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What was your favorite Western movie/s or television program/s. Mine were "Dances With Wolves" and "Lonesome Dove" (Original Post) debm55 Mar 23 OP
Maverick and The Man that shot Liberty Valence Buzz cook Mar 23 #1
Thank you very much, Buzz cook debm55 Mar 23 #3
Mine Botany Mar 23 #2
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Botany. debm55 Mar 23 #4
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly/The Rifleman. Sneederbunk Mar 23 #5
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Sneederbunk. debm55 Mar 23 #15
I also like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly DBoon Mar 23 #22
Thank you DBoon. debm55 Mar 23 #23
The Shootist its was pretty much spot on of the dying of the old west to Historic NY Mar 23 #6
Thank you Historic NY for sharing. debm55 Mar 23 #10
This movie has the best one liners! Niagara Mar 23 #45
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DEADWOOD! MyOwnPeace Mar 23 #8
Thank you very much MyOwnPeace for sharing. debm55 Mar 23 #11
Thank you very much, MyOwnPeace. debm55 Mar 25 #49
The Dollars Trilogy/Gunsmoke anciano Mar 23 #9
Thank you very much for sharing with us. anciano. debm55 Mar 23 #14
Maverick for TV LogDog75 Mar 23 #12
Wow, Thank you for your selections. LogDog75. Great selections. debm55 Mar 23 #13
Bonanza. mwmisses4289 Mar 23 #16
Thank you very much for sharing with us. mwmisses4289. I liked Hoss too. debm55 Mar 23 #17
Bonanza and Hombre perfessor Mar 23 #18
Thank you for sharing, perfessor. debm55 Mar 23 #19
Cat Ballou and Blazing Saddles jgo Mar 23 #20
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Thank you very much, jgo debm55 Mar 23 #21
Little Big Man, hands down. littlemissmartypants Mar 23 #24
Thank you very much, littlemissmartypants for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 23 #27
Thank you, deb. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Mar 23 #30
Along with those already named, Bayard Mar 23 #25
Thank you very much, Bayard for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 25 #50
Missouri Breaks (movie) displacedvermoter Mar 23 #26
Thank you very much, displacedvermoter. I enjoyed that show too. debm55 Mar 23 #28
Firefly, a sci-fi western series markodochartaigh Mar 23 #29
Thank you very much for sharing with us, markodochartaigh. Loved both of those, debm55 Mar 25 #51
"Jeremiah Johnson" and "Longmire" (kind of a Western) Ritabert Mar 23 #31
Thank you very much, Ritabert. for sharing with us. debm55 Mar 25 #53
Rio Bravo, Open Range, The Magnificent Seven Americanme Mar 23 #32
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Americanme. debm55 Mar 25 #52
For TV Maverick, and for movies whathehell Mar 23 #33
Here are three from the film noir era: LakeVermilion Mar 23 #34
Tombstone. flvegan Mar 23 #35
Little Big Man sorcrow Mar 23 #36
Magnificent Seven or Seven Samurai (the original), High Noon. Coventina Mar 23 #37
Hopalong Cassidy -- All 60 movies FuzzyRabbit Mar 23 #38
William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy was the antithesis of Clarence E. Mulford's original Hopalong Cassidy. Brother Buzz Mar 23 #42
"Once Upon a Time In the West" (1968). The feminine spirit of The West inhabited Jill. John1956PA Mar 23 #39
Maverick for T.V. shows. love_katz Mar 23 #40
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Bristlecone Mar 23 #41
Thank you very much, Bristlecone. I haven't seen that in years. debm55 Mar 25 #64
The Big Country PikaBlue Mar 23 #43
It sounds like a great movie. Thank you for sharing, PikaBlue. debm55 Mar 25 #63
Blazing Saddles. NNadir Mar 23 #44
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH. thank you very much, NNadir. debm55 Mar 25 #57
My favorite Westerns Niagara Mar 23 #46
Thank you very much for sharing your selections, Niagara. I hope you got a good night of sleep debm55 Mar 25 #56
You're very welcome, Debbie. I finally got some sleep last night, thank you Niagara Mar 25 #65
TV show "The Loner" Doc_Technical Mar 24 #47
Thank you very much for sharing, Doc_Technical. debm55 Mar 25 #55
I never watched Lonesome Dove, which is weird because... av8rdave Mar 24 #48
Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us. av8rdave. debm55 Mar 25 #54
McCabe and Mrs Miller Loisita123 Mar 25 #58
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Loisita123 debm55 Mar 25 #66
That's easy Figarosmom Mar 25 #59
HAHAHHAH. Thank you very much, Figarosmom. debm55 Mar 25 #61
Logan sakabatou Mar 25 #60
Thank you very much for sharing with us, sakabatou. debm55 Mar 25 #62

Botany

(77,373 posts)
2. Mine
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:09 PM
Mar 23

Little Big Man
Jeremiah Johnson
Dances with Wolves
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
True Grit

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance … racist, sexist, and over the top but a fun movie


Historic NY

(40,047 posts)
6. The Shootist its was pretty much spot on of the dying of the old west to
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:15 PM
Mar 23

the dawn of a new century with aging actors. One can find stories of the old gunslingers living out their final years in cities shunning the limelight of their pasts.

