The Boy from Oklahoma 1954  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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Bugles in the Afternoon 1952 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves, Gertrude Michael, Sheb Wooley, Bob Steele, James Millican
Sergeant Kern Shafter (Ray Milland) finds love and excitement when he heads to America's West and enlists in the cavalry.
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The Dollmaker 1984   TV, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Susan Kingsley, Geraldine Page, Amanda Plummer, Christine Ebersole, Ann Hearn, Dan Hedaya, Studs Terkel, Sheb Wooley
Jane Fonda won the Emmy for her portrayal of Gertie, a Kentucky hills woman who strives to find freedom, individuality, and hope when her family relocates to Detroit during World War II and her new home is in the bleak, misnamed neighborhood of Merry Hill. 1 User Review
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| | -- | Mary Frances 10/07/2009 | This is an excelent movie about a family trying to make a decent living for them selves. I just wish I could find it some were so I could see it again and share it with others.
Mybe some one could help me locate the dollmaker? |
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 High Noon 1952   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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 Hoosiers 1986  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Fern Parsons, Brad Boyle, Steve Hollar, Robert Swan, Sheb Wooley, Chelcie Ross, Michael O'Guinne, Wil Dewitt, John Robert Thompson, Michael Sassone, Gloria Dorson, Skip Welker
This movie is based on a true story about the Milan High School basketball team that vies for the Indiana state championship. Gene Hackman plays the unorthodox, unemployed, college coach, Norman Dale, who turns his team of undisciplined athletes into champions. Dennis Hopper takes on the role of Shooter (the alcoholic father of a team member) who serves as the assistant coach. Hopper received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Little Big Horn 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Marie Windsor, Reed Hadley, Hugh O'Brian, Sheb Wooley, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, King Donovan, Richard Emory
A group of cavalry soldiers try to warn General George Custer of the Sioux ambush that lies in wait.
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The Lusty Men 1952 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt, Frank Faylen, Walter Coy, Carol Nugent, Maria Hart, Sheb Wooley, Lorna Thayer
This fine example of classical narrative cinema revolves around the rodeo world as two riders compete in the ring as well as in their personal lives.
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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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Purple People Eater 1988  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Linda Shayne
Cast: Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Neil Patrick Harris, Peggy Lipton, Chubby Checker, Little Richard, Thora Birch, Molly Cheek, Kimberly McCullough, Lindsay Price, Linda Shayne, Sheb Wooley
Based on Sheb Wooley's popular novelty song from 1959, this story revolves around that alien who comes to Earth and becomes a member of the neighborhood band.
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Rocky Mountain 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Slim Pickens, Sheb Wooley, Yakima Canutt, Dickie Jones, Howard Petrie, Chubby Johnson, Robert "Buzz" Henry, Peter Coe, Rush Williams, Marianne Stone, Alex Sharp
While a band of Confederate soldiers, led by Captain Lave Barstow (Errol Flynn), is in California trying to recruit soldiers, they rescue Johanna (Patrice Wymore) who is aboard a stage coach that is being attacked by Indians. Johanna is the fiancee of Union soldier Lt. Rickey (Scott Forbes), and Barstow uses her as the bait to lure Rickey and his patrol of Union soldiers into battle. They capture the Union soldiers, but the Indians launch their own attack, and Barstow allows the Union soldiers and Johanna to escape the Indian massacre.
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 Silverado 1985 PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western / Comedy / Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Kline, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, Scott Glenn, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Joe Seneca, Marvin J. McIntyre, Sheb Wooley, Jon Kasdan, Todd Allen, Bill Thurman
This Western has it all: adventure, comedy, and drama. The story is about "good guys" Paden (Kevin Kline), Emmett (Scott Glenn), and Mal (Danny Glover) who rescue Emmett's brother Jake (Kevin Costner) from jail where he is being held by Sheriff Langston (John Cleese). They pull off the escape, Jake joins the group, and they arrive in Silverado. Now, they meet frontier widow Hannah (Rosanna Arquette), card shark Slick (Jeff Goldblum), and saloon operator Stella (Linda Hunt)–all of whom have their own stories to tell. The "good guys" confront corrupt Sheriff Cobb (Brian Dennehy) and attempt to rid Silverado of vice. But, when dealing with the nasty sheriff and murdering ranchers, a showdown is a certainty.
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Terror in a Texas Town 1958 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Gene Martin, Nedrick Young, Victor Millan, Sheb Wooley, Ann Varela, Fred Kohler Jr., Steve Mitchell, Marilee Earle, Tyler McVey
Director Lewis made a career of making something good with a low budget, and this unusual Western is a case in point. Swedish whaler George Hansen (Sterling Hayden) returns home to find that his father has been killed on the orders of greedy Ed McNeil (Sebastian Cabot) who is trying to force landowners to sell their land to him so he can convert the land into oil wells. George must take matters into his own hands, and the inevitable showdown occurs–but is that weapon of George's a harpoon?
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Trooper Hook 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman, Edward Andrews, John Dehner, Susan Kohner, Royal Dano, Celia Lovsky, Sheb Wooley, Patrick O'Moore
Trooper Hook (Joel McCrea) captures Apache chief Nanchez and takes his white squaw Cora (Barbara Stanwyck) and their son, Quito (Terry Lawrence), back to Cora's white husband.
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The War Wagon 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn, Bruce Dern, Gene Evans, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes, Sheb Wooley
Wanting revenge for being framed and sent to prison, Taw Jackson (John Wayne) gets help from his friend, Lomax (Kirk Douglas). Together, they try to hijack an armored wagon filled with gold. But–Lomax has been hired by the dastardly framer to kill Taw.
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| 1. The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
2. Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
3. Distant Drums (1951)
4. The Dollmaker (1984)
5. High Noon (1952)
6. Hoosiers (1986)
7. Little Big Horn (1951)
8. The Lusty Men (1952)
9. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
10. Purple People Eater (1988)
11. Rocky Mountain (1950)
12. Silverado (1985)
13. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
14. Trooper Hook (1957)
15. The War Wagon (1967)
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