Iconic Western Opening Scenes | Compilation | MGM

Enjoy this compilation of showcasing some of the most iconic opening scenes from classic western movies starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Tom Selleck, and more!
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The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
Directed by Sergio Leone
Screenplay by Age-Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffre, and with Mario Brega, also starring Eli Wallach in the role of Tuco
Rated R
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
For A Few Dollars More (1965)
Directed by Sergio Leone
Screenplay by Luciano Vincenzoni
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Mara Krup, Luigi Pistilli, Klaus Kinski, Josef Egger, Pano Papadopulos, Benito Stefanelli, Roberto Camardiel, Aldo Sambrell, Luis Rodriguez, and Mario Brega
Rated R
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Directed By: Simon Wincer
Written By: John Hill
Cast: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman
Rated PG-13
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
Chato's Land (1972)
Produced and Directed By: Michael Winner
Written By: Gerald Wilson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, Richard Basehart, James Whitmore, Simon Oakland
Rated PG
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Produced and Directed By: John Sturges
Screenplay By: William Roberts
Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz
Not Rated
The Magnificent Seven is a trademark of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Hang ‘Em High (1968)
Directed by Ted Post
Written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle as “Judge Fenton”
Rated PG-13 for western action violence
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
Sabata (1969)
Directed By: Frank Kramer
Story and Screenplay By: Renato Izzo and Gianfranco Parolini
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Pedro Sanchez, Nick Jordan, Linda Veras, Franco Ressel, Anthony Gradwell, with Robert Hundar, and with Gianni Rizzo
Rated PG-13 for western violence and some sexual situations
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
The Long Riders (1980)
Directed By: Walter Hill
Written By: Bill Bryden, Steven Phillip Smith, Stacy & James Keach
Cast: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest
Rated R
Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital platforms.
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[@georgecoventry8441]

Some great stuff there! My favorite: Eli Wallach as Calvera and as Tuco Ramirez. Unforgettable! He's the ultimate Mexican bandit of all time.

[@DavidNefelimSlayer]

Excellent actor. I believe he learned to ride a horse on set. He added the neck lanyard to gunslinger vernacular.

[@celebmukupe7131]

Very difficult to hate him!

[@jonnygunner65]

Drops his accent a bit though if you listen to him

[@senianns9522]

Amazing how the train stopped exactly at the horse ramp!

[@asphaltmilkshake4596]

Got it going again right quick too.

[@Itsisawnotiseen]

Luck.

[@thepandeslar8062]

Skill . . .

[@TrevorDennis100]

All the times I've watched that movie, I never noticed that before.

[@davidbamford9284]

You are all wet Dreamers

[@reinhardthuman3565]

Clint Eastwood the greatest ever man what a legend period

[@MiTmite9]

That was fun. Lee Van Cleef. Those eyes. Fun seeing Eastwood and Wallach so young. And the Quaid brothers, too.

[@tommyhaynes9157]

YOu left out the best one , Once Upon a Time in the West

[@NimrodScott]

Absolutely, true!

[@claytonmoore6198]

You brought two too many

[@lenpey]

Yeah....that opening is epic.

[@jonathonjubb6626]

I would have left the same comment! ... But you beat me to it..

[@waltergiles2110]

He's right you know😊

[@mikekim1219]

Lee Van Cliff has coolest face in the western movies

[@fitless]

Once upon a time in the west has the best opening scene and My name is nobody has got a great one, too.

[@abfutrell]

That harmonica sets the tone so quickly.

[@Mdebacle]

That guy on the left in GB&U was also at the start of Once Upon a Time. It was a superb beginning.

[@Daneelro]

@@Mdebacle That guy was Al Mulock, who sadly committed suicide by jumping off his hotel balcony in Spain right after the filming of that iconic opening scene.

[@tamasdusek2879]

absolutely right

[@wernervannuffel2608]

Yeah... My Name is Nobody is epic too... with that barber shop opening until Terence Hill catch that fish with a stick watched from distance by Henry Fonda... (and with that top music score of Ennio Morricone)... and until that explosion... There I would stop my clip 😉

[@TUCOtheratt]

One can learn a lot about how to make a movie scene by watching this.😃

[@zanichbug]

Strong believer in Lee van Cleef!!

[@michaelberry6016]

yeah...a miss on best of them all. Once upon A Time in the West... the ultimate iconic western opening scene. And had the greatest of all western quotes. Bronson ruled.. you bought two too many...

