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While traveling in New Mexico, Hoke Birdsill is robbed by Dirty Dingus Magee, a bumbling criminal. So when Hoke arrives in the nearest town, Yerkey's Hole, he demands justice from Belle Nops, the town's mayor and the madam of the local bordello. In response, Belle deputizes Hoke. Despite Hoke's best efforts, however, Dirty Dingus Magee continues to stir up trouble, aided by his American Indian lov

With the American Civil War looming, construction of the Pacific railroad is being held up in Kansas, sabotaged by Confederate sympathizers. The government dispatches an Army engineer, John Nelson (Sterling Hayden), to oversee construction, and he initially rubs the wrong way both his proud boss (Barton MacLane) and his boss's feisty daughter (Eve Miller). Eventually, though, both fall for Nelson'

Determined to carve out a life on the new frontier, the Virginian (Bill Pullman) heads west to Wyoming. He signs on as foreman of a cattle ranch and begins romancing Molly Stark (Diane Lane), a quiet but pretty schoolteacher who's also from the east. An old rivalry rears its head in the form of Trampas (Colm Feore), a former friend who betrayed the Virginian. Another rancher begins a feud, and the

Escapees (Kris Kristofferson, Scott Bairstow) from a Louisiana penal colony join Sam Houston's Texas Volunteer Army and fight to avenge the Alamo.

Rafe Covington (Tom Selleck), a hardened drifter, makes a promise to a dying friend to care for his Wyoming ranch and his wife, Anne (Virginia Madsen). Covington travels to Wyoming with his friends, Rock Mullaney (David O'Hara) and J.T. Langston (Christian Kane), where he tells Anne of her husband's death. They begin rehabilitating the ranch, but after a fatal gunfight, Covington and his men are g

Cowboy John O'Hanlan (James Stewart) is surprised to learn that someone's left him a business in Cheyenne, Wyo. He sets out to claim it -- and is shocked to discover that it's a brothel. Madam Jenny (Shirley Jones), who runs the place, is dismayed when O'Hanlan wants to close it down, but his plans are derailed when he finds out that a local customer has beaten Jenny. He kills the man in a shootou

A grizzled veteran rancher, Wil Andersen (John Wayne) is almost ready to embark on a big cattle drive when his crew abruptly quits to join in a gold rush. Left with no alternative, Anderson enlists the help of a group of local schoolboys. Training the youngsters to be cowboys, Andersen manages to get the drive underway, but their long journey is placed in jeopardy when the devious bandit Long Hair

Thieves and rustlers Robert Hightower (John Wayne), Pete Fuerte (Pedro Armendáriz) and the Abilene Kid (Harry Carey Jr.) rob a bank in a small Arizona town. Pursued across the desert by the indefatigable Sheriff Buck Sweet (Ward Bond), the trio lose their horses, suffer injuries, and come across a stranded woman (Mildred Natwick) who is dying while giving birth. Promising to carry the woman's newb

Reformed gunman Ned Britt (Randolph Scott) travels to Fort Worth, Texas, to take over the abandoned newspaper. Crooked trail boss Gabe Clevenger (Ray Teal), a former antagonist of Ned's, challenges him on the trail. Ned refuses to fight -- which disappoints fellow passenger Flora Talbot (Phyllis Thaxter), who had taken a liking to him but now sees him as weak. In Fort Worth, Ned discovers Clevenge

Corey (Jeff Richards) claims squatter's rights to a ranch in the Arizona desert, but a wealthy landowner wants him evicted. A group of mercenaries, including the inept but maniacal Avery (Dan Duryea), lay siege to Corey's ranch, but are continually repelled. The marauders believe they are fighting an army, but Corey's only allies are Hannah (Jarma Lewis) and Albie (David Kasday), a mother and chil