All Time Best English Movies(Western)

1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters.

Cast

  Paul Newman  ...  Butch Cassidy 
  Robert Redford  ...  The Sundance Kid 
  Katharine Ross  ...  Etta Place 
  Strother Martin  ...  Percy Garris 
  Henry Jones  ...  Bike Salesman 
  Jeff Corey  ...  Sheriff Bledsoe 
  George Furth  ...  Woodcock 
  Cloris Leachman  ...  Agnes 
  Ted Cassidy  ...  Harvey Logan 
  Kenneth Mars  ...  Marshal 
  Donnelly Rhodes  ...  Macon 
  Jody Gilbert  ...  Large Woman Train Passenger 
  Timothy Scott  ...  News Carver 
  Don Keefer  ...  Fireman 
  Charles Dierkop  ...  Flat Nose Curry 



2. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.

Cast

  Clint Eastwood  ...  Joe 
  Marianne Koch  ...  Marisol 
  Gian Maria Volonté  ...  Ramón Rojo (as Johnny Wels) 
  Wolfgang Lukschy  ...  John Baxter (as W. Lukschy) 
  Sieghardt Rupp  ...  Esteban Rojo (as S. Rupp) 
  Joseph Egger  ...  Piripero (as Joe Edger) 
  Antonio Prieto  ...  Don Miguel Benito Rojo 
  José Calvo  ...  Silvanito (as Jose Calvo) 
  Margarita Lozano  ...  Consuelo Baxter (as Margherita Lozano) 
  Daniel Martín  ...  Julián 
  Benito Stefanelli  ...  Rubio (as Benny Reeves) 
  Mario Brega  ...  Chico (as Richard Stuyvesant) 
  Bruno Carotenuto  ...  Antonio Baxter (as Carol Brown) 
  Aldo Sambrell  ...  Rojo gang member (as Aldo Sambreli) 
  Harry Dean Stanton  ...  Prison Warden .version 1977 

3. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (original title)

Blondie (The Good) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is a hit man who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco comes across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor (Bill Carson) that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie meet with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold...

Cast

  Eli Wallach  ...  Tuco 
  Clint Eastwood  ...  Blondie 
  Lee Van Cleef  ...  Sentenza / Angel Eyes 
  Aldo Giuffrè  ...  Alcoholic Union Captain (as Aldo Giuffre') 
  Luigi Pistilli  ...  Father Pablo Ramirez 
  Rada Rassimov  ...  Maria 
  Enzo Petito  ...  Storekeeper 
  Claudio Scarchilli  ...  Mexican Peon 
  John Bartha  ...  Sheriff (as John Bartho) 
  Livio Lorenzon  ...  Baker 
  Antonio Casale  ...  Jackson / Bill Carson 
  Sandro Scarchilli  ...  Mexican Peon 
  Benito Stefanelli  ...  Member of Angel Eyes' Gang 
  Angelo Novi  ...  Monk 
  Antonio Casas  ...  Stevens 



4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

The last months of Jesse James's life, from meeting Robert Ford, a 19-year-old who idolizes Jesse, to the day Ford shoots him. Jesse's a wanted man, living under a pseudonym, carrying out a train robbery, disappearing to Kentucky, and reappearing to plan a bank holdup with Robert and Robert's brother as his team. The rest of the gang is dead, arrested, or gone from Missouri. Whenever Jesse's around, there's tension: he's murderous, quixotic, depressed, and cautious. Ford wants to be somebody and wants the reward. On April 3, 1882, things come to a head: Jesse is 34, Robert 20. Ford becomes famous, reenacting the shooting on stage, facing down the label "coward," shot dead in 1892.

