Entre dos juramentos (1950)
UNFURLS THE BANNER TO HIGH ADVENTURE!
Género : Bélica, Western
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 32M
Director : Robert Wise
Sinopsis
El capitán Bradford ofrece a unos prisioneros confederados la oportunidad de quedar libres si acceden a servir como soldados de la Unión para proteger de los indios los fuertes fronterizos. El coronel Tucker acepta cuando Bradford le da su palabra de que no se pedirá a sus hombres que combatan contra los de su propio bando. Los envían al Fuerte Thorn, en Nuevo México, que está bajo el mando del comandante Kenniston, que odia a los rebeldes.
The life of the legendary Texas cowboy with his horse, Widowmaker, and how his romance with Slue Foot Sue disrupted it.
Año 1855. En el Oeste americano, el teniente de Caballería Cam Elliott recibe la misión de capturar a Gato Negro, el jefe de los indios seminola, que lleva a su pueblo a la destrucción a través de luchas interminables. Gato Negro secuestra a Susan, la hija del coronel Hannah, con la intención de venderla a un grupo de blancos renegados a cambio de armas. El teniente Elliott, enamorado de la joven, perseguirá a los indios para rescatarla. (FILMAFFINITY)
Es justo después de la Guerra Civil y Ben Shelby llega buscando a Johnny Tallon a quien planea matar. Shelby fue el único superviviente de una batalla debido a la cobardía de Tallon. Al pensar que Tallon murió, otro hombre que perdió a un hermano en la misma batalla llega para matar al hermano ciego de Tallon. Tallon llega para encontrar a Shelby y su hermano huyendo. Luego son atacados por los indios y Shelby y Tallon ahora deben luchar juntos posponiendo el inevitable enfrentamiento.
Chet Kasedon is after the Indians hidden gold mine but Chief Moya will not reveal it's location. He has also hired mining engineers Gale and Mortimer to locate the mine. When Gale sees Kasedon's cruelty to Moya, he switches sides.
A pesar de que todos los miembros de su tribu se niegan, un muchacho indio se empeña en cuidar y criar a un potro salvaje. La relación entre el joven y el animal se estrechará cada vez más.
Durante una expedición de buceo, que busca un tesoro hundido en un lago, un niño ajeno a la expedición, encuentra los huesos de un batracio prehistórico. A partir de este momento, serán acechados por una criatura inimaginable para ellos y que ira mermando a los miembros del grupo uno a uno.
Billy Judkins is a naturally gloomy Gus. His life changes when he is transferred from working in his company's Hoboken office to their Hollywood office. He is going to drive there with his wife and mother. Along the way, they encounter Mr. Pinkney and his new bride, who too are heading west. Their misadventures together and meeting up with a band of marauding Indians may prevent any of them from reaching their intended destination. If Billy and Mr. Pinkney ever make it to Hollywood, they're both in a for a big surprise.
Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Anchor is building a railroad and to get cheap labor he gets Black Hawk's Indians to attack and burn the incoming wagon train. This forces the settlers to work for Anchor and he pays them in devalued scrip. When Rex figures out Anchor's swindle, Anchor gets Black Hawk to capture him. When Anchor turns on Black Hawk and shoots him, Black Hawk gets a chance to repay a debt to Rex.
Instructor Lin who is home from training the imperial troops for several years. He meets his wife and runs into his brother who has become a monk at the local temple. His superior Lord Gao, strangely decides to rape Lin's wife in the temple but Lin interrupts the crime. His brother is enraged and tries to kill Gao but Lin stops him with the help of Lin's training brother and old friend Lu who works for Gao. Lin is loyal to the Commissioner and will not do anything to harm his son. Once back at the Commissioner's house, Gao and Lu hatch a plan to discredit and eventually kill Lin all with the Commissioner's approval. The plan is put into motion and Lin is unjustly arrested for trespassing on imperial property.
A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.
Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he finds his courage and crosses enemy lines to bring help to his trapped comrades.
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un indio (Tony Curtis), apodado "jefe" por sus camaradas, formó parte del grupo que plantó la famosa bandera en Iwo Jima.
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
This rather unconventional Western movie is set in the middle of the 19th century in Arizona. The film portrays an Indian tribe, the Mimbreno Appacheans, who are celebrating their Thanksgiving, building an irrigation plant, carrying on commerce, and trying to settle down in a rather constricted territory. But the confrontation with the white Americans changes their situation as the mercantile "gentlemen" want to prevent the Indian tribe to become independent from the white men′s business practices. Thus, they destroy the irrigation plant and chase the Indian tribe in an inhospitable territory where they cannot survive. Led by their chief Ulzana, the Appacheans thus start a bitter fight to preserve their habitat.
In 1864, American soldiers massacre a Cheyenne village at Sand Creek. Disgusted by the massacre, Harmonika, one of the soldiers, deserts the army and is captured by the Indians. At first, the Cheyenne hold him responsible for the murder of the wife and the son of their chief Grauer Esel, but soon Harmonika obtains the tribe′s confidence.
After a ten-year absence, Severino returns to his tribe, the Manzeneros, who live on the edge of the Argentinian Andes. The reason for his visit is to take his younger brother back with him up north. However, in his home village, Severino finds a tense and troubled situation. His father Raymundo has recently been found dead. He was on the tracks of a gang of white bandits who had stolen cattle from both Indians and settlers. A sheep breeding company is behind these criminal machinations. This company seeks to drive the Indians and settlers off the fertile land so that they can purchase it cheaply.
Harry es un joven oficial del ejército del imperio británico que es llamado, junto con su regimiento, a combatir contra los rebeldes en Egipto.
Cuando, unos días antes de embarcar, decide abandonar, sus tres compañeros y su prometida le envian cuatro plumas blancas, que significa que para ellos es un cobarde.
A partir de ese momento, Harry arriesgará su vida para devolver las cuatro plumas y recobrar su honor.