The best Harry Dean Stanton’s western movies

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

14/07/1926- 15/09/2017
We present our ranking of the best Harry Dean Stanton’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Harry Dean Stanton.
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Rango

Rango
7.3/10
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt.

The Proud Rebel

The Proud Rebel
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/07/1958
  • Character: Jeb Burleigh
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/10/1962
  • Character: Gant Henchman
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
7.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/05/1973
  • Character: Luke
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

The Missouri Breaks

The Missouri Breaks
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/05/1976
  • Character: Calvin
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.

Ride in the Whirlwind

Ride in the Whirlwind
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/10/1966
  • Character: Blind Dick
Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

A Time for Killing

A Time for Killing
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/08/1967
  • Character: Sgt. Dan Way
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.

Tomahawk Trail

Tomahawk Trail
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/02/1957
  • Character: Pvt. Miller (as Dean Stanton)
Led by an incompetent Lieutenant, a troop of soldiers is on the Tomahawk Trail in Apache territory. When he lets the Indians steal their horses and gets slightly wounded in a skirmish, Sergeant McCoy takes over command. McCoy sucessfully gets them to the fort only to find all the soldiers have meen murdered by the Apaches. He prepares the troops for an attack knowing if they survive the Lieutenant plans to have him court marshaled.

Day of the Evil Gun

Day of the Evil Gun
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/03/1968
  • Character: Sergeant Parker
Two men on a desperate search to save a woman only one of them could have!

The Jayhawkers!

The Jayhawkers!
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 15/10/1959
  • Character: Deputy Smallwood (uncredited)
Before 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.

The Cowboy and the Frenchman

The Cowboy and the Frenchman
6.2/10
A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious, well-dressed Frenchman.

Zandy's Bride

Zandy's Bride
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/05/1974
  • Character: Songer
Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.

Lanton Mills

Lanton Mills
5.8/10
Tilman and Lanton Mills, two cowboys who set off on horseback to rob a bank. On the way, they stop to see their boss, the "Old Man", only to discover he has been murdered by another cowboy, John Sparks.

Revolt at Fort Laramie

Revolt at Fort Laramie
5.6/10
At the breaking of the Civil War the garrison of Fort Laramie splits between the sympathezers of the two different factions, but when the fort is attacked by the Sioux, they unite their forces to fight them.

A Dog's Best Friend

A Dog's Best Friend
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 20/12/1959
  • Character: Roy Janney
A young orphan rejects his foster parents and instead turns to a German shepherd whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.

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