MGM Presents: Westerns Melody Jones (Gary Cooper) is a laid-back cowboy who gets lost on the trail and ends up in the small town of Payneville. Seeing the initials "MJ" on his saddle, the people of Payneville mistake Jones for the treacherous bandit Monte Jarrad (Dan Duryea), and they nearly kill him before he is rescued by Cherry de Longpre (Loretta Young). Grateful for her help, Jones falls for de Cherry, not knowing 2026-10-27 Ex-outlaw Link Jones (Gary Cooper) is aboard a train when it is robbed by bandits. When he tries to intervene, he's knocked out and left in the middle of nowhere with saloon singer Billie (Julie London), whom he hoped to hire as a schoolteacher in his town, and Sam (Arthur O'Connell), a con man. Link brings the three to his nearby former home, now the hideout for the bandits, who are led by his un 2026-10-27 The four McDade brothers stage a successful heist -- except that three of them are killed. When their wives and mother learn that only one of the young men survived with the loot, they are eager to find out which one. Slick traveler Dan Kehoe catches wind of this strange situation and decides to charm the women in hopes of eventually enjoying the spoils. Before long, however, the lonely females be 2026-10-27 During the 1912 Mexican Revolution, rebel leader Hector Córdoba (Raf Vallone) and his bloodthirsty revolutionaries slip across the Texas border and liberate a number of cannons from a U.S. Army fort. Under direct orders from General Pershing (John Russell), Captain Rod Douglas (George Peppard) heads into Mexican territory to face down Córdoba and get back the American cannons with the help of Mexi 2026-10-27 Brandt Ruger (Gene Hackman) is a rich cattle rancher. He has a bad relationship with his wife, Melissa (Candice Bergen), whom he treats like a possession. While Brandt is away from home on a hunting trip, Frank Calder (Oliver Reed), a brazen outlaw, kidnaps Melissa and holds her for ransom. Frank, however, treats Melissa better than her own husband does, and before long she begins to develop feeli 2026-10-27 When vigilante land baron David Braxton (John McLiam) hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan (Jack Nicholson), Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharps 2026-10-27 Edward Beale (Rod Cameron) and his caravan are en route to California as part of the U.S. Cavalry's initiative to utilize camels as cargo carriers for desert treks. Beale and his men join up with an escaped bank robber, Clint McDonald (John Ireland), who is impersonating a doctor. When one of Beale's men discovers McDonald's fraud, he blackmails the thief for a share of the bank loot. But then a f 2026-10-27 When her marshal husband is murdered, Rose Hood (Beverly Garland) slides on his holster and takes his dangerous duty. This riles local brothel madam Erica Page (Allison Hayes), so she employs Cane Miro (John Ireland), a hired gun with an axe to grind, to bring an end to Hood and her brand of justice. When Miro meets Hood, though, he is struck by her strength and beauty. Still, the passion that beg 2026-10-27 Johnny Hawks (Kirk Douglas), a Civil War veteran renowned for his prowess in battling Native American tribes, is hired to escort a group of white settlers. But when lowlife Wes Todd (Walter Matthau) discovers that nearby Sioux are hiding a trove of gold, he becomes obsessed with locating it -- which quickly stirs up trouble with local Sioux warriors. However, Hawks, preoccupied with a pretty Sioux 2026-10-27 Following the American Civil War, veteran Benjamin Trane (Gary Cooper) and gunslinger Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) are just two of many men who head to Mexico as mercenaries. When Emperor Maximilian (George Macready) recruits their services, they reluctantly work together, since the price is right. Trane and Erin are to escort Countess Marie Duvarre (Denise Darcel) to Veracruz -- but when they find a 2026-10-27 The Zachary family live quietly on a cattle ranch in post-Civil War Texas. A stranger (Joseph Wiseman) appears and disturbs their bucolic existence by spreading a malicious rumor that their adopted daughter, Rachel (Audrey Hepburn), is a Kiowa Native American. Soon, the Zachary brothers (Audie Murphy, Burt Lancaster) and their mother (Lillian Gish) must defend themselves from both racist whites an 2026-10-27 Retiring to the American West to marry his fiancée, Patricia Terrill (Carroll Baker), Captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) enters a land-and-water feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill (Charles Bickford), and the rough and lawless Hannassey family, led by Rufus (Burl Ives). McKay prefers peace between himself and the Hannasseys, who repeatedly attempt to provoke violence. But his stea 2026-10-27 In search of greener pastures, Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) heads west, with scores of settlers following behind. Tadlock has hired an experienced scout, Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum), to accompany the caravan on the way from Missouri to Oregon. But hazards along the trail, and Tadlock's increasing megalomania, threaten to break up the expedition. Their problems get bigger when one of 2026-10-28 In 1836, the Mexican army, led by General Santa Anna, is invading Texas. Hoping to create a diversion for Santa Anna's forces, General Sam Houston (Richard Boone) orders Colonel William B. Travis (Laurence Harvey), joined by Colonels Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) and Davy Crockett (John Wayne), to lead a small, heroic band of American and Texican fighters in a resistance battle at the Alamo mission. 2026-10-28