Backlash 1956  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire, Barton MacLane, Harry Morgan, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Platt, Jack Lambert, Roy Roberts
Jim Slater (Richard Widmark) is searching for the truth about what happened to his father during and after an Apache raid in post-Civil War Arizona. He runs across Karyl (Donna Reed) who is on a similar mission after her husband was killed in the same raid. They join forces, and, to Jim's regret, his father is the thief he was accused of being and had sold out his fellow thieves. John McIntire does his usual good job, this time in the role of Jim's father. Other than that, this expensive film, though beautifully shot, is not at the level of Sturges' other Western sagas such as "Bad Day at Black Rock" and "Gunfight at O.K. Corral".
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A Bell for Adano 1945   N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Glenn Langan, Richard Conte, Harry Morgan, Roy Roberts, Marcel Dalio, Luis Alberni, Eduardo Ciannelli
Based on John Hersey's powerful novel about the American occupation of Adano, Sicily during World War II, this film involves Major Joppolo's (John Hodiak) efforts to stabilize the community and replace the bell by which the town orders its life.
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Big House, U.S.A. 1955  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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The Big Trees 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Western
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan, John Archer, Alan Hale Jr., Roy Roberts, Ellen Corby, Charles Meredith, Harry Cording, Lane Chandler, Frank Hagney, William Challee
Set around 1900, this remake of "Valley of the Giants" features Kirk Douglas as greedy lumberjack Jim Fallon who wants to use California's Redwood Forest for his own profit. Confronted by Quaker environmentalists, Fallon is finally convinced to save the trees.
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Borderline 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, Roy Roberts, Morris Ankrum, Jose Torvay, Charles(2) Lane, Pepe Hern, Richard Irving, Don Diamond
While on the trail of a Mexican drug-smuggling ring, two undercover police officers (Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor) suspect each other, discover their errors, and fall in love.
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The Chapman Report 1962  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Shelley Winters, Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom, Glynis Johns, Corey Allen, John Dehner, Andrew Duggan, Cloris Leachman, Roy Roberts
This film is based on Irving Wallace's novel that, in turn, was loosely based on the Kinsey Report sex survey about sexual practices of middle-class Americans.
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 Chinatown 1974  R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, Perry Lopez, Darrell Zwerling, Roy Jenson, Richard Bakalyan, Roman Polanski, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Roy Roberts, Noble Willingham
It's Los Angeles in the 1930s, and J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is a P.I. hired by a strange woman (Faye Dunaway). The more he becomes involved in her case, the more he realizes that there is something much bigger going on, and his client has a dark, secret past. Robert Towne won an Oscar for his great screenplay, and Robert Evans produced this outstanding film, which had 10 Academy Award nominations in addition to the Oscar.
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The Cimarron Kid 1952 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Audie Murphy, Yvette Dugay, Beverly Tyler, John Hudson, James Best, Leif Erickson, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh O'Brian, John Hubbard, Gregg Palmer, Rand Brooks, William Reynolds, Roy Roberts, David Wolfe, John Bromfield
After being falsely accused of a train robbery, the Cimarron Kid (Audie Murphy) heads for the hills where he joins up with the outlaw Dalton gang, and they all take refuge on a ranch. The Cimarron Kid falls in love with the rancher's daughter, Carrie (Beverly Tyler), who reforms him, but he still agrees to one last robbery. The robbery goes bad, and the Cimarron Kid is sent to jail. But, Carrie promises to wait for his return.
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Circumstantial Evidence 1945 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Larkin
Cast: Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, Trudy Marshall, Billy Cummings, Ruth Ford, Reed Hadley, Roy Roberts, Scotty Beckett, Byron Foulger, Dorothy Adams, John Eldredge, Eddie Marr
Joe (Michael O'Shea) has been found guilty of murder and is on death row when he breaks out of prison. His young son, Pat (Billy Cummings), tells him to give himself up and convinces Joe that he will be proved innocent in a retrial.
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Daisy Kenyon 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, Martha Stewart, Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts, George E. Stone, Art Baker, Mae Marsh, Damon Runyon, Ann Staunton
Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) works in the New York City fashion world and lives in Greenwich Village. Her dilemma is choosing between a rich lawyer (Dana Andrews) and a poor, former soldier (Henry Fonda) who are both in love with her.
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 The Enforcer 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts, King Donovan, Bob Steele, Don Beddoe, Michael Tolan, Adelaide Klein, Jack Lambert, Tito Vuolo, John Kellogg
This is one good flick about district attorney Martin Ferguson's (Humphrey Bogart) attempt to break up the mob-system of "killers for hire."
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Force of Evil 1948 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Roy Roberts, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlin, Paul McVey, Beau Bridges, Paul Fix, Sheldon Leonard
Joe Morse (John Garfield) is a lawyer who tries to organize racket members but gets in over his head in New York's organized crime scene.
