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What....no HIGH NOON?
Shane anyone?
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i can see where these threads are going... right into the arms of the Daddy - the 60s!!
however 50s provided reams and reams of decent watchable westerns.
many of which starred...you know who!! i will get the choir ready.
Wonderful country and big country get my vote. but just too many to list and credit.
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Jul 25, 2014 - 11:32 AM
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Richard-W
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The 1950s was the decade of the American western. So many classic, brilliant, inspired films. Here is my shortlist of the best westerns of the decade:
1960 The Unforgiven -- written by Alan LeMay, directed by John Huston.
1959 The Hanging Tree -- written by Dorothy M. Johnson, directed by Delmer Daves.
1958 The Wonderful Country -- directed by Robert Parrish.
1958 Ride Lonesome -- written by Burt Kennedy, directed by Budd Boetticher.
1957 3:10 to Yuma -- written by Elmore Leonard, directed by Delmer Daves.
1956 7 Men From Now -- written by Burt Kennedy, directed by Budd Boetticher.
1956 The Searchers -- written by Alan LeMay / Frank S. Nugent, directed by John Ford.
1955 The Man From Laramie -- directed by Anthony Mann.
1954 Track of the Cat -- directed by William A. Wellman.
1953 Shane -- written by Jack Schaefer / A.B. Guthrie , directed by George Stevens.
1953 The Naked Spur -- directed by Anthony Mann.
1953 Hondo 3-D -- written by Louis L'Amour, directed by John Farrow.
1952 Ride the Man Down -- written by Luke Short, directed by Joseph Kane.
1951 Viva Zapata! -- written by John Steinbeck, directed by Elia Kazan.
1951 High Noon -- written by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann.
More outstanding westerns of the 1950s:
1960 Sergeant Rutledge -- James Warner Bellah story directed by John Ford.
1960 Hellbent for Leather -- directed by George Sherman.
1960 Flaming Star -- directed by Don Siegel.
1960 Comanche Station -- written by Burt Kennedy, directed by Budd Boetticher.
1959 Warlock -- directed by Edward Dmytryk.
1959 The Last Train From Gun Hill -- directed by John Sturges.
1959 Day of the Outlaw -- directed by Andre de Toth.
1958 Tonka -- directed by Lewis R. Foster for Disney.
1958 Star In the Dust -- directed by Charles F. Haas.
1958 The Left-Handed Gun -- directed by Arthur Penn.
1958 The Law and Jake Wade -- directed by John Sturges.
1958 From Hell to Texas -- Henry Hathaway.
1958 Fort Dobbs -- written by Burt Kennedy, directed by Gordon Douglas.
1958 The Big Country -- directed by William Wyler.
1958 The Bravados -- directed by Henry King.
1957 The Tin Star -- directed by Anthony Mann.
1956 Reprisal! -- directed by George Sherman.
1956 Red Sundown -- directed by Jack Arnold.
1956 Man From Del Rio -- directed by Harry Horner.
1956 Giant -- Edna Ferber story directed by George Stevens.
1956 Bandido -- directed by Richard Fleischer.
1956 Backlash -- directed by John Sturges.
1955 The Last Command -- directed Frank Lloyd.
1954 The Outcast -- directed by William Witney.
1954 Masterson of Kansas -- directed by William Castle.
1954 Four Guns to the Border -- directed by actor Richard Carlson.
1954 Dawn at Socorro -- directed by George Sherman.
1953 Gun Fury 3-D -- directed by Raoul Walsh.
1953 The Charge at Feather River 3-D -- directed by Gordon Douglas.
1952 Rancho Notorious -- directed by Fritz Lang.
1952 The Lusty Men -- directed by Robert Parrish.
1952 The Big Sky -- directed by Howard Hawks.
1952 Bend of the River -- directed by Anthony Mann.
1951 Westward the Women -- directed by William A. Wellman.
1951 Apache Drums -- produced by Val Lewton, directed by Hugo Fregonese.
1951 Along the Great Divide -- directed by Raoul Walsh.
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I haven't seen Delmer Davies' Jubal mentioned here. I find it quite excellent and magnificently photographed.
Otherwise George Stevens is my favorite director in this genre for the 1950s. Shane and - although it's modern and not really an example of the genre - the great Texas saga Giant.
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So many great movies, with so many great scores. I'm very happy to see BEND OF THE RIVER getting attention right out of the starting gate from the very first post.
Hans told me that at the gala premiere he and Mrs. Salter happened to sit behind Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart. At the film's conclusion, the Salters overheard the Stewarts agreeing with each other that the musical score had been a big plus...
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