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16 Fathoms Deep   1948     2 stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Irving Allen  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Arthur Lake, Eric Feldary, Tanis Chandler, John Qualen, Dickie Moore, Ian MacDonald, Harry Cheshire, John Bleifer

  While Lon Chaney Jr. played the good-guy sponge fisherman in the 1934 film ("Sixteen Fathoms Deep"), this time around his character has many flaws. Lloyd Bridges is cast as the heroic diver to counterbalance Chaney's role.

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Poster Art From art.comAbbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein   1948     3 stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton  
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Vincent Price, Clarence Straight

  This is one of Abbott and Costello's funniest efforts. Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi join in on this satire of their horror shows.


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Accent on Youth   1935     2 and a half stars    N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles  
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Philip Reed, Holmes Herbert, Astrid Allwyn, Donald Meek, Dick Foran, Lon Chaney Jr., Samuel S. Hinds

  An older man (Herbert Marshall) is pleased–and confused–by the romantic attentions he receives from his young secretary (Sylvia Sidney). This film was remade in 1959 as "But Not for Me."

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Ace Drummond   1936     2 stars    N/R, 255 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith  
Cast: John "Dusty" King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Guy Bates Post, Lon Chaney Jr., Jackie Morrow, Selmer Jackson, Robert Warwick, Arthur Loft, C. Montague Shaw, Frederick Vogeding, Al Bridge, James B. Leong, James Eagles, Chester Gan

  Based on events in the life of World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker (who also created the comic strip character of Ace Drummond), Ace (John "Dusty" King) is a flying G-man who is sent to Mongolia to uncover the identity of a villain known as "The Dragon." While there, he meets Peggy (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her missing father. It takes 13 episodes, but together they take care of both problems.



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John "Dusty" King Ace Drummond
Jean Rogers Peggy Trainor
Noah Beery Jr. Jerry
Guy Bates Post The Grand Lama
Lon Chaney Jr. Henchman Ivan
Jackie Morrow Billy Meredith
Selmer Jackson William Meredith, Sr.
Robert Warwick Winston
Arthur Loft Chang-Ho, The Dragon
C. Montague Shaw Dr. Trainor
Frederick Vogeding Bauer
Al Bridge Paul Wyckoff
James B. Leong Henry Kee
James Eagles Johnny Wong
Chester Gan Kai-Chek

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Albuquerque   1948     2 stars    N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Enright  
Cast: Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lon Chaney Jr., Russell Hayden, George Cleveland, Irving Bacon, Catherine Craig, Bernard Nedell, Russell Simpson

  Cole Armin (Randolph Scott) lives under the shadow of his uncle–until he is pushed too far and sets out to right his uncle's wrongs.


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The Alligator People   1959     2 stars    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Roy Del Ruth  
Cast: Beverly Garland, George Macready, Richard Crane, Lon Chaney Jr., Frieda Inescort, Bruce Bennett, Ruby Goodwin, Douglas Kennedy, Hal K. Dawson, Dudley Dickerson

  Following an accident, a man is given reptile genes as the means to bring him back to health, and he is transformed into an alligator.


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Apache Uprising   1966     1 star    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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Badlands of Dakota   1941     2 and a half stars    N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green  
Cast: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Broderick Crawford, Hugh Herbert, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr., Fuzzy Knight, Samuel S. Hinds, Addison Richards, Glenn Strange

  Set during the gold-rush era in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) keeps the gangsters under control while trying to keep Calamity Jane's (Frances Farmer) romantic intentions at bay. Meanwhile, two brothers (Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford), fight over a woman (Ann Rutherford).

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Battles of Chief Pontiac   1952     1 star    N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Felix E. Feist  
Cast: Lex Barker, Lon Chaney Jr., Berry Kroeger, Roy Roberts, Helen Westcott, Ramsay Hill, Guy Teague

  Believing they can awaken the King of France to their cause and fearing encroachment of the British, Chief Pontiac and the Indians wage a war in the 1760s against the Lake Erie fortresses.


