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    Iudushka Golovlev

    House of Greed (aka Iudushka Golovlev) was based on Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin novel Gospoda...

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    In Old Missouri

    In Old Missouri is an entertaining Republic "regional" aimed at the thriving Country-Western fandom...

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    Knight of the Plains

    At the end of his long association with Hal Roach, comedian Stan Laurel produced three singing...

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    The Man from Monterey (1933)

    A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.

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    Mask of Lopez

    Dashing cowboy star Fred Thomson donned several disguises in order to catch a gang of cattle...

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    Mountain Rhythm

    A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his sidekick (Smiley Burnette) expose a resort owner's land...

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    Native Land

    The exigencies of the first Hollywood "Red Scare", fomented by the Martin Dies committee, prompted...

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    Paddy, the Next Best Thing

    At age 26, Janet Gaynor was still playing "gamin" roles in such musical trifles as Paddy, the Next...

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    The Raiders

    It's always a pleasure to see ace western director Leslie Selander in action, and Riders of...

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    Range War

    Range War was the 22nd entry in the durable "Hopalong Cassidy" western series. William Boyd and...

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    Aquila Nera (1946)

    Before turning to horror pictures, Italian filmmaker Riccardo Freda directed some of the finest...

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    Riding the Wind

    A young rancher (Tim Holt) outwits a banker running a water-rights racket.

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    Rose of the Rancho

    In her much vaunted screen debut, Metropolitan Opera star Gladys Swarthout takes on David Belasco's...

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    The Rough, Tough West

    Charles Starrett returns as the Durango Kid in Columbia's Rough, Tough, West. For most of the film,...

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    Saddle Pals

    A landowner (Sterling Holloway) gives a singing cowboy (Gene Autry) power of attorney to deal with...

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    Secret Menace

    This little cheapie tries to pass itself off as a contemporary actioner, but at heart it's still a...

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    Son of the Land

    Son of the Land is a textbook example of a Russian propaganda film, replete with stereotyped...

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    Tap Roots (1948)

    Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses...

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    Tess of the Storm Country

    Mary Pickford had recently put out a couple of mediocre pictures and her latest, Little Lord...

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    The Circle

    The positive public response to such productions as Crossfire and Gentleman's Agreement led to a...

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    Road Agent

    A cowboy (Tim Holt) and his Mexican-Irish sidekick (Richard Martin) free ranchers from a...

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    Life's Whirlpool

    One would liked to have been a fly on the wall of the set of Life's Whirlpool. Its leading lady was...

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    Bara En Mor

    Swedish filmmaker Alf Sjoberg's Bara en Mor takes place in a Statare, a farming community where the...

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    Martha

    Letzte Rose (The Last Rose) was adapted from Frederich von Flotow's opera Martha. Set in a very...

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    Medved

    This Russian comedy-drama runs a mere 43 minutes -- just long enough to do justice to the one-act...

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    The Land of the Ogres

    Parable about a voracious landowner intermittently recalling Italian neo-realism.

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    The Gunfighters (1987)

    A western set in 1881 in Kansas about a family of ranchers that stand up to a ruthless businessman...

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    Louis L'Amour's Crossfire Trail (2001)

    Rafe Covington is a restless wanderer who promises a dying friend that he will look after his widow...

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    Black Arrow (1985)

    Dick Shelton outwits his wicked guardian, Sir Daniel Brackley, in the Robert Louis Stevenson story....