Conagher, The Coolest Western Ever Made

[@kennydesai7802]

Didn't know it was a movie, but Louis L'amour's Conagher is one of the best western novels I've ever read, and I've read lots. No glamour, no heroics, two superbly drawn, real, lead characters, and one of the most original, well constructed and believable romances I've come across in literature of any genre. L'amour at his best and most realistic recreation of the wild west. Ranks right up there with Shane, but far more unusual and original/unique than the latter.

[@maxbrazil3712]

The film exists on the bare minimum of the book's plot and dialogue yet still delivers the story with a wide scope, gritty realism and magnificent acting. This lean style is what makes "Conagher" such a cool western.

[@welshpete12]

I took you at your word . Just ordered a copy of the book.

[@lwc2009]

love the L'amour books... have read a ton of them...

[@kenanderson2047]

,this was filmed in southern Colorado NOT Arizona.

[@maxbrazil3712]

Ken Anderson: It was filmed in both states but mostly in Arizona www.imdb.com/title/tt0101609/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt

[@andrewmeachum6731]

I’ve always been a fan of John Wayne & Clint Eastwood, but when it comes to a real cowboy, nobody is better than Sam Elliott!

[@Codevil.]

Thems fightinn words son, your not even mention Lee VanClief's name

[@joelspringman7748]

You know he's from Sacramento, right?

[@andrewmeachum6731]

Cody, you’re correct that Lee Van Cleef should be mentioned when discussing top movie stars in westerns. It’s the voice of Sam Elliott: every syllable is cowboy.

[@andrewmeachum6731]

Joel, Didn’t know. Do know: married to Katharine Ross for a long time, which is unusual for movie stars.

[@lawrencekeating5571]

@@andrewmeachum6731 His voice should be declared a national treasure!

[@jacquelinekalich7463]

That was a terrific movie, and the one when I fell in love with Sam Elliot.

[@bobedwards7455]

Interesting the number of people that have never heard of Conagher - I guess I'm lucky, I've seen it a couple dozen times and it never gets old... Just a great movie

[@marybetz1775]

The best western. Love this movie

[@billbrooks9530]

i will not argue who is the best cowboy, you know them all. but SAM ELLIOTT is hard to beat!

[@johnfoster1728]

I’m still Wayne fan. But sam is the king of cool westerns.

[@prehistoricplayer1132]

Yeah Sam Elliott is my favorite hands down, only one that is close for me is either Clint Eastwood or Lee Vancleef.

[@MegaBoilermaker]

Sam Elliot represent (to us across the pond) the real American cowboy.

[@godfather7174]

Denmark agree

[@Jrock420blam]

Here in the West he represents the real American cowboy. Sam Elliot is a real as it gets

[@willroland9811]

If you could replace John Wayne...yep. I put em on an even keel personally. Robert Duvall is no slouch either...he was in True Grit with The Duke. Open Range was a great film, best in years...

[@CA1911Shooter]

@@willroland9811 Talking about robert Duvall, in a career filled with great roles Augustus McCrae in Lonesome Dove is his stand out role.

[@strattuner]

sam can ride a horse or his Harley,he is the real deal,bro saw him up at Sturgis,most left him alone to be normal,yeah he's double cool

[@Kelveron]

Sam Elliot's moustache has more hair in it than most men have hair on their heads.

[@johnsutcliffe3965]

Truth!!

[@docaylsw]

It's not hard to do sometimes - a lot of us are bald.

[@DessieTots]

Certainly puts my head of hair to shame. I want tache like Sam’s for my Christmas.

[@fredderf3207]

I heard his horse has a moustache just like Sam's.

[@msattler111]

Sam Elliot has more hair on his balls than most men on their chest.....LOL. And he is soooooooooo cool before he shows it. And of course, the best voice ever put to use in a western. No one else has ever had one like it.

