WESTERN AUDIO DVDS and
TV MINISERIES DVDS SETS
TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS
(Archive Edition)
Listen
to "Bad Blood"
59 Programs, 29 hours of
straight dramas featuring the crime-solving Texas Rangers,
starring Joel MacRae. These stories were supposed to have
been based on true stories of real cases solved by the "50
men who make up the most famous and oldest law-enforcement
body in North America." The result is a Western-style "Gang
Busters."
The White Elephant - Apache Peak - Quick Silver - The
Broken Spur - The Open Range - Dead or Alive - Open and
Shut - Clean Up - Dead Giveaway - The White Suit - Blood
Relative - Room 114 - The Cactus Pear - The Devil's Share -
Deadhead Freight - Loggers Larceny - The Hatchet - The Trap
- Death by Adoption - Pressure - Bad Blood - Conspiracy -
Paid in Full - Square Dance - Joy Ride - Death Shaft -
Wheel Chair Killings - Play for Keeps - Fugitive Trail -
Open and Shut - Wild Crop - Dead Giveaway - Death Plant -
Christmas Payoff - Killer's Crop - Clip Job - Blood Trail -
Night Chase - The Rub-Out - The Hitch Hiker - Cold Blood -
Ice Man - Prelude to Felony - Troop Train - Uncertain Death
- Address Unknown - Little Sister - Smart Kill - Jailbird -
Sellout - Illegal Entry - Ex-Con - The Boomerang - Finger
Man - Stick-Up - Cover-Up - Three Victims - Misplaced
Person - Drive-In
1 DVD $4.95
ALL-STAR WESTERN THEATER
Listen
to "The Man from Alabama" featuring Johnny Mack Brown
85 Half-hour programs with 41
hours of Western music, action and drama featuring Foy
Willing and the Riders of the Purple sage with other
Western stars such as Johnny Mack Brown, Allan Lane, Johnny
Mack Brown, Smiley Burnette, Jackie Cooper, Ken Curtis,
Dale Evans and many more as guests. See below for the
complete list of contents.
A Combination Hard to Beat - Foy Willing
Alias Mary Smithers - Virginia Mayo
Apple Pie and Arsenic - Foy Willing
At Sundown - Allan Lane
Back to Old Wyoming - Eddie Dean
Benson City Story - Foy Willing
Bid For Election - Don Red Barry
Billy the Kid - Tex Ritter
Buffalo Springs Story - Foy Willing
Buried Treasure - Eddy Arnold
Bus Ride from Santa Teresa - Foy Willing
Cactus is Wonderful - Foy Willing
Cattle Drive to Abilene - Foy Willing
Chief Many Horses - Foy Willing
Clem Norman's Story - Ken Curtis
Cooper's Unconditional Surrender - Jackie Cooper
Cripple Creek Feud - Foy Willing
Cry Caught the Killer - Foy Willing
Cupid's Agent - Foy Willing
Down Mexico Way - Jimmy Wakely
Drifting - Tim Holt
Dude Ranch Serenade - Dale Evans
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Five Quarters - Foy Willing
From East to West - William Marshall
Ghost in Little Deer Canyon - Eddy Arnold
Good Acting Done Cheap - Smiley Burnette
Gunsmoke - Foy Willing
Hail to the Spirit that Wins - Foy Willing
Hannah Morgansson - Foy Willing
Heaven is a Star - Dale Evans
Hot Buttered Popcorn - Monty Montana
I Came From Texas - Tex Ritter
Jerry and his Donkey - Monty Montana
Joey - Monty Montana
Just One Shot - Foy Willing
Li Hop's Celebration - Foy Willing
Life Death and Scotty - Foy Willing
Little Hoof - Foy Willing
Living Western Style - Preston Foster
Marshal of Red Rock - Johnny Mack Brown
Matt Simpson's Murder - Foy Willing
New Mexico Badman - Don Red Barry
Nice Weather Today - Foy Willing
One Man's Poison - Foy Willing
Painted Wall of Cave - Foy Willing
Ranch for Sale - Foy Willing
Ride of the Rancheros - Foy Willing
Sharp Shooting Gal - Foy Willing
Sleepy Weed and Smiley - Smiley Burnette
Star Bar Bar W Feud - Eddie Dean
Stony Smith's Story - Foy Willing
Streets of Laredo - Tex Ritter
Sunshine Johnson - Foy Willing
Texas Adventure - Monte Hale
The Bandit - Jackie Cooper
The Banker's Prisoner - Foy Willing
The Bar-K Dude Ranch - Foy Willing
The Big Holdup - Foy Willing
The Circus Pitch - Foy Willing
The Deacon - Dale Evans
The Fugitive - Foy Willing
The Gold Spurs - Foy Willing
The Jockey and the Cowpoke - Foy Willing
The Lone Bandit - Jimmy Wakely
The Man from Alabama - Johnny Mack Brown
The Phantom Rider - Dennis Moore
The Rabbit - Foy Willing
The Raisin Bee - Foy Willing
The Sheriff - Foy Willing
The Successful Operation - Foy Willing
The Trail to Mexico - Foy Willing
