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"Beaten and forced out of town by the corrupt state police of Texas, Kit Caswell heads to the hills where he meets the notorious desperado Cole Younger. Becoming fast friends, the two take jobs on a cattle drive, unaware that a jealous rival with eyes on Caswell's girl has falsely accused him of murder. So when Caswell is arrested and Younger slips away, only the testimony from the outlaw can save Caswell from the hangman" -- Container.
4) 3 godfathers
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Fugitive bank robbers care for the newborn of the woman they just buried, knowing it ruins any chance of escape. Director John Ford's western retelling of the Bibilical Three Wise Men tale remains a scenic and thematic masterpiece.
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Outlaw Josey Wales (1976, 136 min.): After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is on the lam, pursued by killers but bound to a ragtag group of outcasts.
Pale rider (1985, 116 min.): A stranger named Preacher defends the underdogs when a corporate mining boss attempts to drive independent miners away.
8) Oklahoma!
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In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
10) The shootist
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About ten minutes into THE SHOOTIST, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne) "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty". In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, including gambler Pulford (Hugh O'Brian) and Marshall Thibido (Harry Morgan) and reaches out to new friends (including feisty...
11) Shane
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Acclaimed director George Stevens' legendary rendition of the quintessential Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations, and made Shane one of the classics of the American cinema. The story brings Alan Ladd, a drifter and retired gunfighter, to the assistance of a homestead family terrorized by a wealthy cattleman and his hired gun (Jack Palance). In fighting the last decisive battle, SHANE sees the end of his own way of life. Mysterious, moody...
13) Nevada
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Robert Michum gives a remarkable performance as a hard bitten loner who must confront a gang of vicious outlaws in this tale of cross and double cross in the Old West.
14) Go West
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With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
16) Hang 'em high
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Eastwood plays a man in the old west, left for dead, and bent on revenge. Appointed deputy marshall, he sts out to find the men who hung him unjustly. Stevens is a local store owner who touches his heart.
17) McLintock!
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A battle of the sexes which includes comedy, action and adventure in a western setting.
18) Hickok
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In hopes of escaping his past as gunslinger and outlaw, “Wild Bill” Hickok has drifted to Abilene, Kansas to start a new life as town marshal. His efforts are challenged when saloon owner Poe attempts to destroy him and the town he calls home.
19) Painted Woman
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A saloon girl entangled in the Western underworld is presented with two chances of escape when she befriends a hired assassin and a wayward horse trainer with a dark past, but not without a fight first.
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