Best Western Films of 1971

A Town Called Hell

A priest--a former revolutionary--finds ... the target of a manhunt in a small Mexican town. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Trinity Is Still My Name

In this comic Italian ... men speak so little that language is no barrier to enjoying this production, even in its original Italian-language release. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Five Savage Men

Abducted by a vicious ... chief track her tormentors as the vivid memories of her painful trauma push Alice to the edge of sanity. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Valdez Is Coming

Adapted from an Elmore ... who in a 1950s film might have looked as though she'd just visited a frontier branch of Max Factor. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Shoot Out

This western drama from ... the responsibility of looking after a six-year-old girl while looking for his old sidekick with revenge on his mind. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Chato's Land

Charles Bronson stars in ... stops running. Instead, Chato reverses course and begins to hunt down the posse, seeking vengeful retribution for the rape. [ best western films - 1971 ]

A Man Called Sledge

In this Italian western, ... finally find them in a Mexican town where the residents are celebrating a religious festival. A terrible shootout ensues. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Man and Boy

This western is notable ... track his stolen horse all over the Southwest, fighting bigoted bullies and the hardships of nature the whole way. [ best western films - 1971 ]

The Hired Hand

Meeting largely mixed reviews ... beyond the years of anger and estrangement, disaster strikes. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Captain Apache

A Native American working ... uncovers the schemes of a wealthy land owner and an assassination plot which will further victimize the local natives. [ best western films - 1971 ]

The Hunting Party

This infamously violent British ... and his men as his prey. Noted character actors G.D. Spradlin and L.Q. Jones round out the supporting cast. [ best western films - 1971 ]

J.W. Coop

Cliff Robertson wrote, produced, ... surprise, too. Coop wants and needs to win a national rodeo championship, despite all the new challenges he faces. [ best western films - 1971 ]

The Return of Sabata

In this spaghetti western, ... VanCleef essayed the character. In the second film Adios Sabata, the title character was played by Yul Brynner. [ best western films - 1971 ]

Il Giorno del Giudizio

Hardin is out for ... his wife and child are killed and he locates and eliminates the six man gang led by villain Brazzi. [ best western films - 1971 ]

La Mula de Cullen Baker

Cult favorite René Cardona, ... men's troop. As Baker acquires an increasingly large arsenal, he begins to murder anyone who dares to confront him. [ best western films - 1971 ]