Author: Mark Franklin

“Gentle Annie” Goss (Marjorie Main) lives on a small farm in Oklahoma with her two sons, Cottonwood (Harry Morgan) and Violet (Paul Langton). It’s a good farm, but Annie …

Robert Francis is Dr. Allen Seward, sent West to serve as surgeon for the cavalry troops at Fort McCullough, where past post doctors have been more like butchers. As …

Fred MacMurray is Capt. Meriweather Lewis and Charlton Heston is Lt. William Clark, two men sent West to explore the Louisiana Purchase by President Thomas Jefferson. Before they depart, …

Rock Hudson plays Ben Warren, a Civil War veteran who has a simple post-war wish — to marry sweetheart Jennifer Ballard (Donna Reed) and settle down on a large …

Joel McCrea plays Sam Houston in a film that covers the period from the time he resigns as governor of Tennessee following a scandal involving his divorce to the …

Richard Widmark is Comanche Todd, a white man raised by Indians who goes on a killing rampage after his Indian wife and sons are butchered. He’s captured for those …

Mark Stevens plays Lucas and John Lupton is Simon — partners and miners who plan to use the $5,000 they’ve earned to make their way West to Arizona and …

Robert Knapp is Gil Reardon, a former gunman who’s been reformed by his wife. But his wife and his best friend are killed and his cattle are taken from …

Ann Blyth is Rose Marie, a young orphan woman rescued from the wilderness by Mountie Capt. Mike Malone (Howard Keel). Rose Marie balks at first, but soon starts trusting …

Audie Murphy is Yancy Hawks, a young mountain boy sent to the big city of Casper to sell furs after his father wrestles a bear and loses. Sandra Dee …