 Broken Arrow 1950  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Delmer Davis
Cast: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Will Geer, Jay Silverheels, Basil Ruysdael, Joyce Mackenzie, Arthur Hunnicutt, Iron Eyes Cody, Jack Lee, Trevor Bardette, Heinie Conklin, Argentina Brunetti, John Doucette, John Marston
Army scout Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) and Apache chief Cochise (Jeff Chandler) become friends in an effort to establish peace between the homesteaders and the Indians. Chandler won an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Cochise. This film is one of the early movies that sympathizes with the Native American cause.
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Captain from Castile 1947 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Barbara Lawrence, Marc Lawrence, Jay Silverheels
Set in the 15th century, this beautifully photographed film is about Spanish nobleman Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power) who sails for the New World with Hernando Cortez (Cesar Romero).
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The Cowboy and the Indians 1949  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards, Hank Patterson, Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, Claudia Drakes, Charles Stevens, Alex Frazer, Iron Eyes Cody
The Indians need help and Gene Autry is the one to do it. The bad Indian Agent has been cheating them out of their food allotments and they are starving. So, when food is being stolen from nearby homesteads, something must be done. While taking care of this situation, Gene sings several songs, including "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Silent Night."
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Drums Across the River 1954  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan, Lyle Bettger, Lisa Gaye, Hugh O'Brian, Mara Corday, Jay Silverheels, Regis Toomey, Morris Ankrum, Bob Steele
Following a stagecoach robbery, Gary Brannon (Audie Murphy) begins a quest seeking the identity of the culprits; during his odyssey, he gets involved with a gang that encroaches on Indian land and, finally, becomes an empathetic defender of Indian rights.
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The Feathered Serpent 1948 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Victor Sen Yung, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Robert Livingston, Nils Asther, Carol Forman, Martin Garralaga, Jay Silverheels
This is one of the last in a long series of Charlie Chan films. In this story, the mystery of a stolen Mexican statue is solved by the Chans.
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Four Guns to the Border 1954  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Carlson
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller, George Nader, Walter Brennan, Nina Foch, John McIntire, Charles Drake, Jay Silverheels, Nestor Paiva, Mary Field
Bank robbers show their human sides when they stop to save an old man and his daughter from marauding Indians.
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 Key Largo 1948  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Thomas Gomez, Jay Silverheels, Marc Lawrence, Dan Seymour, Monte Blue, Harry Lewis, John Rodney, William Haade, John Litel, Pat Flaherty
Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) and his gang have taken over a run-down hotel on Key Largo, Florida. At the same time, Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) has come to visit the hotel owners, who are the father (Lionel Barrymore) and widow (Lauren Bacall) of his war buddy. Frank becomes their reluctant savior. Claire Trevor won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rocco's alcoholic girlfriend. A great John Huston film of Post-World War II American attitudes.
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The Last Round-Up 1947 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Jean Heather, Ralph Morgan, Carol Thurston, Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels, Mark Daniels, Robert Blake, Russ Vincent, Trevor Bardette
Gene Autry's nasty job is to get the Indians relocated from a barren stretch of land, which is to be used for a new aqueduct. Needless to say, the Indians don't take too well to another relocation. Several songs break the tension, including "Comin' Round the Mountain."
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The Lone Ranger 1956  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Bonita Granville, Perry Lopez, Robert J. Wilke, John Pickard, Beverly Washburn, Michael Ansara, Frank DeKova
The TV series comes to the big screen as our hero and Tonto try to head off a war between the Indians and settlers. They find out that a landowner is stirring things up to get his hands on Indian territory that has silver just waiting to be mined. Hi-ho, Silver! A family flick. There is a sequel: "The Lone Ranger and the City of Gold." 1 User Review
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The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold 1958 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Douglas Kennedy, Charles Watts, Noreen Nash, Lisa Montell, Ralph Moody, John Miljan, Dean Fredericks, Maurice Jara
The Lone Ranger and Tonto investigate three murders of Indians, each of whom wore a medallion when murdered. There are two more medallions around the necks of two more Indians, and when put together with the other three, show a map to a lost city of gold. Our heroes must get to these two Indians before the killers get them. Aimed at the younger crowd.
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Lust for Gold 1949 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince, Edgar Buchanan, Will Geer, Paul Ford, Jay Silverheels, Arthur Hunnicutt, Will Wright
This film is based on the saga of the Lost Dutchman mine and those people whose greed undermined, and ultimately destroyed, their efforts to find the lost gold mine.
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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, George Hamilton, Bo Hopkins, Robert Donner, Jay Silverheels, Sandy Kevin, Larry Littlebird
Catherine (Sarah Miles) is an unhappy wife who, when kidnapped by train robbers, falls in love with her captor (Burt Reynolds), leaves her husband, and joins the gang.
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One Little Indian 1973 G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Bernard McEveety
Cast: James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward, John Doucette, Clay O'Brien, Robert Pine, Ken Swofford, Jay Silverheels, Jodie Foster
This Disney comedy involves a cavalryman going AWOL after being sentenced to hang for disobeying orders–he saved Indian women and children during a raid. He takes off across the desert on a camel, meets and teams up with a boy who has lost his tribe and is trying to find them, and ends up at a ranch run by a widow and her daughter.
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Red Mountain 1951 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland, Jeff Corey, Walter Sande, Neville Brand, Whit Bissell, Jay Silverheels, Iron Eyes Cody
The Civil War story of Confederate Quantrill (John Ireland) and his raiders is seen from the perspective of one of the members of the gang, Brett (Alan Ladd), who gets into trouble of his own in Union territory.
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Santee 1973 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gary Nelson
Cast: Glenn Ford, Dana Wynter, Michael Burns, Jay Silverheels, Harry Townes, John Larch, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Donner, Taylor Lacher, John Bailey, X. Brands, Lindsay Crosby, Chuck Courtney, Boyd "Red" Morgan, John Hart
After killing Jody's (Michael Burns) father, bounty hunter Santee (Glenn Ford) takes in the boy and tries to establish a loving relationship with him. Jody, however, vows to avenge his father's death. When the sheriff is shot, Jody blames Santee, but the real killers are a gang of outlaws–the same ones who had earlier killed Santee's father. Santee wants to prove his innocence, and Jody goes along with Santee to track down the outlaw gang. They find the gang but suffer tragedy in the process.
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Saskatchewan 1954 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, Robert Douglas, J. Carrol Naish, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Long, Jay Silverheels, Anthony Caruso, George J. Lewis, Antonio Moreno
Canadian Mountie O'Rourke (Alan Ladd) rescues Grace (Shelley Winters) from an Indian ambush and prevents Sioux Indians from encouraging dissent among the friendly Cree Indians.
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Smith! 1969 G, 112 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Nancy Olson, Dean Jagger, Keenan Wynn, Warren Oates, Chief Dan George, Jay Silverheels, John Randolph, James Westerfield, Frank Ramirez
This Disney film features Glenn Ford as Smith, a rancher who tries to help a Nez Pierce Indian boy accused of murder.
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Too Many Girls 1940 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Abbott
Cast: Lucille Ball, Eddie Bracken, Richard Carlson, Desi Arnaz, Ann Miller, Frances Langford, Hal LeRoy, Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels, Van Johnson
Connie (Lucille Ball) heads to Pottawatomie College, along with four (unknown to her) bodyguards sent by her father. The bodyguards are also excellent football players, who can help the very poor college team. Lots of songs by Rodgers and Hart and plenty of funny happenings. Film debuts for Desi Arnaz, Eddie Bracken, and Van Johnson. Desi and Lucy met for the first time during filming.
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Walk the Proud Land 1956 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Charles Drake, Jay Silverheels, Morris Ankrum, Robert Warwick, Addison Richards, Eugene Iglesias, Anthony Caruso
This enlightening film is based on the true story of John P. Clum (Audie Murphy) who played a leading role in Apache Chief Geronimo's (Jay Silverheels) surrender.
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War Arrow 1953 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, John McIntire, Suzan Ball, Noah Beery Jr., Charles Drake, Henry Brandon, Dennis Weaver, Jay Silverheels, Jim Bannon, Stephen Wyman, Bradford Jackson
Major Howell Brady (Jeff Chandler) recruits Seminole Indians to help the Cavalry put down the marauding Kiowa tribe that has been conducting raids in the Oklahoma Territory. Despite the odds, Brady is successful, AND he even wins the heart of beautiful Elaine Corwin (Maureen O'Hara).
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Yankee Buccaneer 1952 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Joseph Calleia, Rodolfo Acosta, George Mathews, James Parnell, David Janssen, Jay Silverheels, Michael Ansara, Joseph Vitale, Richard Alexander
Cdr. David Porter (Jeff Chandler) commands a U.S. Navy ship that masquerades as a pirate ship in an effort to stop the activities of pirates in the Caribbean.
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Yellow Sky 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Harry Morgan, James Barton, Charles Kemper, Jay Silverheels, Robert Adler
Outlaws arrive in an Arizona ghost town and are confronted by a woman (Anne Baxter) living there alone with just her prospecting grandfather for company. They have hit gold, don't plan on giving it up easily to the robbers, and the battle begins.
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| 1. Broken Arrow (1950)
2. Captain from Castile (1947)
3. The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
4. Drums Across the River (1954)
5. The Feathered Serpent (1948)
6. Four Guns to the Border (1954)
7. Key Largo (1948)
8. The Last Round-Up (1947)
9. The Lone Ranger (1956)
10. The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
11. Lust for Gold (1949)
12. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
13. One Little Indian (1973)
14. Red Mountain (1951)
15. Santee (1973)
16. Saskatchewan (1954)
17. Smith! (1969)
18. Too Many Girls (1940)
19. Walk the Proud Land (1956)
20. War Arrow (1953)
21. Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
22. Yellow Sky (1948)
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