The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory 1987  TV, 145 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: James Arness, Brian Keith, Alec Baldwin, Raul Julia, David Ogden Stiers, Gene Evans, Lorne Greene, Isela Vega, Ethan Wayne, Jim Metzler
Based on J. Lon Tinkle's excellent book, "Thirteen Days to Glory," this is a not-so-excellent, made-for-TV depiction of the valiant Texans who tried in vain to hold the Alamo as Santa Anna laid siege to the mission.
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All the Kind Strangers 1974 TV, 72 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Evil in the Swamp
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Stacy Keach, Samantha Eggar, John Savage, Robby Benson, John Connell, Arlene Farber, Brent Campbell, Tim Parkison, Patti Parkison
Motorists Jimmy and Carol Ann (Stacy Keach and Samantha Eggar) are taken prisoner by a group of hillbilly orphans and their mean dogs. The orphans only want a mom and dad, but they can't handle rejection. Made for TV.
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Big Bad John 1990  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Jimmy Dean, Jack Elam, Ned Beatty, Doug English, Romy Windsor, Bo Hopkins, Jeff Osterhage, Ned Vaughn, Buck Taylor, Jerry Potter, Amzie Strickland, Red Steagall, Anne Lockhart
Based on the story told in Jimmy Dean's 1950's song, Dean plays retired Sheriff Cletus Morgan who travels across country to rescue his daughter who some think is in the car with Big Bad John Tyler (Doug English). Unknown to Cletus is that his nemesis, Charlie (Ned Beatty), has contracted for hired-guns to follow Cletus and then kill Big Bad John and Cletus' daughter.
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The Concrete Cowboys 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Ramblin' Man
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Jerry Reed, Barbara Mandrell, Tom Selleck, Morgan Fairchild, Claude Akins, Gene Evans, Roy Acuff, Grace Zabriskie, Bob Hannah, Lucille Benson
Montana cowboys (Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck) head to Nashville and open a detective agency. While learning to adapt to big city life, they get cases that will help them learn how to be sleuths. Harmless, lighthearted entertainment.
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The Deserter 1971  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Ride to Glory
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban, Ian Bannen, Brandon DeWilde, Slim Pickens, Woody Strode, Patrick Wayne
This run-of-the-mill Western involves battles between the U.S. Cavalry and American Indians along the Mexican border in the 19th century.
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine, Martin Balsam, Tina Louise, John Carradine, Douglas Fowley, Lois Nettleton, John Davis Chandler, Marie Windsor
Flagg (Robert Mitchum) is a retired–and over the hill–sheriff who has a final showdown with his long-time adversary, has-been-train-robber McKay (George Kennedy).
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Hannie Caulder 1972 R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Culp, Strother Martin, Jack Elam, Christopher Lee, Diana Dors, Stephen Boyd
After her husband was brutally murdered and she was raped, Hannie Caulder (Raquel Welch) gets help from bounty hunter Thomas Luther Price (Robert Culp) as she sets out to seek revenge against the murderous Clemens brothers. With the great cast, this could have been better with a good script.
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The Killer Inside Me 1976 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Charles McGraw, John Dehner, Pepe Serna, Julie Adams, John Carradine, Royal Dano
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford (Stacy Keach) had a violent childhood, which has left him in a poor psychotic state. He is respected in the town, but the people don't know of his breakdowns when he goes into fits of rage–and killing.
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The Money Trap 1965  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Elke Sommer, Ricardo Montalban, Joseph Cotten, James Mitchum, Argentina Brunetti, Parley Baer, Ted de Corsia, Eugene Iglesias
Joe Baron (Glenn Ford) is a cop who gets in over his head when he steals money while investigating a drug-related murder.
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Once Upon a Texas Train 1988 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Guns
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Angie Dickinson, Shaun Cassidy, Chuck Connors, Ken Curtis, Royal Dano, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, Kevin McCarthy, Dub Taylor, Stuart Whitman
Fresh out of prison, John Henry Lee (Willy Nelson) gathers his old-timers' gang for one last heist–a repeat of the train robbery that landed him in jail. Texas Ranger Oren Hayes (Richard Widmark)–who caught John the last time–and his old-timer sidekicks follow in hot pursuit, but so is a tough gang of young outlaws.
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Return of the Seven 1966 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Return of the Magnificent Seven
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Warren Oates, Jordan Christopher, Claude Akins, Emilio Fernandez, Fernando Rey, Julian Mateos, Elisa Montes, Rodolfo Acosta
The "magnificent seven" gunslingers are back in action–this time they save the oppressed citizens of a village who are held under the control of an evil rancher.
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 The Rounders 1965 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, Barton MacLane, Doodles Weaver, Kathleen Freeman
Two angry cowhands (Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda) find trouble handling a difficult horse in this low-key comedy.
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Sidekicks 1974 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Larry Hagman, Louis Gossett Jr., Blythe Danner, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Hal Williams, Gene Evans, Noah Beery Jr., Denver Pyle, John Beck
Quince (Larry Hagman) and Jason (Louis Gossett Jr.) are inept con men out West in the Civil War era. They are bounty hunters also working a scam in which Quince continuously sells Jason as a slave. OK fun, but the TV pilot didn't generate a series.
