But without a doubt, the greatest year in the history of western movies goes to 1969, when the genre was perhaps at its peak.

The times, they had already been a-changin’, and 1969 was a time when those changes were truly felt, with some radical and timeless movies being released, the best of which still hold up when ...

1969. July the 15th. Stage 17 of the Tour de France. A brutal stage from Luchon to Mourenx covering four of the toughest mountains in the Pyrenees. On this fateful day, Eddy Merckx catapulted ...