The Outlaw Josey Wales | The River Crossing | Warner Classics

There is a bounty out on Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) as troops try to cross while Josey waits for them. After dealing with Jamie's gang, He is snuck up on and held at gunpoint.
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About The Outlaw Josey Wales:
Academy Award winner stars in and directs this fast-paced Western about the fight for vengeance by a Missouri farmer whose family is murdered in the last days of the United States' Civil War. Based on the novel Gone to Texas by Forrest Carter.
Theatrical Release: June 30th, 1976

[@maxsparks5183]

A true environmentalist. In such a stressful situation, Josey makes sure both the birds and the worms get fed. Warms your heart.

[@Spork123able]

Always thinking of others. 🤣

[@seamusoreilly804]

Confederates were very Green-minded nature lovers.

[@schnooka0078]

What? You're lost

[@jimc4839]

Makes me teary eyed just thinking about it.

[@bobbylee2853]

The worm is your only Emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Hamlet.

[@eviloverlordsean]

"Well, Mister Carpetbagger... we got something in this territory called The Missouri Boat Ride." One of the best Clint movies ever, hands down.

[@Aran_chini]

Missoura boat rard 👏

[@paulrupright4694]

@@Aran_chinicame here for the correct response. Well done.

[@azohundred1353]

Josey Wales' Odyssey, from a man out for revenge to an outlaw on the run to a leader of a group, makes for one of the best Westerns ever. Clint Eastwood gave a great performance and one of his finest directorial efforts as well. One of my favorite films.

[@michaelstudnicki]

I grew up idolizing Clint Eastwood. This is my favorite western of all time. The direction, as you said, is the best I’ve seen in my 46 years.

[@uttaradit2]

me and my dads favorite western - least until he meets sondra lock ..

[@ljc5371]

Absolutely!!

[@ljc5371]

​@@michaelstudnickiClint was 46 years old when he made this film

[@ljc5371]

​@uttaradit2 lol... same here man!!

[@daviddahlgren8792]

Anything Clint Eastwood is in is a good movie. This was one of his best.

[@lastfirst78]

Time flies. This film is almost 50 years old. Half of a century.

[@paulallen286]

The Outlaw Josey Wales is my all-time favorite western. I grew up watching westerns back in the 60's. This movie is number one on my list.

[@chrisweidner4768]

It is actually my favorite film. Of any genre. Second favorite is Bill Murray’s “The Razor’s Edge.” “The Last Samurai” is 3rd.

[@eugenebuckley7657]

Me too, no other movie comes near it

[@AdamMaxwell-we4ls]

Pale Rider up there too. But this is a gem.

[@mikerainey3847]

Most other movies ain't worth diddly squat!

[@hollywoodwerewolf]

Can’t believe Josey Wales almost got catched by Seinfeld’s Uncle Leo

[@Anthony-lv1mi]

Nearly. Almost. Next to never 😮😢😂

[@robertklose2140]

Josie…HELLOOO!!😂

[@Drew-g7x]

Maloney Kelly's heroes

[@StephenBaylor-kl8wx]

I got the watch right here jose

[@Anthony-lv1mi]

@@StephenBaylor-kl8wx "I got the Gold" not watch 🇯🇲🧐

[@lonnyjaw]

Hands down my all time favorite western, PERIOD!!

[@RoyPage1970]

The Good the bad and the ugly is still better

[@JAMESlock1911]

I have seen a lot of westerns and Josey Wales is the best!

[@ASTyner]

The trilogy is still my favorite. with a few dollars more being my personal all timer. But Josie is right up there

[@alexpaira8354]

I am a Clint Eastwood fan for life. Grew up watching him. I am not American, but I believe Clint brings the wild west to real. I am 61 this year.

[@aaronthomas736]

I

[@AnyoneCanSee]

56 and grew up watching Clint Eastwood westerns with my older brothers. This is one of my favourites along with "High Plains Drifter" but the Dollar trilogy beats them all in my humble opinion. The final duel scene with the music in "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" is about the coolest thing put to film.

