Eighth Annual DVD Talk Historical Challenge
1) THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967/U.S., 150 min., color, war adventure/MGM) Blu-ray
Dir.: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Ryan, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker.
2) Tales of Wells Fargo (1957-1962/U.S., b&w, half-hour western series/MCA) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Star: Dale Robertson.
“Deadwood” (Season 2 / #31, April 7, 1958) Dir.: Boris Sagal.
3) TAGGART (1964/U.S., 85 min., color, western/Universal) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Dir.: R.G. Springsteen. Cast: Tony Young, Dan Duryea, Dick Foran, Jean Hale, Elsa Cardenas.
4) Laramie (1959-63/U.S., color, hour-long western series/NBC) Seen on Encore Western-HD, May 31, 2017.
Cast: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr.
Season 1 / #1: “Stage Stop” (Sept. 15, 1959) Dir.: Herschel Daugherty. Writer-producer: Robert Pirosh. Guest cast: Dan Duryea, Everett Sloane.
5) Death Valley Days (1952-70/U.S., b&w, half-hour western anthology series) Seen on Encore Western-HD, May 31, 2017. Host: The Old Ranger (Stanley Andrews).
Season 5 / # 9: “Mercer Girl” (Jan. 7, 1957) Dir.: Stuart E. McGowan. Cast: Brad Jackson, Norma Ward, Peggy O’Connor.
6) Death Valley Days (1952-70/U.S., b&w, half-hour western anthology series) Seen on Encore Western-HD, May 31, 2017.
Host: The Old Ranger (Stanley Andrews).
Season 5 / # 10: “California’s Paul Revere” (Jan. 28, 1957) Dir.: Stuart E. McGowan. Cast: Alex Sharp, Don C. Harvey
7) Laramie (1959-63/U.S., b&w, hour-long western series/NBC) Seen on Encore Western-HD, June 1, 2017.
Cast: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr.
Season 1 / #2: “Glory Road” (Sept. 22, 1959) Dir.: Herschel Daugherty. Guest cast: Nanette Fabray, Eddie Albert.
8) RIO BRAVO (1959/U.S., 141 min., color, western/Warner Bros.) DVD
Dir.: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell.
9) Lone Wolf and Cub (1973/Japan, color, hour-long period adventure series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs. Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kazutaka Nishikawa.
#12: Ochiyo’s Boat
10) YAKUZA’S TALE (aka TOSEI-NIN RETSUDEN, 1969/Japan, 98 min., color, ws, yakuza drama/Toei) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.) Dir.: Shigehiro Ozawa. Cast: Koji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Ryo Ikebe, Junko Fuji.
June 6, 201711) ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (1934/U.S., 79 min., color, drama/RKO) Seen on TCM-HD.
Dir.: George Nichols Jr. Cast: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley.
12) SHINOBI NO MONO (1962/Japan, 105 min., b&w, ninja adventure/Daiei) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Satsuo Yamamoto. Cast: Raizo Ichikawa (as Goemon Ishikawa), Tomisaburo Wakayama (as Nobunaga Oda), Yunosuke Ito (as Sandayu Momochi).
13) Cheyenne (1955-1963/U.S., b&w, hour-long western series/WB) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Star: Clint Walker.
“Fury at Rio Hondo” (Season 1 / #12, April 17, 1956) Dir.: Leslie H. Martinson. Guest cast: Peggie Castle, Carl Esmond, Ralph Moody.
14) Laramie (1959-63/U.S., b&w, hour-long western series/NBC) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Cast: John Smith, Robert Fuller.
“Man of God” (Season 1 / #12, Dec. 1, 1959) Dir.: Lesley Selander. Guest cast: James Gregory, Bill Williams, Douglas Kennedy.
15) Death Valley Days (1952-70/U.S., b&w, half-hour western anthology series) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
“Birth of a Boom” (Season 6 / #14, Jan. 31, 1958) Dir.: Stuart E. McGowan. Cast: Roy Barcroft, Joel Smith, Byron Keith, Harry Fleer (as Wyatt Earp).
16) Death Valley Days (1952-70/U.S., b&w, half-hour western anthology series) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
“Yankee Pirate” (Season 6 / #15, Feb. 15, 1958) Dir.: Stuart E. McGowan. Cast: Ken Clark, Pamela Duncan, Edward Colmans, Gabriel Curtiz.
17) Tales of Wells Fargo (1957-1962/U.S., b&w, half-hour western series/MCA) Seen on Encore Western-HD. Star: Dale Robertson.
“The Dealer” (Season 3 / #16, Dec. 29, 1958) Dir.: Earl Bellamy. Scr.: A.I. Bezzerides. Guest cast: Vic Perrin, Jeanne Bates, Johnny Crawford.
18) Tales of Wells Fargo (1957-1962/U.S., b&w, half-hour western series/MCA) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Star: Dale Robertson.
