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Rachel and the Stranger (1948)

Mark Franklin August 28, 2016
William Holden is David Harvey, a widower on the early frontier, trying to raise a son (Gary Gray) in the civilized manner he knows his late wife would have …
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Pursued (1947)

Mark Franklin August 25, 2016
Robert Mitchum as Jeb Rand in Pursued (1947)
Robert Mitchum is Jeb Rand, a man who can’t seem to shake his past. Everyone else in his family was murdered when he was a youngster. He was rescued …
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The Plunderers (1948)

Mark Franklin August 25, 2016
Rod Cameron plays John Drum, an undercover Army officer. His mission: Stop a gang of bandits who have been robbing gold shipments. They are led by Whit Lacey (Forrest …
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The Unconquered (1947)

Mark Franklin August 20, 2016
Paulette Goddard as Abigail Hale with Gary Cooper as Christopher Holden in The Unconquered (1947)
Gary Cooper is Christopher Holden, a frontiersman who catches wind of a planned Indian uprising in the Ohio valley and does his best to try to keep the peace. …
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Western Union (1941)

Mark Franklin August 20, 2016
Dean Jagger as Edward Creighton, Virginia Gilmore as sister Sue and Randolph Scott as Vance Shaw in Western Union (1941)
On the run from a posse, Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott) is about to steal a man’s horse when he realizes the individual has been seriously injured. Shaw wraps his …
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War of the Wildcats (1943) aka — In Old Oklahoma

Mark Franklin August 20, 2016
Martha Scott as Catherine Allen with John Wayne as Daniel Somers, arriving in Oklahoma in War of the Wildcats (1943)
Martha Scott is Catherine Allen, a school teacher and pulp novelist destined for Kansas City, so she can experience some of the things she only writes about. She winds …
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When the Daltons Rode (1940)

Mark Franklin August 20, 2016
Randolph Scott as Tod Jackson, dodging bullets as a result of a practical joke in When the Daltons Rode (1940)
The Dalton family, headed by Bob (Broderick Crawford) and Grat (Brian Donlevy) own a nice farm in Kansas. Problem is, a mysterious group known as the Kansas Land Development …
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Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Mark Franklin August 20, 2016
Henry Fonda as Gil Martin in Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Lana (Claudette Colbert) and Gil Martin (Henry Fonda) are a newly married couple who leave the comfort of Albany for the wilds of Deerfield around the time of the …
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Virginia City (1940)

Mark Franklin August 8, 2016
Randolph Scott as Vance Irby and Errol Flynn as Kerry Bradford, fighting off an Indian attack in Virginia City (1940)
Atlanta has fallen. The South is running out of men and money. In fact, the situation looks nearly hopeless. But former Southern belle Julia Hayne (Miriam Hopkins) and five …
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North West Mounted Police (1940)

Mark Franklin August 3, 2016
Madeleine Carroll as April Logan and Gary Cooper as Dusty Rivers in North West Mounted Police (1940)
The year is 1885 and half-breeds who helped settle Canada are balking under English rule So Dan Duroc, school teacher Louis Riel and whiskey trader-outlaw Jacque Corbeau begin planning …
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