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One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
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Bandits Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) and Rio (Marlon Brando) go on the run after robbing a bank in Mexico. Longworth seizes his chance to take all the loot and leave Rio to be captured. Rio goes to jail, but also plans his revenge. When he gets out, he
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The Outlaw (1943)
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Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) is the sheriff of Lincoln, New Mexico. His old friend Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) arrives in town while attempting to get back his horse, which is in the possession of Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel). The story twists when
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The Kansan (1943)
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Richard Dix stars as a western lawman, John Bonniwell, and Jane Wyatt as a rancher's daughter named Eleanor Sager. After running the James Gang out of town, Bonniwell is appointed marshal by local big shot, Steve Barat (Albert Dekker), who turns out to
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TV Favorites: The Lone Ranger (1949-1956)
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The lone surviving Texas Ranger (Clayton Moore) was nursed back to health by the Indian Tonto (Jay Silverheels). The two ride on their horses (Silver and Scout) throughout the West - doing good while living off a silver mine which supplies them with
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Zorro's Black Whip (3 episodes) (1944)
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A collection of 3 episodes from this classic western series. This DVD collection only contains 3 episodes, the entire series consists of 12 episodes.
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Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
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Detective Breezy Kildare is wounded in a Owens' gang shootout in a New York City nightclub. After he recovers, he returns to his father's Wyoming ranch for a vacation. Here he finds that Owens is running a protection racket in Cheyenne and tries to stop
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TV Favorites: Bonanza (1959-1972)
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Ben Cartwright's thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of the sons was born to a different wife of Ben's; none of the mothers is still alive.
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Yuma & The Belle Starr Story (1970)
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Double Feature - Dave Harmon (Clint Walker) is a U.S. Marshal is sent to the territory of Yuma to bring justice to an otherwise lawless land. All previous marshals have been run out of the territory, mainly due to the actions of Arch King, a man who only
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Kansas Pacific & The Avenger (1953)
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Double Feature - Set prior to the start of the Civil War but after the South has seceded from the United States, Kansas Pacific centers on the efforts to build a railroad across Kansas toward the West Coast. Southern sympathizers attempt to sabotage the
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About Western Movies (or Westerns)Western movies, or westerns, represent an American film genre. Westerns in general are art works (films, literature, sculpture, television and radio shows, and paintings) devoted to telling tales set in the American West, often portraying it in a romanticized light. While the Western has been popular throughout the history of movies, it has begun to diminish in importance as the United States progresses farther away from the period depicted. Western movies, by definition, are set in the American West, almost always in the 19th century, generally between the Antebellum period and the turn of the century. Many incorporate the Civil War into the story, even though the west was not impacted by the war to the extent that the eastern part of the country was. The setting of a western movie may extend further back to the time of the American colonial period or forward to the mid-twentieth century. They may also range geographically from Mexico to Canada. Many westerns involve semi-nomadic characters who wander from town to town, their sole possessions consisting of clothing, a gun, and possibly a horse. The high technology of the 19th century, such as the telegraph, printing press, and railroad, may appear, occasionally as a development just arriving, and usually symbolizing the impending end of the frontier lifestyle which will soon give way to the march of civilization. The Western takes simple elements and uses them to tell morality stories, usually setting them against a spectacular American landscape. In some western movies, the scenery becomes almost the star of the film. - The preceding paragraph was derived from a full article available from Wikipedia and its use is governed by the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. |
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