In this movie, Bruce Dern defined the term villain. He's said that for years after making the picture people would see him on the street and spit at him or throw things. Bruce even frightened the boys through his method style of acting. This is one of my favorite "John Wayne" movies.
Dern was destined for greatness and you could see his brilliance in all the Westerns of the day, especially Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Big Valley, the list goes on and on. He transformed hour TV shows into something very special. He was just so good at being bad. One show he was brilliant in and underused with Matt Damon was All the Pretty Horses, and he was a good guy!
Dern commented Wayne that came on the set drunk for their fight scene, and him getting thrown against the tree was for real, because Wayne hated the scene, and as a result, had to have multiple back surgeries that he has never fully recover from.
I absolutely loved the look on your face when Bruce Dern killed John Wayne's character. It was genuine and that's what I look for from reactors. It was perfect. You will find that John Wayne, like several other big movie stars at that time, died in several of their movies. John Williams score was great and Roscoe Lee Browne (Mr Nightlinger) was awesome. He was also a great actor. Thanks so much for genuine emotion throughout your reactions.
William Atherton, who played Walter Peck, the EPA bureaucrat villain in "Ghostbusters" & the TV reporter jerk in "Die Hard", said, when he'd go out, people would were always giving him Hell or trying to fight him, after playing those roles. Bruce Dern suffered the same fate after "The Cowboys".
I saw the Cowboys in the theater when I was 8 years old. I love this movie! You would never see them do this with child actors nowadays. 11 kids half were actors half were real Cowboys. They all had to learn become the other one. There is a 50th Anniversary reunion of the kids on RUclips I highly recommend you watching it!! It's an incredible story these kids bonded for life. They're all still super close to this day! Two of the actor kids quit acting and became real cowboys after this movie.
To see the hero die for the first time was a shock! As a child of the 70s I found in the early 70s all the movie heroes were dying on screen and off. Then in 1977 I got the movies greatest Hero. Harrison Ford.@@allenwhitmer8192
that's super to hear - I'll have to check it out. I loved this film although not a big JW Western fan - my favorites of him are Donovan's Reef, Hatari!, In Harm's Way, The Quiet Man, etc. Dick Cavett, who was no fan of JW, critiqued this film and said, "The old man can actually act!"
Mr. Nightlinger was great in this, and his confessional at the end was so awesome. "Forgive me for the men I have killed in anger and for those I'm about to." Savage!
Roscoe Lee Brown always turns in a fine performance. Will never forget his scene stuck in an elevator with Archie Bunker and a pregnant woman about to deliver from the 1970's!
That scene where Silm gives the piece of pyrite to Cimarron for saving his life. I love the layers there. Cimarron has no use for it and he doesn't particularly like Slim, but he doesn't refuse it. He realizes they are forever connected now and is perplexed with the idea of maybe having a friend.
Bruce Dern was so good in this. It’s not very often when an actor playing a villain gets the entire audience to really want him to suffer a painful death.
The Big Country, with starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford and Chuck Connors. Directed by William Wyler (Roman Holiday).
@@infonutAgreed, great movie and even greater score, would love to see Madison react to it. Don't know if I've ever seen a reaction to it on RUclips, the movie's length might make it tough to chop into the limited bit they let you show.
Oh thank you Madison for reacting to this! John Wayne rarely died in his films. This one reverberated so much in popular opinion, Bruce Dern ( Longhair) a freaking brilliant actor could not be cast for nearly 15 years in Hollywood. True Story. Thanks again . Next poll , I'm voting " Big Jake". Thank you❤!!
@@waterbeauty85 I love all eras of John Wayne, but True Grit, Big Jake, The Cowboys, Rio Bravo, and The Shootist...will always be special to me. These were the movies, as a child in the 70s, that me and my dad, ( who passed two years ago at 78) on Saturday mornings, would watch on Turner Broadcast. (TBS) ...
Awesome reaction to one of the best movies ever. During filming, John Wayne told Bruce Dern (the villain), "You know you’re going to be the most hated man in America for killing me." Bruce Dern replied, "Yeah, but I'll never have to buy another drink in Berkeley." ROFLOL! UC Berkeley, outside of San Francisco, was a seat of anti-Vietnam sentiment and was on the opposite side of the fence from The Duke over what it meant to be an American.
Madison, for fun check out the 50th anniversary video on the Cowboys. It was a reunion in 2020 with most of the boys at the John Wayne museum in Ft Worth. Moderated by Ethan Wayne. It is on RUclips in two parts. Lots of great stories.
Yes Ma'am! "We are Burning Daylight!" Word has it that John Wayne went up to Bruce Dern and quipped " Well are you ready to be the most hate man in America"! Super Thanks! Can always count on Madison to make my Friday quite a bit better! I forgot ... John Williams Score!
This and "The Longest Day" (WW2 movie) were my favorite John Wayne movies. Bruce Dern was on The Tonight Show around then, promoting the movie. He recalled what Wayne told him after filming that infamous scene. He said, "When this movie comes out, you're gonna be the most hated man in America". Amazingly, Bruce Dern was going back and forth between locations, filming a great Sci-Fi movie at the same time. "Silent Running" He plays a much more likable character. A passionate environmental scientist trying to save the last surviving forests of Earth. But in SPACE. He is SO good in that one. GREAT actor.
Likeable? He murders three other guys in that movie! He's a full-on Psycho who, yes, has a sympathetic cause , , , but not one that excuses his actions,
I saw The Cowboys in the theater when I was 9 years old and like most I hated Bruce Dern's character. Subconsciously I disliked Dern for years because of that role, until I saw Dern in All The Pretty Horses as the sympathetic Judge who encounters Matt Damon at the end of the film. That small role redeemed Dern in my heart; he was so patient, calm and understanding while listening to Damon's character, and essentially pardoned him for what he did.
My grandfather died in 1957. From his stories I think this movie nails the temperament of growing up in the late 1800s on the great plains. A more lighthearted Wayne movie from 9 years earlier is "Donovan's Reef". Set in south seas, so, not a western. In my opinion, one of his best westerns is "Stagecoach". I always liked this film. Good reaction. Thanks.
MADISON - John Wayne movie you've GOT to watch - "The Shootist." His last film, in which his character is dying of cancer, and DUKE was also dying of cancer in real life while he filmed it. Co-starring Jimmy Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brien, John Carradine, Ron Howard and the Great Lauren Bacall.
