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TOP TEN END OF THE WEST
MOVIES
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1 RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962)
2 THE SHOOTIST (1976)
3 THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
4 WILL PENNY (1968)
5 MONTE WALSH (1970)
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6 OPEN
RANGE (2003)
7 THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962)
8 BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (1970)
9 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962)
10 THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) |
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EMIL'S
NOTES |
Three of the ten - 1, 3, and 8 were directed by Sam Peckinpah. Two
are with John Wayne - 2 and 7. Two have Lee Marvin - MONTE WALSH
and LIBERTY VALANCE. Kirk Douglas considered LONELY ARE THE BRAVE
one of his finest roles and Charlton Heston felt the same about
WILL PENNY. In the movie, the one showing in LAST PICTURE SHOW is
RED RIVER.
Both RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY and THE SHOOTIST were clearly goodbyes
to the actors starring in them, the former to Joel McCrae and
Randolph Scott, the latter to the Duke. (Note that this sub
genre begins in the 1960's and is still with us. Many feel the
west doesn't ever end. It just goes through a series of
transformations and these are stories about how those effected
cope, or don't, with that change.) |
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