Batman and Robin 1949  N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane(2) Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey, William Fawcett, Leonard Penn, Rick Vallin, Michael Whalen, Greg McClure, House Peters Jr., John Doucette, Wally West, Frank Ellis
In this 15-episode serial, Batman and Robin (Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan) must outwit the black-hooded "Wizard" who sets out to use his stolen remote-controlled device to no good. They must also periodically rescue photographer Vicki Vale (Jane Adams) from assorted perils.
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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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The Breaking Point 1950  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Sherry Jackson, Ralph Dumke, William Campbell, John Doucette, Edmon Ryan
This remake of Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" stars John Garfield in the role of Harry Morgan–the captain of a boat who, needing money, contracts to smuggle illegal aliens into California.
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 Broken Arrow 1950 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Delmer Davis
Cast: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Will Geer, Jay Silverheels, Basil Ruysdael, Joyce Mackenzie, Arthur Hunnicutt, Iron Eyes Cody, Jack Lee, Trevor Bardette, Heinie Conklin, Argentina Brunetti, John Doucette, John Marston
Army scout Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) and Apache chief Cochise (Jeff Chandler) become friends in an effort to establish peace between the homesteaders and the Indians. Chandler won an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Cochise. This film is one of the early movies that sympathizes with the Native American cause.
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The Crooked Way 1949 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charles Evans, Greta Grandstedt, Harry Bronson, Raymond Largay, Hal Baylor, Don Haggerty
While Eddie Rice (John Payne) is recuperating from shell shock–but is still suffering amnesia–following his service in World War II, his criminal past begins to catch up with him.
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Fighting Mad 1976 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Peter Fonda, Lynn Lowry, John Doucette, Philip Carey, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Miller, Harry Northrup, Ted Markland, Noble Willingham
When a land baron schemes to get their land, the Hunter family is threatened. Tom Hunter (Peter Fonda) takes on the evil land baron to protect his family.
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Fixed Bayonets! 1951 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Hylton, Craig Hill, Skip Homeier, Henry Kulky, Richard Monahan, Paul Richards, Tony Kent, Neyle Morrow, John Doucette, James Dean
Corporal Denno (Richard Basehart) is a member of a group of U.S. Army soldiers fighting in the Korean War. Denno, who cannot imagine killing another human being, ends up in command of his platoon. When the situation reaches a crisis point, Denno is finally able to shake off his fear and manages to save his soldiers.
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Gang War 1958 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Charles Bronson, Kent Taylor, Jennifer Holden, John Doucette, Gloria Henry, Barney Phillips, George Eldredge, Whit Bissell, Ralph Manza, Billy Snyder
When teacher Alan Avery (Charles Bronson) takes on a teenage gang, his court testimony results in the murder of his wife, Edie (Gloria Henry), and a wave of gang violence.
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Goldtown Ghost Riders 1953 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Steve Conte, Gail Davis, John Doucette, Denver Pyle, Kirk Riley, Carleton Young, John Doucette, Denver Pyle
Gene Autry is a singing judge who hears the case of a man who claims to have already served a prison term for a murder he is now accused of.
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The Hunters 1958 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dick Powell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Lee Philips, John Gabriel, Stacy Harris, Victor Sen Yung, John Doucette, Ralph Manza, Jay Jostyn, Vinnie De Carlo, Robert Reed, Nina Shipman, Larry Thor
A Korean War jet pilot falls in love with the wife of a cohort who crashed behind enemy lines. Now, his mission is to rescue the downed pilot.
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Journey to Shiloh 1968 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Hale
Cast: James Caan, Brenda Scott, Paul Petersen, Michael Sarrazin, Don Stroud, Harrison Ford, Noah Beery Jr., Michael Burns, John Doucette, Jan-Michael Vincent
Six young Texans, anxious for battle, head east to fight for the Confederate cause in the Civil War.
