#1. Silver Dollar (1933)

Storyline: Yates and Sarah Martin are barely getting by in a Colorado boom town grocery store. Sudden wealth leads to greater prosperity and political power. In Denver Yates buys a mansion and builds an opera house. He leaves Sarah for glamorous Lily and, when he makes it to Washington as Senator, marries her. When the gold standard is introduced, he's ruined.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: politician, wife, mine owner, mistress, ulysses s. grant, engaging, spirited ...

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#2. Drum Beat (1954)

Storyline: President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate peace with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack's group engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay eventually ends up tracking Captain Jack down and fighting him one-on-one to apprehend him.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: cowboy, native american warrior, daughter, driver, ulysses s. grant, army officer, thrilling ...

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#3. Sitting Bull (1954)

Storyline: Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: major, crazy horse, ulysses s. grant, native american, profound, rousing, battlefield ...

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#4. The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

Storyline: When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid (Klinton Spilsbury), is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the outlaw leader, Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd), he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto (Michael Horse). When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the crime that Cavendish represents. To this end, John Reid disguises himself and becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Ulysses S. Grant (Jason Robards, Jr.) when Cavendish takes him hostage. We learn that Cavendish was an officer in the United States military before he was court-martialled and dishonorably discharged.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>

Plot Keywords: lawyer, texas ranger, tonto, outlaw, ulysses s. grant, spirited, rousing ...

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#5. Wild Wild West (1999)

Storyline: Jim West is a guns-a-blazing former Civil War hero. Artemus Gordon is an inventive U.S. Marshal who excels in disguise. When the United States is threatened by psychotic Confederate Arliss Loveless, President Ulysses S Grant teams the duo up to bring him to justice. On a hazard-packed train journey from Washington, D.C. to Utah, West and Gordon must combine their skills to best Loveless and his diabolical machines.

Plot Keywords: inventor, ulysses s. grant, lawman, villain, love interest, hero, playful ...

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#6. Jonah Hex (2010)

Storyline: During Grant's presidency, Jonah Hex is a remorseless bounty hunter. In the Civil War, he was a rebel whose honor put him afoul of a Confederate general, Quentin Turnbull, who murdered Jonah's family while Jonah watched. As a result of the ordeal, Jonah's face is disfigured and he can talk with the dead. After staging his own death, Turnbull, with a group of rebel stalwarts, hatches a plan to bring the Union to its knees. Grant wants Hex to stop it. While the nation readies to celebrate Independence Day, Hex and an unlikely ally have little time to stop Turnbull and his weapon of mass destruction.

Plot Keywords: bounty hunter, ulysses s. grant, terrorist, prostitute, military officer, tense, brooding ...

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