Monte Walsh (1970)
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57% of users liked it
(379 ratings)
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… More 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 talk Monte in to giving up his cowboy life and settling down. He asks Martine to marry him, but she declines and cites her deteriorating health as the reason for her refusal. Monte goes on a drinking binge and rides a wild horse through town. He is indignant when a rodeo owner offers him a job. Monte states he would rather spit on himself that resort to such degrading work. Shorty is soon unemployed and guns down local lawman (LeRoy Johnson). Distraught after the death of his beloved Martine, Monte goes after Shorty when he guns down Chet. This film marks the directorial debut for cameraman William A. Fraker. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- William A. Fraker
- Written By
- David Zelag Goodman, Lukas Heller
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Oct 7, 1970 Limited
- Studio
- National General Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Christopher Lloyd, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Less a plot-driven Western oater, Monte Walsh is more a slow-moving but satisfying contemplation on the end days of the cowboy life.
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Glenn Heath Jr., Slant Magazine
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.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Marvin and Palance well cast in tale of has been cowboys meeting changes in Old West.
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Cast
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Lee Marvin
as Monte Walsh
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Jeanne Moreau
as Martine Bernard
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Jack Palance
as Chet Rollins
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Mitchell Ryan
as Shorty Austin
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Jim Davis
as Cal Brennan
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John Bear Hudkins
as Sonny Jacobs
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G.D. Spradlin
as Hat Henderson
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John R. McKee
as Petey Williams
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Michael Conrad
as Dally Johnson
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Bo Hopkins
as Jumpin' Joe Joslin
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Matt Clark
as Rufus Brady
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Allyn Ann McLerie
as Mary Eagle
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John McLiam
as Fightin' Joe Hooker
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Roy Barcroft
as Saloon Proprietor
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Billy Green Bush
as Powder Kent
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Eric Christmas
as Col. Wilson
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Jack Colvin
as Card Cheat
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Richard Farnsworth
as Cowboy
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Ted Gehring
as Skimpy Eagans
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Raymond Guth
as Sunfish Perkins
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Thomas Heaton
as Sugar Wyman
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Leroy Johnson
as Marshal
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Charles Tyner
as Doctor
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Guy Wilkerson
as Old Man
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Fred M. Waugh
as Cowboy
- Henry Escalante
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John Carter
as Farmer
- Mitch Ryan
