Maverick vs Riders of the Whistling Pines
Maverick has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5/10 for Riders of the Whistling Pines). Riders of the Whistling Pines is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 2h 7m. Riders of the Whistling Pines is the older of the two (1949 against 1994). Both are action, drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maverick
Riders of the Whistling Pines| Maverick | Riders of the Whistling Pines | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 5.0/10 |
| Year | 1994 | 1949 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 10m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western | Action, Drama, Music, Western |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Richard Donner | John English |
| Main cast | Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Alfred Molina, James Garner, Dan Hedaya | Gene Autry, Champion, Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd, Douglass Dumbrille |
Synopsis
Maverick
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Riders of the Whistling Pines
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and…
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