7 western showdown collection [videorecording] : Texas ; Blazing across the Pecos ; They came to Cordura ;The man from Colorado ; Gun fury ; The black Dakotas ; J.W. Coop.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Mill Creek Entertainment
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
2 videodiscs (10 hr., 31 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 inches.
Title from container. Texas: Full screen (B&W) ; Blazing across the Pecos: Full screen (B&W) ; They came to Cordura: Widescreen (Color) ; The man from Colorado: Full screen (B&W) ; Gun fury: Full screen (B&W) ; The black Dakotas: Widescreen (Color) ; J.W. Coop: Widescreen (Color). They came to Cordura from the novel by Glendon Swarthout. Gun fury based upon the novel "Ten Against Caesar" by Kathleen B. Granger, George Granger and Robert A. Granger.
Contents:
Texas / screenplay, Horace McCoy and Lewis Meltzer & Michael Blankfort ; director, George Marshall (1941) (93 min.) -- Blazing across the Pecos / screenplay, Norman S. Hall ; director, Ray Nazarro (1948) (55 min.) -- They came to Cordura / screenplay, Ivan Moffat ; director, Robert Rossen (1959) (123 min.) -- The man from Colorado / screenplay, Robert D. Andrews, Ben Maddow ; director, Henry Levin (1948) (100 min.) -- Gun fury / screenplay, Irving Wallace and Roy Huggins ; director, Raoul Walsh (1953) (83 min.) -- The black Dakotas / screenplay, Ray Buffum, DeVallon Scott ; director by Ray Nazarro (1954) (65 min.) -- J.W. Coop / screenplay, Cliff Robertson and Gary Cartwright & Edwin Shrake ; director, Cliff Robertson (1971) (112 min.).
Summary:
Saddle-up for this 7-Movie Showdown featuring some of the most magnificent cowboy stars of the past together in a ragtag collection of classic western outlaw tales. Texas: Two saddle bums dream of making a fortune in the Lone Star state. When they witness a stagecoach holdup, they decide to rob the robbers. Blazing Across the Pecos: The Durango Kid returns to fight a double-crossing villain that is attacking his rival's wagon caravans. They came to Cordura: A story of courage and cowardice set against the backdrop of the 1916 war against Pancho Villa. The Man from Colorado: A judge on the brink of insanity and a town on the edge of revolt. And only one man stands between them. Gun Fury: A rough-and-tumbleweed tale of a psychotic gunman and the hero determined to stop him after his bride is kidnapped. The black Dakotas: A government agent with the authority to enact a generous peace treaty with the Sioux is killed en route to the Dakotas, setting the stage for war. J.W. Coop: A story about an ex-con who returns to the professional rodeo circuit after a nine-year absence.
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