Lawless Valley (1932)
ジャンル : 西洋
上映時間 : 55分
演出 : J.P. McGowan
シノプシス
Lawless Valley is an American western first released in 1932, directed by J.P. McGowan. The film is based on a story by Oliver Drake and stars Lane Chandler, Gertrude Messinger, Richard Cramer, J.P. McGowan and Si Jenks.
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.
Dare Rudd takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's girlfriend who asks Tom to hire Dare to head the big cattle drive. Dare loses the money for the drive to cardsharps, but Tom wins it back, but Dare must save Tom's life.
A town is cleared of crime when a group of cowboys under the direction of Hayden battles an outlaw gang. They also manage to restore the reputation of a friend wrongly accused of murder.
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
南北戦争前後を舞台に、広大な牧場を持った開拓者とその養子が、新たな商機への道行きの中で様々な局面に遭遇し、衝突しながら苦難を乗り越えていく姿を描いた西部劇。南部に広大な牧場を持つダンスンは、養子のマシュウらと共に、東部へのビッグ・トレイルを敢行した。だが、道は険しく、ダンスンのいらだちは次第に募っていく。やがて、レッド・リバーのほとりにさしかかったとき、牧童の三人が逃亡するという事件が起こった。厳しい処置をとろうとするダンスンに対して、マシュウは牧童の味方をし、ダンスンを脅してその場に置き去りにする。怒りに燃えたダンスンは、マシュウを殺すことを誓うが……。
ジョン・ウェイン主演で、西部開拓時代の英雄ジョン・シンプソン・チザムの活躍を描く西部劇。監督は「シェナンドー河」「大いなる男たち」のアンドリュー・V・マクラグレン。1878年。ニューメキシコ。広大な牧畜王国を築き、“ペコスの王者”の異名を持つジョン・シンプソン・チザム。一方、町で急速に台頭していたローレンス・マーフィーは、数々の悪質な手口でその勢力を拡大していく。やがて、両者は激しい抗争を繰り広げるのだった。
牧場主のウィルはあまりの人手不足にやむを得ず11人の幼い少年たちを雇って、牛追いの旅に出る。だが途中で牛泥棒の手が忍び寄り……。西部劇としては異色の展開を見せる、ジョン・ウェイン主演作。
1870年代のテキサスを舞台にした、グレゴリー・ペック製作、主演の正統派ウエスタン大作。水源地を巡って2大牧場主が争う地に、東部から青年・マッケイがやって来た。中立の立場で誰にでも水を分け与えるという条件で、彼はその水源地を手に入れる。
1880年代アメリカ南西部。大農場主マットには、先妻との間に生まれた3人の息子と、現在の妻と間に生まれた子がいた。そんな彼らが骨肉の争いを繰り広げる。社会派エドワード・ドミトリク監督によるヒューマン・ドラマ。
Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness...until it finally strikes home.
ハリウッド版「ゴジラ」の監督を務めたギャレス・エドワーズが、その監督に抜擢される契機となったSF映画。太陽系に地球外生命体の存在を確認したNASAは、探査機でサンプルを採取したが、大気圏突入時にメキシコ上空で大破してしまう。それから6年後、モンスターたちの襲撃で大きな被害を受け、国境を閉鎖されたメキシコでスクープを狙うカメラマンのコールダーは、ケガをした社長令嬢サマンサをアメリカ国境付近まで送り届ける命令を受けていた。
A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.
英国から来た未亡人とその娘をともない、彼女たちの牛をテキサスまで届けることになったカウボーイ。しかし、困難が次々と彼を襲い……。豪華キャストによるユーモラスな名作西部劇。
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree, a trail boss is hired by the same town's leading citizen to drive their cattle to Fort Clemson. Complicating matters, a rival cattle baron also hires the cattle driver to lead his herd.
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.
A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle.