This TV-movie biography of legendary black ballplayer Leroy "Satchel" Paige unfortunately whitewashes and hokes up his...
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1981
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In this bargain basement sci-fi film Time Warp-The Day Time Ended, a family moves into their state-of-the-art solar-powered...
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Grant
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1980
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The whole gang of Looney Tunes accompanies Bugs as he gives a fun animated tribute to moms. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi...
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Director
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1979
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Steadily building up its viewership during its first few seasons, Dallas certainly gives its fans their money's worth during...
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1979
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Dallas begins its original five-week trial run as Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), youngest son of Texas oil millionaire Jock...
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1978
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Michael Landon wrote and directed this pilot film about a writer who is framed for murdering a politician's son; after...
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1978
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In this western, two wranglers must take a herd of starving mustangs over the drought-stricken land. En route, the are...
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1978
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Old man Ewing (Jason Robards) owns a ranch right next to the ranch of Ella (Jane Fonda). This is a source of two problems:...
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1978
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Having proven itself as a viewer magnet during its five-episode trial in the spring of 1978, the multi-plotted prime-time...
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1978
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A quick-shot rifleman with a tragic past seeks refuge in a God-fearing Arizona town, only to discover that there's no running...
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1977
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Loosely based on former policeman Joseph Wambaugh's humorous novel, The Choirboys determinedly explores the stunted interior...
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1977
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Actor James Stacy, who in real life lost and arm and a leg in a motorcycle accident, won an Emmy award for his performance as...
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1977
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1976
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In this feature-length pilot for an unsold TV series, Bo Hopkins, Tim Matheson and Jim Davis star as Ezel, Owens, and...
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1975
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The mysterious Bermuda Triangle is the setting for the 1975 TV movie Satan's Triangle. Kim Novak is washed up (not...
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1975
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The guest-star cast in this episode is studded by several seasoned movie-western veterans, including Jim Davis, Noah Beery Jr...
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1974
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While the Watergate scandal filled the headlines, Alan J. Pakula's 1974 thriller took its inspiration from the conspiracy...
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1974
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1974
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Stone (Karl Malden) and Keller (Michael Douglas) investigate when a successful and universally admired politician dies in...
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1973
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In this comical Disney western, a cavalry rider goes AWOL in the midst of a raid to save the lives of a band of Indian women...
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1973
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Several future TV headliners appear in guest roles in this, the first episode of The F.B.I.'s eighth season. Inspector...
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1972
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The exciting world of rodeo provides the framework for this western saga that centers around a temperamental bronc rider who...
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1972
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Set during the Civil War, Bad Company stars Barry Brown as a Northern boy, Drew Dixon, who heads West to avoid getting...
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1972
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A rancher sets out to find the party responsible for killing his son and kidnapping his daughter. He enlists an arrogant...
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1971
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A slapdash epic of bad filmmaking geared strictly toward drive-in audiences, Dracula vs. Frankenstein has gone on to achieve...
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1971
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Rancher Drake Farron (Earl Holliman) has always considered his younger brother James (Bryan Montgomery) to be a thorn in his...
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1971
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1971
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John Wayne, in the last of his Civil War characterizations, portrays Cord McNally, a Union Army colonel who loses a gold...
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1970
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Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin ) and his pal Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) are two over the hill cowboys seeking work in the town of...
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Cal Brennan
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1970
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Vanished earned a niche in video history as the first two-part TV movie. Based on Fletcher Knebel's novel, the story...
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1970
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This disturbing low-budget psycho-thriller stars twins Robert Story and David Story as a serial strangler and his detective...
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1969
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A police investigator examines the murders committed by a criminal who hides the dead bodies in a meat freezer. (AKA...
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1969
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Ben Thompson (Robert Dix) rides through the wilds of Arizona seeking revenge in this violent, low-budget Al Adamson Western....
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1969
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In this crime adventure, a young woman carrying an important paper finds herself pursued by three crooks who chase her into...
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1968
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A clan of Carolina moonshiners struggle to outsmart the revenuers and deliver their potent brew in this crime drama. ~...
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1968
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Forced to kill the father of young Eddie McKay (Jan-Michael Vincent), Hoss Cartwright tries to make amends by hiring Eddie as...
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1968
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1968
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1967
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An insane, renegade cavalryman leads his vicious band of outlaws into a series of brutal raids against settlers and local...
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1967
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Having struck pay dirt with his 1958 western Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks more or less remade the picture twice in the 1960s. The...
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1967
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In the second episode of a two-part story, Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) has infiltrated a group of insurrectionists who plan...
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1966
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In the first episode of a two-part story, Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) is again summoned to Washington by President Grant...
