Baker's Hawk 1976  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Western
Director: Lyman Dayton
Cast: Clint Walker, Burl Ives, Diane Baker, Lee Montgomery, Alan Young, Taylor Lacher, Bruce M. Fischer, Cam Clarke, Phil Hoover, Danny Bonaduce, Brian Williams, Dick Haynes, Burt Mustin, Martin Eric, Harold Lee Thompson
After he finds an injured red-tailed hawk, twelve-year-old Billy Baker (Lee Montgomery) takes the hawk to a hermit, Mr. McGraw (Burl Ives), who lives in the hills. Billy and McGraw tame the hawk, but then it attacks a bully who is fighting Billy. When a group of vigilantes decide to take action against McGraw, Billy talks his father, Dan (Clint Walker), into coming to the aid of McGraw and to stand up against the vigilantes. An entertaining Western for the whole family.
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The Big Country 1958  N/R, 166 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Hayward, Dorothy Adams
James McKay (Gregory Peck) is a sea captain from the East who heads to the West and finds himself involved in the feud of his fiancee Pat's (Carroll Baker) family. Pat's father, Major Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford), is in the middle of a power struggle with his neighbor Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives) over water rights. In the midst of the feuding, James and Pat grow apart, and James falls in love with schoolmarm Julie Maragon (Jean Simmons). By story's end, the Major and Hannassey have shot and killed each other, Julie and James are together on her ranch, and Pat and her ranch foreman (Charlton Heston) are living happily ever after. Burl Ives won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor, Patty Ann Gerrity, Rusty Stevens, Deborah Miller, Brian Corcoran, Jeane Wood, Walter Merrill, Bobby Johnson
Big Daddy (Burl Ives) is dying, and family members are hovering like vultures around his home. Brick (Paul Newman) and his childless wife, Maggie (Elizabeth Taylor), are there along with his brother's family of "No Neck Monsters"–as Maggie refers to the children. Of the situation, Brick says: "The truth is something desperate, and Maggie's got it. Believe me, it is desperate, and she has got it."
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Day of the Outlaw 1959 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Venetia Stevenson, Nehemiah Persoff, David(1) Nelson, Helen Westcott, Jack Lambert, Frank DeKova, Lance Fuller, Elisha Cook Jr.
Ruthless Jack Bruhn (Burl Ives) and his band of Army renegades take over a remote Western town. Reluctant rancher Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) is the only one who will stand up to the gang. Good performances by Ryan and Ives who stage the final shootout in a snowstorm.
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The Daydreamer 1966 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Jules Bass
Cast: Ray Bolger, Jack Gilford, Margaret Hamilton, Paul O'Keefe, Tallulah Bankhead, Boris Karloff, Burl Ives, Victor Borge, Terry-Thomas, Patty Duke
This story, told partly through animation, is about Hans Christian Andersen's boyhood meetings with many of the characters that become subjects for his later stories.
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 Desire Under the Elms 1958  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton, Pernell Roberts, Anne Seymour, Rebecca Welles, Jean Willes
This story, based on Eugene O'Neill's 19th-century play, is about New England farm life. It stars Sophia Loren as Anna, the ill-fated third wife of Ephraim Cabot (Burl Ives), who drives a further wedge into the already dysfunctional Cabot family.
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 East of Eden 1955 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Burl Ives, Albert Dekker, Lois Smith, Lonny Chapman, Timothy Carey, Harold Gordon, Nick Dennis, Richard Garrick, Earle Hodgins, John Halloran
In this film, James Dean's first starring role, he plays Cal Trask, a rebellious son who wants his father Adam's (Raymond Massey) love; however, religious zealot Adam appears to favor Cal's brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Cal is always in trouble, and only Aron's girlfriend Abra (Julie Harris) and sheriff Sam (Burl Ives) see the good in him. Adam, who owns a Salinas Valley lettuce farm, invests in a new method to ship his crops. But, the venture fails, and Adam loses a fortune. Cal goes to his long-lost mother Kate (Jo Van Fleet), who now owns a brothel. She gives him money, and Cal invests in a bean crop that proves very successful. Cal offers Adam money from the profits. Adam refuses Cal's offer to help, and tragedy ensues. Jo Van Fleet won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and nominations were received for Best Actor (Dean) and Director.
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Ensign Pulver 1964 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau, Tommy Sands, Millie Perkins, Kay Medford, Larry Hagman, James Farentino, James Coco, Jack Nicholson
This is a disappointing sequel to "Mr. Roberts," despite the good cast of current and future stars.
