Favourite Western's - Page 26

**Ennath** · November 18th, 2011, 12:14 PM

Favorites inclade:
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
Blazing Saddles
Support Your Local Sheriff
The Magnificent Seven
The Big Country
The Shootist
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
The Sons of Katie Elder
Tombstone

Playboy88 · February 13th, 2012, 07:23 AM

A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

**Jason-X** · February 13th, 2012, 10:59 AM

Back To the Future III!

pk1234 · April 25th, 2012, 06:10 AM

I just went through this entire thread and decided there are a lot of movies I want to go back and watch. One that I did not see is Texas Across the River. Dean Martin at his finest.

**Sir Honkers** · April 25th, 2012, 11:26 AM

The Unforgiven. The outlaw Josie Wales. The Shootist. Rio Bravo. Rio Grande. The Fastest Gun Alive and Cowboy with Glen Ford and Jack Lemmon. Oh and of course High Noon

mjm1963 · April 27th, 2012, 06:53 AM

Not going to be popular this one but - the REMAKE of 3.10 to Yuma.

Russel Crowe at his best and Christian Bale's despairing line "I've been praying to God, and God isn't listening!"

Brilliant Film!

**palo5** · April 27th, 2012, 11:51 AM

The 'spagetti-westerns' with Eastwood are very good, completely timeless in fact

They led to a lot of memorable attempted emulation in Russia. But somehow, drunk Siberians trying to ride reindeer are not as elegant as Clint on his fine horses

**Mal Hombre** · April 27th, 2012, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by palo5

The 'spagetti-westerns' with Eastwood are very good, completely timeless in fact

They led to a lot of memorable attempted emulation in Russia. But somehow, drunk Siberians trying to ride reindeer are not as elegant as Clint on his fine horses

It was a mule in "A Fistful of Dollars" and He doesn't like being laughed at...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a8goWjZGdo

**ubu55** · April 27th, 2012, 04:35 PM

So many fine ones already named.

A few I haven't seen here yet:

North to Alaska, A John Wayne Western featuring Ernie Kovacs as a slippery con man, and beautiful Capucine as a prostitute who looks as if she should be wearing a tiara. Played mostly for laughs, with loads of fistfights, claim-jumping, a lumberjack competition, the usual plethora of romantic misunderstandings. Final brawl in the mud where everybody gets dirty except Capucine.

"Rough Riders", a 4-hour made for TV effort about the Spanish-American War with Tom Berenger as Teddy Roosevelt. Good depiction of the unpredictability of combat and the fog of war. Even with 240 minutes, tries to do a bit too much, showing us a huge cast of characters, ranging from Teddy to Wm. Randolph Hearst, Stephen Crane, Frederick Remington, Wm. McKinkley, Col. Leonard Wood, and several of Roosevelt's High Society gentleman-soldier friends.

"The Honkers', James Coburn as a self-centered rodeo cowboy and Slim Pickens as a rodeo clown who's a better friend than Coburn's character deserves.

"The Wind and the Lion", not exactly a Western in the conventional sense, as most of the action takes place in Morocco. More a contrast of the American culture we know (or at least admire) so well from Westerns and Arabs and Europeans of the early 20th Century. Sean Connery as a heroic Berber chief (who mysteriously seems to have learned his English in Edinburgh); Brian Keith as his equally heroic, manly opponent: Teddy Roosevelt. Vladek Sheybal the unscrupulous Bashaw of Tangier; John Huston as Sec.of State John Hay; A large crowd of dirty, smelly, & untrustworthy looking Euros... and Candice Bergen, the spirited kidnapped American Woman who refuses to be a pawn in any of their games.

(Very loosely) Based on a real event. We seem to see it all through the eyes of Bergen's impressionable young son, a boy's memory of romance and high adventure. Great action scenes that begin almost with the very first frame. Written & directed by John Milius.

"The Spoilers", another Alaskan Gold Rush tale that ends with a knock-down-drag-out brawl between John Wayne, and one of the few actors who looks as if he just might be able to take him: Randolph Scott. Marlene Dietrich as a saloon girl/love interest. She doesn't wear her tuxedo or kiss any girls in this one, more's the pity!

Scott made some fine westerns in the 50's Tough and gritty, I particularly like "The Tall T" and "Ride Lonesome", which also features Pernell Roberts just before he began "Bonanza", & James Coburn in his very first film.

