The Great Locomotive Chase 1956  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Drama / Adventure
aka: Andrews' Raiders
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Cast: Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, John Lupton, Eddie Firestone, Kenneth Tobey, Don Megowan, Harry Carey Jr., Slim Pickens, Morgan Woodward, Claude Jarman Jr., Leonard P. Geer, George Robotham, Stan Jones, Marc Hamilton
Union Spy James J. Andrews (Fess Parker) masterminds a plot for Union soldiers to steal a train as they attempt to destroy Confederate supply lines. They pose as Kentuckians, board a train, and hijack it. Their actions upset the Confederate train conductor, William A. Fuller (Jeffrey Hunter), who resents their actions and sets off in hot pursuit of the locomotive. Based on a true story, this is a retelling of Buster Keaton's "The General."
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 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Musical
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, James Belushi, John Candy, Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Michelle Weeks, Levi Stubbs, Stan Jones, Bertice Reading, Ed Wiley
An orphan, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis), is working in Mr. Mushnik's (Vincent Gardenia) flower shop when he finds a mysterious plant that he names Audrey II–after Audrey (Ellen Greene) on whom he has a crush. The plant sings for its supper. The problem is that Audrey II requires human flesh to live. Seymour uses Audrey's boyfriend Dr. Orin Scrivello (Steve Martin) as the source of food for Audrey II. After Orin dies, Seymour realizes the dangers wrought by Audrey II, and he and Audrey try to defeat Audrey II before it takes over the world. This film has good music, enough humor to please almost anyone, and is a good remake of the 1960 classic.
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Rio Grande 1950 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Claude Jarman Jr., Ben Johnson, Maureen O'Hara, Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, Patrick Wayne, Steve Pendleton, Alberto Morin, Stan Jones
Indians are on the warpath. Fortunately for the good guys, Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) is a cavalry commander fighting the Indians while trying to convince his wife (Maureen O'Hara) that life along the Mexican border is not all that bad.
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Ten Who Dared 1960   N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Brian Keith, John Beal, James Drury, R.G. Armstrong, Ben Johnson, L.Q. Jones, Dan Sheridan, David Stollery, Stan Jones, David Frankham
This Disney failure is about the expedition down the Colorado River in the 1860s that is led by John Wesley Powell. 1 User Review
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| | powell's expedition down Colo river as noted above | Anonymous 07/19/2010 | | I actually liked this movie, and remember it as one of my favorites?! I'm surprised at the negative reviews. I found it in my public library, and I'm now looking for a way to view it again. |
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| 1. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
aka: Andrews' Raiders
2. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
3. Rio Grande (1950)
4. Ten Who Dared (1960)
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