All this talk about shooting velociraptors brings to mind that classic of Bad Cinema:
The Valley of Gwangi
The stop-motion magic of Ray Harryhausen is the high point of this sometimes good, sometimes awful cowboys 'n' dinosaurs fantasy-adventure, which pits James Franciscus and Richard Carlson as members of a on-its-last-legs Wild West show, who discover the solution to their problems--a tiny prehistoric horse. Next thing you know, they're in the Lost Valley of Lost Dinosaurs, where they find the fearsome Gwangi-an allosaur, apparently, that they capture for exhibition (like they could really keep it in that wooden cage).
But as every watcher of Bad Cinema knows, dinosaurs (indeed all monsters) always break free. Soon, the beast Lays Havoc to Everything. A so-so film, but Harryhausen's effects are spectacular, as they always are. As far as I know, this is the only Dinosaur Western ever made. Now if only Clint Eastwood had been in it!
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