Harry Carey, Jr.Filmography

Dobe and a Company of Heroes

Actors: Harry Carey, Jr.

Synopsis: An unusual Hollywood documentary in that it doesn't focus on the frequently explored sordid side of Tinseltown, Dobe and a Company of Heroes tells the endearing tale of actor Harry Carey Jr. Nicknamed "Dobe" by his silent-film star father and raised on the family's California ranch, Carey Jr. Read More

Howard Hawks: American Artist

Actors: Lauren Bacall, Angie Dickinson, Peter Bogdanovich, William Friedkin, Walter Hill, Todd McCarthy

Synopsis: This British-produced documentary offers an insightful portrait of American filmmaker Howard Hawks, whose remarkable five decade long career encompassed some of Hollywood's best loved movies. Hawks' personal and professional life is recalled by such friends and co-workers as Todd McCarthy (the Read More

Last Stand at Saber River

Actors: Tom Selleck, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Suzy Amis, David Dukes

Synopsis: Tom Selleck stars as a Confederate soldier who finds himself at a crossroads, in this made-for-television adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel. Paul Cable (Selleck) who returns to his Arizona homestead after the end of the Civil War, only to find it taken over by Union-sympathizing pioneers. Cable Read More

Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right

Synopsis: Oscar-winning character actor Ben Johnson was never as well known as other stars, and yet for many industry insiders, he was the epitome of cowboy actors. Of Cherokee and Irish heritage, Johnson was born in Oklahoma and became a cowboy at age eleven. He grew up to become the only movie cowboy to Read More

The Sunchaser

Actors: Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft, Alexandra Tydings, Matt Mulhern

Synopsis: Michael Cimino, the director of The Deer Hunter and the ill-fated Heaven's Gate, helmed this bizarre New Age action picture in 1996. Based on a screenplay by Charles Leavitt, the film stars Woody Harrelson as Dr. Michael Reynolds, a rich, young L.A. physician who worries more about promotions and Read More

Crossbow

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

Actors: Hugh O'Brian, Harry Carey, Jr., Bruce Boxleitner

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV Western drama, Wyatt Earp (Hugh O'Brian) revisits the town of Tombstone, AZ as he recalls his adventures with gunfighters, cowboys, and fellow lawmen a quarter of a century after the shootout at the O.K. Corral made him a living legend. This unusual feature was built around Read More

Tombstone

Actors: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Robert John Burke, Dana Delany

Synopsis: A high-energy action adventure based on legend rather than historical fact finds Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) desiring to retire from law enforcement. With brothers Virgil (Sam Elliot) and Morgan (Bill Paxton), he arrives in Tombstone, Arizona intending to build his fortune. He discovers that Read More

Legends of the American West: Billy the Kid

Synopsis: There are many legends and stories about the notorious Billy the Kid, and this program, Legends of the American West: Cowboys & Indians seeks to separate truth from fiction. Billy the Kid's short life was filled with violence, but his origins were modest. When he was known as Henry McCarty, he was Read More

Legends of the American West [Video Series]

Legends of the American West: The West Remembered

Legends of the American West: Cowboys & Indians

Synopsis: Harry Carey Jr. is the host for this series about the storied figures of the wild west. Legends of the American West: Cowboys & Indians is an attempt to debunk myths and stereotypes surrounding the images of cowboys and Indians. Utilizing re-enactments, archival photos, and interviews with Read More

Legends of the American West: Wyatt Earp & the Gunfighters

Synopsis: This series looks at the myths and legends surrounding the most notorious of the West's outlaws, and the most idolized of its lawmen. Through the use of historic photos, re-enactments, memorabilia, diaries, and old film clips, the programs strive for a separation of truth from fiction. The tales Read More

Legends of the American West: Jesse James

Synopsis: Jesse James and his brother Frank James pulled off daring bank and train robberies, becoming legendary figures known the world over for their exploits. Jesse was idolized as a folk hero, some called him America's Robin Hood, while others simply called him a cold-blooded killer. Legends of the Read More

Back to the Future Part III

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson

Synopsis: The final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy picks up where the second film left off, but it casts off the dizzying time travel of the first two films for mostly routine comedy set in the Old West. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) receives a 70-year-old letter from his inventor friend, Doc Read More

Breaking In

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint, Albert Salmi

Synopsis: In this comedy (which claims a strong pedigree -- it was written by John Sayles and directed by Bill Forsyth), Burt Reynolds plays Ernie, an aging career burglar who knows just about everything there is to know about breaking and entering. One night, Ernie has stealthily slipped into a home only Read More

Bad Jim

Actors: James Brolin, Richard Roundtree, John Clark Gable, Harry Carey, Jr., Rory Calhoun

Synopsis: Veteran Hollywood screenwriter Clyde Ware handled the directing chores in Bad Jim. The film is worth noting as the cinematic debut of John Clark Gable, the son of guess who. Gable, James Brolin, and Richard Roundtree play three soft-hearted bandits who purchase a horse from Billy the Kid. They use Read More

B.L. Stryker: Auntie Sue

Illegally Yours

Actors: Rob Lowe, Colleen Camp, Kenneth Mars, L.B. Straten, Harry Carey, Jr., Kim Myers

