A rip-roarin' roundup of frontier features spanning seven decades of western action, from early classics such as The Great Train Robbery, Hell's Hinges, and The Vanishing American, to later greats including The Painted Desert, Santa Fe Trail, The Outlaw, and One-Eyed Jacks. Watch legendary stars such as John Wayne, Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, and Marlon Brando, just to name a few! No fan of western action should be without this historic collection! The Great Train Robbery (1903) The Red Man's View (1909) Hell's Hinges (1916) The Vanishing American (1925) Fighting Caravans (1931) The Painted Desert (1931) The Desert Trail (1935) Trouble in Texas (1937) Santa Fe Trail (1940) Arizona Bound (1941) The Outlaw (1943) Abilene Town (1946) Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) One-Eyed Jacks (1961) Disc One The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Broncho Billy Anderson stars in Edwin S. Porter's landmark western was one of the first films with an actual storyline. The Red Man's View (1909) - D.W. Griffith takes a rare, early look at the settling of the West from the Indians' point of view. Hell's Hinges (1916) - William S. Hart in his quintessential role as a gunman hired to rid a town of a crooked priest. The Vanishing American (1925) - Richard Dix stars in this celebrated, feature-length look at the difficult life of the American Indian at the turn of the 20th century. Disc Two Fighting Caravans (1931) - Gary Cooper in one of his earliest sound films as a frontier scout who must fend off Indians and bad guys. The Painted Desert (1931) - A pre-Hopalong Cassidy William Boyd stars as a rancher opposite a very young Clark Gable (in his very first speaking role). The Desert Trail (1935) - John Wayne as a rodeo star opposite former Our Gang star Mary Kornman. Disc Three Trouble in Texas (1937) - Tex Ritter stars as a rodeo star who is next in line - to be murdered! Santa Fe Trail (1940) - Michael Curtiz directs Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Ronald Reagan (as Custer!) in this classic pre-Civil War western tale. Arizona Bound (1941) - Western favorites Buck Jones and Tim McCoy star as Rough Riders who must stop a ruthless gang from robbing stagecoaches. Disc Four The Outlaw (1943) - Howard Hughes' controversial take on Billy the Kid made a star out of buxom Jane Russell. (117:00) Abilene Town (1946) - Western hero Randolph Scott and a very young Lloyd Bridges star in this exciting tale of the struggle between homesteaders and cattlemen in post-Civil War Kansas. Disc Five Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) - Former Tarzan Bruce Bennett and horror great Lon Chaney, Jr. star in this rarely seen take on the legendary frontiersman. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) - Controversial tale of revenge starring (and directed by) Marlon Brando, who intends to settle an old score with Karl Malden (his Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront co-star). Total running time approx. 1056 mins.\
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