Dakota 1945  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ona Munson, Hugo Haas, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki, Paul Fix, Grant Withers, Pierre Watkin, Olive Blakeney, Nick Stewart, Robert Livingston, Olin Howland
In this so-so Western, John Devlin (John Wayne) is in a territorial dispute over a railroad line. John's love interest, Sandy (Vera Ralston), is the daughter of the railway tycoon.
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Fair Wind to Java 1953  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Vera Ralston, Robert Douglas, Victor McLaglen, Buddy Baer, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Philip Ahn, John Russell, Keye Luke
Captain Boll (Fred MacMurray) is a sea captain who enlists the aid of Kim Kim (Vera Ralston) in finding a treasure in diamonds.
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The Fighting Kentuckian 1949  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: George Waggner
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor, John Howard, Hugo Haas, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Odette Myrtil
Following the War of 1812, two frontiersmen (John Wayne and Oliver Hardy), help French refugees in Alabama who are in danger of being tricked out of their land.
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The Lady and the Monster 1944 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: The Lady and the Doctor
Tiger Man
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Mary Nash, Sidney Blackmer, Helen Vinson, William Henry, Charles Cane, Janet Martin, Juanita Quigley, Josephine Dillon, Lane Chandler, Antonio Triana, Lola Montes, Lee Phelps
This is the first of three films based on Curt Siodmak's novel, "Donovan's Brain." The 1953 version, "Donovan's Brain," is truer to the novel than this one or 1962's "The Brain." Mad scientist Franz (Erich von Stroheim) keeps a ruthless financier's brain alive. The brain takes over the mind of lab assistant Patrick (Richard Arlen) in order to take revenge on those who wronged him.
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Lake Placid Serenade 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Roy Rogers, Vera Ralston, John Litel, Walter Catlett, Robert Livingston, Stephanie Bachelor, Eugene Pallette, Barbara Jo Allen, William Frawley, Ruth Terry, Lloyd Corrigan, Stephanie Bachelor
A foreign ice skater attending an ice carnival is stranded in the U.S. when war breaks out. Love ensues when she meets her uncle's young partner. Many old standards are sung.
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Surrender 1950  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Jane Darwell, Roy Barcroft, Paul Fix, Esther Dale, Maria Palmer
Violet Barton (Vera Ralston) is an evil woman for whom bigamy followed by murder are the events that lead to the framing of Johnny Hale (William Ching) in this adult Western.
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The Wild Blue Yonder 1951 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Wendell Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker, Phil Harris, Walter Brennan, Ruth Donnelly, Harry Carey Jr., Penny Edwards, Jack Kelly, William Witney, William Ching, Wally Cassell, James Brown, Richard Erdman, Phillip Pine
During World War II, while training in Kansas to fly the new Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Air Force pilots Captain Harold Talbot (Wendell Corey) and Major Tom West (Forrest Tucker) prepare for their bombing mission in the South Pacific. Tom is dating nurse Lt. Helen Landers (Vera Ralston), and Cal is attracted to her also. They complete their training and are transferred to Guam where Helen is also stationed. The time arrives for their mission, and they fly to Tokyo with a squadron of B-29s, but the plane crashes. During the rescue attempt, Tom is killed, and Cal returns to Helen. This film pays tribute to the development of aviation and the daring men who flew bombing missions during World War II.
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Wyoming 1947 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Albert Dekker, Virginia Grey, George "Gabby" Hayes, Paul Harvey, Maria Ouspenskaya, Grant Withers, Harry Woods
"Wild Bill" Elliott comes to the rescue of settlers being harassed by a cattle baron who doesn't want his free range limited.
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| 1. Dakota (1945)
2. Fair Wind to Java (1953)
3. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
4. The Lady and the Monster (1944)
aka: The Lady and the Doctor
aka: Tiger Man
5. Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
6. Surrender (1950)
7. The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
8. Wyoming (1947)
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