The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
67 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. FrakerDirector
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Lukas HellerScreenplay
- David Zelag GoodmanScreenplay
Cast
- Lee MarvinMonte Walsh
- Jeanne MoreauMartine Bernard
- Jack PalanceChet Rollins
- Mitchell RyanShorty Austin
- Jim DavisCal Brennan
- G.D. SpradlinHal Henderson
- John HudkinsSonny Jacobs
- Raymond GuthSunfish Perkins
- John McKeePetey Williams
- Michael ConradDally Johnson
- Tom HeatonSugar Wyman
- Ted GehringSkimpy Eagans
Stills
Themes
agingwild west