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Based on a novel by Luke Short, this Western stars Burt Lancaster as Owen Daybright, the adopted son of the Strobie family. Lee Strobie, played by Robert Walker, resents the attention Daybright gets from his father. As they get older, Strobie’s resentment turns to hatred, and he plots to destroy the perfect image his family has for his adopted brother.

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Starring: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker and Joanne Dru

Directed By: Richard Thorpe

Written By: Luke Short, Irving Ravetch

Genre: Western

Run Time: 83 minutes

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In this sequel to the 1948 film, Frontier Revenge, U.S. Marshal Lash LaRue goes undercover in pursuit of ‘Deuce’ Rago (Ray Bennett), who was recently released from prison and now serves as the head of a gang hijacking silver from nearby mines. Deuce hires Lash, who is thought to have turned outlaw, in order to find out who has being robbing from his own gang.

Starring: Lash LaRue, Al St. John and Peggy Stewart

Directed By: Ron Ormond

Written By: Kathy McKeel

Genre: Western

Alternate Title: Thundering Trail

Run Time: 54 minutes

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Chemist David Palmer (Dennis O’Keefe) returns to his hometown in Indiana to marry a socially ambitious teacher (Ruth Warrick) and meets with Ben Lathrop (John Hoyt), his father’s horse trainer. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention and as years pass, his father dies. Upon returning to Indiana, Palmer and becomes re-interested in his father’s passion for horseracing, as well as in Lathrop’s daughter, Cissy (Gail Russell).

Starring: Dennis O’Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick, Charlotte Greenwood

Directed By: Joseph M. Newman

Written By: John Taintor Foote

Alternate Title: Ride a Reckless Mile

Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance

Run Time: 94 minutes

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Harry Graham (Edmond O’Brien) and his wife Eve (Joan Fontaine) are trying to adopt a child when the head of an adoption agency senses a secret from Harry. After some investigation, the agent finds that he has another family in another city. The story includes flashbacks as Harry explains how he found himself married twice.

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Starring: Edmond O’Brien, Joan Fontaine and Ida Lupino

Directed By: Ida Lupino

Written By: Larry Marcus, Lou Schor, Collier Young (screenplay)

Genre: Drama

Run Time: 80 minutes