The Sundowners (1950)

A cattlemen brings in a hired gunman to help settle the score in a range war, but the gunman brings a whole lot of trouble and family history along with him. Trivia: This movie was shot back to back with High Lonesome on the same location with many of the same actors and crew. Director George Templeton was nominated for two Best Short Film Oscars in 1945 and 1946. He played football at the University of Southern California, where he was on the Freshman team with John Wayne.

Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west. Director: George Templeton Writers: Alan Le May, Alan Le May (story) Stars: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills

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Adventures of Gallant Bess (1952)

Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains. As Ted is recovering from an accident that happened during a rodeo, the rodeo owner cheats him out of his horse. Ted must decide whether to pursue him and try to recover the horse, or whether to settle down with the doctor's daughter who is nursing him back to health.

Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948) Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains. As Ted is recovering from an accident that happened during a rodeo, the rodeo ... Director: Lew Landers Writer: Matthew Rapf ( ) Stars: Gallant Bess, Cameron Mitchell, Audrey Long

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Rooster Cogburn (1975)

Rooster Cogburn, originally promoted as Rooster Cogburn (... and the Lady), is a 1975 film sequel to the 1969 Western film True Grit. The film stars John Wayne, in his penultimate film, who reprises his role as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Katharine Hepburn co-stars as spinster Eula Goodnight, who teams up with Rooster to recover a stolen shipment of nitroglycerin and find her father's killer.

Because of his drunkenness and questionable use of firearms, aging U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn has been stripped of his badge. But he's given a chance to redeem himself after a village in Indian Territory is overrun by a gang of violent, ruthless criminals, who've killed an elderly preacher, Rev. George Goodnight. His spinster daughter, Eula Goodnight, wants to track the criminals down and makes Rooster an unwilling partner. But Rooster must use care, because the criminals, led by Hawk and Breed, have stolen a shipment of nitroglycerine.

Director: Stuart Millar Writers: Charles Portis (suggested by the character "Rooster Cogburn" from the novel "True Grit"), Martha Hyer Stars: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe

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Seven Alone (1974)

Seven Alone (1974). A frontier family with seven children heads West on the Oregon Trail. When both of their parents die, they decide to push on alone. Stars: Dewey Martin and Aldo Ray. Watch classic westerns...

A frontier family crosses the U.S. by wagon train, hoping for a better life in the Oregon Territory. Director: Earl Bellamy Writers: Honore Morrow (book), Douglas C. Stewart, » Stars: Dewey Martin, Aldo Ray, Anne Collings

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