The Big Land 1957  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Anthony Caruso, Julie Bishop, John Qualen, David Ladd, Don Castle, George J. Lewis, James Anderson
Cattlemen and farmers make an uneasy truce as both see the railroad as a new means for profit.
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Bombers B-52 1957  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Marsha Hunt, Don Kelly, Ann Doran, Nelson Leigh, Robert Nichols, Ray Montgomery, Robert Hover, Nicky Blair, Russ Conway, John Doucette, James Garner, Olin Howland
In the 1950s, during the Cold War, a B-52 Superfortress takes a test flight from the U.S. to Africa and then back home again. When not flying his B-52, Air Force pilot Col. Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is romancing young Lois (Natalie Wood). The problem is that Lois is the daughter of ground-crew chief Sgt. Chuck Brennan (Karl Malden) who has no trust or respect for Herlihy and has trouble believing this could be a match made in heaven.
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Broadway Limited 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly, Zasu Pitts, Leonid Kinskey, George E. Stone, Gay Ellen Dakin, Charles C. Wilson, John Sheehan, Edgar Edwards, Eric Alden, Sam McDaniel, Eddie Acuff, J. Farrell MacDonald
Film director Ivan Ivanski (Leonid Kinskey) boards the train from Chicago heading to New York with his up-and-coming star April (Marjorie Woodworth) and secretary Patsy (Patsy Kelly). Ivan wants April to take a baby with her on the trip as a publicity stunt. They find a baby and start the trip, but problems unfold when the engineer suspects that the baby was kidnapped.
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Call Me Bwana 1963  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries, Arnold Palmer, Percy Herbert, Paul Carpenter
A writer of safari tales, Matt Merriwether (Bob Hope), is sent to the African jungle to recover a downed American space capsule. In truth, he only writes about the area and knows very little about survival in the region.
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Come Fill the Cup 1951 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason, Gig Young, Selena Royle, Larry Keating, Charlita, Sheldon Leonard, Douglas Spencer
An ex-newspaperman (James Cagney) fights his way back from alcoholism after reaching the bottom. Good performances by James Gleason and Gig Young.
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The Detective 1968 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Al Freeman Jr., Jacqueline Bisset, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Robert Duvall, Horace McMahon, Lloyd Bochner, William Windom
A homosexual is killed, and apparently there are only two honest policemen in the NYPD. As this film unfolds, it presents an assortment of cops with various degrees of psychological problems. Frank Sinatra is excellent as one of the honest cops who ends up losing his job and his wife while pursuing the homosexual's killer.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell, Rita Corday, Dick Wessel, Ian Keith, Joseph Crehan, Douglas Walton, Skelton Knaggs, Esther Howard, Byron Foulger, Jimmy Crane, Milton Parsons
Morgan Conway takes on Ralph Byrd's role of detective Dick Tracy who, this time around, is on the trail of Cueball (Dick Wessel), the leader of a gang of jewel thieves.
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The Falcon in Hollywood 1944  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Rita Corday, Jean Brooks, Veda Ann Borg, Konstantin Shayne, John Abbott, Emory Parnell, Frank Jenks, Sheldon Leonard
The Falcon (Tom Conway) investigates the murder of a Hollywood star.
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The Fiend Who Walked the West 1958 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, Edward Andrews, Ron Ely, Ken Scott, Emile Meyer
This remake of "Kiss of Death"–now with a Western setting–is about Felix Griffin's (Robert Evans) psychopathic deeds. Following his release from prison, Griffin sets out to murder friends of his ex-cell mate.
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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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Harlow 1965 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Carroll Baker, Martin Balsam, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Raf Vallone, Leslie Nielsen, Mary Murphy, Peter Leeds
Movie star Jean Harlow's life is recreated in this screen version with Carroll Baker in the title role. It came out at the same time as a competing biography of Harlow starring Carol Lynley. This one is a little better, though both take many liberties with the true account of her life.
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In Like Flint 1967 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale, Andrew Duggan, Anna Lee, Hanna Landy, Totty Ames, Steve Ihnat, Herb Edelman, Yvonne Craig
In this poor sequel to "Our Man Flint," our hero (Coburn) is coaxed out of retirement as a secret agent to deal with a secret society of women who are out to take over the world.
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 The Iron Mistress 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk, Don Beddoe, Alf Kjellin, Anthony Caruso, Douglas Dick, Robert Emhardt, Jay Novello
Set in New Orleans in the decade before the battle of the Alamo, this film relates adventures of Jim Bowie, the fighting frontiersman.
