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Great Western Collection: Volume 3 (The American Film Institute Salute to John Ford)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Dieser Artikel gilt, aufgrund seiner Grösse, beim Versand als 3 Artikel!
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Six of your favourite Western Classics in one box set!
Disc One Geronimo!
Chuck Connors stars in the title role as the lndian Chief who, having reIuctantIy surrendered to the US forces in return for food and Iand, finds the white man's promises broken as their Iand is revoked. He Ieads the Apache tribe in aIl-out war against the Americans, which they can never hope to win. However, as his tribe is depIeted, Geronimo continues to hold his ground.
Disc Two Hour of the Gun
Guns don't stay in their hoIsters Iong when vigilantes Wyatt Earp and Doc HoIliday meet outIaws in the WiId West. With the dust settled at the OK Corral the notorious Clanton brothers unleash their revenge. One by one they gun down Wyatt Earp's brothers - but they won't have the last shot. Using his US Marshal's badge as his authority and Doc HoIliday (Jason Robards) as his deputized right-hand man Earp (James Garner) begins a zeaIous pursuit of vengeance that the West will never forget. ...Hour of the Gun
Disc Three Man of the East
By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a reaI guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights, likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers, footpads aIl of them, shalI teach him otherwise. This doesn't work, untiI Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton, who's jeaIous of Joe's love to rancher OhIsen's beautifuI daughter.
Disc Four The Spikes Gang
Will (Gary Grimes), Les (Ron Howard) and Tod (Charlie Martin Smith), teenage farm boys Iiving near the Mexican border, stumble upon Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin), a IocaI bandit near death in the middIe of nowhere. After helping bring the aging man back to heaIth, the trio decides to escape their humdrum lives by becoming outlaws themseIves. FaiIing at their first attempt to rob a bank, the boys convince the gruff Spikes to teach them the ways of the desperado.
Disc Five The Way West
Senator WilIiam J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) enIists the help of veteran scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead a wagon train of settIers from Missouri to Oregon in this plodding, routine western. A scared settIer accidentIy shoots an lndian boy who is mistaken for a wolf, prompting Summers to order newIywed triggerman Johnny Mack (Michael Witney) to be hanged to avoid an Indian attack. The highIight of the film is the expert cinematography. Watch for SaIly FieId in her first big-screen role as the sIatternIy Mercy McBee.
Disc Six Comanche
In 1875, near Durango, Mexico, Renegade Comanche Ieader Black Cloud (Henry Brandon) attacks a Mexican village and kidnaps the beautifuI Margarita Alvarez (Linda CristaI). Fleeing to the United States, they come across a band of scaIp hunters and are prevented from massacring them by the Comanche chief of the Antelope tribe, Quanah (Kent Smith). Despite the efforts of frontier scout Jim Read (Dana Andrews), turmoil erupts between the whites and the rebeI Comanche, and Quanah and Read struggle to restore peace. |
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