Robert J. Wilke
Biography: Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He was able to obtain work as a stuntman and continued as such until the mid-'40s, when he began getting actual roles in low-budget westerns and serials. A prominent appearance as one of the heavies in Le train sifflera trois fois (1952) led to work in higher-quality films. He worked extensively in television as well as movies, and became an enormously familiar face, though a fairly anonymous one to the general public. His weathered visage made him a perfect western bad guy, but he occasionally played sympathetic parts as well, as in Les moissons du ciel (1978). An expert golfer, he was said by his friend Claude Akins to have earned more money on the golf course than he ever did in movies. He died in 1989. -
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 18, 1914
Deathday: March 28, 1989
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954-12-23
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Overview: A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-23
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High Noon
1952-06-09
High Noon
Overview: Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
Genres: Western Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-09
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Spartacus
1960-10-13
Spartacus
Overview: The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Genres: History War Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-13
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Flaming Fury
1949-07-28
Flaming Fury
Overview: A Los Angeles fire captain (Roy Roberts) sends an arson-squad rookie (George Cooper) undercover.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-28
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Night Passage
1957-07-24
Night Passage
Overview: Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-24
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Tony Rome
1967-11-10
Tony Rome
Overview: Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-10
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The Las Vegas Story
1952-01-30
The Las Vegas Story
Overview: When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-30
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Hitchhike to Happiness
1945-07-16
Hitchhike to Happiness
Overview: An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-16
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The Magnificent Stranger
1966-08-26
The Magnificent Stranger
Overview: Rowdy Yates is accused of murder, and has to alert the Army to a bandit assault.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-26
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Man of the West
1958-06-20
Man of the West
Overview: Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-20
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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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Backlash
1956-03-14
Backlash
Overview: Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-14
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The Tarnished Angels
1957-11-21
The Tarnished Angels
Overview: In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-21
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Cowboy and the Senorita
1944-05-13
Cowboy and the Senorita
Overview: Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to buy it. Roy suspects the mine may be valuable and using a clue left by Chip's father, investigates. He finds the hidden shaft that contains the gold and with the posse chasing him on a trumped up robbery charge, races to town with ore samples hoping to get there before the ownership is transferred.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-13
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The Far Country
1954-02-12
The Far Country
Overview: During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-12
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Written on the Wind
1956-10-04
Written on the Wind
Overview: Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-04
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The Ghost Goes Wild
1947-08-08
The Ghost Goes Wild
Overview: Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a genuine ghost during a seance. Things come to a head during his trial, where the invisible ghost takes the witness stand on Our Hero's behalf.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-08
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A Gunfight
1971-08-25
A Gunfight
Overview: Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Tenneray comes up with the idea to stage a duel to the death in a bullfight arena, with the ticket proceeds going to the winner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-25
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The Rookies
1972-03-07
The Rookies
Overview: Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-series.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-07
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The Inner Circle
1946-08-07
The Inner Circle
Overview: A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-07
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Bandits of the Badlands
1945-09-14
Bandits of the Badlands
Overview: Sunset Carson is a wandering cavalier who rides into the Badlands. Hallie Wayne is bedeviled by bandits who've been raiding the livestock of her ranch.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-14
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The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973-08-01
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Overview: Little Richie Bridgestone goes to spend the weekend with his father at his secluded mountain cabin, and witnesses his father being attacked by 'a creature' that the boy recognizes as a werewolf. He tries to convince his mother and his therapist that his father is now a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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Santee
1973-09-01
Santee
Overview: Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Jody is orphaned soon after Santee catches up to the gang, and follows Santee in hopes of taking vengeance for his father's death. Instead, however, Jody discovers that Santee is a good and loving man, tormented by the death of his young son at the hands of another outlaw gang. Santee and his wife take Jody in and a father and son relationship begins to grow. Then the gang that shot Santee's son shows up. The film was produced by Edward Platt of Get Smart fame. It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape and then transferred to film.
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-01
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Gun the Man Down
1956-11-15
Gun the Man Down
Overview: An outlaw is left for dead by his gang after being shot. A year later, he is released from jail with one thing on his mind: Revenge.
