3:10 to Yuma 1957  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana, Henry Jones, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Emhardt, George Mitchell, Ford Rainey
This excellent Western bases its intrigue on the psychological elements entwined in the relationship between farmer Dan Evans (Van Heflin) and his prisoner, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford). Evans has captured Wade and is holding him until the train arrives to carry Wade to Yuma. Frankie Laine sings the theme song for this entertaining film.
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The Badlanders 1958  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Alan Ladd, Katy Jurado, Ernest Borgnine, Claire Kelly, Kent Smith, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Emhardt, Anthony Caruso, Adam Williams, Ford Rainey
A Geologist (Alan Ladd) and a rancher (Ernest Borgnine) team up to reclaim a gold mine; however, each tries to beat the other out of his share at every turn.
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The Bishop Murder Case 1930  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis, Carroll Nye, George F. Marion, Bodil Rosing, Delmer Daves, Charles Quatermaine, Zelda Sears
The body of "Cock Robin" is discovered with an arrow through his heart. He is one of a series of murder victims in which the killer leaves nursery rhymes in his wake. Detective Philo Vance (Basil Rathbone) goes to work and finds the psychopathic killer.
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Cowboy 1958  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Brian Donlevy, Anna Kashfi, Dick York, Richard Jaeckel, Strother Martin, King Donovan, Vaughn Taylor, Frank DeKova
Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) seeks excitement as a cowhand on a roundup. He gets more than he bargained for, but he becomes hardened to the rigors of life, and along the way his partner, Tom Reece (Glenn Ford), softens his own outlook on life.
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 Dark Passage 1947 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Douglas Kennedy, Rory Mallinson, Houseley Stevenson, Richard Walsh
After being wrongly sent to prison for the murder of his wife, Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart) escapes, changes his identity through plastic surgery, and searches for the real killer. Clever direction. Bogart's face is not seen (except in bandages) for the first hour plus.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Susan Hayward, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Jay Robinson, Barry Jones, William Marshall, Charles Evans, Harry Cording, George Eldredge, Julie Newmar, Woody Strode
In this sequel to "The Robe," the slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) has possession of Christ's robe. Demetrius tries to hide the robe, but the emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) sends his Praetorian guards to find it because he believes that the owner will be given eternal life. Demetrius ends up in the Coliseum where the highlight of this film is the action sequences of the gladiators.
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Destination Tokyo 1943 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely, Dane Clark, Warner Anderson, William Prince, Robert Hutton, Tom Tully, Faye Emerson, Peter Whitney, John Forsythe, Warren Douglas, John Alvin, Bill Kennedy
Captain Cassidy (Cary Grant) commands a United States submarine during World War II. His assignment is to sail into Tokyo Bay to gather information about weather conditions in preparation for a bombing of Tokyo. The plan involves putting ashore meteorologist Raymond (John Ridgely) who will obtain the needed data. The submarine leaves San Francisco on Christmas Eve, and the voyage will prove harrowing as the crew sets out to fulfill its mission. This film was released during World War II, and, while propaganda is obvious, it is still an exciting story.
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Drum Beat 1954 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith, Rodolfo Acosta, Charles Bronson, Warner Anderson, Elisha Cook Jr., Anthony Caruso, Willis Bouchey
Johnny Mackay (Alan Ladd) is a former Indian fighter who is sent to Oregon by President Grant to deal with Modoc Indian chief, Captain Jack (Charles Bronson).
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The Hanging Tree 1959 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, Ben Piazza, George C. Scott, Karl Swenson, Virginia Gregg, John Dierkes, King Donovan, Bud Osborne
Doc Joe Frail (Gary Cooper) treats Elizabeth (Maria Schell), a young woman blinded by the sun. Later, when a prospector (Karl Malden) tries to rape Elizabeth, Doc Frail kills him and is doomed to be hanged–until Elizabeth saves him from his fate.
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Hollywood Canteen 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Cantor, Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Peter Lorre, Theodore von Eltz, Eddie Marr, Many Guest Stars
Cpl. Ed "Slim" Green (Robert Hutton), a soldier on sick leave during World War II, visits the famous U.S.O. Hollywood Canteen founded by Bette Davis (Herself) and John Garfield (Himself). Slim gets a kiss from Joan Leslie (Herself) who is the woman of his dreams. He returns to the Canteen and, this time, wins a date with Joan when he is named the Canteen's millionth visitor. Does romance lie ahead?
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Jubal 1956 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rod Steiger, Felicia Farr, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Valerie French, Noah Beery Jr., Basil Ruysdael, John Dierkes, Robert Burton
Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) offers advice in lovemaking to a rancher (Ernest Borgnine). Jealousy raises its ugly head when it is suspected that Jubal is giving more than advice to the rancher's wife.
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The Last Wagon 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner, Tommy Rettig, Stephanie Griffin, Ray Stricklyn, Nick Adams, Carl Benton Reid, Douglas Kennedy, George Mathews, James Drury, Ken Clark
Orphans survive an attack on their wagon train by Apaches and must now rely on accused killer Comanche Todd (Richard Widmark) to lead them to safety.
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Never Let Me Go 1953 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn, Belita, Kenneth More, Theodore Bikel, Karel Stepanek, Frederick Valk, Anton Diffring
This Cold-War story is about an American reporter, Philip Sutherland (Clark Gable), stationed in Moscow who falls in love with a Russian ballerina, Marva Lamarkins (Gene Tierney). Problems become overwhelming when Sutherland is ordered out of Russia, and his new wife is not allowed to leave with him.
