Yep it’s me with another wonderful article to dive into and maybe you would know some of these that we will be talking about. Today’s hot topic is, you may have guessed it by now, Cowboy movies! I’m going to bring up some cowboy movies and talk over some details about them and maybe you or someone you know may have seen them, maybe the actors will be familiar too.

These movies that I will bring up are between 1952-1993, don’t worry I’ll tell all the dates and such about them.

High Noon (1952)

This film takes place in Hadleyville which is a small town in New Mexico and a Marshal, Will Cane (Gary Cooper) and Amy Kane (Grace Kelly) had just gotten married all while Will prepares to retire as they want to start a family and run a store in another town. Will becomes conflicted as he got word a Frank Miller (Ian Macdonald) who is a vicious outlaw Will had sent to prison is being released and will arrive on train by noon which is the day before the Marshal is supposed to be leaving with his life to set their goals and life anew.

Now Will has to choose, allowing his duty and honor make him stay to face Frank, or leave according to plan with Amy who had left him an ultimatum, if he chooses to go forth and seek Frank she will board the noon train on her own, with or without Will. Will does what he knows and seeks out his friends and this man while Amy stays true to her word and when the noon train rolls around she just about enters the train before hearing shots ring out making her leave. She ran forth to them already knowing it may be Will and even if she went against her beliefs she shoots one of Miller's brothers before Frank grabs her and uses her as a shield to urge Will to come out. Amy manages to distract Frank by scratching his face and Will takes the shot, killing Frank. In the end they board the train and before they did Will took off his Marshal star and dropped it signaling leaving it all behind and moving to his and Amy’s feature.

Shane (1953)

This movie is very well known across the world and won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. A gunslinger Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into a small Wyoming town with hopes of quietly settling down as a farmhand. Taking a job on homesteader Joe Starrett's (Van Heflin) farm, Shane is drawn into a battle between the townsfolk and ruthless cattle baron Rufus Ryker (Emile Meyer). Shane's growing attraction to Starrett's wife, Marian (Jean Arthur), and his fondness for their son Joey (Brandon de Wilde), who idolizes Shane, force Shane to realize that he must thwart Ryker's plan. Ryker invites Starrett with the purpose of killing him to the saloon and Shane gets word of the double cross even knocking Starrett unconscious to save him. The young boy Joey follows to watch the fight as well and Shane kills the Ryker brothers but unfortunately gets injured. Outside, Shane sees Joey, who notices that Shane is bleeding. Shane bids farewell and rides out of the valley, ignoring Joey's desperate cries of "Shane! Come back!" One of the most famous lines from the movie.

Tombstone (1993)

This movie is well known throughout the world and loved by many. This one hits close to home as it is a story about Wyatt Earp, a man and name that is very familiar to us. Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), Morgan Earp (Bill Paxton), and Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott) all brothers have left their gunslinger ways behind them and decided mutually to settle down in Tombstone, Arizona and start a business in the town. Wyatt even found a long time friend of his in this new life and town, Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) who is trying to find relief as well in Tombstone so his condition of tuberculosis from worsening.Their intentions are to not start or even find any trouble but somehow trouble found them while becoming targets of a cowboy gang known to be as ruthless as they come which they encountered during gambling in a saloon.

While tensions arise since the encounter Wyatt who is no longer a lawman is pressured to help get rid of these cowboys. Wyatt, his brothers, and Doc pick up their guns and assist in restoring order and bring what was once a lawless land some justice.