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A rancher dies under mysterious circumstances, and his fortune is inherited by a young boy. Roy Rogers, a newspaper editor, investigates his possible murder with the assistance of big city reporter Connie.
1946 American Musical Crime Western Film
Ranch owner Sam Talbot passes away under mysterious circumstances, allegedly for falling from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards comes to check a rumor that he might have been murdered. She goes...
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During the civil war, Army officers sold their entire regiment to the enemy, who brutally massacred them. One survived, (or did he?) and his name is Django. 13 years later he comes back to get revenge on the Officers and kill ANYONE who gets in his way. Some people think Django is supernatural, is he?
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John Wayne returns for his latest adventure in, the Lawless Frontier! Notorious outlaw Pandro Zanti has met his match in John Tobin! After murdering Tobin's parents Zanti attempts to kill a local man and kidnap his daughter. Fueled by the desire of revenge and affections for the young lady, Tobin saddles up, and prepares for the fight of his life as the two square off in an confrontation the likes of which Texas has never seen!
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Chris Morrell (John Wayne), the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father, so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Meanwhile outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well, looking to steal the oil lease for himself. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Sam Black, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate her...
5) Blue Steel
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Undercover federal marshal John Carruthers is suspected by the local sheriff, Jake, of stealing the town’s payroll, but his suspicions are sidelined when young Betty Mason announces that her father, an important businessman, has been murdered. Without him, supplies will not reach town, and homesteaders will starve. When town leader Malgrove offers to buy the locals out, John and Jake get suspicious and uncover a land-grabbing conspiracy.
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John Wayne returns in an adventure so large that Texas can barely contain it! Returning from College, Jerry Mason reunites with his father's friend, and the two strike it rich when they stumble upon a gold mine. Greedy bankers decide to kill the old man to steal his ranch and gold mine while framing Jerry for his murder! Luckily the Old man survives to tell the tale to Jerry, and now he is on the trail to catch the criminals, clear his name and save...
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Loner U.S. Marshal John Travers foils the hold-up of a stagecoach, rescuing young woman Anita Matlock from the clutches of the crooks and helping her back to town. But there, the sheriff is gunned down by bandits, so Travers starts investigating and connects the murder to a gang led by an unidentified bandit known as the Shadow, who's been running the town ragged for some time. Travers then makes it his mission to restore order to the town and bring...
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Angel and the Badman stars John Wayne as wounded outlaw Quirt Evans. When sheltered by a Quaker family, he falls for the family's angelic daughter, Penelope (Gail Russell). Though she brings on a transformation in Quirt's hard-boiled character for the better, he is ever-obsessed with avenging the killing of his foster father. The first starring vehicle that John Wayne produced himself, Angel and the Badman is an unconventional Western romance classic...
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The locals of Rainbow Valley are in need of a road, but a heinous gang is preventing them from making any progress. John Martin, an undercover agent with an assignment to stop the gang, happens upon the small town of Rainbow Valley. They believe this fearless man could be the answer to all of their problems, but does Martin actually have what it takes to save the town and get the girl?
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Loner government agent Singin' Sandy Saunders witnesses what seems to be a stagecoach robbery, committed by young Fay Denton. But Fay is actually just trying to get her hands back on her own money in order to keep it from local land grabber James Kincaid. Kincaid is terrorizing the whole town by withholding the water supply from the ranchers and jeopardizing everyone. Saunders then teams up with Fay to fight off the gang, but will this duo be enough...
11) Santa Fe Trail
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Graduates from West Point Military Academy are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume. However, tensions arise as a conflict erupts between the graduates and the abolitionist John Brown, along with his supporters.
1940 American Drama War Western Film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures
At West Point Military Academy in 1854, cadet Rader, an agent of the abolitionist John Brown, is discharged...
12) Defiance
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When a boy's father is slain by the town's most powerful man because he's not willing to pay his dues, he devotes his life to avenging his father's death.
13) Western Religion
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The year is 1879. Gunfighters from the far reaches of the globe descend on Religion, AZ to compete in a legendary poker tournament. Drawn by the gold prize, the players come to realize that in this game, their very souls are at stake.
16) Meek's Cutoff
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A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When they encounter a Native American, they must choose...
18) Yellow Rock
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Five men ride into the eerie town of Yellow Rock, hoping to rescue a family member and his lost boy. They must fight wild animals, the elements, and eventually each other, as the dangerous journey unfolds.
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A mysterious murder at an archeological expedition leads our heroes - those three prairie pals, The Three Mesquiteers - into some dangerous territory. Can they solve the murder without losing their own lives? With a cast including Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Roger Williams, The Riders of the Whistling Skull pits our heroes against devil-worshiping Indians armed with poisoned arrows, walking mummies, and more!
20) The Tall Texan
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A group of disparate travelers journey together through the Southwest soon find trouble when they all get gold fever. The action and drama are heightened when they discover gold. The "Tall Texan" (Lloyd Bridges), is a suspected murderer in the custody of sheriff Lee J. Cobb, and now stranded in Indian territory after a Comanche attack on their stagecoach.
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