Law of the Golden West

May 23, 1949

1h 0m

★ 6.0

Young buffalo bill's greatest adventure!

Overview

Young Buffalo Bill Cody goes after the murderer of his father and uncovers a land-grab conspiracy.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Bill Cody

Monte Hale

Otis Ellis

Paul Hurst

Ann Calvert

Gail Davis

Clete Larrabee

Roy Barcroft

Quentin Morell

John Holland

Wayne Calvert

Scott Elliott

Henchman Belden

Lane Bradford

Northerner in bar

Harold Goodwin

Isaac Cody, Bill's father

John Hamilton

Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.

7.3

Red River

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Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.

7.8

Dances with Wolves

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7.9

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6.3

Buck and the Preacher

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A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

4.0

Strange Gamble

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Hoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexican money; his only clues are the name "Mordigan" and a drawing of a comet. He quickly finds out that Mordigan is the town "boss"; but what or who is "the comet", and why are Mordigan and his henchmen intent on persecuting a young woman, her drunken brother, and her deathly ill sister-in-law who've also just arrived in town?

7.2

3:10 to Yuma

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6.9

Dodge City

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In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

6.3

Cowboy

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6.3

Dark Command

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When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.

4.2

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0.0

The Thundering Herd

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Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.

4.7

Dude Ranch

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Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the West isn't wild anymore and most of Carr's guests are bored and about to leave. He is in despair when a caravan carrying a broke-down-and-out troupe of actors---Jennifer, Judd, Mrs. Merridew and her daughter, Alice---crashes down the hill and wrecks the hotel sign.

0.0

Hell Canyon Outlaws

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In this western, a sheriff attempts to exact his revenge against the desperadoes who cost him his job. The former lawman successfully gets rid of the bad hombres and clears his name.

6.0

Masked Raiders

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Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizing the frontier. Infiltrating the gang, Holt and Martin learn that the raiders are operating altruistically, robbing from the rich to give to the poor.

5.9

Great Day in the Morning

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5.0

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

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5.0

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