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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
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Subject: This planet ain't big enough, etc... (SF Westerns)
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 14:14:17 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 14:14:17 1985
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> >
> >(P.S. Has there ever been a Sci Fi Western?)
> 
> Well,  _Battle  Beyond  the  Stars_  was  western  SF  (a  remake  of  _The
> Magnificent  Seven_,  itself  a  remake  of  _The  Seven Samurai_).  So was
> _Borderland_ (a remake of _High Noon_).
> 
  (^_Outland_, of course)

Another SF western is _Moon_Zero_Two_, complete with claim jumpers and
showdowns at high Earth (with a lady sheriff, in fact).  Haven't seen it
for years, but liked it when I was younger.  Starred James Olson (Andromeda
Strain, The Empire Strikes Back)

					     Ron Wanttaja
					     (ssc-vax!wanttaja)

"But we have no police, no army.  And I cannot spare the Presidential
 Band."