Horizons West

Horizons West

LAWLESS RUTHLESS DEFIANCE!

NR 1952 · 81 min · ★ 6.3 · Western

Following the Civil War, brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas, where ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he's rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, now the Marshal, but they have an inevitable falling-out.

Directed by Budd Boetticher · Written by Louis Stevens

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