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The other thread about that list of "Westerns" set me to thinking. (Don't worry, I took the battery out of the smoke detector). 

I know that we've done it before, but why not do it again. I'll start with a few of my favorites. In no particular order:

(1) Tombstone.

(2) Crossfire Trail.

(3) Outlaw Josey Wales.

(4) ElDorado.

(5) Silverado.

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Okay…

In no particular order because I can’t narrow it down that far. My Top 10

 

The Searchers

Once Apon a Time In The West

Gunsmoke, (Audie Murphy)

Angel and the Badman

Magnificent Seven (original)

Blood on the Moon

Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin)

Monte Walsh (Selek)

Bite the Bullet 

Conagher

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My top 5

 

1.Tombstone 

2. Open Range

3. Unforgiven

4. Josey Wales

5. Quigley down under

 

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1. Tombstone

2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

3. Crossfire Trail

4. The Searchers

4(t) The Westerner

5. Open Range

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I've never understood why anyone liked Red River.

 

John Wayne's character is an ass. And he's a thief. And if I was the cowboy that was stealing the sugar and caused the stampede, I would blow John Wayne's head off with a shotgun from hiding.

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Red River  - John Wayne played a character that was dark and bitter.  But the story and musical score was great.  Aside from Montgomery Cliff, the cast was top notch. Howard Hawks was a capable director.  

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This'll take some thought on my part. My top ten fifteen. What can I say? I got to ten and realized there were a few I needed to add. Top five, middle five and bottom five ar generally in no particular order. I stopped short of including Blazing Saddles because it is a comedy first, western second. If I run across any of these playing, I'm watching.

 

Tombstone

The Magnificent Seven (original)

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Open Range

Shane

El Dorado (Michele Carey trumps Walter Brennan)

Hang 'Em High

The Shootist

Quigley Down Under

Silverado

The Fastest Gun Alive

Big Jake

The Quick and The Dead (Based on the Louis L'amour novel with Sam Elliott)

Last Stand at Saber River

Two Mules for Sister Sara.

 

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My next ten. Again, in no particular order and no less worthy than the other ten.

 

Stagecoach. (Original)

The Far Country

Broken Trail

The Violent Men

The Cowboys (just to see Bruce Dern get his ass whipped)

For a Few Dollars More 

A Man Called Sledge 

Nevada Smith

Rio Grande

Man With The Gun (Mitchum)

 

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5 hours ago, Alpo said:

I've never understood why anyone liked Red River.

 

John Wayne's character is an ass. And he's a thief. And if I was the cowboy that was stealing the sugar and caused the stampede, I would blow John Wayne's head off with a shotgun from hiding.

 

The thing that really turned me off on Red River is not so much Wayne as pretty much a psychopath, as the fact that it all builds up to a fistfight and happy handshakes and reconciliation all 'round. Just plain weird...bizarre.

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My next 5

 

1. Rio Grande (because Maureen O'Hara is plus in any film, and I got a thing for redheads)

2. Trooper Hook (okay, I got a thing for Barbara Stanwyck too)

3. Winchester '73 (original)

4. Quigley Down Under

5. Hostiles

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My favorites - I cannot put them in order

 

Silverado

Outlaw Josie Wales

Tombstone

Quigley Down Under

Open Range

Crossfire Trail

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Fist Full of Dollars

For a Few Dollars More 

Hang ‘Em High

High Plains Drifter

Rio Bravo

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3:10 to Yuma (the new one)

The Lonesome Dove series - all of ‘em

 

I know there are many more, but I am done for now. 

 

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No particular order"

 

The good the bad and the ugly

The Outlaw Josey Wales

True Grit

3:10 to Yuma

Tombstone

Quigley Down Under

Lonesome Dove

The Sacketts

1883

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Here’s a few more! 
 

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 

The Professionals

Valdez Is Coming 

Winchester 73 (James Stewart)

Streets of Laredo (who knew George Carlin would make such a great cowboy?!?)

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Just now, Warden Callaway said:

Putting out Cheyenne Social Club.  Henry Fonda and James Stewart,  don't come any better. 

 

 

 


I was considering that one!!

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And Support you local Gunfighter

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Jenorado and I watched Monte Walsh last night, unbelievably and to our great surprise we have never seen the movie before (or our old timers is really startin' to kick in :) )what a pleasure it was to watch, even though one scene did have Jenorado in tears. 

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