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Parrish 1961  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger, Connie Stevens, Diane McBain, Sharon Hugueny, Dub Taylor, Hampton Fancher, Sylvia Miles, David Knapp, Saundra Edwards, Bibi Osterwald, Hayden Rorke, Madeleine Sherwood
In this soap opera of a story set in the Connecticut River Valley, Parrish McLean (Troy Donahue) lives with his mother, Ellen (Claudette Colbert), and enjoys the reputation of "Ladies' Man." But, when Ellen marries tobacco czar Judd Raike (Karl Malden), Judd determines to turn Parrish into a businessman and teach him the tobacco business from the ground up.
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Pride of the Marines 1945 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark, John Ridgely, Rosemary DeCamp, Ann Doran, Anthony Caruso, Moroni Olsen, Warren Douglas, Don McGuire
U.S. Marine Al Schmid (John Garfield) was blinded during the World War II Guadalcanal battle. When he returns to his Philadelphia home he must adjust to a new lifestyle.
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The Red House 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Allene Roberts, Julie London, Ona Munson, Harry Shannon, Arthur Space, Walter Sande, Pat Flaherty
Crippled farmer Pete Morgan (Edward G. Robinson) lives a secluded life with his sister Ellen (Judith Anderson) and teenage ward Meg (Allene Roberts) who they have raised since she was a baby. In the woods on the property is a red house that Pete forbids anyone to visit, but Meg becomes curious and talks farmhand Nath (Lon McCallister) into investigating with her. The secrets of the house come to light in this eerie tale.
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Rome Adventure 1962 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, Rossano Brazzi, Suzanne Pleshette, Constance Ford, Al Hirt, Hampton Fancher, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Chad Everett, Gertrude Flynn, Pamela Austin, Lili Valenti, Mary Patton, Maurice Wells
In her film debut, Suzanne Pleshette takes the role of high-school librarian Prudence Bell who travels to Rome where she meets Don Porter (Troy Donahue). When Don's girlfriend Lyda (Angie Dickinson) goes back to the U.S., Prudence and Don tour Italy's ancient ruins, museums, and fountains. They fall in love, but problems lie ahead when Lyda returns to the scene.
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Spencer's Mountain 1963  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp, Wally Cox, Mimsy Farmer, Virginia Gregg, Dub Taylor, Whit Bissell, Lillian Bronson
Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) is a Wyoming farmer who dreams of sending his son to college. This story, based on the novel by Earl Hammer Jr., later became the basis for the popular television series, "The Waltons."
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A Summer Place 1959 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue, Constance Ford, Beulah Bondi, Jack Richardson, Ann Doran, Marshall Bradford
Beautiful photography helps make this film adaptation of Sloan Wilson's novel a success. The plot contrasts the middle-aged adultery of Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) and Sylvia Hunter (Dorothy McGuire) with the teenage love affair involving their children Molly Jorgensen (Sandra Dee) and Johnny Hunter (Troy Donahue).
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Susan Slade 1961 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan, Brian Aherne, Grant Williams, Natalie Schafer, Kent Smith, Bert Convy, Guy Wilkerson, Maurice Wells, Ramsay Hill, Everett Glass, John A. Alonzo, Bob Baker
Seventeen-year-old Susan Slade (Connie Stevens) ends up pregnant after having an affair with Conn White (Grant Williams) who dies when he falls off Mt. McKinley. Susan attempts suicide, but Hoyt Brecker (Troy Donahue) rescues her. She confesses to her parents, Roger and Leah (Lloyd Nolan and Dorothy McGuire) that she is pregnant, and they take her to Guatemala to have the baby. She has the baby, and then Roger dies of a heart attack. Susan and Leah return home to California, and Leah pretends that she is the baby's mother. Now, Hoyt and aspiring author Wells Corbett (Bert Convy) propose to Susan, but she refuses both of their offers. After her baby is badly burned in an accident, Susan confesses that she is the mother. Wells loses interest in Susan, but Hoyt is still smitten. Will Susan marry Hoyt and live happily ever after?
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Task Force 1949 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan, Julie London, Jack Holt, Bruce Bennett, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Richard Rober
This is the story of a retired naval officer Jonathan L. Sullivan's (Gary Cooper) argument for a carrier task force. Although today's Navy depends on carriers, in the 1930s few heeded Sullivan's advice.
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Treasure of the Golden Condor 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Constance Smith, Finlay Currie, Walter Hampden, Anne Bancroft, George Macready, Fay Wray, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Blake, Konstantin Shayne
Jean-Paul (Cornel Wilde) is a wronged French nobleman who tries to regain his estate and title in this remake of "Son of Fury."
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| 1. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
2. The Badlanders (1958)
3. Bird of Paradise (1951)
4. The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
5. Cowboy (1958)
6. Dark Passage (1947)
7. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
8. Destination Tokyo (1943)
9. Drum Beat (1954)
10. The Hanging Tree (1959)
11. Hollywood Canteen (1944)
12. Jubal (1956)
13. Kings Go Forth (1958)
14. The Last Wagon (1956)
15. Never Let Me Go (1953)
16. Parrish (1961)
17. Pride of the Marines (1945)
18. The Red House (1947)
19. Return of the Texan (1952)
20. Rome Adventure (1962)
21. Spencer's Mountain (1963)
22. A Summer Place (1959)
23. Susan Slade (1961)
24. Task Force (1949)
25. Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
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