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America's Greatest Westerns Collector Set V.2 10-DVD Pack

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ECHO BRIDGE and its predecessor, PLATINUM DISC flash an on-screen watermark every so often. With PLATINUM's previous "Great American Western" series (circa 2004) this logo appeared on some films for only a fraction of a second at a time.

Discs are single-side recorded. Biggest downside to this reasonably priced set is over-compression. Occasional artifacts may be noticeable, especially with rapid side-to-side movement. None of these pictures have undergone restoration, so dub quality depends solely on film stock condition. I find Echo Bridge's product a good bargain. Defective discs have been rare, audio is uniformly strong and visually (compared to other PD brands) they're a bit above average.

This edition includes several documentaries (doc.), also two feature-length movies created by combining four episodes of a 1971 TV series.

Related item:
AMERICA'S GREATEST WESTERNS COLLECTORS SET V.3 has another 40+ movies. Several of these star Roy Rogers.


PROGRAM--
Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll ratings.

DISC ONE:
(5.6) Against a Crooked Sky (1975) - Richard Boone/Stewart Petersen/Henry Wilcoxon/Clint Ritchie/Shannon Farnon
(5.4) Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952) - Lex Barker/Helen Westcott/Lon Chaney Jr.
(5.4) The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (doc.-1991) - Jack Hanrahan (narrator)
(5.2) Sitting Bull (1954) - Dale Robertson/Mary Murphy/J. Carrol Naish/John Litel/Iron Eyes Cody/John Hamilton/William Hopper

DISC TWO:
(3.9) Savage Guns (Italy-1971) - Robert Woods/Dino Strano/Benito Pacifico
(6.0) The Sundowners (1950) - Robert Preston/Robert Sterling/Chill Wills/Cathy Downs/John Litel/Jack Elam/Don Haggerty
(5.1) The Gatling Gun (1973) - Guy Stockwell/Robert Fuller/Woody Strode/Patrick Wayne/Pat Buttram/John Carradine/Phil Harris
(5.8) The Bushw'ackers (1952) - John Ireland/Wayne Morris/Lawrence Tierney/Dorothy Malone/Lon Chaney Jr./Jack Elam

DISC THREE:
(5.7) The Gun and the Pulpit (TV-1974) - Marjoe Gortner/Slim Pickens/Pamela Sue Martin/Estelle Parsons/Jeff Corey
(5.3) Boot Hill (Italy-1969) - Terence Hill/Woody Strode/Bud Spencer/Victor Buono/Lionel Stander
(5.3) My Outlaw Brother (1951) - Mickey Rooney/Wanda Hendrix/Robert Preston/Robert Stack
(6.4) Gunfighters of the Old West (doc.-1992) - Jack Hanrahan (narrator)

DISC FOUR:
(3.7) Little Moon and Judd McGraw ("Gone with the West") (1975) - James Caan/Stefanie Powers/Aldo Ray/Robert Walker Jr./Sammy Davis Jr./Pepper Martin
(5.6) Jory (Mexico-USA-1973) - John Marley/B.J. Thomas/Robby Benson
(4.0) The Brothers O'Toole (1973) - John Astin/Pat Carroll/Hans Conried/Lee Meriwether/Jesse White
(5.5) The Jackals (S Africa-1967) - Vincent Price/Diana Ivarson/Robert Gunner

DISC FIVE:
(5.5) Seven Alone (1974) - Dewey Martin/Aldo Ray
(6.6) Pioneer Woman (TV-1973) - Joanna Pettet/William Shatner/David Janssen/Helen Hunt
(6.6) The Proud Rebel (1958) - Alan Ladd/Olivia de Havilland/Harry Dean Stanton
(6.4) Buckskin Frontier (1943) - Richard Dix/Jane Wyatt/Albert Dekker/Lee J. Cobb/Victor Jory/Max Baer/George Reeves

DISC SIX:
(5.8) Fighting Caravans (1931) - Gary Cooper/Lili Damita/Ernest Torrence/Tully Marshall/Eugene Pallette
(6.3) The Woman of the Town (1943) - Claire Trevor/Albert Dekker/Barry Sullivan/Percy Kilbride
(?) The Old West Cowboy (doc.-1993) - Jack Hanrahan (narrator)
(3.8) The Proud and Danmed (1972) - Chuck Connors/Aron Kincaid/Cesar Romero/José Greco

DISC SEVEN:
(6.4) Gunfighters of the Old West (doc.-1992) - Jack Hanrahan (narrator)
(6.7) Yuma (TV-1971) - Clint Walker/Barry Sullivan/Edgar Buchanan/Bruce Glover
(2.8) Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (TV-1976) - Bob Denver/Forrest Tucker/Jeannine Riley/Lori Saunders/Don 'Red' Barry
(7.2) Sunset Carson Rides Again (1948) - Sunset Carson/Albert Terry/Pat Starling/Dan White/Pat Gleason

DISC EIGHT:
(6.2) American Empire (1942) - Richard Dix/Leo Carrillo/Preston Foster/Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams/Cliff Edwards
(?) The Marshal of Madrid (TV-1972) (two episodes of "Cade's County") - Glenn Ford/Edgar Buchanan/Bobby Darin/Linda Cristal/Leif Garrett/James Gregory
(5.5) The Hanged Man (TV-1974) - Steve Forrest/Dean Jagger/Will Geer/Sharon Acker/Cameron Mitchell/Hank Worden
(?) Sam Cade (TV-1971) (two episodes of "Cade's County") - Glenn Ford/Edgar Buchanan/Darren McGavin/Loretta Swit/Ed Asner/Shelley Fabares

DISC NINE:
(4.1) Joshua (1976) - Fred Williamson
(4.3) Kid Vengeance (Italy/Israel-1977) - Lee Van Cleef/Jim Brown/Leif Garrett
(4.8) Four Rode Out (USA/Spain-1971) - Sue Lyon/Leslie Nielsen/Pernell Roberts/Janis Ian
(2.0) Cry Blood Apache (1970) - Jody McCrae/Dan Kemp/Don Henley/Joel McCrea

DISC TEN:
(4.0) White Comanche (Spain-1968) - Joseph Cotton/William Shatner/Rosanna Yanni
(6.8) The Great American West (doc.-1995) - Jason Robards Jr. (narrator)
(4.1) Kentucky Rifle (1956) - Chill Wills/Cathy Downs/Sterling Holloway/Jeanne Cagney/I. Stanford Jolley
(5.3) Bells of San Angelo (1947) - Roy Rogers/Dale Evans/Andy Devine/Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

None were that great. Several were westerns that are in other western DVD collections I had seen before.