hands up partner cuz these pistol-packin
peace officers ain’t messing around
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
lawmen in westerns find the still leave
us alone for this list we’re looking at
the lawmen who tamed the silver screen
with their quick wits and fast trigger
fingers of course not everybody here is
a hero some defend the law others bend
the law but whether they’re courageous
or corrupt they know how to keep the
peace and they’ve got to be either
memorable important or iconic we’re
including sheriffs and marshals on this
list however since we’re focusing on
film TV characters like u.s. marshal
Matt Dillon won’t make the cut number 10
deputy u.s. marshal Jed Cooper hang um
hi
when you hang a man you better make sure
he’s not Clint Eastwood after he’s
mistaken for a cattle rustler and left
for dead
Jed Cooper signs on to work as a US
Marshal pick up the badge with Cooper
of course he isn’t worried about justice
this guy wants revenge steely eyed and
ticked off
Cooper hunts down his attackers one by
one and even though he’s supposed to
bring them in alive well sometimes
things get a little out of hand after
all this is Clint Eastwood we’re talking
about number 9 Sheriff John Baxter a
fistful of dollars I’m John Baxter
sheriff he’s a crime lord with a badge
and he just made a deal with the wrong
dude he’ll pay all right you’ll be
strung up even though he’s a slimy
gangster you have to feel sorry for
Sheriff John Baxter you women things
aren’t complicated for you you become
suspicious and broiled in a Wild West
gang war he also has to deal with a
domineering wife a son who gets
kidnapped and a mysterious gunfighter
who isn’t what he seems he’ll get back
on Tony own exchange my matter solely to
take place in the water every so often
he thinks he’s getting ahead but in the
end the poor guy is always getting
shafted by that man without a name good
night
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number eight Marshalls Virgil Cole and
Everett hitch Appaloosa well is on the
new city marshal put it away or lose it
everybody has a talent and these guys
are good at enforcing the law mister
terrorized by a cutthroat cattle baron
the town of Appaloosa hires a pair of
professional lawmen with plenty of guns
and their own special contract but Cole
and hitch aren’t just partners they’re
friends who watch each other’s backs
especially when it comes to vocabulary
oh you will mr. bragin comb it what word
am i trying for commiserate whether
they’re chasing baddies or hashing out
problems these buddies stick together
through thick and thin it’s the best Old
West bromance this side of Wyatt Earp
and Doc Holliday bring any coffee dancer
number seven
Charley rakes lawless my name is Charlie
Riggs I’m from Chicago
he is the best dressed lawmen on our
list he also might be the scariest when
local authorities can’t stop the
Bondurant brothers from making moonshine
the government sends in special deputy
Charlie rakes there’s is still where’s
the liquor and where’s the money with
his slicked back hair and penchant for
perfume Raik seems a little obsessive
about his clothes but behind that bowtie
is a sadist who will stop at nothing to
brutal ruthless and never without those
fancy gloves rakes is a well-mannered
monster and makes this a typical Western
a must watch movie number six sheriff
Bart Blazing Saddles
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he’s hip handsome and has his work cut
out for him moments before execution
this convict is appointed sheriff of
Rock Ridge a town where the citizens
aren’t exactly fans of civil rights I
hereby assume the duties of the office
of sheriff in and for the township of
Rock Ridge
fortunately he knows how to get himself
out of a jam take it easy charlie
my foots on the rail with his drunken
deputy Bart beats everybody who comes
his way from the bull riding giant to a
seductress with a speech impediment play
to comic perfection by Cleavon little
this hilarious lawman is a whole lot
cooler than Randolph Scott you do it for
Randolph Scott number 5
sheriff Edie Tom Belle No Country for
Old Men
I was sheriff of this County when I was
25 years old
he seems laid-back but this West Texas
lawman has a lot on his mind that’s a
it’ll do till the mess gets here Edie
Tom Bell has been sheriff for a long
time but now he lives in a world he
doesn’t recognize after a drug deal goes
south Belle tries to save a country boy
from a professional hitmen but his
encounter with evil shakes him to the
core you think there’s Bourne moss he’s
got any notion of the sorts of sons of
bitches that are hunting him no no I
don’t kid you seen the same things I’ve
seen and it certainly made an impression
on me far from being your average
Hollywood tough guy Belle is a weary old
man who knows there’s a heavy price for
wearing a badge he’s fixing to make a
fire
turn on that door no Nicole I knew that
whenever I got there he’d be number four
Reuben J rooster cogburn True Grit
loaded cognate don’t you at first glance
he doesn’t look like your typical movie
hero I’ve never seen anybody in bed at
okay
a one-eyed drunk who needs to lose a few
pounds Cogburn is often as shady as the
crooks he tracks down but when teenaged
Mattie Ross hires him to catch her
father’s killer this US marshal shows
what he’s really made of perfectly
portrayed on the big screen by both John
Wayne and Jeff Bridges Cogburn shoots
first and asks questions later
but under all that grime and gristle
there’s a genuine Western hero just
don’t mention his weight I call it bold
talk for a one-eyed fat man bury your
hand you son of a bitch
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number three little bill Daggett
Unforgiven if I see you again I’m just
gonna start shooting little figure it’s
self-defense
sure he’s a lousy carpenter but when it
comes to facing down gun fighters little
bill is second to none you’ve been
talking about the Queen again on
Independence Day sheriff of a small
Wyoming town Daggett can’t abide
assassins and whenever he speaks his
unfortunately he only seems to have two
settings way too lenient and way too
brutal one of gene Hackman’s finest
performances this savage sheriff might
stand for truth and justice but even
though he wears a badge he isn’t really
number 2 marshal Wyatt Earp gunfight at
the OK Corral one of the most famous
real-life lawmen herb has appeared in
but while Kurt Russell certainly
resembles the mustachioed marshal our
number 2 spot goes to Hollywood legend
Burt Lancaster wider United States
Marshal that’s all I need in this
classic flick herb is a die-hard
do-gooder who deals with everything from
crazy Cowboys too sexy card sharps all
while keeping tabs on Doc Holliday Eddie
you’ve taken up a new occupation it’s
too bad you were a good dentist my
patients didn’t like my coughing but
when he’s forced to choose between love
and family this passionate peacekeeper
ends up in the most infamous gun fight
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions I don’t like it
when a friend of mine offers to help in
20 minutes later he’s dead and I don’t
like you Burdette because you set it up
get your finger out of the end of my gun
how dare you pull a gun on me I said
take your finger out of the end of my
gun well until I do you better take your
finger off that trigger and let the
who is it it’s me Dad I brought help
you’ve been gone a long time mr.
Butterfield number one marshal will Kane
i noon marshal turn in your badge the
truth I kind of hate to do this without
your new marshal being here this small
town marshal seems like the luckiest guy
on earth he’s a beloved figure newly
married and ready to start life anew
until he learns an old enemy is coming
to town it pardon Frank Miller what is
it don’t believe it but instead of
running Kane pins his badge back on and
that’s when his friends take off I guess
you all know why I’m here I need
deputies I’ll take all I can get you
must be crazy coming in here to raise a
posse
even his pacifist wife leaves him in the
lurch but this duty-bound lawman stands
his ground and defends his town even
though he’s all alone this is different
well this ain’t like what you said it
was gonna be this is just plain
committing suicide and for what why me
I’m no lawman a character with courage
and conviction will Caine is
unquestionably the quintessential
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