I've only seen the Selleck movie once. The cowboys attire and guns, etc. looked like they just walked out of a store. To pretty. To Hollywood. I like Selleck, but he's no Lee Marvin.
I completely agree. I believe it was Lancaster's 3rd western with Robert Aldrich and the best. It was an utter box office flop,but it was that choice of movie that set Lancaster apart from his contemporaries. I can see Mitchum doing as good a job, but really nobody else.
I absolutely agree! Directed by Dick Richards. The cast(strictly from memory) Gary Grimes,Billy "Green" Bush, Matt Clarke, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam,Anthony James, Geoffrey Lewis, Luke Askew,Royal Dano,Gregory Sierra and a few others I can't recall offhand.
Joe Kidd is my favorite on the list. Here are some more overlooks. 1: The Bounty Man: Clint Walker & Margot Kidder. Contains an ending you will not see anywhere else ( In a good way). 2: Centennial ( TV): Lots of great performances ( especially Lynn Redgrave and Robert Conrad). 3: The Man Called Noon: The duel between two women: Rosanna Schiaffino ( Fay) and Patty Shepard ( Peg). Stephen Boyd a standout. 3a: Catlow: Like The Man Called Noon another Richard Crenna Euro Western. With Yul Brynner. 4: Wanda Nevada: Great modern day western with Peter Fonda and Brooke Shields.
the 70`s gave us one of the two best western TV mini-series Ever (The Other is "Lonsome Dove") "The Sacketts" with Sam Elliott , Tom Selleck & Jeff Osterhage as the Sackett Brothers , and is packed with western stars like Glenn Ford , Ben Johnson , Jack Elam , Gilbert Roland , Ruth Roman , L Q Jones , Gene Evans , Slim Pickens & John Vernon to name a few ..
I might include Michael Winner's Lawman(1971) thanks to an utterly compelling, uncompromising performance by the great Burt Lancaster and an absolutely terrific supporting cast. And here's one for ya, Don Siegel's "Two Mules for Sister Sara"(1970) a long forgotten Eastwood vehicle wherein he actually got 2nd billed to Shirley McClaine. But make no mistake, Eastwood carried the film. His portrayal of the tough,cynical mercenary Hogan was believable, with just the right amount of sardonic humor and and a sense of world weary integrity underlying his self-centered greed.
Glad you included The Hunting Party but you left out Soldier Blue a film the American reviewers hated because the ending was based on real events. It flopped in America but it was the only film that made me feel sick when I left the cinema (I think it did better here than it did in America)
ride in a whirlwind with jack nicholson and cameron mitchell, the ballad of emilio cortez with james edward olmos................................................
Can't agree with with the inclusion of the Hunting Party. It is utterly repulsive and repellant, one of the worst. Maybe consider Santee 1973, starring Glenn Ford. A sad and egalic tragedy, rather well done.
It was pretty g$dd@mn depressing wasn't it? And Candice Bergen's relationship with Oliver Reed was completely unbelievable. A much, much better Hackman western(again with Candice Bergen) was Richard Brookes' "Bite the Bullet" from 1976. Also starred James Coburn.