Synopsis: Rob Lowe stars in this screwball comedy as Richard Dice, the college dropout who comes back home to St. Augustine, Florida to get his act together. He is selected for jury duty and falls for the defendant Molly Gilbert (Colleen Camp), a young woman he later recognizes as his grade-school Read More

Cherry 2000

Actors: Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Ben Johnson, Tim Thomerson, Harry Carey, Jr., Brion James

Synopsis: In this arch sci-fi sex comedy-cum-action extravaganza, a hard-nosed female mercenary helps a hapless yuppie find a new body for his robot girlfriend in the post-industrial wasteland of the American Southwest. In the year 2017, what little remains of civilization feeds off the scrap heap of 20th Read More

Once Upon a Texas Train

Actors: Angie Dickinson, Richard Widmark, Willie Nelson

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Once Upon a Texas Train offers us the once-in-a-lifetime teaming of Richard Widmark, Willie Nelson and Angie Dickinson. Nelson plays a veteran outlaw who robs a bank less than 6 hours after being paroled from jail. He uses the money to reunite his old gang, then sets about to Read More

The Whales of August

Actors: Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey, Jr.

Synopsis: A once-in-a-lifetime cast of veterans performs David Berry's play about Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), widowed sisters vacationing on a Philadelphia island for their 60th consecutive summer. Libby is blind and embittered, while Sarah is healthy, supportive, and almost Read More

Crossroads

Actors: Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Robert Judd

Synopsis: A passion for blues music is evident in this drama based on a contest-winning script by former blues musician John Fusco -- and featuring one of the decade's best-received motion picture soundtracks, written and performed by Ry Cooder. Eugene Martone Ralph Macchio is a classically trained Read More

The Adventures of William Tell

Actors: Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Harry Carey, Jr., Johnny Crawford, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Adapted from television's Crossbow series, the archer of renown legend battles a tyrannical governor with a hastily regrouped "Four Horsemen." Only William Tell can rescue his land and his son from the harsh ruler. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Mask

Actors: Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart

Synopsis: This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle buddies, but Read More

Gremlins

Actors: Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday

Synopsis: "Don't expose him to bright light. Don't ever get him wet. And don't ever, ever feed him after midnight." This sage advice is ignored midway through Gremlins, with devastating results. This comic Joe Dante effort is set in a Norman Rockwell-esque small town at Christmastime. Seeking a unique gift Read More

Princess Daisy

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Paul Michael Glaser, Robert Urich, Claudia Cardinale

Synopsis: This melodrama is the second of a two part story based on a novel by Judith Krantz. In this episode, Daisy, the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star, must leave college and begin looking for a job in New York so that she can pay her sister's enormous medical bills. ~ Sandra Read More

Endangered Species

Actors: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, Peter Coyote

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Endangered Species stars Robert Urich and JoBeth Williams. Urich plays vacationing ex-cop Ruben Castle, while Williams portrays Harriet Purdue, a small-town sheriff. Intrigued by Purdue's investigation of a rash of cattle mutilations, Castle begins following the evidence Read More

The Shadow Riders

Actors: Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Lewis

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV movie, two brothers who battled on opposing sides of the Civil War return home at the end of the war to discover that their family has been kidnapped by Confederate forces. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Uforia

Actors: Cindy Williams, Harry Dean Stanton, Fred Ward, Robert Gray, Darrell Larson

Synopsis: A small California town is gripped by UFO fever in this well-acted, surprisingly rich comedy. At the center of the mania is Arlene, a grocery store clerk and born-again Christian fascinated with flying saucers. This interest soon evolves into a full-blown obsession when Arlene is visited by a Read More

Little House on the Prairie: A New Beginning

Actors: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, Matthew Laborteaux

Synopsis: Widowed farmer Jonathan Garvey (Merlin Oleson) and his son Andy (Patrick Laborteaux) move to the town of Sleepy Eye so that Jonathan can start a freight business. Unfortunately, he is repeatedly robbed of his meager belongings by a gang of local toughs. Deciding to end this crime wave on his own Read More

The Long Riders

Actors: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Stacy Keach, James Keach, Dennis Quaid

Synopsis: The hook in Walter Hill's mythic retelling of the James-Younger outlaw legend is in the casting; the James, Younger, Miller, and Ford Brothers are played by a string of acting brothers, the Keachs, the Carradines, the Quaids and the Guests. The film begins as outlaws are robbing a bank. After the Read More

Wild Times

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV western, sudden pulp-novel fame drives gunslinger High Cardiff (Sam Elliott) to make good use of his new-found notoriety ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Synopsis: Right after wrapping up her role as Emily on The Bob Newhart Show, Suzanne Pleshette began her reign as "queen of the TV pilot films" with Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid. Kate Bliss (Pleshette) is a private investigator in the 19th-century West, setting up her shingle in a tough frontier town. Read More

Nickelodeon

Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens

Synopsis: Peter Bogdanovich's early career as a film writer stood him in good stead for this comedy drama about the early days of the motion-picture industry, based in part on his interviews with pioneering directors Raoul Walsh and Allan Dwan. Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) is a lawyer and Buck Greenway (Burt Reynolds Read More