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Behave Yourself   1951     2 stars    N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Beck  
Cast: Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest, Francis L. Sullivan, Lon Chaney Jr., Hans Conried, Elisha Cook Jr., Allen Jenkins, Sheldon Leonard

  After Bill (Farley Granger) and Kate (Shelley Winters) take in a stray dog, their lives change when the dog's former owners, a group of mobsters, want the dog back.

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Big House, U.S.A.   1955     2 and a half stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard W. Koch  
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, Randy Farr, William Talman, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bronson, Roy Roberts, Willis Bouchey

  Convict Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) breaks out of prison in order to recover a cache of money he extorted earlier and wants back in his possession.

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Billy the Kid   1941     2 and a half stars  User Rating      N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Miller  
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry O'Neill, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank Conlan, Frank Puglia

  Although Billy the Kid (Robert Taylor) was a cold-hearted murderer, this film sympathizes with his psychotic personality.

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Bird of Paradise   1932     1 and a half stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor  
Cast: Joel McCrea, Dolores del Rio, John Halliday, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Lon Chaney Jr., Bert Roach, Napoleon Pukui, Wade Boteler, Creighton Hale, Arnold Gray

  Romance blooms when an adventurer (Joel McCrea) arrives on a South Seas island and falls in love with a beautiful native (Dolores del Rio).


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The Black Castle   1952     1 and a half stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nathan Juran  
Cast: Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Paula Corday, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt

  When the friends of an English count, Beckett (Richard Greene), are murdered, Beckett sets out to avenge their deaths.

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The Black Pirates   1954     2 stars    N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Allen H. Miner  
Cast: Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Clarke, Alfonso Bedoya, Victor Manuel Mendoza, Toni Gerry

  A motley group of pirates search for gold in this so-so adventure.


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The Black Sleep   1956     1 and a half stars    N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
Director: Reginald LeBorg  
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton

  To rescue his wife from her catatonic state, a mad scientist performs human brain transplants in his remote castle. Dull material for this good horror cast.

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Black Spurs   1965     1 and a half stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen  
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr., Bruce Cabot, Richard Arlen, Terry Moore, Patricia Owens, Jerome Courtland, DeForest Kelley

  Bounty hunter Santee (Rory Calhoun) is brought to town to stir up the citizens and divert attention away from a scheming railroad baron.

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The Boy from Oklahoma   1954     2 and a half stars    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Curtiz  
Cast: Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Wallace Ford, Merv Griffin, Sheb Wooley, Slim Pickens, Clem Bevans, Louis Jean Heydt

  Tom Brewster (Will Rogers Jr.) becomes sheriff of a small town and keeps law and order in his own unique way.

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Bride of the Gorilla   1951     1 and a half stars    N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curt Siodmak  
Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh, Ray Corrigan, Paul Maxey, Carol Varga, Woody Strode, Martin Garralaga

  This movie is bad enough to be fun to watch. Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) oversees a jungle plantation and falls under a native curse after killing his employer.


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Buckskin   1968     1 and a half stars    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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The Bushwackers   1952     2 stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rodney Amateau  
Cast: John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone, Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Elam, Myrna Dell, Frank Marlowe, William Holmes, Ward Wood, Charles Trowbridge, Norman Leavitt

  A Civil War veteran (John Ireland) returns home and hopes for peace. However, he is forced to fight again–this time against greed and corruption as well as for his love (Dorothy Malone).


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Calling Dr. Death   1943     1 and a half stars    N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Holmes Herbert, Fay Helm, Alec Craig, Frederick Giermann, George Eldredge

  In this, the first of the "Inner Sanctum" series, Doctor Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) is one of the chief suspects after his wife is brutally murdered.

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Captain China   1949     1 and a half stars    N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis Foster  
Cast: John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Bergen, Michael O'Shea, Ellen Corby, Robert Armstrong

  An ex-sea captain, who was relieved of his command, gets the chance to vindicate himself when caught in a storm at sea.

