Legendary actor , awesome movie . Tom Horn could never have been played as well by any other actor . McQueens real personality pours out in this film . RIP Steve
There are certain roles for certain actors and no other. Like Ethan Edwards for John Wayne in "The Searchers", no Brando or Richard Harris or xyz could have acted this role better.
Ure bang on my freind im 56 and c Bronson Lancaster Eastwood Duvall but for me untouchable I watch it over over an insight how it truly was lonely as hell out there he new nothing but but killing or been killed captured Geronimo in the Apache wars was ruff out there McQueen played it to a t and only he cud do it maybe that’s why nobody remade it after Steve big shoes to fill he won’t beat McQueen to easily who ever takes on the mantle wat a great horseman he was even do he was ill speaks volumes for his determination to finish that film for me can’t be beaten
Great video! I don't think this movie,or Steve McQueen, ever got the credit that it was due! But, I'm glad that I have it in my DVD collection! There's no actor today, that's anywhere near as cool as Steve McQueen! RIP Steve!
Steve McQueen was one of the top-paid actors of his time, he got plenty of recognition and he still does. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4XGWXmxmaoE.html
Always liked this movie because it depicts range wars less cleanly and nice than many others, i.e. John Wayne's - which i like too - where bad guys are bad guys but straightforward - you know, they have people ambushed, evicted at gunpoint, farms razed to the gound, bribe everyone but the never doublecross anyone. As opposite, this movie shows how formally respected people can hire a gunslinger (rifleslinger in this case), telling him what they want and knowing exactly what will happen, than betray him to clean their image as nothing had happened - as real bad guys do. This is a portrait of those times, when a sheriff could be a former hitman, rustler or robber, an outlaw could be much more honest than many and a man could be hanged because he had a easier access to water and "with less evidences than Nessie's existence" (old Scottich saying).
I recently saw this film for the first time about a week ago, and noticed that Linda Evans was Steve McQueen's co-star. As a big fan of "The Big Valley", and others, I looked up this movie for technical specs., release dates, filming locations, etc., and came across an interview with Ms. Evans regarding this film. She claimed that it was one of her favorites to have made in the genre, having been shot in the mostly raw wilderness, and reuniting her (and Mr. McQueen, it seemed) with a mutually favorite horse from earlier work that they'd both done on their own. Having watched this film, seenthe setting, acting, storyline, and now the backstory with Evans, I'm going to tend to favor this as Steve McQueen's last (real) film. It seems to tell his own journey better than "The Hunter", and I'd like to remember him as more of a Tom Horn than a Ralph Thorson. Heck, the first film in which I remember him clearly is "The Towering Inferno", as a sort of paternal, world-weary fire chief tasked with extinguishing a fire engulfing the tallest building in the world in San Francisco. I still get a kick out of seeing that film! Anyway, thanks for the post and the memories.
This was an odd, differently-paced western, but interesting to watch. The scene of Horn trying to run away from the nightmare of jail and hanging to freedom was heartbreaking.
Mine too. He was his own man though and didn’t star in a number of movies that would have rocketed his career. He should have been allowed to do more stunts--he was quite capable; more violence, a torrid sex scene with Bissette, (he was not a bashful man in real life) and really turn him loose in the Stang and Bullitt would have been primed for sequels.
an important story about the West; well told and too often ignored by both movie goers and would be western historians. For me it ranks as one of the top ten Western Movies
His last two movies, he played a cowboy and a bounty hunter. I think he wanted to go back to his roots before he left us. Nearly half a century later and the guy is still missed.
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@@wildbillharding he could of stared in : close encounters of the third kind , Apocalypse Now , A Bridge to Far , pretty much any block buster movie that was to be produced after the Towering Inferno the producers wanted McQueen . Imagine Apocalypse Now with McQueen and Eastwood . He did his way . Like I said 40 years and 3 flops in a row and he's still an influence and making his son very wealthy. His daughter Terri died at age 38 in 1997 .His son Chad is still going strong after a bad racing accident .
@@p47thunderbolt68 I wasn't meaning to criticise SM in any way. I've been a huge fan of his since The Magnificent Seven and have seen all his films except for An Enemy of the People. My comment about his last three films' poor box-office was in response to another post asking what the titles were.
@@wildbillharding I didn't see your post as disrespectful. Like i said flops, death and over 40 years later he's still being talked about . I was just thinking about his daughter and her tragic death. A good thing he didn't have to witness his girl suffering. I've yet to see Enemy of the People to . From what I've seen of it looks like he holds his on . Charles Durning had nothing but praise for McQueen's performance. Have you listened to a 4 part interview he gave in August of 1977 at UCLA to help promote the film ? Just audio but he takes questions from the students and faculty, The director of the film was there also . Praise from a great actor and war hero like Charles Durning is almost as good as any other award IMO
It didn't do well at the box office, but it's a real western movie that's not fake. Steve McQueen is a real cowboy. Unlike Clint Eastwood, he never blinks when he shoots‼️
To those who don’t know about Tom Horn , He was a True American Hero, The Book of Him, I think Call Tom Horn, Or the life and times of Tom Horn is Great, He was on his own from 13, and grew into a hell of a Man, Just Saying. Great Read
Some of you disagree with me but your responses were civil. Thanks. If I’m wrong it’s because my source is wrong. It was a book about the Old West written many years ago closer to the events of the time. Tom is quoted as saying” If I killed that kid it was either the worst shot I ever made or the best”.
The folks that lived/live in the Browns Park area of Colorado didnt have a very high opinion of Horn. Was considered a hired killer for the cattlemans association.
That is what he was hired to do, In those days Rustling was a Hanging offense , and Tom Horn was hired to get rid of the Rustlers, He always gave them a chance to leave town or the area, and quit Rustling, If they didn’t he would kill them, That situation reminds me of Today, Where thugs think they are entitled to belongings that a person has worked for, Not Mine, Just Saying.
When I saw the photo of Tom Horm taken by my uncle (he was the sheriff who took Tom in). He was sitting in a cell making a rope. My aunt said he was making the rope because he was given a chose of making the rope or having one from the hardware store. He knew that the store bought ropes stretched.
@@strateshooter1402 I think its hilarious I couldn't find a real hatmaker to shape the silly thing...no, not a milestone...making my first million was that...I'm the General Contractor for the Boeing company...worldwide.). How about you?
You know, and I think that I can speak for everyone, this movie could have really been great if it had Julia Roberts playing the part of Linda Evans. It could have been a classic.
I have never understood why so many people consider individuals like Tom Horn, Lewis Wetzel, John Wesley Hardin, William Bonney, James “Killer” Miller, and John Johnson, to name a few, to be some form of romantic hero. The fact of the matter is they were sociopaths who were cold blooded killers. Tom Horn routinely ambushed his victims as an unseen sniper, Lewis Wetzel slaughtered an estimated 300 native Americans, John Johnson (better know as Jeremiah Johnson) like to kick his opponents to death and once poisoned 20 some natives with wolfers strychnine. Some heroes.
Nobody “captured” Geronimo, he surrendered because his people were tired and hungry. He outran the Mexicans and the U.S. Army for 20 years and could probably have gone on doing it for 20 more.
...not completely true. Yes Geronimo was captured because he wanted to be captured. But if it was not for Horn and Al Sieber,I believe he was still alive at the time,the calvary would have NEVER found Geronimo... ...Geronimo and Horn are much the same. Both men could be considered good or evil depending on who you are asking. Both were men of the era that time past by.
