John Wayne
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
John Wayne, a tough Marine sergeant, takes recruits and makes them Marines. He does it with discipline and authority ... and with his fists when he has to. The men begin to understand when they see him in action and he earns their respect.
6) The Alamo
Series
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
El Dorado: Set in post-Civil War Texas, this film is about an alcoholic sheriff who fights greedy cattlemen and empire builders as he tries almost single-handedly to tame the West.
Hatari: Big game hunters in Africa use ropes and cameras to to capture animals for zoos and circuses. Hatari means danger in Swahili.
8) Hondo
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Hondo Lane is a despatch rider for the cavalry who encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie's good-for-nothing husband and is forced to kill him. Vittorio captures Hondo and to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that he is her husband. In...
Series
Publisher
Republic Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The Duke leads a regiment of Kentucky riflemen through a French settlement, falls in love with a general's lovely daughter, and locks horns with a rival suitor who has a nefarious land-grabbing scheme up his sleeve. The courtship battle escalates into a full-scale frontier war.
11) The war wagon
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Taw Jackson is a rancher who is dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character, a half-civilized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Includes production notes and original theatrical trailer.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Returning to the scruffy town of Valentine, Texas, after many months of tracking wanted criminals, Cahill learns that there's been trouble at home as well. The local sheriff and deputy have been murdered by a masked gang of bandits. These outlaws robbed the bank and then disappeared into the hills. Deputizing his elder son, Cahill sets out to routinely track and capture the dangerous desperadoes. Instead, the gritty marshal finds himself up against...
13) Rio Lobo
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A spectacular robbery of a Union pay train by Confederate guerillas leads to the train's colonel befriending the leaders of the robbery when the war ends. Together, they seek the Union traitors responsible for a string of Confederate train robberies.
15) True grit
Series
Language
English
Description
Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
Publisher
Madacy Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Angel and the badman: After being wounded during a bank robbery, Quirt Evans falls in love with the beautiful daughter of the Quaker family who takes him in.
Abilene town: Based on the Ernest Haycox novel Trail town, deals with tension between homesteaders and cattle ranchers in post-Civil War Abilene, Kansas.
Under California stars: While Roy Rogers is about to perform a radio broadcast celebrating a decade in the movies, rogue horse traders kidnap...
17) The quiet man
Language
English
Formats
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
18) Chisum
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A successful cattle rancher battles with corrupt government officials and their stooges in New Mexico's Lincoln County War.
19) McLintock!
Series
Language
English
Description
In this westernized version of The taming of the shrew, John Wayne stars as cattle baron George McLintock and Maureen O'Hara assumes the role of his estranged wife. In an effort to get on with his life, McLintock saves a beautiful but impoverished widow from resettlement and hires her as his cook, welcoming both her and her two children into his home. Sparks begin to fly and McLintock's simple and serene lifestyle comes to halt as an unexpected turn...
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A handsome, two-fisted pharmacist moves from Boston to Sacramento during the gold rush. Although he endears himself to the community by acting as a doctor, he tangles with the towns unscupulous political bosses. He becomes engaged to a wealthy woman from San Francisco, but discovers in the end that he loves the local dance hall singer.