Monte Walsh (2003)

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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.

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Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck as Monte Walsh Age 81 · Detroit, Michigan, USA Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum on the 1980s television...
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini as 'Countess' Martine Age 73 · Rome, Lazio, Italy Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born June 18, 1952) is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, a...
Keith Carradine
Keith Carradine as Chester 'Chet' Rollins Age 76 · San Mateo, California, USA Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. In film he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's Nashville, E. J.
George Eads
George Eads as Frank 'Shorty' Austin Age 59 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Coleman Eads III (born March 1, 1967) is an American actor, best known for his role as Nick Stokes on the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
Robert Carradine
Robert Carradine as Sunfish Perkins Died 2026 · Hollywood, California, USA Robert Reed Carradine (March 24, 1954 – February 23, 2026) was an American actor. He was a member of the Carradine family, with David Carradine and Keith Carradine being his siblings. He was best kno...
Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin as Bob the Storekeeper Age 85 · Lamesa, Texas. USA Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American film and television actor. His is best known for his role as the pompous former astronaut Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure (1990–199...

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John Chard 8/10 Sep 06, 2020
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

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