[@deborahclarke3389]

Love that Sam Elliot voice. Way he clocks his head. Priceless

[@Anthony-ot8vl]

He was MADE for westerns.

[@dustinconnolly3162]

Without a doubt

[@txgunguy2766]

Best western actor since John Wayne.

[@normabell8301]

He can be whatever he wants

[@ianarmstrong1636]

His moustache starred in a number of films on its own sometimes

[@txgunguy2766]

@@ianarmstrong1636 I'm pretty sure it played Tom Selleck's moustache's brother a few times.

[@ryanthornton2747]

Hands down the most authentic western ever made. You can almost feel the dust on your eyelids and the sweat and grit on the back of your neck. The clothing, the hairstyles, the tack everything was researched and is authentically reproduced. Great actors and a great story. Why can't Hollywood make more movies like this?

[@jamesellis5549]

even down to the sound of the Winchesters being levered and spitting brass,love that sound in real life and almost never hear it in a western.

[@ryanthornton2747]

You are right. We give credit to Sam Elliott and the other fine actors perhaps we should thank the Director, Mr. Reynaldo Villalobos, as well.

[@flybeep1661]

@Dave54600 Tombstone last great western?? I guess you never saw the True Grit remake.

[@LordZontar]

Not enough car chases and explosions or costumed superheroes in Westerns.

[@redknight5287]

@@flybeep1661 True Grit remake a great western? Didn't any of see Open Range? or 3:10 to Yuma, or Legends Of The Fall? Unforgiven? I know their not in order, but those were Great Westerns. But Conagher is a great movie, probably my favorite...

[@tonyelliott7734]

Sam Elliott, a relative on a side limb in my family tree, is in my top 3 favorite western actors.

[@emilychild7705]

Best western ever. I watched this all the time with my Dad. He's passed on, but for Father's day, it's the movie I put on.

[@JeffY-y3z]

Best fight in a western ever!

[@johneqwest]

Great story, great film. One of my favorite lines: "Who give ya the black eye?" "Nobody gave it to me - I fought for it."

[@davidhuston6677]

I just said the same thing before I read the comments . LOL

[@mikegrossberg8624]

Same line(pretty much) from Maureen O'Hara in "McClintock"

[@howardsmith9342]

@@mikegrossberg8624 That's just what I was thinking, except she won hers!

[@bobbywall172]

johneqwest if this don’t melt a real mans heart, you haven’t got a caring one.70 yrs old , I’ve lived some good and bad times, I know when something is real and good and meaningful, this is simply one if not the best movie I’ve ever watched!!!!!!!!!💔💔💔💔💔💔💖💖 praise the Lord, He is good!!!

[@johnrose5482]

Another great one (from memory, so paraphrased): "No, Conagher ain't a gunfighter. He's the kind the gunfighters avoid."

[@thomasgreen8532]

Great movie, one I love to see over and over.

[@Senpai_Ace]

“Mister, nobody would a fool go into the rocks after a wounded Apache.” Goosebumps.

[@booksrule0240]

Real wisdom

[@slomo1562]

Conagher is a top three for me. "You're a hard man Conagher. It's a hard country kid."

[@jonathanpardoe8722]

Anything with Sam Elliot in is top quality .

[@REDMAN298]

He`s a cool dude. Wish I had that low voice he`s got.

[@John-ob7dh]

@@REDMAN298 He was great as Gar in Mask .His wife said it was his voice that got her.

[@hrfardan66]

If you saw "Fatal Beauty" you may retract that statement lol.

[@ethanweeter2732]

@@John-ob7dh He was good as Wade Garrett, Carter Slade, and Tell Sackett.

[@strattuner]

SAM BRINGS IT LIFE,ASTOUNDING ACTOR

[@kevincoggeshall3079]

Love Sam Elliott westerns, Conagher is one of my all time favorites

[@newzealandallblacks3726]

Cool is an understatement

[@texasjakeinok1732]

You're a hard man Mr. Conagher...It's a hard country kid.

