Horizons West

Horizons West

LAWLESS RUTHLESS DEFIANCE!

NR 1952 · 81 min · ★ 6.3 · Western

Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.

Directed by Budd Boetticher · Written by Louis Stevens

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