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Casanova's Big Night   1954     2 and a half stars    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod  
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Marlowe, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, Frank Puglia

  Pippo (Bob Hope) is a mere tailor's apprentice who is mistaken for the notorious lover, Casanova, and is called on to test the fidelity of a young lady of the court.

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Charlie Chan in City in Darkness   1939     2 stars    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: City in Darkness
Director: Herbert I. Leeds  
Cast: Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Richard Clarke, Harold Huber, Leo G. Carroll, Lon Chaney Jr., Pedro de Cordoba, Dorothy Tree, Douglass Dumbrille, C. Henry Gordon

  Espionage and arms dealings with the Nazis are behind a Paris murder that Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) investigates.

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Charlie Chan on Broadway   1937     3 stars    N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde  
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Joan Marsh, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Woods, Leon Ames, Marc Lawrence, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Lon Chaney Jr.

  After two people are murdered, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) investigates and enters a world of political corruption and gossip columnists on the Broadway scene.

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Cobra Woman   1944     3 stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak  
Cast: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Barrier, Mary Nash, Samuel S. Hinds, Moroni Olsen, Fritz Leiber, Lois Collier

  Maria Montez plays twin sisters–Toilea is the prisoner of her evil sister, Princess Nadja. When Toilea's fiance (Jon Hall) tries to rescue her, confusion reigns as he tries to discern the true identity of the look-alike sisters.

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Counterfeiters   1948     2 and a half stars    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sam Newfield  
Cast: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, Lon Chaney Jr., George O'Hanlon, Herbert Rawlinson, Pierre Watkin, Robert Kent, Don C. Harvey, Joi Lansing

  John Sutton plays a Scotland Yard investigator who establishes himself as an undercover agent and brings an end to the illegal counterfeiting business of a gang of talented criminals.

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Crazy House   1943     3 stars    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline  
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha O'Driscoll, Patric Knowles, Cass Daley, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Hans Conried, Many Guest Stars

  Comics Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson make a movie about making a movie in this very entertaining musical comedy.


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Poster Art From art.comThe Cyclops   1957     1 and a half stars    N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Bert I. Gordon  
Cast: James Craig, Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Drake, Duncan "Dean" Parkin, Manuel Lopez, Vincent Padula

  Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) is aided by Russ Bradford (James Craig) in the search for her missing fiance. They find him in Mexico–the victim of radioactivity that has turned him into a Cyclops.

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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer   1956     2 stars    N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Albert C. Gannaway, Ismael Rodriguez  
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., Faron Young, Kem Dibbs, Damian O'Flynn, Jacqueline Evans, Nancy Rodman, Eduardo Noriega, Fred Kohler, Jr., Claudio Brook

  This low-budget biography of Daniel Boone (Bruce Bennett) is entertaining and educational as it tells the story of Boone's pioneering efforts into Kentucky.

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Dead Man's Eyes   1944     2 stars    N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Jean Parker, Paul Kelly, Thomas Gomez, George Meeker, Acquanetta

  In this "Inner Sanctum" mystery Dave Stuart (Lon Chaney Jr.) is an artist who is blinded by his jealous model. A donor is needed if he is to regain his eyesight.

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The Defiant Ones   1958     3 stars    N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kramer  
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles McGraw, King Donovan, Claude Akins, Whit Bissell, Lawrence Dobkin, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Kevin Caughlin

  Hatred turns into understanding and finally love when two escaped convicts (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) must lean on each other to survive. This movie, about the futility of racial hatred, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Actor (both Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier), Supporting Actor (Theodore Bikel), Supporting Actress (Cara Williams), Director, and Film Editing. It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.


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The Devil's Messenger   1961     1 star    N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curt Siodmak  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Karen Kadler, John Crawford, Michael Hinn, Jan Blomberg, Ingrid Bedoya

  Three episodes of an unsold TV series ("#13 Demon Street") were thrown together to make this weak film. Satan (Lon Chaney Jr.) sends a seductive agent to Earth to get new "helpers."