Cast

  Brad Pitt  ...  Jesse James 
  Mary-Louise Parker  ...  Zee James 
  Brooklynn Proulx  ...  Mary James 
  Dustin Bollinger  ...  Tim James 
  Casey Affleck  ...  Robert Ford 
  Sam Rockwell  ...  Charley Ford 
  Jeremy Renner  ...  Wood Hite 
  Sam Shepard  ...  Frank James 
  Garret Dillahunt  ...  Ed Miller 
  Paul Schneider  ...  Dick Liddil 
  Joel McNichol  ...  Express Messenger 
  James Defelice  ...  Baggagemaster (as James DeFelice) 
  J.C. Roberts  ...  Engineer 
  Darrell Orydzuk  ...  Ukranian Train Passenger 
  Jonathan Erich Drachenberg  ...  Young Train Passenger 



5. The Magnificent Seven (1960)

A bandit terrorizes a small Mexican farming village each year. Several of the village elders send three of the farmers into the United States to search for gunmen to defend them. They end up with 7, each of whom comes for a different reason. They must prepare the town to repulse an army of over 100 bandits who will arrive wanting food.

Cast

  Yul Brynner  ...  Chris Larabee Adams 
  Eli Wallach  ...  Calvera 
  Steve McQueen  ...  Vin Tanner 
  Charles Bronson  ...  Bernardo O'Reilly 
  Robert Vaughn  ...  Lee 
  Brad Dexter  ...  Harry Luck 
  James Coburn  ...  Britt 
  Horst Buchholz  ...  Chico 
  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos  ...  Hilario (as Jorge Martinez de Hoyas) 
  Vladimir Sokoloff  ...  Old Man 
  Rosenda Monteros  ...  Petra 
  Rico Alaniz  ...  Sotero 
  Pepe Hern   
  Natividad Vacío  ...  Miguel (as Natividad Vacio) 
  Mario Navarro  ...  Boy with O'Reilly 




6. The Searchers (1956)

Ethan Edwards, returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother, hopes to find a home with his family and to be near the woman he obviously but secretly loves. But a Comanche raid destroys these plans, and Ethan sets out, along with his 1/8 Indian nephew Martin, on a years-long journey to find the niece kidnapped by the Indians under Chief Scar. But as the quest goes on, Martin begins to realize that his uncle's hatred for the Indians is beginning to spill over onto his now-assimilated niece. Martin becomes uncertain whether Ethan plans to rescue Debbie...or kill her.

Cast

  John Wayne  ...  Ethan Edwards 
  Jeffrey Hunter  ...  Martin Pawley 
  Vera Miles  ...  Laurie Jorgensen 
  Ward Bond  ...  Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton 
  Natalie Wood  ...  Debbie Edwards - age 15 
  John Qualen  ...  Lars Jorgensen 
  Olive Carey  ...  Mrs. Jorgensen 
  Henry Brandon  ...  Chief Cicatriz - Scar 
  Ken Curtis  ...  Charlie McCorry 
  Harry Carey Jr.  ...  Brad Jorgensen 
  Antonio Moreno  ...  Emilio Gabriel Fernandez y Figueroa 
  Hank Worden  ...  Mose Harper 
  Beulah Archuletta  ...  Wild Goose Flying in the Night Sky (Look) 
  Walter Coy  ...  Aaron Edwards 
  Dorothy Jordan  ...  Martha Edwards 



7. The Wild Bunch (1969)

In the Wild Bunch the movie opens with a group of aging outlaw's final score, a bank robbery. The event concludes with a violent and overtly bloody shootout that would generally mark the finale of a movie. This is correct in that it marks the finale of an era, for the characters and the world they live in. They simply can no longer keep up, the times are changing, technology advancing, and they're style of life is getting left behind in the dust that they spent so long galloping through. They abandon their careers for the simpler life of retirement. They enjoy this time, they live their fantasies. During this time the law is always on their tracks, bounty hunters. The further into their fantasy they get, the closer their demise seems to get. When one of their own is captured they are faced with the choice of escape or what is certainly a suicide mission to attempt and free their fallen behind comrade...

Cast

  William Holden  ...  Pike Bishop 
  Ernest Borgnine  ...  Dutch Engstrom 
  Robert Ryan  ...  Deke Thornton 
  Edmond O'Brien  ...  Freddie Sykes 
  Warren Oates  ...  Lyle Gorch 
  Jaime Sánchez  ...  Angel (as Jaime Sanchez) 
  Ben Johnson  ...  Tector Gorch 
  Emilio Fernández  ...  Gen. Mapache (as Emilio Fernandez) 
  Strother Martin  ...  Coffer 
  L.Q. Jones  ...  T.C 
  Albert Dekker  ...  Pat Harrigan 
  Bo Hopkins  ...  Clarence 'Crazy' Lee 
  Dub Taylor  ...  Rev. Wainscoat 
  Paul Harper  ...  Ross 
  Jorge Russek  ...  Maj. Zamorra 



8. Unforgiven (1992)

The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Unsatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth.

