Hanged Men
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- DirectorTed PostStarsClint EastwoodInger StevensPat HingleWhen an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.
- StarsRobert DuvallTommy Lee JonesDanny GloverTwo former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure as they and several other residents of a small Texas town join a cattle drive to the Montana Territory."Episode 3 - The Plains"
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsDean MartinRobert MitchumInger StevensThe players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- DirectorLes MayfieldStarsColin FarrellScott CaanAli Larter5 Southern friends return home when the war ends 1865. But Yankee soldiers and Pinkerton are busy helping a railroad baron grab land from farmers along the planned railroad west. The 5 friends fight back.
- StarsPaul Andre GibbonsJarrod EmickFrederic ForrestThe story of the most notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp in the American Civil War.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsGiuliano GemmaFernando SanchoLorella De LucaAn 'angel-faced' gunfighter is tasked with infiltrating a ranch overrun by Mexican bandits and saving their hostages, including the fiancée of the local sheriff.
- DirectorRobert BentonStarsJeff BridgesBarry BrownJim DavisA God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west
- DirectorGlen PitreStarsArmand AssanteGail YoungsMichael SchoefflingA Cajun man attempts to save his town.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTim Blake NelsonWillie WatsonClancy BrownSix tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters.Segment 2
- CreatorA.I. BezzeridesLouis F. EdelmanStarsRichard LongPeter BreckLee MajorsThe Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley."Court Martial" "Town of No Exit"
- DirectorBrandon McCormickStarsSean BridgersMichael BrownMicheal E. BrownA short film musical narrative in the style of Americana folklore.
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community."The Avenger" "The Gamble" Catch as Catch Can"
- StarsRichard ComarJohn H. BrennanSophie BarjacThe adventures of the inhabitants of a western town that straddles the Canadian-American border."The Man They Couldn't Hang" "Sons of Thunder" "Vigilante"
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsLeif EricksonDonald WoodsRand BrooksWhen a young man agrees to race a wonderful quarter horse, a crooked, wife abusing, gambler has plans to sabotage the contest.
- CreatorJeffrey BoamCarlton CuseStarsBruce CampbellJulius CarryChristian ClemensonA bounty hunter rides the Old West, fighting bad guys, many with futuristic-type gadgets."Pilot" "High Treason Part One"
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra PagetTom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
- StarsTy HardinRobert ColbertClyde HowdyA former confederate soldier wanders the old west, and meets such famous characters as Jesse James, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and Theodore Roosevelt."End of a Rope
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottCraig StevensBarry KelleyTexan Tom Buchanan is heading back home with enough money to start his own ranch, but when he stops in the crooked town of Agry, he's robbed and framed for murder.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJoel McCreaVirginia MayoDorothy MaloneOutlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.
- DirectorJames LandisStarsArch Hall Jr.Jack LesterLa Donna CottierA young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The consequences prove deadly.
- CreatorDavid MilchStarsTimothy OlyphantIan McShaneMolly ParkerA show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime."Deadwood"
- DirectorFranco LattanziStarsWilliam BergerDonald O'BrienGeorge WangA former gunman turned priest seeks vengeance on three bandits who are masquerading as law-abiding citizens.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFabio TestiLynne FrederickMichael J. PollardIn 1873, four petty criminals - three men and a pregnant woman - wander through the trackless terrain of Utah, where they are hounded by a sadistic bandit.
- StarsGene AutryChampionPat ButtramThe already legendary singing cowboy rode with his comic pal Pat from town to town bringing justice, song and his horse Champion to the old Southwest."Gunpowder Range" "Outlaw of Blue Mesa"
- DirectorChristopher CoppolaStarsRobert CarradineMartin SheenGeorge NixA classic western tale of hate, murder and revenge.
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenClyde WareStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeMarshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City."Born to Hang" "Owney Tupper had a daughter" "The Hanging of Newly O'Brien"
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsJames ArnessPat HingleAmy StochRetired Marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsRandolph ScottBarbara BrittonDorothy HartGunfighter Brazos Kane takes a job on a ranch but he is unjustly accused of killing fellow cowhand Bob Tyrell and must clear himself by finding the real killer.
