Best looking cowboy/western hats

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There’s been some discussion in the Justified threads about Raylan’s and Boon’s hats and the efficacy of each.

Let’s identify some of the better actor/hat combinations to see if there’s any need for a poll or the like to determine the best one.

I happen to like the Raylan hat. I don’t care for the Boon hat.

Good hats:

  1. James Dean’s in Giant
  2. Gene Hackman’s in The French Connection (ok, not Western, just cool)
  3. any Eastwood hat :slight_smile:
  4. Alan Ladd’s in Shane
  5. Jack Palance’s in the same movie

I know I’m leaving out some great ones, so help!

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I liked Butch’s hat in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. But that’s probably mostly because I love everything about that movie and Paul Newman is The Coolest Guy Who Ever Lived. The hat is pretty plain, which I would guess was somewhat accurate for the time period. And I like narrow brimmed hats.

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I like the Akubra in The Man from Snowy River, but this hat was perfect for Kirk Douglas.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084296/videogallery

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Indiana Jones! Okay, that’s not cowboy, but it’s a cool hat.

John Wayne always looked good in a hat.

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Specifically, John Wayne’s cavalry hat.

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Gabby Hayes.

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Sorry for not including pictures in the OP, so

  1. James Dean
  2. Gene Hackman
  3. Clint Eastwood
  4. Alan Ladd
  5. Jack Palance
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I love that old falling apart cowboy hat James Stewart wore in almost every one of his Westerns (except for the Man Who Shot Liberty Valence and one or two others). I also liked the Panama he wore in a couple of his Western films.

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Jake and Heath both had great hats.

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Robert Duvall in Lonesome Dove.

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Costner and Duvall in Open Range (one of the best Westerns made for TV ever!) Both guys have great tastes for hats! :slight_smile:

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Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now:

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Indeed! Too cool!

I’ve thought of another movie where all the hats look perfect, especially Kurt Russell’s: Tombstone.

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“The only rule out on the Veldt is Rule .303!”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1144920-3x2-940x627.jpg

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Can’t believe someone beat me to it. Great minds etc.

For Honorable Mention Booby Prize, I nominate Kurt Russell in The Thing.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2183&d=1372178820

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One of my favourite movies is a mad-as-a-box-of-frogs Thai western called Tears of the Black Tiger. It’s not just the hats that look cool; everything looks cool.

http://www.magpictures.com/resources/presskits/blacktiger/7.jpg

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And all the cowpokes in Valley of the Gwangi rock their ten-gallons. (The dinosaurs…not so much.)