All American 1953  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long, Mamie Van Doren, Gregg Palmer, Paul Cavanagh, Stuart Whitman, Frank Gifford, Tom Harmon, Jim Sears
The personal life of an All-American football player (Tony Curtis) is the subject of this film involving romance with girlfriend Sharon (Lori Nelson) and the tragic death of his parents.
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An American Dream 1966 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Gist
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Murray Hamilton, J.D. Cannon, Harold Gould, Warren Stevens, Joe De Santis, George Takei, Stacy Harris
A wealthy woman is pushed from a tall building by her husband. The ensuing struggles between her husband, father, and the police are the subject of this film.
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Butterfly 1982  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Cimber
Cast: Stacy Keach, Orson Welles, Pia Zadora, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, James Franciscus, Stuart Whitman, Ed McMahon, June Lockhart, George "Buck" Flower, Peter Jason, Paul Hampton, Ann Dane, Greg Gault, John O'Conner White
Jess Tyler (Stacy Keach) has spent many years alone guarding an abandoned silver mine. His daughter Kady (Pia Zadora) appears on the scene and wants Jess to help her in a plot against the father of her illegitimate child. The father of Kady's baby abandoned her and is the son of the mine's owner. Now, Jess and Kady plan to steal from the mine as their way to exact revenge. Orson Welles' brief appearance as Judge Rauch is the highlight of this film.
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Captain Apache 1971  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alexander Singer
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman, Elisa Montes, Percy Herbert, Tony Vogel, Charles Stalnaker, Charly Bravo, Hugh McDermott, Faith Clift, Dan van Husen, George Margo
Native American Army officer Capt. Apache (Lee Van Cleef) uncovers a plot to assassinate the President while investigating the murder of the Indian Commissioner.
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China Doll 1958 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Victor Mature, Ward Bond, Lili Hua, Bob Mathias, Johnny Desmond, Stuart Whitman, Denver Pyle, Elaine Devry, Ann McCrea, Danny Chang, Don "Red" Barry, Tige Andrews
John Wayne was the executive producer of this film about U.S. Air Force Captain Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) who, while in China during World War II, marries a Chinese woman and fathers her child. The couple is killed, and 13 years later their daughter (Lili Hua) travels to the United States.
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The Comancheros 1961  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Lee Marvin, Bruce Cabot, Nehemiah Persoff, Ina Balin, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan, Joan O'Brien, Henry Daniell, Richard Devon, Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Comancheros (White men who supplied the warring Comanches with guns) were in full swing in the middle 1800s. Enter Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) who teams up with his prisoner Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) to ward off the Comancheros and bring peace to the Texas Territory.
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Convicts 4 1962  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Convicts Four
Reprieve
Director: Millard Kaufman
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston, Vincent Price, Rod Steiger, Broderick Crawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Kruschen, Jack Albertson, Myron Healey
A convict (Ben Gazzara) turns his efforts to the aesthetic world while serving a lengthy prison sentence and becomes a credible artist.
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Crazy Mama 1975 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Jim Backus, Donny Most, Linda Purl, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Harry Northrup, John Aprea
Three generations of one family (Cloris Leachman, Ann Sothern, and Linda Purl) commit robberies during a car trip across country in this gem of a movie. 1950s sounds and sights.
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Crime of Passion 1957 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Quarry, Stuart Whitman, Geraldine Wall, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler
L.A. police detective Lt. Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden) and San Francisco columnist Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) meet, fall in love, and marry. Now, Kathy quits her job and moves to Los Angeles to be a homemaker. She develops a fixation on Bill's career and will stop at nothing to assure his professional success. When problems develop with Bill's boss Inspector Pope (Raymond Burr), Kathy gets a gun and kills Pope. Will Bill be the one who puts the clues together and solves the murder?
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Cuba Crossing 1980  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Assignment: Kill Castro
Kill Castro
The Mercenaries
Director: Chuck Workman
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Robert Vaughn, Woody Strode, Raymond St. Jacques, Albert Salmi, Michael V. Gazzo, Marie-Louise Gassen, Sybil Danning, Caren Kaye, Edward Bell, Bert Williams, Raymond Elmendorf, Carl Williams, Edward Blessington, Haiku Brady
Soldier of Fortune Tony Terracino (Stuart Whitman) is pressured to help the CIA in a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro.
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Darby's Rangers 1958 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes, Corey Allen, Stuart Whitman, Murray Hamilton, William Wellman Jr., Frieda Inescort, Reginald Owen
Colonel William Darby (James Garner) and his commando unit train in England for missions in Africa and Italy during World War II.
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The Decks Ran Red 1958 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Whitman, Katharine Bard, Jack Kruschen, John Gallaudet, Barney Phillips, Hank Patterson, David(2) Cross
Mutiny by sailors aboard a freighter is resisted by its captain (James Mason).
