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1) High noon
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gary Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor in this classic tale of an aging lawman who stands alone to defend a town of righteous cowards.
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1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia’s Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam’s relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defence. As a result, Sam becomes a wanted...
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xiii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For the fiftieth anniversary of the film, W.K. Stratton's definitive history of the making of The Wild Bunch, named one of the greatest Westerns of all time by the American Film Institute. Sam Peckinpah's film The Wild Bunch is the story of a gang of outlaws who are one big steal from retirement. When their attempted train robbery goes awry, the gang flees to Mexico and falls in with a brutal general of the Mexican Revolution, who offers them the...
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1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vengeance Valley: a ranch foreman (Lancaster) is continually battling his wayward brother in this melodramatic story on the western range. The Sundowners: Robert Preston and Robert Sterling star in the story of two brothers pitted against one another while on opposite sides of the law.
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1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the telegraph takes over, each Pony Express rider is given two horses as a reward. Johnny Blair and Larry Adams buy a run-down stageline from Cal Drake. When they realize they've been cheated, they race Drake to Sacramento for a $25,00 government mail contract.
6) Boot Hill
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Boot Hill a wealthy town boss causes trouble and two brothers have no choice but to meet the challenge with guns blazing. In Vengeance Valley hardworking Owen is framed by his jealous brother for a crime he didn't commit.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1919 young Mac joins the Forest Rangers who teaches him the meaning of hard work. He also clashes with the cook who turns out to have a secret talent other than just cooking and bonding with his dinner bell.
10) Rio Grande
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Cavalry unit on the Mexican border in the 1880s conducts a campaign against marauding Indians.
11) Bite the bullet
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1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A former Rough Rider, a lovely but shady lady-in-distress, a drifting ex-cowboy, a young reckless cowboy, a haughty English sportsman, and a gutsy Pony Express rider come together to battle the trials of the rugged West in a grueling 700-mile horse race.
13) River's edge
Series
Studio classic volume 40
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Deep in the New Mexico desert, Ben Cameron and his wife Meg struggle to build their ranch. When Meg's old lover shows up he forces the couple to guide him safely to Mexico with his stolen fortune. Each man struggles to gain the upper hand for survival and for Meg.
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240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team, turning out many of the finest Western films ever made. Ford, known for his black eye patch and for his hard-drinking, brawling masculinity, was a son of Irish immigrants and was renowned as a director for both his craftsmanship and his brutality. John "Duke" Wayne was a mere stagehand and bit player in "B" Westerns, but he was strapping and handsome, and Ford saw...
15) Maverick
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a river boat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
16) Five card stud
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A gambler runs a card game in a small western town. One night an amateur tries to cheat and is hanged by the other players. The gambler leaves town but comes back after hearing the other players are being murdered, all by hanging.
Series
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2 videodiscs (233 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Red Ryder movies were based on the character created by Fred Harman for his newspaper comic strip which ran from 1938 to 1964. Legend has it that Red Ryder and his faithful sidekick, Little Beaver, would go wherever needed, to defend the innocent, bring crooks to justice, and restore peace"--Container.
18) The far country
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A solid western saga set against the colorful, scenic backdrop of Alaskan mining camps.
19) Saddle the wind
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tony Sinclair rides back to the ranch he runs with his ex-gunfighter brother, Steve. Tony's spoiling for a fight. And he finds it when a stranger shows up aiming to settle an old score with Steve.
20) Slow west
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1 videodisc (approximately 84 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sixteen-year-old boy heads west on a journey across the nineteenth century American frontier in search of the woman he loves. He encounters a mysterious traveler named Silas, who protects him from the savage elements and outlaws in a lawless land. But is Silas really watching out for him, or is he tied to the band of thieves tracking their every step?
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