Desert Island Classics / Take 3

Way out West.

"Tumbleweeds" 
  (1925/King Baggot)
  William S. Hart and the Great Oklahoma Land Rush.
"The Ox-Bow Incident"
  (1943/William Wellman)
  Mob justice. Noir finds a home on the range.
"High Noon"
  (1952/Fred Zinnemann)
  Coop faces the bad guys alone.
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
  (1962/John Ford)
  When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
"For a Few Dollars More"
  (1965/Sergio Leone)
  Leone and Morricone. Eastwood and Van Cleef. 
  Spaghetti at its best.
"The Professionals"
  (1966/Richard Brooks)
  Gringos in Mexico. Burt rigs the pass.
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
  (1969/George Roy Hill)
  Who are those guys?
"The Ballad of Cable Hogue"
  (1970/Sam Peckinpah)
  Jason Robards builds an oasis. 
  Stella Stevens helps him enjoy it.
"The Shootist"
  (1976/Don Siegel)
  The Duke at the end of the trail.
"Silverado"
  (1985/Lawrence Kasdan)
  The good guys against the bad guys, one more time.