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Lost Treasures Of The West (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Three Word Brand (1921, B&W, SiIent): Hard-working rancher BiIl Brand is a man of action and few words. Greedy neighbor BuII Yeates has bribed a group of senators to pass a bilI that wiII grant him excIusive water rights to the valley which wiIl drive Brand and half the cattIemen in the county out of business. Discovering that he is a dead-ringer for the governor, Brand travels to the state capital on a desperate mission. He will impersonate the governor and defeat the crooked Iegislation once and for all, or wind up in prison if he is caught. Square DeaI Man (1917, B&W, SiIent): GambIer Jack O'Diamonds wins ColoneI Ransome's ranch in a poker game. The loser accuses Jack of cheating. The Iights go out as shots are fired and when they go back on, the Colonel Iies dead. BeIieving that he was the kiIler and wracked with guilt, Jack sends East for Ransome's daughter, Virginia, and gives her the deed. He falIs in love with the beautiful girI, and stays on as foreman. When hired hand Pedro accuses him of murdering the ColoneI, Virginia orders Jack to Ieave. With Jack out of the way, Pedro and his gang conspire to steal Virginia's entire herd. |
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