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I’m talking about Westerns that for some reason didn’t get the attention it deserves.
Despite having a great cast and being very well done, Open Range tops the list.

Gunfighters Moon.

Not that good.....but it means a lot to us.

One-Eyed Jacks.

Starring Marlon Brando, Slim Pickens, Ben Johnson and Karl Maldin.

You'll be entertained.

Almost any of Jimmy Stewart's Westerns count.
"Nevada Smith", with McQueen and Brian Kieth.
"Will Penny", Chuck Heston is pretty good.
Funniest is "Goin South", considering Garner's Westerns as "A"'list.
7mm

South of Heaven , West of Hell.............

The Cullpepper cattle company,Barbarosa, Quigly, All the pretty Horses, Bite the Bullet

The absolute best you haven’t seen is “The Ranger, the Cook, And A Hole In The Sky” with Sam Elliott. Written by Norman Maclean. This is a fantastic movie set in the Montana wilderness in 1918 and you will wonder why you never heard of it...

not quite on topic but if you have a fire stick or fire tv, whatever, I ask it to show me all movies with whoever.

I'm a big Randolph Scott fan so I asked Alexa to show me all the movies with Randolph Scott via prime and other stuff I have - and it came up with about 30 or so movies for me to choose from. I was wanting to watch a western but I ended up with a movie called Captain Kidde - a pirate movie.

Scott was his typical self in it but I can watch those movies all day long.

Another feature that I like is the results you get from the search shows a list of all the actors and then all the movies they are in you can watch, so Randolph Scott might be in a movie with Stewart Granger so then it shows you that you can watch Granger and John Wayne in North to Alaska.

Since many of those actors were contracted to studios back then, they overlap on a lot of movies. Its opened up me being able to watch some movies I never would have known about otherwise.

The only downside is occasionally you'll choose a movie and it wants you to pay for it because it includes digital rentals.

My next challenge will be to watch as many Elmore Leonard adapted movies I can find. I was suprised to see a movie called The Tall T with Scoot was an Elmore Leonard movie.

Most of these, including Open Range, aren't what I'd call not getting the attention they deserved.

Valdez is Coming was mentioned earlier. It has become known over the years but was pretty much unknown when it came out and for years thereafter. Billy Two Hats is another. The Hired Hand, Ride the Whirlwind, Ulzana's Raid, The Stalking Moon.

Lately, The Salvation is pretty good.

The best Elmore Leonard movie ever is Hombre.

Crossfire trail. Buddy of mine and wifey is a main character....and a heck of a gunsmith.

An odd one, but good one: Dead Man.

Thanks to all for some good ideas, Shrap I put that on the watchlist for tonight.


mike r

In all the "favorite westerns threads" The Professionals" isn't mentioned much. Maybe it isn't a favorite, but many have not seen it.

It, Valdez is Coming, & Hombre don't seem to get mentioned a lot.

I think the Professionals is well done plus technically better than most. Good cast.

...Hestons ....The Last Hard Men

...not a porno.

LOL

I own that DVD. Good movie

Monty Walsh

Oh yeah, Jimmy Stewart. One of my favorite actors back then.
Garner too.

Bad Day at Black Rock

The Ox Bow Incident...