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A Lady Takes a Chance

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A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

NR 86 min - Comedy, Romance - 19 August 1943
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A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

Director:  William A. Seiter
Writers:  Robert Ardrey
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Rio Grande

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Rio Grande (1950)

NR 105 min - Western - 15 November 1950
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Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

Director:  John Ford
Writers:  James Kevin McGuinness
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Fort Apache

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Fort Apache (1948)

NR 125 min - Western - 14 June 1948
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Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

Director:  John Ford
Writers:  Frank S. Nugent
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