6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Forty Guns (1957)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
Overview
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film receives a neutral rating because its central conflict revolves around the universal theme of establishing law and order in a lawless territory, and its narrative solution focuses on pragmatic societal transition rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
This 1957 Western features traditional casting practices, with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without incorporating explicit critiques or central DEI themes.
Secondary
Forty Guns does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on conventional Western tropes, focusing on heterosexual relationships and conflicts, thus rendering the film N/A for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Forty Guns is an original film from 1957, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. All characters were created for this specific production, meaning there are no prior canonical or historical gender baselines to compare against for a gender swap.
Forty Guns (1957) is an original Western film with fictional characters. There is no prior source material, historical record, or established canon for its characters to be compared against, thus precluding any race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
6.5
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
More Like This
Leans Traditional
7.9
The Misfits
(1961)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
6.8
One-Eyed Jacks
(1961)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Traditional
7.5
Pale Rider
(1985)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Traditional
7.3
Hang 'em High
(1968)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Traditional
8.1
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Traditional
7.7
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(1954)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
6.9
Duel in the Sun
(1946)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Traditional
7.6
Titanic
(1953)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Traditional
8.1
True Grit
(2010)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Traditional
8.3
Shane
(1953)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.9
Jeremiah Johnson
(1972)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Traditional
7.9
The Big Country
(1958)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Traditional
6.8
The Cowboys
(1972)
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Moderate
Traditional
8.5
High Noon
(1952)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.8
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.8
High Plains Drifter
(1973)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.2
Executive Suite
(1954)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
8.0
The Lusty Men
(1952)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.6
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Leans Traditional
7.1
House of Bamboo
(1955)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral