The author explores the western, running from John Fords Stagecoach to the revisionary Tombstone. He explores 27 key films, and draws on production notes, cast and crew biographies, and the films box-office success, to reveal their place in western history.
Howard Hughesis the author of Once Upon a Time in the Italian West, Crime Wave: The Filmgoers Guide to the great Crime Movies, both published by I.B.Tauris, as well as The Pocket Essential Guide to Spaghetti Westernsand The American Indian Wars.
In this informative book, Howard Hughes explores the Western film genre, from John FordsStagecoachto the revisionaryTombstone. He explores the key films, drawing on production notes, cast and crew biographies, and the films box-office success, to reveal their place in Western history. Major directors covered include the genre giants John Ford, Howard Hawks and John Wayne, and classic films covered include High Noon,Shane,The Magnificent SevenandButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. This information-packed book offers the best western trivia, along with a filmography of essential films; plus, ten aficionados and critics comment on what they consider to be the best in the west. Hughes also charts the genres timely renovation by Sam Peckinpah (Ride the High CountryandThe Wild Bunch), Sergio Leone (Once Upon a Time in the West) and Clint Eastwood (The Outlaw Josey WalesandUnforgiven) and explains how, through reinvention and resurrection, the Western continually postpones the big adios and avoids ending up in Boot Hill--permanently.
"Hold your horses for next months release of Stagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers Guide to Great Westerns, author Howard Hughes detailed tome on 27 classic films." - Newsday.com "Written with panache and fresh insight...buy it!" Dave Worrall, Cinema Retro "A deftly written collection of essays, full of fascinating insight, this will be a must for fellow travellers on the sagebrush trail." Howard Maxford, Film Review "Hughes is a fan and his enthusiasm, as well as his research, shines through."-- Keith Richmond, Tribune
"Hold your horses for next months release ofStagecoach to Tombstone: The Filmgoers Guide to Great Westerns, author Howard Hughes detailed tome on 27 classic films." -Newsday.com "Written with panache and fresh insight...buy it!" Dave Worrall,Cinema Retro"A deftly written collection of essays, full of fascinating insight, this will be a must for fellow travellers on the sagebrush trail." Howard Maxford,Film Review "Hughes is a fan and his enthusiasm, as well as his research, shines through."-- Keith Richmond,Tribune
INTRODUCTION: SILENT GUNS * STAGECOACH * MY DARLING CLEMENTINE * RED RIVER * SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON * HIGH NOON * JOHNNY GUITAR * SHANE * VERA CRUZ * THE MAN FROM LARAMIE * THE SEARCHERS * FORTY GUNS * GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL * RIO BRAVO * RIDE LONESOME * THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN * ONE-EYED JACKS * RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY * THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER * ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST * SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF * THE WILD BUNCH * BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID * McCABE & MRS MILLER * ULZANAS RAID * THE OUTLAW * JOSEY WALES * UNFORGIVEN * TOMBSTONE * Westerns top tens * Filmography * Index * INTRODUCTION: SILENT GUNS * STAGECOACH * MY DARLING CLEMENTINE * RED RIVER * SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON * HIGH NOON * JOHNNY GUITAR * SHANE * VERA CRUZ * THE MAN FROM LARAMIE * THE SEARCHERS * FORTY GUNS * GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL * RIO BRAVO * RIDE LONESOME * THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN * ONE-EYED JACKS * RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY * THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER * ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST * SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF * THE WILD BUNCH * BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID * McCABE & MRS MILLER * ULZANAS RAID * THE OUTLAW * JOSEY WALES * UNFORGIVEN * TOMBSTONE * Westerns top tens * Filmography * Index *
Preface: Colt Movies * Acknowledgements * Out of the West: An Introduction to Westerns * Ten Top Tens * The Tumbril Awaits - Stagecoach (1939) * Shakespeare in Tombstone - My Darling Clementine (1946) * Your Hearts Soft...Too Soft - Red River (1948) * Tomorrows All I Need - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) * What Will I Do If You Leave Me? - High Noon (1952) * You Cant Break The Mould - Shane (1953) * I Never Shake Hands With A Left-Handed Draw - Johnny Guitar (1954) * Well Fool Saint Peter Yet - Vera Cruz (1954) * I Came A Thousand Miles To Kill You - The Man from Laramie (1955) * Thatll Be The Day - The Searchers (1956) * Theres A Hundred More Tombstones - Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957) * I Bet That Rattler Died - Forty Guns (1957) * Theres Some Things A Man Just Cant Ride Around - Ride Lonesome (1959) * Id Hate To Have To Live On The Difference - Rio Bravo (1959) * We Deal In Lead, Friend - The Magnificent Seven (1960) * I Seen The Other Side Of Your Face - One-Eyed Jacks (1961) * All I Want Is To Enter My House Justified - Ride the High Country (1962) * Aint You Got No Respect For Your Elders? - The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) * The End Of The Line - Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) * The Fastest Finger In The West - Support Your Local Sheriff (1969) * This Time We Do It Right - The Wild Bunch (1969) * Who Are Those Guys? - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) * I Got Poetry In Me - McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971) * Here In This Land, Man Must Have Power - Ulzanas Raid (1972) * Whooped Em Again, Josey - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) * Ive Always Been Lucky When It Comes To Killing Folks - Unforgiven (1992) * Im Your Huckleberry - Tombstone (1993)