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

Directed by Anthony Mann, the 1958 feature Man Of The West stars Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb, Julie London, Jack Lord, Royal Dano, Arthur O'Connell, and John Dehner.

Lee J. Cobb plays Gary Cooper's elderly uncle, complete with artificially whitened hair. Specific ages are never mentioned, but it's clear that Cobb is supposed to be at least a few decades older than Cooper. In reality, he was 10 years younger.

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• Western

[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. 

[JuanMacready]

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

[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.