Any James Best Fans ?
Any James Best Fans ?
He was a regular sidekick/bad guy in many a 1950's -1970's movie Western & TV also.
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Re: Any James Best Fans ?
Just saw him in an episode of "Wanted: Dead or Alive." Last week I watched him in "Ride Lonesome." Too bad so many might only know him from "The Dukes of Hazard."
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Re: Any James Best Fans ?
I know that episode!movieman1957 wrote:Just saw him in an episode of "Wanted: Dead or Alive."
It featured Best as a hard-tongued, whip-cracking freight driver, and gave him so much script time he almost overshadowed McQueen!
I've often wondered if that ep might not have been a potential pilot for a new series about adventures based around Best's freight-driving character, kinda the same formula as the "Wells Fargo" series.
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That is exactly the episode. He turns out to be rather a nice guy in the end. Best certainly gets enough play, as well as his co-driver, but I wonder how much they could have pulled out of the scenario.
According to the documentary I watched on the disc Best did at least one other episode. The little clip would appear that character was not as nice as the prior one.
According to the documentary I watched on the disc Best did at least one other episode. The little clip would appear that character was not as nice as the prior one.
Chris
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"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
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This is about the best one and nothing old enough for the show mentioned.
Chris
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I liked James in RIDE LONESOME and I also remember him in STEEL TOWN, as the rather quiet boarder in Ann Sheridan's home.
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Re: Any James Best Fans ?
LOVE Jimmy Best! Besides his work in such Westerns as WINCHESTER '73, THE CIMARRON KID, THE LEFT-HANDED GUN, SHENANDOAH, among many others, he also wrote a nice blurb for my Western novel "The Last Outlaw".
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Are SHOCK CORRIDOR or VERBOTEN! Considered Westerns?
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