16 Great American Westerns John Wayne

The Trail Beyond Rod Drew ( John Wayne) is on the hunt for an old friend's long-lost brother when he runs into a college buddy who is being framed for murder. Hiding from the law, the pair comes across a map leading to a gold fortune which makes them enemies. Riders of Destiny When a government agent wanders into town posing as an outlaw, the local crook hires him to help take away the land of the hard-working farmers, without knowing the plans of sabotage he has in mind. West of the Divide John Wayne plays a traveler named Ted Hayden who is in search of his parents' killers. Texas Terror Distraught by the mistaken belief that he is responsible for his best friend's death, Sheriff John Higgins turns in his badge and assumes the life of a gold prospector. Winds of the Wasteland Two men are duped into purchasing a ramshackle stagecoach that travels to Crescent City, which unbeknownst to them is a ghost town. Despite having only two inhabitants, they believe that the town shows promise and they enter a stagecoach race to gain settlement rights. The Buckskin Lady Angela vows to pay back Dr. Bruce Merritt who was swindled out of $250 by her father. A romance begins, but when Angela's outlaw ex-beau returns, things get complicated. The Light of Western Stars An unsuspecting Eastern woman purchases a ranch that is used as the base of an ammunition smuggling racket. The ex-foreman of the ranch comes back to help out and discovers who is behind the operation. Frontier Outlaws Billy Carson ( Larry "Buster" Crabbe) shoots a man, is found not guilty in one of the most raucous court scenes, but is still jailed. After getting out, he plans to infiltrate the outlaws who started the trouble. The Kid Rides Again Larry "Buster" Crabbe is the unjustly arrested Billy The Kid, who is accused of holding up a train. Escaping lock-up, Billy tracks down the real culprits, who happen to be masquerading as law-abiding ranchers. Vengeance Valley Cattle baron Arch Stroble favors his ranch-hand, whom he has raised since boyhood, over his biological son. Jealousy leads to lies, confrontation and an abundance of plot twists and turns before a righteous resolution is reached. Santa Fe Trail Santa Fe Trail details the events that occurred at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, which resulted in a bloody standoff between abolitionist John Brown and the U.S. Army due to his noble but misguided attempts to free slaves. Trouble in Texas Tex Masters ( Tex Ritter) is on the hu