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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.
Oct 7, 1970 Limited
Feb 24, 1993
National General Pictures
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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.
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.
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.
Marvin and Palance well cast in tale of has been cowboys meeting changes in Old West.
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
Super Reviewer
Looks like the actors in this movie had fun making it & Lee Marvin & Jack Palance clicked.A good movie & a good ending
February 7, 2011Super Reviewer
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