Once Upon a Time in a Western

Kris Kristofferson is Noble Adams, a retired tracker who worked for the law and for the U.S. Cavalry, helping trail outlaws and Apaches. At least he’s retired until an …

Ernest Borgnine is Sam Paxton, who’s shopping in town when news arrives that army deserters are pillaging in the area. He rushes back home with his wife Dora (Julie …

Michael Horse is Josiah “Josie” Anderson, half-breed son of cattle king Jacob Anderson (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), and he’s getting a hero’s welcome upon his return to Pine Meadows. He’s …

Brothers Mac Traven (Tom Selleck) and Dal Traven (Sam Elliott) return home after fighting on opposite sides in the Civil War. They promptly discover that ex-Confederates have stolen the …

The year is 1905, and the Ponderosa Ranch Ben Cartwright built is now in the hands of his brother Aaron (John Ireland) and Little Joe’s widow Annie (Barbara Anderson). …

Jane Alexander is Martha Jane Canary, aka Calamity Jane, in this story of her life from her meeting with Wild Bill Hickok to her appearance at the 1901 Pan …

Preston Foster is Tom Denton, Jim Davis his brother Fred, and they’re riding as deputies under Pete Coleman, marshal in Fort Grant, Texas. Then telegraph operator Laura Brock, Tom’s …

Bob Denver is Dusty, a cowboy somehow responsible for a wagon and a stagecoach getting separated from the rest of the wagon train. With wagonmaster Callahan (Forrest Tucker) leading …

Loretta Young is Annie Morgan, a young never-been-kissed Quaker woman who decides to head West and start a school after the death of her parents. She winds up in …

Loretta Young is Ramona, a young woman back home from convent and reunited with her “brother” Felipe in California, 1870. They seem very much like a young couple in …