Madison, glad you enjoyed it - but there was never any doubt! At some point go back to Join Wayne's start with the 1930 epic"The Big Trail" filmed in five states, but the most powerful Wayne films of his later career besides "The Cowboys" are "The Alamo" 1960 which he produced himself, "The Green Berets" 1968, "Big Jake" 1972, "The Shootist" 1976.
Another western I think you would love is "The Sacketts", not a movie, but a two part mini series. Tom Sellek, Sam Elliott, Jeff Osterhage and Ben Johnson.
I’m a Texas History teacher and every year I show this movie to my students after our Cotton, Cattle and Railroads unit. It is such a classic and one of my absolutely favorite westerns! The first time I saw it I was so shocked to see John Wayne’s character die.
I don't know of any reaction channel on YT that has covered this great movie, looking forward to this!. The actor who plays the villain, Bruce Dern, in real life is the nicest soul you could ever meet which says alot about his acting ability.
@@olaspaz3079 yea, shes seen several J Wayne films inc Stagecoach &The Quiet man. SHe loved the Clint Eastwood westerns and still needs to see the DIrty harry ones
Nice to see a reactor that genuinely seems to enjoy westerns and you have some of the lingo down, so maybe you have done some riding or rodeo work. Plus you look very comfortable in the cowboy hat. Really enjoy a genuine reaction to great movies. Love John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns and their military movies. It's a shame they never made any movies together, but they didn't really get along to well, from what I've read. Thanks for the great reaction.
Great reaction Madison! Loved watching along with you, what a great film! Loved your raw, genuine emotion throughout this one, the fight between Duke, and Bruce Dern, and where Duke is slamming him against the tree, that was real, and to this day, Bruce Dern, still has back trouble from that scene, slim, is Robert Carridine, brother of Keith, and David Carridine, he went on to play Lewis, in Revenge of the nerd series, I am 53 yrs. Old, and have been a Duke fan, since I was probably 6, love all of his great westerns, Rio Bravo, El Dorado, the Shootist, McClintock, just to name a few, all great films, I can't wait to watch along with you again! Take care! Oohhh!! Also, absolutely love the hat! You should wear it more often! Looks very good on you!!🥰🥰
This and "The Big Trail" are my two favorite John Wayne movies. My parents took me to see this when it came out, at a big old-fashioned theater with one very wide curved screen. I sat front row center and felt like I was inside the movie.
After doing “The Exorcist,” Linda Blair received numerous death threats. The studio provided security for her for six months and after that when the threats continued, she had to go live with relatives in another state.
@@ronaldwilson6295 ... people were psychos back then. I thought we had genuinely become somewhat enlightened until the new Brown Shirts arrived in 2016. Some people LOVE to be evil. They feel non-existent without it. God demands martyrs.
Hi Madison. Great reaction. I am so glad you got around to seeing this. Didn't look back to see what you have already watched the Duke in, but going to leave you a few suggestio,ns. McClintock (with Maureen O'Hara), Big Jake (also with Maureen), The Shootist, Since you liked Rio Bravo you should try El Dorado (with Robert Mitchum and James Caan). For a couple of John Wayne non-westerns try The Quiet Man (Maureen again) and a older movie he did with Donna Reed called Trouble along the Way. I must have seen them each at least a dozen times, but I would still watch you react to them. Hope you get a chance to watch and enjoy! Stay safe and well.
You need to go further back into black and white westerns like, "Stagecoach" or " Red River" with John Wayne, "My Darling Clementine" or "The Ox-Bow Incident" with Henry Fonda, "The Gunfighter" with Gregory Peck or a more modern cowboy tale (still B&W), "Lonely Are the Brave" with Kirk Douglas.
@@gitchegumee It's good, but is it modern ? The best part is the opening music, which occasionally these days creeps into the soundtracks, of documentaries, etc.
I've seen this movie so many times, but still tear up with some of those scenes. On the show called "A Word On Westerns" there was a reunion of some of those 'boys' not senior citizens. They cried for real in the scene in which John Wayne's character is dying. I very much appreciated your reaction, and especially your words afterwards, Thank you.
I was ten when this came out, seen it at the drive-in theater with my folks. I grew up working on our family farm in Iowa, I like to think this film helped in instilling me the work ethic that my dad always taught us five brothers. Outstanding reaction video, thank you for sharing
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your reactions, especially to the classic westerns. Your coverage of Lonesome Dove was really great. I’ve been asking other reactors to cover LD as it is such a great show. Please keep up the great work.
One of the best John Wayne movies ever! Great cast in this one! Bruce dern, Roscoe Brown, A. Martinez, Slim Pickens and of course JW! Great score and cinematography! Saw this as a kid and will forever fell like a kid when I watch this movie! Thanks Madison ! Luv the hat❤🤠. We're burning daylight! 🤠❤️💛
I have always loved this movie since I was little. I like it even though it is one of few movies that John died in. Great reaction Lady Madison, love your outfit the whole setup super hat, cool shirt and jeans with lovely hair so way to go.
Great reaction and edit! Bruce Dern played the definitive bad guy but for another side of him watch the sci-fi classic, Silent Running. You also had a brief glimpse of legendary Broadway actress Colleen Dewhurst, who played the madame.
Part II 😁 Just realized that Cimarron is A Martinez who has done a lot of stuff including the TV series LONGMIRE!! With Lou Diamond Phillips and Katee Sakhoff! Nice! 🕊️☮️
I love this movie. One my favorites with John Wayne. So so good!! Another great John Wayne flick is "Hatari". Bruce Dern was the long haired bad guy. Always played that type of character. Bad guy or tough guy.
Tremendous reaction, best ever. YT edit is perfect too. And you look great in that hat. I'm all malty. For me what makes this film so great is of course how good ALL the performances sre and how good the dialogue is rwritten and spoken and John Wayne is not just John Wayne; he IS Will Anderson. I believe Will's every word and expression. Oh, and Bruce Darn got so much flack for his role in this film. I think YT probably has a video with him talking about it.
7:15 "I'm surprised she's halter broke." Madison, I am VERY impressed. You're not just a city slicker wearing a cattleman hat. Lost mine in a house fire 12 years ago and I miss it.
