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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966)

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

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Once Upon a Time in the West(1968)

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

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A Fistful of Dollars(1964)

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

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Unforgiven(1992)

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The Outlaw Deputy(1935)

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Legends of the Fall(1994)

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Carry On Cowboy(1965)

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Sutter's Gold(1936)

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

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La vuelta del Coyote(1998)

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When the Legends Die(1972)

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Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills(1986)

Two young survivors of a wagon-train massacre battle horse thieves as they take a prize stallion through Utah.

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River of No Return(1954)

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

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Black Fox: The Price of Peace(1995)

After blaming Britt for his wife's decision to stay with the Native Americans who captured her, an abusive husband organizes a party of vigilantes to accompany him into Indian territory.

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The Harder They Fall(2021)

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The Jayhawkers!(1959)

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El Dorado(1966)

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The Great Train Robbery(1903)

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

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From Noon Till Three(1976)

Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.

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Hondo(1953)

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