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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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- William A. Fraker
- PG-13
- Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance
Synopsis. 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 ...
- William A. Fraker, Al Murphy, Jack Roe
- Lee Marvin
“Monte Walsh” is set at the same psychological moment in the West, but it takes a quieter and, on the whole, more thoughtful approach. There’s a fair amount of gunplay, yes, and Marvin has a well-staged action scene where he tries to tame a bronco and succeeds in destroying half a town.
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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- William A. Fraker
- PG-13
- Lee Marvin
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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.