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Guadalcanal Diary 1943 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, Richard Jaeckel, Roy Roberts, Minor Watson, Eddie Acuff, Miles Mander
This war film, based on Richard Tregaski's accounts, is one of the best of its genre. It follows a group of U.S. Marines from shipboard, to beach landing, to warfare in the Pacific.
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He Walked by Night 1948 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann
Cast: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb, Robert Bice, Reed Hadley, John McGuire, Kenneth Tobey
Based on a true story and told in semi-documentary fashion, this is the tale of Davis Morgan (Richard Basehart), a loner psychopath who is also an electronics expert. Davis has conducted a series of robberies and listens in on the police (with a receiver he made) in order to stay ahead of his pursuers. After killing a policeman, he is on the run. The climatic conclusion involves a chase through the sewer system of Los Angeles. A good thriller.
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 House of Wax 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Vincent Price, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, Frank Lovejoy, Roy Roberts, Paul Picerni, Angela Clarke, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Benjamin, Dabbs Greer, Reggie Rymal, Jack Mower, Paul Cavanagh, Roy Roberts
When first released into theaters, this movie caused quite a stir in its use of 3-D with all types of gimmicks to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. At home, viewing does not permit the 3-D effect, but this is still a good film about sculptor Professor Henry Jarrod (Vincent Price) who lost his hands in a fire and now has turned to the murder of pretty young women to complete his work.
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I'll Take Sweden 1965 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, Frankie Avalon, Dina Merrill, Jeremy Slate, Walter Sande, Roy Roberts, Rosemarie Frankland, John Qualen, Peter Bourne, Fay DeWitt, Alice Frost, Beverly Powers
Bob Holcomb (Bob Hope) travels to Sweden to break up his daughter's (Tuesday Weld) love affair, and, in the process, he meets and falls in love with Karin (Dina Merrill).
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Kid Galahad 1962 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman, Charles Bronson, Ned Glass, Robert Emhardt, David Lewis, Edward Asner, George Mitchell, Liam Redmond, Roy Roberts, Judson Pratt, Michael Dante, Richard Devon
This musical remake of the 1937 drama stars Elvis Presley as ex-GI Walter Gulick who works out at Willie Grogan's (Gig Young) training camp to achieve his goal of becoming a successful boxer. After Gulick saves Grogan's partner Dolly (Lola Albright) from gangsters' clutches, she gives him the name "Kid Galahad," and he rises through the boxing ranks. Gulick knows he has the talent to win the upcoming championship, but his trainer Lew (Charles Bronson) has been bribed to contribute to Gulick losing his big fight. The fight begins, and "Kid Galahad" refuses to give up. He wins the match–and the love of his life, Rose (Joan Blackman), as well.
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The King and Four Queens 1956 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jo Van Fleet, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, Sara Shane, Jay C. Flippen, Arthur Shields, Roy Roberts, Florenz Ames, Chuck Roberson
Dan Kehoe (Clark Gable) rides into a ghost town to look for a stolen treasure and runs into the town's only inhabitants: Ma MacDade (Jo Van Fleet) and the wives (Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, and Sara Shane) of her four outlaw sons. The sons had stolen and hidden a fortune in gold. Kehoe believes the wives hold the key to where the gold is stashed and plays them off against each other to find the gold.
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The Man with a Cloak 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe De Santis, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Richard Hale, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts
Set in New York during 1848, this mystery is about a plot to get money to support the cause of the new French republic.
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 My Darling Clementine 1946 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell, Ward Bond, Cathy Downs, Tim Holt, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Jane Darwell, Roy Roberts, Grant Withers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Simpson
When his brother is killed, a cowpoke (Henry Fonda) takes the job as sheriff in a mining town. He plans to search for the killers and thinks he has found one (Victor Mature) when he runs into him in a saloon. Another fine John Ford film.
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Nightmare Alley 1947 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Roy Roberts, James Flavin, Julia Dean
The life of carnival barker Stan Carlisle (Tyrone Power) takes a downward spiral when he becomes involved with mind-reader Zeena (Joan Blondell) and subsequent blackmailing.
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No Minor Vices 1948 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Dana Andrews, Lilli Palmer, Louis Jourdan, Jane Wyatt, Norman Lloyd, Roy Roberts, Ann Doran, Beau Bridges, Bernard Gorcey
Perry (Dana Andrews) and his wife, Aril (Lilli Palmer), enjoy a blissful marriage–until a Bohemian artist, Octavio Quaglini (Louis Jourdan), enters the picture.
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One Minute to Zero 1952 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw, Margaret Sheridan, Richard Egan, Eduard Franz, Robert Osterloh, Robert Gist, Roy Roberts
Colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum) is overseeing the evacuation of Americans from Korea when he falls in love with United Nations worker Linda Day (Ann Blyth).