Take a Hard Ride

Actors: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson, Catherine Spaak, Jim Kelly

Synopsis: Jim Brown and Fred Williamson team up for this violent western, directed by Antonio Marghetti under the name of Anthony M. Dawson. Brown plays Pike, a stonefaced cowboy who meets up Tyree (Fred Williamson), a jocular and dishonest gambler. Together with a mute Indian scout Kashtok (Jim Kelly), the Read More

Il Ritorno di Zanna Bianca

Synopsis: A brave German Shepherd defends an elderly gold-mine owner against greedy baddies in this Arctic adventure. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Banacek: Horse of a Slightly Different Color

Synopsis: This episode, filmed in part at the Hollywood Park racetrack, finds Banacek once again being called in to solve the unsolvable. This time it's the case of a 5,000,000-dollar racehorse that went out on its usual morning workout -- and returned as an entirely different horse. Among those questioned Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: The Hard Breed

Synopsis: The guest-star cast in this episode is studded by several seasoned movie-western veterans, including Jim Davis, Noah Beery Jr and Harry Carey Jr.--not to mention comparative newcomer Sam Elliott. The plot involves a rodeo rider whose biggest professional rival is his own brother. It so happens Read More

Zanna Bianca

Actors: Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey, John Steiner

Synopsis: This Yukon adventure is yet another telling of Jack London's tale of a prospector and his loyal sled dog as they battle avaricious villains during their search for gold. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cahill: United States Marshal

Actors: Ken Wolger, John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Clay O'Brien

Synopsis: John Wayne plays a lawman who has to deal with the problems of fatherhood in a big way in Cahill: United States Marshall. Wayne is J.D. Cahill, whose singular desire to track down law breakers strains his relationship with his two teenage sons --17-year-old Danny (Gary Grimes) and 12-year-old Read More

E Poi lo Chiamarono il Magnifico

Synopsis: A bookish Boston slicker tries his hand at cowpunching on his father's ranch in this violent but humorous Italian western. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Trinity Is Still My Name

Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer

Synopsis: In this comic Italian Western, the third of the "Trinity" series, Trinity (Terence Hill) and his brother Bambino (Bud Spencer) abandon their law-enforcement duties and try to join the world of horse thieves and criminals. Despite their bad intentions, and their own unbelievable klutziness, they Read More

Big Jake

Actors: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum

Synopsis: When his grandson (played by real-life son Ethan Wayne) is kidnapped by scurrilous baddie Richard Boone, Big Jake (John Wayne) sets out to deliver the $1 million ransom. On the off-chance that there'll be gunplay, Jake brings along his sons Patrick Wayne and Chris Mitchum. Maureen O'Hara plays Read More

One More Train to Rob

Synopsis: In this western, a train robber is framed by a fellow gang member and sent to prison. The gang member betrayed him so that he could marry the robber's love. To get his revenge, the robber helps out a gang of Chinese whose father, the other guy kidnapped. A showdown between the two leads ensues. Read More

Something Big

Synopsis: In this western, an outlaw anxiously awaits the arrival of his betrothed, who is under the false impression that her fiancé is worth a fortune. Unfortunately, the fellow has earned nothing during his stint in the West. Desperate to keep her, he begins plotting the theft of a Mexican bandit's loot. Read More

The Moonshine War

Actors: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda, Melodie Johnson, Will Geer

Synopsis: In this comedy drama set during the late Prohibition era, a federal agent attempts to make some real money before the alcohol ban is lifted. He sets his sights on the whiskey cache of an old army buddy, but just before they strike a deal, two ex-convicts frighten the buddy away. The creeps then Read More

Dirty Dingus Magee

Actors: Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Lois Nettleton, John Dehner, Jack Elam

Synopsis: Frank Sinatra stars in this bawdy western satire as Dingus Magee, a would-be outlaw who robs Hoke Birdsill (George Kennedy) while Hoke is en route to Yerkey's Hole, New Mexico. Hoke reports the theft to Belle Knops (Anne Jackson), the mayor of Yerkey's Hole and proprietor of the town's biggest Read More

One More Time

Actors: Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Esther Anderson, Maggie Wright, Leslie Sands

Synopsis: Rat-pack pals Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford reprise their roles of Charlie Salt and Chris Pepper, respectively, in this film that marks the directorial debut of comedian/writer Jerry Lewis. Lawford also plays Lord Sydney Pepper, the twin brother of Charlie who is a murder victim. Salt and Read More

Death of a Gunfighter

Actors: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu, Kent Smith

Synopsis: Famed anonymous director Alan Smithee (in this case a hybrid of Richard Totten and Don Siegel), directed this turgid western drama concerning Marshal Frank Patch (Richard Widmark), who, even though he has kept the peace in Cottonwood Springs for over twenty years, is now considered a local joke by Read More

The Undefeated

Actors: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo

Synopsis: This routine western finds Union Colonel John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and company attacking Confederate soldiers lead by Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson). After a crushing defeat, Langdon torches his plantation rather than have it fall into enemy hands. A group of Southerners accept the Read More

Bandolero!

