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FuzzyRabbit

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11. 1930s and 1940s B-westerns are my guilty pleasure.
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 04:51 PM
Feb 2018

But some of my other favorites are:
The Professionals
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Rooster Cogburn
True Grit (John Wayne version)
True Grit (Jeff Bridges version is even better)
Tombstone
Appaloosa
and let's not forget Cat Ballou

What's your favorite western? [View all] red dog 1 Feb 2018 OP
Silverado pdxflyboy Feb 2018 #1
"Silverado" is the perfect western! yallerdawg Feb 2018 #24
Silverado was a great western red dog 1 Feb 2018 #26
Right from the beginning... yallerdawg Feb 2018 #74
You can now vote for Silverado red dog 1 Feb 2018 #73
Silverado is now up there as a poll option red dog 1 Feb 2018 #72
So much excellence. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 #2
Tombstone (1993) SummerSnow Feb 2018 #3
I'm your huckleberry! red dog 1 Feb 2018 #27
One of mine too. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2018 #30
... Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #83
Blazing Saddles Tribalceltic Feb 2018 #4
Gene Wilder.. i had such a crush on him!! samnsara Feb 2018 #9
He died way too young, red dog 1 Feb 2018 #15
me too!! mucifer Feb 2018 #78
+1! lastlib Feb 2018 #47
Once Upon a Time in the West FiveGoodMen Feb 2018 #5
Same here👍 GWC58 Feb 2018 #7
The Outlaw Josey Wales left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #6
+1 Alpeduez21 Feb 2018 #17
This! Va Lefty Feb 2018 #18
+1 We got us the Josey Whales! nt earthshine Feb 2018 #36
Cat Ballou! samnsara Feb 2018 #8
True Grit. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2018 #10
Outstanding cast. Always surprised Kim Darby didn't get good roles. mpcamb Feb 2018 #94
1930s and 1940s B-westerns are my guilty pleasure. FuzzyRabbit Feb 2018 #11
I thought about putting Tombstone up there, since it's a great western, red dog 1 Feb 2018 #14
Tombstone! nt flying rabbit Feb 2018 #85
The Jeff Bridges True Grit was fantastic. Codeine Feb 2018 #21
How about some TV mini-series? FuzzyRabbit Feb 2018 #12
While I do like Robert Duvall, I don't think TV mini-series belong in the poll as choices red dog 1 Feb 2018 #16
I voted for "Shane" but my actual favorite is "MacKenna's Gold" Glorfindel Feb 2018 #13
Wow! What a cast! red dog 1 Feb 2018 #23
Never saw this one TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #81
The Sea of Grass TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #82
Would McCabe and Mrs. Miller count.... dhill926 Feb 2018 #19
It definitely counts as a western red dog 1 Feb 2018 #25
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. nt Codeine Feb 2018 #20
"Red River" original version with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. Paladin Feb 2018 #22
McLintock. Personally, not big western fan, but my late wife loved this and we watched it often. Hoyt Feb 2018 #28
The Cheyenne Social Club House of Roberts Feb 2018 #29
The man who shot Liberty Valence mainstreetonce Feb 2018 #31
It's now poll option # 6, (so you can now vote for it) red dog 1 Feb 2018 #63
Jeremiah Johnson, Dances with Wolves, remake of True Grit CanonRay Feb 2018 #32
Not your standard western ornotna Feb 2018 #76
It inspired me to move out west. CanonRay Feb 2018 #84
My attention span is too short for movies but I like to watch TV westerns like MiltonBrown Feb 2018 #33
"Gunsmoke", "Bonanza", "The Rifleman", "Rawhide", "Wanted, Dead or Alive," "Rin Tin Tin" red dog 1 Feb 2018 #34
All good ones. The only TV western I didnt like is Laramie. MiltonBrown Feb 2018 #35
Tombstone Leighbythesea Feb 2018 #37
I like 'The Shootist' Generic Brad Feb 2018 #38
The best performance he ever gave... First Speaker Feb 2018 #39
Definitely. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #54
The Man From Laramie... First Speaker Feb 2018 #40
The best #1 Western is: "High Noon".. truly great film !!! Stuart G Feb 2018 #41
Who Shot Liberty Valance n/t hibbing Feb 2018 #42
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is now up there as poll option # 6 red dog 1 Feb 2018 #64
"Destry" comes to mind as does "Cat Ballou" rurallib Feb 2018 #43
Little Big Man MrScorpio Feb 2018 #44
Agree. Always like the story-within-a-story format. mpcamb Feb 2018 #93
Great minds and all that Mr. S Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2018 #95
+1 geardaddy Feb 2018 #99
Lots Of Good Ones But Not My Fave ProfessorGAC Feb 2018 #45
I do think you should consider "Lonesome Dove". blue neen Feb 2018 #46
+1 n/t. rzemanfl Feb 2018 #52
That was my choice. I'm surprised it wasn't on the list. Such a wonderful Western! Nay Feb 2018 #91
The acting, the writing. blue neen Feb 2018 #92
Shane without a doubt. pressbox69 Feb 2018 #48
The Big Country TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #49
Great one. Years ago there was a terrible print being used on TV. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2018 #68
Lots of favorites, but Evil Roy Slade starring John Astin, is at the top. MerryBlooms Feb 2018 #50
What? No three amigos? unblock Feb 2018 #51
Young guns Proud liberal 80 Feb 2018 #53
Blazing saddles Jane Austin Feb 2018 #55
My Darling Clementine and Fort Apache n/t sarge43 Feb 2018 #56
Nobody voted for My Darling Clementine yet, so it may be coming down soon, red dog 1 Feb 2018 #62
Maverick Cartoonist Feb 2018 #57
The Maverick movie was one of the best treatments of a TV show I can think of, western or otherwise. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2018 #67
I picked... Mike Nelson Feb 2018 #58
I always enjoy GP6971 Feb 2018 #59
My two are the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Ox Bow Incident. argyl Feb 2018 #60
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. Brother Buzz Feb 2018 #61
You can now vote for Liberty Valance red dog 1 Feb 2018 #66
No Country for Old Men is about as close to Western as I get jmowreader Feb 2018 #65
DJango JonLP24 Feb 2018 #69
Some of my faves not listed: Silverado, Hondo, Monte Walsh (orig), Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2018 #70
Silverado is now up there as poll option # 10, (so you can now vote for it) red dog 1 Feb 2018 #71
Omelet NotASurfer Feb 2018 #75
Purgatory jodymarie aimee Feb 2018 #77
Ride The High Country should be on the list. El Supremo Feb 2018 #79
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance TeamPooka Feb 2018 #80
Destry Rides Again, My Darling Clementine, anything John Ford ... kwassa Feb 2018 #86
"Home From the Hill" (1960) Tikki Feb 2018 #87
I can't resist: area51 Feb 2018 #88
Sam Peckinpahs western films work for me... VOX Feb 2018 #89
Big Jake Shrek Feb 2018 #90
The Professionals. Burt Lancaster at his finest. kairos12 Feb 2018 #96
"High Noon" is coming up later this month on one of those over-the-air mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 #97
Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957) red dog 1 Feb 2018 #98
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