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2016 Documentary Western Action & Adventure

The American West

"The truth is always wilder."

The story of the aftermath of the Civil War and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.

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Principal Cast

Bert Thomas Morris

Narrator (voice)

Derek Chariton

Billy the Kid

David H. Stevens

Jesse James

Joseph Carlson

Frank James

Kera O'Bryon

Zerelda James

Morgan Lund

Ulysses S. Grant

Jim Jackman

Rutherford B. Hayes

Mike Marunde

William Tecumseh Sherman

John C. Bailey

Gen. George Armstrong Custer

Will Strongheart

Crazy Horse

Mo Brings Plenty

Sitting Bull

Jonathan C. Stewart

Wyatt Earp

Nick Bialis

Morgan Earp

Ric Maddox

Pat Garrett

Marty Collins

John Tunstall

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