The Cimarron Kid 1952  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Audie Murphy, Yvette Dugay, Beverly Tyler, John Hudson, James Best, Leif Erickson, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh O'Brian, John Hubbard, Gregg Palmer, Rand Brooks, William Reynolds, Roy Roberts, David Wolfe, John Bromfield
After being falsely accused of a train robbery, the Cimarron Kid (Audie Murphy) heads for the hills where he joins up with the outlaw Dalton gang, and they all take refuge on a ranch. The Cimarron Kid falls in love with the rancher's daughter, Carrie (Beverly Tyler), who reforms him, but he still agrees to one last robbery. The robbery goes bad, and the Cimarron Kid is sent to jail. But, Carrie promises to wait for his return.
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Firecreek 1968  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gary Lockwood, Inger Stevens, Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam, James Best, John Qualen
This Western involves a farmer (James Stewart) given the honorary title of sheriff. Events shortly go awry when Larkin (Henry Fonda) leads a gang of outlaws into town–goal: take over the town.
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First to Fight 1967 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Nyby
Cast: Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, Dean Jagger, Bobby Troup, Gene Hackman, Claude Akins, James Best, Norman Alden, Bobs Watson, Ken Swofford
This is an insightful psychological story about a Congressional Medal of Honor winner (Chad Everett) cracking up when he returns to fight in the Pacific.
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 Forbidden Planet 1956   N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, James Drury, George Wallace, Robert Dix, Jimmy Thompson, Harry Harvey Jr., Roger McGee, Peter Miller, James Best
This is probably the best science fiction movie of the 1950s. It is the year 2200, and spaceship Altair-4–commanded by John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen)–has landed on a faraway planet. There he is greeted by Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter (Anne Francis) who are the sole survivors of a colony of settlers. All is not as it should be, and the doctor does not intend to share the secrets of the planet.
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Gaby 1956 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke, Taina Elg, Margalo Gillmore, Scott Marlowe, Ian Wolfe, James Best, Ruta Lee, Joe Di Reda, Joseph Corey, Lisa Montell, Narda Onyx, Gloria Wood, Queenie Leonard
This remake of "Waterloo Bridge" stars Leslie Caron as ballerina Gaby, and John Kerr stars as the soldier Greg who fall in love amidst bombings of London during World War II. Before they can marry, Greg must leave for the V-Day invasion. When Gaby hears that Greg is missing in action and is presumed dead, her life changes, and she becomes a "loose woman." Greg shows up alive, and now Gaby will not marry him because she cannot tell him about her sexual encounters experienced when he was away. But, Gaby finally confesses, and Greg forgives her.
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Hooper 1978  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, John Marley, James Best, Adam West, Robert Klein, George Furth, Don "Red" Barry
This film provides a look at what goes on behind the scenes of moviemaking. The story is about a stunt man (Burt Reynolds) who is not ready to give up his spot for a young up-and-comer.
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Hot Tamale 2006  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Damian
Cast: Randy Spelling, Diora Baird, Carmen Electra, Jason Priestley, Mike Starr, Matt Cedeno, James Best, Beth Grant, Sean Blakemore, Richard Riehle, Harland Williams, Jon Huertas, Robert Harvey
While traveling from his home in Wyoming searching for a new life as a musician in Los Angeles, Harlan Woodriff (Randy Spelling) meets con man Jude (Jason Priestley) who slips stolen jewels into Harlan's car. From that point on, Harlan is chased by thieves who want the jewels–but he does manage to shine at his music audition.
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Kansas Raiders 1950  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Tony Curtis, Richard Arlen, Richard Long, Dewey Martin, Richard Egan, James Best
Jessie James (Audie Murphy) and his gang team up with Rebel forces to fight the Yankees during the Civil War.
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 The Killer Shrews 1959 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ray Kellogg
Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Baruch Lumet, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon, Judge Henry Dupree, Alfredo DeSoto
On a remote island, a mad scientist (Gordon McLendon) creates a potion that turns tiny shrews into bigger, hungry creatures. They get loose during a hurricane and, after devouring the animal inhabitants of the island, go after humans. Cheap budget, and it shows–ridiculous but somewhat fun.
