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30 Fun And Interesting Facts About The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 American western action movie directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk. It’s a remake of the 1960’s movie of the same name, which in turn is a re-imagining of Seven Samurai. Take a look below for 30 more fun and interesting facts about The…

27 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About The Tombstone Movie

Tombstone is a 1993 American Western movie directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre, who was also the original director but was replaced early in production, and starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. Supporting roles included Sam Elliot, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, and Dana Delany, with narration by Robert Mitchum. Take…

30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Stagecoach

Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western movie directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay, written by Dudley Nichols, is adapted from “The Stage to Lordsburg,” a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The movie follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous…

30 Fun And Fascinating Facts About Dances With Wolves

Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western movie starring, directed and produced by Kevin Costner. It’s a film adaption of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake that tells the story of a Union Army lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and of his…

30 Fun And Interesting Facts About High Noon

High Noon is a 1952 American Western movie produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, depicted in real time, centers around a town marshal, who is torn between his sense of duty and love for his new bride, and who must face…

28 Fun And Fascinating Facts About The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American dramatic adventurous neo-western written and directed by John Huston. It’s a feature film adaption of B. Traven’s 1927 novel of the same name, about two financially desperate Americans, Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, who in the 1920s join old-timer Howard in Mexico to prospect…

28 Fun And Interesting Facts About Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western movie directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the movie. The movie is based loosely on fact as it tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known as…

30 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About The Searchers

The Searchers is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western movie directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas-Indian Wars, and starring John Wayne as a middle aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece. Take a look below for 30 more interesting…

27 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Unforgiven

Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western movie produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and written by David Webb Peoples. The movie portrays William Munny, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years after he had turned to farming. The movie stars Eastwood in the lead role, with Gene Hackman, Morgan…