In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man...
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1980
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Ponderosa ranchhaned Griff King agrees to pose as the husband of one Theodora Duffy (Karen Carlson). There is nothing...
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1973
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The Red Pony is a 1973 TV-movie adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, previously filmed for theatrical release in 1949....
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1973
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Once more, Lorne Greene essays the dual role of Ben Cartwright and Ben's lookalike, confidence trickster Bradley Meredith....
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1972
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Charles Chioffi plays the title character in the thrill-packed Bonanza installment Shanklin. Hoss Cartwright is shot by a...
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1972
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Young Jamie is once more riding for a fall when he falls in love with the much-older Kelly (Pamela Franklin). Making things...
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1972
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Jamie is a member of a boy's club which delights in forcing new members to undergo a grueling initiation process....
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Hop Sing
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1972
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David Carradine first stepped into the sandals of taciturn martial-arts expert Caine in the made-for-TV pilot film Kung Fu. A...
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1972
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Joan Hackett guest-stars as Judith, the fiancee of a young pastor named Jess (James Booth). Blessed-or, perhaps, cursed-with...
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1972
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The focus in "A Lonely Man" is on Victor Sen Yung as Ponderosa houseboy Hop Sing; indeed, Sen Yung is the only series regular...
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1972
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Fugitive Confederate officer Cody Ransom (Jon Cypher) is finally willing to surrender to the Union forces-but only if the...
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1972
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The cantankerous Calhouns-nouveau riche prospector Luke Calhoun (Dub Taylor) and his man-hungry daughter Meena (Ann...
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1971
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Londoners Leslie and Gillian Harwood (Daniel Massey and Jill Haworth) arrive in Nevada to take charge of a ranch on behalf of...
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1971
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Blinded in an explosion, Joe Cartwright, uncertain as to whether his sight will ever be restored, bitterly cuts himself off...
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1971
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"The Silent Killer" is the deadly influenza epidemic that has swept through the territory around the Ponderosa. To combat the...
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1971
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Neta (Jewel Blanch), a teenaged friend of Ben Cartwright's adopted son Jamie, witnesses the murder of Mr. Trunkett, but is...
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1971
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Having unofficially adopted Jamie, Ben is poised to make it official in court. His plans are scuttled by the arrival of...
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1971
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Lorne Greene plays a dual role, as Ponderosa patriarch Ben Cartwright and Ben's con-man lookalike Bradley Meredith. The fun...
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1971
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To silence the taunts of his young friends, Jamie tries to prove that he's a "real Cartwright" by showing up at school with...
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1971
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In this comic episode, Hoss Cartwright is tapped to judge a Virginia City "beautiful baby" contest. In so doing, he...
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1971
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Neville Brand guest-stars as Pepper Shannon, a stage robber whose career has been blown up to "heroic" proportions by the...
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1970
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The eleventh season of Bonanza was wrapped up on April 19, 1970 with the powerhouse episode "A Matter of Circumstance."...
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1970
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Perhaps the silliest Bonanza episode ever filmed, "Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing" was written by Larry Markes. This is the...
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1970
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Bonanza's twelfth season commenced on September 13, 1970 with the episode titled "The Night Virginia City Died." Several...
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1970
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Jack Elam plays the title role in this Bonanza episode from December 20, 1970. Belying his nickname, Honest John is a...
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1970
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The Hawaiians is the sequel to 1969's Hawaii; both films were adapted from the same sprawling novel by James A. Michener....
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1970
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Dean Stockwell guest-stars as Mathew, a former Northern war hero and Congressional Medal of Honor Winner, now living a...
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1969
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Ben Cartwright finds himself in the uncomfortable position of choosing between two old and treasured friends, both of whom...
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Hop Sing
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1969
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Joan Van Ark made an early TV starring appearance in this January 5, 1969 episode of Bonanza. The actress is cast as Laurie...
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1969
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As a result of a wager, Hoss and Joe Cartwright decide to enter politics, each supporting an opposing mayor candidate for...
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1968
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This episode of Bonanza is a showcase for Victor Sen Yung as Hop Sing, the Cartwrights' loyal Chinese manservant. When Hop...
