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Our last western in March: 12. Westward the Women (1951) Neither my wife nor I remember seeing this William Wellman directed western before, but we both recently read Westering Women by Sandra Dallas which tells a similar story. Robert Taylor stars as a wagon master leading a large group of...

We got in two that we haven't seen before, and might have time for one more today. 10. One More Train to Rob (1971) — We had high hopes for this Victor McLaglin western. George Peppard stars as a bank robber ably assisted by Diana Muldaur and John Vernon. While there were some fine scenes and...

I quite liked Posse from Hell which we watched last month. For me, at least, it was the standout on that third Audie Murphy collection.

For our tenth western of the month, we went with another old favorite: Jeremiah Johnson (1972) I love the mythic quality to this film. Although there are hints, we never fully understand what led Robert Redford's character to move to the mountains. And while we get glimpses into the...

9. True Grit (1969) This is one of my favorite movies and one I've watched many times. Favorite is not the same as best, of course. There are better westerns, but True Grit is one that I first saw at exactly the right age to fall in love with it. The Coen Brothers version is excellent and...

Continuing our recent theme of not quite a western: 8. Untamed (1955) Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward star in a sort of South African western complete with wagon train and hostile natives. There are some spectacular scenes, but the story is just too cliched. I remembered this as being better...

This week, we watched two films from 1982. Are they westerns? I say close enough and both are very good. 6. The Grey Fox (1982) 7. The Man from Snowy River (1982) The Grey Fox features Richard Farnsworth as a stagecoach robber released from prison in the early 1900s. With no more...

4. Monte Walsh (1970) My wife and I both thought we'd seen this before, but nothing seemed familiar when we started watching. Maybe we had it confused with something else. Lee Marvin and Jack Palance play aging cowboys at the closing of the western frontier. Land is being bought up and...

An unexpected change of plans gave us the chance to rewatch one of my all time favorite westerns. 3. Ride the High Country (1962) The older I get, the more I appreciate westerns which address the the dying of the old west and the emergence of a new west often symbolized by the automobile as...

El Dorado (1967) For my second western of the month, I thought it might be fun to watch this Howard Hawks/John Wayne film while Rio Bravo was fresh in my mind. In hindsight, that was probably a mistake. El Dorado is a solid film, but it pales in comparison to Rio Bravo of which it is a near...

I don't know how many westerns we'll get to this month -- there's a lot going on -- but we started with: Rio Bravo (1959) John Wayne and Howard Hawks hated the premise of High Noon, and Rio Bravo was their response. While this one doesn't rank quite as high as that 1952 classic on my personal...