Top 26 Western Movies Editor's Choice from 1960

Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits. Read about The Magnificent Seven / IMDB / YouTube

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas. More about The Alamo / IMDB / YouTube

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe. Details on The Unforgiven / IMDB / YouTube

During the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall. Explore North to Alaska / IMDB / YouTube

A respected black cavalry sergeant stands court-martial after being accused of raping and killing a white woman as well as murdering her father, his superior officer. More about Sergeant Rutledge / IMDB / YouTube

In Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it. Explore The Sundowners / IMDB / YouTube

A man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive. Check out Comanche Station / IMDB / YouTube

Story of theatrical troupe that travels through the Old West. Look into Heller in Pink Tights / IMDB / YouTube

A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail. Look into Seven Ways from Sundown / IMDB / YouTube

A masked vigilante battles a corrupt commandant by night while masquerading as an aristocrat by day. Look into The Sign of Zorro / IMDB / YouTube

Mistaken for a murderous outlaw, an innocent passerby is forced to go on the run to try and clear his name by catching the real culprit. Info on Hell Bent for Leather / IMDB / YouTube

In this Western, Alan Ladd exacts revenge on a small town the best way he knows how -- by becoming sheriff. See more about One Foot in Hell / IMDB / YouTube

Feud between ranchers and lumberjacks over the issue of environment protection versus profits. Check out Guns of the Timberland / IMDB / YouTube

When four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town and make trouble, no one seems willing or able to take them on, not even Sam Christy, the toughest man in town. But then there is a murder. More about The Plunderers / IMDB / YouTube

Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River. Explore Ten Who Dared / IMDB / YouTube

The setting is 1886, somewhere in the Old West. Sergeant Bugs Bunny of the United States Cavalry is the sole guard of Fort Lariat, as everyone else has left for a mission. Renegade Sam leads an army of Indians in a siege of the fort. More about Horse Hare / IMDB / YouTube

In 1873, the town of Purgatory hires a town-tamer, but the evil saloon owner hires three gunfighters to kill him. See more about Four Fast Guns / IMDB / YouTube

In 1870s California, cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where will she go? Kim doesn't speak English and she will just be exploited by somebody el. Read about Walk Like a Dragon / IMDB / YouTube

In Primrose, Arizona, no self-respecting gunfighter wants to ruin his reputation by killing the town's sheriff who's not only a coward but the slowest draw in the West too. Look into The Slowest Gun in the West / IMDB / YouTube

Digest of 3 Northwest Passage (1958) 30-minute episodes: 2 by director George Waggner, and the central episode, 'The Break-Out' (first aired 19 October 1958), by Jacques Tourneur. More about Mission of Danger / IMDB / YouTube

Two women, Maria and Joanne cross the Mexican border into the United States to escape Mexico's authoritarian government. Their escape is foiled by bounty hunters, along with a band of men working for Joanne's ex lover, Escobar. Look into Half Way to Hell / IMDB / YouTube

In order to keep peace, an Army captain hunts a gang leader for raiding Indians. Info on Walk Tall / IMDB / YouTube