GARY COOPER STAR COLLECTION

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• Genre: Concert Film
• Plot: The west was won by men like this. Tightfisted, rugged and tough as rawhide, Academy Award winner Gary Cooper is one of the most original and authentic stars of the screen from Hollywood’s golden age of westerns. But as these four rousing films show, his versatility goes far beyond the frontier, which is why Cooper is not only a western hero but a genuine Hollywood icon whose legacy will last for decades to come.; ; ALONG CAME JONES; Melody Jones (Cooper) is a mild-mannered cowpoke who finds himself confused for a ruthless outlaw terrorizing the frontier. At first he relishes the mistake until a bloodthirsty posse, a determined private investigator and the real outlaw come looking to end the confusion once and for all.; ; MAN OF THE WEST; When his train gets by his old fan, Link Jones (Cooper) is unwillingly reunited with the gang’s sadistic patriarch, who was once like a father to him. To survive the encounter, Link finds he must take up his old ways - and that what was once his “family” has become his hell. ; ; THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES; This moving true story follows Hall-of-Famer Lou Gehiig's (Cooper) journey from his boyhood dreams of signing with the New York Yankees to taking the field alongside his idol, Babe Ruth. But when unthinkable misfortune strikes, he must summon all his courage to face his toughest battle yet. ; ; THE WESTERNER; With his silver tongue, assessed stranger Cole Harden (Cooper) talk his way out of the noose and wins the grudging friendship of the judge who tried him . . . until the judge’s deadly scheming against the homesteaders provokes Harden into opposing him - no matter the cost.
• Runtime: 6:57
• Media Format: Movie