Nevada Smith - BLU-RAY

The vicious slaughter of the Cheyenne Indians during the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 is the focus for this ultra-realistic drama. Surviving the attack, a devoted U.S. soldier (Peter Strauss) and a white woman (Candice Bergen) sympathetic to the Cheyenne's plight attempt to make their way to a cavalry base. Along the way, they deal with their opposing viewpoints before arriving at a U.S. outpost on the eve of an attack on an Indian village. Donald Pleasence, John Anderson co-star. 115 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

Howard Hawks successfully reworks his earlier InchRio BravoInch with that film's star, John Wayne, playing Cole Thornton, a gunslinger who returns to the title frontier town after a year and finding an ugly range war brewing between nasty land baron Bart Jason (Ed Asner) and a settler's (R.G. Armstrong) family. Cole and his new ally (James Caan) join forces to stop Jason and help a drunken lawman (Robert Mitchum) keep the peace. With Charlene Holt, Michele Carey, Christopher George. 126 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English Dolby TrueHD mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles English, French; audio commentary; featurette.

Epic western drama with James Stewart as wealthy, widowed Virginia farmer Charlie Anderson, whose opposition to slavery causes him and his family to remain neutral during the Civil War. But Anderson finds himself forced to choose sides when his youngest son (Phillip Alford) is taken prisoner by Union troops who think he's a Confederate spy. Doug McClure, Katharine Ross, Patrick Wayne, Glenn Corbett co-star. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer; bonus short InchThe Defiant Virginian.Inch