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 1950 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Paxton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond, Luther Adler, Barton MacLane, William Frawley, Steve Brodie, Rhys Williams, Kenneth Tobey
Shades of the B movie days, this fast-paced gangster film highlights Cagney as the ruthless gangster Ralph Cotter. Cotter and his cronies break out of jail and return to their life of crime.
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Lady in Cement 1968 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan, Richard Deacon, Pat Henry, Steve Peck, Virginia Wood, Frank Raiter, Peter Hock, Alex Stevens, Christine Todd, Mac Robbins
Miami-based private investigator Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) is scuba diving when he discovers the corpse of a woman whose feet are encased in cement. Waldo Gronsky (Dan Blocker) hires Tony to learn if the corpse is that of his missing girlfriend. After Tony interviews Kit Forrest (Raquel Welch), her neighbor Al Munger (Martin Gabel) warns Tony to stay away from her. The plot thickens when Tony learns that Al was once a rackets boss and that Al's son Paul (Steve Peck) and Gronsky are stealing from Al. Fearing that Kit may be in trouble, Tony arrives at her home in time to catch the villain and then heads off on a scuba diving trip with Kit.
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Mara Maru 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr, Richard Webb, Nestor Paiva, Paul Picerni, Dan Seymour, Georges Renavent, Michael Ross, Don C. Harvey
Salvage divers (Errol Flynn and Raymond Burr) vie for sunken treasure off the Philippines.
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The McConnell Story 1955  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen, Robert Ellis, Willis Bouchey, Sarah Selby, Gregory Walcott, Frank Ferguson, Perry Lopez
This is a fictionalized biography of Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., a jet pilot who returned from the Korean War as a hero but lost his life while performing as a test pilot.
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Nevada Smith 1975 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Lorne Greene, Cliff Potts, Adam West, Warren Vanders, Jorge Luke, Jerry Gatlin, Erik Cord, John McKee, Roger Cudney, Alan George, Lorraine Chanel
Explosives must be transported across the Utah territory, and Jonas Cord (Lorne Greene) is called upon for the mission. He joins forces with his former student Indian half-breed Nevada Smith (Cliff Potts) who is now an accomplished gunslinger. They had not seen each other for years, but, together, they set out to get the job done.
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Only the Valiant 1951 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr., Neville Brand, Jeff Corey, Steve Brodie, Michael Ansara, Warner Anderson, Dan Riss, Terry Kilburn, Herbert Heyes, Art Baker, Hugh Sanders
Captain Richard Lance (Gregory Peck) is an officer who has chosen rebellious troops to guard an outpost against Apache attack, and now their lives hang in the balance while they wait for reinforcements to arrive. Will his decision prove his undoing?
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Robin and the Seven Hoods 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Falk, Bing Crosby, Barbara Rush, Victor Buono, Allen Jenkins, Edward G. Robinson, Hans Conried, Hank Henry, Robert Foulk, Jack La Rue, Sig Ruman, Richard Bakalyan
Robbo (Frank Sinatra), who leads Chicago gangsters during Prohibition, is given $50,000 by Marian (Barbara Rush) to hunt down the man who killed her gangster father Big Jim (Edward G. Robinson). Robbo gives the money to his henchman Will (Sammy Davis Jr.) who, in turn, gives the money to Allen A. Dale (Bing Crosby) who runs the Blessed Shelter Orphans Home. Dale informs the press about the gift, and Robbo becomes a celebrity, known as Chicago's Robin Hood. Now, Robbo and his gang open up their own mission and, of course, use it as a cover for back-room gambling. "My Kind of Town" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready, Alan Hale, Matthew Boulton, Billy Bevan, Paul Cavanagh, John Dehner, Billy House, Lowell Gilmore
Robin, Earl of Huntington (John Derek) is Robin Hood's son, and, like his father, he fights for the rights of commoners. In this story, Robin helps force the signing of the Magna Carta.
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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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Saps at Sea 1940 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, James Finlayson, Ben Turpin, Richard Cramer, Eddie Conrad, Harry Hayden, Mary Gordon, Sam Lufkin, Charlie Hall
Worn out from work, Ollie gets Stan to take a boat trip with him, and, from that point on, the fun really begins as their mishaps include a run-in with an escaped convict.
