My Top Ten Westerns

HOW COULD EVERYONE FORGET

The long riders & the professionals, for more trivia, who was the "gifted" Mexican actress that Burt Lancaster had the hots for in the Professionals, & wasn't she also in the wild bunch? (another great one) . All good choices! Ben Johnson was the Reb actor in yellow ribbon, if I was able to remember his characters name I might get some sleep tonight.
 
Marshwheeling said:
Astonishing! I never thought I'd see a thread like this that didn't include at least one from John Wayne. It's still early, though. But it won't be me.

Oops, posted too late. #3 had a couple by the Duke.
I'm only gonna throw one in there:
Rancho Deluxe.

I take it back. I'll throw in a couple with Brando to offset the Duke:
One Eyed Jacks
Missouri Breaks.
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For some reason, Missouri Breaks and One Eyed Jacks do not get the airplay they should. Probably because they have Brando in them and both of them have a touch of weirdness (for lack of a better word) to them. People seem to have a problem, too, of seeing Brando as a cowboy-western-gunfighter kind of character.
 
hangnoose said:
The long riders & the professionals, for more trivia, who was the "gifted" Mexican actress that Burt Lancaster had the hots for in the Professionals, & wasn't she also in the wild bunch? (another great one) . All good choices! Ben Johnson was the Reb actor in yellow ribbon, if I was able to remember his characters name I might get some sleep tonight.
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The gifted gal in "The Professionals" was Claudia Cardinale and the Ben Johnson character in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" was Sgt. Tyree.
 
Top 10 Westerns

THE PILGRIM said:
I do love the Duke,
Going with Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, True Grit, Liberty Valance.
Like Josey Wales, Butch and Das Kid, Lonesome Dove,
And Unforgiven.
Sort of a Yellow Ribbon trivia question-
What was a Reb (like me ) who agreed to join the Union Army and go out West and fight Indians called?
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Galzanized Yankees
 
Wild Bunch
Unforgiving
Outlas Josey Wales
Tombstone
Once upon a time in the West
Open Range
Lonesome Dove
The Good, Bad, and Ugly
The professionals
My Name is Nobody
 
hangnoose said:
...who was the "gifted" Mexican actress that Burt Lancaster had the hots for in the Professionals, & wasn't she also in the wild bunch? (another great one).
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Geno44 said:
The gifted gal in "The Professionals" was Claudia Cardinale...
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Well, although Claudia Cardinale is beautiful, and played Mrs. Grant, she's actually Italian...and Burt Lancaster resisted her temptations throughout the film. He was sort of ambivalent towards her.

The real woman Lancaster had such an attachment to, and fond memories of, was Chiquita, the Mexican revolutionary played by Maria Gomez. No, she did not have a role in The Wild Bunch.

Just as an aside, I'd sure love to have that revolver and gunbelt!

Also, note that in one of the photos below, the cartridges in the bandolier appear to have firing pin imprints in them! Gotta love Hollywood, huh?



 
One of my all time favorites is The Wild Bunch.

It's authentic in just about every way imaginable. Wardrobe, guns, and its historical details are all pretty much on target. In short, it's period correct for 1913.

Also, its theme of a group of aging guys trying to hang on to an era and way of life that's fast disappearing strikes a nerve with me now more than ever.

It's also responsible for (or to blame for) my lifelong love of Winchester Model 97s and Model 12s.

 
mjr said:
I completely agree. You do realize, don't you, that my icon/photo is Fuzzy St. John? (Although it does look a heck of a lot like me.)
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Hey- just because I don't ask directions don't mean that I don't pay attention!
Here's Fuzzy giving Tex Ritter a singing lesson.
 

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finesse_r said:
My favorite ten westerns are:
1. Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
2. Hombre Paul Newman, Richard Boone
3. The Outlaw Josey Whales Clint Eastwood
4. Missouri Breaks Jack Nicholson
5. Death Hunt Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin – Angie Dickenson
6. Going South Jack Nicholson
7. Waterhole # 3 James Coburn
8a. Pale Rider Clint Eastwood
8b. Tombstone
9. Lonesome Dove Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Urich, Diane Lane
10. Monte Walsh Tom Selleck

Another one I forgot to put on the litst:
Jeremiah Johnson Robert Redford
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Don't even get me started, or you'll be here all day.

WHAT!!!!NOBODY mentioned Fort Apache!!? For shame. Someone above also ''neglected'' to mention, Whispering Smith, Ambush, They Died With Their Boots On, My Darling Clementine, The Alamo, The Villain, Three Godfathers....Dukes version only.....Arrowhead and Rio Bravo.
 
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Fantastic list of some classics!

Was just watching some Cisco Kid flicks the other day, not sure what's more entertaining, the series or the commercials within them?

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Blazing Saddles is great....

mjr said:
I was hoping nobody would list Blazing Saddles as a favorite western. Anyone who thinks Blazing Saddles is a western probably thinks Young Frankenstein is a horror movie.
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BS is one of the funniest movies made, but it's a farce, a spoof on the Western genre. As a comedy it's tops. As a western it's.....
 
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Red river, the original stage coach, one of the Judge Roy Beans? Which RB's do you prefer the Walter Brennan/Garry cooper or the Paul Newman? How do you want your horse cooked? "BLUE"! I watch every single one listed every time it comes on, in another room from the wife of course, ALWAYS with a pistola, or Winchester lever in my mitts.
 
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1. Magnificent Seven
2. High Noon
3. Shane
4. The Searchers
5. Crossfire Trail
6. Wyatt Earp
7. Tombstone
8. Pale Rider
9. Rio Bravo
10. Texas Rangers, despite Ashton Kutcher being in it.
 
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