Cowboys & indians

[tregyblue61]

Admittedly missing Indians (or Native Americans as we should say these days) I'd recommend that timeless classic, Shane, starring Alan Ladd as the itinerant gunslinger trying to escape his past and Jack Palance as the ultimate cold-hearted villain. Any 10 year old viewer couldn't help but identify with the homesteaders' son who hero worships Shane, hired to fight an evil cattle baron and his henchmen intent on driving the family off their land. Exciting and poignant in equal measure, Shane is not only a classic Western but, in my view, one of the best movies ever made.

Even better dubbed in Welsh...

;)

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Dances With Wolves
Last Of The Mohicans

Be nice if we offered up films that'll finish before he starts having to pay tax mind........... ;-)

 

[smeeagain]

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned The magnificent seven , surely one of the best.
I used to get cowboy stuff for Christmas , hat ,holster etc , I was the fastest draw in our street.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned The magnificent seven , surely one of the best.
I used to get cowboy stuff for Christmas , hat ,holster etc , I was the fastest draw in our street.

Bet you weren't..I bet I was faster than you.

 

[PragueBlue]

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned The magnificent seven , surely one of the best.
I used to get cowboy stuff for Christmas , hat ,holster etc , I was the fastest draw in our street.

That's a western but no Indians involved. More cowboys and Mexicans than cowboys and Indians. Great film though.

 

[smeeagain]

Bet you weren't..I bet I was faster than you.

Have you still got your holster then?
I used to practice for hours ,and all that spinning the gun etc .

 

[Magicpole]

There is only one film you should show him.....
Soldier Blue.

The way the indigenous people were treated by the settlers was absolutely disgraceful.

Yes. My dad told me the truth, I was always cheering for the Indians. I loved Custers Last Stand. Happy days.

 

[Bluesince1979]

How old are you? Im 50 and i dont really recall it being a ‘kids thing’ in the late 70s/80s.

 

[cityontheup]

How old are you? Im 50 and i dont really recall it being a ‘kids thing’ in the late 70s/80s.

If your asking me mate, I’m 62

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Cowboy/western films with native(s) in a predominant role.

Navajo Joe (1966)
Hombre (1967)
Little Big Man (1970)
A Man Called Horse (1970)
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
*Thunderheart (1992)
*Dead Man (1995)
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee (2007)
Hostiles (2017)

* Neo-westerns