Mutated spiders, mad geniuses, childlike mental patients, gold-digging blondes, and vengeful little people are only part of...
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1953
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Will Ballard (Rod Cameron) is the longtime foreman of the Hatcher ranch, a spread renowned for its size and the wealth it...
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1953
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Mona Freeman plays Bonnie Lee, who is--surprise!--not the Lady from Texas in this well-constructed Universal western. A lowly...
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1951
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In this old-fashioned screwball comedy, Christy Sloane (Eleanor Parker) is a secretary with a large legal firm who is sent to...
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1951
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1949
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Marking the screen debut of Rex Allen, the last of the Singing Cowboys, The Arizona Cowboy featured a mildly entertaining...
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1949
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Bargain-budget Screen Guild Productions was in the process of metamorphosing into Lippert Studios when Rimfire was filmed in...
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1949
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1948
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In this entry in the long-running western series, Cisco and Pancho must clear the Kid's name after he is blamed for recent...
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Pancho
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1948
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In this above-average western, a villainous land grabber attempts to force horse ranchers to sell their ranches so he can...
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1948
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Cole Porter's Broadway musical Mexican Hayride was optioned by Universal in the mid-1940s, then remained in "development...
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1948
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Pirates of Monterey is set during the early 19th century, at a time when California was asserting its independence from...
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1947
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Gilbert Roland made his penultimate appearance as the Cisco Kid in Monogram's Robin Hood of Monterrey. Roland is joined in...
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1947
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James Thurber wasn't too happy with the Sam Goldwyn film adaptation of his 1939 short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,...
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1947
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1946
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If Republic's skating star Vera Hruba Ralston could go "dramatic", so too could Monogram's skating star Belita. Produced by...
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1946
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Producer/director William A. Wellman also co-scripted this biopic devoted to John J. Montgomery (Glenn Ford), the unsung...
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1946
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In his final epic Western, Errol Flynn plays cattleman Clay Hardin, who, on a trek south of the border, has discovered that...
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1945
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Gary Cooper added "producer" alongside "star" on his resume with this light-hearted Western about a mild-mannered cowboy...
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1945
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Not to be confused with the 1971 film of the same name, this World War II espionage drama was the second to last film from...
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1944
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1943
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The general perception of the Technicolor costume adventure movies that Maria Montez and Jon Hall made for Universal in the...
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1943
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In this frothy musical, a sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American. WW II erupts and her father...
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1943
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This Western is set in the Arizona town and centers on former gunslinger Wyatt Earp who has been recently deputized and is...
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1942
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Originally slated for release through Paramount Pictures but ultimately distributed by United Artists, American Empire is a...
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1942
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Undercover Man was the first of the "Hopalong Cassidy" series to be released by United Artists rather than Paramount. William...
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1942
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In this musical, the cruise that salesgirl Nan Spencer (Alice Faye) worked so hard to pay for is cut tragically short when...
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1941
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1941
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Cesar Romero plays the Cisco Kid, who may be a bandit but is no kidnapper. This being the case, Cisco and his pal Pancho...
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Gordito
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1941
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Gordito
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1941
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This is perhaps the best of the many Zorro films as Tyrone Power gives an outstanding performance as the alternately swishing...
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1940
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While Cesar Romero could usually be relied upon to ladle out the charm in his film roles, Romero's handful of appearances as...
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Gordito
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1940
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Charlie Chan in Panama was the first entry in the "Chan" series to capitalize on WW2. Sidney Toler stars as the wily oriental...
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1940
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In this Mexican adventure, a daring man robs a stage coach. During the robbery, his mask slips off when he steals a kiss....
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1940
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Hollywood's handful of Technicolor cameras got a real workout on 20th Century-Fox's Down Argentine Way. Don Ameche stars as...
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1940
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Despite the title, the Cisco Kid (Cesar Romero) doesn't feel too lucky at the beginning of this film. It seems that someone...
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Gorditos
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1940
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The Cisco Kid attempts to prove that reports of his death are greatly exaggerated in this western programmer. Cisco...
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Gordito
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1940
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Although there were Westerns before it, Stagecoach quickly became a template for all movie Westerns to come. Director...
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1939
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In this Mexican version of the popular southwestern series, Cisco barely escapes the deadly bullets of a firing squad. He...
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1939
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Controversy over ancient Spanish land grants takes center stage in this exciting George O'Brien Western from RKO. Presented...