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Hop Sing
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1968
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Taken from the 1907 comedy play by Georges Feydeau, A Flea In Her Ear is a comedic sex romp about a wife suspicious of her...
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1968
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A distant relative of Ben Cartwright, preteen tomboy Samantha Dorcas (Linda Sue Risk is delivered to the Ponderosa in the...
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1968
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On July 28, 1968, the producers of Bonanza surprised the series' fans by interrupting their summer-rerun schedule with the...
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1968
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Hoss Cartwright once again falls victim to a clever palm reader, in this case a travelling prognosticator named Madama...
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1967
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The rest of the Ponderosa men are astonished when Hoss Cartwright shows up reeking of cologne and dressed to the nines. It is...
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1967
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Nina Foch guest-stars as Clarissa, Ben Cartwright's snooty Eastern cousin. Swooping down upon the Ponderosa, the...
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1967
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Written by Frank Chase, "The Gentle Ones" is the tale of two brothers, both in the horse trading business. Kindhearted Mark...
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1967
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Ben Cartwright purchaeses a stallion from drunken lout Burt Loughlin (Tom Tully), hoping to fulfill the fondest dreams of...
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1967
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In this comic episode, Hoss and Joe Cartwright embark on yet another big-business scheme. Investing in two rabbits, our...
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Hop Sing
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1967
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The Ponderosa is thrown into a tizzy when Kentucky woman Annie Slocum (Majel Barrett) shows up, claiming that Hoss Cartwright...
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1966
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Hoss Cartwright seriously injures washed-up boxer Hank Kelly (Michael Conrad in a challenge fight. Feeling guilty, Hoss...
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1966
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Jose De Vega is cast as Tatu, an embittered Indian youth who hates all white men. Injured and left to die by his tribe, Tatu...
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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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In Part Two of "Ride the Wind", Curtis Wade (Rod Cameron takes over from the late Charles Ludlow as head of the new Pony...
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1966
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Bonanza closed out its seventh season on May 15, 1966 with the comic episode "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble." Gypsy palm reader...
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1966
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The wife of vicious outlaw Jess Miller (Michael Witney), long-suffering Allie (Janet De Gore takes refuge at the Ponderosa,...
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1966
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Though the character of Adam Cartwright was gone from Bonanza, he was far from forgotten, as proven by this episode from May...
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1966
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Geraldine Brooks, who played Ben Cartwright's first wife in the 1961 Bonanza episode "Elizabeth, My Love," was cast as Hoss...
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1966
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A widower for many years, Ben Cartwright finally decides to take another bride, the lovely Katherine Saunders (Teresa...
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1964
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Marlyn Mason guest-stars as Tessa Caldwell, who is accidentally blinded in a hunting accident caused by Joe Cartwright. More...
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1964
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Ernest Truex guest-stars as "Square Deal Sam" Washburn, a veteran confidence trickster. Sam's latest suckers are the...
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1964
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Slim Pickens makes his first appearance as the rogueish but lovable mountaineer Jim Leyton. Wounded while busting out of...
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1963
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George Brenlin is cast as Whizzer McGee, a short-statured scrapper who doesn't take kindly to people making fun of his size....
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1963
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Mercedes McCambridge guest-stars as Deborrah Banning, the wife of Baltimore publisher Horace Manning (Hayden Rorke). Having...
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1962
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Very freely based upon the book by Thomas DeQuincey, Confessions of an Opium Eater is set in San Francisco during the Tong...
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1962
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Sue Ling (Lisa Lu), a Chinese slave girl purchased by the infamous General Tsung (Richard Loo), is kidnapped and held for...
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1961
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Accusing Josh Tatum (Leif Erickson) of stealing cattle, Ben Cartwright gets into a fight with Tatum, and is seriously injured...
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1961
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At the behest of a local bureaucrat, good-for-nothing Jock Henry (Eddie Firestone) becomes Virginia City's tax collector....
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1961
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The only Rodgers and Hammerstein cinemadaptation to be produced by Universal Pictures, Flower Drum Song was, alas, also the...
