Barbara Stanwyck stars! A tough-as-nails rancher falls for the new Marshal charged with bringing law and order to her Arizona town. But her out-of-control, trigger-happy brother may get in the way...

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Forty Guns (1957)

Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, and Dean Jagger star! Barbara Stanwyck shines as the tough-as-nails female rancher whose ambition and intelligence remind us of her future role as Victoria Barkley in The Big Valley (an INSP fan-favorite show!). Jessica Drummond rules Tombstone, Arizona with an iron fist and a private posse of hired guns. She’s used to getting her troublemaker brother out of jail and pushing the law around. But when U.S. Marshal Griff Bonnell arrives to clean up Jessica’s town, their mutual attraction is immediate. However, Griff won’t let that get in the way of doing his job, even if Jessica doesn’t like it. Now, a bitter confrontation seems inevitable…