What's your favorite Western?

[Harley Starr]

It plays frequently on TV, most recently the Encore Westerns Channel. It's the one, of which Peckinpaugh supposedly remarked, when criticized for the violence in his movies , "I made a movie once without any violence and nobody came to see the damned thing".

Poor Sam, he makes a less than violent movie and people hate it anyway? I don't understand that one bit!

[Daniel Nighteyes]

I may have written this before, so my apologies if I have.

My guilty-pleasure western, believe it or not, is Lightning Jack starring Paul (Crocodile Dundee) Hogan, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beverly D'Angelo.  As you might expect, it is fairly predictable but extremely FUNNY!

There are several other "known faces" in the movie as well, such as Pat Hingle as the U.S. Marshal and Sandy Gibbons (you'll surely recognize the face if not the name) as the South Fork Sheriff.

ADDENDUM:

This thread got me to thinking about the movie, so I watched it again.   Its still great. And something I'd forgotten -- the final song, played during the credits, is called "Wanted Man."  It was written by Bob Dylan (of all people) and performed by the legendary Johnny Cash.

[GunClick Rick]

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[WaddWatsonEllis]

My most favorite, little know movie is called '(Tell Them) Valdez is Coming!'

The synopsis is that Burt Lancaster plays a Mexican American sherrif for a very small border village.

He tries hard to do the right thing, then finally gets the 'bad guys' to follow him ... and if you love old guns that were used correctly, this is the movie for you....

In fact, I like it so much that I just ordered it on Amazon.com for less than a saw buck . Including shipping.

[Stillwater]

I have had this movie, tell them "Valdez is Coming," for quiet a few years. In my way of looking at it, this is one of Burt Lancaster's best movies...

Bill

[WaddWatsonEllis]

I agree about Burt Lancaster's acting ... he is not Burt Lancaster playing someone, he IS Valdez.

Surprising this one is such a sleeper ....

[Will Ketchum]

I have mentioned here at least once how Lewis B. Patten is one of my favorite Western authors, and he remains so.

How ever through happenstance I stumbled across an author that I hadn't read before but really enjoyed.  I bought a beat up book at a garage sale for a quarter and stuck it aside, well I finished the book I was reading and didn't have another besides the beat up Western so I reluctantly started it.  WOW I could hardly put it down!  The book was "Home To Texas" and the author is Frank Roderus.  I looked him up at the Fantastic fiction web site and he has written over 40 books the majority of them Westerns and he is still writing.

In this book he had many references to firearms and they were plausible and accurate.  His hero carries and old Colt C&B Dragoon, which he is alway careful to carry the un-capped chamber under the hammer.  he has many details like that which us firearms enthusiasts enjoy.  So go down to your library and get one of his books and see if you don't like them.  Let me know what you think.

Will Ketchum (who has a whole lot of reading to catch up on now)

[Leo Tanner]

Thanks Will.  I have a pile of them dime store novels ta go through.  I'll see if he wrote any of them and read it first.  My wife brings them home all the time and I just haven't had time ta catch up.

[GunClick Rick]

"I fumbled through my closet for my clothes, And found my cleanest dirty shirt
combed my hair,shaved my face and stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

[Daniel Nighteyes]

"I fumbled through my closet for my clothes, And found my cleanest dirty shirt
combed my hair,shaved my face and stumbled down the stairs to meet the day."

-- Sunday Morning Coming Down, written by Kris Kristofferson. I've always said he's a great songwriter; he just can't sing worth a flip.

[Forty Rod]

-- Sunday Morning Coming Down, written by Kris Kristofferson. I've always said he's a great songwriter; he just can't sing worth a flip.

I feel the same way about Willie Nelson.

[Leo Tanner]

Ferget Kristofferson's singin, have ever seem him try ta act?  Sorry if yer readin this Kris, but William Shatner is better than you.

[Daniel Nighteyes]

Ferget Kristofferson's singin, have ever seem him try ta act?  Sorry if yer readin this Kris, but William Shatner is better than you.

Mostly I agree, but I thought Kris did a pretty good job as bad-guy Sheriff Charlie Wade in Lone Star.

[Leo Tanner]

Mostly I agree, but I thought Kris did a pretty good job as bad-guy Sheriff Charlie Wade in Lone Star.

I'll have ta see that one ta balieve it.  I saw him in Flashpoint and thought he belonged in a wax museum.

[Daniel Nighteyes]

I'll have ta see that one ta balieve it.  I saw him in Flashpoint and thought he belonged in a wax museum.

You haven't seen Lone Star, one of THE modern-day westerns?  Takes place current-day (more or less) on the Texas side of the Texas-Mexico border.  Its a multi-plot mystery, a love story, and a social commentary all wrapped up in one.  Ya really oughta see it.

[Forty Rod]

Ferget Kristofferson's singin, have ever seem him try ta act?  Sorry if yer readin this Kris, but William Shatner is better than you.

Man, you are just cruel.   

[Daniel Nighteyes]

Man, you are just cruel.   

Nope.  Him speak with straight tongue (or somethin' like that).

[Leo Tanner]

Man, you are just cruel.   

Nope.  Him speak with straight tongue (or somethin' like that).

Well mentionin the Shat was pretty bad but I will look at the Lone Star movie.  Aint expectin much but ya never know. 

[tenderfoot]

hi everybody

for me a great western is one that no matter how many times I have seen it no matter if its in my cd collection if i am clicking through the channels iand i come across one of these movies i always stop and enjoy them one more time.

shane    best gunfight ever and best bad guy ever walter "jack" palance
hondo, rio bravo, cowboys and true grit    johnwayne nuff said
magnificent seven     we deal in lead friend
outlaw josie wales     leave em be bugs gotta eat same as worms
ride the high country  joel macrea and randolf scott one last walk down for two great last performances.
ride lonsome  a man can do that 
crossfire trail last, stand at sabre river and selleck's remake of monty walsh

[Leo Tanner]

Them's all good picks.  Could be the western movie starter kit