Wagon Master
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.
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1930★ 6.7
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1957★ 7.3
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1952★ 7.0
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2020★ 6.9
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2013★ 6.1
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Stagecoach
1939★ 7.6
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
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1956★ 6.6
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The Big Sky
1952★ 6.5
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1955★ 6.4
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1972★ 6.3
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1975★ 6.7
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1967★ 7.1
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
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1949★ 7.0
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1977★ 6.0
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100 Rifles
1969★ 5.9
When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is thrown into prison as well. Working together, the two escape and take refuge in the hills, where Lyedecker meets beautiful Yaqui freedom fighter Sarita and begins to question his allegiances.
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1962★ 7.0
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