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The Left-Handed Gun 1958 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield, James Congdon, James Best, John Dierkes, Denver Pyle, Paul Smith, Nestor Paiva
This psychological Western explores the motives of Billy The Kid (Paul Newman) from his days in the Lincoln County cattle wars through the events that ended in his killing by Pat Garrett (John Dehner).
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Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair 1952 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, James Best, Lori Nelson, Esther Dale, Russell Simpson, Emory Parnell, Oliver Blake, Edmund Cobb, Rex Lease
Hoping to get money for daughter Rosie's (Lori Nelson) college education, Ma heads to the fair with her preserves, but Pa comes up the real winner with a racehorse that provides the needed funds.
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Moondance Alexander 2007 G, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Michael Damian
Cast: Kay Panabaker, Don Johnson, Lori Loughlin, James Best, Sasha Cohen, Whitney Sloan, Joe Norman Shaw, Mimi Gianopulos, Aedan Tomney, Landon Liboiron, Greg Lawson, Julia Maxwell, Tom Carey
Teenager Moondance Alexander (Kay Panabaker) has been the victim of teasing by her classmates and is looking forward to summer vacation–despite problems with her eccentric mother (Lori Loughlin). Moondance takes a job delivering horse supplies for Mr. McClancy (James Best) when she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers. When she returns the pony to its owner, the gruff Dante Longpre (Don Johnson), Moondance talks him into training her and Checkers for the Bow Valley Classic. It takes work, but they learn that working together really pays off.
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The Mountain Road 1960  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Lisa Lu, Glenn Corbett, Harry Morgan, Alan Baxter, Frank Silvera, James Best, Rudy Bond, Mike Kellin, Eddie Firestone
United States fighter pilots, stationed in China during World War II, try to fend off the advancing Japanese army. 1 User Review
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| | American retreating through the mountain roads in China | Greg 05/03/2009 | | The might of the American soldiers was bruised by the advancing Japanese in China. The adventure through the mountain roads with the Chinese encounter reveals the courage, anger, hardship, and love. |
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Nickelodeon 1976 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, John Ritter, Harry Carey Jr., James Best, George Gaynes, M. Emmet Walsh, Jane Hitchcock, Jack Perkins, Brion James, Sidney Armus, Joe Warfield
The story begins in 1910 when Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) is invited to be a Hollywood screen writer. His career spirals, he becomes a director, and he falls for leading lady Kathleen Cooke (Jane Hitchcock). But, Kathleen decides to marry Harrigan's leading man, cowboy actor Buck Greenway (Burt Reynolds). Harrigan and Greenway go their separate ways but are reunited by story's end.
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Ode to Billy Joe 1976 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Baer Jr.
Cast: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak, James Best, Terence Goodman, Becky Bowen, William Hallberg, Simpson Hemphill, Ed Shelnut, Eddie Talr, Frannye Capelle, Ann Martin, Rebecca Jerrigan, Will Long
The tale told in Bobby Gentry's 1967 ballad about a pair of ill-fated lovers is brought to the screen with Robby Benson in the role of 18-year-old Billy Joe McAlister and Glynnis O'Connor as 15-year-old Bobbie Lee Hartley. Bobbie's parents (Sandy McPeak and Joan Hotchkis) tell her that she must wait until she is 16 years old to date, but she is in love with Billy Joe. Their romance is destroyed when Billy Joe tells Bobbie that he has had sexual relations with a man, and Billy Joe throws himself off the Tallahachee Bridge. 1 User Review
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| | Awsome!!!! | Deanna 01/30/2007 | | OMG THIS MOVIE WAS SO GOOD THAT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT!! AND I THINK THAT ROBBY BENSON WAS SO CUTE AT THAT TIME!!! BUT IT ALSO SO SAD THAT HE HAD TO DIE I CRIED SO MUCH THAT I HAD BIG RED PATCHES UNDER MY EYES!!!! AND I DIDNT REALLY GET WHY HE JUMPED OFF OF THE BRIDGE AND NOW I KNOW WHY AND IT WAS SO SAD I WHOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE GUY THAT OWNED THE LOMBER THING AND I DIDNT THINK THAT HE SHOULD HAVE NOT HAVE GOTTEN DRUNK CAUSE THEN HE DIDNT HAVE TO HAVE IT WITH THAT MAN AND HIM AND GLYNNIS O CONNER WOULD HAVE REALLY HIT IT OFF!!!!!!! IF PEOPLE HAVENT WATCHED THIS MOVIE YET YOU WLL HAVE PLENTY OF LAUGHS AND CRING MOMENTS!!!!! AND THIS MOVIE IS SO SO SO SO SO SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Rolling Thunder 1977 R, 99 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Flynn
Cast: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, Lisa Blake Richards, Dabney Coleman, Luke Askew, James Best, Lawrason Driscoll, James Victor, Cassie Yates
Returning Vietnam POW Major Charles Rayne (William Devane) endures even more violence in America when his wife and son are murdered. He vows to get revenge.
