She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

December 8, 2022, Posted in

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

NR 103 min - Western - 22 October 1949

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After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Indians, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece, the pretty Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated for their own safety. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company, Lt. Flint Cohill and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

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The Searchers

November 25, 2022, Posted in

The Searchers (1956)

NR 119 min - Western - 7 May 1956

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As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Director: John Ford

Writers: Frank S. Nugent

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Stagecoach

November 25, 2022, Posted in

Stagecoach (1939)

NR 96 min - Western, Adventure, Action, Drama, Romance - 3 March 1939

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A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Director: John Ford

Writers: Dudley Nichols

The Last Manhunt

November 18, 2022, Posted in

The Last Manhunt (2022)

R 103 min - Western - 18 November 2022

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In 1909, Willie Boy and his love Carlota go on the run after he accidentally shoots her father in a confrontation gone terribly wrong. With President Taft coming to the area, the local sheriff leads two Native American trackers seeking justice for their “murdered” tribal leader.

Director: Christian Camargo

Writers: Thomas Pa'a Sibbett

Stars: Jason Momoa, Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Lily Gladstone, Zahn McClarnon, Tantoo Cardinal, Raoul Max Trujillo, Brandon Oakes

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Born to the West (Hell Town)

November 17, 2022, Posted in

Born to the West (1937)

NR 59 min - Romance, Western - 10 December 1937

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Dare Rudd takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's girlfriend who asks Tom to hire Dare to head the big cattle drive. Dare loses the money for the drive to cardsharps, but Tom wins it back, but Dare must save Tom's life.

Director: Charles Barton

Writers: Stuart Anthony, Robert Yost

Stars: John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown, John Patterson, Monte Blue, Syd Saylor, Lucien Littlefield, Jack Kennedy, Art Mix

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Dare Rudd takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's gir...

Cahill U.S. Marshal

November 10, 2022, Posted in

Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)

PG 103 min - Drama, Western - 11 July 1973

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J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink

Rio Grande

November 3, 2022, Posted in

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

Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, Peter Ortiz, Steve Pendleton, Karolyn Grimes, Alberto...

Red River

November 3, 2022, Posted in

Red River (1948)

NR 133 min - Western, Adventure, Drama, Romance - 26 August 1948

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Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

Director: Howard Hawks

Writers: Borden Chase, Charles Schnee

Stars: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brenn...

Fort Apache

October 28, 2022, Posted in

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

Stars: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond, George O’Brien, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Irene Rich, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers, Jack Pennick, Ray Hyke, Movita

True Grit

October 27, 2022, Posted in

True Grit (1969)

G 128 min - Western - 11 June 1969

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The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

Director: Henry Hathaway

Writers: Marguerite Roberts

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