MONTE WALSH
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM A. FRAKER
PRODUCED BY HAL LANDERS/ BOBBY ROBERTS
CINEMA CENTER FILMS
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era.
As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy,
Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options.
New work opportunities are available to them,
but the freedom of the open prairie is what they long for.
Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew,
and try to make a new start.
Written by Jean-Marc Rocher
Full Cast
Lee Marvin ... Monte Walsh
Jeanne Moreau ... Martine Bernard
Jack Palance ... Chet Rollins
Mitch Ryan ... Shorty Austin (as Mitchell Ryan)
Jim Davis ... Cal Brennan
G.D. Spradlin ... Hal Henderson
John Hudkins ... Sonny Jacobs (as John 'Bear' Hudkins)
Raymond Guth ... Sunfish Perkins (as Ray Guth)
John McKee ... Petey Williams
Michael Conrad ... Dally Johnson
Tom Heaton ... Sugar Wyman
Ted Gehring ... Skimpy Eagans
Bo Hopkins ... Jumpin' Joe Joslin
John McLiam ... Fightin' Joe Hooker
Allyn Ann McLerie ... Mary Eagle
Matt Clark ... Rufus Brady
Billy Green Bush ... Powder Kent (as Billy Bush)
Eric Christmas ... Col. Wilson
Charles Tyner ... Doctor
Jack Colvin ... Card cheat
Richard Farnsworth ... Cowboy (as Dick Farnsworth)
Fred Waugh ... Cowboy
Henry A. Escalante ... Cowboy (as Blackie Escalante)
Leroy Johnson ... Marshal
William Graeff Jr. ... Bartender
John Carter ... Farmer
William A. Fraker Jr. ... Farm boy (as Billy Fraker)
Kurtis Roberts ... Farm boy
Guy Wilkerson ... Old man
Roy Barcroft ... Proprietor
Frank Green ... Bit part (uncredited)
Mark Headley ... Kid Edward (uncredited)
Rusty Lee ... Covered Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Writing Credits
David Zelag Goodman
Lukas Heller
Jack Schaefer novel
Original Music
John Barry
Cinematography
David M. Walsh
Trivia
Film debut of Eric Christmas.
Final film of veteran villain Roy Barcroft, who died before its release.
This is one of only a few occasions where Jack Palance is not cast as a villain.
Goofs
Factual errors
Fightin Joe Hooker, the cowboy riding fence says he rode with Joseph Hooker
when he led the Army of the Cumberland at the battle of Lookout Mountain during the Civil War.
General Joseph Hooker did not lead the Army of the Cumberland.
He was in command of the XI and XII Corps of the Army of the Potomac
and was sent west to reinforce the Army of the Cumberland,
which was under the command of general George H. Thomas at the battle of Chattanooga,
of which the battle of Lookout Mountain was part.
Filming Locations
CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mescal, Arizona, USA
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA