Fighting Lawman (1953)
Western, Western film
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Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)
Western, Western film
Cattle rustler and stagecoach hold-up man Tom Jordan and his gang have been terrorizing the ranchers and other citizens of Mason City. Sheriff Hoppy is implored to bring them to justice, but their hideout is across the border in Oklahoma, …
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Oregon Passage (1957)
Western film
A cavalry lieutenant becomes the enemy of a Shoshone chief, when he rescues an Indian maiden from the ceremonial camp.
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All'ultimo sangue (1968)
Italo-Western, Spaghetti Western
Billy, also known as "The Gunslinger," stole a payment book from the American Army. They enlist Clive Norton to retrieve the money. To aid him, Norton saves a man from the gallows who harbors disdain for Billy and his brother, El Chaleco.
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The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle (1967)
Western film
A Hopi Indian boy is banished from his village after he defies tribal law and frees a sacred, sacrificial eagle. After surviving in the wilderness he returns to his village where he is again rejected. Fleeing, the boy climbs a cliff and ju…
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The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger (2009)
Western film
The Gambler wins half the ranch in a card game. The Gunslinger is not pleased with losing half a ranch. The Girl loves the Gunslinger.
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In Old Mexico (1938)
Western film
Hoppy (William Boyd) and his pals must journey to Mexico after receiving a summons. Upon arrival, they realize that it was fake and that a good friend has been mysteriously murdered. They solve the puzzle with the assistance of the killer'…
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Target (1952)
Western film
In 1893 Pecos, Texas, two cowhands join forces with a lady marshal. The town is surprised when the new marshal they hired, "Terry Moran", turns out to be the daughter of the famous lawman, of the same name, whom they thought they were hiri…
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North of the Rio Grande (1937)
Western film
Hopalong Cassidy's Brother, Buddy, who appeared one time in Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936), is shot in the back by the Deputy Sheriff Plunkett. His friend Lucky tries to testify against Plunkett but is thwarted by the crooked coroner Ston…
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Woman of the North Country (1952)
Western film, drama film
In 1890, the Powells are the ironmasters of Minnesota. Although eldest son David inherited management of the family business, daughter Christine has the shrewdest business mind and conspires to take over. She is backed by their brother Ste…
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Sunset Pass (1946)
Western film
Rocky, a detective posing as an itinerant cowpoke, boards a train with his partner, Chito Rafferty. Rocky's job is to help ensure the delivery of business funds to the small cattle town of Wagon Tongue. Just before its arrival, however, th…
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The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
vigilante film
Following the discovery of gold in Mexican California in 1844, Russian Cossacks led by Count Ivan Raspinoff, in collusion with General Jason Burr, attempt to invade California and turn it into a Russian Colony with Burr as its dictator. In…
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The Kid from Broken Gun (1952)
Western film, action film
After having threatened Matt Fallon, Jack Mahoney is on trial for Fallon's murder and the theft of a strongbox. His friends Steve Reynolds and Smiley Burnette await the verdict. Mahoney's attorney Gail Kingston lodges a poor defense and Ma…
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Hidden Guns (1956)
Western film
An entire town is afraid of a man called Stragg, a wealthy and ruthless saloon owner who employs hired guns and has cheated many of the citizens out of their money and land. The only man who stands up to Stragg is the popular sheriff, Ward…
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Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
Western film
Deputy U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers poses as a wandering poet, finding and defeating a group of bad guys who, for reasons they keep to themselves, are trying to oust a girl and her father from their ranch. As the plot develops, it is revealed t…
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Slim Carter (1957)
Western film
Clover Doyle discovers an unpleasant singing cowboy Hughie Mack, and begins promoting him as the renamed Slim Carter. An orphan boy wins a contest to spend time with Mack/Carter, and good qualities begin to emerge.
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Naked in the Sun (1957)
Western, Western film
As white settlers push into Seminole lands in the Florida Everglades, an unscrupulous and brutal slave trader named Wilson (Barton MacLane) raids Seminole territory and captures Chechotah (Lita Milan), the wife of Seminole leader Chief Osc…
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Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
Western film
Ellen Dangerfield returns to her grandparents' ranch in Texas after a 10-year absence when her widowed grandmother Cecilia Dangerfield loses 3000 head of cattle to rustlers. Fed up with her grandson Carter's unwillingness to track down the…
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The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)
Western, Western film
Before initiating an undercover investigation in Tombstone, Arizona, Arizona Ranger Captain Matt Sloane (George Montgomery) sets out to build a reputation for himself as a ruthless man. Sloane distributes "wanted" circulars describing his …
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The Girl of the Golden West (1930)
Western film
Minnie runs the Polka saloon during the days of the California Gold Rush in California, and lives on the money brought in by the drinking and gambling at her establishment. She is highly respected by the miners who live in the area, and th…
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The Painted Stallion (1937)
A wagon train travelling from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe means trouble for Alfredo Dupray, his authority from Spain will end with the arrival of a Mexican Governor. He plots to solve this by intercepting a trade agreement, to be ne…
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The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Masked mystery villain The Voice is out to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Co. "Happy" Cardigan needs to successfully drill for oil before his contract with Milesburg expires or he goes broke. Jimmie Williams' father, Jed (Edward Hearn), has be…
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Call of the Prairie (1936)
Western film
Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)
adventure film
Dr. Lincoln Rand, leading an expedition to an uncharted island in the Arctic Circle that he theorizes may be the ancestral home of all Native Americans, is shipwrecked. The only survivors are Lincoln Rand Jr.
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