103 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1870s
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Custer of the West
South Dakota The 1870s The 1860sBiopic of General George Armstrong Custer from his rise to prominence in the Civil War through to his "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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The Appaloosa
π²π½ Mexico The 1870sSouthwest to Sonora rode the lustful, the lawless... to live on the edge of violence! β Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. The Appaloosa (also known as Southwest to Sonora) is a 1966 American Western film Technicolor (set in the 1870s) from Universal Pictures starring Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer and John Saxon, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Mexican bandit. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, shot in Mexico. The 2008 Appaloosa film (starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen) is not related nor a remake of this film, although it has almost the same title.
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The Sons of Great Bear
South Dakota The 1870sFirst DEFA "western" establishing Gojko MitiΔ's stardom portraying Native Americans.
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The Outlaws Is Coming
Wyoming The 1870sThe Epic to Finish All Epics β Rance Roden plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy the US Cavalry, Rance and his gang will take over the West. Meanwhile, a Boston magazine gets wind of the buffalo slaughter and sends editor Kenneth Cabot and his associates to Casper, Wyoming to investigate.
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4 for Texas
Texas The 1870sThe far out story of the far west β In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya Carlson and Jarret with Maxine Richter. But Matson is still on the loose, and a scheming banker threatens both Thomas and Jarrett.
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The Haunted Palace
Massachusetts The 1870s The 18th CenturyA warlock's home is his castle...Forever! β A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
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The Savage Guns
π²π½ Mexico The 1870sThis Western is set in the Mexican valley of Sonora not that far south of the state of Arizona. It's just after the American Civil War, and a former Confederate officer, Mike Summers (Don Taylor) has taken refuge in a small town in the valley. He has married and is hoping to live in peace the rest of his life. Instead, he and his wife and the rest of the town are suffering the depredations of a brutal gunman, Danny Pose (Alex Nicol), and his gang of outlaws. Summers holds off picking up a gun because of his personal vow of non-violence. But the situation deteriorates and a new ally comes into the picture, Steve Fallon (Richard Basehart), a wandering gunslinger who may not be able to handle the bad guys alone.
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Walk Like a Dragon
California The 1870sCalifornia, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where is she going to go? Kim doesn't speak English and she's just going to be exploited by somebody else. Linc takes Kim home to serve as a housekeeper. Ma Bartlett Linc's mother, is not happy that a Chinese girl is living in her home, and even less happy when Kim and her son fall in love. Their affair also arouses the jealousy of Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
California England The 1870sIt's a wonderful world, if you'll only take the time to go around it! β Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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The Searchers
Texas The 1870s The 1860sHe had to find her... he had to find her... β As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
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7th Cavalry
Montana North Dakota The 1870sCHARGING THE BATTLE LINES OF THE SIOUX AND THE CHEYENNES! β An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
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The Last Wagon
Arizona The 1870sNothing Could Stop the Last Wagon From Coming Through! β When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.
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Comanche
π²π½ Mexico The 1870sThe Never-Before-Told Epic of the Last Great Indian Battle...Filmed in the All-The-Earth-Spanning Power of CinemaScope β Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.
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The Indian Fighter
Oregon The 1870sOnly one man has the power to stop a war. β A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter
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White Feather
Wyoming The 1870sBeyond Any Indian Adventure Ever Filmed! β The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when a civilian surveyor befriends the chief's son and falls for the chief's daughter.
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Saskatchewan
π¨π¦ Canada The 1870sAlan Ladd and Jay Silverheels (television's Tonto) are blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great White Father.
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Drum Beat
Oregon California The 1870sOnly the fierce Modocs knew the terrible meaning of each beat of the Drum ! β President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
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Sweethearts on Parade
Indiana The 1870sTHE SECRET THRILL THAT EVERY WOMAN REMEMBERS...and will never tell! β Cam Ellerby brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamour and excitement to young Sylvia Townsend.
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Bugles in the Afternoon
Montana North Dakota The 1870sWHEN FLAMING ARROWS WERE THE SCOURGE OF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY! β Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman.
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Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado The 1870sTWO FIGHTING RAILROAD CREWS BATTLE FOR THE ONLY RIGHT OF WAY! β Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sabotage the entire operation in the hopes that they can get their tracks laid first and get the money from the railroad.
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Winchester '73
Kansas The 1870sThe Gun That Won The West! β Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
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Broken Arrow
Arizona The 1860s The 1870sThe Most Powerful Weapon is Courage.. β Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
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The Baron of Arizona
Arizona The 1910s The 1890s The 1880s The 1870sThe lustiest adventure a man ever lived! β The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.
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Streets of Laredo
Texas The 1870sRIDE TO WILD ADVENTURE...With The Texas Rangers And Their "Blonde Bobcat"! β Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim
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Fort Apache
Arizona The 1870sJohn Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier! β In John Ford's sombre exploration of the mythology of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday, who sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, Thursday attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
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