The Varmint and the Baby - Foy Willing
The Vought Cowboy - Ken Curtis
The Words with Signs Following - Foy Willing
The Youngest Dude - Foy Willing
Time to Ride - Foy Willing
To Settle an Account - Foy Willing
Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation - Foy Willing
Why Did I Ever Leave Wyoming - Monty Montana
Widow of Rainbow Valley - Foy Willing
Wild Cow Milking Rodeo - Monty Montana
Windmill on the River - Foy Willing
Year of the Terrible Blizzard - Nick Lucas
Young Love and Manana Joe - Foy Willing
1 DVD $4.95
WESTERN/CIVIL WAR TV
MINISERIES DVD SETS
Andersonville [DVD](1996)
DVD
Powerhouse historical drama from director John
Frankenheimer focusing on the infamous Confederate prison
camp where the deplorable conditions led to a bloody
altercations between warring factions of prisoners in 1864.
The principals involved are a young Union corporal (Jarrod
Emick), a veteran sergeant (Frederic Forrest) and the
camp's creepy commander (Jan Triska). 167 min. Widescreen
(Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French
Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French;
audio commentary by Frankenheimer, others; additional
scene; TV spot; DVD-ROM content.
Buffalo Girls [DVD](1995)
DVD
The legends of the Old West come to life in this fanciful
adaptation of "Lonesome Dove" author Larry McMurtry's
best-selling novel. Anjelica Huston plays Calamity Jane,
who joins a group of her sagebrush pals on an excursion to
England as part of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.
Melanie Griffith, Reba McEntire, Gabriel Byrne, Jack
Palance, and Peter Coyote as Cody also star. 180
min.
The Blue And The Gray
[DVD](1982)
DVD
The war that shattered the nation is brought to the screen
in grandiose fashion with a stellar cast and magnificent
battle sequences. Gregory Peck, Geraldine Page, Stacy Keach
and Colleen Dewhurst head a cast of thousands in this Civil
War drama from historian Bruce Catton's novel. Original,
complete version; 6 1/3 hrs. Standard; Soundtracks: English
Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles:
English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish,
Thai.
The Blue And The Gray (Recut)
[DVD](1982)
DVD
The war that shattered the nation is brought to the screen
in grandiose fashion with a stellar cast and magnificent
battle sequences. Gregory Peck, Geraldine Page, Stacy Keach
and Colleen Dewhurst head a cast of thousands in this Civil
War drama from historian Bruce Catton's novel. 5 hrs. on
two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital
mono; Subtitles: English, French.
The Gambler [DVD](1980)
DVD
First he sang about his exploits; now country great Kenny
Rogers brings his cardsharp Old West hero to life in this
hit TV movie that spawned several sequels. While on a
mission to save the son he never knew, Rogers takes
neophyte poker player Bruce Boxleitner under his wing,
leading to rousing frontier adventure. With Lee Purcell,
Harold Gould. 95 min. Soundtrack: English.
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
[DVD](1983)
DVD
While travelling to San Francisco with his buddy and his
son for a high-stakes poker game, card-loving frontiersman
Kenny Rogers has his trip interrupted by train robbers.
When the outlaws take his boy hostage, he enlists the help
of his pal and a beautiful bounty hunter to rescue the lad.
With Charles Fields, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Evans, Mitch
Ryan. AKA: "Kenny Rogers as the Gambler: The Adventure
Continues." 190 min. Soundtrack: English.
Legend Of The Gambler [DVD]
DVD
Three-disc set includes "The Gambler" (1980), "The Gambler:
The Adventure Continues" (1983), and "The Gambler: The
Legend Continues" (1987).
The
Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw
[DVD](1991)
DVD
It's the wildest game for frontier rogue Kenny Rogers yet,
as he gets involved with shady lady Reba McEntire, takes a
dangerous cross-country trek, meets a passel of TV
gunslingers (including Chuck Connors, Gene Barry, Hugh
O'Brian and Clint Walker), and winds up playing cards with
Teddy Roosevelt! Rick Rossovich, Linda Evans and Mickey
Rooney also star. 180 min.
