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With this film, the genre of "spaghetti western" was born. A lean, cold-eyed, cobra-quick gunfighter arrives in a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers terrorize the impoverished citizens. Though he receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang, his loyalty cannot be bought. He accepts both jobs and sets in motion a deadly plan to destroy the criminals, pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated...
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"The man in the saddle is angular and long legged --- the gun in his holster is gray steel --- its handle unmarked. Lean of figure and tanned of skin, his steely eyes gaze out over the violent frontier of the American West. He's a quiet man --- but one not to be crossed. He's film legend James Stewart in his only continuing radio role as Britt Ponsett: The Six Shooter. Here are twenty tense, exciting episodes from the 1953-54 series -- including the...
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Have Gun-- Will Travel follows the adventures of Paladin, a soldier of fortune turned hired gunfighter, played by John Dehner. Paladin prefers to settle problems without violence, yet when forced to fight, he excels. He lives at the swanky Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dresses in formal wear, eats gourmet food, attends the opera, and enjoys the company of beautiful women. When working as a gun-for-hire, he dresses in all black, uses calling...
44) The grand duel
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In one of a long series of spaghetti westerns, Lee Van Cleef stars as Clayton, a hard-as-nails gunman who is pitted against an equally tough opponent in Saxon (Horst Frank). Clayton turns out to have a softer side when he befriends a young cowboy named Newland (Peter O'Brien) who has been wrongly accused of murder. The good guys and the bad guys are almost interchangeable as the story reaches its inevitable climax.
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Last man standing: "As a tight-lipped man of mystery who realizes he can profit by working both sides of a Prohibition Era gang feud, John Smith has a gun in each hand and no end of ammo"--Container.
The last boy scout: "He's in this game for keeps -- Joe Hallenbeck is a P.I. tackling corruption inside pro football and the deadly line of scrimmage stretches all across L.A."--Container.
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Robin Hood, prince of thieves: When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw.
Wyatt Earp: The story of Wyatt Earp as he interacts and battles other famous figures of the Wild West era.
The postman: A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.
JFK: New...