Burt Kennedy's Westerns
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1. 7 Men from Now (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Western
A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed
Votes: 5,997
2. Gun the Man Down (1956)
Passed | 76 min | Western
Two bank robbers abandon their wounded partner to the posse and run with the loot but their partner, after serving time in prison, seeks revenge.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Angie Dickinson, Robert J. Wilke, Emile Meyer
Votes: 783
3. The Tall T (1957)
Approved | 78 min | Western
An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 6,159
4. Fort Dobbs (1958)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Western
Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Clint Walker, Virginia Mayo, Brian Keith, Richard Eyer
Votes: 894
5. Ride Lonesome (1959)
Approved | 73 min | Western
A 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.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Best
Votes: 6,607
6. Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
Approved | 91 min | Western
In 1870s, in the Sioux territory south of the Missouri, trapper and Indian scout Luther Yellowstone Kelly is hired by the army at Fort Buford but runs into trouble with the Sioux.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Clint Walker, Edd Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton
Votes: 1,281
7. Comanche Station (1960)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Western
A man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier
Votes: 4,427
8. The Canadians (1961)
TV-PG | 85 min | Western
When 6000 Sioux flee to Canada, they are permitted to stay. But a Montana rancher and his cowboys, in search of stolen horses, kill all inhabitants of a Sioux village and claim they only wanted to free a white squaw who had been kidnapped.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Ryan, John Dehner, Torin Thatcher, Burt Metcalfe
Votes: 297
9. Six Black Horses (1962)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western
A beautiful woman with an ulterior motive hires two gunslingers to escort her through Indian territory so she can be reunited with her awaiting husband.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Joan O'Brien, George D. Wallace
Votes: 960
10.
Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode:
The Long Gun
(1962)
30 min | Western
Famous Marshal Ben Wyatt arrives in Laramie with a body. In a hotel room he waits for the other two partners behind a rifle in ambush. Troop feels he can't let him do that which forces a showdown in the streets.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, John Dehner
Votes: 49
11.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
Woman from White Wing
(1962)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
A man at the unfinished White Wing cabin on Shiloh asks Judge Garth to meet him. Garth tells The Virginian the troubled history of his arrival at Shiloh. Garth's future with Betsy is threatened by the man and his desire for revenge.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clarke, James Drury
Votes: 141
12.
Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode:
The Wanted Man
(1962)
30 min | Western
A young man rides his sick and pregnant Ma into Laramie knowing the law is looking for his ever-absent Pa. When a bounty hunter also shows up, Troop must decide who he should help, the sick Ma or the one lawfully after the reward.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Marie Windsor, Dick Foran
Votes: 37
13.
Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode:
Cort
(1962)
30 min | Western
Cort Evers arrives in town, falling off his horse. The doctor says he doesn't have long to live as he tries to end his ten year chase to find his brother Mitch to avenge the death of six men during the war.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, Kevin Hagen
Votes: 42
14.
Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode:
Sunday
(1962)
30 min | Western
Troop takes Billy Deal, a wanted outlaw, into custody. He needs to transport him by train to Casper. An old acquaintance in town wants to take him to Montana instead to resolve other issues and there's only one train leaving town on Sunday.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 38
15. Mail Order Bride (1964)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Western
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea, Lois Nettleton, Warren Oates
Votes: 592
16. The Rounders (1965)
TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Western
In Sedona, two aging cowpokes bust broncos, charm local ladies and bet on outcomes at the rodeo.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday
Votes: 1,914
17. Return of the Seven (1966)
Unrated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Western
Two survivors of the original Magnificent Seven, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members to re-form the outfit and defend several Mexican villages from vicious bandits.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos, Warren Oates
Votes: 4,826 | Gross: $6.32M
18.
The Rounders (1966–1967)
Episode:
A Horse on Jim Ed Love
(1966)
30 min | Comedy, Western
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Ron Hayes, Chill Wills, Patrick Wayne, Harry Carey Jr.
