Bend of the River 1952  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson, Lori Nelson, Jay C. Flippen, Stepin Fetchit, Harry Morgan, Frances Bavier, Howard Petrie
Glyn McLyntock (James Stewart) is a reformed outlaw working as the leader of a wagon train. He and the settlers are on the Oregon Trail when McLyntock runs into an old companion, Cole Garrett (Arthur Kennedy), who was part of his days when he worked outside of the law.
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The Bounty Hunter 1954  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Marie Windsor, Dolores Dorn, Howard Petrie, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Antrim, Robert Keys, Dub Taylor, Archie Twitchell, Paul Picerni
Jim Kipp (Randolph Scott) is a bounty hunter who is hired to track down three train robbers and reclaim the $100,000 they stole.
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A Kiss Before Dying 1956 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready, Robert Quarry, Howard Petrie, Bill Walker, Molly McCart, Marlene Felton, Robert Ivers
Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) is a college student who needs money and finds added stress when his girlfriend from a wealthy family, Dorothy (Joanne Woodward), tells him that she is pregnant. Bud's solution: kill Dorothy and make it look like a suicide. He accomplishes the murder and then meets Dorothy's sister Ellen (Virginia Leith) who is suspicious of her sister's death but doesn't know about her relationship with Bud. Ellen and Bud begin a romantic relationship, but when Ellen investigates circumstances behind Dorothy's death, Bud zeroes in on Ellen as his next victim. This film was remade in 1991.
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The Maverick Queen 1956  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Mary Murphy, Wallace Ford, Howard Petrie, Jim Davis, Emile Meyer, Walter Sande, John Doucette
A hotel owner, Kit Banion (Barbara Stanwyck), deals with outlaws but changes her ways when she is influenced by Jeff (Barry Sullivan), a Pinkerton agent who is on an undercover investigation.
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Rage at Dawn 1955  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Seven Bad Men
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Myron Healey, Howard Petrie, Ray Teal, William Forrest, Kenneth Tobey
The notorious Reno Brothers gang has set up shop in Seymour, Indiana, where they pay off the town officials so they can have a "safe haven." Undercover agent James Barlow (Randolph Scott) rides into town and poses as a train robber to get the goods on the gang. One thing that makes his task even more difficult is that he falls in love with the brothers' sister. Formula Western, typical Scott film.
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Red Ball Express 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Judith Braun, Hugh O'Brian, Jack Kelly, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Gregg Palmer, Howard Petrie
The tribulations of transporting supplies to General Patton's troops during World War II are depicted in this film with Lieutenant Chick Campbell (Jeff Chandler) in charge of logistics.
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Rocky Mountain 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Slim Pickens, Sheb Wooley, Yakima Canutt, Dickie Jones, Howard Petrie, Chubby Johnson, Robert "Buzz" Henry, Peter Coe, Rush Williams, Marianne Stone, Alex Sharp
While a band of Confederate soldiers, led by Captain Lave Barstow (Errol Flynn), is in California trying to recruit soldiers, they rescue Johanna (Patrice Wymore) who is aboard a stage coach that is being attacked by Indians. Johanna is the fiancee of Union soldier Lt. Rickey (Scott Forbes), and Barstow uses her as the bait to lure Rickey and his patrol of Union soldiers into battle. They capture the Union soldiers, but the Indians launch their own attack, and Barstow allows the Union soldiers and Johanna to escape the Indian massacre.
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Walk Softly, Stranger 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, Jack Paar, Jeff Donnell, John McIntire, Howard Petrie, Frank Puglia, Esther Dale
In an attempt to start over, shady gambler Chris Hale (Joseph Cotten) relocates to a small town and takes a shoe factory job. Seeing the way to make a fast buck, he pretends to fall in love with the owner's daughter (Alida Valli), who is confined to a wheelchair. But Chris does fall in love, again deciding to go straight, but his past resurfaces. Slow.
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| 1. Bend of the River (1952)
2. The Bounty Hunter (1954)
3. Cattle Drive (1951)
4. A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
5. The Maverick Queen (1956)
6. Rage at Dawn (1955)
aka: Seven Bad Men
7. Red Ball Express (1952)
8. Rocky Mountain (1950)
9. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
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