As such, the Westerns' greatest films span across the better part of a century.
However, unbeknownst to Judd, Gil harbors a cunning plan to steal the gold.
The web of treachery and deceit grows more complex when the men take in a young runaway.
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Many herald it as being the directors first truly great film.
‘Gunfight at the O.K.
Corral’ (1957)
Directed by John Sturges
Wyatt Earps famed gunfight at the O.K.
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Corralis one of the best of those films, starringBurt Lancasteras the famous U.S.
While a couple of awkward scenes do stick in the memory,Gunfight at the O.K.
Corralis largely a Western triumph that is engaging and emotionally rousing.
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Its sense of claustrophobia even amid the vastness of Arizona is a triumph of atmospheric creativity.
Above all else,Bone Tomahawkis fundamentally impressionable.
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Marshal to help her track down and apprehend the man responsible for murdering her father.
Fleshing out the story behind the famous O.K.
Fonda turned in a truly iconic cowboy performancewhile Mature had a career-best outing as the ailing Doc Holliday.
His new relationships with the tribe members are tested when Union soldiers arrive to take their land.
It was alsoa favorite movie of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The further they trek, the more hostile their relationship grows.
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Waynes portrayal of Dunson also remains one of the best and most nuanced performances of his career.
The mob quickly develop an appetite for justice when they find three men with the farms cattle.
Interestingly,The Ox-Bow Incidentreceived just one Academy Award nomination, but it was for Best Picture.
To date, it remains the most recent film to have achieved such a peculiar feat.
‘Duck, You Sucker!’
While he has many iconic classics heralded as defining masterpieces of the genre,Duck, You Sucker!
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(also known asA Fistful of Dynamite) is something of a forgotten gem.
Hilarious misadventures aplenty ensue, while the duo are also tracked by a one-handed gunslinger harboring a vengeful fury.
The end result is one of the greatest revisionist Westerns of all time.
Additionally, the wintery Western setting made for a relatively unique aesthetic within the genre.
Few films, however, have done it with as much pathos asShane.
True Gritrepresented the first pure-genre film by the Coens.
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That being said, Corbuccis venomous disdain for fascists is made apparent with one particularly frenetic shootout scene.
Set in the 1880s, it follows the clashing personalities aboard a stagecoach bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico.
A highlight ofthe astonishing year 1939 was for film,Stagecoachhas become a timeless achievement in cinematic storytelling.
Joining a Confederate guerrilla unit to get closer to his target, he becomes a notorious and feared gunslinger.
Nothing evinced this more powerfully thanWayne’s career-best performanceas the openly racist and viciously spiteful protagonist.
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Kane’s attempts to form a posse to fight with him falter as the townsfolk reject him or flee.
It won four Academy Awards from seven nominations.
Its capacity to affect audiences has diluted little over the decades, with the film earning universal praise retrospectively.
It also helped popularize the siege movie, withJohn Carpenterstating it inspired his cult classicAssault on Precinct 13.
Despite the story being reworked multiple times, none of its remakes have come close to surpassing it.
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