The romantic and professional life of composer Johann Strauss Jr. provides the basis of this colorful remake of the 1938...
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1972
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In this western, a gunfighter is hired to clean up the chaotic streets of Emporia, Wyoming. The gunfighter arrives and finds...
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1966
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This obscure little science fiction/horror film (a British-American co-production) stars Willard Parker as a heroic astronaut...
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1964
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Air Patrol is a 62-minute Cinemascope programmer, specifically designed for lower berths in 20th Century-Fox double-feature...
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1962
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In every way a routine western except for its excellent color photography, Walk Tall by "B"-movie director Maury Dexter...
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Capt. Ed Trask
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1960
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The High-Powered Rifle is a "B"-grade, private detective flick about Dancer (Willard Parker), a PI with a serious problem....
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Dancer
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1960
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Few outlaws can equal Jesse James for name recognition, or for the number of Hollywood films on their exploits. This standard...
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Cole Younger
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1959
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A routine western with a classic theme, the "lone Texan" of the title is Clint Banister (Willard Parker) who finds trouble at...
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Clint Banister
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1959
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Based on a novel by Gil Brewer, Lure of the Swamp top-bills Marshall Thompson as a Florida swamp guide. Thompson is hired by...
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1957
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Not to be confused with the popular David Zuckor comedy from the late '80s that starred Leslie Nielson, 1956's Naked Gun...
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1956
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In the year 1783, as the British surrender to the colonists, Dr. Carlos Morales (Fernando Lamas) is one of many new Americans...
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1953
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Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate is a musical within a musical -- altogether appropriate, since its source material, Shakespeare's...
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1953
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The Vanquished represented another winner from Paramount's Pine-Thomas unit. John Payne plays Rock Grayson, a Civil War POW...
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Capt. Kirby
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1953
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Within its own modest limits, The Great Jesse James Raid is a well-crafted western. Willard Parker plays Jesse James, who...
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Jesse James
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1953
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Shively
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1952
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Shortly before his death, horror film producer Val Lewton switched creative gears by overseeing the Universal western Apache...
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Joe Madden
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1951
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Mickey Rooney made his directorial debut with My True Story. Per its title, the film is based on an article which first...
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Bill Phillips
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1951
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The Secret Fury works best if one is willing to suspend one's disbelief from the outset. Claudette Colbert stars as Ellen, a...
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1950
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The TV-generated popularity of professional wrestling in 1950 inspired a brief cycle of inexpensive films on the subject....
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Tommy Jones
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1950
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No sooner had Columbia called it quits with the "Blondie" series than the studio launched a new group of "B"-pictures, based...
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Jerry Baldwin
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1950
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Vandemer
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1950
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Dan Hinsdale
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1950
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Gig Young was just beginning to toughen up his previously lightweight screen image when he starred in Hunt the Man Down. In a...
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Eric Appleby
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1950
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Douglas Hyde
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1949
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For various reasons, the 1949 western Calamity Jane and Sam Bass has a rather poor reputation amongst film buffs. Many...
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Sheriff Will Egan
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1949
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In this romantic comedy, a wealthy heiress marries hastily and realizes her mistake on her honeymoon in New York. Though it...
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Henry Benson
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1948
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So often wasted in passive roles, Evelyn Keyes is virtually the whole show in The Mating of Millie. Keyes is cast as pretty...
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Phil Gowan
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1948
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This adventure is based on Longfellow's famous poem. It's the story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his...
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1948
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Jeff Moyer
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1948
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Whenever budget-conscious Columbia laid out good money for Technicolor in the 1940s, it was usually for a musical or an "A"...
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Dr. Sam Martin
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1946
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In this comedy, a Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and...
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Mitchell Raymond
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1946
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Columbia Pictures' entree into the swashbuckling genre was the opulent 18th century costumer The Fighting Guardsman. Willard...
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Roland
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1945
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In his book on "screwball" comedies, the late William K. Everson described What a Woman as "indistinguishable from a dozen...
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Michael Cobb
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1943
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Hankies are not optional for this grim melodrama that tells the story of a kindly producer who mentors a beautiful young...
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1939
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Slight Case of Murder is a breakneck-paced comedy starring Edward G. Robinson as a tough but good-hearted bootlegger. When...
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Dick Whitewood
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1938
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Ronald Reagan is his usual sprightly self as ambitious insurance claims adjuster Eric Gregg. While diligently investigating a...
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1938
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In this football drama, a college gridiron star attempts to leave the game, at the request of his girl friend who does not...
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1937
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Returning to his home spread in the Red River border area between Texas and Oklahoma, Tal Holladay (Dick Foran) is falsely...
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Hub Ordley
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1937
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The first of three remakes of the 1933 Paul Muni picture Hi, Nellie, Love is on the Air is historically important as the...
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Lee Quimby
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1937
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1937
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