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- All all-female gang of Old West bank robbers comes out of retirement to rescue a sister in peril.
- The two 'most wanted' cowboys in the New Mexico territory ride into Corazon for one last job - to rob the ruthless town boss.
- A man fights the law and the lawless in order to reunite with his wife and son in the 1860s west.
- A California bandido leaves his murderous gang and his destructive path only to land in the hands of a posse of vengeful vigilantes.
- A cowboy, the last of his kind, becomes lost in an ever-changing world.
- This short documentary was aired on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to introduce its festival of western films shown during the month of November 2002. Actors Billy Bob Thornton and Luke Perry and country singer Dwight Yoakam discuss the western films of stars Gary Cooper, James Stewart, John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood. "Cowboy poet" Baxter Black provides commentary to introduce each segment.
- A Twisted Tale Of Grace In A Lawless West
- One man show depicting the life of Buffalo Bill.
- Shows the execution technology used at the time, from hanging to electrocution, analyzing how they worked and what could go wrong.
- The key to the west was the use of guns and their rapid development. The traditional quick draw gunfight was very rare in the west. If you wanted to shoot someone, you usually did it from cover or distance. The first recorded quick draw involved Wild Bill Hickock in Missouri in 1865. He was a fast and deadly accurate shooter. In 1836 the Colt Patterson revolver was introduced which started revolutionary changes in gun development. It played an important role in defending against Indians used bows and arrows which could be shot very fast and had developed tactics based on single shot guns that took time to reload. To produce the gun Colt created lathes, other tools, and used the assembly line to keep up with demand. Pistols changed rapidly for the next 30 years as technology improved. In 1854 the introduction of the self contained cartridge made repeating guns easier to develop and use. The Henry Rifle was the first practical repeating rifle introduced in 1860. It, too, had a major impact on battles with Indians. It was followed in 1873 with the Winchester which became the standard. Holsters also under went several advancements in the second half of the 19th century. However, wearing guns openly in town in the west was normally illegal. Instead, people carried small guns hidden in pockets and waistbands. Cowboys wore their guns openly as they were in the country. In the OK Corral shootout the Earp group wore hidden guns while the cowboys wore theirs in the open. John Wesley Hardin was one of the most prolific killers having killed his 40th man on his 21st birthday. The other gun that was popular due to its easier use was the shotgun used by Billy the Kid in his jail break.