Actors: James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Andrew Prine

Synopsis: James Stewart and Dean Martin are atypically cast as outlaws in Bandolero! The film begins as Dee Bishop (Martin) and his gang are about to be hanged. The Scripture-spouting executioner turns out to be Dee's brother Mace (Stewart), who helps the desperadoes escape. They are pursued by a sheriff (George Kennedy Read More

The Ballad of Josie

Actors: Peter Graves, Doris Day, George Kennedy, Andy Devine, William Talman

Synopsis: Doris Day peers through layers of camera gauze to star in The Ballad of Josie, a second-rate variation of Cat Ballou. For openers, Day is arrested for the billiard-cue bludgeoning of her late husband. Upon her acquittal, she takes up sheep ranching in Wyoming. To prove herself as good as any man, Day Read More

The Devil's Brigade

Actors: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins

Synopsis: During the early days of World War II, while the United States was massing its forces for the war, England hastily plans commando raids against the German forces to keep them at bay until America's troops enter the war. As a part of this plan, the Allies create the 1st Special Service Force to Read More

The Way West

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Jack Elam

Synopsis: Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) enlists the help of veteran scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead a wagon train of settlers from Missouri to Oregon in this plodding, routine western. A scared settler accidently shoots an Indian boy who is mistaken for a wolf, prompting Summers to Read More

Bonanza: Judgement at Red Creek

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Ireland, Harry Carey, Jr.

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright joins a posse led by Sheriff Rimbau (John Ireland) to capture two robbery/murder suspects. For Rimbau, it is personal: His own brother Jack (James B. Sikking) was killed by the outlaws. Before long, Joe realizes that Rimbau intends to be judge, jury and executioner, thoroughly Read More

Cyborg 2087

Synopsis: This futuristic sci-fi film contains a strong message against communism. It begins in the year 2087 and presents a totalitarian world ruled by Cyborgs. They are half-machine and their are incapable of free thought. Cyborg Garth has a glitch and is a rebel who swipes a time machine and travels back Read More

Billy the Kid vs. Dracula

Actors: Chuck Courtney, John Carradine, Melinda Plowman, Virginia Christine, Walter Janowitz

Synopsis: The venerable John Carradine gets his first chance to play the fanged count in 20 years (the last time was House of Dracula), albeit in one of the weirdest scenarios ever committed to film. Arriving in the Wild West via stagecoach, Drac installs himself in the home of a pretty rancher (Melinda Plowman Read More

The Rare Breed

Actors: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills, Jack Elam, Don Galloway

Synopsis: Andrew V. McLaglen directs the Western drama The Rare Breed, based on the real-life introduction of English Hereford cattle to the American West in the 1880s. Maureen O'Hara plays Martha Price, an widowed Englishwoman who convinces rancher Alexander Bowen (Brian Keith) to use her new cattle breed. Read More

Alvarez Kelly

Actors: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal, Victoria Shaw, Roger C. Carmel

Synopsis: William Holden stars as Alvarez Kelly in this Civil War actioner. While transporting 5,000 head of cattle to the Union forces, Holden is captured by Confederate officer Richard Widmark. Threatened with instant execution if he doesn't cooperate, Holden sets about the train the raw rebel troops to Read More

Shenandoah

Actors: James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, Rosemary Forsyth

Synopsis: The year is 1863. Wealthy Virginia landowner Charlie Anderson (James Stewart), a man of peace despite his autocratic behavior, steadfastly refuses to take sides in the Civil War. Bit by bit, Anderson's isolationism--and his way of living--is torn apart.
Charlie's daughter, Jannie Anderson (Rosemary Forsyth Read More

Branded: The Vindicator

Synopsis: New York newspaperman Ned Travis (Claude Akins) tracks down Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) in hopes of getting the "real story" of what happened at Bitter Creek. Under normal circumstances, McCord would like nothing better than to reveal the truth and clear himself of the charge of cowardice. But Read More

Bonanza: The Flannel-Mouth Gun

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Earl Holliman

Synopsis: Held in thrall by a gang of rustlers, the local cattleman's association hires a professional gunman named Simmons (Robert Wilke) to deal with the outlaws. The Cartwrights vote against engaging the services of Simmons, fearing that he will cause more harm than good. Their predictions apparently Read More

Taggart

Actors: Tony Young, Dan Duryea, Dick Foran, Elsa Cardenas

Synopsis: In this western, the trouble begins when a rancher's mother and father are killed by a young outlaw and his family who want his land. The son returns the favor and slaughters them. As the father lies dying, he manages to hire three gunslingers to track the boy down. The boy is a good shot though Read More

Cheyenne Autumn

Actors: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden

Synopsis: John Ford's last western film, Cheyenne Autumn was allegedly produced to compensate for the hundreds of Native Americans who had bitten the dust in Ford's earlier films (that was the director's story, anyway). Set in 1887, the film recounts the defiant migration of 300 Cheyennes from their Read More

The Raiders

Synopsis: In this western, an ex-officer for the confederate Army becomes a Texas cattle rancher. He and his fellow ranchers are dismayed when they learn that the coming railroad intends on bypassing their ranches. The rancher then leaves his land to begin fighting the railroad. Meanwhile the railroad Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Sweet Lady of the Moon

Synopsis: Though irrefutably guilty of murder, Carl Soddenberg (Crahan Denton) escaped the hangman's noose when he was declared insane. Now "cured", Soddenberg is release from a mental institution in the custody of Dr. Weiser (Richard Shannon). Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired to escort patient and doctor Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Face of a Shadow

Synopsis: Hired by a bank to collect $10,000 from rancher Dan Tibner (Nestor Paiva), Paladin (Richard Boone) finds that Tibner has been murdered and the money stolen. Suspicion immediately falls upon a band of gypsies that has been roaming around the ranch, but Paladin is convinced that there is more to the Read More

Flashing Spikes

Texas John Slaughter: Wild Times

Synopsis: This western is created from a popular serial that starred Tom Tryon playing a rancher who was once a sheriff. Tryon later went on to become a best-selling author. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Taylor's Woman

Synopsis: For years, rancher Thad Taylor (Harry Carey Jr.) has lived in terror of his pretty bout domineering housekeeper Lydia (Kathie Browne). Now Lydia has demanded that That marry her immediately--or else. In desperation, Thad turns to Paladin (Richard Boone) to deal with the overbearing Lydia, thus Read More

A Public Affair

Actors: Myron McCormick, Edward Binns, Judson Pratt, Jackie Loughery, Paul Birch

Synopsis: California politics is the clinically dissected yet informative and interesting topic of this feature-length drama by co-directors Bernard Girard and Robert Lewis. Relegating any character development to secondary status, the two directors have opted for a mode more in keeping with a television Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Jonah

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired to dive into Crystal Lake and recover $20,000 in stolen gold. This proves to be a challenging task thanks to a half-crazed fisherman, Jonas Quincy (Harry Carey Jr.) who refuses to let Paladin dive until an elusive trout is caught. Meanwhile, the gold thieves sit on Read More

Texas John Slaughter: Stampede at Bitter Creek

Synopsis: Originally aired on television from Walt Disney Presents, this frontier drama tells of the tribulations a former Texas Ranger encounters when he moves his cattle into New Mexico. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Roving River

Synopsis: Perry (Raymond Burr) is summoned to Manzan Valley to settle a bitter land dispute. His client is Judy Bryant (Sarah Marshall), who claims the the boundary on her property was illegally changed when the river was rerouted. Judy's key witness is her no-good stepfather Amos (Robert Lowery), who Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Tax Gatherer

Synopsis: The town of Bad Dog, Oregon is populated by wealthy ranchers who refuse to pay their cattle taxes. Actually, it goes beyond a mere refusal: Three tax collectors have already been killed in their efforts to get the cattlemen to pay up. You guessed it: Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired as Collector Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Revenger

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) is intrigued when his morning mail yields one-half of a $500 bill and a stagecoach ticket to Yuma, Arizona. En route to Yuma, Paladin finds that he has been snared in a death-trap, courtesy of Mexican bandit Solomon (Anthony Caruso). The other stagecoach passengers are held Read More

The Comancheros

Actors: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin

Synopsis: Michael Curtiz's The Comancheros was a deceptively complex movie -- so enjoyable, that it masked some of the best character development seen in a John Wayne vehicle that was not directed by John Ford or Howard Hawks, and so well made that it got by with some of the most violent action seen in a Read More

The Great Impostor

Actors: Tony Curtis, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Gary Merrill, Joan Blackman, Karl Malden

Synopsis: The Great Impostor is the true story of chameleonlike Canadian Ferdinand Waldo DeMara Jr., well-played by Tony Curtis. Unable to decide what he wants to do with his life, DeMara goes about pretending to be other people, hoping to eventually "find himself." He poses as a Harvard professor, a Read More

Disneyland: Tales of Texas John Slaughter: The End of the Trail

Synopsis: In the 14th episode of Walt Disney's 17-part miniseries Tales of Texas John Slaughter, John (Tom Tryon) is summoned by General Miles (Onslow Stevens) to aid the cavalry in tracking down the elusive renegade Apache Geronimo (Pat Hogan). The two men are assisted by John's old Texas Rangers comrade Read More

Two Rode Together

Actors: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine

Synopsis: One of director John Ford's least characteristic films, it derives from the latter part of his career, when the director's belief in the myth of the West had faded, and he was beset by failing health and personal problems. In the cynicism of its humor, the director seems be to taking a page from Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Misguided Father

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) returns to his hotel room to find the dead body of his friend Charlie Blackburn. Strapping the murder victim to his horse, Paladin returns Charlie to his home town in the middle of timber country. It soons becomes obvious that no one in town is willing to claim the Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Marshal's Boy

Synopsis: Reluctant to bring in his own son Billy (Andrew Prine) on a murder charge, a town marshal (Ken Lynch) hires Paladin (Richard Boone) to do the job. Venturing into treacherous mountain country, Paladin seeks out Billy in hopes of persuading the young man into surrending peacefully and standing Read More

