His commitment to Western movies is a defining component of his career as well.

However, it does still excel at showcasing Hackmans talents in unsavory and violent roles.

Despite bombing at the box office upon release,Geronimo: An American Legendhas endured asa thought-provoking historical Western.

Every Gene Hackman Western, Ranked

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Her vendetta sees her enlist in a deadly shooting contest against several other notorious gunfighters.

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Gene Hackman looking pensive in The Hunting Party

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Gene Hackman as Nicholas Earp, holding Kevin Costner as Wyatt Earp by the collar through jail cell bars in ‘Wyatt Earp’ (1994)

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Zandy and Hannah looking to the distance in Zandy’s Bride

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A soldier in front of a an army in Geronimo

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Gene Hackman as John Herod pointing two guns at offscreen targets in The Quick and the Dead

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Two men looking in the same direction in Bite the Bullet

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Gene Hackman as Little Bill, looking serious outside Greely’s Beer Gardens in Unforgiven

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