Genres: Western Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-15
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Hot Summer Night
1957-02-15
Hot Summer Night
Overview: An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller) has to rescue him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-15
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Fate Is the Hunter
1964-11-08
Fate Is the Hunter
Overview: A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-08
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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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The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938-05-27
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Overview: Two marine lieutenants battle a masked would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-27
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The Gun Hawk
1963-08-28
The Gun Hawk
Overview: When his town-drunk father is killed by the Sully brothers, gunfighter Blaine Madden exacts his revenge but has to flee, aided by a young aspiring gunslinger, when the sheriff tries to arrest him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-28
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Homicide for Three
1948-12-08
Homicide for Three
Overview: While on shore leave to celebrate his first anniversary, Lt. Peter Duluth (Warren Douglas) takes his wife, Iris (Audrey Long), to a Los Angeles hotel but is turned away. When mysterious Colette (Stephanie Bachelor) offers them her suite, the young couple becomes entangled in a murder plot. Aided by two PIs, Peter and Iris find two corpses and are desperate to locate Colette before she becomes the next victim, but the killers are one step ahead.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-08
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War Paint
1953-08-28
War Paint
Overview: An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.
Genres: Western Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-28
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Best of the Badmen
1951-08-09
Best of the Badmen
Overview: After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegiance to the Union, thereby clearing their wanted status. But standing in Clanton's way are the corrupt lawmen Joad and Fowler, who would rather keep the men outlaws to collect the reward on their heads. After Joad and Fowler frame Clanton for murder, he manages to escape, becoming an outlaw himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-09
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San Quentin
1937-05-24
San Quentin
Overview: Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-24
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Canyon River
1956-08-04
Canyon River
Overview: A rancher's foreman schemes against him on a cattle drive from Oregon to Wyoming.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-04
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San Antonio Kid
1944-08-16
San Antonio Kid
Overview: A geologist has found oil on the neighboring ranches and teams up with Ace who has his gang create a reign of terror to get the ranchers to sell out. But to get rid of Red Ryder, Ace sends for the San Antonio Kid. Arriving, the Kid has a freak accident and Red comes along to save his life. When the Kid later meets with Ace he learns that Red is the man he has been paid to kill. Written by Maurice Van Auken
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-16
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Cattle Town
1952-09-06
Cattle Town
Overview: The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-06
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Return to Warbow
1958-01-15
Return to Warbow
Overview: Three escaped prisoners return to the site of a robbery to find the stolen money that was never recovered. Western.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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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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Never Steal Anything Small
1959-02-11
Never Steal Anything Small
Overview: Director Charles Lederer's 1959 musical stars James Cagney as an unscrupulous longshoreman who'll resort to every dirty trick in the book to win his union's presidency.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-11
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The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
1971-11-30
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Overview: A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His injuries are completely healed by a secret organization that has developed advanced medical technology. What does the organization want in exchange for saving his life? Meanwhile, a reporter who witnessed the accident decides to investigate the senator's disappearance.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-30
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The Slowest Gun in the West
1960-05-07
The Slowest Gun in the West
Overview: The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Farnsworth, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid. Written by Jim Beaver
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-07
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Code of the Prairie
1944-10-06
Code of the Prairie
Overview: Just after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned newspaper man arrives to town to civilize it. He brings along Frog, a photographer and Sunset Carson as muscle. The seedy element in the territory doesn't want law and order and they plot against them and try to stop Sunset Carson being sheriff.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-06
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Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944-04-01
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Overview: Lawyer Leland is using land rights to kick the ranchers off their land. When Wild Bill and Gabby arrive to help the ranchers, he has actor Percel frame them for murder and then incites the townsmen to lynch them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-01
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Daredevils of the Clouds
1948-07-26
Daredevils of the Clouds
Overview: Terry O'Rourke, an American operating a small airline in Canada, is having a tough time making a go of it; he has to cope with unfavorable weather conditions, a rocky terrain, and a large Americam company determined to buy him out at their low price. In addition, one of his primary employees is working against him. One of his airplanes is transporting a cargo of gold and the pilot arranges for the gold to be stolen. He planned to parachute to safety, letting the airplane be looted when it crashed, but a co-worker cuts his parachute cord and he is killed. O'Rourke, with the air of one of his best pilots, Kay Cameron, sets out to track down the culprits.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-26
