Free public domain westerns
28 titles on the air now, made between 1903 and 1955 - about 34 hours of viewing in all. 27 are feature-length (40 minutes or more) and 1 are shorts. 5 are silent films presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score.
Every western currently on the air at Starlite TV, from silent-era frontier pictures to 1930s and 1940s sound westerns. They are public domain in the U.S. - most because they were published before 1931 or their copyrights were not renewed - and each title page shows how we checked.
Westerns run 24/7 on Dusty Trails. Tuesday is Duke Tuesday in prime time, built around the John Wayne films in the lineup.
Where to start
Prime-time headliners and titles with full background guides.
- Angel and the Badman (1947) 100 min · Dusty Trails
By the mid-1940s John Wayne was a major star, and Angel and the Badman was the first film he produced himself. He gave the writing and directing job to his friend and frequent screenwriter James Edward Grant, and the result is an unusual Western: one that is more interested in peace than in gunfights. - The Big Trail (1930) 117 min · Dusty Trails
The Big Trail was one of the most ambitious films of the early sound era. - The Great Train Robbery (1903) 10 min · Dusty Trails
The Great Train Robbery was made by Edwin S. Porter for Thomas Edison's film company in November 1903, shot in the Edison studio in New York and on location in New Jersey. - The Iron Horse (1924) 150 min · Dusty Trails
- The Outlaw (1943) 116 min · Dusty Trails
- Santa Fe Trail (1940) 110 min · Dusty Trails
- Texas Terror (1935) 52 min · Dusty Trails
- The Trail Beyond (1934) 55 min · Dusty Trails
