Not an underrated movie but the searchers was a great movie and John Wayne should have been at least nominated for an Oscar.
Underated westerns
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How about Sgt. Rutledge with Woody Strode? He was terrific and again its got the John Ford, Monument Valley backdrop.
Woody Strode, a former USC football player, was magnificent in Spartacus and in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
It stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover and Kevin Costner. The supporting cast features Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum and Linda Hunt.
This is kind of a western... it remains one of my Dad's favorite movies
Ranch hand Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) feels out of place in the modern world. Jack deliberately gets into a bar room fight to be imprisoned alongside friend Paul (Michael Kane), arrested for helping illegal aliens. Jack tries to convince Paul to flee with him, but, as a family man, Paul has too much at stake. Jack escapes after a beating from a sadistic police deputy (George Kennedy) and heads for the hills. An extensive manhunt breaks out, led by sympathetic Sheriff Johnson (Walter Matthau).
Ranch hand Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) feels out of place in the modern world. Jack deliberately gets into a bar room fight to be imprisoned alongside friend Paul (Michael Kane), arrested for helping illegal aliens. Jack tries to convince Paul to flee with him, but, as a family man, Paul has too much at stake. Jack escapes after a beating from a sadistic police deputy (George Kennedy) and heads for the hills. An extensive manhunt breaks out, led by sympathetic Sheriff Johnson (Walter Matthau).
Big Charles Bronson fan myself. My favorite movie of his, not a western though was Hard Times where Charles was a street fighter for hire during the Great Depression and was managed by James Coburn. I worked as an usher at the UA theaters during the mid 70's when it played and always managed to watch Chaney fight Big Jim in the factory cage whenever I could.
Now a really good Henry Fonda western with a poker twist was' A Big Hand for the Little Lady'
Man in the Wilderness. 1971. John Huston, Richard Harris.
I would bet there was a lot of drinking on that shoot.
I would bet there was a lot of drinking on that shoot.
Any western with John Wayne was great. Have fun and watch his really old westerns.
Speaking of Cooper, how about The Garden of Evil. Western Mexico
, but a great flick that also starred Richard Widmark and Susan Hayward.
Watched this the other day for the first time. Good flick and moved fast.
Nevada Smith (McQueen)
The Big Country (Gregory Peck, Heston, Burl Ives)
Night of the Grizzly (A little cheezy, but enjoyable)
The Big Country (Gregory Peck, Heston, Burl Ives)
Night of the Grizzly (A little cheezy, but enjoyable)
I always hear filmakers say this is the greatest western ever made.
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