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The Reckless Moment 1949 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, Roy Roberts, Paul E. Burns, Billy Snyder, Claire Carleton, Peter Brocco
Lucia (Joan Bennett) tries to hide evidence of an accidental homicide by her daughter, Bea (Geraldine Brooks); however, she is later blackmailed for her efforts by Martin Donnellly (James Mason) in this gripping suspense film.
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San Antone 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker, Katy Jurado, Bob Steele, Harry Carey Jr., Rodolfo Acosta, Roy Roberts, George Cleveland, Richard Hale
This film is set during the years immediately following the Civil War and is about Confederate bully (Forrest Tucker) who victimizes those who also want to live in Texas.
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Santa Fe 1951 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson, John Archer, Warner Anderson, Roy Roberts, Billy House, Olin Howland, Allene Roberts, Jock Mahoney, Harry Cording
Britt Canfield (Randolph Scott) fought as a Confederate in the war, but now he finds a job working with ex-Union forces building the Santa Fe Railroad. He tries to keep his brothers–Terry, Tom, and Clint (Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson, and John Archer)–out of trouble, but after they try to rob the railroad, Britt is forced to help bring them to justice.
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Sea of Lost Ships 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Derek, Wanda Hendrix, Walter Brennan, Richard Jaeckel, Tom Tully, Barton MacLane, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Darryl Hickman, Roy Roberts, Steve Brodie
After striking an iceberg, a sinking ship's passengers are rescued by Coast Guardsmen–including Grad Matthews (John Derek) who is an ex-midshipman following his ouster from the Academy.
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Second Chance 1953 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell, Jack Palance, Sandro Giglio, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Reginald Sheffield, Roy Roberts, Salvador Baguez, Dan Seymour, Fortunio Bonanova
Russ Lambert (Robert Mitchum) is a boxer who ends up helping a gangster's ex-girlfriend (Linda Darnell) escape from a hit man assigned the task of killing her.
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Sierra 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Richard Rober, Tony Curtis, Elisabeth Risdon, Roy Roberts, James Arness, Houseley Stevenson
A father and son stay one step ahead of the law while trying to find evidence of the father's innocence in a crime for which he is the prime suspect.
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Smoky 1946 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Louis King
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Anne Baxter, Burl Ives, Bruce Cabot, Esther Dale, Roy Roberts, J. Farrell MacDonald, Max Wagner, Guy Beach, Harry Carter
Based on Will James' novel, this is the story of a wild stallion named Smoky and how the spirited horse escapes a beating and encounters a series of adventures. 1 User Review
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| | Great Western Story | Rick from Paso 09/06/2007 | | Pretty faithful to the book and much better than the Fess Parker version. A real tear jerker and one of Fred MacMurray's best movies. Burl Ives first movie. One of my favorite movies! |
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Stars and Stripes Forever 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, Ruth Hussey, Finlay Currie, Roy Roberts, Thomas Browne Henry, Olan Soule, Roger Moore, Benay Venuta
John Philip Sousa's march tunes are woven into the script of this enjoyable (even if shallow) biography of the leader of the United States Marine Corps Band.
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Tammy and the Millionaire 1967 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Goodwins, Sidney Miller, Ezra Stone
Cast: Debbie Watson, Frank McGrath, Denver Pyle, George Furth, Dorothy Green, Donald Woods, Linda Marshall, David Macklin, Jay Sheffield, Jeff York, Roy Roberts, Teddy Quinn
Now it is Debbie Watson's turn to play sweet Tammy. This time around, Tammy has her hands full with a mother (Dorothy Green) scheming to lure Tammy's boss in her daughter's (Linda Mashall) direction. The film is derived from several TV episodes.
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| 1. Backlash (1956)
2. Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
3. A Bell for Adano (1945)
4. Big House, U.S.A. (1955)
5. The Big Trees (1952)
6. Borderline (1950)
7. Chain Lightning (1950)
8. The Chapman Report (1962)
9. Chinatown (1974)
10. The Cimarron Kid (1952)
11. Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
12. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
13. The Enforcer (1951)
14. Force of Evil (1948)
15. The Glory Brigade (1953)
16. Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
17. He Walked by Night (1948)
18. House of Wax (1953)
19. I'll Take Sweden (1965)
20. Kid Galahad (1962)
21. The King and Four Queens (1956)
22. The Man with a Cloak (1951)
23. My Darling Clementine (1946)
24. Nightmare Alley (1947)
25. No Minor Vices (1948)
26. One Minute to Zero (1952)
27. The Reckless Moment (1949)
28. San Antone (1953)
29. Santa Fe (1951)
30. Sea of Lost Ships (1953)
31. Second Chance (1953)
32. Sierra (1950)
33. Smoky (1946)
34. Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
35. Tammy and the Millionaire (1967)
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