1969 was a nice year for Westerns, so we've picked five memorable examples from the year that went on to define the genre.

If you’re a fan of “Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Goodfellas” or any film hailing from the western genre, you may owe your favorite movie to one of cinema’s original visionaries: John Ford.

On Dec. 3, 1946, John Ford's Wyatt Earp Western feature bowed in New York. By Jack D. Grant On December 3, 1946, 20th Century-Fox brought John Ford’s Wyatt Earp Western My Darling Clementine to the ...