Anthony Mann

Spartacus -- Stanley Kubrick directs Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons in this Academy Award-winning classic story of a bold gladiator slave who takes on Imperial Rome.

Cimarron -- Cimarron is a moving saga about the life of a wandering Oklahoma pioneer and his frontier family from 1890 to 1915.

Oscar-nominated story stars Academy Award-winner James Stewart ("It's A Wonderful Life," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Vertigo") as a driven bounty hunter in pursuit of a ruthless outlaw, Oscar-nominee Robert Ryan ("Crossfire," "The Wild Bunch," "Bad Day at Black Rock"), and his beautiful girlfriend, Oscar-nominee Janet Leigh ("Psycho," "Touch of Evil, "Little Women"). Filmed in the stunning Rocky Mountains, it is considered by many as one of the best westerns ever made. Inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Police try to crack down on a gang that is exploiting illegal Mexican immigrants in this well-done drama that examines the realities of immigrant smuggling. Ricardo Montalban ("Star Trek 2," TV's "Fantasy Island") and Oscar-honoree George Murphy ("Battleground") star in this well-directed film by Anthony Mann. Co-starring the enjoyable and talented Howard Da Silva ("The Great Gatsby").

Mature is showcased as part of a trio of trappers who lose a year's worth of skins to marauding Indians. The three arrive at a cavalry outpost and take jobs as scouts. But all is not well at the fort, whose residents fear Indian attack and hate the new commander, Preston. Mature chases after Preston's woman, Bancroft.

Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins headline "The Tin Star," a tough-minded, character-driven western nominated for an Oscar for its story and screenplay. Perkins plays Ben Owens, a greenhorn sheriff who hasn't worn his badge long... and won't live to wear it much longer unless he gets some savvy help. Fonda, bringing to his role the presence and plain speaking that made him an icon of the cinematic West, plays wily bounty hunter Morg Hickman. "A decent man doesn't want to kill," Morg counsels Ben. "But if you're going to shoot, shoot to kill." Morg backs up his words with action. And when the time comes, so will Ben.

An intensely satisfying drama of rugged primitive justice, "The Man from Laramie" marked the final, and finest, collaboration of one of the most important teams in Western films: director Anthony Mann and star Jimmy Stewart. Together this perfectly-matched pair provided audiences with eight classic pictures, including "Winchester '73" and "Strategic Air Command." Under Mann's superb direction, Stewart departs from his well-loved "ordinary hero" role and gives a riveting performance as a resolute vigilante obsessed with finding the man responsible for his brother's death. Among the suspects are an arrogant cattle baron (Donald Crisp), his sadistic son (Alex Nicol) and his ranch foreman (Arthur Kennedy, in the best performance of his career). One explosive confrontation, in which Stewart is dragged by a wild horse and shot in the hand at close range, is one of movie history's most memorable sequences. Among the first Westerns filmed in CinemaScope, "The Man from Laramie" uses the widescreen technology to emphasize the scope and power of this harrowing action-drama, making it a perfect example of the Western as America's epic art form.

Livius, the loyal soldier and symbolic son of the aging emperor and Commodus, the corrupt heir to the throne are boyhood friends turned enemies when the latter accedes to the throne and sells out the values of his father, Marcus Aurelius for greed and hedonistic pleasures.

Livius, the loyal soldier and symbolic son of the aging emperor and Commodus, the corrupt heir to the throne are boyhood friends turned enemies when the latter accedes to the throne and sells out the values of his father, Marcus Aurelius for greed and hedonistic pleasures.

Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. The inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom, Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.

Cimarron is a moving saga about the life of a wandering Oklahoma pioneer and his frontier family from 1890 to 1915.

Cimarron is a moving saga about the life of a wandering Oklahoma pioneer and his frontier family from 1890 to 1915.