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Saving the Wrong Guys

by | Jul 17, 2010 | Features & Gunfights

A spin on the cavalry-to-the-rescue theme in classic Westerns. 
Many classic Westerns feature the timeworn device of the last-minute cavalry rescue. The baddies are Indians, besieging a wagon train or surrounding a mixed group of stranded stagecoach passengers. Just when things appear bleakest, in ride the boys in blue, guidons flying and bugle blaring. This dramatic motif has a historical basis. We know of at least two ins


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