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 Posted:   Sep 18, 2023 - 1:25 PM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

Isn't that Robin Askwith?

 
 Posted:   Sep 18, 2023 - 2:29 PM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

I have a serious question that may get a response given this title.

I remember seeing a movie on TV when I was a little kid somewhere in the mid 1960's in which a whole herd of cattle was killed by a blizzard. John Wayne was devastated by it, and it broke my little heart.

However, that's how I remember it - I don't know if it was actually John Wayne (he might have been the one guy I thought was in all Westerns), and I don't know if it was a herd of cattle, or a favorite cow or something like that.

But I remember them going out to try to save the cow/cattle, or searching for them, or something, and they failed.

It was, honestly, an early lesson for me about how sudden tragedy can strike, and the death of animals can be a big deal.

But I've never been able to figure out what I saw, and whether it even was a movie or an episode of some Western TV show.

Any ideas? I'd be much obliged.

 
 Posted:   Sep 18, 2023 - 9:59 PM   
 By:   Viscount Bark   (Member)

I have a serious question that may get a response given this title.

I remember seeing a movie on TV when I was a little kid somewhere in the mid 1960's in which a whole herd of cattle was killed by a blizzard. John Wayne was devastated by it, and it broke my little heart.

However, that's how I remember it - I don't know if it was actually John Wayne (he might have been the one guy I thought was in all Westerns), and I don't know if it was a herd of cattle, or a favorite cow or something like that.

But I remember them going out to try to save the cow/cattle, or searching for them, or something, and they failed.

It was, honestly, an early lesson for me about how sudden tragedy can strike, and the death of animals can be a big deal.

But I've never been able to figure out what I saw, and whether it even was a movie or an episode of some Western TV show.

Any ideas? I'd be much obliged.


Possibly The Rare Breed which is from 1966; I don't know when it first aired on TV. It stars James Stewart and concerns a bull that ends up lost in the snow; Stewart insists on finding it.

Otherwise, I'm not sure. I hope one of our experts here who know 1950s/1960s westerns better than I do can chime in!

 
 Posted:   Sep 18, 2023 - 10:13 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

Aww fuck, thats like saying candyman 3 times.
Be careful who you conjure up! Lol

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 1:18 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Possibly The Rare Breed which is from 1966; I don't know when it first aired on TV. It stars James Stewart and concerns a bull that ends up lost in the snow; Stewart insists on finding it.

Agreed. Sounds like THE RARE BREED to me, with a great Williams score to boot.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 1:36 AM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

I was going chip in with rare breed ,so it must be right.smile

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 1:39 AM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

with a great Williams score to boot.

Be careful. Some might say that sounds like an instruction. big grin

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 1:47 AM   
 By:   MusicMad   (Member)

I got one.

1967s Chuka, with Rod Taylor. Ernie B, music by Leith stevens. More importantly stars The Paluzzi. (She of You only live twice)
Starts off with Taylor "riding in from the north" ...cue a scene of him riding through a snowy valley.

Rod taylor even wears a fur collar, to show its a bit chilly.


Hey, Bill ... Luciana Paluzzi played Fiona in Thunderball (1965) ... She not of You only live twice
smile

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 1:53 AM   
 By:   MusicMad   (Member)

Possibly The Rare Breed which is from 1966; I don't know when it first aired on TV. It stars James Stewart and concerns a bull that ends up lost in the snow; Stewart insists on finding it.

Agreed. Sounds like THE RARE BREED to me, with a great Williams score to boot.


It's been a few years but if I recall ... James Stewart's character does his best to stop Maureen O'Hara's and Juliet Mills' characters go searching for the titular bull after/during the heavy snow falls but, of course, relents and assists.

And, sorry to say, I didn't think much of the score.

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 5:53 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

I got one.

1967s Chuka, with Rod Taylor. Ernie B, music by Leith stevens. More importantly stars The Paluzzi. (She of You only live twice)
Starts off with Taylor "riding in from the north" ...cue a scene of him riding through a snowy valley.

Rod taylor even wears a fur collar, to show its a bit chilly.


Hey, Bill ... Luciana Paluzzi played Fiona in Thunderball (1965) ... She not of You only live twice
smile


U are of course right mitch. Shes the one seducing domino's brother in T. For a minute i envisaged her as osato's agent and jumping out plane

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 9:35 AM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

Thanks for the answers! Turns out I never have seen The Rare Breed (I mean as an adult), so that may very well be it.

I will rectify that soon.

Thanks again!

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 8:52 PM   
 By:   Valiant65   (Member)

Here's a western that was shot in Val Senales, Italy, stars Sam Riley, and was Austria's official selection for Best Foreign film at the 87th Academy Awards, 2015.

It's called "Dark Valley" (2014) and set in the Austrian Alps. It's in German, with some English. It's a classic revenge action film with a slow burn.

I stumbled across the DVD of this great western at my local library in the German section. It belongs on the short list of snowy westerns. It's similar to McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Tons of snow.

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 9:10 PM   
 By:   Valiant65   (Member)

And not to forget a terrific western starring Brad Pitt from 2007 called "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford".

Cinematographer Roger Deakins shot some wonderful scenes with Pitt and Sam Rockwell in Edmonton, Alberta in the snow.

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2023 - 9:15 PM   
 By:   Valiant65   (Member)

And not to forget Sam Peckinpah's "Ride The High Country" shot in Inyo National Forest in California. Gotta love those snowy mountains.

 
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