[@dr.brinebasterd8982]

The way the old woman laughs when the guy realizes he made a no way out deal with the devil.

[@fishmanandginne7495]

Love Granny Hawkins.

[@Bstack59]

Granny Hawkins know-ed' what was up. Tickles me every time I watch that scene.

[@fishmanandginne7495]

@Bstack59 I wonder if Jose ever paid Granny Hawkins for the mustard root, etc, etc.

[@dr.brinebasterd8982]

She said pay me the next time you see me.....that was a reference to don't come back.

[@NoosaHeads]

Ultra, ultra classic. Possibly the best Eastwood movie ever, with the possibly exception of Coogan's Bluf, Dirty Harry, Pale Rider, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Play Misty for Me, Million Dollar Baby, The Mule, etc etc etc etc. That's the problem with Clint's movies - they're all so good. How on earth does one determine the best one?

[@tomr9661]

Let's not leave out Magnum Force, - the best of the Dirty Harry series, IMHO.

[@gs1100ed]

Unforgiven

[@michaelm7116]

Joe Kidd

[@guitarfool3881]

I like Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 👍 George Kennedy/Jeff Bridges 👍

[@TheRedHandOfVictory]

There can be only one. Unforgiven.

[@garyrock2356]

"Buzzards have got to eat the same a worms", very considerate of the environment old Josey.

[@dodgerbluestever6221]

One of Eastwood’s best. “Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?”

[@pjofurey6239]

Loved all the cold heart one liners and those fact Clint used a lot of the same players in a lot of his films. Clint rode Norton’s & triumphs a proper mans rebel.

[@marklipson]

And that is the moment I first fell in love with American Civil War- and frontier era history (it's happened at least 4-5 times in my life). Watching that river crossing scene in a Canadian theatre just a bit after my 14th birthday. The story, characters, locations, sets, costumes, props, acting and dialogue were so authentic-sounding to my young ears, and Bruce Surtees' gorgeous desaturated cinematography so earthy and real, that I felt I was there -- almost exactly a hundred years earlier, crossing the Missouri River into Indian Territory.

[@Joesmoothdog]

Couldn't be made today. This movie will still be watched and revered 500 years down the road.

[@ScottOuellette-p1d]

RADIATION FROM ALL THE NUKES WILL OVEREXPOSE ALL THE FILM.😂

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Of course it could be made today, we literally got Django unchained several years ago oh wait you lot got offended when we killed white slave owners but you’ll cheer for confederate trash all right.

[@infidel202]

​@user-do4wn5pk4j but not this one

[@borninvincible]

Because why?

[@cooperjenkins2657]

​@@borninvincible?

[@user-mt5zh2pz7q]

"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms." Stone. Cold.

[@Diddley-js6lf]

One of My Favorite Clint Eastwood Movies.

[@NorryJones-kg1se]

I must say hd worst was " painting 🎨 his wagging ,' not gud singer but never mind lol ,l nice any way & any songs ..yeah rose alasbane or : I was born under a wanderer star Mr Jose c

[@lincslad54]

One of the best westerns i think.

[@timothydesantis9107]

My two favorite lines in the movie are "shut up Lige" and "pull Lemuel, pull"

[@elskid206]

Abe was played by Len Lesser who went on to play Uncle Leo on Seinfeld. After all these years I just figured that out. Unbelievable. I've seen this clip dozens of times. Why did I make the connection tonight. WoW! " The mind is a terrible thing"

[@danda219]

He was also Bellamy in Kelly’s Heroes and a mafiosi in Magnum Force, two more Clint Eastwood vehicles.

[@elskid206]

@@danda219 oh yeah!! I went out and looked at his filmography. Holy Moses!! He's been a ton of stuff that I saw but didn't notice him. That's why this was such an epiphany because I've seen that clip of Josey Wells a hundred times.... SUDDENLY I recognize the voice. Unbelievable!.

