Who's the best film Tough Guy?

[Michael1954]

Steve McQueen: "We deal in lead, friend."

[kestrelx]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I had a soft spot for Robert Mitchum.
The roles he played weren't always 'action tough guy' but he had an action filled real life past as a boxer and time spent on a chain gang.

In my view Clint Eastwood encapsulates all those old Hollywood stars like Cagney and Mitchum and brings it into the more special effects era of Hollywood films - how many tough guys have you seen pulling a classic Eastwood face? Loads!

[Guinness]

Originally Posted by kestrelx

In my view Clint Eastwood encapsulates all those old Hollywood stars like Cagney and Mitchum and brings it into the more special effects era of Hollywood films - how many tough guys have you seen pulling a classic Eastwood face? Loads!

Ok you lost me now, unless you mean eclipses instead of encapsulates

Can't for the life of me recall an Eastwood film with special effects apart from the extremely dire Firefox ( I discount Tarantula :P).

Don't get me wrong, he's an excellent director, and has an uncanny knack for choosing the right films to make/star in, but his early stuff is really starting to look dated.

The Dirty Harry series and his Spaghetti westerns are not ageing well compared to the Cagney and Bogart stuff. Give me a choice of Angels with Dirty Faces, White Heat, Treasure of Sierra Madre, and Magnum Force..Clint is gonna come fourth.

Eastwood has made a fortune out of playing an anti-hero that is inherently a good guy...for me the best tough guys are usually the bad guys, it's why many actors take on those roles, because it gives them the scope to be nasty, evil and 'tough'.

De Niro in Godfather 2 and Heat, Tommy Lee Jones in The Executioners Song and Gene Hackman in Unforgiven.

Originally Posted by mobertol

Just to throw the cat among the pigeons -Demi Moore- G.I Jane!

At the risk of opening myself up to male perv weirdo comments..a young Demi in tight fitting bra-less fatigues.. hell yeah

[carpon]

For me, Clint wins this hands down....though Charles Bronson was a close second for me....

Some names that haven't been mentioned.....Lee Marvin, Henry Fonda & Lee Van Cleef. All played hard guy roles in various films....though Clint out trumps them on the sheer number of roles he's played in class films!!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by carpon

For me, Clint wins this hands down....though Charles Bronson was a close second for me....

Some names that haven't been mentioned.....Lee Marvin, Henry Fonda & Lee Van Cleef. All played hard guy roles in various films....though Clint out trumps them on the sheer number of roles he's played in class films!!

There's been a run on the old Dirty Harry Films one Sky of late still watch um even though I must have seen them dozens of times, spaghetti westerns are on quite often too

[Boeing Guy]

We have been watching them too Jay, I have to say I love the flying lesson Clint gets at the beginning of Magnum Force!

[walkinman221]

Clints the man, High Plains Drifter my favourite followed by Outlaw Josey Wales top class films.

[Gordon Booth]

Nobody spits like Clint!
Do you remember Henry Fonda's eyes when one of his men says his name in 'Once upon a time in the West' in front of the boy? Never seen eyes so cold and dead.

[walkinman221]

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Nobody spits like Clint!
Do you remember Henry Fonda's eyes when one of his men says his name in 'Once upon a time in the West' in front of the boy? Never seen eyes so cold and dead.

Yep, he's a hell of a shot with the old chewing bacca to

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by walkinman221

Yep, he's a hell of a shot with the old chewing bacca to

He gave that dog a hard time!I'll bet it was addicted to nicotine by the end of filming.

[kestrelx]

Originally Posted by walkinman221

Clints the man, High Plains Drifter my favourite followed by Outlaw Josey Wales top class films.

I watched High Plains Drifter few month back - really well put together, every character and line etc perfect film, about that says a lot about human nature. Also it's a ghost story!

Forgot to mention Danny Glover and Denzil Washington both have made excellent action movies such as "Predator 2" "Lethal Weapon" and for Denzil "Training Day!" and "Man on Fire!"

[Michael1954]

Not my favourite actor, but I thought Alan Ladd was superb in Shane. And I will give a nod to John Wayne for the Quiet Man and the Searchers.