[@peanutbutter2597]

lee van cleef is the best thing that ever happened to Clint Eastwood those eyes and that stare he was a great actor

[@kzmaven7478]

"I did get off - thanks". Classic LVC

[@carloitaliano2794]

Lee Van Cleef hat is beautiful! I want it!

[@TransparencyandMerit]

Perhaps you can try and take it

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

MGM , Bond, James Bond central. 🤗 I know it’s not an MGM, but Silverado’s opening was fabulous (Columbia Pictures). Scott Glen does all the killing inside the shack and opens the door to that canyon vista. Great camera work. 😊

[@generybarczyk6993]

Agreed. In spades. That's Lawrence Kasdan producing and directing. and writing with his brother, Mark.

[@DavidNefelimSlayer]

Great cast great movie

[@davidfitchet432]

For years, "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) was my favorite western. Until I saw "Silverado". That is now my favorite western with "Seven" second place.

[@stephenmudiecastles.2938]

100% one of the best.

[@iandann8788]

yes ,great scenes ,iconic stuff , another era etc

[@DavidNefelimSlayer]

"When it's time to shoot, shoot don't talk" -Tuco the Rat

[@thedata831]

“When it’s time to talk, talk. When it’s time to shoot, shoot.” Sorry.

[@mauromostardi7576]

quando si spara si spara, non si parla . Il film è italiano XD

[@bottlethrower1544]

5:59 Bronson looked dangerous without even trying

[@playingdominoes]

And quite pretty in those tights

[@morganeaton3812]

Too bad the pistol angle looks like it took out the sheriff's ankle.

[@yiddys1556]

The Magnificent Seven intro: *"I'll be back!"* Who knew the terminator wasn't its author? But Arnold really did that line justice!

[@markothwriter]

Music and sound are often overlooked. They are so important.

[@jaewok5G]

"Long Riders" had a great hook. The Keaches, Quaids, and Carradines as the Jameses, Youngers, and Millers

[@johnloving9401]

Wrong order - Carradines were the Youngers. Sadly, Beau and the great Jeff Bridges had to decline the roles of the Ford brothers; played instead by Christopher and Nicholas Guest.

[@davey306]

Tuco! Angel eyes, and Blondie

[@lavern007]

Colonel Mortimer.

[@celebmukupe7131]

Colonel Douglas Mortimer.... A brave man...

[@davey306]

@@celebmukupe7131 are you thirsty Blondie? Do you need some water?😭

[@ObedTsotetsi-k6o]

Love the western ❤❤ movie 🍿

[@vickyanddanforever]

By far the best opening scene in a western was in The Searchers. John Wayne rides alone to the home he couldn't live in, with the beautiful Lorena score by Max Steiner, and shots in the distance of Monument Valley---all shot from inside the home of his brother and his long-ago love. The whole shot was framed in the doorway as his long-ago love opens the door. He rides in alone. And, then at the end of the film, he rides away alone, also framed in the doorway.

[@lxlx3458]

Thank you for sharing with us!

[@LandseerNorth]

You got all the great ones except for one: John Wayne's opening in "Big Jake". I hope you check it out. You'll change your top 10 for sure once you do. Thanks for the great collection.

[@Daneelro]

I was waiting for Once Upon a Time in the West...

[@ianpalmer4840]

Me too !!

[@MrOgdenc66]

Yeah, this list fails without it.

[@joshpritt2146]

Thats from Paramount

[@robertlancaster-gaye4476]

'I'll be back !' .... The Magnificent Seven. Who knew .... ??!!

[@yiddys1556]

Searched for this comment! Great find, isn't it? Who knew the terminator wasn't it's author? But Arnold really did that line justice!

[@asphaltmilkshake4596]

12:23 "And you've got a bill of sale to prove it little buddy!"

[@jacksmall4141]

Love Lee van clean and Clint Eastwood the best ,how ever loved the shootout in Shane

[@simontemplar1]

Tuco is a legend, the only bad guy that everybody loves...................except Angel Eyes of course!

[@John_F898]

Iconic iconic iconic!!!

[@jamieimai9328]

Happy 100th anniversary, mgm!

[@jamieimai9328]

Here’s to another 100 years!

[@Bucky749]

@@jamieimai9328keep up the amazing and great work & keep on roaring, yeah! Happy birthday!

[@marcuspfister2047]

"Once Upon A Time In The West". Maybe too long for this. Then the ones shown here. Charles Bronson is my favourite.

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

Often overlooked, the opening of 'Silverado' was pretty iconic.

[@classicrock71]

Once upon a time in the west has the best opening scene!