[@Robert-t3z1g]

His partner Doug McGrath was in the gauntlet and pale rider

[@marstondavis]

I just watched this movie last week. It's been years since I last watched it. It's still a great western and one of Eastwood's best. There isn't a weak character in it. It's wonderful, deep and redeeming story. They'll be watching this movie for the next 100 years.

[@ScottOuellette-p1d]

IT'S ON EVERYWEEK ON THE CABLE CHANNELS.

[@PrinceofTroy-kx3nk]

I'm practically watching now😃. Sadly, I'm currently watching the death of the Kid played by the late great Sam Bottoms. I believe this is his first big role in movies. He was also great in Apocalypse Now.

[@MrFg1980]

"pa, is that you pa ? I got the gold right here" I STILL use that line😂

[@user-yn3qr6cl5e]

There isnt any good movies like this any more

[@alderringer8816]

Best Clint movie ever made! And I know there are many!!

[@ApeLikeCreature]

I believe this is a masterpiece. Up there within my top two favorite Westerns, Shane is the other.

[@gymshoe8862]

Tombstone ain't bad!

[@sheepsfoot2]

Clint's 1983 movie " The Pale Rider " is basically a remake of the 1953 movie Shane " in so many ways !

[@bjornpellicioli162]

The good, bad and the ugly, I like that more❤

[@Antyvas]

PROVE IT

[@bjornpellicioli162]

@@ApeLikeCreature Pale rider is also dam good....

[@charlessaint7926]

The two goons @5:27 are carrying 1873 Model Trapdoor Springfield rifles. I recognize them because I have one of my own. These ones fired a .45-70-405 cartridge, meaning .45 caliber firing 70 grains of powder and using a 405 grain projectile. Pretty powerful round. Expensive, too. Custer and his men carried the carbine version at the Little Bighorn. Up until after Little Bighorn, a common problem was the weapon jamming because the cartridge was made of copper and not brass. The copper, upon firing, would greatly expand and get stuck in the breech.

[@ferngrows6740]

Nice! I owned a carbine for a time. As you mentioned, the model the 7th Cav carried. My aunt tried to mess me over when distributing my deceased Grampa's estate. She thought the carbine was worthless as it was old, beat up and filthy. As luck would have it, the serial number was very desirable. Very. I sold it to a collector and bought a car with the proceeds. LOL

[@tinderbox218]

Benny was just slow enough to save his own life, lit out when he heard the gunshots 😂

[@troykruse5161]

One of the best movies ever!!!

[@davidwood2387]

This movie is one of my favorites . Whip them again, Josie.

[@luigivincenz3843]

William O Connell, who played Sim the political flip-flopping boat captain in the first scene, also played the scared barber in High Plains Drifter, as Clint shot 3 goons in his barbershop. and "Abe" (len Lesser) was Sgt Bellamy in Kelly's Heroes. Clint mostly has the same close-knit group of friends in his movies.

[@65peterbilt]

you cannot get any better than this !

[@stevehelsing12345]

The boat operator is the barber in high plains drifter, I believe.

[@mikedoss9777]

He’s also one of the Black Widows in Any Which Way But Loose.

[@kenforu1531]

The guy doing all the talking was the bandleader in Kelly's Heroes

[@mikedoss9777]

@@kenforu1531 Yeah. He was Uncle Leo in Seinfeld too.

[@williamturner1517]

Client Eastwood has/had a "stock player" company. Lots of folks weave thru his movies.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

William O'Connell just passed on (aged 94!) in January. You also saw him as the Orion, Thelev, in the Star Trek episode, "Journey to Babel", in which Billy Curtis (Mordecai from HPD) also appeared.

[@jdraven0890]

Love how Clint so matter-of-factly shoots that guy at the end of this clip

[@PartTimeJedi]

God dang what great piece of cinema!

[@SciHeartJourney]

"Pa, is that your? I've got the gold right here. The gold Jesse and I stole from that bank." BANG! 🤣

[@user-zi1sr1qr2p]

My favorite movie of all time. My Marine brother and I can quote every line.