Bonanza: The Mission

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Henry Hull

Synopsis: Feeling responsible for the massacre of a troop of soldiers, former Army scout Charlie Trent (Henry Hull) has become the town drunk. But when Cavalry Captain Pender (John Dehner) sends word to Virginia City that he is in need of a reliable scout for a dangerous misison, Hoss Cartwright recommends Read More

Noose for a Gunman

Actors: Jim Davis, Lyn Thomas, Ted de Corsia, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Jim Davis was light-years away from his role as Larry Hagman's dad on Dallas when he starred in Noose for a Gunman. In this 1960 B oater, Davis is a gunslinger who is appointed town marshal to clean out the criminal element. It isn't long before Davis is kicked out of town on a trumped-up murder Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Sanctuary

Synopsis: En route to Monterey, Paladin (Richard Boone) is detained by a group of men who let him pass only when satisfied that he has never heard of someone named Vernon Good. Upon arrival, Paladin is met by an ill-tempered priest (Albert Salmi)--and by Vernon Good (John Mauldin), who has taken refuge in Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Legacy

Synopsis: This episode draws upon the considerable talents of several TV-western stalwarts, including George Kennedy, Harry Carey Jr., Roy Barcroft and Harry Lauter. It all begins when Paladin (Richard Boone), on assignment, captures a fugitive outlaw with the help of a posse. But the case is hardly closed Read More

Disneyland: Tales of Texas John Slaughter: Killers From Kansas

Synopsis: In the third episode of Walt Disney's 17-part miniseries Tales of Texas John Slaughter, Slaughter (Tom Tryon) and another Texas ranger are sent to a bank to pick up the ranger's payroll. Unfortunately, the bank is held up by the vicious Barko gang, who kill Slaughter's comrade and leave him beaten Read More

Disneyland: Tales of Texas John Slaughter: Showdown at Sandoval

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of Walt Disney's 17-part miniseries The Tales of Texas John Slaughter, Slaughter (Tom Tryon) has captured outlaw leader Mrs. Barko (Beverly Garland) who, though she faces the gallows, refuses to explain why she was trying to join forces with another notorious bandit, Dan Read More

Gunfight at Sandoval

Synopsis: In this exciting western, cowpoke Texas John Slaughter rides out for revenge against the man who killed his friend. He heads for Sandoval, a notorious outlaw lair. Horses gallop, guns blaze, and mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Escort West

Actors: Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue, Reba Waters

Synopsis: This trite, low-budget western stars Victor Mature as Ben Lassiter, a former Confederate soldier who is traveling to the Western U.S. with his daughter Abbey (Reba Waters) just after the Civil War. Their journey is interrupted by a group of Union soldiers on patrol and the recent war casts its Read More

Bonanza: The Vendetta

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mort Mills

Synopsis: Though seriously wounded during a bank robbery, Ben Cartwright manages to kill a member of the Morgan gang. When outlaw leader Carl Morgan (Mort Mill) swears revenge, the citizens of Virginia City flee in terror, leaving Ben and his son Hoss to their fate. Only the town drunk and a nervous Eastern Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Posse

Synopsis: During a nocturnal ride in the prairie, Paladin (Richard Boone) stops at a campfire to ask directions from a convivial chap named Dobie O'Brien (Perry Cook). After exchanging several pleasantries, the twon men are interrupted by the members of a posse, who are searching for a double murderer. Read More

Rio Bravo

Actors: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan

Synopsis: Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), a worthless, drunken thug, for the murder of an unarmed man in a fight in a saloon -- the problem is that Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Road to Wickenburg

Synopsis: Beaten, robbed and left unconscious, Paladin (Richard Boone) wanders dazedly into the town of Blue Bell. It soon becomes clear that Paladin will not leave the town alive if the Goodfellow family, whose siblings run the place with an iron hand, have anything to say about it. All that stands between Read More

Disneyland: Tales of Texas John Slaughter: Texas John Slaughter

Synopsis: Of the many TV miniseries produced by Walt Disney for his various weekly anthologies of the '50s and '60s, only Tales of Texas John Slaughter came close to matching the "Davy Crockett" programs in popularity and longevity. Based on fact, the 17-episode saga of Texas Ranger-turned-rancher John Read More

Disneyland: Tales of Texas John Slaughter: Ambush at Laredo

Synopsis: In the second episode of Walt Disney's 17-part miniseries Tales of Texas John Slaughter, newly installed Texas ranger Slaughter (Tom Tryon) has succeeded in rounding up the last members of Frank Davis' outlaw gang. Unfortunately, Davis (Robert Middleton) has been released on bail and has fled to Read More

From Hell to Texas

Actors: Chill Wills, Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Dennis Hopper, R.G. Armstrong

Synopsis: A spare, almost austere western, From Hell to Texas stars Don Murray as a carefree cowpoke. Accidentally killing the son of a powerful land baron (R. G. Armstrong), Murray runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengeful brothers. The fugitive is sheltered by Chill Wills, upon whose ranch Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Synopsis: Superstar-to-be Charles Bronson is atypically cast as Chris Sorenson, a rough-hewn by shy rancher who is hopelessly in love with aristocratic Spanish ranch owner Maria deCastro (Grace Raynor). For a nominal fee, Paladin (Richard Boone) attempts to help Chris win Maria's love by teaching him how to Read More