Cast

  Clint Eastwood  ...  Bill Munny 
  Gene Hackman  ...  Little Bill Daggett 
  Morgan Freeman  ...  Ned Logan 
  Richard Harris  ...  English Bob 
  Jaimz Woolvett  ...  The 'Schofield Kid' 
  Saul Rubinek  ...  W.W. Beauchamp 
  Frances Fisher  ...  Strawberry Alice 
  Anna Levine  ...  Delilah Fitzgerald (as Anna Thomson) 
  David Mucci  ...  Quick Mike 
  Rob Campbell  ...  Davey Bunting 
  Anthony James  ...  Skinny Dubois 
  Tara Frederick  ...  Little Sue (as Tara Dawn Frederick) 
  Beverley Elliott  ...  Silky 
  Liisa Repo-Martell  ...  Faith 
  Josie Smith  ...  Crow Creek Kate 



9. Blazing Saddles(1974)

The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.

Cast

  Cleavon Little  ...  Bart 
  Gene Wilder  ...  Jim 
  Slim Pickens  ...  Taggart 
  Harvey Korman  ...  Hedley Lamarr 
  Madeline Kahn  ...  Lili Von Shtupp 
  Mel Brooks  ...  Governor William J. Lepetomane / Indian Chief 
  Burton Gilliam  ...  Lyle 
  Alex Karras  ...  Mongo 
  David Huddleston  ...  Olson Johnson 
  Liam Dunn  ...  Rev. Johnson 
  John Hillerman  ...  Howard Johnson 
  George Furth  ...  Van Johnson 
  Jack Starrett  ...  Gabby Johnson (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.) 
  Carol Arthur  ...  Harriett Johnson 
  Richard Collier  ...  Dr. Sam Johnson 



10. Stagecoach(1939)

A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.

Cast

  Claire Trevor  ...  Dallas 
  John Wayne  ...  Ringo Kid 
  Andy Devine  ...  Buck 
  John Carradine  ...  Hatfield 
  Thomas Mitchell  ...  Josiah 'Doc' Boone 
  Louise Platt  ...  Lucy Mallory 
  George Bancroft  ...  Marshal Curley Wilcox 
  Donald Meek  ...  Samuel Peacock 
  Berton Churchill  ...  Henry Gatewood 
  Tim Holt  ...  Lieutenant Blanchard 
  Tom Tyler  ...  Luke Plummer 


11. Red River (1948)

Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way, new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways cause Matthew to take the herd away from Dunson and head to a new railhead in Kansas. Dunson, swearing vengeance, pursues.

Cast

  John Wayne  ...  Thomas Dunson 
  Montgomery Clift  ...  Matt Garth 
  Joanne Dru  ...  Tess Millay 
  Walter Brennan  ...  Nadine Groot 
  Coleen Gray  ...  Fen (as Colleen Gray) 
  Harry Carey  ...  Mr. Melville (as Harry Carey Sr.) 
  John Ireland  ...  Cherry Valance 
  Noah Beery Jr.  ...  Buster McGee 
  Harry Carey Jr.  ...  Dan Latimer 
  Chief Yowlachie  ...  Quo (as Chief Yowlatchie) 
  Paul Fix  ...  Teeler Yacey 
  Hank Worden  ...  Simms Reeves 
  Mickey Kuhn  ...  Matt - as a Boy 
  Ray Hyke  ...  Walt Jergens 
  Hal Taliaferro  ...  Old Leather 


12. Rio Bravo(1959)

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

Cast

  John Wayne  ...  Sheriff John T. Chance 
  Dean Martin  ...  Dude ('Borachón') 
  Ricky Nelson  ...  Colorado Ryan 
  Angie Dickinson  ...  Feathers 
  Walter Brennan  ...  Stumpy 
  Ward Bond  ...  Pat Wheeler 
  John Russell  ...  Nathan Burdette 
  Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez  ...  Carlos Robante (as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez) 
  Estelita Rodriguez  ...  Consuela Robante 
  Claude Akins  ...  Joe Burdette 
  Malcolm Atterbury  ...  Jake (stage driver) 
  Harry Carey Jr.  ...  Harold (scenes deleted) 
  Sheb Wooley  ...  Cowboy (scenes deleted) 



13. High Noon(1952)

On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller's gang, who are waiting for him at the station...

