The 100 Greatest Western Movies Of All Time - I... -

The film that saved the Western and made John Wayne a star. A group of archetypes (a prostitute, a drunk doctor, a gambler, a pregnant captain’s wife) ride across Apache territory. The stunt work (the famous leap of the horses during the river chase) is breathtaking. Ford created Monument Valley as a character. Every frame is a painting. It is the template every Western follows.

Louis Gasnier's film stars Burt Lancaster as a rugged, independent-minded frontiersman who becomes embroiled in a complex web of relationships and conflicts. The 100 Greatest Western Movies of All Time - I...

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The ultimate epic spaghetti western. The Civil War rages in the background as three rogues hunt for $200,000 in Confederate gold. Eli Wallach’s Tuco ("The Ugly") is the heart of the film—a greedy, hilarious survivor. The final three-way duel in the cemetery, set to Ennio Morricone’s "The Ecstasy of Gold," is the most famous standoff in history. It is pure, operatic, bloody cinema. The film that saved the Western and made John Wayne a star

Nicholas Ray's film stars John Wayne as a rugged, aging movie director who tries to make a film about the American West. Ford created Monument Valley as a character