Best Western Movies - Without John Wayne
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DWalt
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I have a very interesting story about DDD, but I can’t relate it here. Too bad.Debbie Does Dallas.
I don't remember any horses or cowboys in it though.
Store922
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Foresaken is worth a look. Father and son Sutherland.
Excellent movie!
Way Out West, with Laurel and Hardy
Destry Rides Again, with Jimmy Stewart
The Ox Bow Incident
Treasure of Sierra Madre
Winchester 73
High Noon
Outlaw Josey Wales
Pale Rider
Unforgiven
Open Range
Destry Rides Again, with Jimmy Stewart
The Ox Bow Incident
Treasure of Sierra Madre
Winchester 73
High Noon
Outlaw Josey Wales
Pale Rider
Unforgiven
Open Range
9mmPatriot
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Can we add Legends of the Fall?
cmj8591
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Every time I revisit this thread I see more that I like and forgot about. The Culpepper Cattle Company is a great movie. Another great one that Billy Green Bush was in is Tom Horn. The Wild Bunch and The Professionals have to be on everyone's short list. These are movies that no matter how many times you see them, you will still take a couple of hours of your time and watch them again.
UncleEd
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Won't mention any films specifically
but Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin,
Kevin Costner, Gary Cooper, James
Stewart, Randolph Scott. Glenn Ford,
William Holden, Gregory Peck
and Henry Fonda each made
several notable and excellent Westerns.
And yes, I left out Clint Eastwood.
but Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin,
Kevin Costner, Gary Cooper, James
Stewart, Randolph Scott. Glenn Ford,
William Holden, Gregory Peck
and Henry Fonda each made
several notable and excellent Westerns.
And yes, I left out Clint Eastwood.
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wnwitzell
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A little odd. But good…
The, good, the bad, and the weird
It makes several on line lists…
The, good, the bad, and the weird
It makes several on line lists…
Ride the High Country with Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea. A Real Classic.
OLDSTER
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Shane
Tombstone
Big Country
Unforgiven
Tombstone
Big Country
Unforgiven
In no particular order.
- Conagher (I like all the Sam Elliot westerns but Conagher is probably the best.)
- The Wild Bunch
- Open Range
- Dances with Wolves (partly because of the cinematography, it was shot where I was raised, and I have a lot of classmates who were extras in the movie)
- Monte Walsh (The Tom Selleck version, a rare case of the remake being even better than the original. It’s also the best of the Tom Selleck westerns although all of them are good. The Lee Marvin version of Monte Walsh is apps excellent.)
- Quigley Down Under (great movie with a huge impact on shooting, revitalizing the Sharps and energizing BPCR shooting.)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- The Unforgiven (The 1992 version with Clint Eastwood, I can’t stand the 1960 Burt Lancaster version.)
- The Magnificent Seven
- 3:10 to Yuma (The Russell Crowe version. It’s another rare case of the remake being even better than the original and the 1957 Glenn Ford version is also excellent.)
- Conagher (I like all the Sam Elliot westerns but Conagher is probably the best.)
- The Wild Bunch
- Open Range
- Dances with Wolves (partly because of the cinematography, it was shot where I was raised, and I have a lot of classmates who were extras in the movie)
- Monte Walsh (The Tom Selleck version, a rare case of the remake being even better than the original. It’s also the best of the Tom Selleck westerns although all of them are good. The Lee Marvin version of Monte Walsh is apps excellent.)
- Quigley Down Under (great movie with a huge impact on shooting, revitalizing the Sharps and energizing BPCR shooting.)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- The Unforgiven (The 1992 version with Clint Eastwood, I can’t stand the 1960 Burt Lancaster version.)
- The Magnificent Seven
- 3:10 to Yuma (The Russell Crowe version. It’s another rare case of the remake being even better than the original and the 1957 Glenn Ford version is also excellent.)
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Sandman4delta
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Wild Bunch
Pale Rider
Hanny Caulder
Nevada Smith
Pale Rider
Hanny Caulder
Nevada Smith
Zarr
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Three of my favorites: The Plainsman with Gary Cooper, Along Came Jones again with Gary Cooper; and, Bend of the River with James Stewart (actually ANY Jimmy Stewart western). Not in any particular order.
If I ever saw this I don't recall it. Here is a contemporary (1991) review:
Reviews/Television; A Cowboy Meets a Lady And the Indians Attack - The New York Times
Looks pretty good. I see it is for rent on Amazon Prime for $2.99.
LDM
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"Shane! Shane! Come back!"
One I really enjoy is "The Westerner" with Gary Cooper and Walter Brennon.
One I really enjoy is "The Westerner" with Gary Cooper and Walter Brennon.
UncleEd
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Nearly always a Western is
defined by having gunplay,
good guys and villains, etc.
But for a "classic" Western
without any of that consider
"Heartland" starring Rip Torn
and Conchata Ferrell. She
later became famous as Berta
on "Two and Half Men."
It's a story of hardships, deprivation
and loneliness on the frontier without
the usua cattle rustlers, gunslingers,
bronco Indians or revenge pursuits.
The 1979 film is based on the life
of an actual frontier woman who in
but a brief moment could shred the
likes of John Wayne. leaving him
in the mud crying for his momma
with his sixgun stuck in an
unceremonious place.
I'd say it is a film probably truer
to the "wild West" than any other.
defined by having gunplay,
good guys and villains, etc.
But for a "classic" Western
without any of that consider
"Heartland" starring Rip Torn
and Conchata Ferrell. She
later became famous as Berta
on "Two and Half Men."
It's a story of hardships, deprivation
and loneliness on the frontier without
the usua cattle rustlers, gunslingers,
bronco Indians or revenge pursuits.
The 1979 film is based on the life
of an actual frontier woman who in
but a brief moment could shred the
likes of John Wayne. leaving him
in the mud crying for his momma
with his sixgun stuck in an
unceremonious place.
I'd say it is a film probably truer
to the "wild West" than any other.
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