
Mackenna's Gold(1969)
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.


“The gold or the grave. The young widow could lead them to either.”
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her deceased husband so that she may return it and clear the family name.

John Wayne
Lane

Ann-Margret
Mrs. Lowe

Rod Taylor
Grady

Ben Johnson
Jesse

Christopher George
Calhoun

Bobby Vinton
Ben Young

Ricardo Montalban
The Pinkerton Man
Jerry Gatlin
Sam Turner

Ralph Volkie
Townsman (uncredited)
Dennis Falt
Pursuing gunman (uncredited)
The Train Robbers is a western, action, adventure film released in 1973 exploring themes of gold, ghost train, widow, locomotive, shootout, posse. Directed by Burt Kennedy, it stars John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor. A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her deceased husband so that she may return it and clear the family name.
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