[@Emilyismysunshine]

I notice when you get to disliking someone they ain't around for long either

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

@@user-zi1sr1qr2p only a horn toad could quote every line

[@chrisweidner4768]

This 66 year old’s favorite. Of any genre.

[@TheFlutecart]

I forgot what a great movie this is.

[@JungleUTFR]

One of the best westerns ever

[@michaelstudnicki]

It’s my favorite.

[@JuanAlmonte-rf7xk]

The scene with 10Bears is classic “ for men like us to die is easy,it’s living that’s hard”

[@crazyskyguy]

I love her laugh… the laugh of a wise woman who just saw a man realize he’s made a deal with the devil.

[@ericgarringer6911]

"At best he'll get 2 or 3 up front" jeez thanks Cap

[@paulrodriguez5958]

"Shut up Ladge." Famous last words

[@57clc]

Just can’t beat a good ol’e “Lindsey Woolsy shirt.”

[@randyjohnson6845]

This epic movie was a first step towards the best Western movie of all time ...Unforgiven

[@jonstaley-q5p]

I GOT GOLD RIGHT HERE, BANG BANG BANG.

[@DanielMcGillis-f3w]

I always liked the old lady's laugh.

[@trudginon]

Hands down, one of the greatest movies ever made.

[@ClintEastwoodWestern64]

“There is a such thing in this country called justice” “Well Mr. Carpetbagger, we got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride”

[@robinkerr3373]

Your wanted Wales… guess I’m real popular. One of the best lines in ever in Cinema and only Clint could deliver.

[@MrJsbach123]

Saw it in the theater when I was a teenager...loved it !

[@CapoKabar]

Funniest scene out of the whole movie. Clint’s comic wit is off the charts once again.

[@rudeawakening3833]

I’ve watched this clip too many times … What a badass !

[@MikeSmith-ch7jv]

I ain't ever been shot, but that poultice on the wound was my childhood equivalent of "just rub some dirt on it", when I got hurt.

[@richardleesmithey6279]

My favorite line was Captain Redlegs saying "Not a hard man to track, leaves dead men wherever he goes."

[@lancenutter1067]

This is totally what Joss Whedon must have watched when he was writing the script for Firefly. Awesome!

[@murdiesel]

I loved he used the same actors in all films when he could!

[@tallymo2]

"I seen him do some things". Love that line.

[@davidjones6470]

CLASSIC!!!!!! Love this movie

[@kennkid9912]

Most of this western? is great. Probably the best US western movie Eastwood ever made. The Leone westerns are fine too. Lots of good bit players in this flick. The OLd lady in the cabin is a hoot. Across the wide Missouri! Right up there with the SEarchers,Shane, as one of the greatest western films.

[@JpMan-d4q]

"See lige ,you pull his teeth and hes harmless as a heel hound ! 😅

[@alex79suited]

Heck of a scene. My father would be laughing after that scene. Very cool 😎. Peace ✌️ 😎.

[@scott6828]

"...doing good ain't got no end." A constant truth throughout history. Witch trials will always find witches, hammers will always find nails.

[@cwvos]

The Eastwood flick that had one of the most profound, awesome sayings to me ever.... "Hound That Whales To Kindom Come!!!" LeGendary👊❗️

[@tesstickles1280]

Because of Chief Dan George's age, he would have trouble remembering his lines, so during takes, Clint Eastwood would begin to mouth his lines without realizing it and had to be told to stop because it would ruin the take. In a featurette on the DVD about making this movie, Eastwood says he'd have people drill Dan George on his lines, but when it came time to shoot the scene, he'd say "Chief, just forget about the lines, tell me the story about the man who rode over the hill." And Dan George, who was apparently a natural storyteller, would then tell the story perfectly.

[@delavalmilker]

For the Missouri-Kansas area, the Civil War didn't start at Fort Sumter, or end at Appomattox. A brutal civil war was already raging in the 1850's, and continued even after Lee's surrender. A little-known chapter of history that "Josey Wales" illuminates.

[@andyc1175]

One of the best movies ever produced.

[@LarsDcCase]

This is a great movie.

