Gary Cooper vs. Jack Lord - Bloody brawl from MAN OF THE WEST

[hanovermaz]

Gary Cooper is the best Actor ever!

[doctornoooo]

too much prejudice here against cooper;s age: if you get past it you will see just how great an actor he is here, better than stewart would have: stewart was fine in the othings better than coop in the rest but here coop was the better choice, as for the fight, well, coop is a bit weak in it, mann should not have dragged it out the way he did: let coop get in the first blows and then just keep brutalizing lord cobb is fine, you believe is is even older than coop truly a great western

[ricbowenjr]

This is such bullshit that someone calmy talks as they are shot in the stomach, That would really hurt, an exscruciating pain until death.

[jaybird321]

I remember watching this as a kid and thinking it was very dark and unpleasant.

[shanghaibenny2]

For another scene along these lines involving Gary Cooper and a woman, i.e., male humiliation, see They Came to Cordura (1959) Part 4/9.

[zaka503]

The world of Cinema voted this the best action scene EVER filmed.

Cooper & Lord were friends long before Lord was an actor. Cooper advised Lord on how to be a movie actor. Lord wore make-up in public at Cooper's advice to never let his fans see him less than a star. They remained friends until Cooper passed away.

[zboston3]

Quite interesting now since in other places I've read that Lord was very impressed by Cooper and tried to model himself in acting and public persona on Cooper. His acting certainly seems different from how it was in later roles.

[FrankClanton]

A bad movie. Cooper was 10 years older than his "uncle" Lee J. Cobb.

[cominatya3d]

From Anthony Quinn, who was a very good friend of Cooper's.

[stevevandien]

A terrific scene in one of the great Westerns. Cooper is himself, filling the role to perfection.. Lord is wonderfully wacko. His howls when Coop pulls off his clothes are downright scarey. Whatever he achieved or did not in his previous and later films, Mann is here at his best. And despite some gobbling of scenery, Lee J. Cobb is wonderful, at once frightening and sympathetic --

[stevevandien]

Forgot to add that O'Connell is good as well:) --

[PeterFirthFan]

Cooper was far too old for the part, awful miscasting.

[trajan75]

Nonsense. A great scene in a somewhat overlooked Western Classic. Cooper was perfect in the role and the contrast between him and the young Jack Lord is what makes the scene,

[PeterFirthFan]

Cancer boy Cooper was a decade older than his Uncle played by Lee J Cobb.

I'm glad the fucking cunt abortionist murderer was dead just three years later.

[trajan75]

Brilliant response. Were you educated at Oxford or Cambridge?

[PeterFirthFan]

Trinity College.

[trajan75]

Then express yourself properly. You have the education to do so.

[PeterFirthFan]

I think Glenn Ford would have been better suited for this film because he was only 41.

[trajan75]

I think Glenn Ford would have been a good choice also.

[stevevandien]

Granted, Cooper was getting old. But Ford, good as he was, didn't have anything like Coop's sheer presence. Other actors as Link? Well, Jimmy Stewart would have been top-notch, but he'd apparently decided not to work with Mann again. Charlton Heston would have done well, also Burt Lancaster. But my preffered non-Cooper Link would have been Kirk Douglas. Check out "Man Without a Star." Back then, Douglas had EVERYTHING that Link required --

[cominatya3d]

"Well, Jimmy Stewart would have been top-notch, but he'd apparently decided not to work with Mann again".

Stewart decided that because of this film.

Stewart wanted the coop part badly and never spoke to Mann again after he didn't get it.

It's still a masterpiece regardless of Cooper being mis-cast.

[stevevandien]

Where did you get this information?

[JuanMacready]

I thought Mann and Stewart had already fallen out over Night Passage?

[grabit1]

@PeterFirthFan You often seem to be glad that somebody's dead. Not trying to start an argument. Merely an observation.

[sammyreed]

Book 'em, Dixie - murder one.

[Evaldobraz]

Excelllent movie! Good fight!

[jeffreysnydr]

That's what you get for messing with Julie London.

[johnnynoirman]

it's awesome best scene jack and gary were ever in. one of the best fights in ever!

[english1gascony]

One of my favourite western