"Director: Budd Boetticher"

• The Great Western Collection - Volume 2 | DVD | (25/08/2014) from £10.69   |  Saving you £29.30 (274.09%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Six of your favourite Western Classics in one box set! Disc One - Hell Bent For LeatherAfter having his horse stolen Clay Santell stops in the town of Suttersville but is mistaken by the townspeople and a crooked U.S. Marshall for a murderer named Travers. Clay's challenge is not only to get away from the Marshal and his posse but to somehow prove his innocence as well Disc Two - Evil Roy SladeOrphaned and left in the desert as an infant Evil Roy Slade grew up alone - save for his teddy bear - and mean. As an adult he is notorious for being the meanest villain in the West so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter. There's also Nelson L. Stool a railroad tycoon who along with his dim-witted nephew Clifford is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him. Disc Three - Gun For A CowardA young cowboy whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in which their youngest brother is killed. Disc Four - Whispering SmithLuke Whispering Smith is a by-the-book no-nonsense railroad detective who learns his friend Murray Sinclair has been fired from his railroad job. Seeking vengeance Sinclair begins helping outlaw Barney Rebstock wreck trains. Now Smith must find and bring his old friend to justice... at any cost in this suspenseful adventure filled with pistol-packing action. Disc Five - The Cimarron KidAfter being falsely accused of a payroll heist the Cimarron Kid heads for the high country where he joins the outlaw Dalton gang. When the Daltons are decimated during a daring daylight bank robbery the Kid takes over what is left of the gang and hides out at a local ranch. Here he is reformed by the love of the rancher's daughter Carrie Roberts but not so reformed that he doesn't embark upon one last robbery. Disc Six - Ride A Crooked TrailAudie Murphy plays Joe Maybe an outlaw who is mistaken for U.S. Marshall Jim Noonan when he assumes the man s identity after his death. Pretending to be Noonan Maybe is appointed sheriff of Webb City a rough river town. The only reason he goes along with the ruse is so that he can gain easy access to the town and plan a robbery.

• The Tall T | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Western star Randolph Scott straps on his guns for one of his very best films, now available on DVD for the first time. After losing his horse in a bull-riding contest, rancher Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) hitches a lift home on the stagecoach out of the frontier town of Contention. At a remote way station, the stage is ambushed by a ruthless bandit gang led by Usher (Richard Boone). They don't intend leaving any witness - until they discover that one of the passengers is copper heiress Doretta Mims (Maureen O'Sullivan). Now they want $50,000 in ransom from her father - or everybody dies. As tension mounts almost to breaking point, Brennan must discover a way to outwit - and outgun - the outlaw gang before they murder all of their hostages. Adapted from a story by Elmore Leonard, The Tall T is widely acknowledged to be one of the very best films in a series of highly rated westerns starring Randolph Scott and directed by Budd Boetticher. In 2000, The American Library of Congress selected the film for special preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry for being 'culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.' Believed by many to be one of his best films, Randolph Scott excels as expected in a western with many twists...

• The Cimarron Kid | DVD | (26/05/2014) from £7.79   |  Saving you £5.20 (66.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After being falsely accused of a payroll heist the Cimarron Kid heads for the high country where he joins the outlaw Dalton gang. When the Daltons are decimated during a daring daylight bank robbery the Kid takes over what is left of the gang and hides out at a local ranch. Here he is reformed by the love of rancher's daughter Carrie Roberts but not so reformed that he doesn't embark upon one last robbery.

• Horizons West | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £8.00   |  Saving you £4.99 (62.38%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in the years following the Civil War Horizons West stars Robert Ryan as Dan Hammond one of three Texans who decide to return home after the cessation of hostilities. While his brother Neal (Rock Hudson) and his friend Tiny (James Arness) decide to become ranchers Dan opts for a more adventurous life out West. Through means both fair and foul (mostly foul) he builds up a veritable empire defending his turf with legions of hired gunmen. Eventually the honest Neal is forced to face down his brother Dan whose megalomania has reached dictatorial dimensions. Julie Adams still billed as Julia plays a self-reliant widow who sets her cap for Dan who in an earlier scene had gunned down the woman's husband (Raymond Burr)- a characteristically ironic grace-note from director Budd Boetticher.

