Just what constitutes a genre classic is certainly put to the test in this collection of six westerns from years past whose titles may be familiar to genre aficionados but which have not exactly earned that illustrious label. But if you're looking for a banner under which to release six genre titles, Western Classic certainly sounds better than Western...erm...movies.

Bad Jim (1990) – UK DVD premiere.
When three cowhands, John T. (John Clark Gable), B.D. (James Brolin, Catch Me If You Can, Westworld, Traffic), and July (Richard Roundtree, Brick, Shaft), are offered a magnificent Sorrel stallion in exchange for one of their mangy cowponies, they are naturally suspicious. As it turns out, they were right to be so, as bank robbing and killing become the norm for these once pure and honest cowboys, ever since they became "tainted" by Bad Jim. Directed by Clyde Ware, who started his directing career with the western TV series Gunsmoke, and featuring the movie acting debut of John Clarke Cable, son of Hollywood legend Clarke Gable.

Barquero (1970) – UK DVD premiere.
A Sergio Leone-inspired western from director Gordon Douglas (In Like Flint, Them!, The Detective), starring cult seventies icon Lee Van Cleef (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) as Travis Barquero – a mysterious, hard as nails, shotgun wielding boat owner who is the only thing standing in between a ruthless gang of vicious outlaws and their freedom. The film also stars Warren Oates and Forrest Tucker.

Billy Two Hats (1974) – UK DVD premiere.
Directed by Ted Kotcheff (Fun with Dick and Jane, First Blood) and written by Alan Sharp (Ulzana's Raid), Billy Two Hats stars Desi Arnaz Jr as the eponymous hero who, along with Scotsman Deans (Gregory Peck), stages a robbery and then goes on the run, falling in love with the wife of an old rancher for good measure on the way...

The Glory Guys (1965) – UK DVD premiere.
Renowned for its authentic depiction of frontier life, The Glory Guys follows the lives and loves of a group of young cavalry men, from their initial recruitment and training, to eventually being lead towards their tragic fate by a sadistic, war mongering General. Directed by TV veteran Arnold Laven (The A-Team) and based on a screenplay by genuine Hollywood maverick Sam Peckinpah, the film stars Tom Tryon (later a successful author) and Senta Berger and features an early movie role for the young James Caan.

Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) – UK DVD premiere.
Celebrated cowboy movie star Joel McCrea (Ride The High Country, The Virginian) plays gunman turned lawman and frontier legend Bat Masterson in a film whose title is anything but ambiguous. On a quest to put his old life behind him and find the killer of his brother, Bat Masterson rolls into the notorious Dodge City with a chip on his shoulder and a gun on his hip. In a town rife with bloodshed and corruption, the town's residents are keen to elect a man like Masterson for their local sheriff. But his mysterious past is about to catch up with him as an old face calls in a favour and Bat must make a choice that might cost him his life.

The King and Four Queens (1956) – UK DVD premiere.
Starring Hollywood superstar Clark Gable and celebrated actress Eleanor Parker, The King And Four Queens is a bawdy, suspenseful and thrilling western from the great Raoul Walsh (White Heat, They Died With Their Boots On) in which Gable stars as a suave, smooth-talking cowboy who must coax the whereabouts of a stash of gold out of a group of widows living on an isolated farm.

Extra features on all of the discs have yet to be confirmed, but all are to be released individually on 27th April 2009 by Optimum Home Entertainment at the RRP of £15.99 apiece. Extra features have yet to be confirmed.