Posts Tagged ‘outlaw’

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Mary-Louise Parker | Brooklynn Proulx | Dustin Bollinger | Casey Affleck | Sam Rockwell | Jeremy Renner | Sam Shepard | Garret Dillahunt | Paul Schneider | Joel McNichol | James Defelice | J.C. Roberts | Darrell Orydzuk | Jonathan Erich Drachenberg
Directors: Andrew Dominik
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Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Dodge City (1939)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Errol Flynn | Olivia de Havilland | Ann Sheridan | Bruce Cabot | Frank McHugh | Alan Hale | John Litel | Henry Travers | Henry O'Neill | Victor Jory | William Lundigan | Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | Bobs Watson | Gloria Holden | Douglas Fowley
Directors: Michael Curtiz
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In 1866, Kansas, the American civil war has just finished and the armies disbanded. The building of the West begins, and in 1872, the new city of Dodge City is ruled by violence and shootings. The Irishman Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn) is a man adapted to these days and presently is conducting a group of pioneers, including Abbie Irving (Olivia de Havilland) and her reckless brother, to Dodge City. Once in the city, Wade is invited to be the local sheriff, and an incident makes him accept the position. He tries to clean up the cattle town, ruled by the powerful outlaw Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot) and his gang, with the support of the decent local people.

American Outlaws (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Colin Farrell | Scott Caan | Ali Larter | Gabriel Macht | Gregory Smith | Harris Yulin | Kathy Bates | Timothy Dalton | Will McCormack | Ronny Cox | Terry O'Quinn | Nathaniel Arcand | Ty O'Neal | Joe Stevens | Barry Tubb
Directors: Les Mayfield
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When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. In the course of their vendetta, they will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Crime | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Paul Newman | Robert Redford | Katharine Ross | Strother Martin | Henry Jones | Jeff Corey | George Furth | Cloris Leachman | Ted Cassidy | Kenneth Mars | Donnelly Rhodes | Jody Gilbert | Timothy Scott | Don Keefer | Charles Dierkop
Directors: George Roy Hill
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Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, “Let’s go to Bolivia”. Based on the exploits of the historical characters.

Young Guns II (1990)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Emilio Estevez | Kiefer Sutherland | Lou Diamond Phillips | Christian Slater | William Petersen | Alan Ruck | R.D. Call | James Coburn | Balthazar Getty | Jack Kehoe | Robert Knepper | Tom Kurlander | Viggo Mortensen | Leon Rippy | Tracey Walter
Directors: Geoff Murphy
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The movie begins with the aging Brushy Bill Roberts narrating his story to a young historian. His claim? He claims that he is the famous outlaw William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, who was supposedly shot and killed by Patrick Floyd Garrett in 1881. The old man gives a very convincing story on how he and Garrett, along with Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh, Chavez y Chavez, Doc Skurlock, and a few others led the outlaw life and avoided the law, as they were wanted men. Garrett, a friend of Billy’s, was paid by John Chisum, a cattle king, to eliminate Billy the Kid. So, Garrett and Ashmun Upson set out on a journey to find Billy the Kid.

Young Guns (1988)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Emilio Estevez | Kiefer Sutherland | Lou Diamond Phillips | Charlie Sheen | Dermot Mulroney | Casey Siemaszko | Terence Stamp | Jack Palance | Terry O'Quinn | Sharon Thomas | Geoffrey Blake | Alice Carter | Brian Keith | Thomas Callaway | Patrick Wayne
Directors: Christopher Cain
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1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he’s a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he’s a competitor in selling cattle. One day he’s shot by Murphy’s men. Judge Wilson can’t do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy’s men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall’s young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name “Billie the Kid” - but they’re also chased by dozens of Murphy’s men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice.

Robin Hood (1973)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Brian Bedford | Peter Ustinov | Phil Harris | Terry-Thomas | Monica Evans | Carole Shelley | Andy Devine | Roger Miller | Pat Buttram | George Lindsey | Ken Curtis | Billy Whitaker | Dana Laurita | Dora Whitaker | Richie Sanders
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman
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Retelling of the Robin Hood legend with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who starts to form a gang in Sherwood Forest to fight the injustices of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who levies unpayable taxes upon the people.

The Proposition (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Australia | UK
Actors: Guy Pearce | Tom Budge | Emily Watson | Ray Winstone | David Wenham | John Hurt | Richard Wilson | Robert Morgan
Directors: John Hillcoat
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Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang’s mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley’s proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.

The Great Race (1965)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Lemmon | Tony Curtis | Natalie Wood | Peter Falk | Keenan Wynn | Arthur O'Connell | Vivian Vance | Dorothy Provine | Larry Storch | Ross Martin | George Macready | Marvin Kaplan | Hal Smith | Denver Pyle | William Bryant
Directors: Blake Edwards
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Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie’s arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate’s own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards’ tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Morgan Freeman | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Christian Slater | Alan Rickman | Michael McShane | Brian Blessed | Michael Wincott | Nick Brimble | Soo Drouet | Daniel Newman | Daniel Peacock | Walter Sparrow | Harold Innocent | Jack Wild
Directors: Kevin Reynolds
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After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin’s father has been murdered by the Sheriff of Nottingham and when Robin returns home he vows to avenge his father’s death. Even though Marian, his childhood friend, cannot help him, he escapes to the Forest of Sherwood where he joins a band of exiled villagers and becomes their leader. With their help he attempts to cleanse the land of the evil that the Sheriff has spread.