Billy the Kid vs. Dracula 1966 TV, 95 min. Genre: Western / Horror
Director: William Beaudine Cast: Chuck Courtney, John Carradine, Melinda Plowman, Virginia Christine, Walter Janovitz, Bing Russell, Harry Carey Jr., Olive Carey, Roy Barcroft, Hannie Landman, William Forrest, Richard Reeves, Marjorie Bennett, Leonard P. Geer, George Cisar
Count Dracula is traveling by stagecoach through America's Western territory when he meets Double Bar B ranch owner James Underhill (William Forrest) who is subsequently killed in an Indian raid. Dracula takes on Underhill's identity and goes to the ranch where he tells Underhill's niece Elizabeth (Melinda Plowman) that he is her long-lost uncle. He makes moves on Elizabeth, but the ranch foreman, a reformed Billy the Kid (Chuck Courtney), becomes suspicious and steps in to stop Dracula before he can drink Elizabeth's blood.
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A Cry in the Wilderness 1974 TV, 85 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Hessler Cast: George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Roy Poole, Liam Dunn, Bing Russell, Irene Tedrow, Robert Brubaker, Anne Seymour
The Hadleys live in the wilderness. When Sam (George Kennedy) is bitten by a rabid skunk, he insists that he be chained to a post in the barn so that his family will not be infected. Sam also cautions that his pleas to be released should not be carried out. When a dam bursts and his farm is sure to be flooded, Sam must convince his family to release him to save the day. Good, taut, TV fare.
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Elvis 1979 TV, 118 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Carpenter Cast: Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell, Robert Gray, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle, Melody Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., James Canning, Charles Cyphers
The TV ratings went through the roof for this film's premiere on February 11, 1979. It is a good account of Elvis' life from boyhood through his 1969 Las Vegas comeback. Excellent voice dubbing of songs by Ronnie McDowell.
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Fear Strikes Out 1957 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Edd Byrnes, Bart Burns, Bing Russell, Peter J. Votrian, Don Brodie, Richard Bull, June Jocelyn, George Pembroke, Jeffrey Sayre, Gary Vinson
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall (Anthony Perkins) suffered from mental illness that led to a nervous breakdown. This is the story of how his desire to please his pugnacious father, John (Karl Malden), brought on the breakdown and how Jimmy fights to overcome adversity and return to baseball.
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Good Day for a Hanging 1959 N/R, 85 min. Genre: Western
Director: Nathan Juran Cast: Fred MacMurray, Maggie Hayes, Robert Vaughn, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Denver Pyle, Harry Lauter, Edmon Ryan, Bing Russell, Stacy Harris
After Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray) captures the killer of the town's sheriff, the citizens sympathize with the prisoner, "The Kid" (Robert Vaughn), and lose respect for Cutler.
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The Horse Soldiers 1959 N/R, 118 min. Genre: Western
Director: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Althea Gibson, Strother Martin, Hoot Gibson, Anna Lee, Russell Simpson, Carleton Young, Ken Curtis, Judson Pratt, Willis Bouchey, Bing Russell, O.Z. Whitehead, Hank Worden
This story is based on a true event during the Civil War; a Union cavalry unit, led by Col. Marlowe (John Wayne), invaded the Confederacy in an attempt to weaken it into early submission. John Ford/John Wayne do their usual good job of entertaining. 1 User Review
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| | liked the movie | dirtyways 08/14/2009 | | IT WAS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS SO THAT MAKES IT ONE YOU SHOULD WATCH +JOHN WAYNE,WILLIAM HOLDEN |
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Last Train from Gun Hill 1959 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Western / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Sturges Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Ziva Rodann, Brad Dexter, Walter Sande, Val Avery, Brian G. Hutton, Bing Russell, Dabbs Greer, Ty Hardin, Dick Haynes, Henry Wills
U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) arrives in the town of Gun Hill while tracking down the vicious killer of his wife. He realizes that one of the killers is Rick (Earl Holliman) who is the son of one of his best friends, Craig Belden (Anthony Quinn). Morgan is able to take Rick prisoner and holes up in a hotel waiting for the last train from Gun Hill that is scheduled to leave at 9 P.M. A standoff ensues, and no one–including Sheriff Bartlett (Walter Sande)–will come to Morgan's aid. Then Morgan receives help from the local madam, Linda (Carolyn Jones), and gets a shotgun and handcuffs. But more violence lies ahead before that last train from Gun Hill leaves town.
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Madame X 1966 N/R, 108 min. Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich Cast: Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Keir Dullea, Ricardo Montalban, Burgess Meredith, Constance Bennett, John Van Dreelen, Virginia Grey, Warren Stevens, Carl Benton Reid, Teddy Quinn, Frank Maxwell, Kaaren Verne, Joe De Santis, Bing Russell
In the sixth version of this story since 1909, Lana Turner plays the role of Holly Parker who is talked into disappearing in order to protect the career of her politician husband (John Forsythe). Subsequently, she is tried for murder and is defended by her (unknowing) son (Keir Dullea).
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Rio Bravo 1959 N/R, 141 min. Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell
Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) sits with his cohorts Dude, Stumpy, and Colorado Ryan (Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Ricky Nelson) while holding killer Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) in his jail and waits for the Marshal to come for him. Problems develop when Joe's brother Nathan (John Russell) sends in help for a jail escape. Followed by "El Dorado."
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Satan's School for Girls 1973 TV, 80 min. Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Lowell Rich Cast: Pamela Franklin, Roy Thinnes, Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, Lloyd Bochner, Jamie Smith-Jackson, Jo Van Fleet, Frank Marth, Gwynne Gilford, Bing Russell, Terry Lumley, Bill Quinn, Ann Noland
A young woman, Elizabeth Sayers (Pamela Franklin) enrolls in a girls' school to investigate what really happened to her sister–who supposedly committed suicide. Elizabeth finds that there's a lot going on at the school, and it is not pleasant.
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The Stripper 1963 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Robert Webber, Louis Nye, Gypsy Rose Lee, Michael J. Pollard, Gary Pagett, Bing Russell
When the tent show she works for is stranded in her Kansas hometown, Lila (Joanne Woodward) takes an introspective look into her life as a stripper.
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| 1. Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
2. A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
3. Elvis (1979)
4. Fear Strikes Out (1957)
5. Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
6. The Horse Soldiers (1959)
7. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
8. Madame X (1966)
9. Rio Bravo (1959)
10. Satan's School for Girls (1973)
11. The Stripper (1963)
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