List of the best Burt Kennedy movies: Support Your Local Sheriff!(1969), The Train Robbers(1973), The Deserter(1971), Mail Order Bride(1964), The Good Guys and the Bad Guys(1969), Young Billy Young(1969), Return of the Seven(1966), Big Bad John(1990), The Canadians(1961), Dirty Dingus Magee(1970), Suburban Commando(1991), The Trouble With Spies(1987) ... ...
Comedy, Western
USA
1969
93 Minutes
Director
James Garner Joan Hackett Walter Brennan Harry Morgan Jack Elam Henry Jones Bruce Dern Willis Bouchey Gene Evans Walter Burke Dick Peabody
gunslinger sheriff deputy outlaw criminal sidekick amusing lighthearted colorado small town jail law and order gold rush gunfight showdown rivalry underdog 19th century
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.
Western
USA
1973
92 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Ann-Margret Rod Taylor Ben Johnson Christopher George Bobby Vinton Jerry Gatlin Ricardo Montalban
widow gunslinger agent robber engaging gritty tense mexico texas treasure journey outlaws deception adventure pursuit 19th century
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.
Western
Italy|Yugoslavia|USA
1971
99 Minutes
Director
Bekim Fehmiu John Huston Richard Crenna Chuck Connors Ricardo Montalban Ian Bannen Brandon de Wilde Slim Pickens Woody Strode Albert Salmi
deserter general colonel engineer wife scout gritty gripping arizona fort mexico hill desert mission battle native americans massacre desertion redemption quest
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.
Western
USA
1964
83 Minutes
Director
Buddy Ebsen Keir Dullea Lois Nettleton Warren Oates Marie Windsor Barbara Luna
father figure frontiersman mail-order bride outlaw young man engaging heartwarming montana small town kansas city, mo. saloon promises marriage of convenience romance lawlessness settling down old west transformation love 1890s
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.
Western
USA
1969
91 Minutes
Director
Robert Mitchum George Kennedy David Carradine Tina Louise Douglas Fowley Lois Nettleton Martin Balsam John Davis Chandler John Carradine Marie Windsor Dick Peabody
outlaw lawman marshal bandit mayor nemesis lighthearted amusing rousing new mexico small town train bank heist law enforcement retirement aging unlikely allies gunfight pursuit rivalry
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.
Western
USA
1969
89 Minutes
Director
Robert Mitchum Angie Dickinson Robert Walker David Carradine Jack Kelly John Anderson Deana Martin Paul Fix Willis Bouchey Parley Baer Rodolfo Acosta
deputy entertainer young man outlaw partner sheriff melodramatic thrilling small town sheriff's office mexico saloon countryside wild west small-town life new life mentorship law enforcement manhunt family
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.
Western
Spain|USA
1966
96 Minutes
Director
Yul Brynner Robert Fuller Warren Oates Julian Mateos Jordan Christopher Claude Akins Virgilio Texeira Emilio Fernández Rodolfo Acosta Elisa Montes Fernando Rey
rancher villager priest gunman vigilante gutsy gripping rousing mexico village desert ranch church protection vigilantism reunion forced labor heroism outlaws rescue
Two survivors of the initial Magnificent Seven outfit, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members in order to re-form the outfit and defend a few Mexican villages from attacks by vicious bandits.
Western
USA
1990
91 Minutes
Director
Jimmy Dean Doug English Romy Walthall Ned Beatty Jack Elam Bo Hopkins John Dennis Johnston Jeff Osterhage Ned Vaughn Buck Taylor Anne Lockhart
Jimmy Dean's popular song (released in 1961) is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather.
Western
UK
1961
85 Minutes
Director
Robert Ryan John Dehner Torin Thatcher Burt Metcalfe John Sutton Jack Creley Scott Peters Richard Alden Teresa Stratas Michael Pate
When the Sioux come to Canada, the Canadians permit them to stay in Canada if they come peacefully. However, some cowboys kill all inhabitants of one of their villages. The cowboys seek to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1970
91 Minutes
Director
Frank Sinatra George Kennedy Anne Jackson Lois Nettleton Jack Elam Michele Carey John Dehner Henry Jones Harry Carey Jr. Paul Fix Don "Red" Barry
traveler mayor outlaw american indian teacher soldier madcap intricate new mexico american west brothel army base small town uprising law and order robbery prostitution outsider rivalry pursuit
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.
Sci-Fi
USA
1991
90 Minutes
Director
Hulk Hogan Christopher Lloyd Shelley Duvall Larry Miller William Ball Jo Ann Dearing Jack Elam Roy Dotrice Christopher Neame Michael Faustino Tony Longo
space traveler father wife suburbanite son tenant amusing spirited suburbia family home office rented room friendship space travel good versus evil unlikely allies suburban life quest transformation 1990s
An interstellar hero from a distant world visits Earth, and tries to fit in with a mundane, yet kind, suburban family.
Comedy
USA
1987
91 Minutes
Director
Donald Sutherland Ned Beatty Ruth Gordon Lucy Gutteridge Michael Hordern Robert Morley Gregory Sierra
George Trent (James Willis), a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1974
72 Minutes
Director
Stacy Keach Samantha Eggar John Savage Robby Benson Arlene Faber Tim Parkison Patti Parkison Brent Campbell John Connell
Seven backwoods orphans with dogs want an innocent couple (Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar) to become their foster parents or else.
Action, Western, Drama, History
1987
150 Minutes
Director
James Arness Brian Keith Raul Julia Alec Baldwin Lorne Greene Isela Vega Gene Evans David Ogden Stiers Ethan Wayne
jim bowie davy crockett gen. santa anna colonel general soldier brash emotional thrilling passionate san antonio texas mission fort battlefield alamo texas revolution the alamo outnumbered stand-off
Jim Bowie (James Arness), Davy Crockett (Brian Keith) and about 185 others face thousands of Santa Anna's (Raul Julia) troops at the Texas fort in 1836.
Comedy
1974
72 Minutes
Director
Larry Hagman Louis Gossett Jr. Blythe Danner Jack Elam Harry Morgan Gene Evans Noah Beery Jr. Hal Williams Dick Peabody Denver Pyle John Beck
Two Old West con men (Larry Hagman, Louis Gossett Jr.) run a slave-selling scam, then try for the reward on an outlaw.
Adventure
1979
97 Minutes
Director
Jerry Reed Tom Selleck Morgan Fairchild Claude Akins Lucille Benson Gene Evans
Two Montana cowboys (Jerry Reed, Tom Selleck) head for Nashville and help a woman (Morgan Fairchild) find her sister.
Comedy, Western
1988
93 Minutes
Director
Willie Nelson Richard Widmark Shaun Cassidy Angie Dickinson Stuart Whitman Chuck Connors Kevin McCarthy Ken Curtis Gene Evans Jack Elam Royal Dano
outlaw texas ranger brother old flame old man rival thrilling uneasy texas train prison bank robbery reunion redemption retirement aging law and order quest pursuit
A former Texas Ranger's (Richard Widmark) posse chases an aging outlaw's (Willie Nelson) gang, neither aware of an upstart's (Shaun Cassidy) gang.
Western
1971
85 Minutes
Director
Raquel Welch Robert Culp Ernest Borgnine Strother Martin Jack Elam Christopher Lee Diana Dors Stephen Boyd
widow bounty hunter gunsmith bank robber thug brother dark thrilling amusing tense american west mexico house bank desert rape gunfight unlikely friendship training murder
A frontier woman (Raquel Welch) learns from a bounty hunter (Robert Culp) how to shoot the outlaws who have made her a widow.