Winds of the Wasteland

This great Western sells a ghost town to a pair of Pony Express riders for their stage line, they compete for the mail run to Sacramento against the hornswoggler.

And that conceals a wealth of information about city dealings and horse trading in this monumental opus, so rapid it’s half as long as a conventional feature.

Boots and Saddles, Only Angels Have Wings, The Stranger Wore a Gun, each pick up the theme (Kane, Hawks, De Toth).