John Pickard
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Birthday: June 25, 1913
Deathday: August 04, 1993
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High Tor
1956-03-10
High Tor
Overview: High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.
Genres: Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-10
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Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978-05-26
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Overview: A turn-of-the-century investigator named Kate Bliss goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming "Robin Hood of the plains," leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property.
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-26
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Cimarron
1960-12-01
Cimarron
Overview: The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
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Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
1951-07-04
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
Overview: Two federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security of the country and sells them to foreign powers.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-04
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Crime Against Joe
1956-03-21
Crime Against Joe
Overview: Down-and-out artist Joe Manning (John Bromfield) wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-21
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Arrowhead
1953-08-03
Arrowhead
Overview: Director Charles Marquis Warren's 1953 western stars Charlton Heston and Jack Palance. Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon works for the US Army at Fort Clark, Texas and he dreams of aiding in bringing peace to the region, despite opposition from both the Army and the Apaches.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-03
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Act of Vengeance
1974-01-02
Act of Vengeance
Overview: A woman is sexually assaulted by a serial rapist wearing a hockey mask. She and other victims form a squad that targets would-be rapists, all the while searching for the mask wearing maniac that raped them all.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-02
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Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974-01-09
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Overview: A small-town banker is forced to protect his town against a vicious gang of bank robbers determined to get the $200,000 stored in his bank.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-09
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Fixed Bayonets!
1951-11-21
Fixed Bayonets!
Overview: The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-21
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The Oklahoman
1957-05-19
The Oklahoman
Overview: After his wife dies in childbirth, a doctor settles down in the small Oklahoma town of Cherokee Wells to raise his newborn daughter. Unfortunately, not all the citizens there are hospitable, especially when the doctor hires a pretty Indian teenager as his child's nanny.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-19
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I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09
I Died a Thousand Times
Overview: After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-09
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The Lone Ranger
1956-02-25
The Lone Ranger
Overview: The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore wants to mine silver on Spirit Mountain which is sacred to the Indians.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-25
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At Gunpoint
1955-12-25
At Gunpoint
Overview: A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-25
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Little Big Horn
1951-06-15
Little Big Horn
Overview: Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-15
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War Drums
1957-03-21
War Drums
Overview: The friendship between a white man & an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-21
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A Strange Adventure
1956-08-24
A Strange Adventure
Overview: A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-24
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Copper Sky
1957-09-01
Copper Sky
Overview: Alcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did not do. The townspeople, fearful of Apache reprisals, plan to hang Williams in hopes of heading off an attack. But the attack comes and Hack, locked in his jail cell, is the only survivor as a massacre occurs. Into the scene of carnage arrives schoolteacher Nora Haynes. Together she and Williams must find a way to reach safety before another Indian attack. But the pair are by no means well-matched, and their trip alone across the desert is not destined to be an easy one.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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The FBI Story
1959-10-01
The FBI Story
Overview: A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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Trail Guide
1952-02-15
Trail Guide
Overview: A cowboy (Tim Holt) and his Mexican-Irish sidekick (Richard Martin) lead a wagon train to an unfriendly place.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-15
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Hondo and the Apaches
1967-09-08
Hondo and the Apaches
Overview: Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-08
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Frenchie
1950-12-25
Frenchie
Overview: Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-25
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The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967-05-01
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Overview: Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.
Genres: Action Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-01
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Chisum
1970-07-23
Chisum
Overview: Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-23
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Inside Detroit
1956-01-01
Inside Detroit
Overview: Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Rose Marie
1954-03-03
Rose Marie
Overview: Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapper named James Duval, who also falls for her. Further complications arise when Native American Chief Black Eagle -- a rival of Duval's -- is murdered.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-03
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The Story of Three Loves
1953-03-26
The Story of Three Loves
Overview: Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-26
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Human Desire
1954-08-05
Human Desire
Overview: A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, in 1997.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-05
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Arrow In The Dust
1954-04-25
Arrow In The Dust
Overview: Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Lee Van Cleef and Jimmy Wakely.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-25
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Crime Wave
1953-10-22
Crime Wave
Overview: Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-22
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White Heat
1949-09-02
White Heat
Overview: A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-02
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Charro!
1969-03-13
Charro!
Overview: Jess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces. He tries to find the real culprits, a gang of criminals.
