John Wayne
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English
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Loner U.S. Marshal John Travers foils the hold-up of a stagecoach, rescuing young woman Anita Matlock from the clutches of the crooks and helping her back to town. But there, the sheriff is gunned down by bandits, so Travers starts investigating and connects the murder to a gang led by an unidentified bandit known as the Shadow, who's been running the town ragged for some time. Travers then makes it his mission to restore order to the town and bring...
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English
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John Mason suffers a cruel homecoming when he witnesses his father's murder as he rides into town. To make matters worse, his furious pursuit of the killers is cut short when he suffers a gunshot wound and the killers are able to make their escape. After being wounded, Alice Gordon sees to his injury, and Mason is taken by her kindness and beauty. But things turn sour when her beau, Ben, becomes jealous. When Mason finally tracks down the man responsible...
3) True Grit
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Language
English
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In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an...
5) Rio Bravo
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
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Language
English
Description
The day that Katie Elder is buried, her four sons return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. It is a he-man story, as well as, a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, her sacrifice, love and incredible valor. The hopes and aspirations for her sons is movingly communicated from beginning to conclusion.
8) El Dorado
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sheriff fights cattlemen and empire builders as he tries to tame the West.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely. Based on an Ernest K. Gann bestseller.
11) Hellfighters
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Chance Buckman is a Texan who tames out-of-control oil well infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes, Chance carries the burden for Madelyn, the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle.
13) The Comancheros
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1961.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., color 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
14) The shootist
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
15) North to Alaska
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Wayne and Stewart Granger strike it rich in this comedy-adventure set in the heyday of the Alaskan gold rush. When two prospectors hit the mother lode, they set off a plot of action, romance and comedy.
16) Dakota
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2002, 1945.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) :; sd., b&w ;; 1/2 in.
Language
English
17) Flying tigers
Series
Publisher
Republic Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Heroic story of American airmen fighting the Japanese over China in early World War II.
18) Hondo
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Full screen version; special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Hondo Lane, a dispatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. Later, when Apache chief Vittorio captures Hondo, Angie tells the chief Hondo is her husband to save his life. In order to protect her, Hondo goes along with the lie...
20) The Alamo
Series
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.