Movies starring Slim Pickens

Santa Fe Passage (1955)

91 mins     Western      

On one hand "Santa Fe Passage" is a routine western with a wagon train and Indian trouble as well as a romantic subplot. It has some nice ideas which sees a scout branded a traitor when a trade for a peaceful crossing through...

The Sheepman (1958)

85 mins     Comedy, Western      

"The Sheepman" or "Stranger with a Gun" which it's also known by is called a comedy western, something which I sort of disagree with. The reason being is that for the first 20 minutes "The Sheepman" revels in poking fun at we...

Stagecoach (1966)

115 mins     Western      

Stagecoach (1966) Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Bing Crosby, and Stefanie Powers are some of the famous names in this 1966 version of the John Ford western from 1939...

Rough Night in Jericho (1967)

104 mins     Western      

How many times in your life did you see Dean Martin play a bad guy? Whilst I can think of some rogues and shifty characters the only movie I know that he played an all out bad guy is "Rough Night in Jericho" and whilst Martin...

Will Penny (1967)

108 mins     Western      

Will Penny (1967) Charlton Heston stars as old wrangler Will Penny who having taken a job as a line rider finds himself caring for a woman and her son who he finds squatting in his shack...

Fool's Gold (1968)

75 mins     TV Movie, Western      

Considering episodes of "Cimarron Strip" only lasted 75 minutes, without adverts, when you watch episode 16 "Fool's Gold" it feels like it takes an age to get to what is the actual story. We get a whole lot of build up as the...

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

121 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western      

As a fan of the western genre it would be fair to say that sometimes one western starts to merge with the next as familiar storylines and cliche scenes crop up time and again. It's usually at this point, when I start to get t...

Blazing Saddles (1974)

93 mins     Comedy, Western      

Between the farting scene and "the sheriff is a n..." many may say that Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" is not only juvenile but also politically incorrect. They would be wrong but more importantly they would have forgotten ho...

Rancho Deluxe (1975)

93 mins     Comedy, Romance, Western      

Well I guess you needed to be there at the time to enjoy "Rancho Deluxe" as watching this 70s western comedy 40 years later I found myself wondering as to what it was that others saw in it. On paper I can see how it would wor...

The Swarm (1978)

155 mins     Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller      

To my knowledge there are two versions of "The Swarm", one 116 minute version and an 155 minute version, I have only seen the 155 minute version and it wasn't good. Now "The Swarm" has the notorious accolade of being one of t...

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

114 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

Whilst director and producer Irwin Allen wasn't the first man to make a disaster movie he was pivotal to the success of the genre during the 70s. But ironically you could also say that he also played a part in the ending of t...

The Howling (1981)

91 mins     Horror      

There is a lot of love for "The Howling" with many proclaiming it to be the best of its kind and before I continue I suppose I should say spoiler alert as by kind I mean werewolf movie and because I will mention some plot asp...