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Eaten Alive 1977 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Starlight Slaughter
Legend of the Bayou
Horror Hotel
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, William Finley, Stuart Whitman, Roberta Collins, Kyle Richards, Robert Englund, Crystin Sinclaire
If you're a guest at psychotic Judd's (Neville Brand) Starlight Hotel, don't upset him or you'll be fed to his pet crocodile. Lots of aka's helped keep this weird flick by "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" director Tobe Hooper hidden from the public.
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Francis of Assisi 1961 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Pedro Armendariz, Cecil Kellaway, Eduard Franz, Finlay Currie, Athene Seyler, Mervyn Johns, John Welsh
Bradford Dillman plays the beloved13th-century Franciscan friar who achieves sainthood.
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The Mark 1961 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Maria Schell, Rod Steiger, Donald Wolfit, Brenda De Banzie, Paul Rogers, Maurice Denham, Eddie Byrne, Donald Houston, John Welsh
A former child molester, Jim Fuller (Stuart Whitman), is released from prison and undergoes treatment from a psychiatrist (Rod Steiger) who helps him learn that, for him, falling in love with Ruth (Maria Schell) does NOT erase the past. Whitman was nominated for an Oscar.
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Mean Johnny Barrows 1976 R, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Fred Williamson
Cast: Fred Williamson, Roddy McDowall, Jenny Sherman, Stuart Whitman, Luther Adler, R.G. Armstrong, Lee Van Cleef, Anthony Caruso, Elliott Gould, Mike Henry, Aaron Banks, Jenny Sherman, Victor Rogers, John LaMotta, Gregory Bach
Johnny Barrows (Fred Williamson) returns home after an unwarranted Dishonorable Discharge during the Vietnam War. Unsuccessful in finding work and against his desires, he is brought into a gang war between rival Mafia families in his home town and uses his military training to survive the urban battlefield.
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The Monster Club 1980 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Stuart Whitman, Warren Saire, Richard Johnson, Britt Ekland, Simon Ward, Patrick Magee, Anthony Steel
During an interview with a Transylvanian vampire (Vincent Price), three horror stories are related that are programmed to put the mind at "unease." Not as good as would be hoped for with the good cast.
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Murder, Inc. 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, David J. Stewart, Simon Oakland, Sarah Vaughan, Morey Amsterdam, Warren Finnerty, Vincent Gardenia
Peter Falk earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in this true-life story. Falk plays the notorious Abe "Kid Twist" Reles who enjoyed the dubious honor of being named his crime syndicate's #1 killer.
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Once Upon a Texas Train 1988 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Guns
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Angie Dickinson, Shaun Cassidy, Chuck Connors, Ken Curtis, Royal Dano, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, Kevin McCarthy, Dub Taylor, Stuart Whitman
Fresh out of prison, John Henry Lee (Willy Nelson) gathers his old-timers' gang for one last heist–a repeat of the train robbery that landed him in jail. Texas Ranger Oren Hayes (Richard Widmark)–who caught John the last time–and his old-timer sidekicks follow in hot pursuit, but so is a tough gang of young outlaws.
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Passion 1954 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., John Qualen, Anthony Caruso, Peter Coe, Stuart Whitman, Frank DeKova, Rodolfo Acosta
Juan Obregon (Cornel Wilde) suffers greatly when his wife and child are brutally murdered, and he seeks revenge by tracking down and killing those responsible.
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The President's Man 2000 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Eric Norris, Michael Preece
Cast: Chuck Norris, Dylan Neal, Jennifer Tung, Ralph Waite, Stuart Whitman, Soon-Tek Oh, Jonathan Nichols, Marla Adams, Adam G., Brigitta Dau, Ariel Chipman, Ken Farmer
Aging Secret Service Agent Joshua (Chuck Norris) feels that it's time to train a younger man (Dylan Neal) as his replacement. But when the First Lady is kidnapped by terrrorists, Joshua springs into action.
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Rhapsody 1954 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Barbara Bates, Stuart Whitman, Michael Chekhov, Celia Lovsky, Richard Hageman, Madge Blake
Beautiful Louise Durant (Elizabeth Taylor) leaves her violinist lover for a young pianist but still cannot find happiness.
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Seven Men from Now 1956 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Randolph Scott, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed, Gail Russell, John Larch, Don "Red" Barry, Fred Graham, John Beradino, John Phillips, Stuart Whitman
After his wife is killed in a bank robbery, former sheriff Ben Stride (Randolph Scott) devotes his energies to seeking revenge on those who killed her.
