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The incredible true story of Bass Reeves, the first black U.S. Marshal in the Wild West. Having escaped from slavery after the Civil War, Reeves arrives in Arkansas seeking a job with the law. To prove himself, he must hunt down a deadly outlaw with the help of a grizzled journeyman. As he chases the criminal deeper into the Cherokee Nation, Reeves must dodge bullets and severe discrimination in hopes of earning his star, and ends up cementing his...
29) O Pioneers!
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A turn of the century saga about settlers who carve a home from the wilderness and find the dreams of a lifetime.
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Cullen Bohannon, a former soldier and slaveholder, follows the track of Union soldiers, who killed his wife. This brings him to the middle of one of the biggest projects in US history, the building of the railroad. After the war years in the 1860s, this connected the east with the still wild west.
33) The blue hotel
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Nebraska in the 1880's is bleak, lonely, and far from what the Wild West is purported to be. But for a naive Swedish immigrant, the frontier parlor of the blue hotel represent the quintessential western fantasy. No one can convince the Swede that his dime-store notions about the West are foolish. He sees murderous intentions all around him and in his terror he turns everybody against him; the story inevitably ends in tragedy. However, who is responsible?...
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United States Marshal Matt Dillon and the good citizens of Dodge City breathe new life into the Old West. From train-robbing outlaws and claim jumpers to cattle rustlers and bounty hunters, disorder was the order of the day. But it was business as usual for the Marshal and his loyal crew, including Doc Adams, saloon keeper Miss Kitty and steadfast deputy Festus Haggen. Together, they showed American audiences how the West was run, and how justice...
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"Massacre at Fort Holman:" During the Civil War a Union colonel seeks revenge against the man who killed his wife during a Confederate raid against Fort Holman. "Hot Lead:" A new rancher attempts to support his family while dealing with rivals and his own personal demons.
"Hot Lead": Charles Bronson stars as Ben Justin, trying to start a ranch of his own. A rival ranch outfit tries to make sure that never happens.
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U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, along with deputy Chester Goode, saloon queen Miss Kitty and Dodge City medicine man Doc Adams do there part to clean up their corner of Kansas taking on corrupt sheriffs, shady widows and an assortment of murderers, thieves and con artists, all in the name of the ongoing Westward expansion. The glorious spirit and epic legend of the Old West come alive in this multi-Emmy Award winning series where schemers and outlaws meet...
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In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter.
In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush.
In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody.
In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...