Battle Cry 1955  N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter, Dorothy Malone, Anne Francis, Fess Parker, William Campbell, John Lupton, L.Q. Jones, Perry Lopez, Jonas Applegarth
Based on Leon Uris' novel, this is the story of a U.S. Marine Corps unit serving in New Zealand during World War II and involves their training, romances, and battles. Major Huxley (Van Heflin) molds his young unit into fighting Marines. Meanwhile, Pvt. Andy Hookens (Aldo Ray) becomes involved with New Zealand widow Pat (Nancy Olson), Pvt. Danny Forrester (Tab Hunter) is enamored with both Kathy (Mona Freeman) and Elaine (Dorothy Malone), and Pvt. Marion Hotchkiss (John Lupton) takes up with Rae (Anne Francis). However, their lives change when they are assigned the dangerous mission of invading Red Beach. Casualties ensue, but those who do survive continue on with their lives.
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Escape from Fort Bravo 1953 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest, Richard Anderson, Polly Bergen, Carl Benton Reid, William Campbell, John Lupton, Howard McNear, Glenn Strange, Alex Montoya, Charles Stevens, William Newell, Harry Cheshire
During the Civil War, Confederate Captain John Marsh (John Forsythe) is being held prisoner at the prison camp where Southern belle Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) is brought in to distract Union Army Captain Roper (William Holden) and aid in a prison break. The ploy works, Roper falls in love with Carla, and she leaves with the escaping rebels including Marsh who has also fallen for Carla. But, Roper catches up with them and leads them back to Fort Bravo. It proves to be a difficult trek–especially when they meet up with a Mescalero Apache hunting party and must form an alliance to fend off the attack.
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 Glory 1956  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Butler
Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, John Lupton, Byron Palmer, Madge Blake, Hugh Sanders, Walter Baldwin, Leonid Kinskey
Clarabel Tilbee (Margaret O'Brien) is determined to enter her horse in the Kentucky Derby, and love blooms between Clarabel and horse breeder Chad (John Lupton) along the way to the big race.
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The Great Locomotive Chase 1956 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Andrews' Raiders
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Cast: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton, Eddie Firestone, Kenneth Tobey, Don Megowan, Harry Carey Jr., Slim Pickens, Morgan Woodward
Union soldiers steal a train as they attempt to destroy Confederate supply lines, and a Confederate train conductor is in hot pursuit. A retelling of Buster Keaton's "The General."
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 Hit Man 1972  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Armitage
Cast: Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Lisa Moore, Bhetty Waldron, Sam Laws, Candy All, Don Diamond, Ed Cambridge, Bob Harris, Roger E. Mosley, Rudy Challenger, Marilyn Joi, Christopher Joy, John Lupton, Diane Sommerfield
This is a poor remake of the previous year's "Get Carter," though the acting from the all-Black cast isn't too bad. Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) arrives in L.A. for the funeral of his brother and ends up tracking down those responsible for his death. Slow, with some authentic back-street L.A. atmosphere. Remade again under the original name in 2000.
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: John Lupton, Cal Bolder, Jim Davis, Estelita Rodriguez, Steven Geray, William Fawcett, Narda Onyx, Rayford Barnes, Nestor Paiva, Roger Creed, Rosa Turich, Felipe Turich, Dan White, Fred Stromsoe, Page Slattery
Legendary outlaw Jesse James (John Lupton) has escaped a trap set by Marshal MacPhee (Jim Davis), but Jesse's partner Hank Tracy (Cal Bolder) has been wounded. They meet Juanita Lopez (Estelita Rodriguez) who is attracted to Jesse, and she takes them to mission doctor Maria Frankenstein (Narda Onyx) who happens to be Victor Frankenstein's granddaughter. Of course, Maria is following in her grandfather's footsteps, and she transplants the brain of Frankenstein's original Monster into the head of Tracy. After turning Tracy into the bald zombie, Igor, who terrorizes the townsfolk, a showdown is a certainty.
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The Man in the Net 1959  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster, John Lupton, Charles McGraw, Tom Helmore, Ed Binns, John Alexander, Kathryn Givney, Betty Lou Holland
Artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) heads for New England to pursue his love for art. When his alcoholic wife, Linda (Carolyn Jones), disappears, John becomes the chief suspect. 1 User Review
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| | The Man in the Net | Ruby 03/09/2007 | I happened across this movie on Turner Classic Movie channel. It was a gem of a mystery. Alan Ladd is being framed for the murder of his wife. The children in this New England town ban together to hide him and help him find out who really murdered his wife. There were a couple parts played by child that were especially good. Two girls, Emily and Angel were very convincing without being obnoxious.
While the movie was made in 1959, it still stands up. What a jewel. |
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Man with the Gun 1955  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Wilson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Henry Hull, Angie Dickinson, Emile Meyer, John Lupton, Barbara Lawrence, Ted de Corsia, Leo Gordon
When citizens of a small town hire ex-gunfighter Clint Tollinger to clean up their town, he becomes as violent as the people he has been hired to oust.
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The Rebel Set 1959  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Beatsville
Director: Gene Fowler
Cast: Gregg Palmer, Kathleen Crowley, Edward Platt, John Lupton, Don Sullivan, Ned Glass, Vikki Dougan, I. Stanford Jolley, Gene Roth, Robert Shayne, Collette Lyons, Byron Foulger
After an L.A. coffee bar owner and con man, Mr. T (Edward Platt), coerces three losers–John, Ray, and George (Gregg Palmer, John Lupton, and Don Sullivan)–into robbing an armored car in Chicago, double crossing and murder lie ahead.
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| 1. Battle Cry (1955)
2. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
3. Glory (1956)
4. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
aka: Andrews' Raiders
5. Hit Man (1972)
6. Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
7. The Man in the Net (1959)
8. Man with the Gun (1955)
9. The Rebel Set (1959)
aka: Beatsville
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