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Shatter 1974 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
Director: Michael Carreras
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Ti Lung, Lily Li, Peter Cushing, Anton Diffring, Yemi Ajibade, Liu Ka Yong, Huang Pei Chi, Lau Kar Wing, Lo Wei
Hit-man Shatter (Stuart Whitman) is hiding out in Hong Kong after his latest contract: assassination of an African leader. Now it appears that everyone is on his trail, both gad guys and good guys. Not up to Hammer Productions standards and a departure from the films that made it popular. Michael Carreras finished the film–but only after the first two directors had left the project.
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The Sound and the Fury 1959 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, Stuart Whitman, Ethel Waters, Jack Warden, Albert Dekker, Francoise Rosay, John Beal, Stephen Perry
This is the film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel about the Comptons–a Southern family that has seen better days.
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The Story of Ruth 1960 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Peggy Wood, Viveca Lindfors, Jeff Morrow, Elana Eden, Thayer David, Les Tremayne, Eduard Franz, Leo Fuchs, Lili Valenty, Basil Ruysdael, John Gabriel, Ziva Rodann
This interpretation of Ruth's Biblical story involves the test of Ruth's faith after her husband, Mahlon (Tom Tryon), dies and how her belief in one God prevails and allows her to find a new man, Boaz (Stuart Whitman), with whom she will spend her life.
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Ten North Frederick 1958 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Dunne
Cast: Gary Cooper, Diane Varsi, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ray Stricklyn, Suzy Parker, Tom Tully, Philip Ober, John Emery, Stuart Whitman, Charles Bronson
Joe Chapin (Gary Cooper) is convinced by his wife, Edith (Geraldine Fitzgerald), to enter politics. Later, he finds comfort in the arms of Kate Drummond (Suzy Parker), an act that threatens his political career.
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These Thousand Hills 1959 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Don Murray, Richard Egan, Lee Remick, Patricia Owens, Stuart Whitman, Albert Dekker, Harold J. Stone, Royal Dano, Jean Willes, Douglas Fowley, Fuzzy Knight, Robert Adler
Cowboy "Lat" Evans (Don Murray) borrows money from dancehall girl Callie (Lee Remick), buys a ranch, moves up in society, and turns his back on past friends–including Callie. But when he is finally faced with choices between ambition and friends, "Lat" steps up and protects Callie from land baron Jehu (Richard Egan) when he physically beats her.
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 1965 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Terry-Thomas, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Flora Robson, Red Skelton
The complete title of this film is "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Or: How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes." Behind this long title is a comedy about a 1910 airplane race from London to Paris. American (Stuart Whitman) and British (James Fox) flyers vie not only to win the race but also to win the same girl (Sarah Miles). Lots of fun.
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The Treasure of the Amazon 1985 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rene Cardona Jr.
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Emilio Fernandez, Donald Pleasence, Bradford Dillman, John Ireland, Ann Sidney, Clark Jarrett, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Jorge Luke, Hugo Stiglitz
Set in the South American jungles, this violent film follows Gringo (Stuart Whitman) as he and his two cohorts search for a treasure. A demented Nazi-in-hiding (Donald Pleasence)–who conducts superman experiments–also seeks the treasure.
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The White Buffalo 1977 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Hunt to Kill
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Stuart Whitman, Slim Pickens, John Carradine, Cara Williams, Ed Lauter
Former enemies Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) and Chief Crazy Horse (Will Sampson) team up to track down a white buffalo that eludes them.
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| 1. All American (1953)
2. An American Dream (1966)
3. Butterfly (1982)
4. Captain Apache (1971)
5. China Doll (1958)
6. The Comancheros (1961)
7. Convicts 4 (1962)
aka: Convicts Four
aka: Reprieve
8. Crazy Mama (1975)
9. Crime of Passion (1957)
10. Cuba Crossing (1980)
aka: Assignment: Kill Castro
aka: Kill Castro
aka: The Mercenaries
11. Darby's Rangers (1958)
12. The Decks Ran Red (1958)
13. Eaten Alive (1977)
aka: Starlight Slaughter
aka: Legend of the Bayou
aka: Horror Hotel
14. Francis of Assisi (1961)
15. Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1980)
16. The Mark (1961)
17. Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)
18. The Monster Club (1980)
19. Murder, Inc. (1960)
20. Night of the Lepus (1972)
21. Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
aka: Texas Guns
22. Passion (1954)
23. The President's Man (2000)
24. Rhapsody (1954)
25. Seven Men from Now (1956)
26. Shatter (1974)
aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
27. Signpost to Murder (1964)
28. The Sound and the Fury (1959)
29. The Story of Ruth (1960)
30. Ten North Frederick (1958)
31. These Thousand Hills (1959)
32. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
33. The Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
34. The White Buffalo (1977)
aka: Hunt to Kill
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