American Cinema

The Western (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary

With clips and critical commentary on Westerns the program traces the aesthetic evolution of the genre as well as its sociological importance.

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Jun 28, 1995 (United States)

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
John Lithgow Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The World According to Garp (1982)
Lindsay Anderson Self Self See fewer	If.... (1968)
Budd Boetticher Self Self See fewer	Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
Niven Busch Self Self See fewer	In Old Chicago (1938)
James Coburn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Clint Eastwood Self Self See fewer	Million Dollar Baby (2004)
John Ford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Quiet Man (1952)
Howard Hawks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Red River (1948)
Elmore Leonard Self Self See fewer	Out of Sight (1998)
Anthony Mann Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	El Cid (1961)
Thomas McGuane Self Self See fewer	92 in the Shade (1975)
Alphonso Ortiz Self Self See fewer	American Cinema (1995)
Arthur Penn Self Self See fewer	Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Thomas G. Schatz Self (as Thomas Schatz) Self (as Thomas Schatz) See fewer	The Quiet (2005)
Henry Sheehan Self Self See fewer	American Cinema (1995)
Annick Smith Self Self See fewer	A River Runs Through It (1992)
John Sturges Self Self See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
John Wayne Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	True Grit (1969)
Rudy Wurlitzer Self Self See fewer	Candy Mountain (1987)