Kiss Them for Me

Actors: Cary Grant, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson, Ray Walston

Synopsis: Luther Davis' racy wartime comedy Kiss Them for Me was expurgated a bit for the 1957 film version. Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry Blyden portray three navy war heroes who've been booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Eluding their ulcerated public relations officer (Werner Klemperer Read More

Gun the Man Down

Actors: James Arness, Angie Dickinson, Robert J. Wilke, Emile G. Meyer

Synopsis: Two years into Gunsmoke, James Arness took time out of his busy schedule to star in the medium-budget western Arizona Mission. Trading in his white hat for a black one, Arness plays a bandit. He and partners Robert J. Wilke and Don Megowan pull off a robbery; the partners then vamoose with the Read More

The River's Edge

Actors: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey, Jr., Chubby Johnson

Synopsis: A bank robber's avarice and obsessive quest for freedom lead to his downfall in this adventure-packed crime drama that was shot on location in Mexico. After lifting a cool million from a U.S. bank, the crook is anxious to sneak across the border into Mexico, but to do so he must hire an Read More

The Searchers

Actors: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood

Synopsis: If John Ford is the greatest Western director, The Searchers is arguably his greatest film, at once a grand outdoor spectacle like such Ford classics as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950) and a film about one man's troubling moral codes, a big-screen adventure of the 1950s that Read More

Climax!: The Lou Gehrig Story

Actors: Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen

Synopsis: The Lou Gehrig Story stars Wendell Corey as the legendary New York Yankees first baseman. With only an hour at its disposal, the play is compelled to concentrate almost exclusively on Gehrig's losing battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The highlight of the drama is Lou's emotional farewell Read More

The Great Locomotive Chase

Actors: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton, Eddie Firestone

Synopsis: Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase is a dramatic retelling of the actual Civil War events which inspired the Buster Keaton comedy The General. Fess Parker stars as James J. Andrews, the famous Union spy who masterminded the theft of an entire Confederate train. To accomplish this mission, Andrews Read More

Seventh Cavalry

Actors: Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Faylen

Synopsis: Though the film's title may suggest otherwise, Seventh Cavalry takes place after Custer's Last Stand. Randolph Scott stars as Cavalry officer Tom Benson, who is branded a coward after supposedly deserting at the Little Big Horn. Benson hopes to redeem himself by personally leading a burial detail Read More

House of Bamboo

Actors: Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Brad Dexter

Synopsis: Samuel Fuller directed and cowrote this typically hard-boiled drama set in Japan following World War II. Eddie Kenner (Robert Stack) is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson (Robert Ryan), a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese Read More

Mister Roberts

Actors: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer

Synopsis: Henry Fonda returned to films after an eight-year absence in this masterful adaptation of the actor's Broadway hit Mister Roberts. Written and partially directed by Joshua Logan, the film stars Fonda as Lt. Doug Roberts, chief cargo officer of the supply ship "Reluctant." WW2 is in its last few Read More

The Long Gray Line

Actors: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Ward Bond, Donald Crisp

Synopsis: The life story of West Point athletic director Marty Maher was the inspiration for John Ford's The Long Gray Line. Told in flashback, the film recalls the first days at the Point for Irish immigrant Maher (Tyrone Power), a pugnacious boy who can't seem to fit in with the institution's regimen of Read More

Silver Lode

Actors: John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Dolores Moran, Emile G. Meyer, Frank Sully

Synopsis: Next to Slightly Scarlet, Silver Lode is the best of the many 1950s collaborations between producer Benedict Bogaeus and director Allan Dwan. Clearly inspired by High Noon, the story covers three hours in the lives of a group of westerners. As the townsfolk prepare for the Fourth of July Read More

The Outcast

Actors: John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis, Catherine McLeod, Ben Cooper

Synopsis: Jet Cosgrave (John Derek) is The Outcast in this big-budget Republic western. Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave (Jim Davis), Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the rest of the film trying to regain his birthright and clear Read More

Sweethearts on Parade

Actors: Ray Middleton, Lucille Norman, Eileen Christy, Bill Shirley

Synopsis: Ray Middleton and Bill Shirley, Republic Pictures' answer to Hope and Crosby, star in Sweethearts on Parade. Middleton and Shirley play Cam Ellerby and Bill Gamble, the featured singers in a travelling medicine show. While stopping over in a small town, Cam renews his acquaintance with his former Read More

San Antone

Actors: Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker, Katy Jurado, Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta

Synopsis: Republic "regulars" Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan and Forrest Tucker star in the A-minus western San Antone. During the Civil War, Texan Carl Miller (Rod Cameron) adopts a neutral stance regarding the conflict. Miller is branded a coward by Brian Culver (Forrest Tucker), a Confederate blowhard whose Read More

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Actors: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan

