Search - Real Stories of the Old West 4 Movie Pack on DVD

Really are stories

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 01/09/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"These are "real stories" all right. Any resemblance to actual American history is purely accidental!

CONTENTS of REAL STORIES OF THE OLD WEST 4 Movie Pack:

CRAZY HORSE AND CUSTER-- Complete fiction. Patched-together episodes of a short-lived 1967 TV series ("Custer"). Featured in the cast is Peter Palmer, whose first film role was the title character in the screen adaptation of the Broadway musical, "Li'l Abner."

DANIEL BOONE, TRAIL BLAZER-- Boone and his group of settlers face violent resistance from Pawnees who have been wrongly told by a French renegade that the newcomers intend to kill the Indians and steal their land.

SITTING BULL-- L.A.'s Iverson Ranch stands in for the hilly Montana country where Custer's Last Stand occurred. A cavalry major and the chief of the Sioux nation together attempt to avert the coming battle. Portraying Crazy Horse is Iron Eyes Cody, who once perjured himself in court by claiming to be Native American. Cody was in reality the son of Italian immigrants.

WANTED: THE SUNDANCE WOMAN-- Etta Place, the Sundance Kid's widow, joins up with Pancho Villa. Katherine Ross was also Etta in the 1969 Newman/Redford Butch & Sundance movie. Good cast in this made-for-TVer.


For more films set in 19th Century America, check out BAD BOYS OF THE WEST 4 Movie Pack, also from BCI / Eclipse.


BRENTWOOD's 4-fers are nicely priced movie bundles. Video and sound quality of these digitally unrestored public domain films is generally fine. Discs are dual-side recorded.

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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(4.8) Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story (1990) - Wayne Maunder/Michael Dante/Mary Ann Mobley/Peter Palmer/Slim Pickens

(4.9) Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956) - Bruce Bennett/Lon Chaney Jr./Faron Young/Kern Dibbs

(4.8) Sitting Bull (USA/Mexico-1954) - Dale Robertson/Mary Murphy/J. Carroll Naish/John Litel/Iron Eyes Cody/John Hamilton/William Hopper

(6.6) Wanted: The Sundance Woman (TV-1976) - Katherine Ross/Hector Elizondo/Stella Stevens/Steve Forrest/Katherine Helmond/Michael Constantine"

Movies in this set

Mercedes | St. Cloud, FL USA | 05/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Movies in this set are:

1- Crazy Horse and Custer
2- Sitting Bull
3- Daniel Boone: Trailblazer
4- Wanted: The Sundance Woman"