Four Good Westerns to Watch

[susieqz]

i'm working thru utube western tv.
the problem is i've never heard of most of them.
just searching tv westerns doesn't pull them up.
i need names of shows.

 

[doublesharp]

There's a dandy coming up in a few minutes on Encore westerns, The Big Country starts at 9:45 and it's one of my favorites.

The Big Country (1958) - IMDb

This is not just a western. It is pure greatness from William Wyler and a cast that added strength to the film. Burl Ives and Charles Bickford played their respective roles with the intenseness and professionalism of a classic Shakespearean play and Charlton Heston was perfect as the antagonist to Gregory Peck. This film has no weakness and has gotten better with time.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

i'm working thru utube western tv.
the problem is i've never heard of most of them.
just searching tv westerns doesn't pull them up.
i need names of shows.

I was also just looking at utube.
I got the best results searching the stars' name.
Roy Rogers - got a bunch of movies and other music videos, etc.
Gene Autry - not so many movies, more music, etc.
When back, went for Hopalong.
There are a lot of his movies on utube!
The Duke- lots of full length movies! Plus tv appearances and other things like his stands on various issues.
I saw a lot of the Duke's movies that I have seen a bunch of times, some older B+W movies I have never seen.

 

[soFlaNative]

There's a dandy coming up in a few minutes on Encore westerns, The Big Country starts at 9:45 and it's one of my favorites.

Now one of mine.
Hunkered into the couch after I read this post and thoroughly enjoyed nearly 3 hours of a movie that worked for me on many levels. Low key pacing, good score, great locations and excellent cast.
Never a Burl Ives fan his performance will stay with me for a while, a cowardly Chuck Connor, an intense Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck with nothing to prove to anybody but himself and I fell hard for Jean Simmons throwing down on an oblivious Peck.

Big thanks to doublesharp, this movie was never on my radar.

 

[FPrice]

Later this evening (about 8:50pm EDT) there is a great James Stewart movie, Shenandoah. Stewart plays a fiercely independent Virginia farmer during the late Civil War period.

Shenandoah (1965) - IMDb

I don't think that Jimmie had ever made a bad western.

 

[Jack Flash]

One Jimmy Stewart movie you don't hear about much is Of Human Hearts (1938). I won't attempt to give a review or synopsis here (easy to look up). Let me just say I really liked it. I think you could call it a western.

 

[Ogandydancer]

Some of my favorites are; Open Range, Broken Trail, Chisum, High Noon (the Original), The Cowboys (Think that is my all time John Wayne favorite), and others I can't recall tight now.

 

[Targets Guy]

I've watched all four. "Red River" is a classic.

"The Big Country"
"Shane"
"The Searchers"
"Silverado"

Those four westerns I never pass up.

They, like Civ2, have stood the test of time.

 

[the ringo kid]

i'm working thru utube western tv.
the problem is i've never heard of most of them.
just searching tv westerns doesn't pull them up.
i need names of shows.

For starters--Go to:

Westerns on the Web - Watch Westerns Movies online free. Full length Western Movies, Western TV shows, Western Films and Original Western Webisodes.
Ice Cream Recipes - Gold Buckle Network
Grit - Television With Backbone - Grit

There are others but I cant think of them just now. Im too heavily medicated from a bad chest cold.

 

[the ringo kid]

A few id suggest for beginners:
Stagecoach:

Guess what future Dodge City US Marshal was also in Hondo--hint-the tall guy in buckskin jacket to the right:

Rio Grande:

The Searchers:

A Simpsons version of John Waynes The Searchers tribute to Harry Carey Sr--who had just recently passed away.

Allegheny Uprising: Came our the same year as Stagecoach:

Winchester 73:

Drums Along the Mohawk:

One of my stills from: Springfield Rifle:

Also--a mirror image of one of my stills from: Unconquered:

One of my many images of Randolph Scott (Van
pelt photo) Seventh Cavalry:

Charlton Heston - Arrowhead:

Gunfight At the OK Corral:

My Darling Clementine:

Robert Taylor - Ambush

Just to name an essential few.

