The Outlaw (Dir. Howard Hughes, 1943): Jane Russell plays a busty siren who steals the heart of Billy the Kid in this Howard Hughes/Howard Hawks-directed story which centres on the rivalrous, tentative friendships between Billy, Doc Holiday and Pat Garrett.

Vengeance Valley (Dir. Richard Thorpe, 1941): An unusually adult Western for its time, Vengeance Valley (1951) gave Burt Lancaster his first Western role. His athletic prowess made him perfect for the genre, and he'd go on to make Gunfight At O.K. Corral, Apache and The Unforgiven, among others. Vengeance Valley emphasises character development and the solid cast meets the challenge.

Robert Walker plays Burt's foster brother. Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Ted de Corsia, Hugh O'Brien and Glenn Strange lend support. One of the real stars of the picture is the gorgeous three-strip Technicolor photography by George J.Folsey. The West has rarely looked more colorful.

Santa Fe Trail (Dir. Michael Curtiz, 1940): Hollywood journeyman par excellence Michael Curtiz directs this historical Western which tells the stories of confederate soldier Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and General George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) as they fight abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).

One Eyed Jacks (Dir. Marlon Brando, 1961): Revenge and gold are his only motiviation! Marlon Brando plays Rio, a ruthless outlaw who has been double crossed by his partner Dad Longworth, following a bank robbery. Whilst Rio plots his escape from jail with revenge planted firmly in his mind, Longworth has become a sheriff...

Directed by and starring Academy Award winner, Marlon Brando.

The Painted Desert (Dir. Howard Higgin, 1931): Filmed at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, The Painted Desert follows the lives of two feuding cowboys, J. Farrell MacDonald and William Farnum, who clash over who will raise an orphaned boy they find at a deserted waterhole. Farnum takes the boy, whom he names Bill, but several years later the feud continues, this time over water their adjacent ranches share. Tension escalates until the grown Bill, played by William Boyd, must choose between his adoptive father, Farnum, and MacDonald, who has a lovely daughter whom Bill is fond of. Though not in a starring role, Clark Gable makes a notable debut in his first "talkie" picture as bad guy Rance Brett.