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Heaven's Gate
1980 · Adventure
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980 · Western
Bronco Billy
1980 · Action
Urban Cowboy
1980 · Drama
The Mountain Men
1980 · Western
The Long Riders
1980 · Western
Tom Horn
1980 · Action
The Electric Horseman
1979 · Drama
The Villain
1979 · Comedy
Eagle’s Wing
1979 · Western
The Frisco Kid
1979 · Drama
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979 · Comedy
The Bodyguard
1979 · Action
The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians
1978 · Action
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Drama
Goin' South
1978 · Comedy
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978 · Western
Shoot the Sun Down
1978 · Western
The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians
1978 · Western
Pony Express Rider
1976 · Western
The Shootist
1976 · Drama
From Noon Till Three
1976 · Western
Treasure of Matecumbe
1976 · Family
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · Western
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976 · Comedy
The Last Hard Men
1976 · Western
The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Drama
Hawmps!
1976 · Comedy
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976 · Comedy
Get Mean
1975 · Western
Breakheart Pass
1975 · Thriller
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975 · Drama
Winterhawk
1975 · Western
Rooster Cogburn
1975 · Western
Take a Hard Ride
1975 · Western
Hearts of the West
1975 · Western
Bite the Bullet
1975 · Adventure
We Are No Angels
1975 · Comedy
Gone with the West
1975 · Western
Four of the Apocalypse
1975 · Western
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