Genres: Action Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-13
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Oh! Susanna
1951-03-01
Oh! Susanna
Overview: Unable to keep peace between frontier Indians and the US Cavalry, a heroic Captain risks court-martial to prevent bloodshed.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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The Night Runner
1957-04-02
The Night Runner
Overview: A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood. Was he released too soon?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-02
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The Gunfighter
1950-06-23
The Gunfighter
Overview: The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-23
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The Red Ball Express
1952-05-29
The Red Ball Express
Overview: August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-29
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Friendly Persuasion
1956-11-25
Friendly Persuasion
Overview: The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-25
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Return from the Sea
1954-07-28
Return from the Sea
Overview: A hardened career navel officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a waitress that can see through his tough veneer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-28
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Seminole Uprising
1955-05-01
Seminole Uprising
Overview: An angry Seminole chief wages war after his tribe is relocated from Florida to the American West.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-01
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The Black Whip
1956-12-01
The Black Whip
Overview: A gang of renegade Civil War soldiers terrorize four women and the owners of an inn as they plot to kidnap the new governor of the state. If all goes according to plan, the outlaws will murder their hostage after collecting a hefty ransom.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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California Passage
1950-12-15
California Passage
Overview: A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-15
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Wake of the Red Witch
1948-12-30
Wake of the Red Witch
Overview: Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-30
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Once More, My Darling
1949-09-10
Once More, My Darling
Overview: An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-10
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Hellgate
1952-09-04
Hellgate
Overview: A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-04
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Massacre Canyon
1954-05-01
Massacre Canyon
Overview: A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-01
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Fighting Lawman
1953-09-20
Fighting Lawman
Overview: A US Marshal hunts down three bank robbers that are living under new identities.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-20
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Bitter Creek
1954-02-21
Bitter Creek
Overview: "Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-21
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Black Horse Canyon
1954-06-01
Black Horse Canyon
Overview: The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-01
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Two Guns and a Badge
1954-09-11
Two Guns and a Badge
Overview: In the last of his four western programmers for Allied Artists, Wayne Morris plays frontiersman Jim Bisby. Mistaken for a notorious gunslinger, Jim is appointed deputy sheriff of a wide-open cattle town. Playing along, our hero gets down to business -- and by the time his true identity is revealed, it hardly matters, since most of the bad guys are pushing up daisies on boot hill.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-09-11
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Shotgun
1955-04-23
Shotgun
Overview: a deputy U.S. Marshall pursue the gang of Ben Thompson after the murder of another marshall. Along with a bounty hunter and a half-breed woman they follow the trail into Apache territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-23
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Seven Angry Men
1955-03-27
Seven Angry Men
Overview: Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.
Genres: History Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-27
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Kentucky Rifle
1956-07-01
Kentucky Rifle
Overview: A man escorts a wagon load of Kentucky rifles through Indian territory and must find a way to get through without losing the rifles to the Indians. Unfortunately the Indians know about it, and give the occupants an ultimatum: either the rifles or their lives.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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Gun Street
1961-11-05
Gun Street
Overview: A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible for his imprisonment.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-05
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Badlands of Montana
1957-05-01
Badlands of Montana
Overview: Wanting to follow in his late father's footsteps, eager reformer Steve Brewster runs for mayor of a small Montana town but is forced to flee and join a gang of notorious outlaws after he's provoked into killing two corrupt officials in self-defense. Gang leader Hammer takes Steve in, and Steve falls for his daughter, Susan, but his loyalties are divided when he's appointed marshal of his hometown.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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The Hanged Man
1974-03-13
The Hanged Man
Overview: A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land baron from taking her ranch.
Genres: Action Western TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-13
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The Screen Director
1951-03-12
The Screen Director
Overview: A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-12
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True Grit
1969-06-11
True Grit
Overview: The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-11
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Lightning Strikes Twice
1951-04-12
Lightning Strikes Twice
Overview: Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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The Great Jewel Robber
1950-07-15
The Great Jewel Robber
Overview: Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-15
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Bright Leaf
1950-06-16
Bright Leaf
Overview: Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-16
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Ride a Violent Mile
1957-11-24
Ride a Violent Mile
Overview: A cowboy stampedes a Rebel plot with a Union spy posing as a dance-hall girl.
Genres: Western War Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-24
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Walk the Proud Land
1956-09-01
Walk the Proud Land
Overview: Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to automomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-01
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Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977-04-29
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Overview: The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-29
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