My 100 Favorite Westerns

"Wull" <wmailey RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>I would add 'True Grit', 'The Shootist' and 'The Cowboys'

If I made lists, The Shootist would be in the top ten. I love that movie. I
realize that my opinion is highly influenced by externalities (it was
Wayne's swan song, and the facts surrounding that) but I don't care.
Whatever else you may say about him, Wayne was practically synonymous with
the rise of the Great American Western (Stagecoach through his other Ford
films) and very few worth a damn have been made since his passing. He WAS
the "golden era", embodied. So the elegiac sense of that movie not only
applies to its theme (the closing of the West, and the increasingly
anachronistic character of the men who made it), but also applies to the
Western genre itself, and to the man who "made" it, too.

This is no knock on Stewart or Scott or anyone else, but somebody has to be
"king of them, y'all", and when it comes to westerns, it was Wayne.
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Dave in Toronto wrote:
> Personally I've always had a soft spot for the Westerns of Audie
> Murphy and the B/W Glenn Ford Westerns of the fifties _THE FASTEST GUN
> ALIVE_ etc.

That's one for sure. And how about *The Appaloosa*? Oh, all right, then
*Two Rode Together*.

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'... my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends
have always called me.' - Odyssey; Book IX
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See, I thought you were serious, but then I saw


Joe Gillis wrote:

> Flaming Star




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'... my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends
have always called me.' - Odyssey; Book IX
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On Oct 15, 4:58 pm, No Man <woes....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dave in Toronto wrote:
> > Personally I've always had a soft spot for the Westerns of Audie
> > Murphy and the B/W Glenn Ford Westerns of the fifties _THE FASTEST GUN
> > ALIVE_ etc.
>
> That's one for sure. And how about *The Appaloosa*? Oh, all right, then
> *Two Rode Together*.
>
> --


I'm surprised no-one has mentioned _ZACHARIAH_ yet. I didn't like it
but I'm sure there's some in this group who did.

Anyone else remember _ RED GARTERS _ with Rosemary Clooney and Guy
Mitchell? Very odd movie.

Dave in Toronto
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I just thought of a movie I saw about 50 years ago that I liked very much.
It was called 'The Hanging Tree', with Cooper, Maria Schell and George C.
Scott. That WAS A SUPERIOR western.

wULL

"Joe Gillis" <FloatingInThePool.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 15, 12:14 pm, Collideascope <collideasc....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I'd toss in Django
>
> Haven't seen it.
>
> >and The Long Riders, too.
>
> Didn't care for it.
>
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On Oct 15, 5:00 pm, No Man <woes....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
> See, I thought you were serious, but then I saw
>
> Joe Gillis wrote:
> > Flaming Star
>
> --
> '... my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends
> have always called me.' - Odyssey; Book IX

Are you dissin' my man Elvis here? He's great in FLAMING STAR and
proof positive what a great movie star he could have been had he let
this movie guide his future direction in movies and not let Col.
Parker push him into a seven-year stream of fluff like FUN IN
ACAPULCO, KISSIN' COUSINS, SPINOUT, SPEEDWAY, CLAMBAKE, THE TROUBLE
WITH GIRLS, et al. And, besides, FLAMING STAR was directed by Don
Siegel.
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shaynes wrote:

> Glad to see WIlliam S. Hart - for a moment I thought he'd been left
> out.

Ever since I was a kid, I wondered about a title of one of his movies.
*The Passing of Two Gun Hicks* Since there was no hyphen, I never knew
if it was about a wrangler that carried two Colts or a couple of yokel
gunsels. Anybody seen it?


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'... my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends
have always called me.' - Odyssey; Book IX
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leo86.TakeThisOut@my-deja.com wrote:

> Are you dissin' my man Elvis here?

No, no, not me. I do remember Walter Winchell, of all "writers," claimed
in his column that Elvis used fake body hair for his shirtless scenes in
this movie. I don't know. Is this the one where he moaned, "You live fer
me, Joe."?

Another question, was he smarter than Gene Autry?