 

[Rpg]

I throughly enjoy:

Last of the Mohicans
One Eyed Jacks
Missouri Breaks
Tombstone

 

[GaryS]

The Big Country is a very good, maybe even great, western. Burl Ives won an Academy Award for his part.

It also reinforces my belief that Gregory Peck might have been the best actor of the 20th Century.

Encore Westerns has some good shows and a lot of good movies.

They frequently show Winchester '73 (the fantastic original), Bend of the River, The Far Country, and other Jimmy Stewart westerns. That includes Night Passage, with Audie Murphy. Which Stewart only did because they let him play the Accordion.

My favorite John Wayne movie used to be "The Searchers", but I think I like "Hondo" better.

Oh, and Encore has the series "Wagon Train" on again. Not only the Ward Bond episodes, but the John McIntire episodes as well.

If you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch a non Western. "12 O'Clock High", another great Gregory Peck movie.

 

[DWalt]

Charlton Heston in Arrowhead is one of my favorites (see above- #30). It was filmed at Ft. Clark, Texas, an authentic Army Horse Cavalry post east of Del Rio from the post-Civil War era (and later - through WWII) where I have a second home. I found a DVD of it on eBay. Also just a few miles away from where the original "The Alamo" was filmed. The cast and crew of The Alamo stayed at Ft. Clark while filming.

 

[Targets Guy]

I'll offer up:

"Ride the High Country"
"Jeremiah Johnson"

One is a classic the other will be.

 

[doublesharp]

Not a western but, full of western character actors, Swamp Water, is on TCM right now and it's the first time I've seen it. Pretty cool Walter Brennan is seen in a new light for me. Check it out.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034251/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

FTA:

A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.
Directors: Jean Renoir, Irving Pichel (uncredited)
Writers: Vereen Bell (novel), Dudley Nichols
Stars: Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter

If one had missed the opening credits, he would be forgiven for thinking that 'Swamp Water (1941)' was one of John Ford's lesser-known efforts. If the cast of familiar Ford faces – including Walter Brennan, Ward Bond and John Carradine – didn't lead you up the wrong path, then it's the smaller touches that characterise the director's Westerns: a close-knit community, an impassioned brawl, an innocent young lass, a significant father-son relationship...

 

[Ogandydancer]

I had completely forgotten about "The Big Country". I can't think of any picture with Gregory Peck I didn't like. "The Guns Of Navarone" is a great one, he plays against another great one, Anthony Quinn.

 

[FPrice]

If you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch a non Western. "12 O'Clock High", another great Gregory Peck movie.

One of the greatest films ever with a terrific cast of characters.

This was shown in one of my PME (Professional Military Education) classes as an outstanding example of men and leadership under pressure.

 

[Ron M.]

Did somebody say - Shoot low, they are riding Shetland Ponies!

Lewis Grizzard had a book by that title..

 

[the ringo kid]

The Big Country is a very good, maybe even great, western. Burl Ives won an Academy Award for his part.

It also reinforces my belief that Gregory Peck might have been the best actor of the 20th Century.

Encore Westerns has some good shows and a lot of good movies.

They frequently show Winchester '73 (the fantastic original), Bend of the River, The Far Country, and other Jimmy Stewart westerns. That includes Night Passage, with Audie Murphy. Which Stewart only did because they let him play the Accordion.

My favorite John Wayne movie used to be "The Searchers", but I think I like "Hondo" better.

Oh, and Encore has the series "Wagon Train" on again. Not only the Ward Bond episodes, but the John McIntire episodes as well.

If you'll excuse me, I'm off to watch a non Western. "12 O'Clock High", another great Gregory Peck movie.

Have you ever seen Peck in: The Gunfighter? Its an excellent early Peck great.

My one image from: Twelve O'Clock High:

 

[GaryS]

The Gun Fighter is one of my "never miss a chance to watch it" movies.

Have you ever seen Peck in: The Gunfighter? Its an excellent early Peck great.

My one image from: Twelve O'Clock High: