High Noon (1952) / Once Upon A Time In The West / War Wagon - 3 DVD Collection (3 Disc Set)

High Noon:
High Noon has been described as the most perfect western ever made, and sees Gary Cooper in his most memorable role, that would earn him his second Oscar. Cooper plays Will Kane, a Marshall who is hanging up his guns and his 'tin star', to marry and settle down with Amy. Right after the ceremony, however, news arrives that Frank Miller - a killer arrested by Kane - has been pardoned from his sentence, and is now heading toward town on the noon train, intent on revenge. Kane, against the advice of the townspeople and the wishes of his new bride, refuses to leave - he's never run from anything in his life. He tries to find help, but to no avail. The whole town hides behind locked doors. And so he waits alone - to kill or be killed - as the hands on the clock edge ever nearer to noon, and one of the greatest showdowns in movie history.

Special Effects:

• Slipcase packaging
  
• Commentary by Maria Cooper-Janis, Jonathan Foreman, Tim Zinnemann, John Ritter and David Crosby
  
• "The Making of High Noon" hosted by Leonard Maltin
  
• "Behind High Noon" documentary
  
• Radio broadcast with Tex Ritter

Once Upon a Time In The West:
Sergio Leone's monumental epic Once Upon A Time In The West ranks among the five or six all-time Western masterpieces. The picture itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations, as grand as its fine, distinguished cast. Henry Fonda plays the blackest character of his long career and he's utterly convincing. He's Frank, the ruthless, murderous psychopath who suffers conscience pangs after annihilating an entire family. Jason Robards is the half-breed falsely accused of the terrible slaughter. Charles Bronson plays the harmonica playing man who remembers how his brother was savagely tortured. Brilliantly directed by Leone and accompanied by one of Ennio Morriconne's greatest scores, this glorious picture helped re-establish the Western's significance.

Special Features:

• Commentary track with contributions from directors John Carpenter, John Milius and Alex Cox, film historians Sir Christopher Frayling and Dr. Sheldon Hall plus cast and crew

The War Wagon:
John Wayne teams up with Kirk Douglas in The War Wagon, an action-packed western filmed in a remote part of Mexico. Wayne plays rancher Taw Jackson who's dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Wayne puts together a crew that includes an old character, (Keenan Wynn), a half-civialized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Of course, they manage the impossible to the tune of half a million dollars in gold bullion, accompanied by the music of Academy Award winner Dimitri Tiomkin.