All the Brothers Were Valiant 1953  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, Betta St. John, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Lewis Stone, Frank DeKova, Michael Pate
Based on the novel by Ben Ames Williams, sibling rivalry is the theme of this story about brothers Mark (Stewart Granger) and Joel (Robert Taylor). These two New Bedford whalers find conflicts over individual life choices.
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Arrowhead 1953  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith, Mary Sinclair, Milburn Stone, Richard Shannon, Lewis Martin, Frank DeKova, Robert J. Wilke, Peter Coe, Pat Hogan, James Anderson, John Pickard, Richard Farnsworth
A peace treaty between the United States government and the Apache Indians is threatened by the actions of Ed Bannon (Charlton Heston). As a White child, Bannon was raised by Apaches, and now he holds bitterness in his heart toward them. When the Apache chief's college-educated son, Toriano (Jack Palance), leads the Apaches in bloody raids against the cavalry, the officers refuse to heed Bannon's warnings. Toriano and Bannon finally confront each other, and Bannon kills Toriano, which brings peace between the troopers and the Apaches.
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Atlantis, The Lost Continent 1961  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, Frank DeKova, John Dall, Jay Novello, Edward Platt, Berry Kroeger, Keith Andes, Paul Frees, William Smith, Edgar Stehli, Wolfe Barzell
A Greek fisherman faces danger as he leads a revolt in the doomed city. Don't expect the usual great special effects from George Pal in this–one of his weakest films.
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The Big Sky 1952   N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Buddy Baer, Steven Geray, Henri Letondal, Jim Davis, Frank DeKova, Don Beddoe
Kentucky mountain trappers Jim Deakins (Kirk Douglas) and Boone (Dewey Martin) join Boone's Uncle Jeb (Arthur Hunnicutt) on a journey up the Missouri River to convince the Blackfoot Indians of their good intentions. They are returning a kidnapped Blackfoot princess to her people as proof of their good will. On the trip home, love develops between Boone and the princess. 1 User Review
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| | Outstanding Howard Hawks' outdoor adventure | Anonymous 01/18/2007 | | |
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The Brothers Karamazov 1958 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, Richard Basehart, Albert Salmi, William Shatner, Simon Oakland, David Opatoshu, Frank DeKova
Based on Dostoyevsky's classic, this is a good film adaptation of the story of brothers (Yul Brynner, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, and Albert Salmi). Set in 19th-century Russia, the plot revolves around greed and hatred brought on by their bullying father, Fyodor (Lee J. Cobb).
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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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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 Desert Song 1953 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Ray Collins, Frank DeKova, William Conrad, Paul Picerni
This film, based on Sigmund Romberg's romantic operetta, is set in the African desert and features Gordon MacRae as the mysterious leader of the Riffs who fight evil Arabs.
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The Don Is Dead 1973 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Beautiful But Deadly
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Angel Tompkins, Ina Balin, Abe Vigoda, Charles Cioffi, Louis Zorich, Frank DeKova, Joe Santos, Val Bisoglio, Jo Anne Meredith, Barry Russo, Frank Christi
Mafia control of the underworld is the subject of this convoluted plot starring Anthony Quinn as the infamous Don Angelo.
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Follow That Dream 1962 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore, Jack Kruschen, Simon Oakland, Roland Winters, Alan Hewitt, Howard McNear, Frank DeKova, Herbert Rudley, Gavin Koon, Robin Koon
When Toby Kwimper (Elvis Presley) moves with his family from their home in the hills to a lovely beach area in Florida, the family has problems fitting into their new culture.
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King of the Khyber Rifles 1953 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, John Justin, Guy Rolfe, Richard Stapley, Murray Matheson, Frank DeKova, Argentina Brunetti, Frank Lackteen
An early CinemaScope film, this remake of "The Black Watch" is an enjoyable adventure ride. Captain Alan King (Tyrone Power) is a half-caste who leads a supply group to a British outpost in India. Tribal attacks, the proverbial love affair with the daughter (Terry Moore) of the outpost commander (Michael Rennie), and racial undertones all contribute to the story.
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The Lone Ranger 1956 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Bonita Granville, Perry Lopez, Robert J. Wilke, John Pickard, Beverly Washburn, Michael Ansara, Frank DeKova
The TV series comes to the big screen as our hero and Tonto try to head off a war between the Indians and settlers. They find out that a landowner is stirring things up to get his hands on Indian territory that has silver just waiting to be mined. Hi-ho, Silver! A family flick. There is a sequel: "The Lone Ranger and the City of Gold." 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 09/02/2009 | | I ALWAYS WATCHED THE TV SERIES |
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Machine Gun Kelly 1958 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Lambert, Wally Campo, Frank DeKova, Connie Gilchrist, Michael Fox, Barboura Morris, Richard Devon
Famous gangster Machine Gun Kelly (Charles Bronson) robs and murders until police follow his trail of destruction and capture him.
