Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
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Lee Marvin
Monte Walsh
Jeanne Moreau
Martine Bernard
Jack Palance
Chet Rollins
Mitchell Ryan
Shorty Austin
Jim Davis
Cal Brennan
G.D. Spradlin
Hal Henderson
John Hudkins
Sonny Jacobs
Raymond Guth
Sunfish Perkins
John McKee
Petey Williams
Michael Conrad
Dally Johnson
Director
William A. Fraker
Screenplay
David Zelag Goodman
Tagline
"Monte Walsh is what the West was all about."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,000,000
Production
Cinema Center Films
John Chard
July 2, 2017
I ain't spitting on my whole life. Monte Walsh is the debut feature of cameraman-turned-director William A.Fraker. It stars Lee Marvin (Monte Walsh) & Jack Palance (Chet Rollins) as two ageing cowboys who find that the era of the cowpoke is coming to an end - and that work for them is now very hard to come by. Adapted by David Zelag Goodman & Lukas Heller from Jack Schaefer's novel, Monte Walsh...
Wuchak
November 19, 2022
**_The fun and challenges of the dwindling cowboy way-of-life_** As the open-range West dies in the 1890s with corporations taking over the ranches, two aging cowhands try to survive in the new era of fenced-in land (Lee Marvin and Jack Palance). While they set their eyes on women and possible marriage (e.g. Jeanne Moreau), out-of-work cowboys become desperate (e.g. Mitchell Ryan). "Monte W...
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