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Rustlers' Rhapsody

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:46:05 -0500

An amusing spoof of the good 'ole westerns back in the halcyon days when all the cliches were held up as icons, this parody by Hugh Wilson works best for savvy audiences. Rex O’Herlihan (Tom Berenger) is a singing cowboy with a wardrobe straight out of the Hollywood westerns of the '40s - he worships his horse, and has a trusty sidekick too. Every town he wanders into has a sheriff on the dole, a shady cattle rancher, a prostitute with a heart of gold, an innocent young damsel, a town drunk, and the standard bad guys in black hats and long coats (Spaghetti-western style) who brutalize the poor sheep ranchers. After setting things straight in each identical town as he goes, Rex is beginning to feel like a re-run junky when he saunters into a town that is slightly different - and the parodies continue.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:35:59 -0500

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

Valdez Is Coming

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:11:34 -0500

A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.

The Scalphunters

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:09:11 -0500

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

The Last Posse

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:59:21 -0500

When the anxiously awaited posse returns with neither prisoners nor the stolen money, we learn in flashback what happened. Having been cheated by Sampson Drune, a father and his two sons have robbed him and fled. A posse led by Drune took off after them and although unwanted, the town’s drunken Sheriff joined them. The Sheriff's influence on Jeb, the adopted son of Drune, was the key to Jed later revealing who killed Drune, the robbers, and what happened to the money.

Hands Across the Rockies

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:59:20 -0500

Wild Bill and Cannonball arrive looking for the killer of Cannonball’s father only to become involved in a family feud. A man has been charged with kidnaping the girl he plans to marry. So this time Bill turns into a defense lawyer and among the opposition is the killer he is looking for. Only when the killer is revealed does Bill put his guns to work.

Calamity Jane and the Texan

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:58:42 -0500

This one finds Calamity Jane (Evelyn Ankers) learning that her ownership of the "Prairie Queen" saloon, bequeathed to her by the late unseen Frank Mullen, is going to be disputed by Frank’s niece, Cecelia Mullen (Ruth Whitney) and her lawyer, Gordon Hastings (James Ellison), brought to town by her rival saloon owner Matt Baker (Jack Ingram). Calamity and her aide, Colorado Charley (Lee "Lasses" White) try to run Gordon out of town but this fails, and he and the niece are soon on Calamity's side against Baker.

Across the Sierras

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:58:42 -0500

Bill saves his friend Larry from hanging and then tries to get him to join him in becoming a rancher. But Larry joins up with outlaw Carew and when Bill goes after him he accidentally shoots and kills Larry. Planning to marry Ann, Bill now hangs up his guns. But when Carew comes looking for him he straps on Larry’s gun and heads out to meet him.

The Black Dakotas

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:57:55 -0500

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. He also sends a gift of $130,000 in gold. This attracts the attention of Brock Marsh (Gary Merrill), the secret leader of a Confederate spy ring, who wants to keep the treaty from being signed and to also get his hands on the gold. Ruth Lawrence (Wanda Hendrix) and Mike Daugherty (John Bromfield) work together against the machinations of Marsh.

The Hard Man

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:57:54 -0500

Steve Burden is a former lawman released for bringing in too many wanted men dead. The aging Sheriff of El Solito wants Steve for his Deputy and Steve takes the job knowing the last outlaw he killed was framed in El Solito. Looking for the man that framed him it appears that Rice Martin who controls El Solito is his man and Steve is quickly in trouble when Martin sends a man to kill him.

The Desperados (1969)

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:57:19 -0500

The Desperados

Bounty Hunter, The

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:32:57 -0500

Bounty hunter Randolph Scott is on the trail of a trio of train robbers, but his work is cut out for him — the three are outwardly respectable citizens, somewhat beyond the arm of the law. Co-starring Academy Award-winner Ernest Borgnine.