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The Man from Laramie 1955  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Wallace Ford, Jack Elam, Aline MacMahon, James Millican, Gregg Barton, John War Eagle, Boyd Stockman, Frank DeKova, Eddy Waller
When Indians use rifles to do in a small cavalry patrol, they kill Will Lockhart's (James Stewart) brother. Will's mission is to find the culprit who illegally sold the rifles to the Indians.
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The Mechanic 1972  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Keenan Wynn, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jill Ireland, Linda Ridgeway, Frank DeKova, Lindsay Crosby, Patrick O'Moore, James Davidson, Steve Cory
Super assassin Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is, in turn, assassinated by his own associate, Steve McKenna (Jan-Michael Vincent), as the result of Bishop's killing of McKenna's father many years before.
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Passion 1954 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., John Qualen, Anthony Caruso, Peter Coe, Stuart Whitman, Frank DeKova, Rodolfo Acosta
Juan Obregon (Cornel Wilde) suffers greatly when his wife and child are brutally murdered, and he seeks revenge by tracking down and killing those responsible.
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Raiders of the Seven Seas 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Henry Brandon, Frank DeKova, William Tannen, Christopher Dark, Claire DuBrey
Pirate Barbarossa (John Payne), in his stolen Spanish ship with a crew of prisoners taken with the ship, has success in embarrassing the Spanish Navy by routinely winning sea battles. He also steals the affections of a high-ranking Spanish officer's love. This adds to the Spanish Navy's desire to capture the pirate.
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Ride Out for Revenge 1957  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Bernard Girard
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Gloria Grahame, Lloyd Bridges, Joanne Gilbert, Vince Edwards, Frank DeKova, Michael Winkelman, Richard Shannon, Cyril Delevanti
This attempt at evening out reputations earned during the settling of America's West, presents drunken cavalrymen attacking peace-loving Indians.
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Run of the Arrow 1957 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Hot Lead
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Rod Steiger, Sarita Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen, Charles Bronson, Frank DeKova, Tim McCoy, Stuart Randall, Carleton Young
Following the Civil War, one Southerner is not ready to give up his fight against the Yankees. So, he teams up with the Sioux to continue his own war.
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Santiago 1956 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podesta, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills, Paul Fix, L.Q. Jones, Frank DeKova, Royal Dano, George J. Lewis, Marvin Miller
Gunrunners Cash Adams (Alan Ladd) and Clay Pike (Lloyd Nolan) join forces to supply arms to Cubans during the Spanish American War.
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Shack Out on 101 1955 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dain
Cast: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin, Whit Bissell, Frank DeKova, Jess Barker, Len Lesser, Donald Murphy, Fred Gabourie
Kotty (Terry Moore) is a waitress in a diner along California's Highway 101 and helps flush out two customers who plot to sabotage the local chemical plant.
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 Teenage Caveman 1958 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Robert Vaughn, Leslie Bradley, June Jocelyn, Robert Shayne, Jonathan Haze, Frank DeKova, Sarah Marshall, Charles P. Thompson, Beach Dickerson, Ed Nelson
A near middle-aged Robert Vaughn as a teenage caveman? Only in a Corman movie can you get that. Anyway, against the rules of his tribe, our hero explores the great land beyond the camp. What is he to make of the strange creature with great powers that he encounters?
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The Wild Country 1971 G, 100 min.
Genre: Family
aka: The Newcomers
Director: Robert Totten
Cast: Steve Forrest, Vera Miles, Jack Elam, Ron Howard, Frank DeKova, Morgan Woodward, Clint Howard, Dub Taylor, Karl Swenson, Rance Howard
This Disney film involves the Tanner family relocating from Pittsburgh to the Wyoming wilderness where they face tornadoes, fire, a fight for water rights, and other adversities. All ends well.
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| 1. All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
2. Arrowhead (1953)
3. Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)
4. The Big Sky (1952)
5. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
6. Cowboy (1958)
7. Day of the Outlaw (1959)
8. The Desert Song (1953)
9. The Don Is Dead (1973)
aka: Beautiful But Deadly
10. Follow That Dream (1962)
11. King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
12. The Lone Ranger (1956)
13. Machine Gun Kelly (1958)
14. The Man from Laramie (1955)
15. The Mechanic (1972)
16. Passion (1954)
17. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
18. Ride Out for Revenge (1957)
19. Run of the Arrow (1957)
aka: Hot Lead
20. Santiago (1956)
21. Shack Out on 101 (1955)
22. Teenage Caveman (1958)
23. The Wild Country (1971)
aka: The Newcomers
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