The Devil's Sleep 1949  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W. Merle Connell
Cast: Lita Grey, John Mitchum, William Thomason, Tracy Lynne, Timothy Farrell, George Eiferman, Laura Travers, Bob Lenihan, Fred Smith, Mildred Davis
Juvenile court judge Rosalind Ballentine (Lita Grey) takes matters into her own hands and investigates a narcotics ring that preys on teens–including her daughter.
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 Dirty Harry 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, John Larch, John Vernon, Josef Sommer, Woodrow Parfrey, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Woodrow Parfrey, William Paterson, Maurice Argent
Clint Eastwood IS Dirty Harry, a San Francisco cop assigned to find a killer named Scorpio (Andrew Robinson). The problem is that Harry hates Scorpio so much that he violates his civil rights, and the system has to set the murderer free. When Scorpio hijacks a school bus, Dirty Harry is asked to carry the ransom. This time, he refuses and goes after Scorpio on his own.
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 The Enforcer 1976  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Bradford Dillman, John Crawford, Robert F. Hoy, Rudy Ramos, DeVeren Bookwalter, Samantha Doane, Jocelyn Jones, M.G. Kelly, Nick Pellegrino, Albert Popwell, Rudy Ramos
Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) returns, only this time he works with an assistant, Kate Moore (Tyne Daly). Harry goes undercover into a terrorist organization–People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF)–headed by Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter). The PRSF has kidnapped the Mayor (John Crawford) of San Francisco, and Harry and Kate are determined to rescue him. Lots of action in this good "Dirty Harry" film.
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A Family for Joe 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jeffrey Melman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Maia Brewton, Jarrad Paul, Jessica Player, Barbara Babcock, David(2) Nelson, John Mitchum, Chris Furrh, Anna Mathias, James Hackett, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Casper, Richard X. Slattery, Maggie Egan, Helena Carroll
Four orphans escape a court order to send them to foster homes when they convince an older man (Robert Mitchum) to say he is their grandfather.
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Hitler 1962  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Richard Basehart, Cordula Trantow, Maria Emo, Martin Kosleck, John Banner, Berry Kroeger, John Mitchum, John Wengraf, Gregory Gaye, Celia Lovsky
This not-so-very insightful biography of the rise and fall of Hitler features Richard Basehart as a not-so-very convincing Adolf Hitler.
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Jake Spanner, Private Eye 1989  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, John Mitchum, James Mitchum, Dick Van Patten, Edie Adams, Terry Moore, Sheree North, Stella Stevens, Clive Revill
Based on the L.A. Morse book "The Old Dick," this film stars Robert Mitchum as the retired detective who comes out of retirement to find the kidnapped daughter of an old ex-mobster pal. He uses senior citizens to help in his quest.
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Nightmare 1956 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Maxwell Shane
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine, Rhys Williams, Gage Clarke, Barry Atwater, Marian Carr, Billy May, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Ralph Brooks, Sol Gorss, Jack Chefe, John Mitchum, Cosmo Sardo
A fine cast, good (jazz) musical score, and creative directing make this re-do of "Fear In The Night" enjoyable. Jazz musician Stan Grayson (Kevin McCarthy) dreams he has stabbed a man in a mansion; his cuts and bruises indicate it may be real. His brother-in-law Rene Bressard (Edward G. Robinson), a police detective, tells him to forget it. But, he is determined to find the mansion, and he does. Now, Bressard, after hearing that a murder has been committed there, finds out what really happened.
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 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Western / Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, John Mitchum, John Russell, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Sam Bottoms, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Paula Trueman, Geraldine Keams, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Will Sampson
After the killing of his wife and son by Union soldiers, Missouri farmer Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) sets out on a mission to avenge their deaths. First, he joins Confederate raiders, but after the war ends Josey sets out on his own and is deemed a dangerous outlaw. He is pursued by bounty hunters and U.S. cavalry soldiers, led by Terrill (Bill McKinney) and Fletcher (John Vernon). Along his trek, Josey gains traveling companions Cherokee Lone Watie (Chief Dan George), Laura Lee (Sondra Locke), and her Grandma Sarah (Pauls Trueman) who offers Josey a home in her farmhouse. Just when it looks like Josey will settle down, Terrill appears on the scene.
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Paint Your Wagon 1969 PG, 166 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance / Western
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Jean Seberg, John Mitchum, Harve Presnell, Ray Walston, Alan Dexter, William O'Connell, Benny Baker, Alan Baxter, Tom Ligon, Paula Trueman, Robert Eastman, Geoffrey Norman, Terry Jenkins
The loneliness of gold mining in the Sierras abates for prospector Pardner (Clint Eastwood) when his cohort, Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin), agrees to share his wife Elizabeth (Jean Seberg). They live in the town of No Name where Elizabeth is the only woman, and now Ben worries about the other men being interested in her. His solution: kidnap a stagecoach filled with prostitutes. He opens a brothel, and business booms. Ben later gets involved with Mad Jack Duncan (Ray Walston) in creative mining under the town's buildings looking for golddust falling through the floorboards. Not a good idea–the town collapses, and everyone moves on. But, Pardner and Elizabeth remain and try to work out their problems. Lerner and Lowe songs intertwine with the action and include "I Talk to the Trees," "They Call the Wind Mariah," and "Wand'rin Star."
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Telefon 1977  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Alan Badel, Patrick Magee, Sheree North, Frank Marth, Roy Jenson, John Mitchum, Helen Page Camp, Jacqueline Scott, Ed Bakey, Hank Brandt, Iggie Wolfington
KGB agent Col. Grigori Borzov (Charles Bronson) and KGB double agent Barbara (Lee Remick) work against time to prevent Dalchimsky's (Donald Pleasence) plot–of blowing-up a U.S. military base–from coming to fruition. Dalchimsky's plot could re-ignite the Cold War, and, while Grigori and Barbara step quickly into action, they still find time to fall in love. 1 User Review
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The Way West 1967 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Jack Elam, Michael Witney, Katherine Justice, Michael McGreevey, Harry Carey Jr., Connie Sawyer, William Lundigan, Elisabeth Fraser, John Mitchum
A.B. Guthrie Jr. wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which this film is based. It depicts the 1840s' journey of Missouri farmers, led by Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas), trekking along the Oregon Trail to resettle farther west. This was Sally Field's first feature film, and she stands out in her debut.
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| 1. The Devil's Sleep (1949)
2. Dirty Harry (1971)
3. The Enforcer (1976)
4. A Family for Joe (1990)
5. Hitler (1962)
6. Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989)
7. Nightmare (1956)
8. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
9. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
10. Telefon (1977)
11. The Way West (1967)
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