[@jdub4850]

Hello my fellow Texan I also is from TEXAS up in ok

[@randywissler9923]

Sam Elliott could read the damn phone book and I'd be watching on the edge of my seat!!

[@jamesjohnson427]

The best, to bad we get old

[@martindonivan1351]

When ever I read about tell sackett I think of Sam Elliot fits the part to a tee

[@reddingmoore6356]

@@dieselpower3794 6 ft 3 in in my socks,when I got any.

[@LarsDcCase]

This is a great book and this is a great movie.

[@lilz8848]

Louis Lamour,Sam Elliot .There's a pair to ride the river with.

[@bailey9r]

Don't leave Tom Selleck off your list!!! He and Elliot were Lamour's personal favorites.

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

From the days when men were men, and women were not afraid of them.

[@strattuner]

after the apache story no one was gonna even follow him out ,SAM even rides a steel horse

[@tincat2173]

What ever character he played, he is the best!

[@joerobertson3478]

I second that emotion...If a man needs to learn how to "stand up", all he has to do is watch Sam Elliott in this movie. So many strong characters...and tough situations. I found it interesting that this was western icon Ken Curtis' last movie role, (passing away I believe just as the production was wrapping up), and it couldn't have been any more appropriate that his final line in Conager was, "adios".

[@freedomtrucker2332]

One of my favorites ..

[@olmose]

Been a big John Wayne fan since the '50's. But this L'Amour tale with Sam at the helm is one of my very favorite westerns. Read the paperback every spring and watch the movie every summer. Hard to beat....

[@TMats100]

One of my favorites. “Makes a man wonder what he did with his summer wages,” is a line you don’t forget; especially if you’ve rolled out your bed in a cow camp.

[@johnmartlew5897]

Sam Elliot’s voice. Any man would love to sound like that. Gregory Peck, Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, and I might add Walter Cronkite if he could loose the tv rhythm news anchors used, all have that voice. But Sam had THE voice.

[@cab5917]

Conagher, one of the classic “knights of the plains” story lines fashioned after King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table legends. Our western legends!

[@marshahinson2360]

Love the book & movie & Mr. ELLIOT in it.

[@jayzrat]

I’ve never read any of the novels but I do love a good western. And man, this is one of them. Everything about it had the look and feel of a western: the dialogue, the clothing, the scenery. As if you could feel the dust.

[@timsolitei3693]

I've read his books. Great. And I'm an African. Love his books.

[@maxbrazil3712]

@@timsolitei3693 Where in Africa?

[@coreydarr8464]

A great movie and book!

[@suewelk2237]

One of the best movies ever made!!!

[@JTChanceA1]

I thought I had seen every good western, never heard of this one, probably did...

[@jimmaculate5]

Thank you very much. I had never heard of this Western, and this scene is really excellent, with the Desperados and they're smart talk, and the well-meaning proprietor, and tough guy Sam Elliott. I was expecting a blowout. This looks like a really good movie, and the set is excellent along with the lighting and the color!

[@tincat2173]

You need the movie.

[@CA1911Shooter]

Con Conagher is my favorite one book character of Louis L'Amour. Thankfully the movie stays pretty true to the book.

[@klinej54]

I can't tell you how many times I've said "I take a man's money, I ride for the brand." Love this movie.

[@suewelk2237]

Yep it became one of our favorites, too

[@VinceLyle2161]

Amen. A terrific succinct way of explaining how a man should work.

[@TheTsar1918]

"Mister, I'm in a swapping mood." I'm totally saying that the next time I walk into the store.

[@pickledone9698]

What have you got to swap mister?

[@normanleach5427]

Ken Curtis was given the opportunity to reveal the man within the actor...noble to the last.

[@AmericanActionReport]

I've never seen the movie, but that's the coolest western scene I've watched in a long time. What a couple he and Katherine Ross make: the personification of rugged manhood and one of the most beautiful and classiest women ever to grace the screen.