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Overland Telegraph
1951-12-15
Overland Telegraph
Overview: Not to be confused with the 1929 film The Overland Telegraph, this Western from director Lesley Selander stars Tim Holt as a cowboy appropriately named Tim Holt. In order to hinder the construction of a new telegraph line for his own financial gain, scheming shopkeeper Paul Manning (George Nader) enlists the assistance of a gang of outlaws led by Brad Roberts (Hugh Beaumont in one of his many pre-Leave it to Beaver roles). Unfortunately for the bad guys, Holt and his cohort Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin) sense that there's foul play afoot and embark on an investigation.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-15
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Cow Country
1953-04-25
Cow Country
Overview: A hired hand gets caught between a noble rancher and ruthless land grabbers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-25
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From Here to Eternity
1953-08-28
From Here to Eternity
Overview: In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Genres: War Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-28
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Smoke Signal
1955-03-01
Smoke Signal
Overview: Capt. Harper's cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. The apparent cause is the recapture of Army traitor Brett Halliday, who deserted to the Utes in a previous war; but Brett has a different story. With capture imminent, the only chance for the surviving men (and one woman) is to boat down a wild, uncharted river, where Harper and Halliday must pull together, like it or not.
Genres: Action Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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Smoky
1966-08-03
Smoky
Overview: A cowboy named Clint bonds with a beautiful wild stallion that he trains, but after the two are separated and the horse ends up in a rodeo, Clint is determined to set it free.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-03
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Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939-06-10
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Overview: Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-10
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That Man's Here Again
1937-04-16
That Man's Here Again
Overview: An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-16
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Star Reporter
1939-02-22
Star Reporter
Overview: An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-22
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Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944-11-15
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Overview: This "Red Ryder" entry stars Gordon "Wild Bill" Elliot as Ryder. The heroine is having troubles with the freight company that she owns. Time and again, her coaches are beset by hooded thieves. With Red Ryder on the job, the robbers haven't got a chance, but they put up a fight anyway.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-15
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Corpus Christi Bandits
1945-04-20
Corpus Christi Bandits
Overview: After the Civil War, veteran Jim Christi (Allan Lane) returns to Texas, where he is unjustly accused of murder. In flashback, Mr. Christi relates the story of his father Corpus Christi Jim. After robbing a stage, Jim and partners Rocky and Steve decide to go straight and return the money. But the fourth member of the gang, Spade refuses and leaves. The two former partners soon find themselves on opposite sides of the law.
Genres: Western Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-20
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Sheriff of Cimarron
1945-02-28
Sheriff of Cimarron
Overview: Sunset Carson rides into the town of Cimarron looking for his brother and the crooks who framed him for cattle rustling. When he's made sheriff, he struggles to keep order in a place overrun by thieves and liars. Cimarron is a wild town overrun by outlaws. Sunset, who was framed as a cattle rustler, has just been released from prison after 3 years when he winds up in Cimarron.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-02-28
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Road Agent
1952-03-29
Road Agent
Overview: Brand controls the only road to the cattle market and is charging exorbitant rates. Tim and Chito rob Brand to recover only their overcharge, but accidentally end up with all of Brand's money......
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-29
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Frontier Outpost
1950-12-29
Frontier Outpost
Overview: Federal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down an outlaw gang that is raiding government gold shipments bound for Fort Navajo.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-29
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They Call It Murder
1971-12-17
They Call It Murder
Overview: A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-17
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The Magnificent Seven
1960-10-12
The Magnificent Seven
Overview: An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-12
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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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Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945-06-01
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Overview: Governor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on ...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-01
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Sierra Sue
1941-11-12
Sierra Sue
Overview: To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until the Larabee ranch is reached. When Larrabee refuses to allow the equipment on his land, Gene has it sprayed by airplane. Cattle must stay off recently sprayed land and when a Larrabee man shoots down the plane, the crash sends the cattle stampeding toward the newly sprayed land.
Genres: Adventure Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-12
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The Desperate Mission
1969-11-20
The Desperate Mission
Overview: A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francisco.
