Ramrod (1947)

Ramrod (1947)


Plot Summary

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason (Veronica Lake) her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, (Preston Foster) "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben (Charlie Ruggles) wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash (Joel McCrea) as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)

The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)


Plot Summary

Ex-army sergeant Jed Givens (John Larch) and his gang rob an army payroll shipment led by Lt. Hemp Brown. (Rory Calhoun) Givens kills a civilian woman and all the soldiers, leaving Brown alive to face a military tribunal in which he is branded a coward, stripped of all insignia and drummed out of the army. Brown sets out to track down Givens in an effort to clear his name.

The Left Handed Gun (1958)

The Left Handed Gun (1958)


Plot Summary

William Bonney - Billy the Kid - (Paul Newman) gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' (Colin Keith-Johnston) and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to supply the local Army fort with his beef, Billy decides to avenge the death by killing the four men responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him - Tom (James Best) and Charlie, (James Congdon) two hands he worked with; Pat Garrett, (John Dehner) who is about to be married; and the kindly Mexican couple who take him in when he's in trouble - into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.

The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)

The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)


Plot Summary

Mexico, 1915. US bank robber Tom Bryan (Rory Calhoun) hopes to retire to Mexico, where the ever popular ex-revolutionary dictator, Pancho Villa, has been deposed and driven to his home province by another tyrant. Colonel Castro's (Gilbert Roland) band of loyal Villa-supporters hope to get him back in power so rob a gold train. Aboard is Bryan, who was secretly paid to help. Delivering the gold to Pancho by Yaqui country proves harder, as the Indians help with the federales (government troops) in pursuit. More dangers lurk.

The Raid (1954)

The Raid (1954)


Plot Summary

A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader Neal Benton (Van Heflin) spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow named Katy Bishop (Anne Bancroft) and her son.

Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)

Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)


Plot Summary

 A mining engineer named Larry Sutton (Randolph Scott) teams up with crusty deputy sheriff Tex Murdock (Chic Sale) to solve the mystery killings at an old mine where the owner's family waits for him to die, and where a valuable radium strike may have been made.

To the Last Man (1933)

To the Last Man (1933)

Plot Summary

In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby (Noah Beery) being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. Mark Hayden, (Egon Brecher) The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden (Randolph Scott) and Ellen Colby's (Esther Ralston) plans to marry.

Man of the Forest (1933)

Man of the Forest (1933)

Plot Summary

Beasley, (Noah Beery) who is after Gayner's (Harry Carey) land, plans to kidnap his daughter Alice. (Verna Hillie) But Brett Dale (Randolph Scott) overhears their plan and kidnaps her himself. When Gayner arrives to retrieve his daughter, Beasley kills him and makes the Sheriff (Tom Kennedy) arrest Dale for the murder.

The Thundering Herd (aka Buffalo Stampede) (1933)

The Thundering Herd (a.k.a. Buffalo Stampede) (1933


Plot Summary

Both Sprague (Harry Carey) and Jett (Noah Beery) and their crews are hunting buffalo. Doan (Randolph Scott) is with Sprague and is looking for the Jett outfit where his girlfriend Milly (Judith Allen) is being held against her will. In addition to the thieving Jett who is stealing Sprague's furs, the Indians are gathering to attack all the white buffalo hunters.

Heritage of the Desert (1932)

Heritage of the Desert (1932)

Plot Summary

Adam Naab (J. Farrell MacDonald) controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except  Judson Holderness (David Landau) and his stolen cattle. When Naab refuses to sell, Holderness works on his son Snap (Gordon Westcott) who has run up gambling debts. There is more trouble when Snap becomes jealous of Naab's step-daughter Judy's (Sally Blane) attraction to the surveyor Jack Hare. (Randolph Scott) When Holderness has Snap killed, everyone heads to town for the showdown.

Nevada (1944)

Nevada (1944)


Plot Summary

Just as Nevada (Robert Mitchum) wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide (Larry Wheat) and his daughter Hattie (Nancy Gates) takes his $7000 in yellowbacks and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge (Craig Reynolds) has his man Powell (Harry Woods) kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.

Leather Burners (1943)

Leather Burners (1943)


Plot Summary

As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny (Jay Kirby) sends for his friend Hoppy, (William Boyd) Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. (Victor Jory)  Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe (Hal Taliaferro) knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.

20 Mule Team (1940)

NOTE: I've been feeling a bit down lately so we're skipping Modern Movie Monday this week. Here's a review a did earlier in the month that's scheduled to appear this week on the blog.

20 Mule Team (1940)

Plot Summary

t is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Bill Bragg (Wallace Beery) has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector that he buried on the road. Stag Roper (Douglas Fowley) knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bill to find the prospectors' claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bill in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean (Anne Baxter). Josie (Jean's mother played by Marjorie Rambeau) sees Roper for the scalawag that his is and it means trouble in Furnace Flat.

The Last Challenge (1967)

The Last Challenge (1967)


Plot Summary

In this western, a town marshal (Ford) contends with his reputation as the "fastest gun in the West." When a young gunslinger (Everett) calls him out for a showdown, the sheriff is struck by the fellow's resemblance to himself and unsuccessfully attempts to talk him out of his foolish career choice.

Town Tamer (1965)

Town Tamer (1965)

Plot Summary

The life of Tom Rosser a town-taming gunman-for-hire, takes a turn when a bullet meant for him kills Rosser's wife Carol instead. The killer had been sent by the ruthless Kansas gang leader, Riley Condor to kill Rosser. The latter goes to Great Plains after being hired to clean up the town but his agenda is to kill Condor. Word gets around that Rosser is in town and Condor realizes that his gunslinging henchmen, Horsinger, Tavenner, Slim Akins, Flon and Ring, are no match for Rosser and he sets in motion a plan that will use the law to eliminate him.