[@jangriffiths1305]

Jerry Mills me neither but would love to see it !

[@txgunguy2766]

Of course they make a good couple, in real life they've been married for 35 years.

[@sidtagg5142]

Jerry Mills km in

[@src4526]

she's in the movie too

[@johndanielharold3633]

A lot of the old Irish surnames have to do with warring. Kelly ; battle warrior. Murphy; seahound. Scully; axe warrior etc. Conagher can mean either ( depending on the county ) " good place for rabbits " or " good place for firewood ." All round good place! May the wind be at your back and Conagher on your side!

[@patriciaduncan279]

Love this movie💖💖💖

[@chardtomp]

Louis L'amour really was a great story teller. A number of his stories have been made into great movies.

[@WhiteWorgenCorp]

Let me tell you a lil' something about Sam Elliot. That man won't die, instead he will simply pass into legend.

[@christinehutchins2446]

One of my favorites. Own the DVD and have watched it at least 50 times. Louis L'Amour wrote great books.

[@MCOult]

One of the best L'Amour novels and one of the best western movies, ever. The character Conagher is a humble, honorable man whose honesty and loyalty are unquestionable. There was a time when such things were of paramount importance to men, and I'm lucky to have lived the first part of my life back then -- such men helped mold my character, and I'll always be grateful, though I doubt I measure up to the Old Ones. Thanks for posting this scene, Max. --- Old Matt

[@jeffdickerson9482]

Truly.

[@heartbreak71]

EVERY women in America wants Sam Elliott--still today he is more than a 10

[@barneycockburn]

Sam Elliot, here in Texas, represents the Real American Cowboy as well. I know a lot of real, actual Cowboys. He’s the real deal, just don’t talk as much as much as an actual Cowboy

[@hughmaxwell8143]

Top ten shoe in for westerns. Inexcusably underrated

[@williammassey911]

Great Movie. Love Sam Elliott. Excellent cast. True to the book. I've watched this film dozens of times.

[@ShelbyDude1]

L'amour wrote the novel----Sam and Katharine co-wrote Conagher into a teleplay with Jeff Meyer. It's a cowboy's cowboy movie.

[@mattdaugherty7865]

I remember when this came out on TNT, we recorded it on VHS! Eventually got it on DVD. It's a must have for sure!

[@michaeltester2537]

Sam Elliott is great so is this movie

[@riverartist]

I agree, it is one of the best westerns ever made and for all the reason you mentioned.

[@bobbywall172]

Rambling Cowboy to me, it is the best his wife in real life, mrs Ross or should I say mrs Elliott, played such a good part. They both are brilliant, have a great marriage. She was great in Butch Cassidy, could watch them over and over and I’m a big Gunsmoke, High chapparel, cimmaron strip fan, all westerns, hop-a-long Cassidy too!!!!

[@carlmoeller56]

My top Westerns: Lonesome Dove, The Searchers, Red River, Open Range and Appaloosa. That being stated Louis L'amour was a great western novelist and Sam Elliot plays a great cowboy! I'd like to watch this movie and read the book..looks like a good one.

[@utah6165]

We have the same likes in movies! I have seen Conagher 3 times! Still enjoy it so much! Recommend you see it.

[@stuarthartill6555]

Brilliant western Sam the best always will be That moustache.just ets BETTER

[@denises.8203]

One of my favorite cowboys of all time.😉

[@petyrkowalski9887]

You can always tell a tough cowboy by the size of the mustache.

[@conman-km6lo]

I was named Conagher after this movie

[@davidhuston6677]

Is this why you go by " Conman " ?

[@bailey9r]

Cool!

[@i.p.knightly149]

I'm Conagher and so's my wife.

[@chuckmaleman5216]

one of the best cowboys ever ans still going strong and still married to the same woman.love you sam.need to make one last cowboy movie.im sure the ratings would go through the roof.

