John Wayne
Series
Description
Ransom Stoddard is a successful, but aging U.S. senator, who along with his wife, Hallie, returns to a small western town. They are there to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon. A young local reporter presses Stoddard for an interview about why he has come to Doniphon's funeral and Doniphon begins to tell a story. Years ago he came to town as young newly-graduated attorney. He was bullied by Liberty Valance, a local tough outlaw, a gunman employed...
Publisher
Republic Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2002, c1952
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
5) True grit
Series
Formats
Description
In "True Grit," U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party. In "Rio Lobo," a spectacular robbery of a Union pay train by Confederate guerillas leads to the train's...
Description
Blue steel: When outlaws discover gold in the ground under a town, the outlaws try to drive the townsfolk out until the sheriff convinces the people to stay and fight. Lawless range: A wanderer teams up with a gold miner and his daughter to find the outlaw that killed his parents. Dawn rider: Wayne sets out to avenge the death of his father, who was killed in a robbery. The lucky Texan: Fresh out of college, Jerry Mason and his pal Jake discover a...
8) McLintock!
Series
Description
McLintock!: "George McLintock is the owner of the largest ranch in the territory, which includes a mine and lumber mill. His wife Katherine walked out on him two years ago. Homesteaders who have the support of the government to try and push Indians onto a reservation are invading the territory he owns. Now the presence of a young hired hand who is interested romantically in McLintock's daughter sets the stage for a sprawling comedy-western with serious...
12) El Dorado
Series
Paramount centennial collection volume 9
Description
A gunfighter comes to the aid of a cattle baron, but switches sides when he meets up with his old friend, the alcoholic sheriff.
15) Red River
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1997][1998]
Description
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.