Favorite western

[Stan H]

We have a long thread about what latest movie we watched and what the "top 10" are, but how about a simple one;

 

What is your one all time favorite western movie?

 

Mine would have to be Jermiah Johnson. I can watch that one over and over again.

 

 

 

[HondoRay]

I guess mine is a tie, Red River/Angel and the Badman. I can watch them over and over till sumtin wears out!!!

[Stan H]

I understand what you are saying. I posed a difficult question.

 

 

[Michael]

A&E showed Jeremiah Johnson multiple times last week and I watched it more than once. Tough question, so many. I will go with Open Range.

[C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt]

Watched my favorite Sunday night--The Outlaw Josey Wales.  Alongside Honky-Tonk Man & The Beguiled, I consider it Eastwood's best movie, even better than The Unforgiven.  It had an uncredited actor who happens to be one of my most favorites.  Remember the fiddler at the ranch?  That's Sheb Wooley--actor, singer, songwriter, &--in his alter ego Ben Colder--standup comedian.  You'll best remember him for a song--he wrote & sang 'The Purple People Eater.'

[Jason Law]

Well I have watched so many, but the one I fell in to a trance watching was Lonesome Dove. Could never get enough of this LONG movie.

[Jim Holden]

Upon reflection, I think the Western Movie I've watched more than any other is "Gunfight at the OK Corral" with Lancaster/Douglas.  No particular reason other than it's been out a long time, and I always enjoyed the action, regardless of it's historical accuracy or wardrobe or location authenticity.

[Jim Holden]

I think to be fair, I would have to choose a favorite Western by Decade - there are just so many.

[patrick mark pazen]

Unforgiven is a western that i really enjoy just dont decorate your saloon with William Moneys friend,and serve William "Sarsaparilla" not whiskey, also the movie The Missing, Kate Blanchett was great portraying a woman of the west.

[anthony martin]

A tough one you've posed!If I picked a serious one it would be The Outlaw Josie Wales hands down.If it was a comedy western it would be The Life And Times of Judge Roy Bean-so many great lines in that one!

[C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt]

For comedy westerns, modern ones would include From Noon til Three & Cat Ballou.  Going back a ways, the original Along Came Jones with Gary Cooper & Dan Duryea, The Paleface with Bob Hope, Son of the Paleface with Hope, Jane Russell, & Roy Rogers (Darn good movie, but not quite as good as the original--great scene when Russell is trying to kiss Roy Rogers, who is doing his best to avoid her).  Hope's Alias Jesse James isn't as good as either, but the ending is priceless, when Roy Rogers, about a half-dozen more TV Western stars--& Bing Crosby--show up to help Hope in the climactic gunfight.  James Garner's Support Your Local Sheriff is a great Western comedy.  I never got to see Support Yoor Local Gunfighter. 

 

A serious western that seldom gets mentioned, though it's very good, is Gregory Peck's The Gunfighter.  It's supposed to be the only time Peck ever wore a moustache in a movie.

[Dr. Dan Moran]

I agree. "Tombstone"! I thought Val Kilmer had an Academy Award performance as Doc Holliday!

[C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt]

Kilmer was the closest to the actual Doc Holliday there's ever been on screen.  Russel chewed the scenery worse than Kirk Douglas ever did, which spoiled a lot of the movie for me.  Wyatt Earp was a cold fish & the madder he got the colder he got, & from the 1 mostly-authentcated photo of her, Josie Marcus did not look ethnicallyJewish, which the actress playing her did, but Kilmer, except for his hair & moustache--Doc was an ash-blond--was 'Doc Holliday' almost to the life.  I also enjoyed Charlton Heston's last film role as Henry Hooker.  He was already suffering from Alzheimer's & it must have been difficult for him to memorize even the few lines he had.