- CreatorDavid JacobsRobert PorterStarsLee HorsleyJenny BeckMatthew NewmarkIn 1890 in the town of Paradise, a professional gunfighter is forced to take custody of his sister's four children and retire to a farm and a quiet life. Nevertheless, he is often called upon by residents to defend them from lawlessness."Bad Blood"
- StarsBob Boze BellPaul A. HuttonJohnny D. BoggsEach episode of GUNSLINGERS is action-packed, providing little-known information about the lives of infamous icons from the Wild West. True stories profile unlawful lawmen and gun-wielding outlaws including Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, and more."The Old West's Angel of Death"
- StarsKevin CostnerBill PaxtonMatt BarrDramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War."Episode 1.3"
- CreatorHerb MeadowSam RolfeStarsRichard BooneKam TongHal NeedhamThe adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire."The Long Night" "The Posse"
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsGlenn FordCarolyn JonesBarbara HersheyIn a frontier town, gunslinger-turned-preacher Jim Killian is caught in the middle of a violent range war between cattlemen and sheep-men.
- CreatorJoe GaytonTony GaytonStarsAnson MountColm MeaneyRobin McLeavyThe Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge."Escape from the Garden" "Life's a Mystery" "Two Soldiers"
- DirectorKristoffer TaboriStarsConstantin BarbulescuDan BordeianuAdriana ButoiA wild west town hosts the strangest showdown of all: against an invading army of extraterrestrials. Outlaws and townspeople must join forces to survive.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsSally FieldTim MathesonNeville BrandThe adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohn CusackJohn GoodmanL.Q. JonesAfter being wrongfully denied justice, a horse trader seeks his own justice on a treacherous rancher.
- StarsTom BerengerLuke PerryBurt ReynoldsThe three Hammett brothers are caught in a conflict that escalates rapidly and the old farmers facing against new farmers who have settled in the green grasslands.
- DirectorDick LowryStarsKenny RogersRick RossovichReba McEntireBrady Hawkes returns for another gambling adventure with the help of a madame named Burgundy Jones and a few famous TV western characters.
- StarsRobert FullerJohn SmithSpring ByingtonIn the 1870s Wyoming Territory, Slim Sherman and his 14-year-old brother Andy try to hang on to their ranch after their father's death."Duel at Parkinson Town" "Jack Slade" "Midnight Rebellion" "Dark Verdict"
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottKaren SteelePernell RobertsA bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.
- DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosKevin JarreStarsKurt RussellVal KilmerSam ElliottA successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
- StarsPat ConwayRichard EasthamQuentin SondergaardTough Sheriff Clay Hollister keeps the law in Tombstone, Arizona with the support of his faithful deputies and the editor of the local newspaper."The Governor" "The Noose that Broke"
- CreatorSamuel A. PeeplesStarsJames StacyWayne MaunderAndrew DugganA tyrannical owner of a vast ranch recruits his two estranged and vastly opposite sons to maintain an uneasy alliance as they fight off forces that would destroy the ranch."A Person Unknown"
- StarsScott BairstowEric McCormackKelly RowanAfter two years spent bounty hunting, womanizing, and drinking away the painful memories of his late wife, Hannah, Newt Call returns to town to find many things have changed."Partners" "The Hanging" "When She Was Good" "Providence"
- DirectorRobert ConradAlfredo ZacaríasStarsRobert ConradManuel López OchoaRoy JensonThree North Americans get involved into the Mexican fight against the French Intervention.English version has a slightly different ending than the Hispanic one
- CreatorLee David ZlotoffStarsRichard Dean AndersonDana ElcarBruce McGillThe adventures of a secret Agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness."MacGyver's Women"
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsDanny TrejoAlexa PenaVegaMel GibsonThe U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsMel GibsonJodie FosterJames GarnerBret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
- CreatorRoy HugginsStarsJack KellyJames GarnerRoger MooreBret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game."The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick" "Trooper Maverick" "Bolt from the Blue" "Prey of the Cat"
- DirectorRobert SparrStarsClint WalkerVincent PriceAnne FrancisReleased from prison after 18 years, notorious gunslinger 'Killer' Cain is a peaceful reformed man but the Old West has died and he cannot adapt to the modern West where some unpaid moral debts and old troubles resurface.
