Apache Uprising 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Gene Evans, Richard Arlen, Arthur Hunnicutt, DeForest Kelley, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Parker
A gold robbery and Apache uprising are thwarted by Jim Walker (Rory Calhoun) who waylays danger from his town.
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Blood Legacy 1971 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Legacy of Blood
Director: Carl Monson
Cast: Rodolfo Acosta, Merry Anders, Norman Bartold, John Carradine, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Ivy Bethune, Richard Davalos, Roy Engel, Buck Kartalian, John Russell, John Smith
While spending the week at their family estate in order to claim inheritance, four potential heirs live in the midst of spiteful misdeeds that, before the week is out, will lead to murder.
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Buckskin 1968  G, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael D. Moore
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney Jr., John Russell, Barbara Hale, Barton MacLane, Bill Williams, Richard Arlen, Leo Gordon
When cattle baron Rep Marlowe (Wendell Corey) threatens homesteaders, frontier sheriff Chaddock (Barry Sullivan) comes to their aid.
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Fair Wind to Java 1953  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Robert Douglas, Victor McLaglen, Buddy Baer, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Philip Ahn, John Russell, Keye Luke
Captain Boll (Fred MacMurray) is a sea captain who enlists the aid of Kim Kim (Vera Ralston) in finding a treasure in diamonds.
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Forever Amber 1947  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders, Richard Haydn, Jessica Tandy, Anne Revere, Leo G. Carroll, John Russell, Robert Coote
Living in London during the 17th century, Amber (Linda Darnell) rises from life as a prisoner to Lady in the Court of Charles II by trading sex for power. Too long, but still holds the interest fairly well.
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Man in the Saddle 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Rober, John Russell, Alfonso Bedoya, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Clem Bevans, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Crane, Frank Sully
Laura Bidwell (Joan Leslie) is married to land baron Will Isham (Alexander Knox), but she still loves Owen Merritt (Randolph Scott) who owns a nearby ranch. Involvement in this romantic triangle leads to bloody fist and gun fights in the ensuing battles for love and property.
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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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 Pale Rider 1985 R, 113 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chris Penn, Carrie Snodgress, Michael Moriarty, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan
Gold prospectors are in trouble–until drifter "Preacher" (Clint Eastwood) arrives, organizes the miners, and leads them in a fight against the large mining company that is out for profit only.
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 Rio Bravo 1959  N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell
Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) sits with his cohorts Dude, Stumpy, and Colorado Ryan (Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Ricky Nelson) while holding killer Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) in his jail and waits for the Marshal to come for him. Problems develop when Joe's brother Nathan (John Russell) sends in help for a jail escape. Followed by "El Dorado."
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Sitting Pretty 1948 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Clifton Webb, Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Haydn, Louise Allbritton, Ed Begley, Randy Stuart, Willard Robertson, John Russell, Betty Lynn
Three spoiled brats get just the nanny they need: prissy Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb). This film sparked a series of films about Mr. Belvadere; Clifton Webb was nominated for an Oscar.
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Somewhere in the Night 1946 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woode, Sheldon Leonard, Lou Nova, John Russell, Houseley Stevenson, Charles Arnt
Returning home to LA from the World War II battlefront, George W. Taylor (John Hodiak) suffers from amnesia. With only two clues available to uncover his past, George stumbles onto evidence that he is a murder suspect and has stolen millions in cash.
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The Sun Shines Bright 1953  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell, Stepin Fetchit, Grant Withers, Milburn Stone, Slim Pickens, Henry O'Neill, Russell Simpson, Ludwig Stossel, Francis Ford, Paul Hurst, Mitchell Lewis, Dorothy Jordan
This remake of "Judge Priest," the moral leader of his family and community, is an uplifting–if not as good as the original–story.
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Yellow Sky 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Harry Morgan, James Barton, Charles Kemper, Jay Silverheels, Robert Adler
Outlaws arrive in an Arizona ghost town and are confronted by a woman (Anne Baxter) living there alone with just her prospecting grandfather for company. They have hit gold, don't plan on giving it up easily to the robbers, and the battle begins.
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| 1. Apache Uprising (1966)
2. Blood Legacy (1971)
aka: Legacy of Blood
3. Buckskin (1968)
4. Fair Wind to Java (1953)
5. Forever Amber (1947)
6. Frenchie (1950)
7. Man in the Saddle (1951)
8. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
9. Pale Rider (1985)
10. Rio Bravo (1959)
11. Sitting Pretty (1948)
12. Somewhere in the Night (1946)
13. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
14. Yellow Sky (1948)
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