Category: Western

Major Dundee

Major Dundee VHS cover art. Movie starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Senta Berger. With Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Slim Pickens. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. 1965.

Major Dundee on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Senta Berger. With Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Slim Pickens. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. 1965.

From the box:

Columbia Pictures Western Classics

Charlton Heston and Richard Harris are unwilling allies in director Sam Peckinpah’s spectacular Western adventure.

When Apaches massacre a U.S. cavalry troop in New Mexico, Major Dundee (Heston) assembles an army of cutthroats, renegades and Confederate prisoners led by his hated counterpart, Captain Tyreen (Harris). Dundee and his rebel band pursue the Indians into Mexico, where they battle the French army as well as murderous Apaches. Aiding a ravaged village, the men are honored with a fiesta, and the Major finds solace with beautiful Teresa Santiago (Senta Berger). But this idyll is only temporary. In an unforgettable climax, the two officers put aside their fierce rivalry and lead their troops to confront the French in a bloody showdown.

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High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter VHS cover art. Movie starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. Also starring Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill and Mitch Ryan. 1973.

High Plains Drifter on VHS. Starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. Also starring Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill and Mitch Ryan. 1973.

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They’d never forget the day he drifted into town.

Eastwood portrays a mysterious stranger who emerges out of the heat waves of the desert and rides into the guilt-ridden town of Lago. After committing three murders and one rape in the first 20 minutes, The Stranger is hired by the town to protect it from three gunmen just out of jail. The Stranger then paints the entire town bright red, renames it “Hell”, and supplies Divine retribution in a fiery climax.

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The Searchers

The Searchers VHS cover art. Movie starring John Wayne. With Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. 1956.

The Searchers on VHS. Starring John Wayne. With Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. 1956.

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Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, a believer more in bullets than in words. He’s seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won’t surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive, five-year search, Ethan encounters something he didn’t expect to find: his own humanity.

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