My favorite scene is John Wayne's speech therapy session 😊 The last line " I wouldn't make habit of calling me that son." If notice Cimiron and Slim are still acting. A Martinez and Robert Carradine, yeah that that Carradine family.
I remember seeing this in the theatre. When they buried the Duke a good third of the audience (me included) got up and started to leave thinking that, with him dead, the movie was over.
I was 12 when The Cowboys came out. I didn't get to see movies at the theater as a kid, until several years later with friends. My parents were old school Irish immigrants and had no use for movies whatsoever. But I did see this as soon as it was available for television. In those days they would premier films on a movie of the week network broadcast. I am guessing that was in 1973. I thought the movie was just great, loads of fun for a kid to see kids in a John Wayne western.
You have to watch the John Ford / John Wayne “Calvary Trilogy” Fort Apache , She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, and Rio Grande. Three of the best westerns ever made.
A testament to Bruce Dern's acting that you hated him so much. Not many Wayne villains are remembered like this one. When they filmed this, Wayne told him, "people are going to hate you for this" and Dern responded (it was the 60s) "They'll love me in Berkely." He really is a fine actor. He was nominated for Best Actor just a couple of years ago for, "Nebraska"
Thank you, Madison! One of my favorite movie reviews. This was my first western as a boy. I will have to see if you reacted to either of the "True Grit" movies.
Thanks for finally watching this classic western. Would love for you to check out his final movie The Shootist. Also, check out the highly overlooked Paul Newman western Hombre from 1967. Thanks a bunch Madison.
When I saw The Cowboys for the first time, it was the world Television premiere and boy, was it edited for TV to the max. The only movie to be edited like that starring John Wayne was Big Jake. When Wayne got shot in the back on TV it sounded like a double shot shot and Wayne was down with the horses neighing. The torture part was cut out completely as well as the Studdering Bob calling Wayne's character an sob completely. Wayne yells at Bob, (edit) and the camera shows Wayne walking away. Also, Bruce Dern wasn't the first to be offered the role as Longhair. David Carridine (Kill Bill 1, 2, and the tv series Kung Fu) was offered it but he said no way because he knew he himself would become hated what his character was going to do. Hence, Bruce Dern took the role and yes he became the most hated man that sometimes, even today Dern gets reminded of it and not in a good way. Fun fact, Wayne even gave Dern permission to treat him like dirt in front of the boys and even asked Dern about the squibs as he had never used them before and wasn't too confident in them. By the way, Bruce Dern did have a small role in The War Wagon also with Wayne and Kirk Douglas, and Kirk Douglas did put Bruce Dern in the western Possee (1975) which Douglas starred and directed. Dern played the antagonist but with a twist.
I was in middle school in the mid 70s when I saw this. Back then, they occasionally had assemblies at school where they showed movies during the school day. This was one of them, and I loved it. I’m guessing I was the age of many of the boys in the movie.
You’ve seen most of my favourite westerns, but I don’t think you’ve seen the following three on my list. I highly recommend: • Red River (1948) - starring John Wayne • The Shootist (1976) - starring John Wayne • Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) - starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn
A great, great, movie, and so underappreciated. You'd be doing yourself a favor to watch some of the "making of..." videos about this and most especially interviews with Bruce Dern. JW told Dern early on to treat him disrespectful and rude in front of the boys and he did, in their every off-camera encounter. So Dern also took to treating the kids poorly. A lot of that scene where he holds the knife to Charlie's throat then drags him through the water was improvised. One of the things I most like about this movie is that no one was phoning their performance in, especially the veteran actors whom you might expect to coast a little. Finally, Roscoe Lee Brown was masterful in this, especially in his two big scenes- in the bunkhouse and at his hanging where he atone to his maker. Believe me I have quoted both those scenes numerous times ("my Saturday drunkenness, my Sunday sloth")
As usual, I loved your reaction to this movie. I have seen every western that John Wayne was in since "Stagecoach." I first saw this one in the theater when I was 11. His character died in 8 movies in his career. This one was especially hard on me. I think that as I was watching I felt like one of the boys on the drive. I remember crying in the theater. Having not had a father I always wanted to be like JW. Thank you for doing this movie. It has always been one of my favorites.
I first saw this in the theater when it came out. I was 18 and thought it was kind of corny at the time, but I appreciate the coming-of-age story a lot more now. Your reaction was great, as always. BTW, the film has an anachronism in the dialogue, when Dern in his first scene says “look-see.” That term was invented by Dashiell Hammett in the serial version of his first novel, “Red Harvest” (1927-28), and its use in his novel “The Maltese Falcon” gave it even greater popularity. “Stagecoach” is a must-see movie; it’s the one that made Wayne a star. I also recommend Peck’s “The Gunfighter” and “The Big Country.”
There is a wonderful RUclips page called A Word On Westerns that has a fantastic video with ALL of the kids that played the trail hands in this movie...all grown up! They are all together for the anniversary of the movie and talk about filming with Wayne and all the behind the scenes things that happened. It is a WONDERFUL interview. Did you notice that the oldest boy that followed them (the gun and knife boy) was played by AJ Martinez?! Or that the 15 year old boy that was the first one to jump on the green broken horse is Robert Carradine?!
I was 5 years old when this movie came out and it has been one of my favorites ever since, I'm glad that Mr. Wayne has passed on and can't see what has happened to this nation that he loved so much. May he R.I.P.
Legend says that John Wayne told Bruce Dern, just before they filmed the death scene, "you're about to become the most hated man in America." He wasn't wrong. Bruce Dern got hate mail for YEARS after this movie.
I saw it when it was first released. Word got out quickly that this was the first movie that John Wayne died in, so we had that spoiled for us. This is my favorite western. I absolutely love Roscoe Lee Browne as an actor. This is his biggest and best role as far as I know. He was horribly underused in Hollywood. The scene where he bunks with the boys and tells that story is one of my all time favorite movie scenes. And I love the punch line: "Is that true?" "Well, if it isn't, it ought to be." Make sure you watch "True Grit" real soon, another popular John Wayne western.
Great reaction. I also love this movie. The "bad" guy (Bruce Dern) is playing bad guy in many movies. He has the look for it. He is also in "Posse" from 1975, staring Kirk Douglas.
