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In Like Flint (1967)

Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Jean Hale  •  Andrew Duggan

Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Jean Hale  •  Andrew Duggan

Night Passage (1957)

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Neilson
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Audie Murphy  •  Dan Duryea  •  Dianne Foster

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Neilson
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Audie Murphy  •  Dan Duryea  •  Dianne Foster

Shane (1953)

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A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Jean Arthur  •  Van Heflin  •  Brandon De Wilde

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Jean Arthur  •  Van Heflin  •  Brandon De Wilde

The Far Country (1954)

In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Ruth Roman  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Walter Brennan

In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Ruth Roman  •  Corinne Calvet  •  Walter Brennan

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their Hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral, and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, the town's gunsmith.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Dean Martin  •  Martha Hyer  •  Michael Anderson Jr.

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their Hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral, and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, the town's gunsmith.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Dean Martin  •  Martha Hyer  •  Michael Anderson Jr.

Drum (1976)

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carver  •  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  Warren Oates  •  Pam Grier  •  Ken Norton  •  Isela Vega

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Carver  •  Burt Kennedy
CAST:  Warren Oates  •  Pam Grier  •  Ken Norton  •  Isela Vega

The Cowboys (1972)

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When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Rydell
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Roscoe Lee Browne  •  Bruce Dern  •  Colleen Dewhurst

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Rydell
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Roscoe Lee Browne  •  Bruce Dern  •  Colleen Dewhurst

Legion of the Lawless (1940)

Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Howard
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Virginia Vale  •  Herbert Heywood  •  Norman Willis

Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Howard
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Virginia Vale  •  Herbert Heywood  •  Norman Willis

Showdown (1963)

A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  R.G. Springsteen
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Kathleen Crowley  •  Charles Drake  •  Harold J. Stone

A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  R.G. Springsteen
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Kathleen Crowley  •  Charles Drake  •  Harold J. Stone

Six Black Horses (1962)

Audie and Dan Duryea are hired by a mysterious woman to take her across Indian country to her husband. On route, she tries to seduce Audie by offering to give him Duryea's share of the money if he will help her achieve her real goal: kill Duryea for having killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Keller
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Dan Duryea  •  Joan O'Brien  •  George D. Wallace

Audie and Dan Duryea are hired by a mysterious woman to take her across Indian country to her husband. On route, she tries to seduce Audie by offering to give him Duryea's share of the money if he will help her achieve her real goal: kill Duryea for having killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Keller
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Dan Duryea  •  Joan O'Brien  •  George D. Wallace

The Yellow Mountain (1954)

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesse Hibbs
CAST:  Lex Barker  •  Mala Powers  •  Howard Duff  •  William Demarest

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesse Hibbs
CAST:  Lex Barker  •  Mala Powers  •  Howard Duff  •  William Demarest

The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)

With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  Ellen Drew  •  John Howard  •  Akim Tamiroff  •  May Robson

With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  Ellen Drew  •  John Howard  •  Akim Tamiroff  •  May Robson

Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)

Governor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Carr
CAST:  Sunset Carson  •  Linda Stirling  •  Olin Howland  •  Roy Barcroft

Governor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Carr
CAST:  Sunset Carson  •  Linda Stirling  •  Olin Howland  •  Roy Barcroft

Posse from Hell (1961)

Murphy goes after bad guys who shot his friend the sheriff and abducted a local girl. In a plot reminiscent of High Noon, the posse of town blowhards gradually abandons Murphy; only tenderfoot banker Saxon remains, to prove his manhood. When they find the girl, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Coleman
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  John Saxon  •  Zohra Lampert  •  Vic Morrow

Murphy goes after bad guys who shot his friend the sheriff and abducted a local girl. In a plot reminiscent of High Noon, the posse of town blowhards gradually abandons Murphy; only tenderfoot banker Saxon remains, to prove his manhood. When they find the girl, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Coleman
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  John Saxon  •  Zohra Lampert  •  Vic Morrow

Bar 20 (1943)

Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  George Reeves  •  Dustine Farnum

Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  George Reeves  •  Dustine Farnum

Colt Comrades (1943)

Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Jay Kirby  •  Teddi Sherman

Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Jay Kirby  •  Teddi Sherman

Lost Canyon (1942)

Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Jay Kirby  •  Lola Lane

Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Jay Kirby  •  Lola Lane

Border Vigilantes (1941)

A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante committee fails to solve the towns problems. Hoppy discovers that the bad guys are led by the town boss, and so are the vigilantes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derwin Abrahams
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Frances Gifford

A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante committee fails to solve the towns problems. Hoppy discovers that the bad guys are led by the town boss, and so are the vigilantes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derwin Abrahams
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Frances Gifford

Doomed Caravan (1941)

Stephen Westcott and Ed Martin scheme to put Jane Travers' wagon line out of business. They want to use it take over all the wagon- train traffic going west. Hoppy, California and Lucky must make sure that doesn't happen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Minna Gombell

Stephen Westcott and Ed Martin scheme to put Jane Travers' wagon line out of business. They want to use it take over all the wagon- train traffic going west. Hoppy, California and Lucky must make sure that doesn't happen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Minna Gombell

Pirates on Horseback (1941)

Hoppy, Lucky and California search for a mine owned by Trudy Pendleton after it was taken from her by thw swindling gambler Ace Gibson. They find the mine and Hoppy fights Gibson over it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Eleanor Stewart

Hoppy, Lucky and California search for a mine owned by Trudy Pendleton after it was taken from her by thw swindling gambler Ace Gibson. They find the mine and Hoppy fights Gibson over it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Andy Clyde  •  Eleanor Stewart
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