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1966
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Written by Paul Schneider, "Ride the Wind" was Bonanza's first two-part story. Ben Cartwright is willing to provide Charles...
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1966
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Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Viv (Vivian Vance) win a trip to Las Vegas--but not an all-expense-paid trip. Though their hotel...
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Casino Manager
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1965
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When Chris Carlyle's (Jay North) family leaves their farm for the city, Chris must give his pet puma up to the local zoo....
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Adam Carlyle
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1965
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Michael Rennie guest stars as Charles Briswell, an accused murderer whom Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) rescues from a miner's...
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1965
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1965
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Approaching a ghost town in answer to a job offer, Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) finds he has walked into a trap. The only...
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1965
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In this wartime drama set during the Korean conflict, a squadron must destroy a North Korean mortar that is blocking a...
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1964
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In a depature from the usual Perry Mason format, Perry (Raymond Burr) flies to Europe as a personal favor to his old friend...
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1964
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Jean Gabin plays Charles, an aging gangster, newly released from prison. In fine Bogart tradition, the unrepentant Charles...
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1963
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Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired as escort for Edna Harden (Jeanne Cooper), who is bound for a reunion with her husband, a...
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1962
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Young and wealthy Jennifer Wakely (Joan Freeman) is heartbroken when boyfriend Brad Shelby (Bob McQuain) dumps her to marry...
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1962
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Originally scheduled to air on March 18, 1961, the Bonanza episode "The Gift" finally made its first appearance on April 1 of...
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1961
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In this western, an Eastern gambler buys a mail-order ranch, heads out to claim it and discovers that the deed is...
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1961
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Jim Stockton (James Davis) leads a group of pioneers into California and trouble in this routine western by director...
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1961
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Case Britton
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1960
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Bob Hope plays a 19th-century insurance agent whose miserable sales record prompts his boss to send him out West, where he...
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Frank James
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1959
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The American government inexplicably tries to send a box of wasps into space, but the mission ends when the rocket crashes in...
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1958
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In this western a half-Sioux cavalry officer tries to mediate between settlers and the angry Sioux. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1958
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The Toughest Gun in Tombstone, at least according to this film, as Arizona ranger Matt Sloane (George Montgomery). Working...
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Johnny Ringo
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1958
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Canadian ranchers and farmers battle it out over land use until the courageous canine Prince successfully mediates and...
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1958
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Another of director Allan Dwan's underrated but well-crafted westerns of the 1950s, The Restless Breed stars Scott Brady as a...
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Rev. Simmons
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1957
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One of several filmed presentations seen on the otherwise "live" TV anthology Playhouse 90, "Four Women in Black" is a...
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1957
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Lensed in Republic's widescreen Naturama process, this modest little western would seem to be better suited to a...
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Dean Cannary
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1957
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In this western, a good man becomes an outlaw after his stagecoach mail business falls to the faster railroad mail. To save...
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1957
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Keith Larsen stars as the Apache Kid, an Indian scout. He is willing to cooperate with the US cavalry until his brother is...
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Ben
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1957
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Marshal Brennan (Douglas Fowley) lies dying at the outset of this compact western. Fleeing from a posse, an unnamed...
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Stranger
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1957
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In this western, an imprisoned outlaw is allowed to attend the funeral of his brother, who was shot down by lawmen. He...
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1957
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In this western, the town sheriff must look into a scandal involving his friend who is reportedly having an affair with a...
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Ralph Rancher
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1957
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The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in...
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1957
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In this western set in the Mexican controlled part of California, a villainous cavalry officer is trying to force the owner...
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1957
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Just before achieving TV stardom as The Sheriff of Cochise, John Bromfield headed the cast of Frontier Gambler. Coleen Gray...
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1956
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James Craig plays Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man who gunned down Billy the Kid. We always thought that was the end of the...
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John W. Poe
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1956
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1956
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Two brothers face their personal demons in this crime melodrama. Donald Martin (Van Johnson) is an alcoholic criminal who has...
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1956
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Tired of the humdrum routine at a staid British woman's prison, brassy American chorine Angela Booth (Beverly Michaels) busts...
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Nick Randall
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1956
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This "modern" western stars Rod Cameron as opportunistic Korean war veteran Tully Gibbs. Posing as a friend of the late son...
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Sam Horne
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1955
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The Republic super-production The Last Command is a partial remake of the same studio's Man of Conquest (1939). But whereas...
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1955
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Matt Clark
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1955
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Matt Clark
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1955
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Republic's Trucolor process is shown off to good advantage in the outdoors actioner Timberjack. Sterling Hayden and David...
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1955
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Matt Clark
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1955
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Based on a Zane Grey novel published over a decade after the author's death, The Maverick Queen stars Barbara Stanwyck in the...