Hey Mad, did you recognize that first ranch hand that wanted to look for gold? He played Qualen in Jeremiah Johnson. That's actor Matt Clark. He shows up in several Eastwood films: The Beguiled, Outlaw Josey Wales, Honkytonk Man. Several other successful films - In The Heat of the Night, Culpepper Cattle Co., Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, White Lightning, Brubaker, Back To The Future III, 42 and A Million Ways to Die in the West.
This is my favorite of the late John Wayne westerns. It had a big impact- being a kid in 73 imagining a cattle drive with Duke Wayne. My all time Wayne picture, isn't a western, it's one of John Ford's love letters to the WW2 Navy that he served in: They Were Expendable.
I appreciate that the young lady noticed the emotional connection that Mrs. Anderson formed for the cowboys and the look she shared with her husband after she said... "I like the sound of boy." One of many subtle moments in this very untypical John Wayne picture.
William Atherton, who played Walter Peck, the EPA bureaucrat villain in "Ghostbusters" & the TV reporter jerk in "Die Hard", said, when he'd go out, people would were always giving him Hell or trying to fight him, after playing those roles. Bruce Dern suffered the same fate after "The Cowboys".
My favorite John Wayne movie is his very last one. The Shootist. That one has Jimmy Stewart, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall, Henry Morgan, and quite few big name actors in it. Hopefully you will get to watch that one.
Hi Madison, thanks for your reaction to this great movie. The Mr. Nightlinger eulogy of Mr. Anderson always chokes me up in this movie. How Mr. Nightlinger says "the prairie was like a mother to him," and how "she nurses him while he sleeps." It gets me everytime. Heck, I'm getting choked up just writing this quote. Roscoe Lee Browne's delivery of the eulogy is recited with sadness and poignancy. Thanks again, and always looking forward to your next reaction.
I always loved the part when Nightlinger discribes how to make an apple pie, and his final words to the ladies, as well as making piece with his maker. One of my favorite characters in any western.
Please give the Star Trek franchise a chance. You don't have to watch everything. Maybe: top ten Classic episodes = Star Trek 1 to 6 = top ten "The Next Generation" episodes = Star Trek 7 to 10 = the three J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies? ✌️
While I am a lifetime Trek fan - I watched the original series on a black and white console TV in the 60s, I have to draw the line at JJ Abrams. I literally hate those for being just a CGI fest. He completely butchers the Star Trek storylines just to make hours of explosions with a hacked up storyline.
@@gitchegumeeI can accept this, but you also have to realize that the new films have given Star Trek many new fans who otherwise would not have been interested in this franchise. Many then learned to love the older series and films. Personally, I can enjoy any version of Star Trek.
@@martinbraun1211 If he had stuck to Trek canon and just freshened up the story for modern audiences (short attention spans and need to action over story) then I could get into them more. It just seems to me Abrams made these without any knowledge of the franchise and he based his script on someone telling him some backstories - in Chinese, so he just winged the storylines.
Fun fact: the 2nd rustler killed (by Cimarron with his knife) was played by Richard Farnsworth. Farnsworth had a long career in Hollywood in bit parts, mainly Westerns. More notable was his portrayal of baseball coach Red Blow in The Natural. He was also known for playing Matthew Cuthbert in the PBS series Anne of Green Gables.
In this movie, Bruce Dern defined the term villain. He's said that for years after making the picture people would see him on the street and spit at him or throw things. Bruce even frightened the boys through his method style of acting. This is one of my favorite "John Wayne" movies.
Bruce Dern, a fantastic actor. Check out Silent Running, another great movie starring Dern.
Bruce Dern is the father of Laura Dern from Jurassic Park movie.
Dern was destined for greatness and you could see his brilliance in all the Westerns of the day, especially Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Big Valley, the list goes on and on. He transformed hour TV shows into something very special. He was just so good at being bad. One show he was brilliant in and underused with Matt Damon was All the Pretty Horses, and he was a good guy!
Dern commented Wayne that came on the set drunk for their fight scene, and him getting thrown against the tree was for real, because Wayne hated the scene, and as a result, had to have multiple back surgeries that he has never fully recover from.
Yeah the scene where he's roughing up the kid with glasses in the water, I'm guessing Dern told the boy that he would actually be throwing him around.
I absolutely loved the look on your face when Bruce Dern killed John Wayne's character. It was genuine and that's what I look for from reactors. It was perfect. You will find that John Wayne, like several other big movie stars at that time, died in several of their movies. John Williams score was great and Roscoe Lee Browne (Mr Nightlinger) was awesome. He was also a great actor. Thanks so much for genuine emotion throughout your reactions.
William Atherton, who played Walter Peck, the EPA bureaucrat villain in "Ghostbusters" & the TV reporter jerk in "Die Hard", said, when he'd go out, people would were always giving him Hell or trying to fight him, after playing those roles. Bruce Dern suffered the same fate after "The Cowboys".
I saw the Cowboys in the theater when I was 8 years old. I love this movie! You would never see them do this with child actors nowadays. 11 kids half were actors half were real Cowboys. They all had to learn become the other one. There is a 50th Anniversary reunion of the kids on RUclips I highly recommend you watching it!! It's an incredible story these kids bonded for life. They're all still super close to this day! Two of the actor kids quit acting and became real cowboys after this movie.
Same here, I was 8, cried when John Wayne died, Bruce Dern scared the hell out of me, along with that music they played when he was around!
To see the hero die for the first time was a shock! As a child of the 70s I found in the early 70s all the movie heroes were dying on screen and off. Then in 1977 I got the movies greatest Hero. Harrison Ford.@@allenwhitmer8192
that's super to hear - I'll have to check it out. I loved this film although not a big JW Western fan - my favorites of him are Donovan's Reef, Hatari!, In Harm's Way, The Quiet Man, etc. Dick Cavett, who was no fan of JW, critiqued this film and said, "The old man can actually act!"
@allenwhitmer8192 me three but I was 12
Mr. Nightlinger was great in this, and his confessional at the end was so awesome. "Forgive me for the men I have killed in anger and for those I'm about to." Savage!
Roscoe Lee Brown always turns in a fine performance. Will never forget his scene stuck in an elevator with Archie Bunker and a pregnant woman about to deliver from the 1970's!
