Top 50
Western Movies
Do you like western movies?
Then you’ll want to check out the movies on the Western Classic Movies Top 50 list.
This list contains the names of what we consider to be the best western movies ever made. If you're a western movie fan, we're sure that you'll agree with most, if not all, of the western movies on the Top 50 Western Movies List.
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The Lone Ranger
TV Show
(1949 - 1957)
When some people hear The William Tell Overture or the words “Hi-Yo, Silver!” they immediately think of “The Lone Ranger.” This program aired on television for many years, resulting in fans across multiple generations.
“The Lone Ranger” first began as a radio show in 1933. Sixteen years later, it became a television show and the program’s heroes, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, became immortalized in western television history.
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Gunsmoke
Television Show
Gunsmoke is the longest running western TV show ever! It was on the air for twenty years straight from 1955 - 1975.
James Arness became famous for his role as Marshal Matt Dillon and the cast that included Doc, Kitty, Chester and Festus became familiar names in households across America.
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The Great Train
Robbery
The First Western movie
In December, 1903 when “The Great Train Robbery” was shown after a vaudeville act, no one knew what to expect. Would the audience like it? Would they even pay attention?
The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’! After watching the movie the first time, the audience shouted “Play It Again” and “The Great Train Robbery” was played three more times before the theatre owners finally turned on the lights and made the patrons leave.
The Western film was born! Movie history was made.
Film history was made that small, quiet night in a theatre in New York. “The Great Train Robbery” became America’s first western movie and film fans have been enjoying western movies ever since.
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Broncho Billy
The First Western Movie Star
On January 6, 1914, The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper crowned him “The King of the Movies.” He was the most famous movie star of the time and his weekly Western films were enormously popular. His name? Broncho Billy. And from 1908 to 1915, he dominated the movie screen.
Every week, an estimated 11 million people watched him in nickelodeon theatres across America. With every new film, his popularity grew. In total, he made 148 Broncho Billy films and became the first Western movie star in America.
Who was Broncho Billy and how did he become a legendary western movie star?
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Clint Eastwood
Trivia Question
Question: Clint Eastwood became an international movie star for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns. However, his first major starring role was in an American television western that began airing in 1959. What was the name of this western TV show?
A. The Rifleman
B. Wagon Train
C. Rawhide
D. The Virginian
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