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Poll: Best Western Movie Director

Who do you think is the best western movie director of all time?

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Results of 624 votes:

  1. 1.

    Sergio Leone

     
    Best known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).
  2. 2.

    John Ford

     
    Best known for The Searchers (1956) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).
  3. 3.

    Clint Eastwood

     
    Best known for Unforgiven (1992) and The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976).

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