The Command (1954)

Actors: Ray Teal (actor), Carl Benton Reid (actor), Boyd 'Red' Morgan (actor), Tom Monroe (actor), Jack Mower (actor), Denver Pyle (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Jack Montgomery (actor), Emile Avery (actor), Reed Howes (actor), Jim Bannon (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Robert Nichols (actor), Guy Madison (actor), Sailor Vincent (actor),

Plot: Just before dying from wounds received in a skirmish with Indians Capt. Forsythe orders his cavalry troop's doctor, Capt. Robert MacClaw, to take command. His men don't like it and think that Sgt. Elliott should have been put in temporary command until they reach the Fort. MacClaw admits he knows little of battle tactics but takes charge only with the promise that he will do the best he can. If anything, the men are embarrassed at having such an inexperienced man leading them and MacClaw agrees not to let on that he's a doctor. When they arrive at a staging post they are ordered by the Colonel in command of a group of infantry to escort a wagon train of settlers moving west. There may be smallpox among them however and MacClaw is caught between his promise to his men and the demands of Martha Cutting who is trying to deal with the epidemic.

Keywords: based-on-novel, wilhelm-scream
Genres: Western,

Quotes:

Capt. Robert MacClaw: I'm getting out of the Army in seven days.::Martha Cutting: As a civilian?::Capt. Robert MacClaw: As a doctor.::Martha Cutting: But you're one now.::Capt. Robert MacClaw: Am I? A veterinarian can yank an arrow out of a dead man or a live one and a blacksmith can cauterize a wound with a hot iron. But neither of 'em can pull a child through diptheria or pneumonia.

Capt. Robert MacClaw: My troops has extra mounts, sir. I thought perhaps you would like to use one.::Col. Janeway: I'm an infantryman, MacClaw. If I'm going to die, I'm not going to do it sitting down.

Capt. Robert MacClaw: Sir, may I suggest that my troop act as rear guard?::Col. Janeway: Where did you learn cavalry tactics, Captain?::Capt. Robert MacClaw: Well, infantry isn't mobile...::Col. Janeway: Neither is dead cavalry. Ask Custer!

Capt. Robert MacClaw: The riflemen are going to fight from the wagons.::Maj. Gibbs: Fight from wagons?::Capt. Robert MacClaw: Well, why not?::Maj. Gibbs: It's never been done! Wagons are supposed to be used as a defense.::Capt. Robert MacClaw: So the book says. Let's keep a closed book and an open mind, Major.

Sgt. Elliott: Well, injuns fight two ways, Captain. When they're running against a little outfit, they go ring around right away and close in quick for the kill. But if they're running against a big outfit, like we're tied up with now, they'll keep hacking and chopping away at your weak spots until they wear you down. Then make a ring around. And once they get you in a circle, you're finished.

Col. Janeway: Mr. O'Hirons! Mr. O'Hirons! Regulations stipulate $10 a month additional for command functions. When we reach the Paradise, notify the paymaster that Captain MacClaw has commanded with distinction. The government owes him $3.30.

Martha Cutting: You hate being a soldier and you hate killing. Yet you do it.::Capt. Robert MacClaw: I got a uniform and a conscience. Right now, the uniform covers the conscience.

Martha Cutting: You sympathize with them. Why?::Capt. Robert MacClaw: Perhaps because we destroyed the Indian's ability to make a distinction between the good and the bad. He has a child's logic: the white man hurt him, therefore all white men are bad.

Sgt. Elliott: Never say an injun is dumb. He just waits for the chance to use his one good cavalry tactic: ring around and close in.

Wagons West (1952)

Actors: Buddy Roosevelt (actor), Bob Reeves (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Rod Cameron (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Ralph Moody (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Ken Cooper (actor), Tex Driscoll (actor), Frank Ferguson (actor), Riley Hill (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Merrill McCormick (actor), Tom Smith (actor),

Plot: Jeff Curtis (Rod Cameron), a wagon-master on his way to accept the job of leading a pioneer train from Joplin, Missouri to the Oregon territory, picks up Ben Wilkins (Michael Chapin), a young boy who has run away from the train because train captain Cyrus Cook (Frank Ferguson) wouldn't allow him to take his dog on the trip. He meets Ben's sister, Ann (Peggy Castle), and this leads to a conflict with Cook's nephew, Clay (Henry Brandon), who has his own plans for Ann that does not include her kid brother and his dog. The trip west has a lot of problems, mostly Indian raids by a tribe who are buying rifles from two members of the wagon train. Which two? Rest assured it ain't the kid and his dog.

Keywords: 1970s, b-movie, b-western, boy, braggart, cheyenne-indian, cheyenne-tribe, cimarron-river, contraband, covered-wagon
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western,
Taglines: MILE-BY-MILE THEY FOUGHT THEIR WAY WESTWARD!...Through Hostile Territory and Countless Unseen Dangers! When CHEYENNE TERROR Swept The Plains! CHEYENNE on the Warpath! Above The Savage Cheyenne War Cries Sound The Challenge...'WAGONS WEST!"...In Blazing COLOR FROM THE DANGEROTS MISSOURI TO THE GUN-SMOKED CIMARRON LAY 400 TREACHEROUS MILES OF WAGON TRAIL!

