Roger Ebert Called Patrick Swayze's Only Western Movie a Warm Blooded Adventure

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:59:09 +0000

Roger Ebert Called Patrick Swayze's Only Western Movie a Warm-Blooded Adventure
With as large a body of work as Patrick Swayze had to his name, it's sort of surprising that he wasn't in many Westerns. In fact, he wasn't in any Westerns at all, save for one: a long-forgotten Disney movie called Tall Tale. Though some may consider Road House a modern Western of sorts, as far as traditional horse operas go, only this Disney fantasy flick fits the bill — Pecos Bill, that is. In this 1995 adventure, Swayze plays none other than Pecos Bill, a legendary cowboy who comes to the aid of a young boy named Daniel Hackett (played by a young Nick Stahl). Is Pecos Bill real or imagined? Well, Tall Tale (sometimes called Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill) offers few clear answers, but they don't matter much anyway. Patrick Swayze played a cowboy here, and the truth is that we wished he'd played a few more.