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California (1947)

Mark Franklin July 29, 2020
Barbara Stanwyck as Lily and Ray Milland as Jonathan Trumbo, sharing stories of a slave-trading past in California (1947)
Ray Milland is Jonathan Trumbo, a man with a secret who’s hired to escort a wagon train of settlers to California. Barbara Stanwyck is Lily Bishop, a dance hall …
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I Shot Jesse James (1949)

Mark Franklin July 28, 2020
John Ireland plays Bob Ford, a member of the James gang wounded during a botched bank robbery. Rescued by none other than Jesse James (Reed Hadley), he’s also allowed …
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Kissing Bandit (1948)

Mark Franklin July 27, 2020
Frank Sinatra as Ricardo in The Kissing Bandit (1947)
Frank Sinatra plays Ricardo, who’s finished his schooling in Boston and heads west to California, planning to take over for his late father. He arrives with cookbooks and flower …
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Canadian Pacific (1949)

Mark Franklin July 26, 2020
Randolph Scott as Tom Andrews with Nancy Olson as Cecille Gautier in Canadian Pacific (1949)
Trouble is brewing in Canada, where British Columbia is threatening to secede if it isn’t connected to the rest of the country by rail lines. A railroad tycoon named …
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Coroner Creek (1948)

Mark Franklin July 25, 2020
Randolph Scott as Chris Danning with Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff O'Hea in Coroner Creek (1948)
Randolph Scott is Chris Denning, a man with a single focus: avenging the life of his fiance. She was kidnapped during a stage holdup, pulled off by Indians but …
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The Desperadoes (1943)

Mark Franklin July 24, 2020
Evelyn Keyes as Allison McLeod, Glenn Ford as Cheyenne Rogers and Randolph Scott as Steve Upton in The Desperadoes (1943)
Glenn Ford is Cheyenne Rogers, an outlaw who reaches the town of Red Valley a little too late to pull off the bank robbery he was hired to do. …
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The Man from Dakota (1940)

Mark Franklin July 23, 2020
Wallace Beery as Sgt. Barstown, Dolores Del Rio as Jenny Sanford and John Howard as Lt. Oliver Clark trying to escape through a swamp in The Man from Dakota (1940)
Wallace Beery is Sgt. Barstow, a Union soldier who finds himself in the Confederate prisoner of war camp on Belle Island. Two of his superiors, including Lt. Oliver Clark …
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In Old California (1942)

Mark Franklin July 22, 2020
John Wayne as Tom 'Boston' Craig, a pharmacist in a heap of trouble In Old California (1942)
John Wayne plays Tom Craig, aka “Boston,” because he’s a pharmacist from Boston who shuns a business opportunity there to head west. In San Francisco, he meets a pretty …
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The Kansan (1943)

Mark Franklin July 21, 2020
Victor Jory as Jeff Barat, Jane Wyatt as Eleanor Sager and Richard Dix as John Bonniwell in The Kansan (1943)
Richard Dix plays John Bonniwell, who stops in the town of Broken Lance on his way to Oregon and helps foil a robbery by the James Gang. Wounded and …
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The Dude Goes West (1948)

Mark Franklin July 20, 2020
Eddie Albert as Daniel Boone and Gale Storm as Liz Crockett in The Dude Goes West (1948)
Eddie Albert is Daniel Bone, a gunsmith who heads west because Brooklyn’s become so tame his briskest business is repairing children’s cap guns for free. So he sets his …
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