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The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, Roger Moore, George Dolenz, Celia Lovsky, Peter Leeds, Sandy Descher, John Doucette, Odette Myrtil, Ann Codee, Jean Del Val
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, II wrote the title song for this film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited." Successful writer Charles (Van Johnson) returns to Paris and remembers the last time he was there. Through flashbacks, the story takes place in post-World-War-II Paris where struggling writer Charles meets and falls in love with American ex-patriot Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor). They marry, and Charles loves Helen's free-spirited lifestyle. After Charles strikes it rich and lives off the revenue from a Texas oil well, he loses his desire to write, and his drinking leads to devastating results in his personal life.
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The Maverick Queen 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Mary Murphy, Wallace Ford, Howard Petrie, Jim Davis, Emile Meyer, Walter Sande, John Doucette
A hotel owner, Kit Banion (Barbara Stanwyck), deals with outlaws but changes her ways when she is influenced by Jeff (Barry Sullivan), a Pinkerton agent who is on an undercover investigation.
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Nevada Smith 1966 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Martin Landau, Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva, Paul Fix, Val Avery, John Doucette, Gene Evans, Josephine Hutchinson
After the senseless, brutal murder of his parents, Indian half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) wants revenge. Gun merchant Jonas Cord (Brian Keith) teaches Max how to use weapons, and, as "Nevada Smith," he goes from town to town hunting down the killers. One of them, Bill Bowdre (Arthur Kennedy) is now in prison, and Nevada commits a crime to get himself into the same prison in order to kill him. Remade in 1975 for TV.
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One Little Indian 1973 G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Bernard McEveety
Cast: James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward, John Doucette, Clay O'Brien, Robert Pine, Ken Swofford, Jay Silverheels, Jodie Foster
This Disney comedy involves a cavalryman going AWOL after being sentenced to hang for disobeying orders–he saved Indian women and children during a raid. He takes off across the desert on a camel, meets and teams up with a boy who has lost his tribe and is trying to find them, and ends up at a ranch run by a widow and her daughter.
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Outpost in Morocco 1949  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff, John Litel, Erno Verebes, Eduard Franz, Crane Whitley, Damian O'Flynn, Michael Ansara, John Doucette
Battle scenes are the highlight in this otherwise weak film. French Legionnaire Capt. Paul Gerard (George Raft) is sent to Morocco to put down a native rebellion and protect the garrison, but he falls in love with the rebel leader's daughter.
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Paradise, Hawaiian Style 1966 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Michael D. Moore
Cast: Elvis Presley, Suzanna Leigh, James Shigeta, Donna Butterworth, Philip Ahn, Marianna Hill, Irene Tsu, John Doucette, Grady Sutton, Mary Treen, Julie Parrish, Jan Shepard, Doris Packer, Don Collier, Linda Wong
After being blacklisted by major airlines for his romantic trysts with female staff members, pilot Rick Richards (Elvis Presley) and his friend Danny Kohana (James Shigeta) start up a helicopter charter service in Hawaii. Rick's plan is to find romance with different girls as he travels from island to island. Judy Hudson (Suzanna Leigh) serves as their secretary, and she is just one of the women Rick romances. Will Rick ever learn that mixing his ideas of romance with flying is not a good idea?
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 Patton 1970  PG, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong, Michael Bates, Frank Latimore, Ed Binns, Lawrence Dobkin, John Doucette, Bill Hickman, Carey Loftin, Albert Dumortier, Morgan Paull, Karl Michael Vogler, Tim Considine
This is the story of Gen. George S. Patton (George C. Scott) as he assumes command of the American forces during World War II and engages in battle against Germany's Field Marshal Rommel (Karl Michael Vogler). After slapping an American soldier (Tim Considine), Patton loses his command but leads the U.S. 3rd Army through Europe and defeats Hitler's counteroffensive in the Battle of the Bulge. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, and Actor (George C. Scott declined to accept).
