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Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1890: Monkeyshines, No. 1: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise: Short: First ever American film: contradictory sources indicate this was shot either in June 1889 or November 1890
The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U.S.–Mexico border, particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Colonel Carrington (Roy Gordon) and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sioux Indian territory of Wyoming during the 1880s. The Colonel recruits former cavalry soldiers turned frontier scouts Jim Bridger (Dennis Morgan) and "Dakota Jack" Gaines (Richard Denning), now running a Wild West show, to head the fort building.
The firearms used are almost all anachronisms in an 1866 setting. With the exception of Ben Mockridge's 1850s-era percussion-cap pistol, the other pistols and rifles date from the early 1870s to the mid-1890s. Another anachronism is a pressure lantern (invented in the late 1890s) visible in one bar scene.
Because of the film’s cast, it is often associated with the "Brat Pack" set of 1980s actors. [3] Historian Paul Hutton called Young Guns the most historically accurate of all Billy the Kid films as of June 1990. [4] A sequel, Young Guns II, was released in August 1990, with the principal cast reprising their roles.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died Thursday after Alec Baldwin fired a loaded weapon that was handed to him by an assistant director who mistakenly believed it was safe to use on the New Mexico ...
This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
Forty Guns is a 1957 American Western film starring Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan and Gene Barry. Written and directed by Samuel Fuller , the independent [ 2 ] black-and-white picture was filmed in CinemaScope and released by 20th Century Fox .