The best George Rigaud’s western movies

George Rigaud

George Rigaud

10/08/1905- 17/01/1984
Today we present the best George Rigaud’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best George Rigaud’s movies.
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/07/1969
  • Character: Gabriel
In this third remake of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's hugely influential The Seven Samurai, the seven gunslingers (George Kennedy, Michael Ansara, Joe Don Baker, Bernie Casey, Monte Markham, Fernando Rey and Reni Santoni) liberate Mexican political prisoners, train them as fighters and assist them in a desperate attack on a Mexican fortress in an attempt to free a revolutionary leader.

Cry, Onion!

Cry, Onion!
5.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 25/08/1975
  • Character: Terrateniente (uncredited)
Onion Jack (Franco Nero) has bought a piece of land on which to settle, but the property is still in possession of the orphans of the original owner and is coveted by the local oil baron.

Sugar Colt

Sugar Colt
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/11/1967
  • Character: Alan Pinkerton
In order to avenge a friend and to fulfill his last wish, Rocco has to find out what happened to an army corps that has mysteriously disappeared. He therefore puts on the disguise of a doctor and starts investigating in a somewhat uncomfortable town

Savage Pampas

Savage Pampas
5.7/10
An Army captain (Robert Taylor) in Argentina learns why his lonely men are deserting to an outlaw's (Ron Randell) gaucho gang.

A Bullet for Sandoval

A Bullet for Sandoval
5.7/10
After his girlfriend dies in childbirth, Confederate deserter John Warner (George Hilton) travels to Mexico, where the woman's father, Don Pedro Sandoval (Ernest Borgnine), grudgingly hands over his child. But with no locals willing to provide milk, the baby dies. Rounding up a group of rebels, Warner goes on a rampage through northern Mexico, with the ultimate goal of taking down Sandoval in this gritty Western.

The Stranger and the Gunfighter

The Stranger and the Gunfighter
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/01/1974
  • Character: Lord Barclay
During a hold-up in the Wild West, Dakota kills a rich old Chinese man, Wang. Later, he is captured, sentenced, and is about to be hanged - and he never profitted from Wang's death, has he buried him with the photographs of his four widows, and a few worthless papers. Meanwhile, Ho comes to America in search of his uncle's fortune, and must get Dakota free, as he his the only man who can lead him to Wang's tomb. They open the tomb, retaking the pictures of Wang's widows. It happens he reads the papers and knows that Wang had one quarter of a map tattooed in each of his women's buttocks. Now, the difficult part will really start... Treasure hunt.

Get Mean

Get Mean
4.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/12/1975
  • Character: Emir - Moorish General (uncredited)
The plot revolves around the return of a Spanish princess from America to her native country Spain. To help her she enlists the aid of a reluctant hero.

Seven Guns for the MacGregors

Seven Guns for the MacGregors
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/02/1966
  • Character: Alastair MacGregor
Ranch owner MacGregor has seven sons and oldest Gregor leads his brothers to Las Mesas, a small town where they want to sell horses. They get into trouble with local people who are related with evil Santillana. After getting imprisoned and losing their horses they decide to go after Santillana's gang.

Lone and Angry Man

Lone and Angry Man
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/12/1965
  • Character: Wilson
Shenandoah (Steffen) works his way into a band of highwaymen led by Rojo (Armando Calvo). His initiation consists of hunting down and killing a member of the gang who has 12 bullets while he is only given 2 bullets. When the bandits attempt to rob a wealthy rancher, whom Shenandoah knows, he warns him. The outlaws begin to suspect they were betrayed and commence to rough Shenandoah up. Shenandoah then reveals his true reason for joining the gang; one of them killed his wife and he is there for retribution.

A Place Called Glory

A Place Called Glory
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 27/07/1965
  • Character: Seth Grande
Former rancher Clint Brenner and the younger Reese, his equal in skill at gun-fighting, are independently recruited to help farmer Seth Grande free the locals of Manitoba town Glory City from vast ranch owner Jack Villaine's rule of terror. They become friends on the job but ignore they'll be pitted as adversaries in the town's founder's day spectacular duel by last-minute blind substitution.

Whisky and Ghosts

Whisky and Ghosts
4.1/10
A snake-oil salesman is chased across the desert by a gang of Mexican bandits. He finds out, however, that he is being protected by the spirits of Davey Crockett, Pecos Bill and Johnny Appleseed.

His Name Was Holy Ghost

His Name Was Holy Ghost
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/03/1972
  • Character: Don Firmino
Gianni Garko stars as the Holy Ghost, a supernatural gunfighter dressed in white and with a dove sitting on his shoulder. With his sidekick (Chris Huerta), the Holy Ghost rescues some farmers from the fortified prison of the evil General Ubarte, then raids the castle again for gold treasure aided by some local prostitutes.

The Tall Women

The Tall Women
4.6/10
Seven women are the only survivors of an Apache attack on a wagon train. They must cross the desert on foot to escape the Indians who are hunting them.

Seven Women for the MacGregors

Seven Women for the MacGregors
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 03/03/1967
  • Character: Alastair MacGregor
Seven brothers team up to rescue their gold and their women from a ruthless bandit.

Alive or Preferably Dead

Alive or Preferably Dead
5.3/10
Two brothers, Monty and Ted, will inherit $300,000 if they manage to live together for six months.

Gatling Gun

Gatling Gun
5.6/10
This dramatization of the origin of Dr. Gatling's self-named invention stands tall in the annals of the Old West. As cavalry transported the high-tech gun across the dangerous frontier, it blasted its way into history to become the predecessor to the modern-day machine gun.

Ride and Kill

Ride and Kill
4.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/04/1964
  • Character: Beau
A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. The owner of a farm, fed up with constant abuse, decides to hire a former gunslinger, as the town sheriff is recognized powerless to stand against the tyrant.

Valley of the Dancing Widows

Valley of the Dancing Widows
5/10
German comedy/western from 1975

Finger on the Trigger

Finger on the Trigger
5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 22/03/1965
  • Character: Benton
At the end of the Civil War, a ragtag group of just-discharged Union soldiers clashes with a band of renegade Confederates over a golden treasure hidden in a deserted town in the Oklahoma Territory. Soon these rivals must make common cause in the face of an Indian attack.

Ringo's Big Night

Ringo's Big Night
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/01/1966
  • Character: Jim Bailey
Four masked men rob money from a stagecoach in route to a bank in Tombstone. The federal government vows to catch the culprits and recover the money. Two suspects are imprisoned - the notorious gunman Jack Bowman and a wounded bandit. The two cellmates form a partnership and the wounded man gives Bowman 3 of the 4 names of the other bandits - the outlaw Black Norton, Bailey, and Sam the sheriff. Bowman escapes and starts out after the money.

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