Forty Guns (1957)

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshal arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

Genres: Western, Drama

What to watch after Forty Guns

• Hour of the Gun (1967) — Same feel: dramatic, tense
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) — Barry Sullivan appears in both
• The Man from Laramie (1955) — Same subject: ranch
• 7 Men from Now (1956)