The Rawhide Years

Jul 1, 1956

1h 25m

★ 5.5

THE GAMBLER...THE GUNSLINGER...THE RIVER LADY KNOWN AS 'ZOE'...They Risked Their Luck On A Turn Of A Card...Their Lives On The Draw Of A Gun!

Overview

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the boat; Ben, on arrival, finds a lynch mob after his neck, and flees. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her and attempt the hopeless task of clearing himself.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Ben Matthews

Tony Curtis

Zoe Fontaine

Colleen Miller

Rick Harper

Arthur Kennedy

Brand Comfort

William Demarest

Marshal Sommers

William Gargan

Andre Boucher

Peter van Eyck

Matt Comfort

Minor Watson

Carrico

Donald Randolph

Neal (as Robert Wilke)

Robert J. Wilke

Captain

Trevor Bardette

Deputy Wade

James Anderson

Mate

Robert Foulk

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6.0

The Missourians

Nov 25, 1950

In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-born Steve Kovacs is fighting a two-edged sword of prejudice; his foreign birth and also the fact that his brother, Nick Kovacs, is the leader of an outlaw gang known as The Missourians.

7.0

The Great Train Robbery

Dec 7, 1903

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

7.6

The Wild Bunch

Jun 19, 1969

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

6.5

Ace High

Oct 2, 1968

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.

7.0

How the West Was Won

Nov 2, 1962

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

0.0

Renegades of the Rio Grande

Jun 1, 1945

A cowboy who was trying to return the loot from a robbery finds hmself suspected of the crime.

5.0

Rebel City

May 10, 1953

Wild Bill Elliot plays gambler Frank Graham, who heads to Kansas in search of his father's murderer. This being 1864, the local military presence is more preoccupied with keeping Southern sympathizers out of the state to worry about Graham's problems. Thus, our hero undertakes the task of exposing the killer himself.

6.7

The Comancheros

Dec 16, 1961

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

6.2

Extreme Prejudice

Apr 24, 1987

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

5.9

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Nov 3, 1952

Four undesirables run out of a mining town and become marooned in a deserted mountain cabin during a raging snowstorm.

0.0

Range Beyond the Blue

Mar 16, 1947

Singing cowboy Eddie Dean and his sidekick Soapy (Roscoe Ates) enter into the thick of things when they thwart a stagecoach holdup. Our heroes take it upon themselves to champion the cause of stage-line owner Margie Rodgers (Helen Mowery), who's being victimized by an unknown villain. Dean suspects that there's more to the case than mere robbery, and he's right: someone wants to gain control of Margie's business, and that someone is?

6.0

Sunset Pass

May 26, 1933

A US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers.

4.5

Prairie Fever

Mar 29, 2008

A group of women contracted a strange fever and a former sheriff is responsible for taking them to the hospital in the nearest town, but in their way they will encounter a gang of murderers. His only hope is a woman whose beauty is matched only by his skill with weapons.

5.1

4 for Texas

Dec 21, 1963

In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya Carlson and Jarret with Maxine Richter. But Matson is still on the loose, and a scheming banker threatens both Thomas and Jarrett.

7.3

Winchester '73

Jul 12, 1950

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.

3.0

The Daltons Ride Again

Nov 23, 1945

The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave, they learn of a friend whose land is about to be seized by a greedy land company. Before they can help, the man is killed by a company assassin. The brothers do manage to rescue his widow and head for the hills. There, they decide to revert back to outlaw life. Meanwhile, a newspaper publisher's daughter falls for one of the brothers.