Genres: Western Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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The Long Rope
1961-03-26
The Long Rope
Overview: A judge in a murder trial, believing the defendant is innocent, sets out to find the real killer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-03-26
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Days of Heaven
1978-09-13
Days of Heaven
Overview: In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-13
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Saddle Legion
1951-04-07
Saddle Legion
Overview: A cattle inspector runs a rustling ring on the side.
Genres: Western Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-07
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Adventures of Red Ryder
1940-06-28
Adventures of Red Ryder
Overview: Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-28
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Bordertown Trail
1944-08-11
Bordertown Trail
Overview: The election to determine if Texas will become a state is near and men opposed are running contraband across the border. Sunset and Frog are Border Patrolmen and have an agent that tips them off by carrier pigeon. The Army arrives and the commander is Sunset's brother. When the agent is found out and murdered, his fake replacement then leads the soldiers astray.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-11
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Call of the Rockies
1944-07-14
Call of the Rockies
Overview: Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-14
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Gunplay
1951-07-23
Gunplay
Overview: Landry has Sam Martin killed. When Tim and Chito find Martin and his son, Chip says Matt Potter was responsible. But when Tim and Chito start their search, no ones knows a Matt Potter.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-23
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Pistol Harvest
1951-08-30
Pistol Harvest
Overview: Two men are accused of killing their boss. They are saved from the hangman's noose when two other guys are arrested, but Holt feels as though justice is still not being served. On their own, they set about to track down the genuine killer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-30
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Hot Lead
1951-09-30
Hot Lead
Overview: Recently released from prison, nice guy Dave Collins finds himself unwillingly mixed up with his old outlaw acquaintances Turk Thorne and his gang as they try to use his telegraphy talents to zero in on the arrival of a gold shipment on the local train. Taking a liking to Collins, cowboys Tim Holt and Chito Rafferty get him to agree to help set a trap for the train robbers
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-30
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Cyclone Fury
1951-08-14
Cyclone Fury
Overview: A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an earlier Durango effort, Galloping Thunder (1946), footage that included sidekick Smiley Burnette warbling "Hear the Wind (Singing a Cowboy Song)" accompanied by Merle Travis and his Bronco Busters.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-14
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The Cheyenne Social Club
1970-06-12
The Cheyenne Social Club
Overview: Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-12
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In Old Missouri
1940-04-17
In Old Missouri
Overview: The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is in money trouble too. He also has a wastrel son and a socialite wife who wants a divorce. He begs the Weavers to trade places with him and fix things up.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-17
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941-12-27
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Overview: Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-27
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Strange Lady in Town
1955-04-12
Strange Lady in Town
Overview: Julia Garth, a female doctor, plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor, Rourke O'Brien.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-12
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Wyoming Roundup
1952-11-09
Wyoming Roundup
Overview: When newcomers Whip and Bob break up a saloon fight they are made town Marshals. This puts then in the middle of the range war between large ranch owner Howard and the small ranchers. Everyone thinks Howard is the culprit but Whip believes otherwise.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-09
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In Old Monterey
1939-08-14
In Old Monterey
Overview: The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations who live and work there.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-14
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Grand Ole Opry
1940-06-25
Grand Ole Opry
Overview: Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-25
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Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947-03-31
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Overview: Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.
Genres: Adventure Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-31
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Web of Danger
1947-06-10
Web of Danger
Overview: Ernie Reardon, the superintendent, and Bill O'Hara, the foreman, of a construction company crew working on a bridge to a remote valley, are constantly quarreling over small and minor matter, especially when it comes to Peg Mallory, whom both men are romancing and Peg enjoys the attention. Thed work is suspended when a worker is killed, but a flood is approaching and the valley citizens are in dire straits unless the bridge is completed - in a hurry.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-10
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Blackmail
1947-07-24
Blackmail
Overview: A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.
