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Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)

Mark Franklin January 3, 2016
Ronald Reagan as Farrell and Barbara Stanwyck as Sierra Nevada Jones, taking cover from the Indians in Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Sierra Nevada Jones (Barbara Stanwyck) arrives in Buffalo Valley, Montana, with her father. They’ve come all the way from Texas with dreams of starting a new ranch on fertile …
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Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

Mark Franklin January 3, 2016
Howard Keel as Smoky Callaway and Stretch Barnes in Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Two marketing whizzes named Mike Frye (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah Patterson (Dorothy McGuire) put some old Smoky Callaway films on TV and an odd thing happens. Suddenly, Smoky Callaway …
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Carson City (1952)

Mark Franklin December 24, 2015
Randolph Scott as Jeff Kincaid, in a mine cave-in with a comrade in Carson City (1952)
Randolph Scott plays Jeff Kincaid, an engineer hired to build a railroad from Carson City to Virginia City. The reason for the railroad: Gold shipments sent via stage are …
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Cripple Creek (1952)

Mark Franklin December 24, 2015
John Dehner as Emil Cabeau in a dispute with Bret Ivers (George Montgomery) as Larry Gallad (Jerome Courtland) looks on in Cripple Creek (1952)
Someone’s swiping the rich ore being mined around Cripple Creek, and it looks like they’re doing it with the help of inside information. So the secret service sends two …
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Comanche Territory (1950)

Mark Franklin December 24, 2015
Macdonald Carey as Jim Bowie, lockd in a fight to the death with Comanche brave Pakanah in Comanche Territory (1950)
Macdonald Carey is Jim Bowie, sent West to help negotiate a treaty with the Comanche and come to terms so that the government can mine silver on their land. …
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California Conquest (1952)

Mark Franklin December 18, 2015
Cornel Wilde as Don Arturo Bordega and Teresa Wright as Julia Lawrence in California Conquest (1952)
Cornel Wilde is Don Arturo Bordega, a Mexican who has settled in California. He would like nothing more than to see his adopted home become a territory of the …
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Cattle Queen (1951)

Mark Franklin December 18, 2015
Maria Hart as Queen Hart in Cattle Queen (1951)
Maria Hart is Queenie Hart, an orphaned girl who accepts the challenge of running a ranch in the West and succeeds in creating one of the biggest spreads around. …
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The Big Sky (1952)

Mark Franklin December 17, 2015
The story of one of the first fur-trading expeditions up the Missouri River into what is now Montana, opening up the Great Northwest. Kirk Douglas is Jim Deakins and …
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Band of Angels (1957)

Mark Franklin December 16, 2015
Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) is the spoiled daughter of a rich Southern slave holder who doesn’t understand why her mother isn’t buried with the rest of the family …
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Border River (1954)

Mark Franklin December 15, 2015
Baron Kurtvan Triesault as Baron Von Hollden and Joel McCrea as Clete Mattson in Border River (1954)
Joel McCrea is Clete Mattson, who just makes it across the Mexican border ahead of a troop of Union cavalry. He’s taken in by Gen. Eduardo Callegja (Pedro Armendariz) …
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