From the Picksburg Kid: Here’s my list of Top Putrid Shoot-em-ups, culled from many sleepless nights in front of the entertainment center…
Cry Blood Apache
It Can be Done Amigo
Gone with the West (split on this one, I liked it, Bucko didn’t) *amigo, I am in awe of its awfulness. l
Dan Candy’s Law
The Hanged Man
Dead Aim
Kid Vengeance
Deadwood 76
Hawk of Powder River
The Trail Beyond
The Roy Rogers Club Rules:
1. Be neat and clean.
2. Be courteous and polite.
3. Always obey your parents.
4. Protect the weak and help them.
5. Be brave but never take chances.
6. Study hard and learn all you can.
7. Be kind to animals and take care of them.
8. Eat all your food and never waste any.
9. Love God and go to Sunday school regularly.
THEY WENT THATAWAY; or TEN WORST WESTERNS by batboy42
10- ZORRO, 1974, Alain Delon.
9- WHITE COMANCHE, 1967, William Shatner.
“One of us must die…”
Yeah, right…me or this movie.
8- RIDERS OF DESTINY, 1933, John Wayne and Gabby Hayes.
7- ROY ROGERS TV SHOW, 1951-1957, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Pat Brady.
6- DEVIL RIDERS, 1943, Buster Crabbe.
5- GUNS AND FURY, 1945, Duncan Renaldo and Leon Carillo.
“Help! Help! Help!” cries the Sheriff. I”ll say. It needs it.
4- COWBOY G MEN, 1952, Jackie Coogan and Russel Hayden.
3- ZORRO’S BLACK WHIP, 1944, Linda Stirling.
2- JESSE JAMES AT BAY, 1941, Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, and Gale Storm.
1- PHANTOM EMPIRE, 1935, Gene Autry and Smiley Burdette.
“To the rescue!” yell the Junior Thunder Riders. Too late. Nothing can rescue the Phantom Empire.
One Buckaroo’s List of BEST WESTERN NOVELS
1. The Virginian by Owen Wister
2. The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter van Tilburg Clark
3. Shane by Jack Schaefer
4. The Big Sky by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
5. The Searchers by Alan Le May
6. Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
7. Paso por Aqui by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
8. Bugles in the Afternoon by Ernest Haycox
9. The Long Rifle by Stewart Edward White
10. Vengeance Valley by Luke Short
11. The Hell Bent Kid by Charles O. Locke
12. Cheyenne Autumn by Mari Sandoz
13. Destry Rides Again by Max Brand
14. Hondo by Louis L’Amour
15. The Sea of Grass by Conrad Richter
16. Ride the Man Down by Luke Short
17. The Day the Cowboys Quit by Elmer Kelton
18. Stay Away, Joe by Dan Cushman
19. The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton
20. True Grit by Charles Portis
21. Monte Walsh by Jack Schaefer
22. Flint by Louis L’Amour
23. From Where the Sun Now Stands by Will Henry
24. Hombre by Elmore Leonard
25. The Wonderful Country by Tom Lea
26. The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout
27. The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout
28. Valdez is Coming by Elmore Leonard
29. The Rounders by Max Evans
30. The Hi-Lo Country by Max Evans
