Best Western Movie Brawls
These Western films feature the best one-on-one fights and bar room brawls I've come across. I've sorted the list in IMDb rating order.
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- DirectorDaniel MinahanStarsTimothy OlyphantIan McShaneMolly ParkerTolliver looks for a representative, the Captain calls Dan out, Swearengen continues to be perplexed by Hearst's moves, and Alma and Ellsworth's relationship takes a turn.Possibly the most vicious brawl on this list, from the Third Season, Episode #5 of the HBO series "Deadwood". Thug Dan Dority (W.Earl Brown) vs henchman Captain Turner (Alan Graf) in a muddy, bloody brawl that will literally knock your eye out.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.OK, it didn't last that long, but Paul Newman against Ted Cassidy was a blast, and clever too... 1-2-3 go!
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckJean SimmonsCarroll BakerA New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.Gregory Peck vs Charlton Heston in a knock down, drag-out!
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraPatrick WayneWealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.One of the best Western movie brawls ever features John Wayne, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Gordon Jones, Leo Gordon, Patrick Wayne, Strother Martin and even Maureen O'Hara soaked in a mud-hole and enjoying every minute of it.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneStewart GrangerErnie KovacsDuring the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall.John Wayne goes up against Stewart Granger in a wild and wooly battle in a gold sluice stream.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsMarlene DietrichRandolph ScottJohn WayneIn Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.John Wayne and Randolph Scott break up Marlene Dietrich's Northern Saloon in Nome, Alaska before it spills out into the street!
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartRosemary LaneDuring the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.You won't believe Humphrey Bogart vs Jimmy Cagney in one of the wildest celebrity one-on-ones in history!
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsFred MacMurrayMargaret HayesRobert VaughnAfter claiming his daughter's childhood-sweetheart killed the marshal, one man finds himself in conflict with his daughter, his fiancée and many of the townsfolk.Marshal Fred MacMurray is only too happy to oblige slick lawyer Edmon Ryan in a lively street brawl in which each man takes a pounding.
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsJohn DerekJohn SmithCarolyn CraigAfter serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas.John Derek vs John Smith in a wild brawl that starts out in a saloon, winds up in the street and ends in a buckboard drag - very cool!
- DirectorRichard CarlsonStarsRory CalhounColleen MillerGeorge NaderAn outlaw gang on the lam encounters former associate Simon Bhumer and his gorgeous daughter, who's drawn to their leader Cully.Surrounded by the town folk of Cholla, Texas, Rory Calhoun and Charles Drake pound away at each other in a wild and wooly battle.
- DirectorTed PostStarsMichael LandonJo MorrowJack HoganTom Dooley and Country Boy are on the run after killing an enemy soldier not knowing the war is over. The Command refuses to give them some slack for making this tragic but honest mistake and sends a lawman after them.Michael Landon vs Jack Hogan in a battle framed by the ruins of a burned out farm house.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsTab HunterNatalie WoodSkip HomeierAfter Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.Tab Hunter takes on Earl Holliman in a rousing battle in the barn at the Old Sampson place, and then, Hunter faces off against Skip Homeier in a tussle where they both fall off a cliff ledge into a swiftly flowing river. The only two-fer in my list so far.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsRussell HaydenDub TaylorBob WillsFur thieves, who murder trappers when they refuse to give up their pelts at a low price, occupy the attention of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. The leader of the gang is Victor Renaud (Dick Curtis), also the mayor of the small Canadian town where the gang is headquartered. Lucky Kerrigan is broken from the mounted service for apparent disobedience to orders, which results in the death of a fellow Mountie. Lucky, working undercover, aids the Mounties in rounding up the gang and gains back his uniform, and also the love of Gabrielle Renaud (Adele Mara), Renaud's sister who was unaware of his criminal activities.Russell Hayden and Dick Curtis bust up a Canadian Trading Post, then come back at the finale to go at it again, winding up in Red River!
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsRichard DixJane WyattAlbert DekkerWounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.Richard Dix gets involved in a wild bar room brawl, unusual for the Forties as it includes a pile of saloon gals joining in!
- DirectorAlbert HermanStarsTex RitterKarl HackettWhite FlashIt's cattlemen versus sheepmen and Trigger Gargan appears to be the leader of the gang causing the trouble. But unknown to Ranger Tex Lawrence, the respected town citizen Barrow is the boss and is tipping off the gang as to the Ranger's activities.Tex Ritter goes at it against Charles King in a wild bar room brawl in which the furniture flies!
- DirectorMario SicilianoStarsAlberto Dell'AcquaHarry BairdBeatrice PellegrinoSartana and Trinity set out on a grudging relationship hell bent for gold and comic brawls.Wild bar room brawl clocks in at just about a full seven minutes on screen.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsJames CaanStefanie PowersAldo RayAfter being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American woman and together they go to settle their score with a small town and its corrupt leader.No exaggeration folks, the catfight to end them all - Barbara Werle and Elizabeth Leigh might possibly hold the record for most broken furniture ever in a Western bar room brawl.