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'... my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends
have always called me.' - Odyssey; Book IX
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On Oct 15, 6:54 pm, No Man <woes... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> le... RemoveThis @my-deja.com wrote:
> > Are you dissin' my man Elvis here?
>
> No, no, not me. I do remember Walter Winchell, of all "writers," claimed
> in his column that Elvis used fake body hair for his shirtless scenes in
> this movie. I don't know. Is this the one where he moaned, "You live fer
> me, Joe."?
>
> Another question, was he smarter than Gene Autry?
>
> --
> '... my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends
> have always called me.' - Odyssey; Book IX

Great lists but what about "Last Train from Gun Hill" with Kirk
Douglas and Anthony Quinn? I especially like Carolyn Jones as Quinn's
girlfriend.

Flaming Star is definitely my favorite Elvis movie but not one of my
favorite westerns.
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On Oct 15, 6:54 pm, No Man <woes....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
> le....TakeThisOut@my-deja.com wrote:
> > Are you dissin' my man Elvis here?
>
> No, no, not me. I do remember Walter Winchell, of all "writers," claimed
> in his column that Elvis used fake body hair for his shirtless scenes in
> this movie. I don't know. Is this the one where he moaned, "You live fer
> me, Joe."?
>
> Another question, was he smarter than Gene Autry?
>
> --
> '... my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends
> have always called me.' - Odyssey; Book IX

Great lists but how about Last Train to Gun Hill with Kirk Douglas and
Anthony Quinn? I admit they chew the scenery a little bit but it's
one of my favorites. I especially like Carolyn Jones as Quinn's
girlfriend.

Flaming Star is my favorite Elvis movie. It is far from my favorite
western, though.
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Magnus, Robot Fighter wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:39:48 -0700, Joe Gillis
> <FloatingInThePool DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Top 20:
>>
>> Ride the High Country
>> The Tall T
>> 3:10 to Yuma
>> Johnny Guitar
>> The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
>> Rio Conchos
>> The Searchers
>> Red River
>> Silver Lode
>> The Wild Bunch
>> The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
>> Ride Lonesome
>> The Magnificent Seven
>> The Oklahoma Kid
>> One-Eyed Jacks
>> Man Without A Star
>> The War Wagon
>> The Man from Laramie
>> The Shooting
>> Son of Paleface
>>
>> The Rest (in no particular order):
>> Fury At Showdown (1957)
>> The Day Of The Outlaw
>> Bend Of The River
>> Forty Guns
>> Hombre
>> Union Pacific
>> The War Wagon
>> Law And Order (1932)
>> Cowboy
>> The Law And Jake Wade
>> Reprisal! (1956)
>> Apache Drums (1952)
>> The Big Sky
>> For a Few Dollars More
>> El Dorado
>> The Virginian (1929)
>> The Left Handed Gun
>> Dodge City
>> Silver River
>> Warlock
>> Texas (1941)
>> No Name On The Bullet
>> Flaming Star
>> Seven Men From Now
>> Shane
>> High Noon
>> Stagecoach
>> She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
>> Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
>> The Far Country
>> The Shootist
>> The Big Silence
>> My Darling Clementine
>> Fort Apache
>> The Westerner
>> Winchester '73
>> Destry Rides Again
>> Will Penny
>> Bandolero
>> The Last Train from Gun Hill
>> A Fistful of Dollars
>> Broken Arrow
>> Man of the West
>> The Violent Men
>> The Naked Spur
>> They Died With Their Boots On
>> The Mark of Zorro
>> Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
>> Once Upon a Time in the West
>> The Big Trail
>> The Professionals
>> Blazing Saddles
>> Vera Cruz
>> The Unforgiven (1960)
>> Northwest Passage
>> Hour of the Gun
>> The Hanging Tree
>> The Big Country
>> Wells Fargo
>> The Plainsman
>> Escape from Fort Bravo
>> Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
>> Cat Ballou
>> Hondo
>> The Last Hunt
>> Drums Along the Mohawk
>> The Iron Horse (1924)
>> Rio Grande
>> The Lone Ranger (1956)
>> The Comancheros
>> The Paleface
>> Support Your Local Sheriff
>> My Pal Trigger (1946)
>> The Great K&A Train Robbery (1926)
>> Tumbleweeds (1925)
>> The Great Train Robbery (1969)
>> Devil's Doorway
>> The Scalphunters
>> There Was a Crooked Man
>> Comanche Station
>> Day Of The Evil Gun
>> The Marauders
>
> 100 effin films and no room for The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean?
> Little Big Man? Jeremiah Johnson? The Ox-Bow Incident?

and what about The Tin Star?
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I've only posted ones that I didn't find on other people's lists. (I'm
surprised at some of my very favorites which didn't make anyone else's
list.) Frankly, though, despite the Western being my favorite genre, I had
trouble finding 100 Westerns that I absolutely adore. Some of the ones on
my list don't really fall into that category. But I like all of them. And
probably adore around half (of my whole list, not this reduced version).

TEXAS TERROR (1935)
WAY OUT WEST (1937)
MAN OF CONQUEST (1939)
FRONTIER MARSHAL (1939)
MY LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940)
VIRGINIA CITY (1940)
DARK COMMAND (1940)
THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES (1940)
WESTERN UNION (1941)
THE SPOILERS (1942)
A LADY TAKES A CHANCE (1943)
ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947)
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
YELLOW SKY (1948)
THE WALKING HILLS (1949)
COLORADO TERRITORY (1949)
LUST FOR GOLD (1949)
STARS IN MY CROWN (1950)
THE GUNFIGHTER (1950)
VIVA ZAPATA! (1952)
THE LUSTY MEN (1952)
HANGMAN'S KNOT (1952)
TRACK OF THE CAT (1954)
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955)
THE LAST FRONTIER (1955)
BANDIDO (1956)
NIGHT PASSAGE (1957)
DECISION AT SUNDOWN (1957)
THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959)
THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY (1959)
SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (1960)
THE ALAMO (1960)
NORTH TO ALASKA (1960)
THE MISFITS (1961)
THE DEADLY COMPANIONS (1961)
LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962)
HUD (1963)
A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY (1966)
STAGECOACH (1966)
THE STALKING MOON (1969)
TRUE GRIT (1969)
TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE (1970)
THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (1970)
A MAN CALLED HORSE (1970)
THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB (1970)
MONTE WALSH (1970)
VALDEZ IS COMING (1971)
McCABE AND MRS. MILLER (1971)
J.W. COOP (1972)
JUNIOR BONNER (1972)
WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE (1972)
BAD COMPANY (1972)
ULZANA'S RAID (1972)
BITE THE BULLET (1975)
HEARTS OF THE WEST (1975)
HEARTLAND (1979)
CATTLE ANNIE AND LITTLE BRITCHES (1981)
BARBAROSA (1982)
RUSTLER'S RHAPSODY (1985)
WYATT EARP (1994)
THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998)
OPEN RANGE (2003)
THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (2005)
3:10 TO YUMA (2007)

TV MOVIES:
LONESOME DOVE (1989)
EL DIABLO (1990)
CONAGHER (1991)
SODBUSTERS (1994)
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (1996)
MONTE WALSH (2003)

Jim Beaver
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On Oct 15, 7:51 pm, No Man <woes... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> shaynes wrote:
> > Glad to see WIlliam S. Hart - for a moment I thought he'd been left
> > out.
>
> Ever since I was a kid, I wondered about a title of one of his movies.
> *The Passing of Two Gun Hicks* Since there was no hyphen, I never knew
> if it was about a wrangler that carried two Colts or a couple of yokel
> gunsels. Anybody seen it?
>

This is a two-reeler from 1914 aka Taming the Four-Flusher, and one I
don't think I have seen. The only description of it I could find I had
to read in computer English (badly) translated from French. Hart plays
the title character, so it's Two-Gun Hicks, who apparently sacrifices
himself to allow the woman he worships from afar to be reunited with
her (no good) husband.

Or something like that.

Two reels (around 20 minutes) doesn't allow much time to create a deep
story, so this is probably not the best Hart to see if you've not seen
a better one (if it even still exists.)

Steve H.
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