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The San Francisco Story 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Blackmer, Richard Erdman, Florence Bates, Onslow Stevens, John Raven, O.Z. Whitehead, Ralph Dumke, Lane Chandler, Robert Foulk, Trevor Bardette, John Doucette, Peter Virgo, Frank Hagney
San Francisco, during California's Gold Rush, is the setting for this story about a wealthy miner, Rick Nelson (Joel McCrea), and newspaper editor Jim Martin (Onslow Stevens) who try to oust crooked politician Andrew Cain (Sidney Blackmer) from control of the city. In the process, Nelson flirts with Martin's girlfriend Adelaide (Yvonne De Carlo) who falls in love with him, which seems to make him more determined to establish law and order.
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Seven Cities of Gold 1955 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter, Rita Moreno, Eduardo Noriega, Leslie Bradley, John Doucette, Jack Mower, Kathleen Crowley
Set in the 18th century, this is the story of the Spanish expedition with Father Junipero Serra (Michael Rennie) who searched for "cities of gold" and converted natives to Christianity in old California.
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The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr., Martha Hyer, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, George Kennedy, James Gregory, Paul Fix, Jeremy Slate, John Litel, John Doucette, James Westerfield, Rhys Williams
Ranch owner Katie's sons John, Tom, Matt, and Bud (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and Michael Anderson Jr.) come home for her funeral and stay long enough to fight for their land and their lives.
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Strangers on a Train 1951 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Patricia Hitchcock, Leo G. Carroll, Laura Elliot, Jonathan Hale, Howard St. John, Norma Varden, Robert Gist, Marion Lorne, John Brown, John Doucette, Dick Wessel
In this thriller, Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) is the psychopathic stranger on a train who has a conversation with Guy Haines (Farley Granger) about exchanging murders. Later, Guy learns that Bruno has carried out the murder of Guy's wife, and now Guy is expected to perform his part of the bargain. Tense all the way; an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece.
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The Texas Rangers 1951 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland, Noah Beery Jr., John Litel, John Dehner, Ian MacDonald, William Bishop, John Doucette, Jock Mahoney, Douglas Kennedy, George Chesebro, Kenne Duncan, Myron Healey, Dick Wessel
The year is 1872, and Johnny Carver (George Montgomery) is serving a life sentence in prison when he is offered a deal. If he will track down Sam Bass (William Bishop) and his notorious outlaw gang, Carver will be given his freedom. Carver agrees to the deal but is more interested in seeking vengeance against The Sundance Kid (Ian MacDonald) who was responsible for sending him to prison. Problems lie ahead, but Carver finally decides to go along with the deal and tracks down Bishop.
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The Treasure of Lost Canyon 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Cast: William Powell, Julie Adams, Rosemary DeCamp, Tommy Ivo, Henry Hull, Charles Drake, Chubby Johnson, John Doucette, Marvin Press, Frank Wilcox, Griff Barnett, Jack Perrin
Eccentric Doc Brown (William Powell) rescues orphan David (Tommy Ivo) from a medicine show where he has been exploited. They become good friends, but surprises lie ahead when David finds a treasure chest and hides it.
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 True Grit 1969  G, 128 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Glen Campbell, Strother Martin, Jeremy Slate, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey, Donald Woods, Alfred Ryder, Ron Soble, John Fiedler, James Westerfield, John Doucette, Edith Atwater
This movie is the vehicle for John Wayne's Academy Award for Best Actor. Wayne plays the role of a rough old guy "Rooster" Cogburn who helps Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) find her father's killer Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) deep in Indian territory. They are joined in their search by Texas Ranger La Boeuf (Glen Campbell) who is also on the trail of Chaney.
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| 1. Batman and Robin (1949)
2. Beachhead (1954)
3. Bombers B-52 (1957)
4. The Breaking Point (1950)
5. Broken Arrow (1950)
6. The Crooked Way (1949)
7. Fighting Mad (1976)
8. Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
9. Gang War (1958)
10. Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953)
11. The Hunters (1958)
12. Journey to Shiloh (1968)
13. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
14. The Maverick Queen (1956)
15. Nevada Smith (1966)
16. One Little Indian (1973)
17. Outpost in Morocco (1949)
18. Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
19. Patton (1970)
20. The San Francisco Story (1952)
21. Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
22. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
23. Strangers on a Train (1951)
24. The Texas Rangers (1951)
25. The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
26. True Grit (1969)
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