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The Sacketts (1979)
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
Two part TV adaptation of Louis L'Amour's third novel in the Sackett series. The story follows the three Sackett brothers out west from their Tennessee home. Along the way the oldest, Tell, prospects for gold, while the two younger Orin and Tye herd cattle and later help bring order to a racially divided Santa Fe.
Style:
rough, epic, serious, realistic, saga, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brothers, cave, card playing, old west, gang, american civil war, vigilantism, escapades, rivalry, good versus evil, lone wolves, partners, siblings relations, homecoming, family feud, criminal heroes, fight for supremacy, cowboy, lawyer, poker, murder, racism, miner, gunfight, gunslinger ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
tennessee, santa fe new mexico
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Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on ...
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tense, serious, realistic, bleak, retro
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civil war, brothers, military, kidnapping, civil war veteran, family relations, escapades, rivalry, good versus evil, rescue, vigilantism, siblings relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
texas, mexico
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged, find themselves running for their lives from a corrupt posse of vigilantes, mystical Indians and a hornet's nest of villains - ...
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Time:
19th century
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
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Story:
The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. It was a spin-off from a 1958 summer series called Decision. Filmed in color, The ...
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captivating, realistic, serious
Audience:
kids
Plot:
ranch, lone wolves, ego clash, heroes, rivalry, friends, farm, tough heroes, americana, old west, against the odds, comanche indian ...
Time:
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Place:
wyoming, usa
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100%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel (Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw), newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian (Sam Elliot) is the only hope.From the book by famed Western author ...
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family life, wilderness, criminal heroes, mysterious character, gangsters, gunfight, justice, irony of fate, showdown, heroes, social relations, half breed ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words ...
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boys' night
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gang, american civil war, civil war, swing, ranger, escape, vengeance, vigilantism, old west, heroes, confined, criminal heroes ...
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arizona, yuma arizona, tucson arizona, mexico
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After Jesse James is wounded by a bullet to the chest, Frank James splits the gang up and plans a rendezvous in four days time. With U.S.-Marshall Kane in hot pursuit, and betrayal within the outlaw band, the stage is set for a blazing and climactic ...
Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After his mother is killed in a wagoncoach robbery a young man pursues the gang responsible. Matt Dillon goes after him hoping to stop him before the gang can kill him. Dillon is joined by Davis Healy, a businessman, who is hiding a few secrets of ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 272 min.
TV show
Story:
Dead man's Walk is the beginning of the Lonesome Dove Saga. Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are just starting out in the Texas Rangers and have no idea of what they are doing for Call it's Duty above all else. For Gus it's the thrill of ...
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21%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
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rivalry, lone wolves, heroes, murder, partners, old west, sheriff, countryside, cow, bandit, cemetery, mirror ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
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serious, realistic, captivating, tense, rough ...
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Time:
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Place:
arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wayne (James Brown) refuses to join his brother Brad's (Gregg Palmer) unlawful cattle rustling ...
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Time:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Retired marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Place:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
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Story:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new sheriff (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
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Story:
No overview found.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, realistic, exciting ...
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usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violence. Willie discovers the easy money in bounty killing and must choose between that violent lifestyle and the love of a beautiful saloon singer.
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Place:
arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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19%
Genre: Western
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Story:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Fantasy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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