Author: Mark Franklin

Vince Edwards plays the peace loving Hiawatha and Keith Larsen is war mongering Pau PukKeewis in this story about the fate of the Ojibway tribe. Fearing his warriors have …

Ward Bond is Big Dan Halliday, a man who helped tame the portion of the West where his cattle ranch is located, a man who wound up sheriff and …

Gary Cooper is Marshal Will Kane, a lawman credited with cleaning up Hadleyville. Now he’s marrying pretty Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly) and taking off that badge to become a …

Joel McCrea is Dr. John Brighton, who’s on his way to California when his wife dies giving birth to their daughter. He decides to settle in the nearest town, …

Bob Hope plays Junior Potter, the Harvard-educated son of “Painless” Peter Potter, the renowned Indian fighter introduced to viewers in the 1948 film, “The Paleface.” Well, “Painless” has passed …

Jane Russell is Calamity Jane, sitting in jail facing 10 years in prison when she’s broken out by two men she doesn’t know. Turns out the governor arranged the …

Jon Hall is Ed Garry, a deputy marshal who heads to Tumult, Wyoming, in search of two outlaws — Colt Redwood and Jed Northey — who have settled down …

Randolph Scott plays Jim Dancer, a member of Quantrill’s raiders (spelled Quantrell in the opening credits) who finds himself a wanted man after the end of the Civil War. …

In 1859, Saint Joseph, Missouri, was split into a rowdy portion of town and an upper crust portion of town. This is the fanciful tale of how they merged …

Lucille Ball is Christine, owner of the Busy Bee Cafe, a restaurant out West. She figures to marry Indian agent and rancher Jim Sawyer (Dean Jagger). Her fiance has …