The Big Country 1958  N/R, 166 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Hayward, Dorothy Adams
James McKay (Gregory Peck) is a sea captain from the East who heads to the West and finds himself involved in the feud of his fiancee Pat's (Carroll Baker) family. Pat's father, Major Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford), is in the middle of a power struggle with his neighbor Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives) over water rights. In the midst of the feuding, James and Pat grow apart, and James falls in love with schoolmarm Julie Maragon (Jean Simmons). By story's end, the Major and Hannassey have shot and killed each other, Julie and James are together on her ranch, and Pat and her ranch foreman (Charlton Heston) are living happily ever after. Burl Ives won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Deadly Companions 1961  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills, Strother Martin, Will Wright, Jim O'Hara, Peter O'Crotty, Billy Vaughn, Chuck Hayward
When a gunslinger (Brian Keith) accidentally shoots the son of a dance hall entertainer (Maureen O'Hara), he feels obligated to escort the funeral procession through hostile Indian territory.
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 Forty Guns 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, Eve Brent, Ziva Rodann, Chuck Hayward
The new sheriff of Tombstone (Barry Sullivan) almost meets his match in Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck), the wealthy owner of a cattle empire.
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Kings of the Sun 1963 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Basehart, Brad Dexter, Barry Morse, Leo Gordon, Ford Rainey, Armando Silvestre, Victoria Vetri, Rudy Solari, Angel Di Steffano, Jose Moreno, James Coburn, Chuck Hayward
After his father is killed in battle, King Balam (George Chakiris) leads his Mayan tribe out of Mexico for safety reasons. But, now they are confronted by Black Eagle (Yul Brynner) and his Native American tribe. Black Eagle is captured, but during his captivity, he becomes friends with King Balam and will lead the Mayans in their flight to Texas in the attempt to keep their civilization alive. Problems do lie ahead when Hunac Ceel (Leo Gordon) and his troops attack, but will Black Eagle and King Balam be able to fight together and save their civilizations?
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Merrill's Marauders 1962 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan, Will Hutchins, Claude Akins, John Hoyt, Jack Williams, Chuck Roberson, Chuck Hayward
In this film, which is Jeff Chandler's last movie, Chandler plays Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill–the leader of U.S. Army troops fighting World War II in the jungles of Burma.
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Sergeant Rutledge 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode, Billie Burke, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt, William Henry, Walter Reed, Shug Fisher, Chuck Hayward, William Henry, Rafer Johnson, Mae Marsh
First Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode) is a black man wrongly accused of rape and murder. At his court martial, Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) brilliantly defends the innocent man and proves that, not only did he not commit rape and murder, he was a hero.
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| 1. The Big Country (1958)
2. The Deadly Companions (1961)
3. Forty Guns (1957)
4. Kings of the Sun (1963)
5. Merrill's Marauders (1962)
6. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
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