The Great American WESTERN Thread

[tcrideshd]

I watch westerns most of the time. Big Duke fan. Guess I grew up with them cause westerns were prevalent in the fifties and early sixties But all time favorite movie is Lobesome Dove. Hands down. Now what about a series that no one has mentioned. The Guns Of Will Sonnett

[ZipZop]

I watch westerns most of the time. Big Duke fan. Guess I grew up with them cause westerns were prevalent in the fifties and early sixties But all time favorite movie is Lobesome Dove. Hands down. Now what about a series that no one has mentioned. The Guns Of Will Sonnett

You know what's funny? I actually HAD and STILL HAVE my "Guns of Will Sonnett" Lunch box from grade school. I lost the thermos. But I still have the lunch box.

[sharptonn]

Man from Snowy River. Was AU, but still.....Had Kirk Douglas in the 1st one. Great movies!

[ZipZop]

New TV Western discoveries in my adulthood that I have absolutely NO recollection of in my childhood are;

"Tales of Wells Fargo" with Dale Robertson (my new favorite). It's well produced, good cinematography (mostly shot outdoors with limited studio production) and well written.

"The Rebel" with Nick Adams

"Trackdown" with Robert Culp (this show actually spun-off "Wanted Dead or Alive" with Steve McQueen)

"Wanted Dead or Alive" with Steve McQueen

[earcutter]

You know what's funny? I actually HAD and STILL HAVE my "Guns of Will Sonnett" Lunch box from grade school. I lost the thermos. But I still have the lunch box.

. That’s just freakin awesome.

[ZipZop]

. That’s just freakin awesome.

Thanks. If I had the Thermos, I would really be worth something, but alas the Thermos is LONG gone. I think it broke on the school bus when I was 10.

No matter. I'd never sell it anyway. At this point, it's an Heirloom. It's currently in my closet filled with Harris Company Stamps. I sent them a dollar when I was 12 and they sent me a bag of cancelled postage stamps. Probably not even worth a dollar back then. I dumped them in the lunch box and that's where they remain to this day.

[Kees]

My favourite is the Good the Bad and the Ugly. IIRC it has a scene where C.E. shaves himself with a straight.

[freebird]

Seems as if Crossfire Trail May have had a barbers scene in it, although I cannot recall if they show Tom Selleck getting shaved or not. It was a big enough favorite of mine that, when I was planning on getting involved in Cowboy Action Shooting, I had a gunbelt made that was patterned after the one Tom Selleck used.

[Orville]

Silverado was a decent film, and made in the mold of the old ensemble style casts.

[ZipZop]

My favourite is the Good the Bad and the Ugly. IIRC it has a scene where C.E. shaves himself with a straight.

When I think of Clint Eastwood and shaving, I think of the Shave and a Shootout scene from "High Plains Drifter".
The nervousness of the barber, the way he is improperly stropping the razor, and the high angle of attack of the razor with which he is about to cut into Eastwood at.... Eastwood is lucky he never completed the shave;