Posts from Stumpy in thread „What Are Your Favourite Non-Duke Westerns?“

  • What Are Your Favourite Non-Duke Westerns?

    I'm 78 years old and for most of my life, have watched and thoroughly enjoyed Western films. Last night I watched a Western starring Clark Gable which, to my great surprise, was a pretty darned good movie. In addition to Gable, the main players were Jane Russell, Robert Ryan and Cameron Mitchell. Now most of us older movie fans know Clark Gable wasn't known for Western movies but I really liked this one. The title was "The Tall Men" (released in 1955 and in color). Clark is a trail boss leading a cattle drive from Texas to Montana and along the way, he and his drovers must overcome Kansas Jayhawkers and Sioux Indians. I highly recommend this film for those of you who like Westerns.

  • What Are Your Favourite Non-Duke Westerns?

    Here are mine, divided by actor. There are probably many I've missed, especially those featuring Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea. Also, several of the films named feature two big names.

    Yellow Sky (Gregory Peck)
    The Gunfighter
    The Bravadoes
    The Big Country
    The Stalking Moon
    Gunfight at the OK Corral (Burt Lancaster)
    Lawman
    Ulzana's Raid
    The Fastest Gun Alive (Glenn Ford)
    3:10 to Yuma
    The Sheepman
    Cimarron
    The Rounders
    Jesse James (Henry Fonda)
    The Ox Bow Incident
    My Darling Clementine
    The Tin Star
    A Big Hand For the Little Lady
    There Was a Crooked Man
    The Big Sky (Kirk Douglas)
    Last Train From Gun Hill
    Lonely Are The Brave
    Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin)
    Western Union (Randolph Scott)
    Thunder Over The Plains
    Ride the High Country
    Wells Fargo (Joel McCrea)
    Union Pacific
    Buffalo Bill
    Wichita
    Gunfight at Dodge City
    Shane (Alan Ladd)
    Will Penny (Charlton Heston)
    Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood)
    Outlaw Josey Wales
    Canyon Passage (Dana Andrews)
    Dodge City (Errol Flynn)
    They Died with Their Boots On
    High Noon (Gary Cooper)
    *Northwest Mounted Police
    Culpepper Cattle Company (Gary Grimes)
    Support Your Local Sheriff (James Garner)
    Man From Laramie (James Stewart)
    Bend of the River
    Bandolero
    Shenandoah
    The Naked Spur
    Winchester 73
    Broken Arrow
    True Grit (Jeff Bridges)
    Dances With Wolves (Kevin Costner)
    Open Range
    Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (Paul Newman)
    Copper Canyon (Ray Milland)
    The Last Wagon (Richard Widmark)
    Five Card Stud (Robert Mitchum)
    River of No Return
    Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford)
    3:10 to Yuma (Russell Crowe)
    Tom Horn (Steve McQueen)
    Magnificent Seven
    Quigley Down Under (Tom Selleck)
    Lonesome Dove (Robert Duvall)
    Kings of the Sun (Yul Brynner)
    Calamity Jane (Doris Day)
    *Tombstone (Kurt Russell)
    *Mask of Zorro (Anthony Hopkins)
    *Northwest Passage (Spencer Tracy)
    *Mark of Zorro (Tyrone Power)
    *Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Humphrey Bogart)
    *The Harvey Girls (Judy Garland)
    * = Added

    Westerns have always been my favorite genre, by far, so in addition to those shown above, I used to spend hours as a kid watching weekend matinees with Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autrey, Roy Rogers, Lash La Rue. Johnny Mack Brown, Tom Mix and other "B" grade stars. Some of those old "B" grade movies weren't bad but it's been so long ago, I can't remember all the titles. I especially liked Hopalong and Lash La Rue. After my family finally acquired a television, about 1950, I spent more hours watching broadcast TV Westerns, both movies and series.