Audie Murphy: Ultimate Western Collection

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Fourteen-disc set includes: Sierra (1950) A young horse-breaker (Audie Murphy) lived a hidden existence with his father (Dean Jagger) because of the bum murder rap that hung over the old man. When they make the fortuitous acquaintance of a lady lawyer (Wanda Hendrix, Murphy’s then-wife), are their troubles finally over… or only just beginning? Sagebrush saga co-stars Tony Curtis, Burl Ives, Elliott Reid. 83 min. C/Rtg: NR The Kid From Texas (1950) Audie Murphy straps on his irons in his first Technicolor western, here starring as the Old West’s famed young gunslinger Billy the Kid. In 1870s New Mexico Territory, when his rancher boss (Shepherd Strudwick) is killed by the drunken hired hands of Major Harper (Dennis Hoey), an enraged Billy goes on the warpath… until resolute lawman Pat Garrett (Frank Wilcox) sets out to bring the Kid to justice. 78 min. C/Rtg: NR Kansas Raiders (1950) Playing another legendary outlaw, Audie Murphy stars as Jesse James, who-along with the other members of his gang-escapes a lynching attempt and go on to join up with Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill’s Raiders. Only after witnessing the fighters’ atrocities during the Lawrence Massacre, does Jesse come to question his misplaced loyalties. With Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Tony Curtis, Richard Long. 80 min. C/Rtg: NR The Cimarron Kid (1952) In the first western directed by genre legend Budd Boetticher, Audie Murphy stars as Bill Doolin, who, after being falsely accused of robbing the train on which he was an innocent passenger, takes up the moniker “the Cimarron Kid” and joins up with the Dalton gang. Co-stars Beverly Tyler, James Best, Hugh O’Brian, Noah Beery, Jr., and Leif Erickson. 84 min. C/Rtg: NR Ride Clear Of Diablo (1954) Coming home to the family ranch to find his father and brother slain, surveyor Clay O’Mara (Audie Murphy) seeks a deputy’s badge so he can bring in those responsible. After forming a tenuous alliance with a wanted gunslinger (Dan Duryea), Clay finds to his shock that the guilty party might have been under his nose the whole time. Frontier thriller co-stars Susan Cabot, Abbe Lane, Russell Johnson, Paul Birch. 81 min. C/Rtg: NR Night Passage (1957) When Grant McLaine (James Stewart) is entrusted with taking the railroad’s payroll to the end of the line, he must face off against his fearsome train-robbing brother, “the Utica Kid” (Audie Murphy). Forced to choose between duty and family, can Grant bring his unlawful sibling to justice? Thrilling western yarn from the novel by Norman A. Fox co-stars Dan Duryea, Brandon de Wilde, Dianne Foster. 91 min. C/Rtg: NR Joe Butterfly (1957) In his one and only comedy, action star Audie Murphy portrays Private John Woodley, an Army magazine reporter, who, while on assignment in occupied Japan, seeks out the help of conniving black marketeer Joe Butterfly (Burgess Meredith) to turn out the publication’s latest issue. After being set up in a palatial mansion-complete with hot and cold running girls-will Woodley ever find the time to meet his deadline? Likable service romp co-stars Keenan Wynn, George Nader, Keiko Shima. 90 min. C. Rtg: NR Ride A Crooked Trail (1958) When outlaw Joe Maybe (Audie Murphy) pulled up in Webb City, the locals mistook him for the famed marshal who was coming to bring them law and order. Joe, seeing an opportunity to case the bank, was in no hurry to correct them. Will he be able to keep up the deception, as assorted disreputable old “friends” show up in town? Comedy-tinged oater co-stars Walter Matthau, Henry Silva, Gia Scala. 88 min. C/Rtg: NR The Wild And The Innocent (1959) Poignant romantic adventure casts Audie Murphy opposite rising star Sandra Dee. Unsophisticated trapper Yancy Hawks (Murphy) runs up against a crooked sheriff (Gilbert Roland) when he tries to save a young beauty (Dee) from the degrading life of a dance hall girl. Co-stars Joanne Dru, Jim Backus, Strother Martin. 84 min. C/Rtg: NR Hell Bent For Leather (1960) Mistaken for a murderer by the townspeople of Sutterville, horse trader Clay Santell (Audie Murphy) goes on the run. Making matters worse, corrupt Sheriff Deckett (Stephen McNally), well aware of Santell’s innocence, uses any means necessary to bring him in in order to further his career. Co-stars Felicia Farr, Robert Middleton, Jan Merlin. 82 min. C. Rtg: NR Six Black Horses (1962) Ben Lane (Audie Murphy) is mistaken for a horse thief and saved by stranger Frank Jesse (Dan Duryea). They’re soon hired by the beautiful Kelly (Joan O’Brien) to escort her across