4-Movie Marathon: Classic Western Collection (The Texas Rangers / Canyon Passage / Kansas Raiders / The Lawless Breed) [DVD]

Four classic westerns in one package. Texas Rangers is very good, Rock Hudson in the Lawless Breed is also very good, but I loved Canyon Passage! I have moved to Oregon and seeing places I have come to know, along with very well researched pioneer life as a backdrop to an excellent story make the whole package well worth this low price. Kansas Raiders was bad history, and not great acting. But you should buy this and make up your own mind.

Usually in these 4-packs - you have a couple of great movies & a couple of 'okay' movies. "Kansas Raiders" & "Canyon Passage" are fantastic classics! (I haven't watched the other two yet). The scenery & camera work in the two aforementioned movies is excellent! I had to laugh a little bit (being from Kansas, myself) at the beautiful pine-covered mountains of Kansas in "Kansas Raiders"! Absolutely NOTHING like that anywhere in this state! Haha! (Too bad, too!)

Here are listed all 4 westerns with my rating system of 5 stars or less. THE TEXAS RANGERS 1936. 5 stars. This was for me the surprise of the 4 films. Its the only one in b/w but with young Fred Mc Murray an excellent story. You will really enjoy this one. CANYON PASSAGE 1946 IN COLOR. 5 stars (10 if it were possible) This is by far and away the best of the 4. With Dana Andrews, Susan Hayworth and an evil Ward Bond. It takes place in Oregon in 1856. It has great story, fine acting and beautiful scenery and good action. A really good different western. KANSAS RAIDERS 1950 IN COLOR 2 stars. This the worst of the 4 by far. With Audie Murphy and Brian Donlevy. If you can believe it baby faced Murphy plays young Jesse James as guerrilla for southern irregulars with a conscience. Completely unbelievable as is wooden Brian Donlevy as leader of guerrillas. Very good action, otherwise 1 star. LAWLESS BREAD 1952 IN COLOR 4 stars. With very young handsome Rock Hudson and a very young and pretty Julia Adams. It pretends to be sort of the life story of famous Texas Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin and it is Hollywood style. Complete nonsense but colorful and Rock and Julia make a beautiful couple. With some action. So, well worth buying. Three out of four at a good price ain't bad!

I bought this because I love the movie canyon passage. Dana Andrews is one of my favorites. So far I have watched canyon passage and the Fred McMurray movie as well which was fun. I have not seen the other two, but the whole thing was very enjoyable so far.

There is only one real winner in my option in this set. It is Kansas Raiders starring Audie Murphy. It is however worth buying the set just for this movie if it is about the same or a little more than buying Kansas Raiders alone. I already had Kansas Raiders so I would be interested in selling this. If interested you can reach me at [email protected] I am pretty choosey about my westerns so this is just my opinion for what it is worth.

Four great movies, I can watch them again. The value of getting four movies are that low price, made it just that better.

I HAVE JUST ABOUT ALL THE BEST..... OF ALL THE BEST WESTERNS! BUT SENT ME ANY INFO ON ALL OF THE 50'S & 60'S TV SERIES & MOVIE WESTERNS!! I'LL SEE IF I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEM, BUT DON'T WAST YOUR TIME AND MIND SENDING ANY OF THESE WANNA BE WESTERNS OF TODAYS SHOWS!

I love old westerns, and these are some of the best! "Canyon Passage" stars a very lovely Susan Hayward and a young Dana Andrews. Beautiful scenery!

Four very good westerns from the 1950's (or earlier) when they really made the best. Good selection of stars and really good value for money. Try buying these individually!! You do need a dvd player which plays region 1 dvd's or play on your computer if you have a dvd drive as you can change regions on that. The Texas Rangers (remade as Streets of Laredo later) has plenty of action as does Kansas Raiders. I feel Canyon Passage is the weakest film of the group but only a personal opinion.

Good movie

If like me you are a fan of the traditional westerns of the 1940's and 1950's? Then this is the perfect collection for you. I enjoyed everyone of these films. And I certainly will be watching them again. You won't get one of these films for the price you pay for this collection. Teat yourself and buy it.

Start your home movie library with this classic set of 4 westerns. They don't make movies like this anymore! Plenty of action and beautiful scenery (and girls). This is what Saturday afternoons were made for!

Good collection of 4 movies... Always liked westerns the best since I was a kid... Always went to the Saturday afternoon movies... 90% of them were westerns and the rest mostly sword fighting movies and sailing ships on the Spanish Main... Alot of the movies about pirates and sailing ships back in the 1950s are not available any longer. I wonder why?