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Suburban Commando 1991 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, Larry Miller, William Ball, JoAnn Dearing, Jack Elam, Roy Dotrice, Tony Longo, Michael Faustino
Intergalactic hero Shep (Hulk Hogan) lands his damaged spaceship on Earth and tries to "fit in" but is conspicuous due to his larger-than-human size. Meanwhile, Charlie (Christopher Lloyd) and his family are in need of cash, so they decide to rent out a small apartment in their backyard. Guess who rents the apartment and becomes the family's protector?
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Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971 G, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Joan Blondell, Harry Morgan, Marie Windsor, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Chuck Connors, Dub Taylor, Kathleen Freeman, Dick Curtis, Willis Bouchey, Walter Burke, Grady Sutton
This is a fun Comedy/Western with James Garner in the role of con artist Latigo who arrives in the mining town of Purgatory. The opportunity presents itself for him to make some money out of a dispute by making people think that he is a gunslinger. Latigo is hired to rid the town of feared gunslinger Jug May (Jack Elam), and the fun begins. Elam, always good, is at his best. Despite the title, director, and cast, this is not a sequel to "Support Your Local Sheriff."
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Support Your Local Sheriff 1969  G, 93 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, Henry Jones, Bruce Dern, Walter Burke, Gene Evans, Willis Bouchey, Dick Peabody, Chubby Johnson, Kathleen Freeman, Dick Haynes, Boyd "Red" Morgan
This delightful take-off of the tried-and-true Western has it all. James Garner is at his best as the handsome stranger James McCullough who is passing through a small town in the middle of a gold rush and is hired as the new sheriff. McCullough appoints town drunk Jake (Jack Elam) as his deputy and arrests Joe Danby (Bruce Dern). Now, the rest of the Danby gang–led by Pa Danby (Walter Brennan)–are determined to free Joe and rid the town of their new sheriff. And while all this is going on, McCullough is being pursued by the fair maiden Prudy Perkins (Joan Hackett) who is determined to marry the sheriff.
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The Train Robbers 1973 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: John Wayne, Ann - Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban
Lane (John Wayne) sets out with Jesse (Ben Johnson) and Mrs. Lowe (Ann-Margret) to find stolen gold that had disappeared after a train robbery. Mrs. Lowe tells Lane that her husband had stolen the gold and told her where the gold was hidden. She says that she wants to return it to the bank and clear the family name. They find the gold but then are attacked by banditos. They defeat the banditos, and Mrs. Lowe leaves on a train to return the gold. Then, a Pinkerton agent (Ricardo Montalban) arrives on the scene and tells Lane that he is following Mrs. Lowe because he knows that Mrs. Lowe has concocted the story about her husband and that she learned about the gold from the real thief as he lay dying. Angry at being tricked, Lane rides after the departing train.
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The War Wagon 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn, Bruce Dern, Gene Evans, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes, Sheb Wooley
Wanting revenge for being framed and sent to prison, Taw Jackson (John Wayne) gets help from his friend, Lomax (Kirk Douglas). Together, they try to hijack an armored wagon filled with gold. But–Lomax has been hired by the dastardly framer to kill Taw.
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Welcome to Hard Times 1967  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige, Aldo Ray, Lon Chaney Jr., Warren Oates, Edgar Buchanan, Fay Spain, Denver Pyle
When a stranger from Bodie (Aldo Ray) victimizes a small Western town, the mayor, Will Blue (Henry Fonda) must save his townspeople at all cost.
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Young Billy Young 1969 G, 89 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jr., David Carradine, Jack Kelly, Paul Fix, Willis Bouchey, John Anderson, Parley Baer, Rodolfo Acosta, Robert Anderson, Deana Martin, Christopher Mitchum
Seeking revenge because Frank Boone (John Anderson) killed U.S. Deputy Marshal Ben Kane's (Robert Mitchum) son, Kane hunts down Frank. Kane teams up with sharp-shooter Billy Young (Robert Walker Jr.) who was once the partner of Jesse Boone (David Carradine)–the son of Frank Boone. Kane's love interest, dance hall girl Lily Beloit (Angie Dickinson) warns Kane that Jesse is plotting to kill him, and Kane sets a trap to use Jessie as bait and finally catch Frank.
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| 1. The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
2. All the Kind Strangers (1974)
aka: Evil in the Swamp
3. Big Bad John (1990)
4. The Concrete Cowboys (1979)
aka: Ramblin' Man
5. The Deserter (1971)
aka: Ride to Glory
6. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
7. Hannie Caulder (1972)
8. The Killer Inside Me (1976)
9. The Money Trap (1965)
10. Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
aka: Texas Guns
11. Return of the Seven (1966)
aka: Return of the Magnificent Seven
12. The Rounders (1965)
13. Sidekicks (1974)
14. Suburban Commando (1991)
15. Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
16. Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
17. The Train Robbers (1973)
18. The War Wagon (1967)
19. Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
20. Wolf Lake (1978)
aka: The Honor Guard
21. Young Billy Young (1969)
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