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Features Include; John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott, Burt Lancaster, Marlan Brando, Lee Van Cleef, RIcardo Montalbon, Tim McCoy and over 500 more

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Stories Of The Century: Railroad detective Matt Clark roams the west, tracking down outlaws and bandits who are preying on the railroad.

Sitting Bull is a 1954 American-Mexican Western film. The first independent production to be filmed in the CinemaScope process. Featuring sympathetic portrayals of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse .

Broken Arrow Nominated for three Academy Awards, won a Golden Globe Award for Best Film Promoting International Understanding. The first major Western to portray the Indians sympathetically.Directed by Delmer Daves starring James Stewart and Jeff Chandler.

McClintok
Doing his own stunt in "McLintock!" John Wayne jumped 12 to 15 feet down into a hay wagon with Maureen O'Hara. Fan Magazine remarked how Wayne was still doing a jump like that at the age of 56. Well, I'm 67 and if Maureen O'Hara was waiting for me in that haywagon I'd still make that jump.

Captain Apache When the rich and powerful Mr. Williams seizes Slim Braddock's mine through the courts, Pete is unable to afford a legal defence or appeal.