Genres: Action Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-24
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Traffic in Crime
1946-06-28
Traffic in Crime
Overview: Police Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work as an undercover operative to rid the town of the gangster element. Sam taunts and tricks the two leading gangsters, a mob girl, 'Silk" Cantrell, and a bribe-taking police official, into setting ambushes and death-traps for him, which backfire on them, and achieve his assignment directive.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-28
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The Catman of Paris
1946-04-20
The Catman of Paris
Overview: When author Charles Regnier returns to Paris with a best-selling book that criticizes the government, he's tormented by frequent blackouts. After a mysterious cat-like creature slaughters people close to him, Charles is suspected of murder. Charles fears that he is the beast, but his paramour Marie and best friend Henry, believe he's innocent... until the creature begins to stalk Marie.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-20
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Passkey to Danger
1946-05-11
Passkey to Danger
Overview: An advertising man's new campaign for a fashion designer attracts the attention of mysterious characters.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-11
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Earl Carroll Vanities
1945-04-05
Earl Carroll Vanities
Overview: Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-05
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Faces in the Fog
1944-11-30
Faces in the Fog
Overview: Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-30
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The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27
The Fighting Seabees
Overview: Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-27
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The Wyoming Bandit
1949-07-15
The Wyoming Bandit
Overview: Wyoming Dan (Trevor Bardette) returns home after 20 years evading the law for a crime he didn't commit, only to find his son on his deathbed. Seeking revenge for his son's murder, Dan enlists the help of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane), who poses as an outlaw to try to uncover the truth. When the duo manage to track down the killer, they find him armed to the teeth.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-15
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Coyote Canyon
1949-11-17
Coyote Canyon
Overview: This film and the 1950 short "The Fargo Phantom" were edited together and released as a feature called "Tales of the West #2" in 1950.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-17
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Across the Badlands
1950-09-14
Across the Badlands
Overview: Charles Starrett once more hits the trail as "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Across the Badlands. By now, the formula was a well-oiled machine: Starrett becomes a lawman, is challenged by the local criminal element, and ultimately goes beyond the law as the masked Durango.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-14
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Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950-04-13
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Overview: Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguise, whereupon stunt-double Jock Mahoney swings into action. Outcasts of Black Mesa is distinguished by the presence of a relative newcomer to the film game, leading lady Martha Hyer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-13
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The Desert Hawk
1950-08-05
The Desert Hawk
Overview: A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-05
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Fargo
1952-09-07
Fargo
Overview: The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Bill returns to the Fargo country to take his brother's place and is welcomed by law-abiding cattleman MacKenzie (Jack Ingram)) and his daughter Kathy (Phyllis Coates). The leader of the ruthless cattle interests are townsman Austin (Arthur Space) and his henchmen Red (Myron Healey), Link (Robert J. Wilke) and Albord (Terry Frost). Bill has the idea of putting up barbed wire to keep the herds from been driven over the land cultivated by the farmers. He, aided by Tad Sloan (Fuzzy Knight), produces the wire by make-shift methods, but it proves effective. The cattleman charge in court that the wire is dangerous to their herds but lose the case. Austin orders his men to seize Bill, bale him in strands of the wire, and throw him on the stage of the town hall during a fall festival. Bill doesn't take kindly to this and it precipitates open war.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-07
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The Maverick
1952-12-14
The Maverick
Overview: Wild Bill Elliott must escort a gang of killer cattleman who have been terrorizing homesteaders.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-14
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The Hallelujah Trail
1965-06-23
The Hallelujah Trail
Overview: A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-23
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Law of the Canyon
1947-04-23
Law of the Canyon
Overview: Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break up the Hood Gang that's behind the robberies.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-23
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Sheriff of Sundown
1944-11-07
Sheriff of Sundown
Overview: Bringing his large cattle herd to Sundown, rancher Tex Jordan must sell his cattle to corrupt baron Jack Hatfield. He does OK but learns Hatfield is cheating the small outfits. When one refuses to sell he is murdered and Tex then decides to stay and take up the fight. He is appointed a special Agent by the Governor but unknonw to him the Governor's Secretary is a spy for Hatfield and reveals his plans.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-07
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Rough Riders of Cheyenne
1945-10-31
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Overview: Sunset returns to find the Carson-Sterling feud still going. Sterling has been killed and it's not long before Andrew Carson is murdered. To end the feud Sunset challenges Martin Sterling to a shootout. Unknown to Sunset, Martin's sister Melinda has waylaid her brother and now appears for the shootout disguised in her brother's clothes.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-31
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Sunset in El Dorado
1945-09-29
Sunset in El Dorado
Overview: The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother. She dreams about her grandmother's adventures including a romance with a cowboy who looks very much like Roy. Roy, of course, also exists in the present for Dale.
