# ID a Western?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [December 18, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752 "2022-12-18T22:46:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752/1 "2022-12-18T22:46:33Z")

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Don’t know what made me think of this scene: two riders are alone in a vast wasteland. Somehow, one of them has a broken leg, so the other one leaves him behind to go for help. As he rides a distance away, he hears a gunshot and looks down to see his empty holster.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752/2 "2022-12-19T02:48:07Z")

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It’s not exact, but this film _[Three Godfathers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Godfathers_(1936_film))_ contains a scene in which a wounded man kills himself after being left behind in the desert.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752/3 "2022-12-19T03:10:15Z")

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Thanks, but that’s not it, but I read the synopsis and that movie sounds a lot darker than the comedy I always thought it was.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-western/976752/4 "2022-12-19T03:51:41Z")

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Not exactly a Western, but that sounds like a scene from The Stand (by Stephen King).