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Monte Walsh is a 1970 American Western film directed by cinematographer William A. Fraker (his directorial debut) starring Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Palance. The name "Monte Walsh" is taken from the title of a 1963 western novel by Jack Schaefer, but the film has little to do with the plot of Schaefer's book.
Monte Walsh: Directed by William A. Fraker. With Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitchell Ryan. An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.
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- Longrifles
- PG-13
- William A. Fraker
And so Monte Walsh, 50ish, thinks in a rather disorganized way of getting into some other line of work and maybe even getting married. The thing that helps make up his mind for him is when his best friend Chet ( Jack Palance) gives up cowpunching, moves into town and marries the "hardware widow."
In the late 1880's Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins, two aging cowboys, ride into the town of Harmony, and manager Cal Brennan offers them a job at the Slash Y Ranch. There they meet an old friend, Shorty Austin, and the three men ride into town where Monte visits Martine Bernard, his mistress, at the local saloon, while Chet courts Mary Eagle, a ...
- William A. Fraker, Al Murphy, Jack Roe
- Lee Marvin
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At the end of the Wild West era, cowboys Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) and Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) arrive in the town of Harmony, where they reconnect with their old friend Shorty Austin (Mitch...
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- Western
- PG-13
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