Top 10 Western Movies

[sseelhoff]

About to start some controversy and a little off topic discussion in this thread (Sorry 2Lane)

Best actor in westerns:

John Wayne vs. Robert Duvall vs. Clint Eastwood.

Who ya got?

I know this is heresy, but I'm leaning to Duvall based on Open Range and Broken Trail, both of which were fantastic performances. Bonus points for playing Gus in the Lonesome Dove series.

 

[/pine]

I hate j fonda as much as anyone but 'Cat Ballou' is a **** funny western...

The 'Trinity" movies were good too...

didn't see 'High Noon' listed either...

 

[murphy1244]

About to start some controversy and a little off topic discussion in this thread (Sorry 2Lane)

Best actor in westerns:

John Wayne vs. Robert Duvall vs. Clint Eastwood.

Who ya got?

I know this is heresy, but I'm leaning to Duvall based on Open Range and Broken Trail, both of which were fantastic performances. Bonus points for playing Gus in the Lonesome Dove series.

John Wayne for good guy and Clint for bad guy.

 

[bbraud6]

High Noon should be the first on the list.

 

[bglz42]

Open Range.

Bob Duvall is untouchable, probably Costner's best movie ever and who among us didn't think Annette Bening's character wasn't as hot as a firecracker!

 

[leonardo]

how about hombre with paul newman and richard boon. a sleeper would be barbarosa with willie nelson and gary busey.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

WHAT?

Where is Rio Bravo?????

How about "High Plains Drifter", "The good, the bad, and the Ugly", "Angel & the Badman", "A few dollars more"

Top Ten is too short...

David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

About to start some controversy and a little off topic discussion in this thread (Sorry 2Lane)

Best actor in westerns:

John Wayne vs. Robert Duvall vs. Clint Eastwood.

Who ya got?

I know this is heresy, but I'm leaning to Duvall based on Open Range and Broken Trail, both of which were fantastic performances. Bonus points for playing Gus in the Lonesome Dove series.

Do I know you?

:talktothehand:

Not anymore I don't!

David

 

[creekbend]

I loved the series "How the West was Won".

 

[2LaneCruzer]

WHAT?

Where is Rio Bravo?????

How about "High Plains Drifter", "The good, the bad, and the Ugly", "Angel & the Badman", "A few dollars more"

Top Ten is too short...

David

Angel and the Badman is a Classic; always loved it. Yeah, 10 is too short. I agree with an earlier poster that Treasure of the Sierra Madre is not technically a Western, and Jeremiah Johnson probably isn't either, but they are close. As for the best actor? I think that John Wayne's performance in "The Shootist" was his best ever; much more deserving of an Oscar than True Grit. The Duke got away with playing himself in all of his movies; his long career and many roles jelled in his last, "The Shootist". I place it up there with "Shane", another of the best of the best. Oh, yeah, "Dances with Wolves" wasn't bad either.

I thought "High Noon" was a bit too melodramatic, and a bit on the unbelieveable side.