[@junehanzawa5165]

Just said the same thing. And he included the poor copycat of Seven Samurai -- it's opening scene is pure masterpiece filmmaking, as is the entire film. Ask Leone, Lucas and Spielberg all about it.

[@rogermilla2358]

How do you not have High Plains Drifter

[@Paughco]

GREAT stuff! Thank you!

[@Fedora5957]

So, by now you must know that ELY Wallick is (was) also TUCO in the GB&U. Si. I met him while living on 58th street in NYC. I told him how much I loved his Mexican persona and he said they wanted to make a sequel of the GB&U. And I added, no can due because Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleff) had passed on.

[@TY-kc3st]

There is a Mexican restaurant called Tucos in Sudbury Ontario with a big mural of his face. That character made a lasting impression on many, it seems.

[@Fedora5957]

Gracias por la informacciones amigo.@@TY-kc3st

[@rollsmerlin1659]

the Long Riders was unique because of the brothers involved ... Quaids , Carradine ,etc...

[@TonyLovell]

"For a few Dollars More"... it's not as if the stops are many. I can't believe ANY train would pass any station without stopping.

[@jackjohnston1298]

Fistful of dollars has left the chat

[@steveforbes7718]

Yeah! Back when Hollywood made movies the people wanted to see. So unlike HollyWOKE does now!

[@josephl.7]

Iconic Western is the goodest western on MGM

[@waltergiles86]

The sad and lonely demise of Rowdy Yates😢!

[@conkhi1nghenhac826]

"This train will stop at Tucumcari." "I did get off" Bests lines ever !! One of the best actors ever !!!! R.I.P L.V.C🕊

[@mp539]

I found out I really like old westerns.

[@bobnewfart]

Lee Van Cleef feeking Legend

[@PlymouthVT]

Longriders was a great movie!

[@kellydg471]

Where is the opening scene for "The Searchers"?

[@andypurugganan2352]

0:33 Before the word *makeup* was ever used in a Western, the original title was *The Good, the Bad* 😂

[@mikemelina7395]

You're short at least one scene; The opening scene from Silverado is one of the most iconic of any western. I expected to see it here.

[@davidfitchet432]

I understand that this video was about great opening scenes, and they are. However, for me, as good as the opening scene in "The Magnificent Seven" is, as it establishes the villainy of Calvera, but, for me, one of the stand out scenes in the film is when Brynner and McQueen's characters take the coffin up to Boot Hill.

[@TheBatugan77]

But this video is about opening scenes.

[@davidfitchet432]

@@TheBatugan77 And I addressed that. I was just mentioning a favorite scene of mine.

[@Brian-uy2tj]

The best movie of the bunch, most people have never heard of; "Chato's Land" with Charles Bronson and just about every other great actor from the day. They messed with Charles Bronson and you don't mess with Charles Bronson.

[@betsyrocks]

4:19 Depth Charge - Bounty Killer

[@crorivpro]

Funny that locomotive looks very European, Italian, maybe. Great movie.

[@Daneelro]

Spanish. Sergio Leone filmed most of the scenes of his iconic westerns there.

[@Can_handle]

Once upon a Time is my favorite date western

[@bobwarzin5492]

In The Long Riders it was interesting that there were 2 brother pair: Randy and Dennis Quaid and Stacy and James Keach

[@jimwoods3742]

Yeah Eli Wallach has got to be like the best bad guys in Indian Western band my favorite anyway

[@indiancomingback]

Epic wide angle camera frame❤❤❤

[@waltergiles86]

"I KNOW WE TOOK IT ANYWAY!" 😂😂😂😂

[@somebodypeculiar]

If those are the best, it doesn't say much.

[@JeromeMichaelRogan]

Mr Goldwyn of MGM is now known as "Jerome Michael Rogan"

[@franklinrwful]

You missed the best one Once Upon A Time In The West.

[@bosepos9971]

My mule thinks your laughing at him,so if you apologize......

[@James19601]

Iconic Western openings capture the Wild West spirit, setting the stage for epic tales and timeless heroism

[@fairportfan2]

I liked the opening on "Seven Samurai" better than on "Magnificent Seven" Haven't seen "Mag7", but i would wager i would like "Seven Samurai" better.

[@randyhowell2661]

Blazing Saddles

[@lesmoore3638]

RIP Clint Eastwood. What an amazing career. Edit: inaccurate. I was taken in by a false report. His amazing career continues

[@henrybierman8431]

hes still alive though

[@lesmoore3638]

​​@@henrybierman8431 I'm so glad to hear that. I was taken in by and false report. I've edited my comment thank you very much

[@BigT2664]

Still going strong in Feb 2024... His long time stunt double passed away a few months ago though... he was 92.