“Showdown Trail” (Season 3 / #17, Jan. 5, 1959) Dir.: Earl Bellamy. Guest cast: Gloria Talbott, Will Wright, Stanley Clements, Myron Healey, Emile Meyer.
19) INCIDENT AT PHANTOM HILL (1966/U.S., 88 min., color, western/Universal) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Dir.: Earl Bellamy. Cast: Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane, Dan Duryea, Tom Simcox, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr.
20) THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE (1953/U.S.-U.K., 89 min., color, historical adventure/Warner Bros.) Seen on TCM-HD.
Dir.: William Keighley. Cast: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell, Yvonne Furneaux, Felix Aylmer, Mervyn Johns.
21) EL DORADO (1967/U.S., 126 min., color, western/Paramount) DVD
Dir.: Howard Hawks. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Charlene Holt, Edward Asner, Christopher George.
22) WONDER WOMAN (2017/U.S., 141 min., color, fantasy adventure/Warner Bros.) Seen at Cinepolis Chelsea Multiplex.
Dir.: Patty Jenkins. Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis.
23) SAMURAI REBELLION (1967/Japan, 121 min., b&w, historical drama/Toho) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Masaki Kobayashi. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Go Kato, Yoko Tsukasa, Tatsuya Nakadai.
24) Death Valley Days (1952-70/U.S., b&w, half-hour western anthology series) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
“The Great Amulet” (Season 6 / #20, Mar. 14, 1958) Dir.: Stuart E. McGowan. Cast: Don Reardon, Aline Towne.
Robert Louis Stevenson goes to California.
25) Death Valley Days (1952-70/U.S., b&w, half-hour western anthology series) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
“The Telescope Eye” (Season 6 / #21, Mar. 21, 1958) Dir.: Stuart E. McGowan. Cast: Slim Pickens, Richard Beymer.
26) Tales of Wells Fargo (1957-1962/U.S., b&w, half-hour western series/MCA) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Star: Dale Robertson.
“Lola Montez” (Season 3 / #23, Jan. 5, 1959) Dir.: Earl Bellamy. Guest Star: Rita Moreno.
27) A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964/Italy, 100 min., color, western/United Artists) DVD
Dir.: Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch.
28) LAWMAN (1971/U.S., 99 min., color, western, United Artists) Seen on Encore Western-HD.
Dir.: Michael Winner. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall, Sheree North, J.D. Cannon, Richard Jordan.
29) FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965/Italy, 132 min., color, western/United Artists) DVD (English-dubbed) Dir.: Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Luigi Pistilli.
June 24, 201730) IT’S A BIG COUNTRY: AN AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY (1951/U.S., 89 min., b&w, drama/MGM) Seen on TCM-HD.
Directors: Seven directors, including Clarence Brown, John Sturges, William Wellman. Cast includes: Ethel Barrymore, Janet Leigh, Gene Kelly, Marjorie Main, Van Johnson, Lewis Stone, Nancy Davis, Frederic March.
31) BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (1958/U.S., 79 min., color, western/Columbia) DVD
Dir.: Budd Boetticher. Scr.: Charles Lang, based on “Buchanan’s the Name.” Cast: Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Tol Avery, Barry Kelley, Peter Whitney.
32) YOJIMBO (1961/Japan, 110 min., b&w, historical adventure/Toho) Criterion DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Akira Kurosawa. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Eijiro Tono, Takashi Shimura.
33) HARD BREED TO KILL (1967/Mexico, 87 min., color, western) Seen on Amazon Prime (dubbed in English)
Dir.: Rafael Portillo. Cast: Slim Pickens, Emilio Fernandez, Julie Edwards, Paul Heslin. Aka UN TIPO DIFICIL DE MATAR.
34) KOJIRO (aka SASAKI KOJIRO, 1967/Japan, 151 min., color, samurai drama/Toho) DVD (In Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Hiroshi Inagaki. Cast: Kikunosuke Onoe, Yuriko Hoshi, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yoko Tsukasa.
35) THE SILENT SWORDSMAN (1967/Hong Kong, 94 min., color, historical adventure/Shaw Bros.) R3 DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.)
Dir.: Kao Li. Cast: Chang Yi, Chiao Chiao, Yu Hui, Shu Pei Pei.
36) ROUGH RIDERS, PART 1 (1997/U.S., 97 min., color, historical miniseries/TNT) Seen on EWST-HD, June 30, 2017.
Dir.: John Milius. Cast: Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Brad Johnson, Buck Taylor, Chris Noth.
Personal Checklist
36 items
20 movies
16 TV episodes
19 first time viewings
Seen on cable: 21
DVD: 12
Seen in a theater: 1
Amazon Prime: 1
Blu-ray: 1
U.S.: 26
Japan: 6
Italy: 2
Hong Kong: 1
Mexico: 1
1930s: 1
1940s: 0
1950s: 18
1960s: 13
1970s: 2
1980s: 0
1990s: 1
2000s: 0
2010s: 1
