a dozen best westerns...

Been thinking about cowboy films that I like, and I have put together a list of twelve of my favourites. Some of you will notice that I have included Carry On Cowboy. This is a great film, very unlike most of the other Carry On films, and it is very, very funny. I remember seeing it as a double bill with Carry On Screaming when I was a kid. In those days I used to spend my every free moment in the cinema. I would go in at 11am and not come back out until 10pm [yes, I did have quite neglectful parents]. I'd watch the films over and over again. Sid James as the Rumpo Kid is as iconic for me as Clint or Kevin will ever be. I saw some amazing films when I was a kid. I saw Once Upon A Time In The West when I was about 8 years old. I was shocked, and some ways the shock I felt has stayed with me, to see Henry Fonda shoot a two children at the beginning of the film. I couldn't believe that anyone would shoot children, and I certainly could never imagine that Henry Fonda would do such a thing. Perhaps I really was a bit too young to have seen this. Films were certificated, and I imagine this was an X rated film, but I never had any problems getting in to see whatever I fancied. Perhaps this is where my poor critical faculty comes from, as far as I was concerned, all the films were good.