Good old-fashioned fistfights in Westerns (links included)
As many here probably know, I'm a huge fight aficionado; I love nothing more than an exciting bout between two well-matched adversaries in the movies. I've already indulged this "passion" in several places at this forum, so I decided to create a stand-alone thread.
In undertaking the exhaustive task of compiling all of the great, noteworthy mano-a-mano fight scenes, it became obvious to me that the Western has given us more than its share in this department. Here's what I have, so far. Many of the following were uploaded by yours truly. Check out my channel to see other great, non-western related scraps.
Let's get ready to rrrrrrumbllllllllllle!
EDIT--ALL OF THE SCENES WILL BE COLLECTED HERE AS THEY ARE UPDATED, FOR VIEWERS' CONVENIENCE.
Mano-a-Mano (chronologically):
John Wayne vs. Randolph Scott in The Spoilers (often confused as a western when it technically isn't, the gold medal winner for greatest fight scene in any genre):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB3nJegtM0A
John Wayne vs. Randolph Scott in Pittsburgh (not a western either, but how could I not include the rematch?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om-GB7inALw
John Wayne vs. Albert Dekker in In Old Oklahoma:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYb6yxRRgE
Montgomery Clift vs. John Wayne in Red River:
(deleted...far too short, IMO.)
Dick Powell vs. Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Station West:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZee6XQy0Ws
Robert Mitchum vs. Robert Preston in Blood on the Moon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=467PwKFygbE
Randolph Scott vs. Robert Ryan in Return of the Bad Men:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seeBRkvS1Bo
Randolph Scott vs. Forrest Tucker in Coroner Creek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNRHdOL-QWw
Randolph Scott vs. Forrest Tucker in The Nevadan:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10xloo_the-nevadan-1950-fight-scene_ shortfilms#.UbzueZxu_Xs
Randolph Scott vs. Jock Mahoney in Santa Fe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDAXatq6Q1c
Randolph Scott vs. John Russell in Man in the Saddle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEKDl5cYCvo
Randolph Scott vs. Lee Marvin in Hangman's Knot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVMq20iaCmI
Gary Cooper vs. Lloyd Bridges in High Noon:
(deleted)
Alan Ladd vs. Ben Johnson in Shane:
(deleted)
Alan Ladd vs. Van Heflin in Shane:
(deleted)
Robert Wagner vs. Richard Widmark in Broken Lance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFHA8th4bSo
Randolph Scott vs. Don Megowan in A Lawless Street:
(deleted)
Clatyon Moore vs. Michael Ansara in The Lone Ranger:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1255be_the-lone-ranger-1956-fight-sc ene_shortfilms#.UewliG1LjXs
Gary Cooper vs. Jack Lord in Man of the West:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRR1cFytGS4
Gregory Peck vs. Charlton Heston in The Big Country:
(deleted)
Robert Ryan vs. Jack Lambert in Day of the Outlaw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFJofR8dS8
Don Murray vs. Richard Egan in These Thousand Hills:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NzTH1kdxKI
Rock Hudson vs. Kirk Douglas in The Last Sunset:
(deleted)
Kirk Douglas vs. Bill Raisch in Lonely Are the Brave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUGTzfrpMJ4
Chuck Connors vs. Claude Atkins in Ride Beyond Vengeance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeKJiMiNdNk
Richard Harrison vs. Goffredo Unger in Vengeance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS0Yo459KFM
Clint Walker vs. Leo Gordon in The Night of the Grizzly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8MOzFiiuyg
Rod Taylor vs. Ernest Borgnine in Chuka:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI3ZOcCOhPE
Burt Lancaster vs. Ossie Davis in The Scalphunters (I plan on re-doing this at a later date):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1wr_yTtnb8
Glenn Ford vs. Arthur Kennedy in Day of the Evil Gun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwvJyqg0G9g
John Wayne vs. Bruce Dern in The Cowboys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So_3INx8Tvk
Charles Bronson vs. Archie Moore in Breakheart Pass:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnrxv3_breakheart-pass-1975-fight-sce ne_shortfilms
T.V.:
Clint Walker vs. Leo Gordon in "Cheyenne - The Outlander":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7CvYlsFkZI
Clint Walker vs. Leo Gordon in "Cheyenne - Vengeance is Mine" (epic, the pair's best fight scene):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVsUw9eFIW0
W. Earl Brown vs. Allan Graf in "Deadwood - A Two-Headed Beast":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blki-DISUis
Brawls:
Dodge City:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2GIirKPy6g
Shane:
(deleted)
Yellowstone Kelly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-1cEzqt31Q
Ride the High Country:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsTz14nQdnQ
Jeffrey Hunter and Ken Curtis had a silly little spat in The Searchers, but I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble of getting. If you have anything that I'm forgetting, I'd love to hear it!
Do you have a favorite? Any dream confrontations (kindly ignore the innuendo there, please)? Let's get some discussion going on this topic of topics!!!
"...if that was off, I'd be whoopin' your ass up and down this street." ~ an irate Tarantino