My favorite Nightlinger line is, "I have the inclination...but not the time." ☮️
That scene where Silm gives the piece of pyrite to Cimarron for saving his life. I love the layers there. Cimarron has no use for it and he doesn't particularly like Slim, but he doesn't refuse it. He realizes they are forever connected now and is perplexed with the idea of maybe having a friend.
Love John Wayne ❤️. I still cry every time he dies in this movie😢. And i cried when he died in real life😢. What a legend 🙏💖.
Bruce Dern was so good in this. It’s not very often when an actor playing a villain gets the entire audience to really want him to suffer a painful death.
Bruce made "Hang Em High" a much more interesting movie had a lesser actor been cast.
The Big Country, with starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford and Chuck Connors. Directed by William Wyler (Roman Holiday).
This movie has it all. Sights, sounds, shooting, riding and fisticuffs.
@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710... AND the BEST western score put on film. Raises goosebumps.
@@infonut Yes, oops I left out the musical score.
@@infonutAgreed, great movie and even greater score, would love to see Madison react to it. Don't know if I've ever seen a reaction to it on RUclips, the movie's length might make it tough to chop into the limited bit they let you show.
Oh thank you Madison for reacting to this! John Wayne rarely died in his films. This one reverberated so much in popular opinion, Bruce Dern ( Longhair) a freaking brilliant actor could not be cast for nearly 15 years in Hollywood. True Story.
Thanks again . Next poll , I'm voting " Big Jake". Thank you❤!!
I always feel like "The Cowboys" and "Big Jake" make a great double feature.
@@waterbeauty85 I love all eras of John Wayne, but True Grit, Big Jake, The Cowboys, Rio Bravo, and The Shootist...will always be special to me. These were the movies, as a child in the 70s, that me and my dad, ( who passed two years ago at 78) on Saturday mornings, would watch on Turner Broadcast. (TBS) ...
Awesome reaction to one of the best movies ever.
During filming, John Wayne told Bruce Dern (the villain), "You know you’re going to be the most hated man in America for killing me."
Bruce Dern replied, "Yeah, but I'll never have to buy another drink in Berkeley." ROFLOL!
UC Berkeley, outside of San Francisco, was a seat of anti-Vietnam sentiment and was on the opposite side of the fence from The Duke over what it meant to be an American.
Madison, for fun check out the 50th anniversary video on the Cowboys. It was a reunion in 2020 with most of the boys at the John Wayne museum in Ft Worth. Moderated by Ethan Wayne. It is on RUclips in two parts. Lots of great stories.
Yes Ma'am! "We are Burning Daylight!" Word has it that John Wayne went up to Bruce Dern and quipped " Well are you ready to be the most hate man in America"! Super Thanks! Can always count on Madison to make my Friday quite a bit better! I forgot ... John Williams Score!
This was one of John Wayne's last films he had made. His final movie appearance was THE SHOOTIST in 1976. He passed away in 1979 from lung cancer.
I hope Madison reacts to "The Shootist" soon.
Stomach cancer. He had lung cancer in the 60's.
The Shootist is a fitting movie for his last. The Western is what got his career off and he ends it with a Western.
42:39 Your reaction to that shot of Will Anderson's horse walking with an empty saddle shows how genuine your feelings are.
I vote for True Grit for your next John Wayne movie. I love your reaction and commentary, the best!
John Way defined my childhood, his movies were a family event.
You should watch Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon El Dorado. I could name so many, he was the best
My dad used to watch this movie a lot when I was a kid in the 90s. Brings back memories. Thanks for doing this one
This and "The Longest Day" (WW2 movie) were my favorite John Wayne movies. Bruce Dern was on The Tonight Show around then, promoting the movie. He recalled what Wayne told him after filming that infamous scene. He said, "When this movie comes out, you're gonna be the most hated man in America". Amazingly, Bruce Dern was going back and forth between locations, filming a great Sci-Fi movie at the same time. "Silent Running" He plays a much more likable character. A passionate environmental scientist trying to save the last surviving forests of Earth. But in SPACE. He is SO good in that one. GREAT actor.
Likeable? He murders three other guys in that movie! He's a full-on Psycho who, yes, has a sympathetic cause , , , but not one that excuses his actions,
I saw The Cowboys in the theater when I was 9 years old and like most I hated Bruce Dern's character. Subconsciously I disliked Dern for years because of that role, until I saw Dern in All The Pretty Horses as the sympathetic Judge who encounters Matt Damon at the end of the film. That small role redeemed Dern in my heart; he was so patient, calm and understanding while listening to Damon's character, and essentially pardoned him for what he did.
the chief of the bandits, Bruce Dern, is the father of Laura Dern, who played the paleontologist in "Jurassic Park"
I always think of Silent Running when I see him!
@@shakes525and Donald Duck's 3 nephews.
I thought; he was Laura Dern's brother? Did he name a daughter after his sister?
@rollmops7948 My mistake. Bruce was older than I thought, & Laura was younger, than I thought.
Months ago I recommended you watch this film and "Paper Moon" from 1973. Glad to see you've watched this one.
Great film Paper Moon.
absolutely!
I second PAPER MOON.
I “tertiary” Paper Moon 😅
My grandfather died in 1957. From his stories I think this movie nails the temperament of growing up in the late 1800s on the great plains. A more lighthearted Wayne movie from 9 years earlier is "Donovan's Reef". Set in south seas, so, not a western. In my opinion, one of his best westerns is "Stagecoach". I always liked this film. Good reaction. Thanks.
Hello, because of " Stagecoach ", I've stopped in Lordsburg, N.M.
Mr Nightlinger was such a well written character, and of course such a stand out performance by the actor. One of my favorite John Wayne movies.
MADISON - John Wayne movie you've GOT to watch - "The Shootist." His last film, in which his character is dying of cancer, and DUKE was also dying of cancer in real life while he filmed it. Co-starring Jimmy Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brien, John Carradine, Ron Howard and the Great Lauren Bacall.
John Carradine that was in The Shootist was Robert Carradine's ('Slim' in The Cowboys) father.
Madison, glad you enjoyed it - but there was never any doubt! At some point go back to Join Wayne's start with the 1930 epic"The Big Trail" filmed in five states, but the most powerful Wayne films of his later career besides "The Cowboys" are "The Alamo" 1960 which he produced himself, "The Green Berets" 1968, "Big Jake" 1972, "The Shootist" 1976.
