Riders of the Whistling Pines vs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 5/10 for Riders of the Whistling Pines). Riders of the Whistling Pines is the shorter watch at 1h 10m compared with 2h 12m. Riders of the Whistling Pines is the older of the two (1949 against 2018). Both are drama, music, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Riders of the Whistling Pines
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs| Riders of the Whistling Pines | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1949 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 10m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Music, Western | Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Western |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | John English | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Main cast | Gene Autry, Champion, Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd, Douglass Dumbrille | David Krumholtz, Clancy Brown, Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Willie Watson |
Synopsis
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…
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
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