Westerns Collection (Blu-ray)

Directed by Clint Eastwood, Sam Peckinpah, Howard Hawks, John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sydney Penny, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Warren Oates, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Rick Nelson, Walter Brennan, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, James Stewart, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood
Contributors: Clint Eastwood, Michael Butler, Dennis Shyrack, Lennie Niehaus, Bruce Surtees, Phil Feldman, Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah, Roy N. Sickner, Jerry Fielding, Lucien Ballard, Howard Hawks, Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett, Dimitri Tiomkin, Russell Harlan, Bernard Smith, James R. Webb, Alfred Newman, Ken Darby, Charles Lang Jnr, Milton Krasner, Harold Wellman, William Daniels, Joseph LaShelle, Spencer Tracy, Merian C. Cooper, Frank S. Nugent, Max Steiner, Winton C. Hoch
Studio: Warner Bros. Home Ent.
Genre: Western
Main Language: English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 17 Sep 2012
Originally Issued: 1985
No of Discs: 5
BBFC Cert: (18) Suitable for 18 years and over.
Run Time: 685 minutes

Description

Collection of five western feature films. 'The Searchers' (1956) tells the story of Ethan Edwards (John Wayne), an ex-confederate soldier who swears revenge after his brother's family is butchered by Comanches and his niece (Natalie Wood) is kidnapped. Accompanied by Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter), Ethan sets out on an epic seven-year search for the missing girl.

In 'Pale Rider' (1985) a community of gold mining prospectors comes under attack from a gang of marauders who are after the prospectors' land. Young Megan Wheeler (Sydney Penny) prays for help, which consequently arrives in the form of the Preacher (Clint Eastwood), a grim, silent stranger. In 'The Wild Bunch' (1969), set in 1913, a gang of outlaws (William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Warren Oates, amongst others) ride into a Texan border town where the railroad office is their target.

The robbery turns into a blood-bath so the gang flee to a desert hideout where they discover that their loot is worthless... In 'Rio Bravo' (1959) Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne) is holding a murderous villain in his cell while waiting for a magistrate to collect him for trial.

The criminal's associates are desperate to free him and will stop at nothing to achieve their goal... 'How the West Was Won' (1962) traces the fortunes of several generations of an American pioneer family as they move West and cope with the Civil War. The film's several sections were made by different directors, including Henry Hathaway and John Ford.

Spencer Tracy narrates, while Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, James Stewart and John Wayne top the all-star bill.

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