The best Richard Boone’s western movies

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

18/06/1917- 10/01/1981
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The Alamo

The Alamo
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/10/1960
  • Character: Gen. Sam Houston
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

The Shootist

The Shootist
7.6/10
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Brooks, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Brooks' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

Big Jake

Big Jake
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/05/1971
  • Character: John Fain
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

Hombre

Hombre
7.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 21/03/1967
  • Character: Cicero Grimes
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

God's Gun

God's Gun
4.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/02/1976
  • Character: The Sheriff
Priest turned vigilante Father John (Van Cleef) hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton (Palance), who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He now seeks revenge for the death of the holy man.

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/03/1955
  • Character: Steve Miles
Man Without a Star is a 1955 western film starring Kirk Douglas as a wanderer who gets dragged into a range war. It was based on the novel of the same name by Dee Linford.

The Raid

The Raid
6.8/10
  • Genre: WarWestern
  • Release: 04/08/1954
  • Character: Capt. Lionel Foster
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.

A Thunder of Drums

A Thunder of Drums
5.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/09/1961
  • Character: Captain Stephen Maddocks
Captain Maddocks will never be promoted beyond Captain because of a mistake that he made in the past. Lt. McQuade is a green rookie who is now under the command of the tough Captain and he does not seem to be able to do anything right. Lt. McQuade also has trouble with Tracey, but it will be the renegade Indians that will test him and teach him the importance of following orders.

The Tall T

The Tall T
7.3/10
Having lost his horse in a bet, Pat Brennan hitches a ride with a stagecoach carrying newlyweds, Willard and Doretta Mims. At the next station the coach and its passengers fall into the hands of a trio of outlaws headed by a man named Usher. When Usher learns that Doretta is the daughter of a rich copper-mine owner, he decides to hold her for ransom. Tension builds over the next 24 hours as Usher awaits a response to his demands and as a romantic attachment grows between Brennan and Doretta.

Rio Conchos

Rio Conchos
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 28/10/1964
  • Character: Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter
Two Army officers, an alcoholic ex-Confederate soldier and a womanizing Mexican travel to Mexico on a secret mission to prevent a megalomaniacal ex-Confederate colonel from selling a cache of stolen rifles to a band of murderous Apaches.

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/02/1955
  • Character: Wick Campbell
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/06/1956
  • Character: Sam Hall
The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.

City of Bad Men

City of Bad Men
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/09/1953
  • Character: John Ringo
Outlaws plan a robbery to take place during a championship prizefight in Carson City, Nevada.

Against a Crooked Sky

Against a Crooked Sky
5.4/10
The eldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and the eldest son pursues. In order to win back his sister's freedom, he must sacrifice his own life by passing the test of "Crooked Sky" and shield his sister from an executioner's arrow. Along the way, he recruits a broken down, drunk prospector to help him track down the unknown tribe and rescue his sister

Madron

Madron
5.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/12/1970
  • Character: Madron
A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.

Robbers' Roost

Robbers' Roost
5.9/10
Jim "Tex" Wall (George Montgomery), searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays (Richard Boone). Both Hays' outlaws and a rival gang headed by Heesman (Peter Graves), have been hired as ranch hands by "Bull" Herrick (Bruce Bennett), a cripple who owns a large cattle ranch and wants to get his large herd to market. He theorizes that the two gangs will be kept busy watching each other and neither will rustle his cattle. Helen (Sylvia Findley) has little faith in her brother's contrived plan, and hates and distrusts both groups. She begins to soften toward Jim, but abruptly changes when she sees a reward poster which says he has killed two men.

Way of a Gaucho

Way of a Gaucho
6.4/10
In 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader.

The Siege at Red River

The Siege at Red River
5.8/10
Cavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians.

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