Superb Gordon Willis photography elevates this post-World War II spin on the old story of independent ranchers under siege from big business.įranco Nero shoots first, last, and seldom asks questions at all in Sergio Corbucci’s spaghetti western, one of the first and best to ride the coattails of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars. Note the dramatic Star Wars-style credits.ĭirector George Stevens won the Oscar for Giant’s amazing visuals, including the iconic image of James Dean, cowboy hat low over his forehead, reclining behind the wheel of a vintage roadster. DeMille’s frontier epic about Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane surrounds Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur with 2,500 Sioux and Cheyenne extras. Lively attempt at cooking Leone’s spaghetti recipe stateside.Ĭecil B. Often overlooked among the great MGM musicals, Annie Get Your Gun has an extraordinary Irving Berlin score, brassy Betty Hutton as Annie Oakley, and more dancing cowboys than Gilley’s in its heyday.Ĭlint Eastwood’s first film after the Dollars trilogy has him playing an innocent rancher condemned for murder. The Man From Snowy River captured the mythic spirit of the West as well as any homegrown product has, perhaps because it was based on a revered Australian legend.
But we suspect it will appear even higher on subsequent lists. It may be too soon to rank this acclaimed drama starring Tom Hanks as a traveling Old West news reader saddled with responsibility for a young white girl (Helena Zengel) captured and raised by Kiowa.
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There have been many fine movie and TV Zorros - from Tyrone Power to Guy Williams to Antonio Banderas - but none has been more enthusiastically acrobatic and exuberantly heroic than silent-movie superstar Douglas Fairbanks as the masked swashbuckler. What’s the best barroom brawl in the history of western movies? It has to be the donnybrook in Dodge City, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and one condemned saloon. As a result, more than a few titles have moved higher on the list - and others are appearing for the first time.Īnd so throughout July, we’re offering a weekly countdown of our revised list. Also: We have decided - reluctantly, we admit - to heed many requests that we restrict this list to theatrical features, and provide another rundown for television series, made-for-TV movies, and miniseries (including Lonesome Dove) in a future issue.įinally: During the pandemic lockdown, we have had time to rewatch and reevaluate scads of classic westerns. In the case of our “ 100 Best Westerns Ever Made” list, however, we figured it was way past time for an update.įor one thing, the original list compiled by David Hofstede first appeared almost 20 years ago - in January 2002, to be precise - and since then, more than a few list-worthy films have been released. Under normal circumstances, the C&I crew adheres to a time-tested adage: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Support Your Local Sheriff with James Garner claims the No.
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