Another western I think you would love is "The Sacketts", not a movie, but a two part mini series. Tom Sellek, Sam Elliott, Jeff Osterhage and Ben Johnson.
I second That one!
The sacketts was really good.
The book series was better but movies only have do much time
I’m a Texas History teacher and every year I show this movie to my students after our Cotton, Cattle and Railroads unit. It is such a classic and one of my absolutely favorite westerns! The first time I saw it I was so shocked to see John Wayne’s character die.
Thank you for your reaction, Madison. This is one of my all-time favorite movies.
"I have a bad feeling about this." I SAW IT!!!
One of my all time favorites! Thanks for the reaction. You can't go wrong with The Duke!
I don't know of any reaction channel on YT that has covered this great movie, looking forward to this!. The actor who plays the villain, Bruce Dern, in real life is the nicest soul you could ever meet which says alot about his acting ability.
Dawn Marie did it. And true grit. Give her a try.
@@olaspaz3079 yea, shes seen several J Wayne films inc Stagecoach &The Quiet man. SHe loved the Clint Eastwood westerns and still needs to see the DIrty harry ones
Nice to see a reactor that genuinely seems to enjoy westerns and you have some of the lingo down, so maybe you have done some riding or rodeo work. Plus you look very comfortable in the cowboy hat. Really enjoy a genuine reaction to great movies. Love John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns and their military movies. It's a shame they never made any movies together, but they didn't really get along to well, from what I've read. Thanks for the great reaction.
Great reaction Madison! Loved watching along with you, what a great film! Loved your raw, genuine emotion throughout this one, the fight between Duke, and Bruce Dern, and where Duke is slamming him against the tree, that was real, and to this day, Bruce Dern, still has back trouble from that scene, slim, is Robert Carridine, brother of Keith, and David Carridine, he went on to play Lewis, in Revenge of the nerd series, I am 53 yrs. Old, and have been a Duke fan, since I was probably 6, love all of his great westerns, Rio Bravo, El Dorado, the Shootist, McClintock, just to name a few, all great films, I can't wait to watch along with you again! Take care! Oohhh!! Also, absolutely love the hat! You should wear it more often! Looks very good on you!!🥰🥰
This and "The Big Trail" are my two favorite John Wayne movies. My parents took me to see this when it came out, at a big old-fashioned theater with one very wide curved screen. I sat front row center and felt like I was inside the movie.
Trivia, Honeycutt was played by Robert Carradine, his dad, John Carradine co-starred in the movie that made John Wayne a big star, 'Stagecoach'.
I think John C. was in his last movie The Shootist too. (and several in between)
Bruce Dern said he couldn't get work for 10 years because of this movie.
So how do we account for all the films he was in for almost every year after this?
After doing “The Exorcist,” Linda Blair received numerous death threats. The studio provided security for her for six months and after that when the threats continued, she had to go live with relatives in another state.
@@ronaldwilson6295 ... people were psychos back then. I thought we had genuinely become somewhat enlightened until the new Brown Shirts arrived in 2016. Some people LOVE to be evil. They feel non-existent without it.
God demands martyrs.
Bruce Dern said " John Wayne told him on the set during filming,he would be hated for all time for killing him"
??? He was one of the biggest stars of the 70s.
Hi Madison. Great reaction. I am so glad you got around to seeing this. Didn't look back to see what you have already watched the Duke in, but going to leave you a few suggestio,ns. McClintock (with Maureen O'Hara), Big Jake (also with Maureen), The Shootist, Since you liked Rio Bravo you should try El Dorado (with Robert Mitchum and James Caan). For a couple of John Wayne non-westerns try The Quiet Man (Maureen again) and a older movie he did with Donna Reed called Trouble along the Way. I must have seen them each at least a dozen times, but I would still watch you react to them. Hope you get a chance to watch and enjoy! Stay safe and well.
Might I just say, you and that hat over that jet black wondrous hair is a stunning look! Great reaction as well
You need to go further back into black and white westerns like, "Stagecoach" or " Red River" with John Wayne, "My Darling Clementine" or "The Ox-Bow Incident" with Henry Fonda, "The Gunfighter" with Gregory Peck or a more modern cowboy tale (still B&W), "Lonely Are the Brave" with Kirk Douglas.
... and the best modern film in the genre, "Silverado".
@@grahamtravers4522 Good choice - How about "Once Upon a Time in the West"?
@@gitchegumee It's good, but is it modern ? The best part is the opening music, which occasionally these days creeps into the soundtracks, of documentaries, etc.
@@grahamtravers4522 At my age, anything in color is modern,
Peck did an excellent western called "The Stalking Moon".
I've seen this movie so many times, but still tear up with some of those scenes. On the show called "A Word On Westerns" there was a reunion of some of those 'boys' not senior citizens. They cried for real in the scene in which John Wayne's character is dying.
I very much appreciated your reaction, and especially your words afterwards, Thank you.
I was ten when this came out, seen it at the drive-in theater with my folks. I grew up working on our family farm in Iowa, I like to think this film helped in instilling me the work ethic that my dad always taught us five brothers.
Outstanding reaction video, thank you for sharing
@@Lue_Jonin Thanks so much🙏🏻 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Oh WOW. I know you recently told me “it’s on the list “ but am very pleasantly surprised it was HIGH on the list 😊
I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your reactions, especially to the classic westerns. Your coverage of Lonesome Dove was really great. I’ve been asking other reactors to cover LD as it is such a great show. Please keep up the great work.
One of the best John Wayne movies ever! Great cast in this one! Bruce dern, Roscoe Brown, A. Martinez, Slim Pickens and of course JW! Great score and cinematography! Saw this as a kid and will forever fell like a kid when I watch this movie! Thanks Madison ! Luv the hat❤🤠. We're burning daylight! 🤠❤️💛
Been waiting on this one ever since you did lonesome dove hope you enjoyed it
I have always loved this movie since I was little. I like it even though it is one of few movies that John died in. Great reaction Lady Madison, love your outfit the whole setup super hat, cool shirt and jeans with lovely hair so way to go.
Great reaction! I want to recommend another great movie with John Wayne. *RED RIVER* (1948) narrates the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas.
And not the made-for-TV remake with James Arness and Bruce Boxleitner. Accept no substitute!!
