Monte Walsh

1970 99 min ★ 6.3 Western

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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Cast

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

Details

Director

William A. Fraker

Screenplay

Lukas Heller

Tagline

"Monte Walsh is what the West was all about."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$5,000,000

Production

Cinema Center Films

Reviews

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John Chard

July 2, 2017

★ 7/10

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...

W

Wuchak

November 19, 2022

★ 7/10

**_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...