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1939
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Unlike many another pre-WW II spy melodramas, Espionage Agent clearly identifies the villains as Germans. Joel McCrea plays...
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1939
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Code of the Secret Service was the second of Warner Bros. "Brass Bancroft" series, starring Ronald Reagan as troubleshooting...
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1939
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In this western, a dashing caballero makes a wager with his gang that he can court a beautiful dancer and lure her back to...
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Pasqual
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1939
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In this episode of the popular western series, Cisco stops a claim-jumping killer from the mine. He then makes sure the...
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Gordito
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1939
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1939
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Flirting with Fate is one of the lesser Joe E. Brown vehicles for independent producer David L. Loew. Brown is cast as Dixon,...
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1938
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This saga spans the globe as the three young heroes search for the man who killed their much-admired, beloved father, a...
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1938
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The old west collides with the new in this fine remake of RKO's 1932 Come On, Danger!. Or, rather, veteran RKO star...
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1938
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In the rough-and-tumble world of post-Civil War Texas, ex-Confederate soldier Kirk Jordan (Randolph Scott) crosses paths with...
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1938
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Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland, a popular Paramount screen team specializing in south-sea extravaganzas, don "civilized" garb...
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1938
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1937
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In this western, a citified writer of pulp westerns decides to head into the West to experience it first hand....
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1937
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1937
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In this tuneful, romantic drama, an Australian opera star (Grace Moore) wants to perform in a major U.S. festival but cannot...
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1937
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A superior Gene Autry Western in every way, Boots and Saddles features child prodigy Ra Hould (aka Ronald Sinclair) as...
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Juan
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1937
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The Gay Desperado is a 1936 musical lampooning the then-popular gangster pictures. Leo Carrillo plays a genial Mexican...
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1936
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Per its title, this merry Warner Bros. musical was filmed on location in the resort community of Agua Caliente. Pat O'Brien...
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1935
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Anti-Communist politics and screwball romance make strange bedfellows in this comic tale that plays like a cross between the...
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1935
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When British actor Robert Donat dropped out of Warner Bros. Captain Blood, the studio took a chance on its new contractee,...
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1935
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Paul Muni stars in this drama about a romantic triangle that leads to madness and murder. Overly enthusiastic Mexican...
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1935
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In this western-style musical, a rakish gaucho rides off across the Argentine pampas to Buenos Aires in search of his stolen...
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1935
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A far from factual filmed biography of Mexican patriot Pancho Villa, Viva Villa! was written by lengendary screenwriter Ben...
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1934
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Cecil B. DeMille's least characteristic sound feature, Four Frightened People is a character study about a quartet of...
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1934
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1934
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Joan Crawford is at her most glamorous (a different outfit and hairdo in each scene!) in the romantic melodrama Chained....
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1934
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Yankee Buck Jones turns into a south-of-the-border Robin Hood in this fine, if flawed, Western from Columbia Pictures....
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1933
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1932
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Just before his demotion to the ranks of minor character actors, Monte Blue starred in an above-average series of programmers...
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1932
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Set in exotic Singapore, this crime drama centers on a nightclub singer whose life is torn asunder when she is implicated in...
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1932
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In his first of six inexpensive Westerns for producer Trem Carr, bantam-weight cowboy ace Tom Steele played Tom Keene, a...
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1932
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Silent screen cowboy Jack Hoxie returned to the celluloid range after a five year absence with this low-budget Western, the...
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1932
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James Cagney stars as a popular prizefighter who loses his winnings through too much partying and too many women. Cagney's...
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1932
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In this western, a lovely Mexican woman falls in love with the gringo pilot whose plane crashed nearby. Unfortunately, her...
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1932
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Cecil B. DeMille's third remake of his debut film, this was the first sound version of Edwin Milton Royle's stage western...
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1931
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1931
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The tall and virile Johnny Mack Brown portrays the short and dyspeptic outlaw William Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid....
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1930
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Warner Baxter, sporting a black mustache and a musical-comedy Mexican accent, stars as the Cisco Kid, the "Robin Hood of the...
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1929
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This drama, based on a Joseph Conrad novel, follows the exploits of a British adventurer who helps hide an island prince and...
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1929
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He may be called "The Lone Prospector" in The Gold Rush, but the character played by Charlie Chaplin is the same wistful,...
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1925
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