Dean Smith
Biography: Dean Smith was raised in Eliasville, Texas, and later lived in Breckenridge, Texas, where he raised horses and longhorn cattle. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he competed in track and football. He won an Olympic gold medal for the 400-meter relay in the 1952 Helsinki games and finished fourth in the 100 dash in the closest race in Olympic history. He was the lead-off man on the University of Texas world record relay team, 1954-55, and AAU national champion in the 100-meter dash. He played with the Los Angeles Rams during exhibition season and was traded to the Pittsburg Steelers at which time he decided to enter the movie business. He also won amateur rodeo championships for bareback bronco riding and calf roping. He was an honorary member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame (2006), the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1985), Stuntman's Hall of Fame (1980), and the University of Texas Hall of Fame (1980). He was awarded the American Culture Award for Western Movies and Television (2000), the Golden Boot Award in 1998, the Ben Johnson Award in 1993, the All-American Cowboy Award in 1997, and the Head of the Class Alvin Davis Award in 2002. In 2002, he organized the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the Cowboy Cancer Crusade tribute to Ben Johnson, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring John Wayne, and, in 2006, the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute honoring The Singing Cowboys in Abilene, Texas, the third weekend in October. On April 8, 2006, the John Wayne Cancer Institute honored him with the "Duke Award" for his contributions to cancer research. In 2023, Dean Smith died of cancer, aged 91, in Breckenridge, Texas.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 15, 1932
Deathday: June 24, 2023
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The Sugarland Express
1974-03-31
The Sugarland Express
Overview: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-31
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Ulzana's Raid
1972-10-27
Ulzana's Raid
Overview: A report reaches the US Army Cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naivity and hidden prejudices.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-27
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Cheyenne Autumn
1964-10-15
Cheyenne Autumn
Overview: A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-15
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The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976-09-22
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
Overview: During a Cavalry massacre at an Indian village, two brothers, searching for their captured sister, rescue a white woman long ago kidnapped by the Cheyenne. They ride for their lives, haunted by the chant of the tribal Death Song.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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Rhinestone
1984-06-22
Rhinestone
Overview: After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and she puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-22
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Seven Alone
1974-12-20
Seven Alone
Overview: A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
Genres: Drama Family Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-20
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Sometimes a Great Notion
1971-12-17
Sometimes a Great Notion
Overview: Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-17
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Seven Ways from Sundown
1960-09-25
Seven Ways from Sundown
Overview: A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-25
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Creepshow 2
1987-05-01
Creepshow 2
Overview: Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-01
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Squares
1972-01-01
Squares
Overview: A Vassar school dropout meets a hard luck rodeo cowboy.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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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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Hickey & Boggs
1972-10-04
Hickey & Boggs
Overview: Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
Genres: Crime Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-04
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Earthquake
1974-11-15
Earthquake
Overview: Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-15
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979-11-20
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Overview: A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves and train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels.
Genres: Western Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-20
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Rio Bravo
1959-03-18
Rio Bravo
Overview: A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-18
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Big Jake
1971-05-26
Big Jake
Overview: An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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Auntie Mame
1958-12-04
Auntie Mame
Overview: Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-04
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972-12-18
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Overview: Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-18
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Mrs. Sundance
1974-01-15
Mrs. Sundance
Overview: The girlfriend of the Sundance Kid is on the run, with a price on her head, when she hears rumors that Sundance may still be alive.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-15
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Raw Deal
1986-06-06
Raw Deal
Overview: Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-06
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El Dorado
1966-12-17
El Dorado
Overview: Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-17
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Mackintosh and T.J.
1975-11-21
Mackintosh and T.J.
Overview: Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-21
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Rio Lobo
1970-04-01
Rio Lobo
Overview: After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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