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In a dusty saloon somewhere east of San Antonio, two bounty hunters, a Union veteran and a Confederate veteran, sit at a table across from one another, and soon discover they are …

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An African American cowherder struggles to make it in the lawless wild west despite facing discrimination at every turn. When his cattle herd becomes cursed by a vengeful Desert …

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