Synopsis: Second-billed Marilyn Monroe is the blonde in question in this second film version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Miss Lorelei Lee, whose philosophy is "diamonds are a girl's best friend." Together with her best human friend Dorothy (top-billed Jane Russell), showgirl Lorelei embarks upon a boat Read More

Island in the Sky

Actors: John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness, Andy Devine

Synopsis: During World War II, a Military Air Transport Command DC-3 piloted by a civilian crew is forced down in northern Labrador. The five men, led by Dooley (John Wayne), have barely any food and almost no way to keep warm, and their power supply is fading fast, but they have to find a way of staying Read More

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Actors: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Boone

Synopsis: At the time of its release, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef was considered more notable for its technical achievements than its artistic virtues, a judgment that is still valid, up to a point. It wasn't the most earth-shattering drama ever made, though the performances seem better than they were probably Read More

The Raiders

Actors: Richard Conte, Viveca Lindfors, Barbara Britton, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Martin

Synopsis: It's always a pleasure to see ace western director Leslie Selander in action, and Riders of Vengeance is no exception. Originally released as The Raiders, this Universal programmer stars Richard Conte as a miner who leads an expedition of his compatriots to the California Gold Rush. Crooked Morris Ankrum Read More

Niagara

Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Casey Adams, Denis O'Dea

Synopsis: Belated honeymooners Polly (Jean Peters) and Ray Cutler (Casey Adams) arrive at their Niagara Falls cottage only to find that Rose (Marilyn Monroe) and George Loomis (Joseph Cotten) have not yet checked out. Though the Cutlers temporarily take another cabin, the lives of the two couples are bound Read More

Monkey Business

Actors: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe

Synopsis: Howard Hawks hoped to capture the screwball comic fervor of his 1938 film Bringing Up Baby with his 1952 comedy Monkey Business. As in the earlier film, Cary Grant stars as an absent-minded professor involved in a research project. This time he's a chemist seeking a "fountain of youth" formula Read More

Warpath

Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Charles Stevens, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker, Polly Bergen, Harry Carey, Jr.

Synopsis: In this western, a cowboy rides out to avenge the death of his fiancee. Three outlaws are responsible for the murder. He finds the first and kills him. The second he finds has become a sergeant in the Seventh Cavalry. The third has become a storekeeper. Unfortunately, before he can kill them, they Read More

The Wild Blue Yonder

Actors: Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil Harris, Walter Brennan

Synopsis: Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker, the Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy of Republic, star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of beautiful nurse Vera Hruba Ralston, Corey and Tucker prepare to fly a bombing mission in the South Pacific. Read More

Wagon Master

Actors: Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Joanne Dru, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray

Synopsis: Wagon Master, splendidly directed by John Ford, is a superlative western. The film is the outwardly simple tale of a Mormon wagon train headed for Utah. Along the way, the group, led by Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) hook up with two horse traders Travis Blue (Ben Johnson) and Sandy Owens (Harry Carey Read More

Copper Canyon

Actors: Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, MacDonald Carey, Mona Freeman

Synopsis: Set just after the close of the Civil War, a former Confederate officer (Ray Milland) joins a vaudeville target-shooting show to avoid detection by the Union army. Working his way West, he falls in league with a group of Southern copper-miners being harassed as they try to make a living. ~ John Read More

Rio Grande

Actors: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr.

Synopsis: John Wayne stars as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke, whose devotion to duty has cost him his marriage to his beloved Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara). Yorke gets word that his son, Jeff (Claude Jarman Jr.) -- whom he hasn't seen in 15 years -- has been dropped as a cadet from West Point, and that he lied about his Read More

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Actors: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Victor McLaglen

Synopsis: The second of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is the only one of the three to be lensed in Technicolor. In an Oscar-calibre performance, 42-year old John Wayne plays sixtyish Cavalry Captain Nathan Brittles. In his last days before his compulsory retirement, Brittles must Read More

Moonrise

Actors: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Rex Ingram

Synopsis: All of his life, Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark) has been taunted and mistreated by most of the people around him, enduring innumerable beatings and other humiliations as a boy because his father was a murderer who died on the gallows. He finds it not much better as an adult, living with his aunt in Read More

Red River

Actors: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Coleen Gray

Synopsis: John Wayne -- showing off a darker side to his screen persona than we'd previously seen -- portrays Thomas Dunson, a frontiersman who, with his longtime partner Nadine Groot (Walter Brennan), leaves abandons a westbound wagon train in 1851 to make his future as a rancher in Texas. Doing so forces Read More

The Three Godfathers

Actors: John Wayne, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh

Synopsis: John Ford had already directed one of the three previous film versions of Peter Kyne's novel under the title Marked Men (1919) with his mentor Harry Carey, a great cowboy star of the silent era who had recently died. It's not difficult to see how the story's sentimentality and Christian symbolism Read More

Pursued

Actors: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Harry Carey, Jr., Alan Hale

Synopsis: Chased by a posse to a remote cabin, Jeb (Robert Mitchum) is joined by his fearful wife Thorley (Teresa Wright), awaiting the arrival of the men tracking them, as they try to reason out what has gone wrong in their lives. Jeb can't remember anything about his early childhood except for a horrible Read More