Genres: Action Adventure Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-29
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Trail of Kit Carson
1945-07-11
Trail of Kit Carson
Overview: Bill Harmon receives a letter from his partner, Dave MacRoy informing him of a rich gold strike in their California mine. Arriving there, Bill learns from elderly miner John Benton that Dave is dead and that he sold the mine at a strangely low price the night before his supposed accidental death. Harmon suspects murder.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-11
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Carson City Raiders
1948-05-13
Carson City Raiders
Overview: Carson City Raiders is a western film directed by Yakima Canutt in 1948. Rocky Lane (Allan Lane) wants to help Nugget Clark (Eddy Waller) save his freight line. Meanwhile, Dave Starky (Harold Goodwin) is impersonating the outlaw Fargo Jack (Steve Darrell). But why? There's a lot of confusion in Carson City in this Western about hidden identities. Who is truly behind the gang of stagecoach robbers?
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-13
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The Rawhide Years
1956-07-01
The Rawhide Years
Overview: Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the boat; Ben, on arrival, finds a lynch mob after his neck, and flees. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her and attempt the hopeless task of clearing himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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The Lone Gun
1954-04-25
The Lone Gun
Overview: Cruze arrives in town and when he stands up to the three Moran brothers, he gets appointed Marshal. First the brothers kill a rancher while framing another man. But when the jailer is murdered, Cruze gets evidence the Morans did it. He tries to raise a posse to chase them down but the townsmen refuse to go. So he rides off by himself to face the three of them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-25
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Wichita
1955-07-03
Wichita
Overview: Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-03
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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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Raw Edge
1956-03-24
Raw Edge
Overview: A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-24
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S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939-06-02
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Overview: A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-02
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Rendezvous with Annie
1946-07-22
Rendezvous with Annie
Overview: A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to see his wife and returns to England with only two people knowing he was home for a few hours. When she learns that she is pregnant, she does not disclose that her husband had paid her a visit as to not get him into trouble. The townspeople are unanimous in their condemnation of her. But, after his discharge, he enlists the aid of a nightclub singer, the only other person who knew he came home.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-22
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Whispering Footsteps
1943-12-30
Whispering Footsteps
Overview: An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-30
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The Sweet Creek County War
1979-01-25
The Sweet Creek County War
Overview: In this western, a sheriff gets tired of upholding the law and retires to a quiet ranch. Unfortunately, he ends up saving his homesteader neighbors from a corrupt Wyoming land grabber.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-25
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988-11-22
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Overview: Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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Badman's Territory
1946-05-04
Badman's Territory
Overview: After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-04
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Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
Buck Privates Come Home
Overview: Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Genres: Comedy Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-04
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White Tie and Tails
1946-08-30
White Tie and Tails
Overview: When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-30
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Shock Treatment
1964-07-22
Shock Treatment
Overview: A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-22
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Laramie
1949-05-19
Laramie
Overview: A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is meeting with Chief Eagle and his son Running Wolf when Chief Eagle is mysteriously shot. Steve Holden, an agent for the government peace commission, with the aid of a wandering shoemaker, Smiley, discover the troubles and the Chief's murder have been instigated by Cronin, the regimental scout, for personal gain for he and his gang of outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-19
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Stripes
1981-06-26
Stripes
Overview: John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-26
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Wild and Wooly
1978-02-20
Wild and Wooly
Overview: A Western adventure — a "Charlie's Angels" on horseback — involving three comely females who meet in a territorial prison, engineer a daring escape, and find themselves in a race against time to prevent the assassination of Teddy Roosevelt.
Genres: Western TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-20
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Vengeance Valley
1951-02-14
Vengeance Valley
Overview: A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-14
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Mule Train
1950-02-22
Mule Train
Overview: A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is the last thing the badmen of Trail End want, as they have a monopoly of the wagons needed to haul rocks to the site. A pretty sheriff notwithstanding, it's a job for a singing marshal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-22
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