Women in Westerns: 4 Movie & TV Scripts Worth Reading (Script Library)
1883
2021 | Drama | Western | Limited Series
The post-Civil war generation of the Dutton family travels to Texas, and joins a wagon train undertaking the arduous journey west to Oregon, before settling in Montana to establish what would eventually become the Yellowstone Ranch. [IMDb]
Written by Taylor Sheridan
Script: Episode 1, undated (for educational purposes only)
Godless
2017 | Action | Drama | Western | Limited Series
In the 1880s American West, murderous outlaw gang leader Frank Griffin hunts for ex-protege Roy Goode. Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico - a town inhabited, after a mining disaster, almost entirely by women. [IMDb]
** Emmy-Nominated Script **
Written by Scott Frank
Scripts: all dated May 17, 2016 (for educational purposes only)
- Episode 1: An Incident at Creede
- Episode 2: The Ladies of LaBelle
- Episode 3: Wisdom of the Horse
- Episode 4: Fathers & Sons
- Episode 5: Shot the Head Off a Snake
- Episode 6 & 7: Dear Roy & Homecoming
The English
2022 | Drama | Western | Limited Series
A woman seeks revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son. [IMDb]
Written by Hugo Blick
Script: Episode 1 "What You Want & What You Need" - numbered scenes, dated March 8, 2021 (for educational purposes only)
Jane Got a Gun
2015 | Western | Action | Drama | Based on a Book | Feature Film
A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. [IMDb]
Written by Brian Duffield and Anthony Tambakis & Joel Edgerton
Story by Brian Duffield
Based on the novel "Jane A Un Fusil, Mais En Vain (Jane Has a Gun, But To No Avail)" by Luke Duffield (uncredited)
Script version: First draft, undated, credited to Brian Duffield (for educational purposes only)