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Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors   1967     bomb    N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Gallery of Horror
Blood Suckers
Return from the Past
Director: David L. Hewitt  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Rochelle Hudson, Ron Brogan, Mitch Evans, Roger Gentry, Karen Joy, Ron Doyle, Margaret Moore, Vic McGee

  John Carradine narrates this weak anthology of five horror/comedy stories. It is simply a waste of both the actors' and viewers' time.

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Dracula vs. Frankenstein   1971     1 star    PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blood of Frankenstein
The Revenge of Dracula
Director: Al Adamson  
Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Eisley, Regina Carrol, Greydon Clark, Angelo Rossitto, Anne Morrell, Jim Davis, Russ Tamblyn, Zandor Vorkov, William Bonner, John Bloom, Forrest J Ackerman

  This film barely ekes out its "1 star" rating, but it brought together J. Carrol Naish (as Dr. Frankenstein) and Lon Chaney Jr, (as Frankenstein's mute assistant) in their final film. Dracula teams up with Dr. Frankenstein to bring back the monster and ensure a good supply of blood.


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Eyes of the Underworld   1943     2 and a half stars    N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill  
Cast: Richard Dix, Wendy Barrie, Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Corrigan, Don Porter, Billy Lee, Marc Lawrence, Edward Pawley, Joseph Crehan, Wade Boteler

  Just as police chief Richard Bryan (Richard Dix) is about to obtain success in ridding his town of mobsters, his own past prison record comes back to haunt him.

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Flame of Araby   1951     2 and a half stars  User Rating      N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Lamont  
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Maxwell Reed, Susan Cabot, Lon Chaney Jr., Buddy Baer, Richard Egan, Royal Dano, Dewey Martin, Neville Brand

  Tunisian princess Tanya (Maureen O'Hara), trying to escape an arranged marriage, offers herself as the prize in a horse race in which she hopes Tamerlane (Jeff Chandler) will win–riding his black stallion to victory.    1 User Review




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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man   1943     3 stars    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Don Barclay, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye

  Any horror movie starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi is worth the price of admission. This plot involves the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.) who takes a trip to find a cure for his own unique problem and ends up running into Frankenstein's monster (Bela Lugosi).

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Frontier Marshal   1939     3 stars    N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan  
Cast: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Eddie Foy Jr., Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Si Jenks, Harry Woods

  The O.K. Corral, with its gunfight involving the legendary Wyatt Earp and Doc Halliday, provides the climax of this story–a precursor to "My Darling Clementine."

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The Frozen Ghost   1945     1 and a half stars    N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harold Young  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone, Douglass Dumbrille, Martin Kosleck, Elena Verdugo, Tala Birell, Arthur Hohl, Eddie Acuff, Leyland Hodgson

  This movie was part of the "Inner Sanctum" series. The story is about a hypnotist who, under the influence of two men, begins to fear the powers of his profession.

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Ghost Catchers   1944     3 stars    N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline  
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr., Kirby Grant, Walter Catlett, Henry Armetta, Frank Mitchell

  A good and Johnson comedy as they help a Southern colonel and his daughters rid their home of ghosts.


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The Ghost of Frankenstein   1942     2 and a half stars    N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Doris Lloyd, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Dwight Frye

  Bela Lugosi plays Igor who is now aiding Dr. Victor Frankenstein's son (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) in the successful attempt to revive the monster (Lon Chaney Jr.).

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The Haunted Palace   1963     2 and a half stars    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman  
Cast: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell, Leo Gordon, Elisha Cook Jr., John Dierkes, Milton Parsons, Harry Ellerbe, I. Stanford Jolley

  This story is about a warlock who was killed by residents of a New England town and has now cast an evil spell on the town's present inhabitants. The story was remade in 1991 as "The Resurrected."


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Here Come the Co-Eds   1945     2 and a half stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough  
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Peggy Ryan, Martha O'Driscoll, Lon Chaney Jr., Donald Cook, Charles Dingle, June Vincent, Richard Lane, Joe Kirk

  Janitors Slats (Bud Abbott) and Oliver (Lou Costello) help raise funds for the posh girl's school where they work.


