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Set against the backdrop of the impending Civil War, the film follows the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway. As workers progress, they face sabotage from Southern agents, leading to a tense showdown.
1953 American Classic Western Film
Set in the 1860s, just before the Civil War, the U.S. government commissions the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway to fasten California's ties to the Union. As the construction begins, Southern agents...
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Forever Texas.
Johnstone Country-and how.
The bestselling authors of the American West return to the wildest days of the Lone Star State, when dreams were bigger, passions bolder, and legacies forged with undaunted courage, grit, and maybe some bullets.
The land is theirs. Now they have to tame it.
Based on true events.
South Texas, 1854. Regis Royle is determined to turn eighteen thousand acres of raw prairie into the greatest cattle ranch...
3) The Dive
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A deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most remote spots becomes a fight for survival for sisters Drew and May when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea. After being struck by the rockfall, May now lies 28 meters below the surface, trapped by debris. With dangerously low levels of oxygen, it is up to Drew to fight for her sister's life. She must put her own life in jeopardy and risk paying the ultimate sacrifice. With no...
5) Joshua
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A black soldier returns from fighting for the Union in the Civil War only to find out that his mother has been murdered by a gang of white thugs. He becomes a bounty hunter, determined to track down and kill the men who killed his mother.
1976 American Drama Western Film
At the end of the American Civil War, African-American soldier Joshua is on his way back home. Unfortunately, one day before his arrival, a gang of five thugs kills his mother,...
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À la frontière du Mexique, le Texas n'est qu'un désert hostile o se risquent quelques rares colons. Pour les protéger, Gus et Call, Texas rangers mal équipés et sous-payés, officient sous les ordres du fantasque capitaine Scull. Le danger est partout : face à eux, le puissant chef comanche Buffalo Hump prouve que son peuple est loin d'être asservi, tandis que de l'autre cté de la frontière, Ahumado, mystérieux brigand expert en embuscades,...
10) Rebel in Town
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Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason, (J. Carrol Naish) & his 4 sons ride into a small town for a robbery. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason (John Smith) whirls & shoots dead a boy playing with a toy gun. The Mason clan then flees. Gray Mason (Ben Cooper) feeling remorse, returns to the town & runs into John Willoughby (John Payne) the father of the dead boy, who determines to avenge his son's death.
11) The Paleface
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Crooked "oil sharks" led by a man named Hunt have stolen a Native American tribe's lease to their land and given them 24 hours to vacate. Furious, the chief orders that the first white man who enters their encampment be killed. Buster unwittingly wanders in while chasing a butterfly. They tie him to a stake and collect wood. When he frees himself, the warriors give chase, but during the chase, he finds some asbestos and fashions himself some fireproof...
13) Desolation Creek
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Johnstone Country. Where Dying Ain't Much of a Living. Smoke Jensen settled in Colorado to build a legacy for his wife Sally and their family. In the days before their Sugarloaf Ranch would become legendary across the western frontier, the Jensens fought not only to succeed but to survive in an untamed land full of wild, often barbaric men who sought fortune and glory while killing with violent glee. DESOLATION CREEK Building a ranch takes heart and...
14) High Noon
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Gary Cooper won the Oscar® for the Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals.
15) The Brass Legend
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An honest sheriff, (Hugh O'Brian) attempts to save an 11-year-old boy who helped him capture a notorious killer, (Raymond Burr). Filmed during Hugh O'Brian's starring role on TV's Life & Legend Of Wyatt Earp and just before Raymond Burr's starring role on the Perry Mason TV series. Action-packed!
16) Devil's Gulch
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JOHNSTONE COUNTRY.
WHERE BLOOD RUNS COLD.
John Holt is a traveling gunslinger. He's been liberating dirty towns west of the Mississippi of murdering outlaw trash ever since the Civil War ended. No questions asked. Payment on demand.
THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS TOWN IS IN A PINEWOOD BOX.
Holt's latest job is in Devil's Gulch in Colorado Territory. But wiping out bands of bank robbers is just the beginning. More disorder is brewing, and the skittish...
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At Christmastime, Gene Autry attempts to help out a tribe of Indians that are using his land...Further investigation finds that trading-post owner Smiley Martin is depriving the natives of their livelihood so he can blackmail them for a valuable object. Gene sings "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Silent Night", & more. Coincidently, Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels are both in the cast.
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"A cold day in hell descends upon Texas when mountain man sharpshooter Smoke Jensen pins on a tin star to tackle a wild bunch of bloodthirsty outlaws in this gun-blazing novel from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone.
Jonas Madigan is dying. He spent his life taming towns and upholding justice across the west with no regrets. Along the way, Madigan took the measure of good men like Smoke Jensen, who has traveled to...
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Ron Hansen's critically acclaimed historical novel about the life and untimely death of America's most infamous outlaw, and his relationship with the young man who killed him By age thirty-four, Jesse James was already one of the most notorious and admired men in America. Bank robber, train bandit, gang leader, killer, and beloved son of Missouri- James's many epithets live on in newspapers and novels alike. As his celebrity was reaching its apex,...
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Dieser Band enthält folgende Western:
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Die Höllenmeute von El Diablo (Alfred Bekker)
Mit eisernem Besen (Pete Hackett)
Goldrausch am Rio Bonito (Pete Hackett)
Dunkler Prediger (Alfred Bekker)
Monahan und der Todescanyon (Barry Gorman)
Jessys heißer Ritt (Barry Gorman)
Es war Nacht. Jonathan Quincy hockte am Ufer des Rio Bonito an einem niedrig brennenden Lagerfeuer. Er hatte zwei Astgabeln zu beiden Seiten des Feuers in die Erde...
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