Warner Anderson

Marshal Calem Ware must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town. Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) of Medicine Bend is tired and alone. Tired of killing to keep himself from being killed, and alone because of an unspoken past disappointment. The realization that someone in town is paying to have him killed, and the arrival with a show troupe of the special someone from the past, coincide to force more than one type of showdown. —Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

After a disgruntled rancher and his sons rob at gun-point a rival rancher, the town forms a posse to go after the culprits but the ensuing events are muddled by unclear facts, false testimony, old scores, secrets, murder and stolen money. When the anxiously awaited posse returns with neither prisoners nor the stolen money, we learn in flashback what happened. Having been cheated by Sampson Drune, a rancher, his brother and his son have robbed him and fled. A posse led by Drune took off after them and although unwanted, the town's drunken Sheriff joins them. The Sheriff's influence on Jed, the adopted son of Drune, was the key to Jed later revealing who actually killed Drune, the robbers, and what happened to the money. —Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net> Complicated by flash-backs and flash-forwards, a posse of basically honest citizens track down a trio of outlaws responsible for robbing a wealthy New Mexico cattle baron, and decide to keep the recovered money for themselves. Honest Sheriff John Frazier (Broderick Crawford), an alcoholic, joins the posse and is mortally wounded during the foray and is unaware the cash has not been returned. He is expected to die at any moment and, as far as the greedy men in his posse are concerned, the sooner the better. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown. After the Civil War four brothers who fought for the South head west. Yanks are building the Santa Fe Railroad and one of the brothers joins them. The other three still hold their hatred of the North and join up with those trying to stop the railroad's completion. The one brother unsuccessfully tries to keep the other brothers out of trouble but eventually has to join the posse that is after them. —Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net> After the end of the US Civil War, former Confederate soldier Britt Canfield gets a job building the Santa Fe railroad. He's good at his job and soon finds himself the number two man. His urges his three brothers - Terry, Tom and Clint - to join him, but they still can't quite accept that the South was defeated. Britt also meets the very attractive Judith Chandler whose husband was killed while serving in the Union army. When his brothers take to robbing trains, Britt finds himself opposing them. —garykmcd Following the Civil War, Confederate-veteran Britt Canfield (Randolph Scott) becomes assistant to Santa Fe Railroad construction chief Dave Baxter (Warner Anderson) and falls in love with Judith Chandler ('Janis Carter), the railroad paymaster. Despite his request they go to work for the railroad, Britt's brothers Terry (Jerome Courtland), Tom (Peter M. Thompson) and Clint (John Archer), still fighting for a lost cause, join an outlaw gang robbing trains. Britt is soon forced to lead a posse against his brothers. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort. Capt. Richard Lance is unjustly held responsible, by his men and girlfriend, for an Indian massacre death of beloved Lt. Holloway. Holloway is killed while escorting a dangerous Indian chief to another fort's prison. The chief escapes. Knowing their fort is in danger of Indian attack, Lance takes a small group of army misfits to an abandoned nearby army fort to defend a mountain pass against the oncoming Indian assault. Their mission is to stall for time until reinforcements from another fort arrive. The men in this small group of malcontents, deserters, psychopaths and cowards all hate Capt. Lance and wish him dead. Much to their chagrin, the men recognize that Lance's survival instincts, military knowledge and leadership are the only chance the group has of staying alive. —E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>