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That doesn't stop N by NW from being one of the greatest movies of all time however. Having dismissed two Hollywood legends, who would you consider to be a great actor?

Whadya mean? Cary Grant is second ONLY to Perry Milkins, I mean Jim Finlayson, in the mastery of the double-take... ;)

Generally speaking, any FILM without Jimmy Stewart is sadly lacking... But anyway, on the subject of westerns, best quote from any western ever has to be Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars as he passes the undertakers: "Get three coffins ready." Then passing back again after shooting bad...

Plus the basic storyline: reluctant hero (Han Solo) goes to land far far away to rescue bolshy princess.

So the dog limps into the saloon, goes up to the barman and says: "You shot my paw."

That's interfering executive producers for you. The director wanted to call it "Hot Asian Babes Go Wild For It in Deadwood", but he was overruled.

Of course, there is also the fact that Kurosawa openly admits he got all his original inspiration from watching John Ford westerns...

Edit. Whoops.

Which reminds me. No one's mentioned The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance yet. Another classic. Westerns rock.

Agree about OUATITW's brilliance and put it only a shade below High Noon (both are in my top 5 films of any genre). But it was High Noon that made the transition, 18 years before Leone.

Star Wars Episode IV is also a remake of a Kurosawa film (The Hidden Fortress), but most people on here seem to have no problem worshipping that.

It was released in Italy in 66, but didn't come out in the UK till 68...

High Noon. It re-wrote the book on how movies should be made.