- DirectorLance HoolStarsTom BerengerJoaquim de AlmeidaDaniela RomoJohn Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.
- StarsDon CollierBarton MacLaneBruce YarnellThe adventures of a Marshal and his young Deputies in a section of Oklahoma infested with bandit gangs, gunmen, and robbers."Rape of Red Sky"
- CreatorRick RamageLarry CarrollStarsTom BerengerPeter O'MearaAmy CarlsonIn the late 1800's a new addition to law enforcement is evolving. Forensic science is in its infancy and the Wild West will never be the same. Enter Federal Marshal Jared Stone, the product of the Old West who has the smarts to know that the times are changing and he has to change with them. With ex-Pinkerton Agent Larimer Finch and local mortician Katie Owen, they make up Silver City, CO's., newest crime fighting team."29 Seconds"
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsClint EastwoodPaul BrinegarSteve RainesGil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodVerna BloomMarianna HillA gun-fighting 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.
- DirectorWilliam D. WittliffStarsWillie NelsonMorgan FairchildR.G. ArmstrongRevisionist western about fallen preacher Shay, who guns down his wife Raysha for running off with another man. Wandering, he meets single mom Laurie. However, helpless sheriff Scoby wants Shay to help him fight the villainous Clavers.
- DirectorMonte HellmanStarsJack NicholsonCameron MitchellMillie PerkinsThree cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.
- DirectorTom DeyStarsJackie ChanOwen WilsonLucy LiuA Chinese man travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped Princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsAudie MurphyDan DuryeaJoan O'BrienA beautiful woman with an ulterior motive hires two gunslingers to escort her through Indian territory so she can be reunited with her awaiting husband.
- CreatorTracy TorméRobert K. WeissStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydJohn Rhys-DaviesA boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home."Way Out West"
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth."Frontierland"
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsJames Van Der BeekRachael Leigh CookAshton KutcherA ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.
- DirectorSidney W. PinkStarsJeffrey HunterLouis HaywardGustavo RojoA corrupt sheriff, who was born on Christmas Day, decides to change his ways and go against the powerful man who runs the gambling establishments in town.
- DirectorP.J. PesceStarsSam ElliottCraig ShefferLinda FiorentinoAfter a failed stagecoach robbery Sarah, an arrested killer, frees herself and robs the money and Jack robs her. The marshal sets after them. They become partners.
- DirectorGiancarlo SantiStarsLee Van CleefAlberto DenticeJess HahnA grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsSteve ForrestDean JaggerWill GeerMiraculously still alive after his hanging, gunfighter James Devlin defends a young widow's farm from a vicious land grabber.
- DirectorMicah GinnStarsBruce ButlerMontana ByrdKen EdwardsAfter being found guilty of a crime he did not commit, "Big Todd" Wade is sent to the gallows.
- StarsPeter McCauleyRachel BlakelyJennifer O'DellThe adventures of a band of explorers stranded in a mysterious land inhabited by dinosaurs and other dangers."Dead Man's Hill"
- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsJeff ChandlerFess ParkerNicole MaureyBefore the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent Republic of Kansas but the military governor sends an ex-raider to capture Darcy.
- StarsHugh O'BrianJimmy NoelEthan LaidlawLoosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order."Until Proven Guilty"
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsGlenn FordWilliam HoldenEllen DrewAt the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.
- CreatorMilt RosenStarsMichael Anderson Jr.Barbara HersheyKeith SchultzClayt is 18 when orphaned heading to a new home out West. He's responsible for sisters Kathy and Amy who are 16 and 6, twin brothers almost 12. New neighbor is Major Mapoy, a sometime antagonist while Jim is their hand."Incident at The Hanging Tree"
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsSharon StoneGene HackmanRussell CroweA female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsMarlon BrandoJack NicholsonRandy QuaidTom 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.