[@larryreese6146]

It was the coolest western ever made and sam elliot played it to a T. "Any man who kills when he could do otherwise is plumb loco." " A man should pay what he owes." "If a man needs help, he better not start out at all." Yeah, I liked Conager.

[@ronsmith2490]

Love this movie and the book.

[@Mark-pp7jy]

A lesser known movie with Richard Farnsworth called "The Grey Fox", has a similar cult following. Great story and supporting cast. (Bill Miner emerges from prison at the turn of the century, to a world he doesn't know.) It's one of my all time favorites!

[@maxbrazil3712]

A spectacular western!

[@blakeprice3057]

I saw that movie when I was a teenager I'm with on it . Ranks right up there. I was raised on horse back since i was six my grandfather run around 200 head BF1 momma cows. Happiest days of my life , heeled down hunkin leather with cow pony's nose stuck up cows ass

[@Spyderredtoo]

Some years ago I was shopping for a man and wanted one as sexy as Sam Elliot. Somebody heard me and my man was not only all that, but a master shooter, a master welder, and the finest man I ever knew except only my daddy.

[@jerrybobteasdale]

Never saw the movie, but now I want to. I read many Louis L'Amour books.

[@davidhuston6677]

I owned all of his books -- I think there were 60 I gave them to a Nephew that was a fan with a promise of no dog eared pages.The books were hard back with fake leather and gold trim .

[@jenniehayes5530]

He is my favorite actor....he knows how to do a western!!! I believe that I have seen every movie he has been in!!! Need to make more westerns, especially with Sam !!

[@toohighstrung]

I havent seen this but Sam Elliot just sold it to me

[@BelloBudo007]

I actually liked the store owner for doing a deal and even tossing in a few extra rounds.

[@BelloBudo007]

@Drooling Joebiden I see your point. Real men tend to recognise, respect & admire other real men.

[@angerskarin9222]

@@greybeard804 He getting two rifle worth almost 20$ a piece, any store owner would of did that kind of trade, the trader getting more back then he gave.

[@erskinemartin4220]

Plus the drink on the house. Lol

[@pouncepounce7417]

good traders make fair prices and get an good name.

[@BelloBudo007]

@@pouncepounce7417 I like that philosophy.

[@homer5845]

I think you meant Sam Elliot is the Coolest western movie star, in which case; I can only speak for myself, my Shitzoo and every living, or dead, female on the planet. "You are correct sir!".

[@markh7523]

Looks good

[@tomjustis7237]

Sam Elliot became the epitome of the hard as nails, man of few words, western hero. The first time I ever remember seeing him, however, was at a drive-in movie in the 70s when he was a VERY young man playing the handsome, well built lead in a low budget movie titled "Lifeguard: Every Girls Summer Dream". Truth be told, the only reason I went was because the girl I was dating at the time wanted to see it, but in spite of the title it actually turned out to be a good movie, mainly because of Elliot's portrayal of the character. He also played Army officer Sam "Night Clerk" Damon in the television mini-series "Once An Eagle" based on the best selling book spanning WWI, the interwar years and WWII. I swear, that man could read the dictionary on screen and make it interesting!

[@55Quirll]

Also in the TV movie The Challenge with Darren McGaven, though he didn't have big role 👍

[@madcapper6]

I like the scene when he first meets Seaborn Tay when Tay asks him, "You got any sand? Any time you feel you're not up to the job I'll give you two days grub and a head start."

[@andredoucet8298]

san elliot is my best actor i like the style

[@dobermanpac1064]

Sam Elliot is just as awesome in real life as he is in the movies... He's a man's man....Strong yet humble.

[@rodericklisman234]

I actually liked the store owner for doing a deal and even tossing in a few extra rounds.

[@tyborg1]

Will look for this one....

[@stevevye19]

just brought this film , first rate Western , sam makes a great cowboy.

