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Western Wednesdays: Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)

SYNOPSIS:
Special investigator Sunset Carson [Sunset Carson] is recruited by the governor of the territory of New Mexico, L. Bradford Prince [Frank Jaquet], to investigate a diamond smuggling ring taking place at the border. Along the way he meets city slicker Aloysius J. Phillpotts [Olin Howland] and makes him his saddlemate and partner and rechristens him “Deadeye.”
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Western Wednesdays: Lightning Bill (1934)

SYNOPSIS:
Ranchowner Ross is murdered by Lefty Landis [Bud Osborne] and his gang. Months later, Ross’ brother Tom [Bill McCall] takes over the ranch and, along with his feisty daughter Sally [Alma Rayford], they still have to contend with the brutish Landis and his gang.

In steps Buffalo Bill Jr [Jay Wilsey] and his starving sidekick partner Barney [Nelson McDowell] who work the ranch in exchange for room and board. Sally isn’t entirely trusting of Bill at first, but gradually grows to like him.
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Western Wednesdays: Idaho Kid (1936)

SYNOPSIS:
The Idaho Kid [Rex Bell] befriends an amateur holdup artist [David Sharpe], along the way they meet slovenly and dirty-faced Slagel [Charles King] who proposes the two men work the Hollister [Earl Dwire] range. It is soon revealed that Idaho is none other than Hollister’s own son. As it turns out, Idaho was raised by a rival clan called the Endicotts because his father disowned him. However, Idaho left the range at 10 years old, due to a feud between the Endicotts and the Hollisters.
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Western Wednesdays: King of the Bullwhip (1950)

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Tioga City and its bank president James Kerrigan [Jack Holt] are plagued by a deadly masked bullwhip carrying bandit named “El Azote” (The Scourge) who is robbing stagecoaches and banks across the territory of their gold and cash. Kerrigan decides it is time for action and calls in two men to act as marshal and deputy to drive out the marauder, those two men being Lash LaRue and his bearded sidekick Fuzzy Q. Jones [Al St. John]. The two arrive in town with the townsfolk suspicious that LaRue, the master of the bullwhip, is the evil masked robber.
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