19. Return of the Gunfighter (1966)
Not Rated | 98 min | Romance, Western
An aging gunman and a wounded drifter come upon a young Mexican girl, and agree to help her avenge the death of her father, who was murdered for their land.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Robert Taylor, Chad Everett, Ana Martín, Mort Mills
Votes: 711
20. The War Wagon (1967)
Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Western
The story of a man who was shot, robbed and imprisoned who returns to steal a large gold shipment from the man who wronged him. The gold is transported in an armored stage coach, the War Wagon.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr.
Votes: 10,809
21. Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Western
A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige
Votes: 1,696
22. Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
G | 92 min | Comedy, Western
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough. In the end, he uses ingenuity instead.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan
Votes: 12,710
23. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
M | 90 min | Comedy, Western
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, Martin Balsam, David Carradine
Votes: 1,601 | Gross: $0.11M
24. Young Billy Young (1969)
G | 89 min | Action, Romance, Western
In New Mexico, looking for his son's murderer, Ben Kane takes a deputy marshal's job and runs into young Billy Young who's on the lam.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jr., David Carradine
Votes: 1,491 | Gross: $0.22M
25. Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Dirty Dingus Magee and his old rival Hoke Birdsill take turns at being either lawman or outlaw and being rivals or partners in crime, depending of the circumstances.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 1,046
26. The Devil's Backbone (1970)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Western
Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
Directors: Burt Kennedy, Niksa Fulgosi | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban
Votes: 522
27. Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
G | 91 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan
Votes: 6,272 | Gross: $0.55M
28. Hannie Caulder (1971)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Western
After she is raped and her husband murdered, a woman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can get her revenge on the three outlaws responsible.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam
Votes: 4,176 | Gross: $0.46M
29. The Train Robbers (1973)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson
Votes: 6,712
30. Shootout in a One Dog Town (1974 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama, Western
A small town banker is forced to protect his town against a vicious gang of bank robbers determined to get the two hundred thousand dollars stored in his bank.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Richard Crenna, Stefanie Powers, Jack Elam, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 90
31. Sidekicks (1974 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy, Western
Travelling through the West right after the Civil War, two con men hatch a scheme to try to collect the fifteen thousand dollar bounty offered for the capture of an outlaw.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Larry Hagman, Louis Gossett Jr., Blythe Danner, Jack Elam
Votes: 110
32. Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Western
Comedy-Western about a turn-of-the-century lady investigator named Kate Bliss who goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming Robin Hood ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Don Meredith, Harry Morgan, David Huddleston
Votes: 43
33.
How the West Was Won (1976–1979)
Episode:
Buffalo Story
(1978)
16+ | 93 min | Drama, Western
Kate Macahan's sister, Molly Culhane, joins the family. A Mormon family arrives at the homestead while fleeing religious persecution, but the patriarch soon charms Laura. Zeb mediates ... See full summary »
Directors: Bernard McEveety, Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, Kathryn Holcomb
Votes: 82
34. The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
West and Gordon come out of retirement to find out who is replacing world leaders with lookalikes. They go to Arizona where the son of their old enemy is found, and with his arsenal of weapons, is a bigger threat than his father ever was.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Paul Williams, Harry Morgan
Votes: 623
35. More Wild Wild West (1980 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Jonathan Winters, Harry Morgan
Votes: 441
36. Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986 TV Movie)
85 min | Western
Two young survivors of a wagon-train massacre battle horse thieves as they take a prize stallion through Utah.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Bo Hopkins, Michael Wren, Don Shanks
Votes: 143
37. The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: James Arness, Brian Keith, Alec Baldwin, David Ogden Stiers
Votes: 743
38. Once Upon a Texas Train (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
An outlaw and a Texas Ranger Captain have a life-long personal feud, but twenty years later, with old-age settling in, they must put their differences aside in order to face the latest Texas problem, the youngest generation of outlaws.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Shaun Cassidy, Chuck Connors
Votes: 759
39. Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Western
In 1895, outlaws Cross and Boone are forced to take Mexican authorities to their loot. They travel there on a train full of dynamite with a group of prostitutes. Mexican rebels, Indians, and Wells Fargo Agents are all after them.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 169
40. Comanche (2000)
29 min | Short, Drama, History
The heart warming true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn... the horse named Comanche.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Wilford Brimley, Angie Dickinson, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 62
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