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Poster Art From art.comHigh Noon   1952     4 stars  User Rating      N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western / Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann  
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Thomas Mitchell, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Harry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef, Eve McVeagh, Morgan Farley, Harry Shannon, Robert J. Wilke, Sheb Wooley

  Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Marshal who, despite his Quaker bride's (Grace Kelly) objections, bravely faces an avenging murderer. Oscars were also awarded for Best Song: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')," Musical Score, and Film Editing. Nominations were also received for Best Picture, Director, and Writing.



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Gary Cooper Marshall Will Kane
Grace Kelly Amy Fowler Kane
Lloyd Bridges Deputy Harvey Pell
Lon Chaney Jr. Martin Howe
Thomas Mitchell Mayor Jonas Henderson
Katy Jurado Helen Ramirez
Otto Kruger Judge Percy Mettrick
Harry Morgan Sam Fuller
Ian MacDonald Frank Miller
Lee Van Cleef Jack Colby
Eve McVeagh Mildred Fuller
Morgan Farley Dr. Mahin
Harry Shannon Cooper
Robert J. Wilke Jim Pierce
Sheb Wooley Ben Miller

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Hillbillys in a Haunted House   1967     1 star    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough  
Cast: Ferlin Husky, Joi Lansing, Don Bowman, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Basil Rathbone, Molly Bee, Merle Haggard, Sonny James

  In this sequel to "Las Vegas Hillbillies," two Country/Western singers (Ferlin Husky and Joi Lansing) head for Nashville, but along the way they stop for the night in a creepy old mansion.


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House of Dracula   1945     1 and a half stars    N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Martha O'Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Onslow Stevens, Ludwig Stossel, Glenn Strange, Skelton Knaggs, Joseph E. Bernard, Jane(2) Adams

  Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) is the catalyst for bringing together Dracula (John Carradine), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) for one more fling in the horror genre. Can he "cure" them, or will he be a victim? Follows "House of Frankenstein."


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House of Frankenstein   1944     2 and a half stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton  
Cast: Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Elena Verdugo, Peter Coe, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco

  Doctor Nieman (Boris Karloff) escapes from prison and is joined by an infamous group of characters–Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), Dracula (John Carradine), and Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange). The doctor and his hunchback sidekick are on the road posing as horror show operators. Followed by "House of Dracula."

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House of the Black Death   1965     1 star    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harold Daniels  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Andrea King, Tom Drake, Dolores Faith, Sabrina

  This cheapy has Chaney, a horned warlock, holding a houseful of people captive while fending off rival warlock Carradine.

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I Died a Thousand Times   1955     2 stars    N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler  
Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Earl Holliman, Dennis Hopper, Howard St. John, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Perry Lopez, Richard Davalos, Olive Carey

  In this remake of "High Sierra," Jack Palance plays the bank robber who ends his tragic life in the Sierra Mountains while trying to elude the police.


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The Indestructible Man   1956     2 stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Pollexfen  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr, Ross Elliott, Stuart Randall, Robert Shayne, Ken Terrell, Joe Flynn, Roy Engel

  This is an entertaining film for horror film lovers and lovers of Lon Chaney Jr. An innocent man (Chaney Jr.) is executed but is brought back, with superhuman powers, to take revenge.


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The Indian Fighter   1955     3 stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth  
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Abel, Walter Matthau, Lon Chaney Jr., Diana Douglas, Eduard Franz, Alan Hale Jr., Elisha Cook Jr., William Phipps

  The Sioux are understandably upset with settlers taking over their land and stealing their gold. Enter a wagon train, with its leader Johnny Hawks (Kirk Douglas), winding its way through dangerous Sioux territory.


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Inside Straight   1951     2 stars    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gerald Mayer  
Cast: David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge, Paula Raymond, Lon Chaney Jr., Roland Winters, Claude Jarman Jr., John Hoyt, Barbara Billingsley

  A poker game, set up by Rip MacCool (David Brian), is the vehicle for telling MacCool's history through flashbacks.

