Happy Trails! 34 Great Pop Culture Cowboys and Cowgals
In honor of the finale of ''Toughest Cowboy,'' we tip our ten-gallon hats to our tobacco-chewin', guns-blazin', boot-scootin', cattle-drivin' favorites, including John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Clint Eastwood
By Amy Wilkinson Updated July 26, 2008 at 09:00 PM EDT
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The Lone Ranger
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Clint Eastwood, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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John Wayne, The Searchers
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Cleavon Little, Blazing Saddles
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6. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, ... | Ang Lee's awe-inspiring Western masterpiece follows Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), a tight-mouthed tough guy who falls in love with his fellow cowpoke Jack TwistÂ…
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Ang Lee's awe-inspiring Western masterpiece follows Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), a tight-mouthed tough guy who falls in love with his fellow cowpoke Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) but is unable — or, rather, unwilling — to take the relationship past the occasional tryst. Two years since its release, there's no denying that the whole hoopla over Brokeback and its frank sexuality overshadowed a poignant part of its narrative being: proof that cowboys most certainly do cry.
KLEENEX MOMENT His lifelong love dead, crestfallen Ennis clings for dear life to Jack's tattered old shirt.
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John Travolta, Urban Cowboy
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Jack Palance, City Slickers
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Midnight Cowboy, Jon Voight
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James Arness
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Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, ...
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Randy Jones
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Lorne Greene
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Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, ...
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Chuck Norris, Walker, Texas Ranger
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Betty Hutton, Annie Get Your Gun
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Tommy Lee Jones, Lonesome Dove
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Val Kilmer, Tombstone
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