Quotes:

Clay Cook: Why didn't you shoot, Curtis?::Jeff Curtis: Same reason I wouldn't let your uncle kill the dog. You might be useful on this trip.

Jeff Curtis: We might as well get this straight right now. You give all the orders you want, but not to me. I don't work for you.::Cyrus Cook: You've been hired...::Jeff Curtis: I was hired, but not by you! The minute I take over responsibility for this wagon train, I'm working for every man, woman and child in it. I'll see that you get where you're going. That's my job.

Archie Lawrence: How much?::Cyrus Cook: It's about $25 a wagon.::Archie Lawrence: Twenty-five... Oh, I don't know. That's a lot of money.::Cyrus Cook: Wagon bosses don't work cheap.::Archie Lawrence: Ah, is this horse worth that to ya?::Cyrus Cook: Does the saddle come with the deal?::Archie Lawrence: It's a little warm for Christmas, ain't it, Mister?

Ann Wilkins: We're very grateful to you for what you did.::Jeff Curtis: [referring to the beating he just gave to Ann's boyfriend, Clay] Oh, I guess somebody would have had to do it to him sooner or later.::Jeff Curtis: [rubbing his jaw] It wasn't all one-sided.::Ann Wilkins: I meant we're grateful for bringing Ben home!::Jeff Curtis: Oh. Well, that was a pleasure, too.

Jeff Curtis: Did you make this?::Ann Wilkins: I did. As good as pheasant, Mr. Curtis?::Jeff Curtis: Better.::Ben Wilkins: [to his dog] Come on, Buzz. Some roughneck.

[last lines]::Ben Wilkins: [as Jeff takes Ann into his arms] Some roughneck.

Opening crawl: The courage and strength of the men and women who settled the United States in the westward movement of the Nineteenth Century has become an honored and legendary part of our history. The pioneering spirit of these people, remarkable as it was could not have proved so effective without direction and guidance. A handful of men, known as wagonmasters, made it their business to guide pioneer families westward across the mountains and the plains. Whatever their motive might have been in choosing such careers, the fact remains that without them our colonization of the West would have taken a lot longer than it did. This is the story of one such wagonmaster - Jeff Curtis.

Ben Wilkins: Why didn't you let Jeff slug him, Marshal? He had it comin'.::Jim, Joplin Marshal: Whatever he has coming will catch up to him. It always does, son.

Sam Wilkins: [referring to Jeff] He's quite a man.::Ann Wilkins: From what I hear he's a irresponsible roughneck!::Sam Wilkins: Irresponsible? I wouldn't say that. But in ths part of the country, it helps to be a roughneck.

Jeff Curtis: Wagons west!

Westward the Women (1951)

Actors: Tom Monroe (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), John McIntire (actor), Bill Cartledge (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Bert LeBaron (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), John L. Cason (actor), Frankie Darro (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), George Chandler (actor), Ted Adams (actor), Gene Roth (actor), Tom Greenway (actor),

Plot: In a time when "The West" pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men, there's a severe lack of women among the workers on Roy Whitman's farm in the California Valley. So he goes back east to Chicago to recruit 150 women willing to become wives for his employees. From the candidates he selects 138 who seem able to survive a months long journey across "The Great American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains.

Keywords: 1850s, accidental-death, accidental-killing, birth, burning-wagon, california, catfight, chicago-illinois, dead-horse, death-of-child
Genres: Drama, Western,

Quotes:

Patience Hawley: [to the awaiting bridegrooms] You can look us over, but don't think you're going to do the choosing! All the way from Independence, I've been staring at two things: one was this picture and the other was the rump of a mule... and don't ask me which was prettier!

Fifi Danon: [to Buck Wyatt] Do you ever... shave? [he walks away from her] You always look so dirty!

Buck Wyatt: [to Patience, as she sits with the unconscious Mrs. Maroni] Talk to her, Patience.::Patience Hawley: Thanks... what'll I use for language?

Roy E. Whitman: One man's eye for beauty is another man's eyesore!

Westward the Women (1951)

Actors: Tom Monroe (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), John McIntire (actor), Bill Cartledge (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Bert LeBaron (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), John L. Cason (actor), Frankie Darro (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), George Chandler (actor), Ted Adams (actor), Gene Roth (actor), Tom Greenway (actor),

Plot: In a time when "The West" pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men, there's a severe lack of women among the workers on Roy Whitman's farm in the California Valley. So he goes back east to Chicago to recruit 150 women willing to become wives for his employees. From the candidates he selects 138 who seem able to survive a months long journey across "The Great American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains.

Keywords: 1850s, accidental-death, accidental-killing, birth, burning-wagon, california, catfight, chicago-illinois, dead-horse, death-of-child
Genres: Drama, Western,

Quotes:

Patience Hawley: [to the awaiting bridegrooms] You can look us over, but don't think you're going to do the choosing! All the way from Independence, I've been staring at two things: one was this picture and the other was the rump of a mule... and don't ask me which was prettier!

Fifi Danon: [to Buck Wyatt] Do you ever... shave? [he walks away from her] You always look so dirty!

