Walter Brennan
Description
Ex-cavalry scout and gunfighter Will Sonnett and his grandson, Jeff, search the West for Will's son (and Jeff's father) Jim Sonnett, a former lawman and gunslinger, who has avoided seeing his son in order to keep him away from the assortment of killers and bounty hunters who are after him
Pub. Date
[c2005]
Description
Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are boatmen available for hire based on the island of Martinique. With World War II raging, Harry prefers to remain neutral. However, with his business failing, he agrees to aid the French resistance. Alongside this plot is Harry's relationship with Marie, a resistance sympathizer who sings at one of Harry's hangouts.
Series
Pub. Date
[2010,1956]
Description
Story of a young boy who finds a most unusual dog in the Mississippi swamp. She's a Basenji, and boy and dog immediately fall in love. But when the dog's real owners advertise to find her, the boy is torn between his love for the dog, and what his conscience tells him he should do.
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Feature 1. When a small Texas town is besieged by political corruption, several elderly ex-Rangers reunite to stem the crooked tide. Feature 2. The legendary Baltimore Kid has been wrongly accused of a crime. Only four men are brave enough to clear his name and clean up the town.
10) Rio Bravo
Series
Description
In the dusty town of Rio Bravo, Sheriff Chance arrests Joe Burdette for a brutal murder and must fight off ruthless gunmen to keep him in custody until the state marshal arrives.
11) Those Calloways
Pub. Date
1985
Description
Presents a story about a man whose private dream of establishing a bird sanctuary interferes with commercial development of a hunting resort. Shows the conflict that arises when he takes the law into his own hands. Designed to motivate students to assess their own feelings of responsibility to the environment and to other people.
12) The Gnome-Mobile
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Jasper, a two foot high gnome, has been searching for a suitable bride to please his 900 year-old grandfather. He gets help from two children after a chance encounter with them in the forest. Trouble ensues when a showman discovers the gnomes and masterminds a kidnapping plot.
13) Gary Cooper
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Fighting caravans: A young frontiersman and his 'wife' join a wagon train headed West where he becomes the sole trail guide as they battle Indians and a villainous gun-runner. Adapted from a Zane Grey novel.
Meet John Doe : In order to keep her job, a reporter concocts the sensational story of an unemployed middle class worker who plans to strike a blow against society and big government.
A farewell to arms: An American ambulance driver and English...
14) Meet John Doe
Pub. Date
2001, c1941
Description
"Gary Cooper portrays a former baseball player whose misfortunes have changed his life. Barbara Stanwyck, a news reporter, interviews "John Doe" (Cooper). Her report falls into the hands of a crooked politician who exploits "John Doe" by making him a good will ambassador in a phony political drive, leaving Cooper on the brink of suicide. This film represents director Frank Capra at his best."--Container.
15) The Over-the-hill gang and The Over-the-Hill Gang rides rides again : 2 full-lenth feature movies
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Four retired Texas Rangers take down a crooked Nevada mayor and in the second movie come to the aid of the legendary Baltimore Kid.
16) The Far Country
Pub. Date
2003, c1955
Description
A loner and his sidekick figure to get rich quick by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price in this tale set in the wild gold rush days of Dawson, Yukon Territory. They are soon caught up in a conflict with the local, self-appointed lawman, and his claim-jumping henchmen. A solid western saga set against the colorful, scenic backdrop of Alaskan mining camps.
17) Sergeant York
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Description
Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.
Description
Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball Hall of Fame player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his athletic childhood in New York to his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Huckleberry Finn : The well-known tale of the carefree Huck Finn and his adventures on his raft with the runaway slave, Jim, as they sail down the Mississippi.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer : Tom tricks the neighborhood kids into whitewashing the fence for him, later, he runs away on a raft to become a pirate. He then attends his own funeral.