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
Oct 7, 1970 Limited
Feb 24, 1993
National General Pictures
Cast
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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 -
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John Carter
Farmer -
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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.
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There is an abundance of 'western' staples to be found here, things like saloon girls and poker games and bar room brawls and gunfights. Marvin's portrayal of Monte Walsh is solid. He's the quintessential, hard-living, hard-loving cowboy decked out with chaps and spurs and, in the end, fighting for all that is right and decent. Good film, great western.