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Seventeen-year-old foul-mouthed Westie, the notorious adopted daughter of local inventor Nigel Butler, lives in the lawless western town of Rogue City where she sets out to prove the wealthy investors in a magical technology that will save her city are the cannibals that killed her family and took her arm when she was a child.
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Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 1
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John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick -- a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins -- encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance.
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After suffering defeat in the Civil War, a young man struggles to establish his identity and begin life anew in a raw and unsettled land. In 1866, only men uprooted by war had reason to ride into Tubacca, Arizona, a nondescript town as shattered and anonymous as the veterans drifting through it. So when Drew Rennie, newly discharged from Forrest's Confederate scouts, arrived, leaving everything he owned behind, he knew his business would not be...
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True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 cash. Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father's blood, Mattie finds and, after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, as her partner in pursuit, and they head off to Indian Territory after the killer....
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Government agent Singin' Sandy Saunders infiltrates a small town to investigate a corrupt land baron who is hoarding water and extorting ranchers. Saunders teams up with a young woman whose mine has been stolen by the baron, and together they fight to bring him down.
1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin' Sandy Saunders. It was the first of a series of sixteen Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures between...
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Willa Cather’s story of the missionary priest Father Jean Marie Latour and his work of faith in the wilderness of the Southwest is told with a spare but sensuous directness and profound artistry—with an Introduction by A. S. Byatt. When Latour arrives in 1851 in the territory of New Mexico, newly acquired by the United States, what he finds is a vast desert region of red hills and tortured arroyos that is American by law but Mexican and Indian...
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A town Cowboy and his sidekick will be mistaken for the kidnappers of a runaway teenager. After escaping from the authorities, they find the lost girl and learn the truth. She and her half-sister are being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous man, who is trying to steal their gold mine. The cowboy and his sidekick team up with the children to find the hidden treasure and bring the evil man to justice.
1944 American Action Western film directed by...
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During the civil war, Army officers sold their entire regiment to the enemy, who brutally massacred them. One survived, (or did he?) and his name is Django. 13 years later he comes back to get revenge on the Officers and kill ANYONE who gets in his way. Some people think Django is supernatural, is he?
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John Wayne returns for his latest adventure in, the Lawless Frontier! Notorious outlaw Pandro Zanti has met his match in John Tobin! After murdering Tobin's parents Zanti attempts to kill a local man and kidnap his daughter. Fueled by the desire of revenge and affections for the young lady, Tobin saddles up, and prepares for the fight of his life as the two square off in an confrontation the likes of which Texas has never seen!
10) The Star Packer
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Loner U.S. Marshal John Travers foils the hold-up of a stagecoach, rescuing young woman Anita Matlock from the clutches of the crooks and helping her back to town. But there, the sheriff is gunned down by bandits, so Travers starts investigating and connects the murder to a gang led by an unidentified bandit known as the Shadow, who's been running the town ragged for some time. Travers then makes it his mission to restore order to the town and bring...
11) Rainbow Valley
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The locals of Rainbow Valley are in need of a road, but a heinous gang is preventing them from making any progress. John Martin, an undercover agent with an assignment to stop the gang, happens upon the small town of Rainbow Valley. They believe this fearless man could be the answer to all of their problems, but does Martin actually have what it takes to save the town and get the girl?
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White Fang, a wolf-dog, teams up with a journalist and a young boy to prevent a villainous outlaw from stealing a gold mine in the Klondike region of Canada during the Gold Rush era.
Challenge to White Fang in Italian: Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca is a 1974 Italian Northern adventure film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is a sequel to Fulci's White Fang (1973), as part of a trend inspired by Call of the Wild (1972), which was a surprise hit in Italy. Two...
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Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk volume 2
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A series of disasters overtakes Colonel Cobb and his ambition to annex Sante Fe including dust storms, prairie fires, Indians, and the Mexican army.
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A mysterious murder at an archeological expedition leads our heroes - those three prairie pals, The Three Mesquiteers - into some dangerous territory. Can they solve the murder without losing their own lives? With a cast including Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Roger Williams, The Riders of the Whistling Skull pits our heroes against devil-worshiping Indians armed with poisoned arrows, walking mummies, and more!
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Billy the Kid and his friends come to the aid of ranchers victimized by a crooked land dealer.
1940 American Action Adventure Western Film directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation, and 3rd in PRC's Billy the Kid series.
Billy the Kid and his friend Jeff are ambushed in a cabin by bounty hunters. They escape, but Jeff is wounded, so they decide to hide out at Jeff's uncle's ranch in Little Bend Valley.
He will soon find out that...
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Dark Winds volume 4
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Leaphorn risks his life in pursuit of a suspect, while Manuelito stands up to the sheriff in a bid to rescue her boss. Seeking answers on a case, Chee considers a dangerous proposition.
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From western legend Sergio Leone comes a rollicking shoot-em-up! Young, ambitious gunman Nobody (They Call Me Trinity's Terence Hill) sets his eye on his idol, gunslinger Jack Beauregard (Once Upon a Time in the West's Henry Fonda), who's intent on sailing off into retirement. Deciding his hero should go out with guns blazing, Nobody sets him up for a showdown with a pack of the deadliest bad guys in the West, triggering an unforgettable finale that's...
20) Rage at Dawn
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Randolph Scott plays James Barlow, an agent from Chicago hired to bring the notorious Reno brothers to justice. But - wouldn't you know it? - the Reno gang includes a beautiful young woman (Mala Powers) who catches Barlow's eye. This western from director Tim Whelan (The Thief of Bagdad) features cinematography by two-time Oscar winner Ray Rennahan (Gone With The Wind) and a screenplay by noted author Horace McCoy (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)....
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