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The Ewok Adventure 1984 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure
Director: John Korty
Cast: Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Eric Walker, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd, Burl Ives, Daniel Frishman, Debbie Lee Carrington, Kevin Thompson, Tony Cox
George Lucas' furry creatures, the Ewoks, from the "Star Wars" series, are brought back in two made-for-TV movies. This is the first one, and was followed by "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor." In this episode, the Towani family's shuttle crashes on the moon Endor, and the parents are captured by the giant Gorax. Their son and daughter come across the friendly Ewoks and talk them into helping find their parents. And the search begins with perils and magic along the way.
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Green Grass of Wyoming 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Western
Director: Louis King
Cast: Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives, Robert Adler, Will Wright, Geraldine Wall, Charles Tannen, Richard Garrick, Marcella Becker, Herbert Heywood, Marilyn Monroe
In this sequel to "My Friend Flicka" and "Thunderhead-Son of Flicka," the story continues, but this time around the plot concentrates on rival horse-breeding Greenway (Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn) and Mclaughlin (Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, and Geraldine Wall) families.
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Just You and Me, Kid 1979 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leonard Stern
Cast: George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary, Nicolas Coster, Burl Ives, Ray Bolger, Leon Ames, Keye Luke, Carl Ballantine
This is a cute movie about an elderly gentleman who takes a young woman under his wing to protect her from a mobster.
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg, Ricardo Montalban, Ella Fitzgerald, Philip Ober, Sal Mineo, Rodolfo Acosta, Jeanne Cooper
This sequel to "Knock on Any Door" has drug addict, widow Nellie Romano (Shelley Winters), living on skid row on Chicago's South Side and determined to make her son (James Darren) a pianist.
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The McMasters 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alf Kjellin
Cast: Burl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy Kwan, Jack Palance, David Carradine, John Carradine, R.G. Armstrong, Dane Clark, L.Q. Jones, Alan Vint
Following the Civil War, former slave Benji (Brock Peters) returns and tries to work–as a business partner–with his old master. There are two versions of this film–with different endings.
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The New Adventures of Heidi 1978 TV, 82 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Ralph Senensky
Cast: Katy Kurtzman, Burl Ives, John Gavin, Sean Marshall, Marlyn Mason, Sherrie Wills, Alex Henteloff, Charles Aidman, Walter Brooke, Amzie Strickland, Adrienne Marden, Barry Cahill, Molly Dodd, Arlen Stuart, Bartlett Robinson
This made-for-TV remake of the popular story is set in modern times. Heidi (Katy Kurtzman) is living in the Swiss Alps with her beloved Grandfather (Burl Ives) who is going blind. After Grandfather wanders away from the cabin and is lost, Heidi is sent to live with her friend Elizabeth's (Sherrie Wills) relatives in NYC where she enjoys the holidays in New York at Elizabeth's family mansion. When Heidi returns to the Swiss Alps after the holidays, she is reunited with Grandfather who is now totally blind. Elizabeth's father, Dan Wyler (John Gavin), takes him to Zurich where a surgeon restores his eyesight. Now, their problem is solved, and Heidi and Grandfather happily return to the Swiss Alps. The story is complemented by several original songs.
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Our Man in Havana 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson, Jo Morrow, Paul Rogers, Gregoire Aslan, John Le Mesurier, Raymond Huntley, Ferdy Mayne, Maurice Denham, Jose Prieto, Duncan Macrae
This film adaptation of the Graham Greene novel features Alec Guinness as British expatriate Jim Wormold who, while living in pre-revolutionary Cuba, is recruited as a spy by British intelligence agent Hawthorne (Noel Coward). Wormold invents information on agents and events for which he is paid, and he uses his ill-begotten money for his daughter Milly (Jo Morrow) to appease her expensive tastes. The crooked police chief, Capt. Segura (Ernie Kovacs), believes that Wormold is truly a spy, and he finds Millie attractive. Wormold's reputation accelerates, and–in spite of his false reports–he actually performs a service for Britain.
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Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story 1987 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, James Read, Kevin McCarthy, Burl Ives, Anne Francis, Bruce Davison, David Ackroyd, Stephane Audran, Tony Peck, Zoe Wanamaker, Amadeus August, Nicholas Clay, Carmen du Sautoy, Sascha Hehn, Clive Arrindell
Edited from a 250-minute TV miniseries, this film relates the sad life experiences of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton (Farrah Fawcett). When she was six years old, Barbara inherited $40 million. She was married seven times, and film star Cary Grant (James Read) was her third husband. When they divorced, Cary refused to take her fortune, but the other husbands did gain financially. When Barbara died at age 65, she had only $3,500 left from her inheritance.
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Rocket to the Moon 1967 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Comedy
aka: Blast Off
Those Fantastic Flying Fools
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Frobe, Terry-Thomas, Hermione Gingold, Graham Stark, Lionel Jeffries, Daliah Lavi, Dennis Price, Judy Cornwell, Stratford Johns, Jimmy Clitheroe, Edward de Souza, Renate von Holt, Allan Cuthbertson
This sci-fi comedy is loosely based on a Jules Verne novel ("De la terre a la lune") and tells the story of Phineas T. Barnam (Burl Ives) and his friends who try to finance the first trip to the Moon. Many obstacles stand in the way.
