Battle Cry 1955  N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter, Dorothy Malone, Anne Francis, Fess Parker
Based on Leon Uris' novel, this is the story of a U.S. Marine Corps unit involving their training, romances, and battles during World War II.
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates 1956  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Western / Comedy / Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York, Kenneth Tobey, Clem Bevans, Irvin Ashkenazy, Frank Richards, Walter Catlett, Douglass Dumbrille, Paul Newlan, Mort Mills, Troy Melton, Hank Worden, Dick Crockett, William Fawcett
This film splices together TV episodes of the story of Davy Crockett (Fess Parker) and his sidekick George Russell (Buddy Ebsen) when they encounter keel-boater Mike Fink (Jeff York). Mike challenges Davy and George to a river race to New Orleans, during which they deal not only with the dangerous rapids but with the River Pirates as well. Following the race, Davy and Mike join forces to try to prevent an Indian war. Enjoy the ride!
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Western / Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael, Hans Conried, Kenneth Tobey, William Bakewell, Pat Hogan, Helene Stanley, Nick Cravat, Don Megowan, Mike Mazurki, Jeff Thompson, Henry Joyner, Campbell Brown, Ray Whitetree
This classic TV offering about the true American hero Davy Crockett (Fess Parker) combines the three Disney segments onto DVD. Buddy Ebsen takes the role of Davy's sidekick George Russell who is with Davy from his days as an Indian fighter, through his term in Congress, and finally at San Antonio where they try unsuccessfully to aid Col. Jim Bowie (Kenneth Tobey) in defending the Alamo.
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The Great Locomotive Chase 1956 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Andrews' Raiders
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Cast: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton, Eddie Firestone, Kenneth Tobey, Don Megowan, Harry Carey Jr., Slim Pickens, Morgan Woodward
Union soldiers steal a train as they attempt to destroy Confederate supply lines, and a Confederate train conductor is in hot pursuit. A retelling of Buster Keaton's "The General."
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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 Light in the Forest 1958  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Cast: Fess Parker, Joanne Dru, Wendell Corey, James MacArthur, Jessica Tandy, John McIntire, Joseph Calleia, Carol Lynley, Rafael Campos, Frank Ferguson
After being kidnapped as a young boy and raised by the Delaware Indians, Johnny (James MacArthur) is released and returns to his family where he learns to re-adapt to his white culture. Disney. 1 User Review
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| | Disney´s great movie | david d. 05/26/2007 | | Disney´s great movie. "the light in the forest" is a very interesting and beautiful movie. James Macarthur is wonderful. Great interpretation of a white boy who has lived with the Indians and returns with his white parents. My Disney´s favorite movie |
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No Room for the Groom 1952  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don DeFore, Spring Byington, Jack Kelly, Frank Sully, Fess Parker, David Janssen, Paul McVey, Lillian Bronson
When an ex-G.I. (Tony Curtis) returns home from Korea, he finds his house is filled with offbeat relatives of his wife (Piper Laurie).
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 Old Yeller 1957  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Chuck Connors, Jeff York, Beverly Washburn
This "boy and his dog" story is a heart-warming tale about a mid-1800s Texas farm family. A large, yellow mongrel hound and the farm boy become friends, and the dog, in turn, protects the family. Disney started a boy-dog trend with this one. Sequel: "Savage Sam."
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Smoky 1966  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Fess Parker, Diana Hyland, Katy Jurado, Hoyt Axton, Chuck Roberson, Armando Silvestre, Ted White, Robert J. Wilke, Jack Williams, Bob Terhune
A wild stallion, Smoky, escapes and lives a free life–for a while in this third film version of Will James' story. 1 User Review
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| | smoky the black stallion great heart warming story | southerncrosshr 06/04/2007 | | a great heart warming story fess parker does a outstandong job as clint barkley freed from prison for a crime he did not committ and we find out later his evil brother did it. he finds the black stallion and trains him to be the best cow pony around only to have his evil brother show up and make him lose his precious black stallion as he tries to find it the japanese attack pearl harbor and force clint to call off the search until after ww2 and he come home to find his horse owned by a junk man and mistreated by rodeo people broken down and in poor health clint works with the horse and turns him loose. great story tear jerker scenery is beautiful great musical score fine acting |
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Springfield Rifle 1952 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Lon Chaney Jr., Philip Carey, Martin Milner, Alan Hale Jr., James Millican, Fess Parker
Major "Lex" Kearney (Gary Cooper) develops a scheme in which he poses as a traitor to uncover espionage involving the supply of needed horses for the Union during the Civil War.
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 Them! 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, James Arness, Joan Weldon, Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory, Ann Doran, Dub Taylor, Fess Parker, Leonard Nimoy, Sandy Descher, Chris Drake, Mary Alan Hokanson, Olin Howland, Don Shelton
This is one of the best early films of the science fiction genre. The story begins when New Mexico state troopers Ben Peterson and Ed Blackburn (James Whitmore and Chris Drake) discover a gutted trailer home and a catatonic young girl who utters, "Them." This sets off an investigation, and FBI agent Robert Graham (James Arness), along with entomologists Dr. Harold Medford and his daughter Dr. Pat Medford (Edmund Gwenn and Joan Weldon), join in the hunt. They learn that secret nuclear testing has created gigantic ants, and now they must destroy the queen ants before more ants are hatched.
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Untamed Frontier 1952 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Shelley Winters, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Minor Watson, Lee Van Cleef, Fess Parker, Antonio Moreno, Katherine Emery, Douglas Spencer
Cattle baron Kirk Denbow (Joseph Cotten) staves off settlers in the West as he wants available grazing land for his own use.
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Westward Ho, the Wagons! 1956  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, Jeff York, David Stollery, Sebastian Cabot, George Reeves, Iron Eyes Cody, Juliette Compton, Mouseketeers
In this Disney Western, a wagon train rolling along the Oregon Trail is attacked by savage Sioux Indians. Our mouseketeer friends (Doreen Tracy, Chubby O'Brien, Tommy Cole, and Karen Pendleton) are on the trip as the Stevens and Thompson kids, but can't help this film much.
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| 1. Battle Cry (1955)
2. Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
3. Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
4. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
aka: Andrews' Raiders
5. The Hangman (1959)
6. Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
7. The Kid from Left Field (1953)
8. The Light in the Forest (1958)
9. No Room for the Groom (1952)
10. Old Yeller (1957)
11. Smoky (1966)
12. Springfield Rifle (1952)
13. Them! (1954)
14. Untamed Frontier (1952)
15. Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
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