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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)

Mark Franklin September 17, 2024
Anthony Dexter as John Smith (right), awaiting an Indian attack in Jamestown in Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
Anthony Dexter plays Capt. John Smith, a man struggling to hold the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, together in the face of hunger and Indian attacks in 1607. He organizes …
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Bridgade Games’ unique horse holder set

Mark Franklin September 9, 2024
  Among the items I picked up at Historicon 2024 was a horse holder and set of horses. It comes from Brigade Games’ Plains Wars line, which provides all …
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Grim Prairie Tales (1990)

Mark Franklin September 9, 2024
James Earl Jones as Morrison in Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
James Earl Jones is a bounty hunter named Morrison, with a corpse on his saddle. Brad Dourif is Farley, an Easterner out West for a reunion with his wife, …
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The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)

Mark Franklin September 8, 2024
Gary Grimes as young Ben Mockridge, deciding to take a stand with the settlers being harassed by Thornton Pierce in The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
Gary Grimes is Ben Mockridge, a teen tired of life on his family’s Texas farm and eager for adventure. He’s saved up his money to buy a $4 pistol …
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)

Mark Franklin September 6, 2024
Paul Newman as Buffalo Bill, admiring the new pretty singer who's arrived in camp while nephew Ed Goodman (Harvey Keitel) looks on in Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)
Paul Newman is Buffalo Bill, a man who has turned a mostly fabricated legend into a big-business Wild West show. He’s come to believe he’s as big as that …
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The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday (1976)

Mark Franklin September 5, 2024
Lee Marvin as Sam Longwood, threatening boxer Vishniac (Howard Platt) along with Joe Knox (Oliver Reed) in The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday (1976)
Robert Culp is Jack Colby, a former no-account who’s made a fortune in business and railroads. Now he has political aspirations and is hosting a prize fight to raise …
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Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956)

Mark Franklin September 4, 2024
Tony Martin as Linus Quincannon and Peggie Castle as Maylene Mason in Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956)
Tony Martin plays Linus Quincannon, a former Army officer turned scout turned civilian. And his services are badly needed. Seems someone has swiped 800 Henry repeating rifles, and the …
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War Drums (1957)

Mark Franklin September 3, 2024
Lex Barker as Mangus reclaims his captive just as Riva (Joan Taylor) and Luke Fargo (Ben Johnson) were getting closer in War Drums (1957)
Lex Barker plays famed Apache chief Mangas Colorados, a man committed to peace with the whites until gold-hungry miners invade his land and start terrorizing his people. Then he …
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Robbers’ Roost (1955)

Mark Franklin September 2, 2024
George Montgomery as 'Tex' and Sylvia Findley as Helen Herrick survey her crippled brother's herd in Robbers' Roost (1955)
Bruce Bennett is “Bull” Herrick, a man left in a wheelchair following an accident and a man with an odd notion for how to protect his herd of 6,000 …
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The Iroquois Trail (1950)

Mark Franklin September 1, 2024
Monte Blue as Sagamore and George Montgomery as Nat Cutler, wondering how to prove Ogane is the real traitor in The Iroquois Trail (1950)
George Montgomery is Nat Cutler, who finds himself trying to clear the name of his dead brother during the French and Indian War and nearly winds up being hung …
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