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Response to debm55 (Original post)

LogDog75

(1,303 posts)
12. Maverick for TV
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:25 PM
Mar 23

I loved James Garner as Bret Maverick. He had a way of making his character likeable.

For movies:
Rio Lobo - John Wayne
Big Jake - John Wayne
The Man Who Shot liberty Valance James Stewart
Open Range - Robert Duvall
My Darling Clementine - Henry Fonda

perfessor

(379 posts)
18. Bonanza and Hombre
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:02 PM
Mar 23

Hombre (Paul Newman in the title role) was tough to watch but worth it.

Rich lady on the coach: “The Indians are savages - they eat dogs.”

Newman: “You ever been hungry lady? And I don’t mean ‘ready for dinner’. You’d eat dog, and you’d fight for the bones.”

Based on a book by Elmore Leonard.

littlemissmartypants

(33,778 posts)
24. Little Big Man, hands down.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:02 PM
Mar 23

When I was a young girl, I loved Lassie. I would always cry at the end when Lassie held up her paw. I can hear the music in my head now.

I don't know if that qualifies, though.

❤️

Americanme

(499 posts)
32. Rio Bravo, Open Range, The Magnificent Seven
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:21 PM
Mar 23

All Clint Eastwood westerns and John Wayne westerns. I love westerns.

LakeVermilion

(1,591 posts)
34. Here are three from the film noir era:
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:30 PM
Mar 23

Bad Day at Blackrock
The Ox-Bow Incident
Johnny Guitar

sorcrow

(680 posts)
36. Little Big Man
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:46 PM
Mar 23

Little Big Man is my favorite western of all time.
Others I've watched several times Cat Ballou, Blazing Saddles, Jeremiah Johnson...

As for TV, The Wild, Wild West, Kung Fu, Gun Smoke, The Lone Ranger...

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow


Coventina

(29,753 posts)
37. Magnificent Seven or Seven Samurai (the original), High Noon.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:51 PM
Mar 23

I'll also throw in Star Wars: A New Hope

And of course, Firefly.

Brother Buzz

(39,928 posts)
42. William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy was the antithesis of Clarence E. Mulford's original Hopalong Cassidy.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:20 PM
Mar 23

The original Hopalong Cassidy hard, rough dude with a propensity to swear, and the only thing he had in common with William Boyd’s Hopalong was their shared ethics. I often wish Mulford's original Hopalong Cassidy was made into a feature length film.


John1956PA

(4,977 posts)
39. "Once Upon a Time In the West" (1968). The feminine spirit of The West inhabited Jill.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:14 PM
Mar 23

Because of the supernatural spirit, the character of The West was transformed from male brutality to female nurturing and domestication.

love_katz

(3,263 posts)
40. Maverick for T.V. shows.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:30 PM
Mar 23

Movies: Blazing Saddles.
Cat Ballou
Paint Your Wagon
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Dances With Wolves
Billy Jack

PikaBlue

(495 posts)
43. The Big Country
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:24 PM
Mar 23

Starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Heston, Burl Ives, Chuck Connor, and so many other fabulous actors.

Niagara

(11,876 posts)
46. My favorite Westerns
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:22 PM
Mar 23

Bad Company (1972)


The Shootist (1976)


Hud (1963)


Tombstone (1993)


No Country For Old Men (2007)


There might be more that I like but my brain has checked out for the evening.

debm55

(60,781 posts)
56. Thank you very much for sharing your selections, Niagara. I hope you got a good night of sleep
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 05:44 PM
Mar 25

av8rdave

(10,659 posts)
48. I never watched Lonesome Dove, which is weird because...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:37 PM
Mar 24

I absolutely loved the book. That was one of those books where I got to the last page and said “wait, what? That’s it? Does the story really have to end?”

I’m not much of a westerns fan, but my favs in that genre would have to be Unforgiven and High Plains Drifter.

Loisita123

(20 posts)
58. McCabe and Mrs Miller
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 06:23 PM
Mar 25

The movie was shot in my home town of Brittania Beach. British Columbia . I always enjoy watching it for the great performances and the scenery.

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