Death Valley Days

A Mexican official must decide between his fellow caballeros and his obligations to the U.S. during the annexation of California.

A man goes too far promoting a phony religious philosophy based on the novel "The Gates Ajar" and must admit the truth if he is to save his benefactor from a lynch mob.

Sam Kee, ostracized because he's Chinese, finds refuge at a fort after saving a soldier's life. He befriends Lt. Burke, who needs help after Apaches repeatedly steal the payroll.

Russian Grand Duke Alexis is touring the West and the government assigns Buffalo Bill as his guide. The frontiersman objects but ends up bonding with the royal.

Charlie and Phoebe Stoner are having hard times because of his drinking. Major Bullock arrives from the East, willing to grubstake Charlie to learn his mining expertise.

Dr. Tom Bell stays out west after the Mexican-American War, but his belief in himself is gone. When a patient of his dies unexpectedly, his medical practice is ruined and he thinks his only choice is to join with criminal elements.

After a skirmish with hostile Natives, prisoners arrive at the fort, including an ill girl.

Rival communications companies vie for bonus money to build the first transcontinental telegraph.

The son of a Native chief faces trial after being accused of the murder of a fellow tribesman.

A notorious Apache is in the area and a local captain's son is missing.

On one drunken evening, a miner gives a pretty saloon singer half-interest in his apparently worthless claim, only to learn that the surrounding property contains a vein of valuable ore.

A female journalist reports on a corrupt politician.

When artistic Billy Jackson is threatened by gunslinger Corbett, he shoots him in the back. Famed lawyer Temple Houston is asked to take Billy's case but must work a miracle.

Actor Edwin Booth faces discrimination due to his brother's assassination of President Lincoln.

Tom Dixon, formerly an outlaw, is trying to change his ways and marry his sweetheart. Still, he's wanted for a past bank robbery and the reappearance of fellow gang member Cassidy makes it difficult to avoid trouble.

A vagabond finds stolen riches and becomes a philanthropist.

Steve Hewitt accidentally kills the dogs of miner Tully, who had sent a desperate message. Haunted by his mistake, he searches for the man while his friends suspect him of hiding a lucrative mine.

A marshal takes on a mission to retrieve a stolen wedding dress while an outlaw gang runs wild.

Lew Wallace is governor of New Mexico Territory during Billy the Kid's murderous era in the 1880s. While dealing with threats to his life and worries for his family's safety, he manages to write a novel that would become best-seller "Ben-Hur."

California imposes a monthly tax on immigrant miners during the 1850s gold boom, and Lt. Bradshaw is tasked with enforcement despite his sympathy for the miners.

A hate-filled drifter threatens successful rancher John Gaunt and his family.

In the years after California's conquest, an Army commander grapples with hostile citizens.

A couple face a strong opponent to their marriage: the governor of California, whom the woman once rejected.

A failed and widowed prospector buys a goat farm to support his family - and stumbles upon gold.