The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1981  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Jack B. Hively
Cast: Kurt Ida, Dan Monahan, Brock Peters, Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Lurene Tuttle, Mike Mazurki, Jack Kruschen, Don Haggerty, Helen Kleeb, James Griffith, Michele Marsh, Cliff Osmond, Bill Zuckert, Elvia Allman
In this made-for-TV offering of Mark Twain's story, Tom Sawyer (Dan Monahan) joins his best friend Huckleberry Finn (Kurt Ida) as they help runaway slave Jim (Brock Peters). The trio drifts down the Mississippi River on a raft, and, along the way, they run into con-men "the Duke" (Forrest Tucker) and "the Dauphin" (Larry Storch) and inadvertently become involved in their schemes.
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 Angels in the Outfield 1951  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran, Lewis Stone, Spring Byington, Bruce Bennett, Marvin Kaplan, Ellen Corby, Don Haggerty, Jeff Richards, John Gallaudet, King Donovan, Paul Salata, Fred Graham
An angel tells Pittsburgh Pirates baseball manager Guffy McGovern (Paul Douglas) to mend his unholy ways, and, as a reward, guardian angels will help his seventh-place team win the pennant. Guffy agrees, and invisible ghosts of former baseball stars begin to help the Pirates win their games. It turns out that a big fan, orphan girl Bridget White (Donna Corcoran), had prayed for help for the Pirates. While attending a game, Bridget insists that she can see the angels helping the players on the field. Newspaperwoman Jennifer Page (Janet Leigh) publishes Bridget's story, and complications arise big time between scheming sportscaster Fred Bayles (Keenan Wynn) and Guffy. But, despite all the problems, will the Pirates win the N.L. pennant?
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Borrowed Trouble 1948  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Anne O'Neal, John Parrish, Cliff Clark, Helen Chapman, Earle Hodgins, Herbert Rawlinson, Elaine Riley, John Kellogg, Don Haggerty
When Steve (John Parrish) builds a saloon–in competition with another bar in town–next to Lucy's (Anne O'Neal) schoolhouse, she begins a feud by throwing apples through the bar's windows. When Lucy is kidnapped, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), along with sidekicks California (Andy Clyde) and Lucky (Rand Brooks), steps in to take care of the situation. This is the final film of the "Hopalong Cassidy" series of about 66 films–a series that featured action, humor, and often better-than-average plots.
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Callaway Went Thataway 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Star Said No
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel, Jesse White, Fay Roope, Elisabeth Fraser, Stan Freberg, Natalie Schafer, Douglas Kennedy, Don Haggerty
This spoof of the Western genre features cameo appearances by a number of Hollywood stars. The plot involves promoters Mike (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah (Dorothy McGuire) substituting a look-a-like cowboy (Howard Keel) for the real star (also Howard Keel) who is an alcoholic.
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Cause for Alarm 1951 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore, Brad Morrow, Irving Bacon, Georgia Backus, Don Haggerty, Art Baker, Richard Anderson, Kathleen Freeman, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Suffering from both physical and mental ills, George Z. Jones (Barry Sullivan) writes a letter to the district attorney telling about his wife Ellen's (Loretta Young) supposed plans to murder him. After Ellen mails the letter, George tells her what it contained, and in the heat of the moment George drops dead. Now, Ellen must find a way to get the incriminating letter before it arrives at the D.A.'s office.
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City of Bad Men 1953 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Richard Boone, Lloyd Bridges, Carl Betz, Carole Mathews, Whitfield Connor, Hugh Sanders, Rodolfo Acosta, Don Haggerty
During the 1890s, the Corbett-Fitzsimmons boxing match became a magnet for three outlaws whose plan was to make off with proceeds from the championship bout.
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Cowboy and the Prizefighter 1950 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Jim Bannon, Don Reynolds, Don Haggerty, John Hart, Emmett Lynn, Karen Randle, Marin Sais, Marshall Reed, Forrest Taylor, Lou Nova, Bud Osborne, Steve Clark
In this fourth, and final, film starring Jim Bannon as Red Ryder, Red and sidekick Little Beaver (Don Kay Reynolds), along with Steve (Don Haggerty) who had saved Red's life, take on a crooked fight promoter while rooting out the killer of Red's father.