The Gambler V: Playing For Keeps
[DVD](1994)
DVD
Has frontier cardshark-turned-do-gooder Brady Hawkes (Kenny
Rogers) finally run out of luck when he tries to keep his
son from falling in with notorious outlaws Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid? There's plenty of Western adventure
and fun in this fifth "Gambler" installment. Loni Anderson,
Dixie Carter and Bruce Boxleitner star. 189 min.
Into The West [DVD](2005)
DVD
In the 19th century, Jacob Wheeler (Matthew Settle) travels
west to seek the "American dream." After rescuing and later
marrying Thunder Heart Woman (Tonantzin Carmelo), a young
Lakota, Jacob's new and growing family experiences triumphs
and hardships along the path to a better life. The
breathtaking history of the American West is seen through
the eyes of both pioneer and Native American families in
this ambitious miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg. The
all-star cast includes Simon Baker, Josh Brolin, Gary
Busey, Will Patton, and Irene Bedard. All six installments
are presented in a four-disc set. 9 1/4 hrs. total.
Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital
5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English
(SDH),
The Last Of The Mohicans
[DVD](1971)
DVD
Aired on PBS during the debut season of "Masterpiece
Theatre," this rousing BBC production brings James Fenimore
Cooper's novel to life through superb performances. During
the French and Indian War, frontier scout Hawkeye attempts
to lead a group of British settlers through the woods of
New York to safety at Fort William Henry--with plenty of
action and complications along the way. Kenneth Ives,
Philip Madoc, John Abineri star. 5 1/3 hrs. total on two
discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
Dead Man's Walk
[DVD](1996)
DVD
The stirring and exciting prequel to "Lonesome Dove"
introduces the characters Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call as
young Texas Rangers battling outlaws, bandits and Buffalo
Hump, a dangerous Comanche warrior, while on the Santa Fe
Trail. F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Brian Dennehy,
David Arquette, and Jonny Lee Miller head the cast. 4 3/4
hrs. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby
Digital stereo; "making of" featurette.
Lonesome Dove
(Full-Length Mini-Series)
[DVD](1989)
DVD
A sweeping story of a dangerous cattle drive from Texas to
Montana, this Emmy-winning program features incredible
action sequences, beautiful photography and expert acting
from a cast that includes Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones,
Robert Urich, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder and Anjelica
Huston. Based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel. Uncut version; 6 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack:
English Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English;
interviews; trivia; trailer.
Return To Lonesome Dove
[DVD](1993)
DVD
This sequel to the smash hit mini-series stars Jon Voight
as Woodrow Call, the aging former Texas Ranger who teams
with fellow ex-Ranger Gideon Walker (William Petersen) to
drive a herd of wild mustangs to a ranch in Montana, 2,500
miles away. During the trek, the men encounter deceit,
Indians and romance. With Rick Schroder, Lou Gossett, Jr.,
and Barbara Hershey. 5 2/3 hrs. Standard; Soundtrack:
English Dolby Digital stereo; biographies; "making of"
documentary.
The Lonesome Dove Collection
[DVD]
DVD
Six-disc set includes "Lonesome Dove," "Streets of Laredo"
and "Dead Man's Walk."
Lonesome Dove: The Series
[DVD](1994)
DVD
Based on Larry McMurtry's epic Western saga, this
syndicated 1994-95 series follows young Newt Call and
Hannah Peale as they settle in Curtis Wells, a small
frontier town in 1870s Montana Territory run by the
nefarious Col. Clay Mosby. Scott Bairstow, Christianne Hirt
and Eric McCormack star. Guest stars include Billy Dee
Williams, Paul Le Mat, Diahann Carroll, Judge Reinhold,
Olivia Hussey, and Dennis Weaver as Buffalo Bill Cody. All
21 episodes of the series--including "O Western Wind,"
"Ballad of a Gunfighter," "High Lonesome," "Rebellion," and
"Snowbound"--are featured in a five-disc set. 16 hrs.
total.
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
[DVD](1995)
DVD
Two years after the events of "Lonesome Dove: The Series,"
an embittered Newt Call returns to Curtis Wells, now a
seedy boomtown, where he must struggle with his own demons
after suffering a tragic personal loss. Dark and gritty
entry in the "Lonesome Dove" mythos, which ran from
1995-96, stars Scott Bairstow, Eric McCormack, Kelly Rowan,
Tracy Scoggins, Paul Johansson, and Paul Le Mat. All 22
episodes of the series--including "The Return," "Badlands,"
"Day of the Dead," "When She Was Good," and "Love and
War"--are included in a five-disc set.