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

I have this movie and a few others with Sam Elliot in... For me it's equal to John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns.... they are well worth watching and keeping.. This one seems the most real for the time...Probably less well known and quite under rated too?

[@martinnicholson7382]

Yes I have to admit this is one of my favorite westerns that is modern made, the other one I liked was Quigley Down Under

[@jefferymatuszak4988]

Conagher undoubtedly the best western I've ever seen! Perfect dialogue, perfectly acted. Perfect cast!

[@coreydarr8464]

At the end the fight very good!

[@BradyBooth-j4q]

Absolutely right, just amazing.

[@williammassey8514]

When you want a western weekend this is on the list. Fantastic adaptation of a louis l'Amour book. Sam Elliott is what we see in our mind's eye of old time cowboys. I almost wrote down my 10 all time western movies. Nope, won't do it. Too many good ones. But this movie is on the list. The cast in this movie was outstanding. Katherine Ross, Nuff said. Thanks Sam.

[@howardsmith9342]

He's been married to her for decades...that's a real Western romance.

[@greghelms4458]

This was one of those books turned into a movie where the casting people were actual geniuses.

[@Beemer917]

That was a great book. Conagher is one of my favorite books of all time. Really good reading! You get where I'm going with this post? Fantastic BOOK! Think about it.

[@melissavermillion1101]

Conagher has been my favorite western since it first came out in '91. Realistic, believable people pioneering the west. Loved the very believable romance between Sam Elliott and his lovely wife, Kathryn Ross. I play this movie every so often. For me, it's like putting on my most comfy jeans and soft sweater and curling up on the couch with a good book! Two favorite scenes: when he first sees her standing in the doorway to her cabin and when he comes in the house to her humble, rustic but beautiful candle light supper, and she walks around the table serving coffee. Love the look in Sam Elliott's eyes and on his face.;)

[@maxbrazil3712]

Well put. My sentiments exactly.

[@greghelms4458]

Every time I hit a tumbleweed I think of this book and movie.

[@lorenkolb9994]

GREAT Novel.... GREAT Movie.... GREAT WESTERN!!!!

[@Blogengezer]

'Brazil.. Name well known in New Mexico. Worked with a Brazil {manager} big truck stop along I-40 many years ago. Pat Garrett, rode both sides of 'the thin blue line', also knew a 'Brazil,.. ;)

[@PR-BEACHBOY]

Produced by Sam Elliott and his wife Kathrine Ross as a TV movie. I’m glad to see it get the recognition it deserves! It has it all: Western action, romance and Cowboy machismo!! Many wonderful character actors in the supporting cast as well! Billy Greenbush, Barry Corbin, Ken Curtis, Dub Taylor and his son Buck, Gavin O’Herlihy (awesome villain), Paul Koslo (another villain), the great Pepe Serna, the amazing James Gammon, James Parks and Daniel Quinn! So many more actors as well! I own a copy of it and watch it on TV as well!

[@kevinsmith3274]

One of the top five westerns on my list. Might even be number one.

[@workingguy84]

I’m partial to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. But this is a close second.

[@sleaponit21]

classic movie, only found few months ago, hollywood is too busy making films for 14 year olds,

[@dougefresh133]

❤ Conagher!

[@mattwagnerofficial6499]

best western ever made

[@slickuae]

I finally got to watch this today, dunno how I missed it almost thirty years ago. Louis L'Amour was my grandpa's favorite western author & this movie is a great adaptation of his style. Highly recommend if you appreciate old school westerns...

[@samuelhowie4543]

Sam Elliot is what you would expect a cowboy to look like.

[@terbltim8214]

If y'all haven't seen this movie... get 'er done! Unquestionably one of the best. Has every element of the classic western. The smoldering love story is the under current to a very manly western with something for everyone. Sam Elliot and Katherine Ross bring it to life.

[@bigdeal6852]

His real wife !

[@mickblack2800]

Reckon Sams Moustache had it's own dressing room