[@NonHalalBacon]

Personally, this is my favourite C.E. movie.

[@Hardball1Alpha]

Anyone notice that "Abe" is actually Uncle Leo from Seinfeld? Time 5:20.

[@JAMESlock1911]

I thought he looked familiar.

[@jeffgolladay5813]

Clint was the man...

[@wilderer-rb3rz]

I love the Missouri boatride. You only need a converted Sharps rifle. with a scope mounted.

[@michaelstudnicki]

And know how to use it. Great scene.

[@robertroan110]

Great classic from Clint Eastwood

[@musicmike1960]

Truely a cinamatic masterpiece and I have used a few of the lines from this movie when I needed too over the years.

[@clanduncan]

My mother and grandmother used to sew the shirts I wore. They were nice-looking Western style. What the boy said about the lindsey-woolsey shirts made me think of it.

[@Marko-ol4yi]

They should have whistled Dixie...

[@johnpendarvis7885]

I always appreciated the way Mr. Eastwood portrayed proud Confederates. The truth about the war has been criminally twisted.

[@user-lx1iu3kl1f]

Great movie. Clint Eastwood Classic

[@mikeschroepfer8956]

The Missouri Boat Ride. the best scene in the movie.

[@MCOult]

This film is one of a kind, although it's a western/civil war story and, as such, one among many. But there is no other film like it. As great and as popular as it's always been, it is still a terribly underappreciated film. Great casting, minimalist acting (for the most part; the scene we just watched was wonderfully over-acted by the two bounty hunters: exactly as needed), and Eastwood's direction allowed the entire production to be gritty as hell, with John Vernon (Fletcher) and Paula Trueman (Grandma) among the standouts. Chief Dan George got a late start in acting, with his greatest role as "Grandfather/Old Lodge Skins" in Little Big Man; here, he's as lovable and authentic as always.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

The longer I think about this movie, the better I think it is. It's got the real feeling of the grim backwoods of those days. I grew up outside Memphis hearing stories about my great-grandfather "Windy" Smith and how he survived the war as a cavalry trooper with Forrest, and the hungry years afterwards.

[@kevanmitchinsonmitchinson6981]

One of my all time favourite movies. Top 5.

[@hardwhipbian7939]

Dude wanted to count the 'HAIRZZZZ' on Josey's hand 😂😂

[@edwardbright9434]

only if Uncle Leo listen to his friend

[@bigglilwayne7050]

"We got us the Josey Wales!" 😂😂

[@ronaldfullerton1954]

Every scene is a classic...all lines are memorable rose of Alabama!

[@bretfisher7286]

One of my favorite Westerns, while I admit that parts are awkward and corny, typical of filmmaking at the time. Chief Dan George gave a most delightful and memorable performance. It's quite a saga.

[@MH-fk3qi]

Great Movie Clint Eastwood is 94 years old now I ❤ Clint’s Movies 🍿 love all his westerns and Any which way but Loose and can with Clyde the orangutang 🦧 it my favourite movie of Clints

[@samjones3106]

The barber got himself a new job.

[@JpMan-d4q]

Lots of great 'one liners'. Didnt notice at first. Even the hill billy lige n his side kick are hillarious.!!😅

[@wingmasterjimmy6724]

"Buzzards got to eat the same as worms.."🤣

[@TheShahofLugash]

When I visited the Gettysburg battlefield, they played “Rose of Alabama” from a tower loudspeaker.

[@davidhenson6337]

It's Jerry's Uncle Leo!

[@daskommandantkrieger2503]

The 2 Josey Wales books are excellent reading. I really wish Revenge Trail could have also been made by Eastwood.

[@alexanderatur2984]

That “I advice you to turn back captain” was sincere

[@AquilaReale-z3k]

The mocking laugh of Hawkins' grandmother, Josie Wells, is a mountain lion. 🍺👍👍👍

[@milligan8349]

Uncle Leo!

[@Ruteger100]

one of the best movies ever.

[@Moondogg111]

I feel like a real story driven western movie made with modern film techniques and good actors would be a big success right now.