The Great Western Collection - Boxset One (UK-import)
Man in the Shadow (1957) - Dir. Jack Arnold In effect, the town of Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler. When two of Renchler s men go too far and kill a ranch hand, Sheriff Ben Sadler is goaded into investigating. His unlikely ally is Renchler s overprotected daughter. Will Ben survive Renchler's wrath? Law and Order (1953) - Dir. Nathan Juran Fed up with the residents of Tombstone for their lack of appreciation, sharp-shooting marshal Frame Johnson retires to a ranch in Cottonwood with hopes of settling down. When he arrives at the Cottonwood saloon, his entrance is noticed by local rancher Kurt Durling, whose hand Frame shot off in a cattle rustling raid. Durling, who now runs Cottonwood, vows revenge. It looks like he may have to clean up Cottonwood too. But how great a sacrifice will he make for law and order? Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) - Dir. Jesse Hibbs Railroad surveyor Clay O Mara goes after rustlers who murdered his father and brother. Along the way, he first arrests then teams up with outlaw Whitey Kinkaid who helps O Mara only to see how long the tenderfoot lasts. Outwitting several attempts on his life engineered by the crooked lawyer who set up his family, O Mara and a wounded Kinkaid face the gang. The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) - Dir. Philip Kaufman Late in the summer of 1876, the gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger were given amnesty by their home state of Missouri. Faced with the possibility of a quiet and peaceful future, the notorious ruffians had no choice but to plan one final heist at the biggest bank west of the Mississippi, in Northfield, Minnesota. Together the two men executed what they thought would be a fool proof plan...until the citizens of Northfield proved them wrong. Border River (1954) - Dir. George Sherman Jim Lake, actually known as Confederate Major Clete Matson, has stolen 2 million dollars in Union gold from a Colorado bank in order to buy war supplies for the South. Whilst fleeing from the police and crossing the Texas border, Lake is watched by General Eduardo Calleja. He is later introduced to Baron Kurt Von Hollden, who handles all of Calleja s imports. But with so much money around, whom can Lake really trust? Horizon's West (1952) - Dir. Budd Boetticher Neil Hammond returns from the war to his life of ranching, while older brother Dan returns with ambitions as outsized as the Lone Star State. When Dan loses his business seed money to gambler Cord Hardin, he turns to rustling. However, ill-gotten gains prove tenuous and Dan s empire begins to crumble when his brother Neil is named the new Marshall.