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The Return of Frank James (1940)

Mark Franklin September 5, 2016
Henry Fonda is Frank James, trying to live a quiet life as a farmer in the Ozarks under the name of Ben Woodson. Then comes news of his brother’s …
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)

Mark Franklin September 5, 2016
Van Johnson as Henry Carson and Janet Leigh as Lissy Anne MacBean in The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
Van Johnson is Henry Carson, a young man who shows up at the MacBean farm in post-Civil War Missouri and seems intent on staying a while. That bothers Gill …
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Return of the Bad Men (1948)

Mark Franklin September 1, 2016
Randolph Scott is Vance Cordell, a former Texas ranger who sells his ranch with plans to head to California with his lady love (Jacqueline White as Madge) and her …
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Renegades (1946)

Mark Franklin August 30, 2016
Evelyn Keyes as Hannah Brockway with Ben Denbow (Larry Parks), the outlaw she runs off with in Renegades (1946)
Evelyn Keyes is Hannah Brockway, a red-haired beauty who plans to marry Sam Martin (Willard Parker), town doc in Prairie Dog, and settle down to a quiet life in …
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Red River (1948)

Mark Franklin August 28, 2016
John Wayne as Tom Dunson and Montgomery Clift as Matt Garth in Red River (1948)
John Wayne is Tom Dunson, a man who dreams of starting a cattle ranch in Texas and joins a wagon train bound for California. Leaving the girl he loves …
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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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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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