... and it might be a stretch, but there's always "My Little Chickadee"! As hilarious a send-up of the Western as any ever made. W.C. Fields is bumbling Cuthbert J. Twillie, Mae West is the "beautiful"

Flower Belle Lee, and Joseph Calleia as Jeff Badger (another great name!), aka "The Masked Bandit"

natas777 · April 27th, 2012, 05:20 PM

For a Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Great Silence
Django Kill
Death Rides a Horse
The Big Gundown
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Major Dundee
The Wild Bunch

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November 18th, 2011, 12:14 PM	#251
Ennath Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 6,814 Thanks: 26,898 Thanked 80,770 Times in 6,813 Posts	Favorites inclade: The Searchers Rio Bravo Blazing Saddles Support Your Local Sheriff The Magnificent Seven The Big Country The Shootist She Wore A Yellow Ribbon The Sons of Katie Elder Tombstone

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pk1234 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 11 Thanked 13 Times in 2 Posts	I just went through this entire thread and decided there are a lot of movies I want to go back and watch. One that I did not see is Texas Across the River. Dean Martin at his finest.

April 25th, 2012, 11:26 AM	#255
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,341 Thanks: 286,789 Thanked 386,190 Times in 30,298 Posts	The Unforgiven. The outlaw Josie Wales. The Shootist. Rio Bravo. Rio Grande. The Fastest Gun Alive and Cowboy with Glen Ford and Jack Lemmon. Oh and of course High Noon

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mjm1963 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: UK Posts: 346 Thanks: 5,131 Thanked 7,169 Times in 337 Posts	Not going to be popular this one but - the REMAKE of 3.10 to Yuma. Russel Crowe at his best and Christian Bale's despairing line "I've been praying to God, and God isn't listening!" Brilliant Film!

April 27th, 2012, 11:51 AM	#257
palo5 Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16,579 Thanks: 452,836 Thanked 222,658 Times in 16,567 Posts	The 'spagetti-westerns' with Eastwood are very good, completely timeless in fact They led to a lot of memorable attempted emulation in Russia. But somehow, drunk Siberians trying to ride reindeer are not as elegant as Clint on his fine horses

April 27th, 2012, 04:35 PM	#259
ubu55 Former Staff Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Posts: 2,800 Thanks: 122,910 Thanked 51,109 Times in 2,795 Posts	So many fine ones already named. A few I haven't seen here yet: North to Alaska, A John Wayne Western featuring Ernie Kovacs as a slippery con man, and beautiful Capucine as a prostitute who looks as if she should be wearing a tiara. Played mostly for laughs, with loads of fistfights, claim-jumping, a lumberjack competition, the usual plethora of romantic misunderstandings. Final brawl in the mud where everybody gets dirty except Capucine. "Rough Riders", a 4-hour made for TV effort about the Spanish-American War with Tom Berenger as Teddy Roosevelt. Good depiction of the unpredictability of combat and the fog of war. Even with 240 minutes, tries to do a bit too much, showing us a huge cast of characters, ranging from Teddy to Wm. Randolph Hearst, Stephen Crane, Frederick Remington, Wm. McKinkley, Col. Leonard Wood, and several of Roosevelt's High Society gentleman-soldier friends. "The Honkers', James Coburn as a self-centered rodeo cowboy and Slim Pickens as a rodeo clown who's a better friend than Coburn's character deserves. "The Wind and the Lion", not exactly a Western in the conventional sense, as most of the action takes place in Morocco. More a contrast of the American culture we know (or at least admire) so well from Westerns and Arabs and Europeans of the early 20th Century. Sean Connery as a heroic Berber chief (who mysteriously seems to have learned his English in Edinburgh); Brian Keith as his equally heroic, manly opponent: Teddy Roosevelt. Vladek Sheybal the unscrupulous Bashaw of Tangier; John Huston as Sec.of State John Hay; A large crowd of dirty, smelly, & untrustworthy looking Euros... and Candice Bergen, the spirited kidnapped American Woman who refuses to be a pawn in any of their games. (Very loosely) Based on a real event. We seem to see it all through the eyes of Bergen's impressionable young son, a boy's memory of romance and high adventure. Great action scenes that begin almost with the very first frame. Written & directed by John Milius. "The Spoilers", another Alaskan Gold Rush tale that ends with a knock-down-drag-out brawl between John Wayne, and one of the few actors who looks as if he just might be able to take him: Randolph Scott. Marlene Dietrich as a saloon girl/love interest. She doesn't wear her tuxedo or kiss any girls in this one, more's the pity! Scott made some fine westerns in the 50's Tough and gritty, I particularly like "The Tall T" and "Ride Lonesome", which also features Pernell Roberts just before he began "Bonanza", & James Coburn in his very first film. ... and it might be a stretch, but there's always "My Little Chickadee"! As hilarious a send-up of the Western as any ever made. W.C. Fields is bumbling Cuthbert J. Twillie, Mae West is the "beautiful" Flower Belle Lee, and Joseph Calleia as Jeff Badger (another great name!), aka "The Masked Bandit"

April 27th, 2012, 05:20 PM	#260
natas777 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 57 Thanks: 31 Thanked 497 Times in 55 Posts	For a Few Dollars More The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Once Upon a Time in the West The Great Silence Django Kill Death Rides a Horse The Big Gundown McCabe and Mrs Miller Major Dundee The Wild Bunch