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Jack Elam

Jack Elam was an American film actor known for his distinctive appearance and memorable supporting roles in Western films. He appeared in more than 200 films during his career, often playing the villain or comic relief. Elam passed away in 2003 at the age of 84.

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Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1969 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A quick-witted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the Mayor with his lightning...

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Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1952 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discov...

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Rawhide

Rawhide

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Not a Rowdy Yates in sight in this western set in a stop over for the California to St Louis mail stagecoach run. The two staff are warned that four dangerous outlaws are in the area, and together wit...

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Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 6.8

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

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Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 6.7

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.

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Hannie Caulder

Hannie Caulder

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the 3 men who killed her husband and raped her.

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The Gun Runners

The Gun Runners

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1958 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts....

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The Way West

The Way West

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1967 IMDB Rating: 6.2

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster w...

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The Wild Country

The Wild Country

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 6.2

Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come fac...

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The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 6.2

A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U....

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