However, itignited an audience’s appetite for such stories.
TheWestern icon John Waynedelivers plays a troubled anti-hero.
The film’s critical acclaim and commercial success solidified its status as one of the greatest Westerns ever made.
Its basic premise goes back to the true origins of both the Western genre and an unfortunate trope.
The first Western movie was a British filmKidnapping By Indians,filmed in Blackburn, Lancashire.
The plot centers around a brutal Native American raid on a white settlement.
The attackers torch the camp and abduct a young girl.
A group of cowboys intervenes, leading to a gunfight.
The captured girl is eventually rescued by the cowboys.
Its runtime was under two minutes.Its themes reflected an appetite for Wild West stories at the time.
Is Kidnapping By Indians Really The First Western Movie Ever Made?
The Blackburn production had a local cast.
A recent example of using the original trope is thePaul Greengrass movieNews of the World,released in 2020.
Source:TV Tropes
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