Buck Wyatt: [to Patience, as she sits with the unconscious Mrs. Maroni] Talk to her, Patience.::Patience Hawley: Thanks... what'll I use for language?

Roy E. Whitman: One man's eye for beauty is another man's eyesore!

Westward the Women (1951)

Actors: Tom Monroe (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), John McIntire (actor), Bill Cartledge (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Bert LeBaron (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), John L. Cason (actor), Frankie Darro (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), George Chandler (actor), Ted Adams (actor), Gene Roth (actor), Tom Greenway (actor),

Plot: In a time when "The West" pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men, there's a severe lack of women among the workers on Roy Whitman's farm in the California Valley. So he goes back east to Chicago to recruit 150 women willing to become wives for his employees. From the candidates he selects 138 who seem able to survive a months long journey across "The Great American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains.

Keywords: 1850s, accidental-death, accidental-killing, birth, burning-wagon, california, catfight, chicago-illinois, dead-horse, death-of-child
Genres: Drama, Western,

Quotes:

Patience Hawley: [to the awaiting bridegrooms] You can look us over, but don't think you're going to do the choosing! All the way from Independence, I've been staring at two things: one was this picture and the other was the rump of a mule... and don't ask me which was prettier!

Fifi Danon: [to Buck Wyatt] Do you ever... shave? [he walks away from her] You always look so dirty!

Buck Wyatt: [to Patience, as she sits with the unconscious Mrs. Maroni] Talk to her, Patience.::Patience Hawley: Thanks... what'll I use for language?

Roy E. Whitman: One man's eye for beauty is another man's eyesore!

Westward the Women (1951)

Actors: Tom Monroe (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), John McIntire (actor), Bill Cartledge (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Bert LeBaron (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), John L. Cason (actor), Frankie Darro (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), George Chandler (actor), Ted Adams (actor), Gene Roth (actor), Tom Greenway (actor),

Plot: In a time when "The West" pretty much ends in Texas and only California is slowly being populated by the white men, there's a severe lack of women among the workers on Roy Whitman's farm in the California Valley. So he goes back east to Chicago to recruit 150 women willing to become wives for his employees. From the candidates he selects 138 who seem able to survive a months long journey across "The Great American Desert" and the Rocky Mountains.

Keywords: 1850s, accidental-death, accidental-killing, birth, burning-wagon, california, catfight, chicago-illinois, dead-horse, death-of-child
Genres: Drama, Western,

Quotes:

Patience Hawley: [to the awaiting bridegrooms] You can look us over, but don't think you're going to do the choosing! All the way from Independence, I've been staring at two things: one was this picture and the other was the rump of a mule... and don't ask me which was prettier!

Fifi Danon: [to Buck Wyatt] Do you ever... shave? [he walks away from her] You always look so dirty!

Buck Wyatt: [to Patience, as she sits with the unconscious Mrs. Maroni] Talk to her, Patience.::Patience Hawley: Thanks... what'll I use for language?

Roy E. Whitman: One man's eye for beauty is another man's eyesore!

The Outriders (1950)

Actors: William Phipps (actor), William 'Bill' Phillips (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Ramon Novarro (actor), Alex Montoya (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), David Clarke (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), Joel McCrea (actor), Frank Richards (actor),

Plot: Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

Keywords: ambush, american-civil-war, bayonet, bow-and-arrow, carbine, confederate, death-of-father, ends-with-a-kiss, escape, female-gunfighter
Genres: Romance, Western,
Taglines: M-G-M's NEW TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURE ROMANCE! (original print ad - all caps)

The Outriders (1950)

Actors: William Phipps (actor), William 'Bill' Phillips (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Ramon Novarro (actor), Alex Montoya (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), David Clarke (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), Joel McCrea (actor), Frank Richards (actor),

Plot: Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

Keywords: ambush, american-civil-war, bayonet, bow-and-arrow, carbine, confederate, death-of-father, ends-with-a-kiss, escape, female-gunfighter
Genres: Romance, Western,
Taglines: M-G-M's NEW TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURE ROMANCE! (original print ad - all caps)

The Outriders (1950)

Actors: William Phipps (actor), William 'Bill' Phillips (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Ramon Novarro (actor), Alex Montoya (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), David Clarke (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), Joel McCrea (actor), Frank Richards (actor),

Plot: Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

Keywords: ambush, american-civil-war, bayonet, bow-and-arrow, carbine, confederate, death-of-father, ends-with-a-kiss, escape, female-gunfighter
Genres: Romance, Western,
Taglines: M-G-M's NEW TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURE ROMANCE! (original print ad - all caps)

The Outriders (1950)

Actors: William Phipps (actor), William 'Bill' Phillips (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Ramon Novarro (actor), Alex Montoya (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), David Clarke (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), Joel McCrea (actor), Frank Richards (actor),

Plot: Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

Keywords: ambush, american-civil-war, bayonet, bow-and-arrow, carbine, confederate, death-of-father, ends-with-a-kiss, escape, female-gunfighter
Genres: Romance, Western,
Taglines: M-G-M's NEW TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURE ROMANCE! (original print ad - all caps)