Tales of the Wild West: Collection One (1956-1967)

Tales of the Wild West: Collection One (1956-1967)

Five-disc set includes: Three Violent People (1956)After his turbulent Civil War service, ex-Confederate officer Colt Saunders (Charlton Heston) returned to the family spread in Texas with new bride Lorna (Anne Baxter), hoping to turn the page. That would prove harder than planned, thanks to carpetbaggers with designs on his land, the resentments of his handicapped brother (Tom Tryon), and the sordid nature of Lorna’s past. Powerful mix of frontier action and character study also stars Gilbert Roland, Forrest Tucker, Bruce Bennett. 99 min. C/Rtg: NR The Tin Star (1957)Riding into a tiny town to collect his latest bounty, a cynical ex-peace officer (Henry Fonda) finds the local law enforcement to be in the hands of an unseasoned rookie sheriff (Anthony Perkins). The mercenary elects to show the greenhorn how to live up to his badge, and face down a dangerous owlhoot (Neville Brand), in this thoughtful oater from Anthony Mann. Betsy Palmer, Lee Van Cleef, John McIntire co-star. 92 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Professionals (1966)In this lusty, rousing tale, four soldiers of fortune (Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Woody Strode) in the 1917 West are hired by a cattle baron to rescue his kidnapped wife from a bandit allied with Pancho Villa and the Mexican Revolution. The formidable posse enters the dangerous world of the revolutionaries only to discover that returning the beautiful captive to their employer might be impossible. With Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, and Ralph Bellamy. 117 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 Nevada Smith (1966)The younger days of the half-Native American hero of the Harold Robbins novel “The Carpetbaggers” are chronicled in this fine western adventure. Max Sand (Steve McQueen) tracks the outlaws who brutally murdered his parents, eventually adopting the name Nevada Smith in order to infiltrate their gang and exact his vengeance. Karl Malden, Suzanne Pleshette, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy co-star. 130 min. C/Rtg: NR Waterhole #3 (1967)A corrupt cavalryman (Claude Akins) and his cohorts snag the fortune in gold bullion they were entrusted to ship and bury it in a desert waterhole for their eventual return. Too bad for them that a crafty cardsharp (James Coburn) got his hands on one of the maps, and is now racing them for their payday. Lighthearted sagebrush farce co-stars Carroll O’Connor, Joan Blondell, James Whitmore, Bruce Dern. 95 min. C/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; interviews; video essay; TV spots; radio spot; featurettes; theatrical trailers. Region Free