- DirectorStuart GilmoreStarsJoel McCreaBrian DonlevySonny TuftsIn Medicine Bow, a newly arrived eastern schoolteacher is courted by two cowpokes but their courtship is interrupted by violent incidents involving local cattle rustlers.
- DirectorBill PullmanStarsBill PullmanDiane LaneJohn SavageA cowboy finds himself betrayed by his best friend and must choose between bringing him to justice and alienating the pretty schoolteacher he is in love with.
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsDoug McClureJames DruryLee J. CobbPersonable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsDon MurrayRichard EganLee RemickAn ambitious cowboy will stop at nothing to get what he wants, including using the affections of two women.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsPreston FosterJim DavisVirginia GreyTwo deputies from Texas travel to California to save their outlaw brother from the hangman and they become outlaws themselves.
- DirectorEdoardo MulargiaStarsAnthony SteffenStelio CandelliGlauco OnoratoDjango is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who killed his wife. En route, he rescues a horse thief from an impromptu hanging. He discovers the man knows who committed the murder. The men team up and head west for revenge.
- StarsSteve McQueenWright KingOlan SouleA Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s."Miracle at Pot Hole" "Tolliver Bender"
- StarsDrew GomberDavid CarradinePhil Spangenberger"Wild West Tech" was a documentary series for the History Channel that featured in depth interviews with historians and authors, as well as action packed recreations, to tell the story of the technology that drove the history of the American West. The series was created by Dolores Gavin (History Channel) and supervising producer Louis Tarantino."Execution Tech" "Vigilante Tech"
- DirectorTulio DemicheliStarsAnthony SteffenPeter Lee LawrenceEduardo FajardoSabata and Mangosta are bank robbers, who after a bank job, through a series of events, end up teaming up with the bank clerk, Peter. They then go on the run with Peter's boss and a hired posse equipped with the latest technology in weapons on their trail.
- DirectorRafael Romero MarchentStarsAnthony SteffenMark DamonMaría MartínTwo gunmen ride into a town with a plan to collect a large unearned bounty but are caught up in the local war for land caused by the impending arrival of the railroad.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsJason PatricGene HackmanRobert DuvallThe story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJeffrey HunterDiana LorysArthur KennedyThe story of Joaquin Murrieta, a real life Mexican bandit who terrorized California with his gang of raiders and cutthroats during the first half of the 19th century. Some saw him as a murderous outlaw, others as the Mexican Robin Hood.
- CreatorEd SpielmanStarsStephen BaldwinJosh BrolinTy MillerThe adventures of the riders of the Pony Express."Blind Love"
- DirectorJon AmielStarsRichard GereJodie FosterLanny FlahertyA farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.
- DirectorDaniel VigneStarsGérard DepardieuNathalie BayeMaurice BarrierIn medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsGeorge MontgomeryTab HunterHelen WestcottOutlaw Matt Ringo escapes prison and wants to co-opt his former outlaw brother Billy into robbing a Wells Fargo money shipment, but Billy has gone straight, the town Marshal is Wyatt Earp, and the Clinton gang wants in on the deal.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsDana AndrewsDonna ReedDianne FosterFramed for murder, Jim Guthrie barely escapes lynching by the town mob, becomes a wanted fugitive for three years but returns to find the real killer.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJim DavisMerry AndersMark AllenA gambler tries to help track down the men who hanged a rancher when he tried to thwart their cattle rustling operations by selling his ranch.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonAlexander MackendrickStarsBurt LancasterKirk DouglasLaurence OlivierThe black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon ShepherdIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
- DirectorTravis CluffChris LofingStarsReese MishlerPfeifer BrownRyan Shoos20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.
- DirectorNunzio MalasommaStarsCraig HillSusy AndersenAldo SambrellAccused of a hideous crime they did not commit, the members of two rivaling gangs, persecuted by a bloodthirsty lynch mob, take refuge in an abandoned fort, taking two hostages with them.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyEnzo G. CastellariStarsAnthony SteffenGloria OsunaEnnio GirolamiSent to Montana to hunt down bank robbers, a bounty hunter takes the star off a replacement sheriff who didn't reach his destination and steps into a range war between farmers and cattlemen.