Cast

  Gary Cooper  ...  Marshal Will Kane
  Thomas Mitchell  ...  Mayor Jonas Henderson 
  Lloyd Bridges  ...  Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell 
  Katy Jurado  ...  Helen Ramírez 
  Grace Kelly  ...  Amy Fowler Kane 
  Otto Kruger  ...  Judge Percy Mettrick 
  Lon Chaney Jr.  ...  Martin Howe (as Lon Chaney) 
  Harry Morgan  ...  Sam Fuller (as Henry Morgan) 
  Ian MacDonald  ...  Frank Miller 
  Eve McVeagh  ...  Mildred Fuller 
  Morgan Farley  ...  Dr. Mahin - Minister 
  Harry Shannon  ...  Cooper 
  Lee Van Cleef  ...  Jack Colby 
  Robert J. Wilke  ...  Jim Pierce (as Robert Wilke) 
  Sheb Wooley  ...  Ben Miller 



14. 3:10 to Yuma(2007)

Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sale of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery led by famed outlaw Ben Wade. Shortly thereafter, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans's effort to take Wade to the station is in part an effort to save his land but also part of an inner battle to determine whether he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes by Indians, pursuits by Wade's vengeful gang and Wade's own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all the more intense.

Cast

  Russell Crowe  ...  Ben Wade 
  Christian Bale  ...  Dan Evans 
  Logan Lerman  ...  William Evans 
  Dallas Roberts  ...  Grayson Butterfield 
  Ben Foster  ...  Charlie Prince 
  Peter Fonda  ...  Byron McElroy 
  Vinessa Shaw  ...  Emma Nelson 
  Alan Tudyk  ...  Doc Potter 
  Luce Rains  ...  Marshal Weathers 
  Gretchen Mol  ...  Alice Evans 
  Lennie Loftin  ...  Glen Hollander 
  Rio Alexander  ...  Campos 
  Johnny Whitworth  ...  Darden 
  Shawn Howell  ...  Jackson (as Shawn D. Howell) 
  Pat Ricotti  ...  Jorgensen 



15. For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Two bounty hunters are after the same man, Indio. At first, they go their own ways, but eventually get together to try and find him. But are they after him for the same reason ?

Cast

  Clint Eastwood  ...  Monco 
  Lee Van Cleef  ...  Col. Douglas Mortimer 
  Gian Maria Volonté  ...  El Indio (The Indian) (as Gian Maria Volonte') 
  Mara Krupp  ...  Mary - the innkeeper (as Mara Krup) 
  Luigi Pistilli  ...  Groggy, Member of Indio's Gang 
  Klaus Kinski  ...  Wild (the hunchback) 
  Joseph Egger  ...  Old Prophet (as Josef Egger) 
  Panos Papadopulos  ...  Sancho Perez, Member of Indio's Gang (as Panos Papadopoulos) 
  Benito Stefanelli  ...  Luke 
  Roberto Camardiel  ...  Tucumcari station clerk (as Robert Camardiel) 
  Aldo Sambrell  ...  Cuccillo 
  Luis Rodríguez  ...  Manuel, Member of Indio's Gang (as Luis Rodriguez) 
  Tomás Blanco  ...  Tucumcari sheriff (as Tomas Blanco) 
  Lorenzo Robledo  ...  Tomaso, Indio's Traitor 
  Sergio Mendizábal  ...  Tucumcari bank manager (as Sergio Mendizabal) 


16. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.

