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The Rare Breed

Theodore Sturgeon (1966)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingG
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A Great Novel of the Old West by Theodore Sturgeon Based on the original screenplay by Ric Hardman The law of this land was survival of the fittest and those who survived - men and cattle - were a good deal alike: lean, stubborn, and rawhide tough. Men like a ranny named Bulldog Burnett, and cattle like the Longhorn. Yes, this was Longhorn country and the last thing it need was two hifalutin English ladies preaching a lot of nonsense about how a handful of fattened-up, glossy-coated, white-faced Herefords could stand up against native stock - and produce more money on the hoof than cattlemen had ever dreamed possible. Hell, they'd be laughed right out of the West - if they didn't get killed first. And maybe they would have been ... except they were a hundred percent right - and just as tough as Burnett and the Longhorn! Universal Pictures' Technicolor Panavision release starred James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith.