
After riding into New Mexico, William Bonney and Pat Garrett are hired by rancher John Tunstall. Bonney's hard work wins Tunstall over, but his romance with the old man's niece makes foreman Bob Ollinger jealous. Learning of Bonney's criminal past, Ollinger leads a posse against him that kills Tunstall instead. Bonney vows to avenge his boss' death, and his ensuing killing spree earns him the nickname "Billy the Kid."
After riding into New Mexico, William Bonney and Pat Garrett are hired by rancher John Tunstall. Bonney's hard work wins Tunstall over, but his romance with the old man's niece makes foreman Bob Ollinger jealous. Learning of Bonney's criminal past, Ollinger leads a posse against him that kills Tunstall instead. Bonney vows to avenge his boss' death, and his ensuing killing spree earns him the nickname "Billy the Kid."
Bad guy Butch Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) leads an ambush on the Texas Rangers, gunning down all but the young John Reid (Klinton Spilsbury), a lawyer who had joined his Ranger brother, Dan (John Bennett Perry), in the pursuit of Cavendish. Reid, who was injured in the attack, slowly recovers with the help of his childhood friend, the Native American Tonto (Michael Horse). Afterward, Reid dons a mask, calls himself the Lone Ranger and begins fighting evil with Tonto.
During the 1840s, six settlers and their guide are caught in a dangerous situation: They are lost, food and water are running out, and the surrounding desert threatens to claim them all. Meanwhile, their guide, Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), refuses to acknowledge that they may be several weeks off-course. When a Native American (Rod Rondeaux) is captured, Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams), one of the settlers, shields him from Meek's wrath, and he offers to lead the group to water in return.
At the height of the Yukon Gold Rush, cowboy Jeff Webster (James Stewart) and his partner, Ben Tatum (Walter Brennan), want in on the action, and decide to drive their cattle from Wyoming to Yukon. Along their journey, the two run afoul of crooked lawman Gannon (John McIntire), who vows revenge when they escape him. After traveling through all manner of terrain, Webster and Tatum finally arrive at their destination. But Gannon has business in the town, and he intends to make good on his promise.
The Zachary family live quietly on a cattle ranch in post-Civil War Texas. A stranger (Joseph Wiseman) appears and disturbs their bucolic existence by spreading a malicious rumor that their adopted daughter, Rachel (Audrey Hepburn), is a Kiowa Native American. Soon, the Zachary brothers (Audie Murphy, Burt Lancaster) and their mother (Lillian Gish) must defend themselves from both racist whites and vengeful Kiowa.
After riding into New Mexico, William Bonney and Pat Garrett are hired by rancher John Tunstall. Bonney's hard work wins Tunstall over, but his romance with the old man's niece makes foreman Bob Ollinger jealous. Learning of Bonney's criminal past, Ollinger leads a posse against him that kills Tunstall instead. Bonney vows to avenge his boss' death, and his ensuing killing spree earns him the nickname "Billy the Kid."
Following an 11-year stay as a buffalo hunter in Kansas, Jonas Trapp is finally on the way home to his wife, Jessie, with the $17,000 he has saved up. Unfortunately, he happens to run into a group of bandits led by Brooks Durham; they beat him, brand him and steal all of his money. Now, returning home without a dollar to his name, Jonas finds Jessie has moved on to another man -- namely, Brooks Durham.
A Mexican outlaw/folk hero (Ricardo Montalban) and his men agree to bring a land baron's wife to 1840s San Francisco.
Cowboy Rocklin rides into a dusty western township where he's been promised work on a ranch. But when he finds that his future boss has been gunned down, he's forced to find work elsewhere. Despite his sexist attitudes, Rocklin charms the fiery Arly with his cavalier bravado and lands a job at her family's ranch. There, however, he learns that Judge Garvey was involved in his original employer's murder and is now trying to steal the dead man's land.