Westerns on TV 50'S and 60'swhat was your favourite

[chrishall 10]

Lol, you do have a point ,my stepfather had an uncle who was supposedly on a posse that chased Billy The Kid and he was a thorough bred Yorkshireman from Woodhouse Mill.

 

I used to know an old Liverpudlian back in the 50s who said Billy The Kid "was our kid"

 

I kid you not

[fleetwood 10]

'High Noon' best story line, best actors, best music plus great suspense.

[mossdog 10]

My favourite modern Western has to be .."The Long Riders" great film great music!

[fatrajah 10]

'High Noon' best story line, best actors, best music plus great suspense.

 

Didn't John Wayne say it was the most un-american film he had ever seen?

[fleetwood 10]

Didn't John Wayne say it was the most un-american film he had ever seen?

 

If that meant he didn't like it, maybe there was a little jealousy going on. fleetwood

[Texas 10]

 

I used to know an old Liverpudlian back in the 50s who said Billy The Kid "was our kid"

 

I kid you not

Gerron thi 'orse and drink thi' milk!

[mossdog 10]

If that meant he didn't like it, maybe there was a little jealousy going on. fleetwood

........reckon old Marion would have loved to star in "High Noon" so agreed a bit of pro jealousy!

Who would not want to be in a John Ford western with those superb camera angle shots and Monument Valley!

[fleetwood 10]

........reckon old Marion would have loved to star in "High Noon" so agreed a bit of pro jealousy!

Who would not want to be in a John Ford western with those superb camera angle shots and Monument Valley!

 

Hi mossdog - Thank you, my sentiments entirely!

[fatrajah 10]

........reckon old Marion would have loved to star in "High Noon" so agreed a bit of pro jealousy!

Who would not want to be in a John Ford western with those superb camera angle shots and Monument Valley!

 

Aren't you thinking of "The Searchers"? John Wayne was in that film.

[mossdog 10]

Aren't you thinking of "The Searchers"? John Wayne was in that film.

......Yep! JW was in that film directed by JF

But what was his reason to say "High Noon " was the most un-American film?

[fatrajah 10]

......Yep! JW was in that film directed by JF

But what was his reason to say "High Noon " was the most un-American film?

 

According to one web site, it was because the male characters fell short of the ideals of the Old West i.e. they were obviously scared & declined to help the sheriff who was himself frightened. Also at the end of the film the sheriff, or is it Marshall, tears off his madge & treads it into the dust, thus showing contempt for authority. John Wayne could never have played the lead as the outcome would have been a certainty!

[EdmundH 10]

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Edited February 3, 2018 by EdmundH