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At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe

A merchant ships crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war

After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown up Brandon helps to realize his fathers dream of a transcontinental railway

Frank Skeffington is an old Irish American political boss, running for re election as mayor of a U S town for the last time

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

A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case

Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia

A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins

An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches

Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization

After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family

At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life

A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time

A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his islands martinet French governor

Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled

In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the units doctor cause frictions within ranks

A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc

A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son whos a risk taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years

In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in

The Cheyenne, tired of broken U S government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation

A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union

A Navy commander fights to prove the battle worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II

Anti Catholic and anti cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the states last remaining priest

Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Indians, geography, and moral challenges on the journey

When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue

A light skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race

A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences

In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the backwater areas of the Pacific Ocean Trouble ensues when the crew members are granted liberty

A poor Midwest family is forced off their land They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression

A meek milquetoast of a clerks mistaken for public enemy N 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation

A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies

In the waning days of WWI, a U S Mystery Ship, sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine Their mission is to find and sink a U boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping Posing as a harmless s

In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50 year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor

John Ford weaves three Judge Priest stories together to form a good natured exploration of honour and small town politics in the South around the turn of the century Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the rea

A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way

A family saga in which three sons of a Bavarian widow go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germanys eventual opponent