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The Crooked Way 1949 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charles Evans, Greta Grandstedt, Harry Bronson, Raymond Largay, Hal Baylor, Don Haggerty
While Eddie Rice (John Payne) is recuperating from shell shock–but is still suffering amnesia–following his service in World War II, his criminal past begins to catch up with him.
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Go for Broke! 1951 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Pirosh
Cast: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga, Ken K. Okamoto, Warner Anderson, Don Haggerty, Richard Anderson, Dan Riss, Gianni Maria Canale, Henry Oyasato, Harry Hamada
Sons of first-generation Japanese Americans–Nisei–fight for the United States in the European Theater under the able leadership of Lt. Michael Grayson (Van Johnson).
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The Gunfight at Dodge City 1959 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Nancy Gates, Richard Anderson, James Westerfield, Walter Coy, Don Haggerty, Wright King, Harry Lauter, Gregg Barton, Earle Hodgins, Frank Sully, Frank J. Scannell, Henry Kulky
Bat Masterson (Joel McCrea) has reluctantly taken the job of sheriff of Dodge City where he is trying to bring about law and order. Along with his official duties, Bat manages to find time for lady friends Pauline (Julie Adams) and Lily (Nancy Gates). Now, real problems arise when his old outlaw gang comes to town, and Masterson must deal not only with them but with Dodge City's corrupt politicians as well. And the story culminates with that gunfight at Dodge City.
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Hell Is for Heroes 1962 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Don Haggerty, Nick Adams, Bob Newhart, L.Q. Jones, Mike Kellin, Joseph Hoover, Bill Mullikin, Michele Montau, Chuck Hicks, Robert Phillips
In this World War II drama, Sergeant John Reese (Steve McQueen) has been demoted because of his drinking and is sent back to his old squad, which is assigned to defend an area near a German pillbox. Reese persuades his squad leader Sgt. Larkin (Harry Guardino) to convince the Germans that the U.S. squad is much larger than it really is. Then, against orders, Reese leads two members of his squad in an attack on the pillbox. The attack fails, and the two men are killed, but Reese, despite being threatened with court martial, once again attacks the pillbox–this time alone. Reese is killed in his effort, but he has enabled the Allies to overtake the Germans.
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The Killers 1964 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Ronald Reagan, Clu Gulager, Claude Akins, Norman Fell, Virginia Christine, Don Haggerty, Robert Phillips
Auto racing provides the setting for this story of evil in a fast-paced world involving under-the-table money exchanges. This was Ronald Reagan's last movie, and he was cast as a low-down, dirty, cruel crime boss.
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 King of the Rocket Men 1949 N/R, 166 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred C. Brannon
Cast: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, I. Stanford Jolley, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., James Craven, Douglas Evans, Ted Adams, Stanley Price, Tom Steele, David Sharpe, Eddie Parker
In this 12-episode serial, a mad traitor, from a group of scientists who have made scientific breakthroughs, is now killing them off so he can have exclusive control of the inventions. But Jeff King (Tristram Coffin) is assigned the task of safeguarding the secrets and dons his Rocket Man costume to fight the dastardly traitor who calls himself "Dr. Vulcan" (I. Stanford Jolley). Let the fight begin, as Dr. Vulcan has his own lethal devices.
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Loophole 1954 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw, Dorothy Malone, Don Haggerty, Mary Beth Hughes, Don Beddoe, Dayton Lummis, John Eldredge, Richard Reeves
Suspected of embezzling bank funds, a teller is fired but determines to uncover the identity of the real culprit.
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The Private War of Major Benson 1955 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, William Demarest, Tim Hovey, Tim Considine, Sal Mineo, Don Haggerty, David Janssen, Milburn Stone, Nana Bryant
After being assigned to a military academy, tough Major Benson (Charlton Heston) is confronted by a more human world than that which he left. After numerous efforts on the parts of Kay Lambert (Julie Adams) and young Cadet Thomas Flaherty (Tim Hovey), Benson succumbs to their charms and settles into a gentler life.
