OK, anybody here wanna talk westerns? I honestly never considered myself a fan of westerns and then a couple of years ago, I went on a John Ford and Howard Hawks jag and I then I started thinking of all the westerns I’d secretly loved as a kid (note my mentioning the very obscure Evil Roy Slade TV movie in the cartoon and TV show thread) and I realized that I’d been lying to myself all those years.
So let’s talk in detail about these movies… Bells, you got any favorites?
Jim, interesting observation about Bad Day at Red Rock. I’ve never thought of it as a western, but now that you mention it, it could almost be a modern day western (plays like one, as I think about it), and the title sure sounds like a shoot 'em up!
Wow, two votes for Palladin! The original man in black.
I’ll start with TV. There are so many. By the end of the sixties they had pretty much worn out this genre, for the general public, I mean. There are never too many good ones for me. I love cowboys…and Indians.
Lots of good ones mentioned already. I’d never miss Gun Smoke or Have Gun Will Travel…Richard Boone was the Bomb.
Here goes -
Cheyenne - Clint Walker…swoon worthy
The Rifleman - Chuck Conners
Wyatt Earp - Wayde Preston
Rawhide - Clint Eastwood, of course.
Bronco - Ty Hardin…“Show me a girl who’s kissed him once and I’ll show you a girl who’s kissed him twice.”
Lancer - James Stacy as Johnny Madrid/Lancer. I always loved James Stacy. He was hot. He had an unfortunate accident at age 36, a car accident I believe, and lost the use of his legs. Despite his disability he continued to act, off and on, for a number of years.
Maverick - James Garner…another fav
Laredo - Neville Brand, Peter Brown and remember one-eyed Jack Elam?
Wanted Dead or Alive - not the best western series I ever watched but it starred Steve McQueen. Do I gotta say anything else?
More obscure -
Yancy Derringer - Joch Mahoney
Destry - John Gavin
Lawman - John Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Eddie Byrnes ( Kookie - 77 Sunset Strip Strip ) Hey Robbie, lend me your comb?
Branded - Chuck Conners
Who could forget The Lone Ranger and Tonto or Guy Williams as Zorro? Of course, you’d have to be old enough to forget…lol
Death Valley Days - Borax Detergent, anyone?
Jim Bowie
Fort Apache
Rin Tin Tin - God help me. I swear, on my mother, I was an embryo.
I like Kevin Kline in anything. Remember Redford as Jeremiah Johnson? I haven’t seen 310 to Yuma, yet, but I’m a Russel crowe fan. He first came to my attention in LA Confidential.
Who’s age is showing?
What can I say? I appreciate a well tailored loin cloth.
How about The Shootist. The Duke’s last film with Lauren Bacall and Ron Howard.
More Duke -
The Cowboys
The Alamo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - with Jimmy Stewart
aaand… The Spoilers - with Randolph Scott and Marlena Dietrich
Anything with Clint Eastwood. Pale Rider comes to mind. The Young Guns boys are hot.
Shane - Alan Ladd
The Gunfighter - Gregory Peck
Once Upon a Time in the West - the first movie Wolf asked me to watch with him. Little did he know.
Oh Robbie, you’ll like this…on our first date he took me to see Raging Bull …lol. Love of films is something we have in common. He figured that out one night when I wanted to watch…Come Back To The Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. That’s when I discovered Cher could actually act. Yeah, Cher. I know…lol.
Here’s one for ya…The Traveling Executioner - Stacey Keach
The Last Picture Show - Cybill Shepard
The Misfits - Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe. This was the last film, each completed, before they died.
I’ll leave you with… Cat Ballou - Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin ( best actor Oscar ) Michael Callan…yum… and Dwayne Hickman ( Dobie Gillis )