Born Losers 1967  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Laughlin
Cast: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr., Robert Tessier, Jane Russell, Jack Starrett, Paul Bruce, Robert Cleaves, Paul Prokop, Jeff Cooper, Stuart Lancaster, Anne Bellamy, Susan Foster, Janice Miller
Half White-half Native American Indian Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is a Vietnam veteran trained in martial arts who rescues young Vicki (Elizabeth James) from a terrifying ordeal with a gang of bikers. But, Billy Jack's actions cause the gang to retaliate against him, and the racist Southern California police cause Billy Jack many problems. Meanwhile, the bikers will stop at nothing to keep Vicki from testifying against them.
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Double Dynamite 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Don McGuire, Howard Freeman, Harry Hayden, Nestor Paiva, Lou Nova, Joe Devlin, Frank Orth, William Edmunds, Russell Thorson, Charles Coleman, Ida Moore, Hal K. Dawson
Bank tellers Johnny Dalton (Frank Sinatra) and "Mibs" Goodhug (Jane Russell) want to get married but just don't have enough money. Their friend Emil J. Keck (Groucho Marx) jokingly suggests that they rob the bank to get the needed funds, but Johnny remains on the side of honesty. Then, Johnny wins $60,000 at the race track, but before he and Mibs can spend the money on their marriage, word leaks out that Johnny is the chief suspect in a $70,000 embezzlement at their bank. By story's end, it is learned that Mib's adding machine has a mechanical problem, no money is missing from the bank, and, maybe just maybe, Johnny and Mibs can live happily ever after.
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Fate Is the Hunter 1964  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Glenn Ford, Nancy Kwan, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jane Russell, Wally Cox, Nehemiah Persoff, Mark Stevens, Max Showalter, Howard St. John
An airplane crashes and, in the course of the ensuing FBI investigation, the fatal flight is reenacted to discover the cause.
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The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown 1957  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker, Fred Clark, Adolphe Menjou, Una Merkel, Benay Venuta, Robert Harris, Milton Frome, Dick Haynes
After kidnapping movie star Laurel Stevens (Jane Russell), criminals Dandy (Keenan Wynn) and Mike Valla (Ralph Meeker) are frustrated when their ransom note is taken for a publicity stunt.
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 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Noonan, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Harry Carey Jr., Norma Varden
Marilyn Monroe's and Jane Russell's rendition of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" highlight this musical comedy about Lorelei Lee's trip to Paris to meet her future rich husband.
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His Kind of Woman 1951 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Raymond Burr, Charles McGraw, Marjorie Reynolds, Jim Backus, Leslye Banning, Philip Van Zandt
A professional gambler, Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum), heads to South America on orders to sit and wait. He soon finds out he is being set up as a foil for racketeer Nick Ferraro (Raymond Burr).
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Hot Blood 1956 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Luther Adler, Joseph Calleia, Mikhail Rasumny, Nina Koshetz, Helen Westcott, James H. Russell, Wally Russell, Nick Dennis, Richard Deacon, Robert Foulk, John Raven, Peter Brocco, Ross Bagdasarian
In this story, set in a gypsy community in Los Angeles, aspiring dancer Stephen Torino (Cornel Wilde) enters into an arranged marriage with Annie (Jane Russell). At first, Stephen shows little interest in Annie, but when he gets to know her, he changes his attitude, and romance is on his mind.
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Macao 1952 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame, Brad Dexter, Philip Ahn, Edward Ashley, Vladimir Sokoloff, Emory Parnell
Julie Benson (Jane Russell) falls in love with Nick Cochran (Robert Mitchum) and gets more than she bargains for in this tale of romance and murder set in the Orient.
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 The Outlaw 1943 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Hughes
Cast: Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, Mimi Aguglia, Joe Sawyer, Ben Johnson, Emory Parnell, Harry Strang, Martin Garralaga, Gene Rizzi, Dickie Jones, Ted Mapes, William Newell, Edward Peil Sr.
Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel) has stolen Doc Holliday's (Walter Huston) horse, and Sheriff Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) wants to put him behind bars. Meanwhile, Doc becomes a friend of Billy and brings him to his ranch to escape arrest. At the ranch, Billy meets Doc's mistress Rio (Jane Russell), and romance blooms. Gunfights ensue as Doc helps Billy evade the law, and they ride through the desert with Garrett and his posse in pursuit.
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The Paleface 1948 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Charles Trowbridge, Jeff York, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian, Bobby Watson, Jackie Searl, Joseph Vitale, Clem Bevans, Stanley Andrews, Wade Crosby, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody, John Maxwell
The song "Buttons and Bows" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this very entertaining comedy about the romance and marriage of Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) and frontier dentist "Painless" Peter Potter (Bob Hope) who she meets while investigating the selling of rifles to Indians.
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, Jorja Curtright, Michael Pate, Alan Reed, Eddie Firestone, Jean Willes, Margia Dean
Jane Russell stars in the title role of a saloon singer during World War II who ends up in Hawaii where she learns that there must be a better life–it is back home in Mississippi, and Mamie bids aloha to the islands.
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 The Road to Bali 1952 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Murvyn Vye, Peter Coe, Ralph Moody, Carolyn Jones, Michael Ansara, Harry Cording, Bhogwan Singh, Leon Askin, Al Kikume, Jane Russell, Jan Kayne, Leslie Charles
Harold (Bob Hope) and George (Bing Crosby) try to retrieve a treasure for its rightful owner, Princess Lalah (Dorothy Lamour). They encounter cannibals and wild animals during their search. This film has many cameo performances, and it marks the film debut of Carolyn Jones.
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Son of Paleface 1952  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western / Action / Romance
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, Douglass Dumbrille, Bill Williams, Harry von Zell, Iron Eyes Cody, Cecil B. DeMille, Bing Crosby, Lloyd Corrigan, Paul E. Burns, William "Wee Willie" Davis, Charles Cooley
This sequel to "Paleface" adds Roy Rogers to the cast and is even funnier than the original. Bob Hope plays Peter "Junior" Potter who is the son of his original character. He heads West to claim his inheritance, but it appears that all he has been left with are debts. When he tells the creditors that his father's gold is hidden, he gains the attention of saloon owner Mike (Jane Russell) and federal agent Roy Barton (Roy Rogers) who is on Mike's trail believing that she is the leader of a gang of bandits. A highlight: Bob Hope and Trigger share the same bed!
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The Tall Men 1955 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell, Juan Garcia, Harry Shannon, Emile Meyer, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Steve Darrell
Two brothers, Ben (Clark Gable) and Clint (Cameron Mitchell), are hired for a cattle drive to deliver cattle baron Nathan Stark's (Robert Ryan) herd from Texas to Montana. Along the way, they encounter adventure and romance.
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| 1. Born Losers (1967)
2. Double Dynamite (1951)
3. Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
4. The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
5. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
6. His Kind of Woman (1951)
7. Hot Blood (1956)
8. Johnny Reno (1966)
9. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
10. Macao (1952)
11. The Outlaw (1943)
12. The Paleface (1948)
13. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
14. The Road to Bali (1952)
15. Son of Paleface (1952)
16. The Tall Men (1955)
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