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Run, Simon, Run 1970 PG, 74 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Savage Run
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Inger Stevens, Royal Dano, James Best, Rodolfo Acosta, Don Dubbins, Ken Lynch, Joyce Jameson, Barney Phillips, Eddie Little Sky
Returning to his Papago Indian tribe after a long prison term for a crime he didn't commit (killing his brother), Simon (Burt Reynolds) sets out to find the real killer. Made for TV.
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Seminole 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn, Richard Carlson, Hugh O'Brian, Russell Johnson, Lee Marvin, James Best, Ralph Moody, Fay Roope
This film concerns the Seminole Indians' efforts to become civilized by white-men's standards in order to keep their land from greedy settlers who failed to see the Indians' side of the issue.
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Shock Corridor 1963 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes, Larry Tucker, Bill Zuckert, Philip Ahn, Chuck Roberson, Paul Dubov
Reporter Johhy Barrett (Peter Breck) wants to win a Pulitzer prize, and he thinks he has the subject: a murder in an asylum and only three witnesses, none of whom will talk. The solution is to get himself admitted, but there will be a price to pay if he gets the job done. A typical Fuller effort–even more intense than usual.
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Sounder 1972  G, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Carmen Mathews, James Best, Janet MacLachlan, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell, Teddy Airhart, Richard Durham, Myrl Sharkey, Inez Dunham, William T. Bennett
Set during 1933 in Louisiana, this is an uplifting story about a Black sharecropper, Nathan Morgan (Paul Winfield), who is sent to jail on a false charge. His wife, Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), manages to keep the family together until Nathan's return. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Winfield) and Actress (Tyson).
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Three on a Couch 1966 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Mary Ann Mobley, Gila Golan, Leslie Parrish, James Best, Kathleen Freeman, Fritz Feld, Scatman Crothers, Renzo Cesana
Christopher Pride (Jerry Lewis) wants his fiancee, Dr. Elizabeth Acord (Janet Leigh), to join him on a trip to Paris; he steps in to solve her patients' problems, which will then clear up her time so she can spend time with him.
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| 1. The Cimarron Kid (1952)
2. Firecreek (1968)
3. First to Fight (1967)
4. Forbidden Planet (1956)
5. Gaby (1956)
6. Hooper (1978)
7. Hot Summer Night (1957)
8. Hot Tamale (2006)
9. Kansas Raiders (1950)
10. The Killer Shrews (1959)
11. The Left-Handed Gun (1958)
12. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
13. Moondance Alexander (2007)
14. The Mountain Road (1960)
15. Nickelodeon (1976)
16. Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
17. Rolling Thunder (1977)
18. Run, Simon, Run (1970)
aka: Savage Run
19. The Runaway Barge (1975)
20. Seminole (1953)
21. Shock Corridor (1963)
22. Sounder (1972)
23. Three on a Couch (1966)
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