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If you don't have a favorite western Then this is it...Ever notice how many movies and shows Strother Martin was in'''Maybe 10 times on Gunsmoke alone'''' Hit the record button and watch it tomorrow
1 posted on 08/11/2012 3:29:58 PM PDT by djone
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2 posted on 08/11/2012 3:36:13 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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Great movie!...right up there with “High Noon”, “Sergeant York”, “The Quiet Man”, “Stagecoach” and “How the West Was Won.


3 posted on 08/11/2012 3:37:08 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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Gene Pitney sang the theme song but only on the record, not on the movie


4 posted on 08/11/2012 3:40:15 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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My favorite western is “Red River” but “Liberty” is right up there, one of the best ever.

It also shows John Wayne both in his usual role and in another.


5 posted on 08/11/2012 3:41:45 PM PDT by yarddog
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This is THE western movie. It’s the standard to which others aspire.


6 posted on 08/11/2012 3:52:43 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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‘Big Jake’ is on AMC at 2000hrs also. One of my personal favorites.


7 posted on 08/11/2012 3:52:51 PM PDT by 11Bush
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“That’s my steak, Valance.”


9 posted on 08/11/2012 4:01:32 PM PDT by Delhi Rebels (There was a row in Silver Street - the regiments was out.)
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For you guys who can’t get AMC and if you kept that old VCR I find great old movies in VHS at places for a couple of bucks. Or you can go here : new for $5 delivered....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0792106989/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new


10 posted on 08/11/2012 4:05:23 PM PDT by djone ( There are unknowns. And there are also unknown unknowns.)
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11 posted on 08/11/2012 4:09:05 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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*The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* Tonight on AMC
The good news is that the movie is one of my all time favorites. The bad news is that it's on AMC.
Not only do they have too many commercials (I actually remember when they had none), but now they'll go to commercial right in the middle of someone speaking instead of waiting for a "natural" break point.
14 posted on 08/11/2012 4:20:28 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA2JgS6zycQ


17 posted on 08/11/2012 4:25:59 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Liberty Valance,my fav. You just can’t beat John Wayne,Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin.Strother Martin is good in any movie.


22 posted on 08/11/2012 4:32:32 PM PDT by ohiobushman (Only in N.Y.C can u buy beer by the case,liquor by the gallon,but be a criminal buying a soda!)
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I attempt to watch any movie or tv show with Strother Martin. I’m attempting to identify many of the great character actors who participated in hundreds of westerns and other flicks in the fifties and sixties. Martin was certainly in many. And always memorable.


23 posted on 08/11/2012 4:37:22 PM PDT by driftless2
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One of the ten best Western movies of all time.


24 posted on 08/11/2012 4:37:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Today is Saturday here in Michigan.


26 posted on 08/11/2012 4:41:45 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)
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Jimmy Stewart was too old for the part, but the supporting cast was incredible. Andy Devine was great. Lee Marvin was incredible. Strother Martin again proved he was one of the greatest character actors of the 1960s and 70s. Lee Van Cleef was still the best 60’s villain after Bruce Dern. And John Wayne....Damn it, he was John Wayne!


28 posted on 08/11/2012 4:47:33 PM PDT by Krankor
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My mother took me to see this when a was a wee lad. I was absolutely astounded by the ending. I was seven, so everything was astounding!
29 posted on 08/11/2012 4:52:34 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (If Obama was any more thin skinned, he'd have a receptacle end: Dennis Miller)
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John Wayne considered “Red River” as his best film. If you ever look at some of the famous pictures of Wayne, he wears a belt buckle with the Red River “D” brand on it.

I have also read that he used the same brand on his own ranch.


31 posted on 08/11/2012 4:53:32 PM PDT by yarddog
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Watched this movie in a drive-in in 1966 in Columbus, GA with my future wife, sitting in a maroon 1964 Mustang.


35 posted on 08/11/2012 5:46:49 PM PDT by 353FMG
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**** John Ford's epic western stars- James Stewart- John Wayne- Lee Marvin - Vera Miles- Andy Devine- Denver Pyle- Edmond O'Brien- John Carradine- Lee Marvin- Lee Van Cleef-Strother Martin- Woody Strode---1962 * B&W Western *Gene Pitney sang the theme song * Sun - 8/12/12 At 12:30 AM-3:30 AM- Central Time on AMC

So what about Lee Marvin? Is Lee Marvin in it?

39 posted on 08/11/2012 7:12:21 PM PDT by dr_lew
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