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The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler 1971 G, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Wynn
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, James Daly, Angie Dickinson, Robert J. Wilke, Don Haggerty, Jack Carter, Patrick O'Moore, Dick Simmons, Peter Mamakos
Following Senator Zachary Wheeler's (Bradford Dillman) plane crash, TV reporter Harry Walsh (Leslie Nielsen) unwittingly discovers a secret medical facility in New Mexico where diabolical plans are underway to blackmail leaders of the world.
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The Sad Sack 1957 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lorre, Gene Evans, George Dolenz, Mary Treen, Don Haggerty, Michael Ansara, Joe Mantell
Based on the popular comic strip of the same name, Jerry Lewis takes on the role of Bixby, and offbeat army life is revealed through attempts at humor that often misfire.
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Silent Conflict 1948  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Virginia Belmont, Earle Hodgins, Don Haggerty, James Harrison, Forbes Murray, John Butler, Herbert Rawlinson
Lucky (Rand Brooks) becomes the victim of an evil hypnotist who coerces him into stealing from his fellow ranchers and trying to murder Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd).
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Sinister Journey 1948 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley, John Kellogg, Don Haggerty, Stanley Andrews, Harry Strang, Herbert Rawlinson, John Butler
With the railroad for a setting, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to the aid of Lee Garvin (John Kellogg) who has been arrested for murder.
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Some Came Running 1958 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Larry Gates, Betty Lou Keim, Connie Gilchrist, Steve Peck, Ned Wever, Roy Engel, Don Haggerty, Joe Gray
This film is based on James Jones' novel about writer Dave Hirsh's (Frank Sinatra) conflicts when he returns to his hometown of Parktown, Indiana, following World War II and must decide between respectable and decadent lifestyles. His businessman brother Frank (Arthur Kennedy) introduces Dave to schoolteacher Gwen French (Martha Hyer), but, when Dave won't break his ties to local gambler Bama Dillert (Dean Martin) and floozy Ginny Moorehead (Shirley MacLaine), tragedy lies ahead. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress (MacLaine), Supporting Actor (Kennedy), and Supporting Actress (Hyer).
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Spoilers of the Plains 1951 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers, William Forrest, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Keith Richards
This doesn't sound too much like a Western when you learn that we're talking about spies, rocket-launchings, and satellites as being a part of the tale. In any event, Roy Rogers fights it out with the bad guys and comes away the hero.
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The Stooge 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall, Eddie Mayehoff, Frances Bavier, Richard Erdman, Oliver Blake, Don Haggerty, Donald MacBride
Singer Bill Miller (Dean Martin) has problems accepting the fact that his success is largely based on the presence of his comic sidekick (Jerry Lewis).
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Strategic Air Command 1955 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan, Jay C. Flippen, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan, Don Haggerty, Strother Martin, Alex Nicol
Called back into the military service, professional baseball player Robert Holland resumes his rank of lieutenant colonel and is introduced to the challenges inherent in the Strategic Air Command.
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The Sundowners 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Thunder in the Dust
Director: George Templeton
Cast: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, John Litel, Jack Elam, Don Haggerty, Stanley Price, Clem Fuller, John Barrymore Jr.
Lots of Western action is portrayed in this film, complete with range wars and a family feud between brothers.
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| 1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)
2. Angels in the Outfield (1951)
3. Borrowed Trouble (1948)
4. Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
aka: The Star Said No
5. Cause for Alarm (1951)
6. City of Bad Men (1953)
7. Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1950)
8. The Crooked Way (1949)
9. The Dead Don't Dream (1948)
10. False Paradise (1948)
11. Go for Broke! (1951)
12. The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
13. Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
14. The Killers (1964)
15. King of the Mountain (1981)
16. King of the Rocket Men (1949)
17. Loophole (1954)
18. The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
19. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)
20. The Sad Sack (1957)
21. Silent Conflict (1948)
22. Sinister Journey (1948)
23. Some Came Running (1958)
24. Spoilers of the Plains (1951)
25. The Stooge (1952)
26. Strategic Air Command (1955)
27. The Sundowners (1950)
aka: Thunder in the Dust
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