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 Stagecoach 1966 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Ann - Margret, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Alex Cord, Bing Crosby, Robert Cummings, Van Heflin, Slim Pickens, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn, Brad Weston, Joseph Hoover, John Gabriel
Buck (Slim Pickens) is driving a stagecoach, and the riders include drunken Dr. Josiah Boone (Bing Crosby), prostitute Dallas (Ann-Margret), embezzling bank clerk Mr. Gatewood (Robert Cummings), policeman Curly (Van Heflin), pregnant Army wife Lucy (Stefanie Powers), and liquor salesman Mr. Peacock (Red Buttons). Later, outlaw Ringo (Alex Cord) boards the coach. They are attacked by Indians, and when they arrive in Cheyenne they must deal with outlaws led by Luke Plummer (Keenan Wynn). In the midst of these dangers, the passengers realize that they must work as a group if any of them is to survive.
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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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They Call Me Mister Tibbs 1970 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Martin Landau, David Sheiner, Anthony Zerbe, Jeff Corey, Edward Asner, Norma Crane, Juano Hernandez, Beverly Todd
Police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is once again out on the street solving crimes, but his real personality comes through in his father/son relationship. Follows "In the Heat of the Night" and is followed by "The Organization."
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Tony Rome 1967 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland, Jeffrey Lynn, Lloyd Bochner, Robert J. Wilke, Sue Lyon, Joan Shawlee
Millionaire Rudolph Kosterman (Simon Oakland) hires private detective Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) to uncover the facts behind his daughter's (Jill St. John) slide from respectability to being found drunk in a sleazy hotel room. Followed by "Lady in Cement."
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Up Periscope 1959 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter, Frank Gifford, William Leslie, Richard Bakalyan, Edd Byrnes, Sean Garrison
Navy frogman Lt. Ken Braden (James Garner) is on a mission to sneak onto a little Japanese-held island and steal a secret code book. But to get there he must travel on a submarine commanded by a captain (Edmond O'Brien) that he just can't seem to get along with. Average World War II fare.
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Viva Knievel! 1977  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Evel Knievel, Gene Kelly, Marjoe Gortner, Lauren Hutton, Leslie Nielsen, Red Buttons, Cameron Mitchell, Frank Gifford, Dabney Coleman, Albert Salmi
A motorcycle daredevil (Evel Knievel) tries to stop an illegal drug plot in this poor attempt to make the stunt driver into a movie star.
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Walk a Crooked Mile 1948 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Carl Esmond, Onslow Stevens, Raymond Burr, Philip Van Zandt, Art Baker, Lowell Gilmore, Charles Evans
Scotland Yard joins the FBI and cracks a spy case in which US nuclear secrets are being given to the Russians.
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Way...Way Out 1966 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver, Howard Morris, Brian Keith, Dick Shawn, Anita Ekberg, James Brolin
Astronauts Peter Mattemore (Jerry Lewis) and Eileen Forbes (Connie Stevens) marry so that they qualify as a team assigned to duty on the Moon. The film stinks. 2 User Reviews
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| | It's all good! | Anonymous 02/22/2007 | | Jerry Lewis is always a pleasure to watch, and the supporting cast is groovy! |
| | Anonymous 02/09/2007 | | Why is it not out on DVD? |
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 Young at Heart 1954 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Gig Young, Ethel Barrymore, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Alan Hale Jr., Frank Ferguson, Elisabeth Fraser, Lonny Chapman
Laurie Tuttle (Doris Day) finds love and romance when Barney Sloan (Frank Sinatra) comes to her small town to help in writing a musical.
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Zenobia 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Billie Burke, Stepin Fetchit, Harry Langdon, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Hattie McDaniel, June Lang, Olin Howland, J. Farrell MacDonald
Oliver Hardy–without Stan Laurel–stars in this film about a doctor who treats an ailing elephant. Following its recovery, the elephant will not forget the man who saved him, and the poor doctor finds that the elephant has become his shadow.
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| 1. The Big Land (1957)
2. Bombers B-52 (1957)
3. Broadway Limited (1941)
4. Call Me Bwana (1963)
5. Chuka (1967)
6. Come Fill the Cup (1951)
7. The Detective (1968)
8. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
9. The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
10. The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
11. Follow That Dream (1962)
12. Girl Rush (1944)
13. Harlow (1965)
14. In Like Flint (1967)
15. The Iron Mistress (1952)
16. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
17. Lady in Cement (1968)
18. Mara Maru (1952)
19. The McConnell Story (1955)
20. Nevada Smith (1975)
21. Only the Valiant (1951)
22. Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
23. Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
24. Santiago (1956)
25. Saps at Sea (1940)
26. Stagecoach (1966)
27. Them! (1954)
28. They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970)
29. Tony Rome (1967)
30. Up Periscope (1959)
31. Viva Knievel! (1977)
32. Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
33. Way...Way Out (1966)
34. Young at Heart (1954)
35. Zenobia (1939)
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