Gail Davis
Also Known As: Betty Jeanne Grayson
Biography: American actress and singer, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television series Annie Oakley.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Birthday: October 05, 1925
Deathday: March 15, 1997
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Far Frontier
Overview: Willis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back into the United States from Mexico. Operating from Sharperville, an oil town on the American side of the border, they transport their human cargo in oil drums loaded on trucks. Border Patrolman Tom Sharper intercepts one of the trucks but is overpowered and left for dead. Carroll, having already been paid for the job and not wanting any evidence to walk around, get caught and lead back to him, backs the human-cargo trucks to the edge of a cliff and sends the drums crashing to the boulder far below. Judge Cookie Bullfincher and Border Patrolman Roy Rogers conduct a search for the missing Tom, but the crooks have gone back for him and find him in a state of amnesia. They rob the bank and pin it on Tom. It is now up to Roy to clear his friend and also put an end to Carroll's human-smuggling racket.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-29
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Valley of Fire
Overview: An outcast gambler hijacks a wagon train of eligible women taken west by a mayor.
Genres: Action Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-20
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Winning of the West
Overview: A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Whirlwind
Overview: A singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail Davis) estate from fraud.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-16
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Goldtown Ghost Riders
Overview: A singing frontier judge (Gene Autry) dismisses a case of double jeopardy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-20
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On Top of Old Smoky
Overview: Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds valuable minerals. Autry and the Cass County Boys, mistaken for Texas Rangers, help out.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-25
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Death Valley Gunfighter
Overview: Rocky Lane hits the trail when he gets word that one of two brothers in a partner-ship mining project has been killed by outlaws trying to gain possession of the mine. The other brother Nugget Clark wants no part of the law, and is particularly set against the young sheriff courting his niece Trudy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-29
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Flying Leathernecks
Overview: Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-28
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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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Frontier Investigator
Overview: Rocky Lane, out to find the murderer of his brother, runs into a battle between two stage lines for a mail contract.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-01
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Wagon Team
Overview: Gene Autry is back in the saddle again as an undercover detective in this action-packed Western complete with a showdown. Gene poses as a jailbird to wangle the truth from a boy (Dick Jones) suspected of stealing an Army payroll. When the youngster escapes from lockup and rejoins his family's medicine show, intrigue is in the wind as Gene tries to solve the mystery of the missing money and to save the lad from a vicious mob. Pat Buttram co-stars.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-29
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Pack Train
Overview: Gene Autry is assigned to safely transport supplies to a band of settlers. The villains, headed by Ross McLain, intend to bushwhack Autry, grab the supplies, and sell them at high prices to a local mining camp.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-04
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Six Gun Mesa
Overview: To get the herd on Six Gun Mesa, Carson has the owner and hands killed. But one hand, Dave Emmett was in town instead of with the cattle. So Carter kills a man and frames Dave for the murder. Johnny Mack Brown arrives just in time to stop the lynching and sets out to find the real killer. Getting the Doctor who falsified the murder evidence drunk gets him the information he wants and this leads to the showdown with Carson.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-30
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Texans Never Cry
Overview: A Texas Ranger tries to bring down counterfeiters selling fake lottery tickets.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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Sons of New Mexico
Overview: Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene tries to reform Randy Pryor, a would-be juvenile delinquent, played by Autry-protégé Dick Jones (who later starred in the Autry-produced TV series Range Rider and Buffalo Bill Jr). To this end, Pryor is enrolled at the New Mexico Military Institute, where much of this film was lensed. The kid chafes at the school's regimen and escapes, heading back to his criminal mentor Pat Feeney (Robert Armstrong).
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-20
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The Judge Steps Out
Overview: A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-15
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Silver Canyon
Overview: At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Autry plays a cavalry scout who goes after guerilla leader McQuarrie.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-19
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The Old West
Overview: Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort to clean up the town of Sadderlock.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-29
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Operation Pacific
Overview: During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-27
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South of Death Valley
Overview: When Steve Downey arrives to reopen his brother-in-law's gold mine, he finds a war between the ranchers and the miners. Ashton has had the water poisoned killing cattle. When Ashton's men find Steve's hat, they kill Tom Tavish and frame Steve for the murder. Escaping jail the Durango Kid goes into action.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-08
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Trail of the Rustlers
Overview: Charles Starrett goes up against an entire family of criminals posing as respectable citizens in this entry in Columbia's long-running Durango Kid Western series.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-02
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If You Knew Susie
Overview: In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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Cow Town
Overview: Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-19
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Blue Canadian Rockies
Overview: Montana ranch owner Cyrus Bigbee sends his foreman, Gene Autry, and Rawhide Buttram to his Canadian timber land to stop the marriage of his daughter Sandy to Todd Markey, whom he dislikes. Sandy wants to turn the property into a dude ranch, with Carolina Cotton and the Cass County Boys (Fred S. Martin, Jerry Scoggins and Bert Dodson) among the entertainers, and runs up against local timbermen who want it for cutting timber. When a Mountie is murdered, with suspicion pointing to Todd, Gene finds the real culprit and brings peace to the area.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-30
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Indian Territory
Overview: Columbia's final release for 1950 was the Gene Autry western Indian Territory. Set during the Reconstruction Era, the story finds Autry working as an undercover agent for the U.S. cavalry. His mission: to neutralize a former Austrian army officer named Curt Raidler (Phil Van Zandt), who is leading a group of renegade Indians on a series of destructive raids.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-29
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Yukon Manhunt
Overview: In this North Woods adventure, the Mounties investigate a series of payroll robberies and discover that it is an inside job.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-12
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In Room 303
Overview: Leon needs to make a business deal with Mr. Marshall but can't unless his son and Marshall's daughter straighten out their romantic problems. Leon, probably based on his own past history and the assumption that an apple never falls far from the tree, suspects that his son is playing around with the girl in room 303. His investigation reveals that his son isn't, but the girl's boy friend thinks Leon is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-25
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West of Wyoming
Overview: The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) to prevent the opening up of the rang to homesteaders. Government agent Brown comes calling when Simon begins resorting to cold-blooded murder. The leading lady is Gail Davis, a few years shy of her Annie Oakley TV stardom. Surprisingly, West of Wyoming contains none of the comedy relief that had characterized earlier Johnny Mack Brown oaters.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-19
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Law of the Golden West
Overview: Young Buffalo Bill Cody goes after the murderer of his father and uncovers a land-grab conspiracy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-23
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Brand of Fear
Overview: Jimmy and Cannonball escort Anne Lamont, the new school teacher, to Oreville, where she is molested by two outlaws. Marshal Blackjack Flint wounds Slade, who tells Derringer that lawman Flint is wanted by the law and, unknown to Anne, is also her father. Derringer than kills Slade and begins to blackmail Flint. Jimmy and Cannonball join the fray on the side of Flint, the reformed outlaw.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-10
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Alias Jesse James
Overview: Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-20
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