dvdjunkie

Everyone seems to like a lot of different ones. Mine are about the same, Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Charles Starrett (The Durango Kid), Tim Holt, Hopalong Cassidy, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Rod Cameron, Allan "Rocky" Lane, William "Wild Bill" Elliott, Don "Red" Barry, Bob Steele, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, and tons more, but my all-time favorite, and I collect all his movies, is Audie Murphy. His westerns were the best. Good acting, great co-stars, really nice looking locations, and really good stories. Some of his co-stars included Walter Matthau, Walter Brennan, Chill Wills, Stephen McNally, Dan Duryea, and James Stewart. If I were to name three favorites of Audie Murphy films, and they change daily, I would say: "Destry", "The Kid From Texas", and "Seven Ways From Sundown". But there are so many more.

Audie Murphy westerns are probably my most favorite of all. They always had a good story, and he always managed to have some pretty big name co-stars in them. He actually did three war movies - "The Red Badge of Courage", "To Hell and Back" and "Battle at Bloody Beach", which was made in 1961 and co-starred Gary Crosby. Some of his early westerns were my most favorite - The Cimarron Kid The Kid From Texas Destry Duel at Silver Creek Drums Across The River Tumbleweed Night Passage Ride Clear of Diablo Seven Ways From Sundown Hellbent For Leather No Name on the Bullet Gunsmoke Ride A Crooked Trail Kansas Raiders Just to name a few. Rarely do they get shown on TCM anymore. I wish they would have a Saturday tribute to Audie Murphy and the best of his Universal Westerns instead of the same stuff, and show them all in their original aspect ratio. Recenty they showed "The Quiet American" a rare Audie Murphy movie which was not a western. The best of Murphy's movies came while he was with Universal, later he went to Columbia Pictures where he had movies like "The Quick Gun", "Guns of Fort Petticoat" and "The Texican" to name a few. You can tell that I am truly an Audie Murphy fan, and I collect all of his movies.

My two all-time favorite western-comedies are "Support Your Local Sheriff" and "The Villain". "Support Your Local Sheriff" stars James Garner, Harry Morgan and Jack Elam in a slam-bang comedy fest. Featuring all-time western favorite Walter Brennan. My favorite scene is when Brennan comes into the sheriff's office with his gun pointed at Garner and Garner puts his finger in the barrel of revolver. "The Villain" was the live-action version of a road runner & coyote cartoon featuring Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Ann-Margret in one hilarious laugh filled action movie.