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Judge William “Billy” Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town.

Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man’s daughter.

In 1971, Peter Bogdanovich was, perhaps, America’s most promising young filmmaker, having directed the remarkable “Targets” (1968) and “The Last Picture Show” (1971) earning him an Academy Award nomination for the latter.

Based on a story by Peter B. Kyne, the long-lost John Ford silent Shamrock Handicap begins in Ireland. Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate.

Captain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward. In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British soldiers held prisoner there.

An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics.

Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer.

Rio Grande takes place after the Civil War when the Union turned their attention towards the Apaches.

John Randall is an Army cadet at West Point. His younger brother Paul is a midshipman at the Naval Academy.

Hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.