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1961
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Mike Sullivan (George Mitchell) and his cronies pitch camp at the Ponderosa, claiming that they've been sold a generous...
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1961
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Ben Cartwright's former sweetheart Lydia (Maggie Hayes), now the wealthy and widowed Lady Lydia Chadwick, returns to Virginia...
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1961
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David Ladd, the son of movie idol Alan Ladd (and a future film executive in his own right) guest-stars as young Billy Allen,...
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1960
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At the end of a cattle drive, the Cartwrights and their cowhands look forward to rest and relaxation in San Francisco,...
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1960
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The ugly consequences of bigotry are examined in this episode of Bonanza. Gene Evans plays Andrew Fulmer, who runs for mayor...
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1960
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The 14-season run of Bonanza began with this introductory episode, originally aired on September 12, 1959, entitled "A Rose...
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1959
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While on a mountain expedition in the dead of winter, Hoss and Little Joe come upon an Indian woman (Chana Eden) who is about...
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1959
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In the ninth episode of the series Bonanza, we get an episode-length flashback into history. While working on the Ponderosa,...
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1959
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The first hour-long network Western series telecast in color, Bonanza was also the granddaddy of all "property" Westerns,...
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1959
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Ida Lupino is cast as the titular Annie O'Toole, who along with her father (John Patrick) arrives in Washoe Diggings with a...
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1959
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Film noir icon Jane Greer guest-stars as Julia Burnette, a hard-shelled Virginia City saloon owner. Despite Julia's checkered...
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1959
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Directed with crisp efficiency by Dick Powell, The Hunters is a romantic melodrama with an aviation angle. Robert Mitchum...
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1958
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Denied a big budget, Jet Attack scores dramatic points by concentrating on the human side of warfare. Shot down behind enemy...
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1958
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Saga of Hemp Brown gets under way when the title character (Rory Calhoun) is court-martialed and booted from the Cavalry....
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1958
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Sammy Ching
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1958
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Anthony Mann, best known for his intelligent Westerns and hard-boiled crime films, directed this unflinching look at the...
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1957
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Nightclub singer Ilona Vance (Vera Ralston) is Accused of Murder in this Republic programmer. And from the looks of things,...
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1956
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1955
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The first of two Clark Gable films produced by 20th Century-Fox, Soldier of Fortune casts Gable as an American mercenary,...
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1955
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In this early disaster film, the tough-minded and strict Los Angeles Harbormaster must use his courage and wits when the...
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1955
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John Wayne teaches those dirty Commies yet another lesson in Blood Alley. Wayne plays a veteran seaman who comes to the aid...
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1955
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Produced and directed by the prestigious Frank Lloyd, The Shanghai Story was promoted as a "class" production by the...
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1954
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A feature version of a twelve chapter Republic Pictures, this drama starred Harry Lauter as Tom Rogers, an enterprising South...
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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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1953
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A priceless Chinese jade statuette is stolen just before it is to be donated to the National Museum. The culprit is the...
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1953
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1952
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This Columbia quickie stars Richard Denning as an American soldier of fortune who wanders into Hong Kong. He is hired by...
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1952
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Since someone had already used the title The Bride Wore Boots, it follows that there'd eventually be a film called The Groom...
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1951
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Peking Express was the second remake of Josef vonSternberg's Shanghai Express. In the original film, a group of railroad...
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1951
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Valley of Fire is a fairly gutsy title for this formula Gene Autry western. This time, Autry plays the reform-minded mayor of...
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1951
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1951
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George Sidney directs this pleasant romantic comedy concerning mayoral love. During a convention of mayors in San Francisco,...
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1950
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This second screen version of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not is closer in spirit to the original than the first...
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1950
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A Ticket to Tomahawk has sometimes been described as a musical western satire, but in fact is more "straight" western than...
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1950
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Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), a window-dresser and struggling artist, accidentally witnesses a mob-related rub-out of a...
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1950
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Another of 20th Century-Fox's Technicolor musical biopics, Oh You Beautiful Doll is allegedly the life story of popular...
