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The Parson of Panamint (1941)

Mark Franklin January 26, 2025
Charles Ruggles is Chuckawalla Bill Redfield, whose gold discovery gave birth to the thriving town of Panamint. Now mayor and self-proclaimed “daddy” of the town, he’s built a church …
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Frontier Badmen (1943)

Mark Franklin January 25, 2025
Robert Paige is Steve Logan, who arrives in Abilene, Kansas, with his herd and is happy to sell them for $11 per head. That’s until he learns cattle are …
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Pirates of Monterey (1947)

Mark Franklin January 24, 2025
Rod Cameron as Capt. Phillip Kent and Maria Montez as Marguerita Navarro, being taken captive in Pirates of Monterey (1947)
Rod Cameron is Capt. Phillip Kent, on a secret mission with a caravan of new rifles to deliver to Mexican army headquarters in Monterey, California in the 1840s. Royalists …
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Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)

Mark Franklin January 23, 2025
Barry Sullivan is Tom Horn, a drifter who rides into Gold City, joins a crooked card game and quickly racks up $200 in IOUs. When he can’t cover the …
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Wagons Westward (1940)

Mark Franklin January 22, 2025
Chester Morris as David Cook and Buck Jones as Jim McDaniels look on as sisters Julie O'Conover (Ona Munson) and Phyllis (Anita Louise) spat in Wagons Westward (1940)
Fatally wounded during an Indian attack, Alan Cook asks a man named Hardtack (George “Gabby” Hayes) to watch over his troublesome son Tom. So while twin brother David grows …
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Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)

Mark Franklin January 21, 2025
Broderick Crawford as Swanee and Andy Devine (right) as Meadows welcome Easterner Tim Mason to the West in Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
Franchot Tone is Tim Mason, a special investigator envisioning a trip to New York when he’s convinced to head in the opposite direction. Seems a reporter for the Kansas …
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Badlands of Dakota (1941)

Mark Franklin January 20, 2025
Ann Rutherford as Anne Grayson, fearing Jim Holliday (Robert Stack) has been struck by a stray bullet in Badlands of Dakota (1941)
Broderick Crawford is Bob Holliday, one of the men who helped settle Dakota and now one of the leading citizens of Deadwood, where he owns the Bella Union saloon. …
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Last of the Wild Horses (1948)

Mark Franklin January 19, 2025
Mary Beth Hughes as Terry Williams, tending a wounded Duke Barnum (James Ellison) in Last of the Wild Horses (1948)
James Ellison is Duke Barnum, who’s sitting on his horse on a hill outside Jacksonville, Oregon, wearing a bandana as a mask and about to rob a stagecoach. Then …
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The Return of Wildfire (1948)

Mark Franklin January 18, 2025
Richard Arlen as Dobe Williams and Mary Beth Hughes as Judy Marlowe, springing into action when a shot rings out in The Return of Wildfire (1948)
Richard Arlen is Dobe Williams, a drifter who rescues pretty Judy Marlowe after she’s been thrown from her horse and winds up working on her father’s ranch. Pop Marlowe …
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Northwest Passage (1940)

Mark Franklin January 14, 2025
Spencer Tracy as Maj. Robert Rogers and Robertr Young as Langdon Towne, waiting for the attack on the Indian village to begin in Northwest Passage (1940)
Robert Young is Langdon Towne, a young artist who was also an aspiring pastor before being kicked out of Harvard for mocking the university president in an editorial cartoon. …
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