Big Bad John 1990  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Jimmy Dean, Jack Elam, Ned Beatty, Doug English, Romy Windsor, Bo Hopkins, Jeff Osterhage, Ned Vaughn, Buck Taylor, Jerry Potter, Amzie Strickland, Red Steagall, Anne Lockhart
Based on the story told in Jimmy Dean's 1950's song, Dean plays retired Sheriff Cletus Morgan who travels across country to rescue his daughter who some think is in the car with Big Bad John Tyler (Doug English). Unknown to Cletus is that his nemesis, Charlie (Ned Beatty), has contracted for hired-guns to follow Cletus and then kill Big Bad John and Cletus' daughter.
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Conagher 1991  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Reynaldo Villalobos
Cast: Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Barry Corbin, Billy Green Bush, Ken Curtis, Dub Taylor, Paul Koslo, Gavan O'Herlihy, James Parks, Pepe Serna, Daniel Quinn, Buck Taylor
Evie (Katharine Ross), alone and raising two children, runs a stagecoach station, and cowhand Conn (Sam Elliott) works hard–including keeping rustlers in check. Their paths cross in this tribute to the old West. This made-for-TV film is based on a Louis L'Amour novel.
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 Flicka 2006  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Michael Mayer
Cast: Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Alison Lohman, Ryan Kwanten, Daniel Pino, Dallas Roberts, Kaylee DeFer, Jeffrey Nordling, Dey Young, Nick Searcy, Buck Taylor, Wade Williams
On her first day back at her family ranch on summer vacation from boarding school, 16-year-old Katy McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) discovers a wild mustang, names it Flicka, and begins training the horse to prove to her father, Rob (Tim McGraw), that she can handle ranching. But Rob is opposed and sells Flicka to a rodeo–leaving rebellious Katy no choice but to enter the rodeo and earn enough prize money to buy back Flicka.
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Grand Champion 2002 G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Barry Tubb
Cast: Joey Lauren Adams, Jacob Fisher, Emma Roberts, Cache Williams, Barry Tubb, Buck Taylor, Eloise DeJoria, Andy Buckley, Larry Mahan, George Straight, Charlie Roberts, Julia Roberts
Texas farm boy Buddy (Jacob Fisher) raises a champion steer, sells it, and then realizes that it will be slaughtered. What is a boy to do? Why, rescue it of course!
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Hard Time 1998 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Burt Reynolds
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Robert Loggia, Mia Sara, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Buie, Paco Christian Prieto, Buck Taylor, John D'Aquino, Ja'net DuBois, Gene LeBell, Roddy Piper
Tough, veteran cop Logan (Burt Reynolds) is framed for murder. He breaks out of the maximum security prison and heads to Miami to get the man who framed him. Made for TV.
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Miracle at Sage Creek 2005 PG, 81 min.
Genre: Family / Western
Director: James Intveld
Cast: David Carradine, Tim Abell, Irene Bedard, Wes Studi, Daniel Quinn, Sarah Aldrich, Darian Weiss, Masam Holden, Buck Taylor, Rance Howard, Wyatt Turner, Tanya Turner, Michael Parks, Martin Kove
Set in the Old West, this is the tale of two families, one led by Ike (David Carradine) who is at odds with neighbor John (Tim Abel) because John married a Sioux Indian. It was a Sioux who had killed Ike's wife years before, and the grudge against the Sioux continues. But, events require that the two families work together for survival in this family-oriented Western.
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The Wendell Baker Story 2005 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Andrew Wilson, Luke Wilson
Cast: Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel, Eddie Griffin, Kris Kristofferson, Eva Mendes, Harry Dean Stanton, Owen Wilson, Jacob Vargas, Will Ferrell, Buck Taylor, Jo Harvey Allen, Heather Kafka, Billy Joe Shaver, Angela Alvarado
As a result of selling fake IDs to illegal Mexican immigrants, Wendell Baker (Luke Wilson) is arrested and jailed. His girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes) leaves him, and Wendell now has time to figure out what he wants to do with the rest of his life. As a condition of his parole, Wendell takes a job at the Shady Grove retirement home, which is run by Neil King (Owen Wilson) and McTeague (Eddie Griffin) who run a scam that involves stealing residents' medications and selling them on the black market. A reformed Wendell enlists the aid of the residents–including Boyd (Seymour Cassel), Skip (Harry Dean Stanton), and L.R. Nasher (Kris Kristofferson)–in a plan to end the scam and, maybe, get Doreen back in the process. As they join forces in Wendell's cause, the residents learn that they still have a lot more living to do.
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| 1. Big Bad John (1990)
2. Conagher (1991)
3. Flicka (2006)
4. Grand Champion (2002)
5. Hard Time (1998)
6. Miracle at Sage Creek (2005)
7. Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983)
8. The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
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