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Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 N/R, 52 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Kizo Nagashima, Larry Roemer
Cast: Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Stan Francis, Janet Orenstein, Alfie Scopp, Carl Banas, Corinne Conley, Peg Dixon, Paul Kligman
This is the now-classic animated, Christmastime TV offering of young Rudolph, the reindeer that was rejected because of his shiny nose. Sam the Snowman (voice of Burl Ives) tells Rudolph's story as the reindeer heads off on an adventure with his elf friend Hermie (voice of Paul Soles). When he comes to an island of misfit toys, Rudolph (voice of Billie Mae Richards) heads back to the North Pole to talk the cranky Santa (voice of Stan Francis) into helping the toys. With Christmas Eve at hand and fog covering the area, Santa has a "bright" idea. Filled with good songs.
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Sierra 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Richard Rober, Tony Curtis, Elisabeth Risdon, Roy Roberts, James Arness, Houseley Stevenson
A father and son stay one step ahead of the law while trying to find evidence of the father's innocence in a crime for which he is the prime suspect.
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Smoky 1946  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Louis King
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Burl Ives, Bruce Cabot, Esther Dale, Roy Roberts, J. Farrell MacDonald, Max Wagner, Guy Beach, Harry Carter
Based on Will James' novel, this is the story of a wild stallion named Smoky and how the spirited horse escapes a beating and encounters a series of adventures. 1 User Review
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| | Great Western Story | Rick from Paso 09/06/2007 | | Pretty faithful to the book and much better than the Fess Parker version. A real tear jerker and one of Fred MacMurray's best movies. Burl Ives first movie. One of my favorite movies! |
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So Dear to My Heart 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Beulah Bondi, Burl Ives, Luana Patten, Harry Carey, Raymond Bond, Walter Soderling, Matt Willis, John Beal, Daniel Haight
This is a heart-warming story about rural life in the early 1900s. Jeremiah (Bobby Driscoll) enters his beloved lamb, Danny, in the county fair. Good Disney.
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Station West 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Tom Powers, Burl Ives, Gordon Oliver, Steve Brodie, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Burr, Regis Toomey
Haven (Dick Powell) is an undercover military intelligence officer out to uncover who murdered two soldiers guarding a gold shipment. The hunt leads him to Charlie's (Jane Greer) saloon/gambling hall where he finds that she is involved in the crime scene. A good flick.
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Summer Magic 1963  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire, Deborah Walley, Eddie Hodges, Una Merkel, Darren McGavin, Michael J. Pollard, Peter Brown, James Stacy
In this Disney remake of "Mother Carey's Chickens," widow Margaret Carey (Dorothy McGuire) moves to Maine with her children in hopes of building a new life. 1 User Review
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| | i loved this movie when i was a kid | mrb 05/25/2007 | | |
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Two Moon Junction 1988  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zalman King
Cast: Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives, Kristy McNichol, Martin Hewitt, Juanita Moore, Don Galloway, Millie Perkins, Milla Jovovich
April (Sherilyn Fenn) is from a rich, southern family, and her father is a senator to boot. She has just graduated from college and will soon marry a man with an appropriate station in life. When she is left alone in the mansion, she gets bored, meets a carnival man, and has a sex-filled interlude. Poor, and there is a sequel: "Return to Two Moon Junction."
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White Dog 1982 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Trained to Kill
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Jameson Parker, Lynne Moody, Marshall Thompson, Bob Minor, Vernon Weddle, Christa Lang, Tony Brubaker, Samuel Fuller, Paul Bartel
Julie (Kristy McNichol) has adopted a dog that, unknown to her, has been trained to kill Blacks. Once she discovers what her dog is capable of, she asks for help from Black animal-trainer Keys (Paul Winfield) who takes on the challenge.
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1. Baker's Hawk (1976)
2. The Big Country (1958)
3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
4. Day of the Outlaw (1959)
5. The Daydreamer (1966)
6. Desire Under the Elms (1958)
7. East of Eden (1955)
8. Ensign Pulver (1964)
9. The Ewok Adventure (1984)
aka: Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure
10. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
11. Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
12. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
13. The McMasters (1969)
14. The New Adventures of Heidi (1978)
15. Our Man in Havana (1960)
16. Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987)
17. Rocket to the Moon (1967)
aka: Blast Off
aka: Those Fantastic Flying Fools
aka: Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
18. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
19. Sierra (1950)
20. Smoky (1946)
21. So Dear to My Heart (1948)
22. Station West (1948)
23. Summer Magic (1963)
24. Two Moon Junction (1988)
25. White Dog (1982)
aka: Trained to Kill
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