97 Films & TV Shows Set In United States of America During The 1870s
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The Outlaws Is Coming
Wyoming The 1870sThe Epic to Finish All Epics — 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 — 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! — 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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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! — 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... — 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! — 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! — 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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The Indian Fighter
Oregon The 1870sOnly one man has the power to stop a war. — 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! — 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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Drum Beat
Oregon California The 1870sOnly the fierce Modocs knew the terrible meaning of each beat of the Drum ! — 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! — 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! — 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! — 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! — 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.. — 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! — 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"! — 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! — 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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Another Part of the Forest
Alabama The 1880s The 1870s The 1860sThat fascinating family from Broadway's most shocking play! — This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Massachusetts The 1870sA Merry Escapade! Scandalous! Joyous! — In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
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Song of the South
Georgia The 1870s The 1860sHere Comes the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Show! — Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.
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Gallant Journey
California The 1910s The 1900s The 1890s The 1880s The 1870sOne Of The World's Most Exciting Adventures! — Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.
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Centennial Summer
Pennsylvania The 1870sIn 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters (Jeanne Crain and Linda Darnell) vie for the affections of a Frenchman (Cornel Wilde) who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
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San Antonio
Texas The 1870sWarner's Adventure of the Century! — Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is indeed in the Texan town, intent on winning the affections of a beautiful chanteuse named Jeanne Starr. When the lovely lady meets and falls in love with the charismatic Hardin, the stakes for both men become higher.
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