Great reaction and edit! Bruce Dern played the definitive bad guy but for another side of him watch the sci-fi classic, Silent Running. You also had a brief glimpse of legendary Broadway actress Colleen Dewhurst, who played the madame.
Part II 😁 Just realized that Cimarron is A Martinez who has done a lot of stuff including the TV series LONGMIRE!! With Lou Diamond Phillips and Katee Sakhoff! Nice! 🕊️☮️
I love this movie. One my favorites with John Wayne. So so good!! Another great John Wayne flick is "Hatari". Bruce Dern was the long haired bad guy. Always played that type of character. Bad guy or tough guy.
Tremendous reaction, best ever. YT edit is perfect too. And you look great in that hat. I'm all malty. For me what makes this film so great is of course how good ALL the performances sre and how good the dialogue is rwritten and spoken and John Wayne is not just John Wayne; he IS Will Anderson. I believe Will's every word and expression.
Oh, and Bruce Darn got so much flack for his role in this film. I think YT probably has a video with him talking about it.
7:15 "I'm surprised she's halter broke."
Madison, I am VERY impressed. You're not just a city slicker wearing a cattleman hat. Lost mine in a house fire 12 years ago and I miss it.
That blonde boy is a helluva real cowboy. Went to the NFR at least 15 times. Nice guy, too. Retired now. Clay O’Brian Cooper.
Bruce Dern, Laura Dern's dad, was a memorable heavy in '60s TV episodes. His frightening blue eyes and high, light voice helped put his menace over.
Bruce Dern was married to actress Diane Ladd and has two children, Laura Dern also an actress who was in Jurassic Park.
I could see you writing another book after watching Lonesome Dove and The Cowboys 😊
Great movie, great review. Hidden gem of a movie.
The remake of this is called City Slickers, a good change of pace follow up
Definitely....City Slickers 1 & 2 and Maverick.
My favorite scene is John Wayne's speech therapy session 😊 The last line " I wouldn't make habit of calling me that son." If notice Cimiron and Slim are still acting. A Martinez and Robert Carradine, yeah that that Carradine family.
I remember seeing this in the theatre. When they buried the Duke a good third of the audience (me included) got up and started to leave thinking that, with him dead, the movie was over.
I was 12 when The Cowboys came out. I didn't get to see movies at the theater as a kid, until several years later with friends. My parents were old school Irish immigrants and had no use for movies whatsoever. But I did see this as soon as it was available for television. In those days they would premier films on a movie of the week network broadcast. I am guessing that was in 1973. I thought the movie was just great, loads of fun for a kid to see kids in a John Wayne western.
You have to watch the John Ford / John Wayne “Calvary Trilogy”
Fort Apache , She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, and Rio Grande.
Three of the best westerns ever made.
This is maybe my favorite Wayne film. It’s funny, touching, and just fun overall.
A testament to Bruce Dern's acting that you hated him so much. Not many Wayne villains are remembered like this one. When they filmed this, Wayne told him, "people are going to hate you for this" and Dern responded (it was the 60s) "They'll love me in Berkely." He really is a fine actor. He was nominated for Best Actor just a couple of years ago for,
"Nebraska"
Thank you, Madison! One of my favorite movie reviews. This was my first western as a boy. I will have to see if you reacted to either of the "True Grit" movies.
For a film with Bruce Dern playing a good guy, try "Silent Running" from the same year, 1972.
He's the protagonist inthat picture, but he is NOT a "good guy." There's a difference.
Great shirt and hat combo! You look great.
Thanks for finally watching this classic western. Would love for you to check out his final movie The Shootist. Also, check out the highly overlooked Paul Newman western Hombre from 1967. Thanks a bunch Madison.
When I saw The Cowboys for the first time, it was the world Television premiere and boy, was it edited for TV to the max. The only movie to be edited like that starring John Wayne was Big Jake. When Wayne got shot in the back on TV it sounded like a double shot shot and Wayne was down with the horses neighing. The torture part was cut out completely as well as the Studdering Bob calling Wayne's character an sob completely. Wayne yells at Bob, (edit) and the camera shows Wayne walking away.
Also, Bruce Dern wasn't the first to be offered the role as Longhair. David Carridine (Kill Bill 1, 2, and the tv series Kung Fu) was offered it but he said no way because he knew he himself would become hated what his character was going to do. Hence, Bruce Dern took the role and yes he became the most hated man that sometimes, even today Dern gets reminded of it and not in a good way.
Fun fact, Wayne even gave Dern permission to treat him like dirt in front of the boys and even asked Dern about the squibs as he had never used them before and wasn't too confident in them. By the way, Bruce Dern did have a small role in The War Wagon also with Wayne and Kirk Douglas, and Kirk Douglas did put Bruce Dern in the western Possee (1975) which Douglas starred and directed. Dern played the antagonist but with a twist.
Great movie! Thank you for reacting to this Madison!
I was in middle school in the mid 70s when I saw this. Back then, they occasionally had assemblies at school where they showed movies during the school day. This was one of them, and I loved it. I’m guessing I was the age of many of the boys in the movie.
You’ve seen most of my favourite westerns, but I don’t think you’ve seen the following three on my list. I highly recommend:
• Red River (1948) - starring John Wayne
• The Shootist (1976) - starring John Wayne
• Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) - starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn
STAGECOACH
A great, great, movie, and so underappreciated. You'd be doing yourself a favor to watch some of the "making of..." videos about this and most especially interviews with Bruce Dern. JW told Dern early on to treat him disrespectful and rude in front of the boys and he did, in their every off-camera encounter. So Dern also took to treating the kids poorly. A lot of that scene where he holds the knife to Charlie's throat then drags him through the water was improvised.
One of the things I most like about this movie is that no one was phoning their performance in, especially the veteran actors whom you might expect to coast a little.
Finally, Roscoe Lee Brown was masterful in this, especially in his two big scenes- in the bunkhouse and at his hanging where he atone to his maker. Believe me I have quoted both those scenes numerous times ("my Saturday drunkenness, my Sunday sloth")
As usual, I loved your reaction to this movie. I have seen every western that John Wayne was in since "Stagecoach." I first saw this one in the theater when I was 11. His character died in 8 movies in his career. This one was especially hard on me. I think that as I was watching I felt like one of the boys on the drive. I remember crying in the theater. Having not had a father I always wanted to be like JW. Thank you for doing this movie. It has always been one of my favorites.
