Ghost Town (DVD)

Snipers' bullets rip into Dan McCall, and his jalopy careens over the side of a cliff. McCall's assailants seek the $10,000 in cash he carried. Ace rifleman "Cheyenne" Harry Morgan scares the villains off with a volley of buckshot, and he promises the dying man to protect the cash. The ambushers frame Morgan for their crime, and the sheriff tosses him into jail and hides the money. This makes the peace officer an easy target for the bad guys as they conspire to steal the confiscated loot.

Cowboy screen legend Harry Carey first appeared as "Cheyenne" Harry Morgan in a series of hit 1917-1919 Universal westerns by director John Ford. Along with Hopalong Cassidy, this soft-spoken and rugged hero was unique in the Wild West movie genre for actually wearing a black hat! During the 1930s, Carey enlivened such classics as Trader Horn (1931) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), but this exciting western shows him at his galloping best. Watching Harry Carey in action makes you realize why the Bronx-born actor was such a major influence on John Wayne.

• western