# Name of a made for tv western from 70's, possible early 80's

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**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-a-made-for-tv-western-from-70s-possible-early-80s/9156 "2025-03-19T17:42:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![PapaK](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapaK](https://filmfind.me/u/PapaK)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-a-made-for-tv-western-from-70s-possible-early-80s/9156/1 "2025-03-19T17:42:56Z")

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Movie about a man who locates a train steam locomotive in a river on a mountain and recovers it by digging a trench and diverting the river and then bringing it down the mountain to win a sum of money to keep his ranch

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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-a-made-for-tv-western-from-70s-possible-early-80s/9156/2 "2025-03-20T09:33:39Z")

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Maybe?

> **[Man Without a Star (1955) ⭐ 6.8 | Western](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048340/)**
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> 1h 29m | Approved

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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-a-made-for-tv-western-from-70s-possible-early-80s/9156/3 "2025-03-24T14:55:18Z")

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Could be:

> **[Something for a Lonely Man (TV Movie 1968) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama, Western](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063625/)**
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> 2h | TV-14

Source: other user from FB group named “What was that movie?”.

moonspinner55 from IMDB wrote: "Dan Blocker, “Hoss” on TV’s “Bonanza”, didn’t look like the heartthrobs of the day, but he garnered a loyal following because of his ‘gentle giant’ persona: he was amiable and heartfelt. In this upbeat western for NBC, practically no one in a one-horse town supports the big guy after his plans to start a community around the railroad falls through–all except one woman (Susan Clark), obviously a smart cookie. **Blocker’s blacksmith John Killibrew thinks a submerged steam engine can save the town, and hopefully redeem himself with the townsfolk, but first he has to persuade the locals and an Indian tribe.**"