 The Cowboys 1972  PG, 128 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens, Lonny Chapman, A Martinez, Allyn Ann McLerie, Robert Carradine, Matt Clark, Nicolas Beauvy, Sean Kelly, Charles Tyner, Jerry Gatlin, Walter Scott
When a cattleman, Wil Anderson (John Wayne), loses his experienced drovers to the lure of the gold rush, he is forced to hire raw recruits in the form of teenagers to get the cattle to market. When Wil is slain by a psychopath Long Hair (Bruce Dern) during the cattle drive, the boys become killers in their attempt at revenge.
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The Culpepper Cattle Company 1972 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis, Wayne Sutherlin, John McLiam, Matt Clark, Raymond Guth, Anthony James, Charles Martin Smith, Hal Needham, Jerry Gatlin, Royal Dano
Sixteen-year-old Ben Mockridge (Gary Grimes) talks trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) into hiring him as a cook's helper on a cattle drive, and Ben learns first-hand just how rugged the life of a cowboy can be.
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Nevada Smith 1975  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Lorne Greene, Cliff Potts, Adam West, Warren Vanders, Jorge Luke, Jerry Gatlin, Erik Cord, John McKee, Roger Cudney, Alan George, Lorraine Chanel
Explosives must be transported across the Utah territory, and Jonas Cord (Lorne Greene) is called upon for the mission. He joins forces with his former student Indian half-breed Nevada Smith (Cliff Potts) who is now an accomplished gunslinger. They had not seen each other for years, but, together, they set out to get the job done.
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The Train Robbers 1973 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: John Wayne, Ann - Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban
Lane (John Wayne) sets out with Jesse (Ben Johnson) and Mrs. Lowe (Ann-Margret) to find stolen gold that had disappeared after a train robbery. Mrs. Lowe tells Lane that her husband had stolen the gold and told her where the gold was hidden. She says that she wants to return it to the bank and clear the family name. They find the gold but then are attacked by banditos. They defeat the banditos, and Mrs. Lowe leaves on a train to return the gold. Then, a Pinkerton agent (Ricardo Montalban) arrives on the scene and tells Lane that he is following Mrs. Lowe because he knows that Mrs. Lowe has concocted the story about her husband and that she learned about the gold from the real thief as he lay dying. Angry at being tricked, Lane rides after the departing train.
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| 1. The Cowboys (1972)
2. The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972)
aka: The Culpepper Cattle Co.
3. Nevada Smith (1975)
4. The Train Robbers (1973)
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