North And South: The Complete Collection
[DVD]
DVD
All three made-for-TV adaptations of John Jakes' epic Civil
War novels are available in a five-disc set. In "North and
South, Book I" (1985), tensions mount between the Hazards
of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina in the days
before the war breaks out; as the conflict heats up,
one-time allies become full-blown enemies in "North and
South, Book II" (1986); finally, "Heaven & Hell: North
and South, Book III" (1994) finds old friendships rekindled
as the war ends and the nation enters the Reconstruction.
All-star cast includes Patrick Swayze, James Read, Kirstie
Alley, David Carradine, Jonathan Frakes, Georg Stanford
Brown, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart. 23 1/4
hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles:
Eng
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
[DVD](1994)
DVD
This powerful drama, based on the best-selling book, joins
centenarian Civil War widow Lucy Marsden as she looks back
on her amazing life experiences. Follow Lucy's tumultuous
marriage to a Confederate officer, her relationship with
her mother, the loss of two children, her emotional
problems and more. Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely
Tyson, Anne Bancroft star. 180 min.
North & South
[DVD](2004)
DVD
This acclaimed British miniseries takes place in
19th-century England and follows the story of Margaret Hale
(Daniela Denby-Ashe), a privileged young woman who is
uprooted from her comfortable Southern lifestyle when her
family moves north to a mill town. Finding the conditions
of the workers deplorable, Margaret is contemptuous of the
mill's charismatic owner, John Thornton (Richard Armitage),
even as she finds herself increasingly attracted to him.
Sinead Cusack, Lesley Manville and Tim Pigott-Smith also
star. 3 3/4 hrs. total on two discs. Widescreen (Enhanced);
Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles:
English; audio commentary; deleted scenes;
interview.
Roots
(30th Anniversary Edition)
[DVD](1977)
DVD
The landmark TV mini-series, winner of seven Emmys, that
traced the black experience in America through the
struggles of one family from slavery to freedom is
available in a four-disc set. Based on Alex Haley's
best-seller, the program's impressive cast includes LeVar
Burton, Lou Gossett, Jr., Ed Asner, Lorne Greene, Ben
Vereen, Leslie Uggams, and Georg Stanford Brown. 9 1/2 hrs.
total. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono,
Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish,
French; audio commentary; documentaries.
Roots: The Next Generations
[DVD](1979)
DVD
The saga continues in this Emmy-winning sequel that
stretches from the Reconstruction era to the 1960s and
culminates with writer Alex Haley's visit to the African
homeland of his ancestors. James Earl Jones stars as Haley;
with Georg Stanford Brown, Henry Fonda, Olivia de
Havilland, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Al Freeman, Jr. as
Malcolm X, and Marlon Brando as George Lincoln Rockwell.
Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital
mono; Subtitles: English.
Roots: The Complete Collection
[DVD]
DVD
In addition to "Roots" (30th Anniversary Edition) and
"Roots: The Next Generations," this 10-disc set includes
"Roots: The Gift" (1988)--starring LeVar Burton and Lou
Gossett, Jr. as Kunta Kinte and Fiddler, who risk their
lives on Christmas Eve to help a group of runaway slaves
escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad--plus a disc
filled with extras. Soundtrack: English; audio commentary;
documentaries; featurette.
Scarlett [DVD](1994)
DVD
The most famous love story in film history continues in the
hit mini-series adaptation of the sequel to "Gone with the
Wind." Follow Scarlett O'Hara (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) as
she travels to her family's Irish homeland to forget Rhett
Butler (Timothy Dalton) and finds the journey filled with
romance, tragedy and adventure. Ann-Margret, John Gielgud,
Stephen Collins, and Annabeth Gish also star. 6 2/3 hrs. on
two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital
stereo; "making of" documentary.
Texas Justice [DVD](1995)
DVD
The tumultuous relationship between Texas oil tycoon T.
Cullen Davis (Peter Strauss) and his former wife Priscilla
(Heather Locklear) is the focus of this shocking biopic.
Forced to stand trial for attempting to murder his ex--and
blamed for the deaths of her lover and his daughter--Davis
was acquitted for the crimes with the help of cunning
defense attorney Richard "Racehorse" Haynes (Dennis Franz).
With Lewis Smith, Susan Walters. Standard; Soundtrack:
English.