• Five Tall Tales: Budd Boetticher & Randolph Scott At Columbia, 1957-1960 | Blu Ray | (28/05/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Five classic, iconic and slyly subversive westerns, which have influenced generations of filmmakers including Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, are collected on Blu-ray for the very first time. Containing a selection of new and archival extras including interviews with director Budd Boetticher and an appreciation by film critic Kim Newman this collectable five-disc box set also contains an 80-page book with newly commissioned essays, archival interviews and full credits, and is strictly limited to 6,000 units. Features: 2K restoration of Ride Lonesome HD restorations of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Aloneand Comanche Station Original mono audio The John Player Lecture with Budd Boetticher(1969): archival audio interview conducted by Horizons West author Jim Kitses at the National Film Theatre, London The Guardian Interview with Budd Boetticher(1994): an extensive filmed interview conducted by film historian David Meeker at the National Film Theatre, London Budd Boetticher on the Ranown Cycle(1999): excerpts from Eckhart Schmidt's unpublished documentary Visiting... Budd Boetticher Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle(2018): an appreciation and analysis by the critic and author of Wild West Movies The Guardian Interview with Elmore Leonard(1997): the celebrated author, and writer of the short story upon which The Tall T is based, in conversation at London's National Film Theatre Original theatrical trailers Ride Lonesometrailer commentary (2013): a short critical appreciation by filmmaker John Sayles Comanche Stationtrailer commentary (2014): a short critical appreciation by screenwriter Sam Hamm Image galleries: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and marketing materials Limited Edition exclusive 80-page book containing newly commissioned essays by Pamela Hutchinson, Glenn Kenny, James Oliver, Neil Sinyard and Farran Smith Nehme, archival interviews with director Budd Boetticher and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, a critical anthology, and full film credits World Blu-ray premieres of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Aloneand Ride Lonesome UK Blu-ray premiere of Comanche Station

• 7 Men From Now | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A former sheriff haunted by the loss of his wife in a Wells Fargo robbery hunts for the seven men responsible for her death...

• The Man From The Alamo | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £5.21   |  Saving you £4.78 (91.75%)   |  RRP £9.99

  During the war for Texas independence one man leaves the Alamo before the deadly climax (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats he infiltrates them instead; can he now save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's guerillas?

• Red Ball Express | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  During the Allied push to Paris, General Patton's tanks have outrun their supply lines in a dramatic dash into German-held territory. Lieut. Campbell is assigned to throw together a racially mixed 'red ball' unit of supply trucks and get them through to the front. Campbell's sergeant is Kallek, a bitter young man who despises Campbell, believing him to be responsible for the death of his brother before World War II began. The two men remain at odds during the dangerous mission, and find the...

• The Man From The Alamo - Westerns Collection 2011 | DVD | (30/05/2011) from £11.56   |  Saving you £-1.57 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  He was a Texas hero but branded a coward! Glenn Ford stars in a sprawling, action-packed Western that hurtles from the battle of the Alamo to a gripping wagon train journey through hostile territory. Ford plays John Stroud a freedom fighter who agrees to leavehis post at the Alamo so he can warn his family and neighbours of approaching Mexican armies. When he discovers he’s too late he swears vengeance on the Yankeemercenaries who fighting for Mexico have murdered his wife and child. At the same time Stroud must face the accusations of his outraged countrymen who believe he fled his post in an act of cowardice. Only by confronting the enemy can he redeem himself in his fellow citizens eyes and his own. With a powerful cast that includes Chill Wills, Victor Jory and Julia Adams it is a double barrelled classic in the genre.

• Seminole | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Directed by the great Budd Boetticher (Ride Lonesome Comanche Station and East of Sumatra) Seminole is notable for offering a sympathetic representation of Native Americans. Rock Hudson stars as officer Lance Caldwell who is assigned to Fort King in the Everglades. A boyhood friend of Seminole Indian chief Osceola (Anthony Quinn) Caldwell opposes the maniacal Major Degan's (Richard Carlson) plans to wipe out the local Seminole tribe. Caldwell is rescued by Osceola after a violent battle and finds himself swiftly court-martialled. When Osceola returns to Fort King in an attempt to initiate peace he is brutally murdered and Caldwell framed for the crime. Can truth prevail? Superior western fare tautly scripted from his own story by Charles K. Peck Jr. Seminole thrillingly meshes action betrayal and racial politics. Look out for Lee Marvin as surly cavalry Sergeant Magruder.

• Decision At Sundown | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99