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1955
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The oft-filmed Zane Grey yarn The Vanishing American is given respectful treatment in this Republic "A" production....
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Glendon
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1955
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Jet Cosgrave (John Derek) is The Outcast in this big-budget Republic western. Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle...
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Maj. Cosgrave
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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A young police officer tries his best to assuage the fears of his pregnant wife by refusing dangerous new jobs. But despite...
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Newcomer Kelly Ryan plays Kate, The Outlaw's Daughter, in this medium-scale western. Led astray by outlaw leader Jess...
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Dan
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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Based on a novel by Gwen Bristow, Jubilee Trail is a sprawling, all-star western from the Republic Studio mills. Despite is...
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1954
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Matt Clark
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1954
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1953
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All suspense in The Woman They Almost Lynched would seem to be dissipated by title, but director Allan Dwan holds the viewers...
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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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1952
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Ruth Hussey stars in this big-budget Republic actioner. She plays Christine Powell, the grasping, conniving sister of...
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1952
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The eponymous Rose is played by Mala Powers, a white girl raised by Cherokee Indians after her family was massacred. Powers...
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Willie Whitewater
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1952
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Rod Cameron heads the cast of the Monogram "B-plus" western Cavalry Scout. Cameron plays army scout Kirby Frye, who has been...
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Lt. Spaulding
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1951
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Ninety per cent of Little Big Horn takes place before Custer's Last Stand; thus, the emphasis is on character and suspense...
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Cpl. Doan Moylan
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1951
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Oh! Susanna is a "big" western by Republic standards, decked out with lavish production values and an extended running time...
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1951
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This 1951 Gene Autry vehicle is based on a supposedly true incident. At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern...
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Wade McQuarrie
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1951
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This Republic "special" stars Rod Cameron as deep-sea diver Gunner McNeil. When his partner (James Brown) drowns under...
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Tony Sullivan
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1951
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William Elliot is the multitextured hero of the deluxe Republic western Savage Horde. Elliot plays a gunslinger named Ringo,...
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1950
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Peggy Brookfield (Diana Lynn) is one of many aspirants for the position of Queen of the annual Tournament of Roses in...
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1950
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Showdown is the story of a trail boss named Shad Jones (Bill Elliott) whose younger brother is murdered. Knowing that a...
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1950
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Lippert Studio's first 1951 release was the compact western 3 Desperate Men. The title characters are the Denton Brothers,...
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1950
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Joe Harper
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1950
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Set in British Columbia but filmed in Colorado, Cariboo Trail stars Randolph Scott as a cattle-drive boss from Montana....
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1950
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Beautiful Adele Mara, who Republic Pictures took for granted for far too long, finally gets a chance to shine in this fine...
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Linc Corey
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1950
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The age-old enmity between cattle ranchers and settlers once again takes center stage in this slightly above-average Western...
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1949
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Gyp Stoner
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1949
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Hoping to shed itself of the onus of its low-budget predecessor PRC Pictures, Eagle-Lion productions occasionally invested in...
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1949
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One of the better Universal "budget" musicals of the postwar era, Yes Sir, That's My Baby serves as an excellent showcase for...
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1949
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The most memorable aspect of Winter Meeting, and the one that stirred up the most publicity, was its teaming of two Davises:...
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Slick Novak
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1948
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Filmed not long after the actual events, The Beginning or the End is a sober, intelligent account of the development and...
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1947
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Janet Leigh made an impressive film-debut in MGM's The Romance of Rosy Ridge. Though the title suggests a lighthearted...
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Badge Dessark
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1947
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Fans of William "Wild Bill" Elliot vastly prefer his B westerns to his big-budget Republic "specials", though the latter...
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1947
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MGM's first "Maisie" entry in two years, Up Goes Maisie once more stars Ann Sothern as eternally stranded showgirl Maisie...
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1946
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According to the MGM publicity department, Gallant Bess was based on a true story, as told by Naval Reserve officer Marvin...
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1946
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1945
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In her seventh outing as irrepressible vaudeville entertainer Maisie Revere, Ann Sothern aided the war effort by working the...
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Investigator
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1943
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In this wartime comedy drama an ultra-macho but aging Marine sergeant does all he can to keep his men intimidated and towing...
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1943
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Pilot No. 5 is an oddly liberal-minded film to come from conservative old MGM. Franchot Tone plays an army pilot stationed in...
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1943
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The tumultuous presidency of 17th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's...
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1942
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This studio-bound jungle yarn is uplifted by the spirited performances of its stars. After the death of her aviator lover,...
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1940
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Matt Clark
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In this actioner, a pair of spies are fast friends until they go to Southeast Asia and get tangled up with a powerful ninja...
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