I'm partial to John Wayne.
El Dorado,
McClintock,
The Man who Shot Liberty Valance,
Big Jake.

Just to name a few.

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I was going to put it in the poll, the only reason I did not was it was not his first outing as the Man With No Name, and I am always suprised at how many people have seen it, but not Fistful of Dollars, that said it is one of the all time best!

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Unforgiven.

Here's why:

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No worries, Andrew. Lonesome Dove is my favorite too.

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Way Out West (1937)
The Oxbow Incident (1943)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Shane (1953)
The Searchers (1956)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Shootist (1976)
Unforgiven (1992)

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Talking to oneself is, I believe, considered a sign of lunacy. Thinking to oneself is most certainly a sign of it. - G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936), in January, 1906

A Fistfull of Dollars was really good.

I can't take The Magnificent Seven seriously. Yule Brenner is completely unconvincing as a tough guy.

A couple of other greats:
Pale Rider
Silverado

By the way, if you haven't seen it yet there is a great new Western out called 3:10 to Yuma. It's completely unexpected and very good.

There's also a Western with Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. I kind of rented it out of desperation one night just figuring it was the only one that looked semi-good and it turned out to be a really good movie. I wish I knew the title but I forgot.

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And "The Wild Bunch"

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Ill second the Good the Bad and the Ugly. Also loved the Magnificent seven and really enjoyed Young Guns (Billy the Kid)

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Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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Seraphim Falls. I also enjoyed it.

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Screenplay written by a pair of Baylor alumni, Sic 'Em!

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"When it comes to trustworthy theologians one can usually honor the rule of thumb that the deader the better."-Dr. John Hannah, DTS (of all places)

There's a pretty clever western in the works here in Hollywood which is a vague adaptation of Don Quixote, it is about a young man who lost his father during the Civil War only to find out five years after the Confederacy was defeated that his father was still alive in a federal prison but with a serious mental condition sustained from war wounds.

He fetches his father from the institution and soon realizes his father now suffers unpredictable episodes in which he thinks of himself as another life, in order to coax him home young Bender (his name) must play along as the sidekick to whatever fantasy overcomes his father.

If he's a soldier Bender marches under his command, if he's a gun fighter Bender is his sharp shooting side kick called "Lightning Bender".

Meanwhile his father rants about a villainous outlaw that everyone knows has been dead since the war but Bender plays along as he treks home with his delusional father only to find along the way perhaps dear old dad is not as crazy as many believe, they encounter a town being pillaged by the presumed dead fiend and must leap into action as true gunfighters or perish.

The title of the project is "The Last Stand of Lightning Bender".

Any Eastwood fan has to include High Plains Drifter into the discussion. Mysterious stranger hired to protect the guilt ridden town of Lago from three newly released prisoners. Paints all of the buildings in the town red and rename it "Hell". Great movie.

Also, one that I really enjoyed is "The Stalking Moon" with Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint.

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OK, Rich, you and I agree that Fistful of Dollars may be one of the best! I disagree with you about Brenner in Mag. Seven! To me he was very convincing. I think it was one of his better roles!

Honorable mention for High Plains Drifter

I did mean Kurt Russell, but I'm not familiar with this Kirk Russell. I do know of a Russell Kirk, though.

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1. The Outlaw Josey Wales
2. Unforgiven
3. Pale Rider
4. High Plains Drifter
5. Hang 'Em High
6. Shane
7. High Noon
8. Val Kilmer's performance in Tombstone.
9. Sam Elliot, just cause he's awesome no matter what.
10. Lonesome Dove.
11. Do movies like Far & Away count?

3:10 to Yuma is a rare instance of a remake being as good as the original, which starred Van Heflin and was made in 1957.

While I have seen so many of these, this has provoked me to go queue some up on my Blockbuster Online (waaayyy better than Netflix).

Three Amigos anyone? Back to the Future Part III?

But seriously, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.

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Vacaville, CA

Member, First Baptist Church San Luis Obispo
Formerly ABUSA (We left, so I guess that makes us American Baptists Unleashed!)

"Rio Bravo" staring John Wayne:

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