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Monte Walsh (1970)

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Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin ) and his pal Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) are two over the hill cowboys seeking work in the town of Harmony, Arizona in the final days of the Old West. They take a job at the ranch of Cal Brennan (Jim Davis) and meet an old friend Shorty (Mitch Ryan). Monte goes off to visit old flame Martine (Jean Moreau), a saloon girl suffering from tuberculosis. The ranch closes and Chet marries Mary Eagle (Allyn Ann McLerie), a widow who owns a profitable hardware store. He tries to

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Western, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: William A. Fraker

Written By: David Zelag Goodman, Lukas Heller

In Theaters: Oct 7, 1970 Limited

On DVD: Feb 24, 1993

National General Pictures

Cast

Lee Marvin
Monte Walsh
Jeanne Moreau
Martine Bernard
Jack Palance
Chet Rollins
Mitchell Ryan
Shorty Austin
Jim Davis
Cal Brennan
John Bear Hudkins
Sonny Jacobs
G.D. Spradlin
Hat Henderson
John R. McKee
Petey Williams
Michael Conrad
Dally Johnson
Bo Hopkins
Jumpin' Joe Joslin
Matt Clark
Rufus Brady
Allyn Ann McLerie
Mary Eagle
John McLiam
Fightin' Joe Hooker
Roy Barcroft
Saloon Proprietor
Billy Green Bush
Powder Kent
Eric Christmas
Col. Wilson
Jack Colvin
Card Cheat
Richard Farnsworth
Cowboy
Ted Gehring
Skimpy Eagans
Raymond Guth
Sunfish Perkins
Thomas Heaton
Sugar Wyman
Leroy Johnson
Marshal
Charles Tyner
Doctor
Guy Wilkerson
Old Man
Fred M. Waugh
Cowboy
Henry Escalante
John Carter
Farmer
Mitch Ryan

Critic Reviews for Monte Walsh

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Less a plot-driven Western oater, Monte Walsh is more a slow-moving but satisfying contemplation on the end days of the cowboy life.

May 30, 2011 Full Review Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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Christopher Lloyd

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Like it says on the DVD cover: Monte Walsh is "a real western," but one with a depth of character and conflict that resonates beyond genre and into layered examinations of historiography.

December 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Glenn Heath Jr.

Slant Magazine

The elegaic Western paints a bleak picture of the Old West coming to an end and of a group of cowboys desperately trying to hold onto an era.

July 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Marvin and Palance well cast in tale of has been cowboys meeting changes in Old West.

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Steve Crum

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Lee Marvin and Jack Palance are middle-aged ranch hands struggling to make a living in a rapidly changing world. Corporations are buying up huge tracts of land and fencing them in, driving open-range cowboys, like Marvin and Palance, to near extinction. There is an abundance of 'western' staples to be found here,

March 1, 2009