New PDF release: Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.

By Michael R. Pitts

This revised and significantly extended variation of a well-established reference publication offers 5105 function size (four reels or extra) Western movies, from the early silent period to the current. greater than 900 new entries are during this edition.
every one access has movie identify, unencumber corporation and yr, operating time, colour indication, forged directory, plot synopsis, and a quick severe assessment and different information. not just are Hollywood productions integrated, however the quantity additionally appears to be like at Westerns made in another country in addition to frontier epics, north woods adventures and nature comparable productions. some of the motion pictures mix genres, corresponding to horror and technological know-how fiction Westerns. the amount contains a record of cowboys and their horses and a reveal names go reference. There are greater than a hundred photographs.

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