Cast

  Humphrey Bogart  ...  Dobbs 
  Walter Huston  ...  Howard 
  Tim Holt  ...  Curtin 
  Bruce Bennett  ...  Cody 
  Barton MacLane  ...  McCormick (as Barton Mac Lane) 
  Alfonso Bedoya  ...  Gold Hat 
  Arturo Soto Rangel  ...  Presidente (as A. Soto Rangel) 
  Manuel Dondé  ...  El Jefe (as Manuel Donde) 
  José Torvay  ...  Pablo (as Jose Torvay) 
  Margarito Luna  ...  Pancho 



17. True Grit (2010)

Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.

Cast

  Jeff Bridges  ...  Rooster Cogburn 
  Hailee Steinfeld  ...  Mattie Ross 
  Matt Damon  ...  LaBoeuf 
  Josh Brolin  ...  Tom Chaney 
  Barry Pepper  ...  Lucky Ned Pepper 
  Dakin Matthews  ...  Col. Stonehill 
  Jarlath Conroy  ...  Undertaker 
  Paul Rae  ...  Emmett Quincy 
  Domhnall Gleeson  ...  Moon (The Kid) 
  Elizabeth Marvel  ...  40-Year-Old Mattie 
  Roy Lee Jones  ...  Yarnell 
  Ed Corbin  ...  Bear Man 
  Leon Russom  ...  Sheriff 
  Bruce Green  ...  Harold Parmalee 
  Candyce Hinkle  ...  Boarding House Landlady 


18. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by who? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica on his quest to get even. Get-rich-quick subplots and intricate character histories intertwine with such artistic flair that this could in fact be the movie-to-end-all-movies.

Cast

  Henry Fonda  ...  Frank 
  Claudia Cardinale  ...  Jill McBain 
  Jason Robards  ...  Cheyenne 
  Charles Bronson  ...  Harmonica 
  Gabriele Ferzetti  ...  Morton (railroad baron) 
  Paolo Stoppa  ...  Sam 
  Woody Strode  ...  Stony - Member of Frank's Gang 
  Jack Elam  ...  Snaky - Member of Frank's Gang 
  Keenan Wynn  ...  Sheriff (auctioneer) 
  Frank Wolff  ...  Brett McBain 
  Lionel Stander  ...  Barman 


19. Dances with Wolves (1990)

Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs "Two-socks" and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man's ways.

Cast

  Kevin Costner  ...  Lieutenant Dunbar 
  Mary McDonnell  ...  Stands With A Fist 
  Graham Greene  ...  Kicking Bird 
  Rodney A. Grant  ...  Wind In His Hair 
  Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman  ...  Ten Bears (as Floyd Red Crow Westerman) 
  Tantoo Cardinal  ...  Black Shawl 
  Robert Pastorelli  ...  Timmons 
  Charles Rocket  ...  Lieutenant Elgin 
  Maury Chaykin  ...  Major Fambrough 
  Jimmy Herman  ...  Stone Calf 
  Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse  ...  Smiles A Lot 
  Michael Spears  ...  Otter 
  Jason R. Lone Hill  ...  Worm 
  Tony Pierce  ...  Spivey 
  Doris Leader Charge  ...  Pretty Shield 


20. The Emigrants (1971) Utvandrarna (original title)

In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and some bad harvests makes it tough. One of their children even starve to death. Thus, they decide to emigrate to the U.S. They meet a group of farmers with their families planing the emigration under the leadership of a banned priest. They sell everything and embark for the U.S. The journey on the sailing ship is long and tedious. Some of the emigrants will never reach the New World.

Cast

  Max von Sydow  ...  Karl Oskar 
  Liv Ullmann  ...  Kristina 
  Eddie Axberg  ...  Robert Nilsson 
  Sven-Olof Bern  ...  Nils 
  Aina Alfredsson  ...  Marta 
  Allan Edwall  ...  Danjel 
  Monica Zetterlund  ...  Ulrika 
  Pierre Lindstedt  ...  Arvid 
  Hans Alfredson  ...  Jonas Petter 
  Ulla Smidje  ...  Danjel's wife 
  Eva-Lena Zetterlund  ...  Elin, Ulrika's daughter 
  Gustaf Färingborg  ...  The Vicar 
  Åke Fridell  ...  Aron 
  Agneta Prytz  ...  Fina Kajsa 
  Halvar Björk  ...  Anders