Funny your reaction to Dern Killing Wayne is exactly what Wayne said to Dern at the time "oh how they're gonna hate you for this"
I first saw this in the theater when it came out. I was 18 and thought it was kind of corny at the time, but I appreciate the coming-of-age story a lot more now. Your reaction was great, as always. BTW, the film has an anachronism in the dialogue, when Dern in his first scene says “look-see.” That term was invented by Dashiell Hammett in the serial version of his first novel, “Red Harvest” (1927-28), and its use in his novel “The Maltese Falcon” gave it even greater popularity.
“Stagecoach” is a must-see movie; it’s the one that made Wayne a star. I also recommend Peck’s “The Gunfighter” and “The Big Country.”
Great synopsis. I liked it
One of my favorite John Wayne movies , any movies for that matter. Great stuff.
I REMEBER THIS FILM WHEN I WAS A KID!!!!! I STILL LOVE IT!!!!
John Wayne also did some good World War 2 movies and a cool movie about oil field fire fighters called "Hellfighters".
There is a wonderful RUclips page called A Word On Westerns that has a fantastic video with ALL of the kids that played the trail hands in this movie...all grown up! They are all together for the anniversary of the movie and talk about filming with Wayne and all the behind the scenes things that happened. It is a WONDERFUL interview. Did you notice that the oldest boy that followed them (the gun and knife boy) was played by AJ Martinez?! Or that the 15 year old boy that was the first one to jump on the green broken horse is Robert Carradine?!
I saw this on it's opening weekend in NYC with my family.
I was 5 years old when this movie came out and it has been one of my favorites ever since, I'm glad that Mr. Wayne has passed on and can't see what has happened to this nation that he loved so much. May he R.I.P.
Legend says that John Wayne told Bruce Dern, just before they filmed the death scene, "you're about to become the most hated man in America." He wasn't wrong. Bruce Dern got hate mail for YEARS after this movie.
I saw it when it was first released. Word got out quickly that this was the first movie that John Wayne died in, so we had that spoiled for us. This is my favorite western. I absolutely love Roscoe Lee Browne as an actor. This is his biggest and best role as far as I know. He was horribly underused in Hollywood. The scene where he bunks with the boys and tells that story is one of my all time favorite movie scenes. And I love the punch line:
"Is that true?"
"Well, if it isn't, it ought to be."
Make sure you watch "True Grit" real soon, another popular John Wayne western.
Great reaction. I also love this movie. The "bad" guy (Bruce Dern) is playing bad guy in many movies. He has the look for it. He is also in "Posse" from 1975, staring Kirk Douglas.
Hey Mad, did you recognize that first ranch hand that wanted to look for gold? He played Qualen in Jeremiah Johnson. That's actor Matt Clark. He shows up in several Eastwood films: The Beguiled, Outlaw Josey Wales, Honkytonk Man. Several other successful films - In The Heat of the Night, Culpepper Cattle Co., Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, White Lightning, Brubaker, Back To The Future III, 42 and A Million Ways to Die in the West.
This is my favorite of the late John Wayne westerns. It had a big impact- being a kid in 73 imagining a cattle drive with Duke Wayne.
My all time Wayne picture, isn't a western, it's one of John Ford's love letters to the WW2 Navy that he served in: They Were Expendable.
I appreciate that the young lady noticed the emotional connection that Mrs. Anderson formed for the cowboys and the look she shared with her husband after she said...
"I like the sound of boy."
One of many subtle moments in this very untypical John Wayne picture.
Thanks
My favorite John Wayne movie!
I really hope you don’t have problems getting this one uploaded. Really looking forward to it.
William Atherton, who played Walter Peck, the EPA bureaucrat villain in "Ghostbusters" & the TV reporter jerk in "Die Hard", said, when he'd go out, people would were always giving him Hell or trying to fight him, after playing those roles. Bruce Dern suffered the same fate after "The Cowboys".
My favorite John Wayne movie is his very last one. The Shootist. That one has Jimmy Stewart, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall, Henry Morgan, and quite few big name actors in it. Hopefully you will get to watch that one.
They all worked for scale minimum wages because John was dying of cancer - and they knew this would be his final film.
Great job and reaction Madison and team!
Hi Madison, thanks for your reaction to this great movie. The Mr. Nightlinger eulogy of Mr. Anderson always chokes me up in this movie. How Mr. Nightlinger says "the prairie was like a mother to him," and how "she nurses him while he sleeps." It gets me everytime. Heck, I'm getting choked up just writing this quote. Roscoe Lee Browne's delivery of the eulogy is recited with sadness and poignancy. Thanks again, and always looking forward to your next reaction.
I always loved the part when Nightlinger discribes how to make an apple pie, and his final words to the ladies, as well as making piece with his maker. One of my favorite characters in any western.
Thanks for watching these John Wayne movies, so underappreciated these days.
Please give the Star Trek franchise a chance. You don't have to watch everything. Maybe: top ten Classic episodes = Star Trek 1 to 6 = top ten "The Next Generation" episodes = Star Trek 7 to 10 = the three J.J. Abrams Star Trek movies? ✌️
While I am a lifetime Trek fan - I watched the original series on a black and white console TV in the 60s, I have to draw the line at JJ Abrams. I literally hate those for being just a CGI fest. He completely butchers the Star Trek storylines just to make hours of explosions with a hacked up storyline.
@@gitchegumeeI can accept this, but you also have to realize that the new films have given Star Trek many new fans who otherwise would not have been interested in this franchise. Many then learned to love the older series and films. Personally, I can enjoy any version of Star Trek.
@@martinbraun1211 If he had stuck to Trek canon and just freshened up the story for modern audiences (short attention spans and need to action over story) then I could get into them more. It just seems to me Abrams made these without any knowledge of the franchise and he based his script on someone telling him some backstories - in Chinese, so he just winged the storylines.
Fun fact: the 2nd rustler killed (by Cimarron with his knife) was played by Richard Farnsworth. Farnsworth had a long career in Hollywood in bit parts, mainly Westerns. More notable was his portrayal of baseball coach Red Blow in The Natural. He was also known for playing Matthew Cuthbert in the PBS series Anne of Green Gables.