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1949
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Those scurrilous Chinese communists are up to their old tricks in the 1949 flagwaver State Department - File 649....
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1949
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Even after three appearances as oriental sleuth Charlie Chan, Roland Winters showed no interest in taking the role seriously....
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1948
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Even when decked out in a Foreign Legion uniform, Dick Powell looked, talked and acted like an urban private eye. In Rogues'...
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1948
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In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Chan must find out who has been killing people over rare antiques. ~...
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1948
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The Golden Eye is a Charlie Chan mystery set on a Southwestern ranch. A once-dormant mine mysteriously begins to yield gold,...
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1948
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In this mystery, a detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is...
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1948
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Docks of New Orleans was Roland Winters' second appearance as aphorism-spouting oriental sleuth Charlie Chan -- and like the...
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1948
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In this mystery, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) helps out an actress justly terrified for her own life after her fellow actors...
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1947
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An unimportant but likeable Republic drama, Web of Danger revolves around the rivalry between two hardhat bridge-builders....
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1947
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George Raft once again plays the outcast of society who comes through in the end in Intrigue. Dishonorably discharged from...
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1947
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Roland Winters takes over the role of wily oriental sleuth Charlie Chan in the so-so Monogram programmer The Chinese Ring....
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1947
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In this suspense film, a detective must find the murderer of a rich and jealous wife and her husband, a doctor with a...
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1947
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Carlotta Duval (Vera Ralston) is willing to help her boyfriend George McAllister (John Carroll) get his hands on his ailing...
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1947
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In this episode of the popular detective series, Chan, along with Number Two Son, are aboard a ship bound for Pago Pago. On...
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1946
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Sidney Toler seems listless and barely awake throughout the intrigues of the Monogram "Charlie Chan" opus Shadows over...
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1946
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In this mystery, a millionaire shipping tycoon commands that eight of his relatives come to his Chinese mountain retreat...
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1946
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With famed journalist Drew Pearson appearing in the film's prologue and epilogue, it was easy in 1945 to confuse Betrayal...
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1944
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Set in Japanese-occupied China shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, this action/drama stars Alan Ladd as Mr. Jones, a...
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1943
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Forced to flee Paris during the Occupation, the great French leading man Jean Gabin starred in a brace of Hollywood films,...
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1942
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With The Mad Martindales, the eight-year association between 20th Century-Fox and child star Jane Withers came to an end....
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1942
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Those obviously hastily assembled to cash in on current headlines, Manila Calling shows no signs of this haste in its...
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1942
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A lively espionage drama that reunited the stars and director of the previous year's The Maltese Falcon, Across the Pacific...
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Joe Totsuiko
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1942
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This final entry in 20th Century-Fox's "Charlie Chan" series is set in a huge mansion, smack-dab in the middle of the Mojave...
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1942
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Filmed in the months immediately following Pearl Harbor, 20th Century-Fox's Little Tokyo USA is 63 minutes' worth of...
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1942
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Wily Honolulu detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is summoned when Miss Nodbury (Ethel Gryffies), an elderly eccentric, is...
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1941
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Charlie Chan in Rio is a remake of 1931's Black Camel, one of the few pre-1934 "Charlie Chan" entries still in existence....
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1941
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Though the 1931 Fox release Charlie Chan Carries On apparently no longer exists, modern viewers can get a general idea of the...
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1940
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Escaped gangster Steve McBirney (Marc Lawrence), vowing to get even with Oriental sleuth Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler), lies in...
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1940
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Murder Over New York finds Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arriving in the Big Apple for a policeman's...
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1940
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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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Sidney Toler made his second appearance as oriental sleuth Charlie Chan in the above-average Charlie Chan in Reno. It all...
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1939
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A transport pilot is ordered to fly a risky mission. The pilot, Scott, refuses the dangerous mission and is fired from his...
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1939
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Movie buffs are nearly unanimous in agreement: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is the best of the Sidney Toler "Charlie Chan"...
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James Chan
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1939
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Sidney Toler made his first appearance as aphorism-spouting oriental sleuth Charlie Chan in 1938's Charlie Chan in Honolulu,...
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1938
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