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Poster Art From art.comJesse James   1939     3 stars    N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry King  
Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry Hull, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Donald Meek

  Ruthless Jesse James (Tyrone Power) and his brother, Frank (Henry Fonda), seek revenge through bank robberies after the Midland Railroad fought for their family land. Fonda returns in a sequel: "The Return of Frank James."

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Jivaro   1954     1 and a half stars    N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Ludwig  
Cast: Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Brian Keith, Lon Chaney Jr., Richard Denning, Rita Moreno, Marvin Miller

  Treasure in the Amazon jungle is the object of adventurers in search of fortune.

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Johnny Reno   1966     bomb    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen  
Cast: Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., John Agar, Lyle Bettger, Tom Drake, Richard Arlen, Robert Lowery

  Fugitives are destined for a lynching until former gunfighter Johnny Reno (Dana Andrews) rides into town and brings law and order to the situation. What a waste of talent.

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The Last Frontier   1932     1 and a half stars    N/R, 212 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Storey  
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Gulliver, Ralph Bushman, William Desmond, Richard Neill, Joe Bonomo, Pete Morrison, Yakima Canutt, LeRoy Mason, Frank Lackteen, Judith Barrie, Ben Corbett

  In this 12-episode serial, newspaper editor Tom Kirby (Lon Chaney Jr.), disguising himself as the masked "Black Ghost," takes on outlaw Tiger Morris (Richard Neill) who drives settlers away so he can have gold-laden property for himself. Tom gets help from Western heroes, including Wild Bill Hickock and General Custer. Remake of the 1926 feature-length film.


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Law of the Lawless   1964     2 and a half stars    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William F. Claxton  
Cast: Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo, William Bendix, Bruce Cabot, Barton MacLane, John Agar, Richard Arlen, Bill Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Jody McCrea

  A former gunfighter reforms and becomes circuit Judge Clem Roger (Dale Robertson) and brings law and order to the old West in the 1880s.

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The Life of Vergie Winters   1934     2 and a half stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell  
Cast: Ann Harding, John Boles, Helen Vinson, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson, Lon Chaney Jr., Ben Alexander, Donald Crisp, Walter Brennan, Sara Haden

  Based on Louis Bromfield's novel, this is the story of a woman (Ann Harding) who rises above petty gossip and makes a go of her life. A handkerchief may be needed for some.

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A Lion Is in the Streets   1953     3 stars    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh  
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Jeanne Cagney, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank McHugh, Larry Keating, Onslow Stevens

  Hank Martin (Cagney) is a Southern hustler and con artist who tries to make it big as a backwoods politician. He steps on anyone and everyone he meets until he's stopped by a bullet. This would be just a so-so movie without Cagney and his favorite director (Raoul Walsh), but with them it packs a pretty good wallop.

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Lucky Devils   1932     2 stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ralph Ince  
Cast: William Boyd, Bruce Cabot, William Gargan, William Bakewell, Betty Furness, Roscoe Ates, Lon Chaney Jr.

  In this story about Hollywood stuntmen, the behind-the-scenes issues of danger and romance are revealed.

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Manfish   1956     2 stars    N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: W. Lee Wilder  
Cast: John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols, Tessa Prendergast, Vincent Chang, Theodore Purcell, John Vere, Arnold Shanks, Eric Coverly

  A search for pirate treasure in Jamaica's waters turns to murder as greed overtakes the "Professor" (Victor Jory) when he murders the ship's captain, Brannigan (John Bromfield), and then tries to hide the corpse.


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Money, Women and Guns   1958     2 stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Bartlett  
Cast: Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Tim Hovey, Gene Evans, Tom Drake, Lon Chaney Jr., James Gleason, Ian MacDonald, William Campbell, Jeffrey Stone

  Utilizing the will for evidence, detective Hogan (Jock Mahoney) searches for the killer of a wealthy man by investigating those who would benefit from his death.