High Noon for westerns

"High Noon" has been voted the greatest western of all time in a new poll.

The 1952 classic film, in which a sheriff is forced to face a deadly enemy but finds that his own town refuses to help him, was voted top of a poll including classic films starring Clint Eastwood and John Wayne.

Gary Cooper's portrayal of lawman Will Kane won him an Oscar.

Clint Eastwood got five of his films into the top 20, including Sergio Leone's classic "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" writes the Guardian today.

However John Wayne beat him by one, with six films in the list, which was voted for by 5,000 Choices Video customers.

The top ten in full:
1 - High Noon, 1952
2 - Unforgiven, 1992
3 - The Wild Bunch, 1969
4 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, 1966
5 - The Magnificent Seven, 1960
6 - Pale Rider, 1985
7 - Dances with Wolves, 1990
8 - Silverado, 1985
9 - A Fistful of Dollars, 1964
10 - The Searchers, 1956

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