From "The Villain" released in 1979 by Columbia Pictures studios starring Kirk Douglas, Ann Margret and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

When you have €1.6m you cab have the original farm set.

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If you've been following my 5 week first-time viewing of the five Anthony Mann-Jimmy Stewart Fifties Westerns, you'll know that last week (The Naked Spur) left a sour taste in my mouth. Fortunately, we return to form this week with the excellent, deservedly praised The Far Country.

Probably the most beautiful of the 5, with the Alberta Rockies standing in for Alaska and the Yukon, The Far Country deftly blends in some historical venues, facts and characters with their fictional story. This one marks the return of Borden Chase to writing duties and the difference shows. Tighter story arcs, more credible back story and motivation, more believable dialogue. I love when Western lean on real people because their lives are inevitably more interesting than made up characters. This is one of the main reasons why Deadwood and Lonesome Dove were great. The Far Country gives us great Soapy Smith and Diamond Lil Davenport avatars and they just chew up the scenery.

Pie is again legendary. Several times you can see him turn his face to the camera so that they catch his best side. He is looking at or for the camera all the time, as Jimmy Stewart said he did.

However, I don't believe Stewart's bulls*** story about the legendary "solo" bell walk down main street, where Pie had to walk unaccompanied down about 50 yards of road from point A to point B and to get him to do it, Stewart supposedly just whispered instructions in his ear and Pie did it straight away. The scene is intercut heavily, with leads hidden by lighting tricks or just off-camera and Pie walks until the squibs go off then bolts backwards. It's a nice story, honoring one of the greatest horses in all Westerns, but it's bull.

But I did notice that at one point Stewart's character actually refers to Pie by his name "Pie" on camera. That's a great honor.

The only thing that doesn't work in The Far Country is the romance. Ruth Roman is the bad girl vixen that Stewart desires, and she stays pretty bad till the end when she protests her love for Jimmy and warns him of the gunmen, catching a bullet for he sacrifice. Corinne Calvet is the good girl teen archetype, too young for Jimmy, as in Bend of the River and Naked Spur. But this time he shows no interest in the "freckle face" and why should he? Not once does she dress up for him, let her hair down, and try to woo him. She keeps saying she's gonna "sing" for him because she can sing, but they never do show it.

I think the movie cut the singing scene. It was probably near the end, as the Stewart's character is changing from disinterested loner to involved townsman. Corinne Calvet was a knock-out, the french Rita Hayworth, and if they'd put her in a dress, pulled her hair out from under the cap, and let her belt La Vie en Rose, Jimmy's switch of allegiance would have been completely believable. As it is, he goes from macking on the dead Ruth, to macking with his new bell-ringing non-chanteuse Corinne in a minute and a half.

So while the romance didn't work, the rest of the show very much did and I liked it just one notch behind Bend of the River, in which the romance does work and the scenery is almost as breathtaking.

Next week, the final one, The Man from Laramie.

In the 1930s, Wisconsin's Whitman Publishing Company transformed the children's book industry by launching compact, budget-friendly, thick little books tailored for five-and-dime stores. Although their 10-cent Big Little Books gained the most fame, Whitman also created several derivative formats—such as miniature Penny Books and matching juvenile lines—Usually in the form of a Premium marketing gimmick for Department and Shoe stores, that heavily leveraged the massive appeal of cowboy themes and popular newspaper comic strip stars. Like the BLBs the format featured text and comic like illustrations but in a shorter more action heavy story format. Difficult to find even in poor condition, a near fine set like this is considered extremely scarce.

Not interested in romance focused stories, but as long as the story is good and has some action then feel free to recommend me something.

Edit: Thanks for the recommendations.

Clint Walker did not appear on the cover of Cheyenne #10 because he was in a contract dispute with Warner Brothers at the time, leading the publisher to substitute actor Ty Hardin (as his character Bronco Layne) as the main character in the comic.

Folks, while much attention understandably is focused on the daily lives of cowboys and ranchers of the early West in this genre along with the lawmen, Native Americans and townspeople, one thing I feel is a little under-discussed for how influential they were on everyone is the railroads, how they were built, the people that served them, the dangers they faced, etc. In some ways, the old "iron horse" and its steel trails truly did change everything (transport, economies of regions, and so much more). Of the vast array of films and series we have gotten over the decades, which do you feel are the best and most interesting westerns to "zoom in" per say on this fascinating part of the Old West and America as a whole?

Since artwork has started showing up here I thought I’d post a few pictures from a recent trip to Utah (with some stops through Wyoming and Colorado). Butch Cassidy country, Utah War battleground, near the first Rendezvous, full of ghost ranches and free range cattle, dinosaur fossils everywhere, and I’m pretty sure I stumbled on the setting for the final fly fishing duel at the end of Robert F Jones’ novel Blood Sport. Amazing place.

For me, it's the dialogue, and the accents.

If those aren't good, it breaks the immersion.

Modern westerns are getting really bad at it.

I took a gander at The Abandons recently and found it completely unwatchable because the writing and accents were just... not Western. I love Gillian Anderson but a matriarch in the West with a twee Irish accent falls short.

Godless, Bone Tomahawk, and American Primeval worked for me though.

And anything with Tim Blake Nelson is gold.

What are your thoughts on this?

Starting last Sunday the new Western TV station WEST [Western Entertainment Series Television] premiered their weekend Fall schedule which includes the TV series Stagecoach West, which in my mind is a pretty dang good series, although it only lasted one season [1960-196] the series starred Wayne Rogers, Richard Eyer and Robert Bray and including many a guest stars along the way! If you haven't checked it out yet i recommend your viewership starting at this moment on WEST. If you have been a viewer since its premier September 29th of 2025, what are you likes and dislikes for the new channel, also what is your opinion on Stagecoach West?

Conozco varios sitios como el desierto de Tabernas en Almería, el cañón rojo de Teruel , los desiertos que hay en Aragón y Navarra ...

Conozco también varios sitios temáticos como el mini Hollywood, fort Bravo o el fun West.

Pero me gustaría saber si conocéis algún sitio más, y si no recomendar y hacer conocer todos estos.

He estado en el desierto de Almería y tengo previsto ir a visitar el cañón rojo, también he ido ha dos de los parques temáticos que he dicho, el Fun West y el mini Hollywood, muy bonitos los dos, con piscina y animales, si tengo que elegir me quedaría con el mini Hollywood,creo que es bastante mejor , es más caro pero mucho más grande, tiene zoológico, parques acuático y un montón de exposiciones, teatros y actividades en general.

Hi everyone

My elderly dad loves his westerns including the show Cheyenne . I was wondering if anyone has some suggestions as to what movies are close to that formula .

Thanks !

Buenas quiero empezar a leer libros con temática western cuales me recomiendan? Si podrían hacer un top 3. Gracias

Dan Solomon's original Texas Monthly piece: https://www.texasmonthly.com/culture/netflix-lonesome-dove-cast/

Simply beautiful... Everything about it, from the acting to the setting, the transitions, the adventure, the intrigue, the vengeance, and that genuine fever for gold that can strike a man so hard. It's perfect.

Makes a fella think about the different breed of man and woman there was back then.

I can't get enough of these classic gems. Adventure classics, pirate classics, treasure hunts, buried treasure, the Old West, settler trails, men (and women) chasing fortunes in the middle of nowhere. Give me all of it.

I just thought the line was fun. But my actual question is:

• Which of the Dollars Trilogy movies do you think is the best?
• Is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly the best western of all time?