amanaplan1 wrote:
Not sure if these were mentioned or if they qualify, but:

RED GARTERS
DEATH CURSE OF TARTU
A MAN CALLED HORSE (at least I thought it was weird, if not in the supernatural or horror film sense)
THE TRAVELING EXECUTIONER
BLAZING SADDLES (well, at least it's, um, different)
THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK
JOHNNY FIRECLOUD
STAR CRASH (with Western gunslinger robot)
SPACEBALLS (the Han Solo parody is named "Lone Star" and is clearly a Western take-off, as was Han "Sorry about the mess" Solo himself)

THE MAN WITH GOLDEN GUN, the 1974 James Bond flick, is supposed to be a kind of Western inversion, referencing "HIGH NOON" among others. The villain is ostensibly Bond's counterpart, "The Fastest Gun in the East," and is obsessed with killing the gunman he admires most, hence, his showdown/duel with 007. I've read that Jack Palance (SHANE) turned down the role, which eventually went to Christopher Lee (who recently did HANNIE CAULDER). The script was considered too short and not "Bondian" enough, so the "energy crisis / solar power" subplot was added/emphasized. At least, that's what I read.

The 1968 "Noon Doomsday" episode of TV's The Avengers liberally, er, borrowed so many references from HIGH NOON I'm surprised no one got sued.


If we include SF films with western motifs, you gotta include BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS for "Space Cowboy," even apart from the movie's inspiration (swiping?) from MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.