[@lesmoore3638]

​@@BigT2664My bad. I fell prey to a false report.

[@guyfaux1494]

Why did they leave out Sam Peckenpa's "The Wild Bunch""

[@glyndavis3439]

Pointless collection if it doesn't include "Once upon a time in the West"

[@spacezoomer]

Agreed, but these are all MGM westerns. Once Upon a Time in the West was Paramount.

[@r.e.tucker3223]

You and I define "iconic" differently.

[@dallisb1047]

To each his own. But I have the same opinion on most lists.

[@TheBatugan77]

My opinion counts.

[@r.e.tucker3223]

lol

[@henrybierman8431]

12:00 why is the skipper in a wetsern movie

[@JonRoberts-e9g]

The best is the opening scene from The Wild Bunch

[@thesuncollective1475]

You got to give extreme credit to the editor. Back then youu only had one chance

[@gregchapman-oliver7725]

the first major defeat of the Japanese in WWII was well before the marines had left the US. Australian soldiers gained that honour when they stopped, then drove the Japanese army back across the mountainous Owen Stanley Ranges in New Guinea

[@larrylebowski8386]

Anything with Gary Busey is gonna be great.

[@LAUptegrove]

Anyone who's ever been to Tucamcari, NM (TooCumCarry), can see through the train car's window that they are nowhere near that frontier town.

[@otadashi1570]

Silverado would have been a great choice.

[@TXLorenzo]

I live in Italy and these guys look like my neighbors.

[@simbad909]

Many more missing... decent collage tho...I did like sabata being put in.

[@ClaimOfRightMuso]

3:57 the guard boards an isolated car - where's he gonna go?

[@rodcav3]

The opening scene from the Wild Bunch should have been here much better than the The Long Riders

[@lancecahill5486]

Agreed 100%

[@tony.bickert]

Tom Selleck was a TV cowboy.

[@FishHeadSalad]

Why is Quigley Down Under on here? The title pretty much speaks for itself. It is not Quigley Out West.

[@BluesmanDizzy]

One of the best westerns ever, no matter the setting .

[@FishHeadSalad]

@@BluesmanDizzy Even westerns made in Italy are supposed to be happening in the old west of the US and sometimes Mexico or some disputed territory in between, but never Australia. Don't get me wrong, I thought the movie was good but as Quigley states at the end of the film... "This ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Kickok" ...insinuated that Australia is not the wild west of the United States. The American Film Institute defines Western films as those "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier" ...

[@BluesmanDizzy]

@@FishHeadSalad I saw that coming from miles away, haha. Agreed, if we go by the book, you are right. But I can't shake the western feel Selleck puts into it. Would have loved to see him do a sequel on American soil. 😉

[@FishHeadSalad]

@@BluesmanDizzy I can't argue that! A sequel was in order.

[@DavidPorter-c7i]

Nearly

[@pozzythump868]

I will assume that Once Upon a Time in the West was too good for this list, and had its own video.

[@92376]

The greatest beginning and ending in westerns are the set piece acts of violence in The Wild Bunch

[@Makeaocbartendagain2]

Nice to see Quigley Down Under getting some respect. But Tombstone and Once Upon a Time in the West were both snubbed!

[@stevem-h5e]

After John Wayne, Eastwood was the best cardboard cutout ever to perform as an actor.

[@timmurphy3609]

You mean you didn't buy Wayne as Genghis Khan?.....lol

[@Sincopare]

One word. Tucumcari.

[@Bally002]

The Wild Bunch

[@joshpritt2146]

That's from Warner Bros.

[@tonydeltablues]

Loved this! Forget Taylor Swift, Listen to Condition of the Heart by Prince to hear of Clara Bow ;-)

[@charliesa66]

+Silverado

[@aaron-dd5zr]

Ah! To bad Hang’m high could not of continued

[@jameshunt2541]

The wild bunch

[@wendibernhardt9190]

I dearly love westerns but once upon a time in the west is my least favorite of all never did understand the story

[@stevem-h5e]

You best stick to "I Love Lucy" reruns.

[@PlatoCave]

Once Upon A Time In The West was released by Paramount.

[@tsounami1149]

What name of this films???

[@carteranderson8194]

It says at the bottom

[@scdoty777]

Yep, Silverado

[@barnajuhasz]

Lee van Cleef csak ennyit szólt hej, hej hejhej!

[@exnihilo2601]

What about The Wild Bunch?