Et indianerangreb og et voldsomt møde med en bjørn er blot de første prøvelser, der venter Hugh Glass, da han i 1823 leder en gruppe pelsjægere gennem den amerikanske vildmark. Glass forrådes på grusom vis af en af jægerne. Hårdt kvæstet begiver han ud på en opslidende rejse gennem det vinterfrosne vildnis for at få hævn.
I sine killingeår blev Den Bestøvlede Kat narret til at begå et bankrøveri af Klumpe Dumpe, det talende æg. Nu må de fredløse ekskumpaner lægge fortiden bag sig, så de sammen kan stjæle de tre magiske bønner, der giver adgang til gåsereden med de famøse guldæg. Duoen får følge på eventyret af den sexede listetyv Kitty Fløjlspote, der stjæler Kats hjerte ved at være lige så modig og fyrig som ham selv.
Teenageren Marty McFly må rejse tilbage i tiden til det vilde vesten for at redde dr. Brown fra at blive skudt i ryggen. Spørgsmålet er bare, hvordan de to venner kan vende tilbage til nutiden, når deres tidsmaskine mangler benzin - et brændstof, som endnu ikke er opfundet i 1885. Desuden kommer dr. Brown's forelskelse i lærerinden Clara også lidt på tværs af rejseplanerne.
Da hans lovløse far bliver kidnappet, tager Tommy "Hvide Kniv" Stockburn ud på en redningsmission i det vilde vesten sammen med fem brødre, han ikke vidste, han havde.
Albert hader alt, hvad der har med Det Vilde Vesten at gøre – såsom dårlig hygiejne, elendige toiletforhold og alt for høj dødelighed. Heller ikke den mystiske fremmede, Anna, er tilfreds med normerne ude vestpå, men af en helt anden grund. Hvor Albert er en slapsvans, er hun hårdhudet og en selvstændig kvinde, men de kan mødes i utilfredshed. Det er faktisk lige ved, at de får varme følelser for hinanden, da Annas mand dukker op på scenen – den notoriske revolvermand Clinch Leatherwood! Tilskyndet af Anna må Albert nu vise, han som mand kan gøre, hvad en mand må gøre. Om det nu er at reservere plads på kirkegården eller ride mod solnedgangen.
Den koldblodige lovløse revolvermand John Henry vender hjem til sin fødeby for at rette op på sit liv og reparere forholdet til sin far.
Sheriffen Blueberry sørger for både fred og retfærdighed i sin lille landsby. Da lejemorderen Wally Blount, den tyske svindler Prosit og deres bande kommer til byen for at lede efter en gammel skat, der ligger i indianernes område i bjergene, er freden imidlertid forbi. Blount er nemlig også manden, der engang myrdede Blueberrys kæreste. Det endelige opgør mellem Blueberry og Blount synes derfor uundgåeligt.
Kavaleristen Honus og den unge kvinde Cresta overlever som de eneste et indianerangreb. På den strabadserende fodtur tilbage til fortets trygge rammer forelsker de sig i hinanden. Modsat Honus har Cresta stor sympati for indianerne, men hun kan ikke forhindre kavaleriet i at gengælde angrebet med en grusom massakre.
I det gamle vesten tager fire prostituerede loven i egne hænder og beslutter at skifte erhverv til lovløse banditter. På trods af bly, bankrøverier, gidselsituationer og forfølgende sheriffer viser jobskiftet at være til det bedre, og de fire slemme piger kan nu nyde livet fuldt ud. Men den slags frihed kommer ikke uden en pris.
Den danske emigrant Jon har ventet i årevis på at få sin kone og søn til USA. Da det endelig sker, bliver de udsat for en forfærdelig forbrydelse. I sorg og afmagt slår Jon gerningsmanden ihjel. En hævn, der slipper brutale kræfter løs. Gerningsmandens bror er den nådesløse Delarue, som terroriserer byen Black Creek og ikke skyr nogen midler for at hævne sin bror. Forrådt og udstødt af lokalsamfundet må Jon forvandle sig fra fredelig nybygger til frygtløs kriger for at frelse byen og finde fred.
Nebraska, 1854. Svindleren George reddes fra galgen af pioneren Mary Bee. Inden hun skærer rebet over, stiller den stovte unge kvinde dog et krav. Mary Bee skal fragte tre kvinder, der har mistet forstanden, tilbage til civilisationen. Det er en lang og farefuld færd, så hun har brug for hjælp. George er ikke i en situation, hvor han kan tillade sig at sige nej, og snart begiver det umage par sig af sted med deres aparte last.
Johnny Madrid er en farlig forbryder, der i sidste sekund er flygtet fra galgen. Med hjælp fra en kvindelig outlaw lykkes det ham at kidnappe sin bøddels smukke datter. Johnny mødes nu med sin bande og overfalder et tog. Da natten falder på, søger både togpassagerer og Johnnys bande ly på en øde café, der fungerer som horehus. Men stedet er ikke hvad det ser ud til at være. Det er drevet af blodtørstige vampyrer. Det bliver en nat ingen glemmer…
Max Sand’s forældre bliver tortureret til døde af tre forbrydere, der er på jagt efter guld. Max sværger hævn, og den uerfarne unge mand begiver sig ud på en årelang rejse gennem vildmarken for at opspore den brutale trio.
Cactus Jack - klædt i sort fra top til tå, og svinger en revolver i hver hånd, Handsome Stranger og den lidenskabelige Miss Charming Jones. Charmings far, Parody, har sendt hende ud på en farefuld rejse, hvilket giver den skumle bankmand Avery Simpson den perfekte chance for at snyde Parody for en formue i sølv. Og da Simpson tilbyder at købe Cactus fri fra fængslet i Snakes End, overvejer Cactus Jack at bedrage bedrageren.
Der bliver sendt bud efter en ny sherif, men han er faktisk kun blikkenslager, men hedder Marshall og får derfor jobbet.
Paul Newman spiller den fipskæggede showmand, som får den idé at stable et cirkus på benene og bl.a. engagerer selveste Sitting Bull, indianeren over alle indianere, som en af hovedattrak-tionerne. Filmen har en sarkastisk tone og gør nar ad mange af de racistiske holdninger, man ofte møder i mere traditionelle westerns.
Den engelsk adelsmand, som i starten af 1800-tallet blev taget til fange af en indianerstamme, adopteret af dem og til sidst endte som deres leder, vender her tilbage for at se, hvad der er tilbage af stammen. De hvide har gjort kraftig indhug i befolkningstallet, og han beslutter sig for at lede sine indianske brødre på en rejse til deres hellige land. Først må han igennem det sædvanlige pinselsritual.
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
The Huckleberry Hound Show is a 1958 syndicated animated series and the second from Hanna-Barbera following The Ruff & Reddy Show, sponsored by Kellogg's. Three segments were included in the program: one featuring Huckleberry Hound; another starring Yogi Bear and his sidekick Boo Boo; and a third with Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, two mice who in each short found a new way to outwit the cat Mr. Jinks.
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.
The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded—and is believed to be the inspiration for The Lone Ranger.
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.
Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.
