The Indian Raid
An 1911 silent western.
An 1911 silent western.
An 1911 silent western.
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
จากนิยายของโธมัส ฮาร์ดี้ กลายเป็นภาพยนตร์ที่ว่าด้วยเรื่องราวของความรัก การต่อสู้ ความเสน่หา และการไถ่บาป โดยมีฉากหลังคือภูมิประเทศที่กว้างใหญ่และแสนหฤโหดของเทือกเขาร็อคกี้ เพียงเพื่อคว้าโชคของเขา ชายหนุ่มคนหนึ่ง นาม ดิลลอน (ปีเตอร์ มูลแลน) ได้ตัดสินใจครั้งใหญ่อันนำมาซึ่งชะตากรรมของคนหลายคน เมื่อเขายอมขายเมียและลูกเพื่อแลกกับทองคำเพียงถุงดียว 20 ปีต่อมา ดิลลอนกลายเป็นเจ้าของเมือง คิงดอม คัม เมืองเหมืองแร่ที่เจริญรุงเรือง ทว่าโลกของเขากลับถูกคุมคาม เมื่ออดีตอันเลวร้ายที่พยายามลืมมัน ได้กลับมาทวงถามดิลลอนอีกครั้ง