McMurtry's incredible story. Life was hard for women in the Old West, and Lane's p...
Apr 27, 2014 · Of those who have elbowed their way into this testosterone-laden landscape, here are my picks for the fifteen most notable female roles, whether in a brief appearance or as a leading character, both in Western films and on television. 1. Amanda Blake. Role: Miss Kitty Russell in Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
Jun 27, 2011 · Jennifer Jones’s 1954 role as Pearl Chavez, opposite Gregory Peck’s Lewt in David O. Selznick’s blockbuster Western epic Duel in the Sun, masterfully exploits America’s post-WWII fear of miscegenation and social unrest.
- Mattie Ross in 'True Grit' In True Grit, the second adaptation of the 1968 novel, Mattie Ross loses her father at age fourteen. She is determined to find the man who killed him.
- Ellen in 'The Quick and the Dead' Much like the previous entry, in The Quick and the Dead, Ellen is looking to get revenge for her father's death. Known as "The Lady," Sharon Stone's character travels to Redemption and enters a shooting tournament created by a nasty outlaw named John Herod.
- Broomhilda in 'Django Unchained' The first Quentin Tarantino movie on the list, Django Unchained takes the audience back to Texas in 1858. A group of slaves, including Django, is traveling by foot when a dentist turned bounty hunter offers Django freedom and money in return for helping him find some outlaws.
- Annie Oakley in 'Annie Get Your Gun' Annie Oakley is a well-known sharpshooter from frontier times. By 1950, there was a musical stage play and movie loosely based on the legend's life and adventures.
Feb 22, 2024 · Female characters in Western films become more than a match for the West, embodying themes of escape and freedom. One of the pitfalls of the Western genre is how the films treat women, but there are still plenty of movies that not only develop female characters but cast them as heroes.
May 5, 2022 · Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, and Butch Cassidy have become well-known in American pop culture after gaining such notoriety during their days in the late 1800s, but there were also several female...
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