As the Oregon Territory prepares to welcome settlers in 1846, wagons traveling the Oregon trail face increasing hostility...
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Capt. George Wayne
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1959
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As a favor to an old friend, producer Alex Gordon, James Cagney turned director for the first and only time in his career...
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Stan
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1957
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Amidst a sea of late-1950s psychological westerns, The Phantom Stagecoach is almost refreshingly old-fashioned. The plot is...
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Glen Hayden
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1957
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The White Squaw offers an interesting twist on a standard western plot device. Instead of attempting to force an Indian tribe...
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Bob Garth
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1956
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John Payne always felt that he delivered his best screen performance in The Boss. Set in the years following WW1, the story...
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Bob Herrick
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1956
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In this western with echoes of High Noon, gunman Rick Martin (Sterling Hayden) rides into a small frontier town to warn its...
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Canby Judd
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1955
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Phil Carey is his usual rough-and-tumble self in the Columbia western programmer Wyoming Renegade. Carey plays Brady Sutton,...
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Sundance Kid
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1955
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1955
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Technically a "B" western, Gun Belt is a notch or two above the norm. George Montgomery stars as former outlaw Billy Ringo,...
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Ike Clinton
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1953
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Jim Averell
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1953
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It's always a pleasure to see ace western director Leslie Selander in action, and Riders of Vengeance is no exception....
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1952
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Cripple Creek is an excellent example of Columbia's "A-minus/B-plus" Technicolor westerns of the 1950s. Government agent Bret...
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Silver Kirby
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1952
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Low-budget Realart Films managed to pick up an above-average property when it secured the screen rights to the Robert Abel...
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Terry Williams
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1952
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The title tells all in Realart's Basketball Fix. Talented young basketball star Johnny Long (Marshall Thompson) allows...
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Mike Taft
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1951
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Not a remake of the 1936 film of the same name, The Texas Rangers is an enjoyable second-echelon western from the Columbia...
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Sam Bass
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1951
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In this World War II drama, Richard Widmark plays Lt. Cmdr. John Lawrence, a strict navy commander assigned to replace the...
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1951
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Billed "Jack Mahoney" for the occasion, former stunt man Jock Mahoney steps up to the plate as a leading man in this average...
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Del Sterwart
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1951
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Lorna Doone is based on the oft-filmed novel by Richard D. Blackmore. Set in 17th century Scotland during the reign of...
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Carver Doone
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1951
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Singer Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes) arrives in New York City by train after a trip to Cuba, carrying a small cache of...
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Dr. Ben Wood
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1950
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Wes Miller
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1950
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Set in a rugged Northwest logging camp, this drama follows the exploits of the lumberjack who inherits the camp. For a long...
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Gus Williams
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1950
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1949
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The Walking Hills stars Randolph Scott as a Westerner named Jim Carey. He is one of several people searching for a lost gold...
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Shep
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1949
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Philip Yordan's stage hit Anna Lucasta posed two problems to Hollywood in 1949. For one thing, the story concerned a...
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Rudolf Strobell
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1949
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Stagecoach driver Bishop needs to capture the infamous bandit known as "The Monk" for his hooded attire. If Bishop can't...
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1948
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Jason Bond
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1948
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Leslie Sears
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1948
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All cruel jokes aside, actor Sonny Tufts did on occasion deliver something resembling a good screen performance. In the...
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Larch Keegan
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1948
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In this off-beat western, a middle-aged rancher endeavors to realize his dreams of starting up a horse ranch in Texas. His...
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The Kid
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1948
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Randolph Scott is a single-minded gunman bent on tracking down and killing the white man responsible for an Indian raid on a...
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1948
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Janet Leigh made an impressive film-debut in MGM's The Romance of Rosy Ridge. Though the title suggests a lighthearted...
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Ad Buchanan
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1947
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It's nice to see perennial supporting player (and future TV sportscaster) Richard Lane in a full-fledged leading role, even...
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Sanderson
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1947
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Al Amboy
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1947
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Opening in England during the middle of World War II, A Guy Named Joe tells the story of Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy), a...
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1944
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Margaret O'Brien, MGM's newest child sensation, was given her first starring vehicle with Lost Angel. O'Brien plays Alpha,...
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1944
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In her seventh outing as irrepressible vaudeville entertainer Maisie Revere, Ann Sothern aided the war effort by working the...
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1943
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Pilot No. 5 is an oddly liberal-minded film to come from conservative old MGM. Franchot Tone plays an army pilot stationed in...
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1943
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In most of his movie vehicles, bandleader Kay Kyser played a bandleader named Kay Kyser. In Swing Fever, however, Kyser is...
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1943
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This second film version of the George and Ira Gershwin's Broadway hit Girl Crazy stars reigning MGM musical prince and...
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1943
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In this wartime comedy drama an ultra-macho but aging Marine sergeant does all he can to keep his men intimidated and towing...
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1943
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