Back home

Monte Walsh

42 votes

Producing House

Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2003-01-17

Runtime: 117 mins

Director: Simon Wincer

Spoken language: English

Genres: Western

Original title: Monte Walsh

Production Companies: Brandman Productions, TWS Productions II, Turner Network Television

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

J

John Chard
Rudy, you can't have no idea how little I care. Already made in 1970 with Lee Marvin in the title role (directed by William Fraker), here for the TV remake we have Tom Selleck as Walsh and it's directed by Simon Wincer. Based on the novel written by Jack Schaefer (writer of Shane no less), story is a lament for the passing of the Old West and the dying out of the cowboy as a viable living. There's nothing romantic on show here as regards life on the range, the romance is set aside for the beautiful landscapes (the magnificence of Alberta captured by David Eggby) and the tender relationships between Walsh and Countess Martine (Isabella Rossellini) and his sidekick Chet Rollins (Keith Carradine) - with both actors deft and affecting in perfs. Pic perfectly portrays just how tough it was on the range, and how dangerous the towns were as the cowpokes moved on through them looking for solid work. Selleck is surrounded by fine character actors, William Devane , Rex Linn, James Gammon, Robert Carradine, William Sanderson and Wallace Shawn. But as any Western fan who has followed Selleck in these genre ventures will tell you, he doesn't need propping up by anybody, he's at home in these films. All manly and pathos to burn, he's excellent in this. If you are a Western fan there is so much to like here, if you liked the Marvin film it's nailed on you will like this one as well, maybe even a bit more! 8/10
2020-09-06

Recommendations

Troublemakers
3.1

Troublemakers

1994-11-25

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get th

Maverick
3.4

Maverick

1994-05-20

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k

The Great Silence
3.7

The Great Silence

1968-11-22

A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a

Sunset Pass
3

Sunset Pass

1933-05-26

A US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers.

They Call Me Trinity
3.8

They Call Me Trinity

1970-12-22

The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Ha

Giant
3.8

Giant

1956-11-08

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful yo

Heaven with a Gun
2.7

Heaven with a Gun

1969-05-20

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preache

River of No Return
3.3

River of No Return

1954-04-30

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged hu

Old Shatterhand
3.1

Old Shatterhand

1964-04-30

Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then con

Pedro Páramo
3.4

Pedro Páramo

2024-09-12

A man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrat

Lucky Luke
2.7

Lucky Luke

1991-07-04

Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. Then the Dalton brother

Nevada
3.2

Nevada

1944-12-25

Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 and heads out to buy mining e

Silverado
3.5

Silverado

1985-07-10

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they k

The Revenant
3.8

The Revenant

2015-12-25

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him

The Missing
3.2

The Missing

2003-11-26

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by

Young Guns
3.3

Young Guns

1988-08-12

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher w

Tombstone
3.8

Tombstone

1993-12-25

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue

The Big Country
3.8

The Big Country

1958-09-30

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud

Appaloosa
3.3

Appaloosa

2008-09-19

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their jo

The Shootist
3.5

The Shootist

1976-07-21

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly