5 Card Stud 1968  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
aka: Five Card Stud
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Denver Pyle, Ted de Corsia, Katherine Justice, John Anderson, Ruth Springford, Yaphet Kotto, Bill Fletcher, Whit Bissell, Ted de Corsia, Roy Jenson, Don Collier
After a stranger is lynched for cheating at cards, members of the lynching party become victims of a succession of unsolved murders. Van Morgan (Dean Martin), who had witnessed the hanging and tried to stop the lynching, sets out with hail-and-brimstone minister, Rev. Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum), to find the murderer. Is the murderer closer than Morgan imagines?
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Advance to the Rear 1964  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Whit Bissell, Michael Pate, Preston Foster
Captain Jared Heath leads a group of inept soldiers who encounter espionage and the loss of their gold shipment, in this above average comedy.
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Airport 1970  G, 137 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Helen Hayes, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barry Nelson, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins, Jessie Royce Landis, Whit Bissell
Of the five "Airport" films, this first one is the only one worth your time. Based on Arthur Haley's novel by the same name it is filled with suspense as a plane is stuck on the needed runway during a VERY snowy night. Helen Hayes won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar; nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton).
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Anna Lucasta 1949 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Paulette Goddard, William Bishop, Oskar Homolka, John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Will Geer, Gale Page, Mary Wickes, Whit Bissell, James Brown, Dennie Moore, Anthony Caruso
After her alcoholic father (Oskar Homolka) kicks her out of the house, Brooklyn prostitute Anna Lucasta (Paulette Goddard) is exploited by her family when they use her as bait to trap a wealthy farmer into marriage, which will bring money into the family.
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Another Part of the Forest 1948 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Fredric March, Dan Duryea, Edmond O'Brien, Ann Blyth, Florence Eldridge, John Dall, Dona Drake, Betsy Blair, Fritz Leiber, Whit Bissell
Marcus Hubbard (Fredric March) is a vicious man living in the Deep South who profited from the Civil War. He is also a mean father and husband. Then one son, Ben (Edmond O'Brien), finds out that Marcus was responsible for the death of Confederate troops and threatens to blow the whistle. This film begins 20 years before the Lillian Hellman book and movie, "The Little Foxes," which carried on the story of the Hubbard family.
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At Gunpoint 1955 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan, Tommy Rettig, Skip Homeier, Whit Bissell, Irving Bacon, Jack Lambert, Harry Lauter, John Qualen
Mild-mannered Jack Wright (Fred MacMurray) shoots a bank robber and gets no help from the community when outlaws seek revenge for their lost friend.
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Birdman of Alcatraz 1962  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Edmond O'Brien, Telly Savalas, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Hugh Marlowe, Graham Denton, James Westerfield, Whit Bissell, Raymond Greenleaf, Lewis Charles, Robert Burton
This story is based on the life of Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) who becomes obsessed with birds during his 53 years of imprisonment on Alcatraz. After rescuing a sparrow that flies into his cell, Stroud, despite his third-grade education, becomes a world-renowned ornithologist and gains a new purpose in life while serving his life sentence. Telly Savalas plays the talkative prisoner in the next cell, and Thelma Ritter takes on the role of Stroud's controlling mother. Excellent performances by Lancaster, Savalas, and Ritter earned Academy Award nominations.
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The Black Orchid 1958 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Puglia, Jimmy Baird, Naomi Stevens, Whit Bissell, Ina Balin
The Black Orchid is Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren), a gangster's widow who strives for a chance for happiness with widower Frank Valente (Anthony Quinn).
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Boots Malone 1951 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: William Holden, Johnny Stewart, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Whit Bissell, Carl Benton Reid, Ralph Dumke, Anthony Caruso
A drifter, Boots Malone (William Holden), trains to be a first-rate jockey and–only then–realizes the role of the gambling syndicate in the Sport of Kings.
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Casey's Shadow 1978 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Robert Webber, Murray Hamilton, Andrew A. Rubin, Steve Burns, Harry Caesar, Joel Fluellen, Whit Bissell
Lloyd Bourdelle (Walter Matthau) is a widower who trains horses for a living and manages to raise his kids alone. He owns a quarter horse that he plans to race at Ruidoso, New Mexico but must contend with those who want to get the rights to his horse.
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A Covenant with Death 1967 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: George Maharis, Katy Jurado, Laura Devon, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell, Sidney Blackmer, Gene Hackman, John Anderson, Kent Smith, Whit Bissell
After a jury verdict of "guilty" for the murder of his wife, Bryan Talbot (Earl Holliman) kills the man chosen to be his executioner. Judge Ben Lewis (George Maharis) then sets out to prove Talbot's innocence in the first crime, but there is still the problem of the second murder.
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 Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Ben Chapman, Rodd Redwing, Bernie Gozier, Ricou Browning, Henry A. Escalante, Perry Lopez, Sydney Mason
Originally a 3-D thriller, this is the story of a scientific expedition that discovers a half-man/half-fish creature (underwater scenes played by Ricou Browning and those on land played by Ben Chapman) in a lagoon along the Amazon River. Those on the expedition include David Reed (Richard Carlson), Mark Williams (Richard Denning) and Kay Lawrence (Julie Adams). They catch the creature, tranquilize it, and bring it aboard. But, the creature manages to escape, kidnaps Kay, and the terror continues. 1 User Review
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Crime Doctor's Diary 1949  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Don Beddoe, Whit Bissell, Robert Armstrong, George Meeker, Selmer Jackson, Claire Carleton
This is the last in the series, and it's time had come. This one doesn't measure up to the earlier, more lively, entries. In his last case, Crime Doctor is out to clear his patient of murder and arson charges.
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The Defiant Ones 1958 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles McGraw, King Donovan, Claude Akins, Whit Bissell, Lawrence Dobkin, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Kevin Caughlin
Hatred turns into understanding and finally love when two escaped convicts (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) must lean on each other to survive. This movie, about the futility of racial hatred, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Actor (both Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier), Supporting Actor (Theodore Bikel), Supporting Actress (Cara Williams), Director, and Film Editing. It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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The Desperate Hours 1955 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young, Mary Murphy, Robert Middleton, Ray Collins, Whit Bissell
Three escaped convicts prey on the Hilliard family while plotting revenge against a cop.
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Destination Nightmare 1968 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Paul Landres
Cast: Boris Karloff, Whit Bissell, Myron Healey, Tod Andrews, George Hamilton, Jean Del Val, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Rusty Lane, Ron Hagerthy, Roy Engel
Boris Karloff introduces and stars in tales of the supernatural, which was the pilot for a TV series.
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A Double Life 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters, Ray Collins, Philip Loeb, Millard Mitchell, Joe Sawyer, Whit Bissell, Charles La Torre
Shakespearean actor Tony John (Ronald Colman) imitates his roles off-stage. In this case, while playing Othello, he murders a waitress (Shelley Winters). Finally, completely insane, he almost murders Desdemona (Signe Hasso) on stage. Colman won a Best Actor Oscar for this powerful performance.
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Gang War 1958 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Charles Bronson, Kent Taylor, Jennifer Holden, John Doucette, Gloria Henry, Barney Phillips, George Eldredge, Whit Bissell, Ralph Manza, Billy Snyder
When teacher Alan Avery (Charles Bronson) takes on a teenage gang, his court testimony results in the murder of his wife, Edie (Gloria Henry), and a wave of gang violence.
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Lyle Bettger, Frank Faylen, Earl Holliman, Ted de Corsia, Dennis Hopper, Whit Bissell, DeForest Kelley, Martin Milner, George Mathews, John Hudson
Lawman Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and outlaw Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas) join forces to fight the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. This is an excellent film; although history is romanticized, the 1881 gunfight and action preceding it are exciting fare in this classic Western. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Sound and Film Editing
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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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Hud 1963 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon DeWilde, Whit Bissell, John Ashley, Val Avery, Crahan Denton, Yvette Vickers, Curt Conway, George Petrie, Pitt Herbert, Sheldon Allman, Carl Low, Robert Hinkle
Cattle rancher Hud (Paul Newman) wants profits in oil and tries to talk his father (Melvyn Douglas) into turning the ranch into an oil field. Alma (Patricia Neal) watches as Hud tries to coerce his father and tries to ward him off when Hud drunkenly propositions her. Neal won the Best Actress Oscar, and Douglas won for Best Supporting Actor. The film also won for Cinematography and received for other nominations, including Best Actor and Director.
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I Was a Teen-age Werewolf 1957 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Whit Bissell, Michael Landon, Yvonne Fedderson, Tony Marshall, Cynthia Chenault, Guy Williams, Vladimir Sokoloff, Dawn Richard, Barney Phillips, Ken Miller, Michael Rougas, Robert Griffin, Joseph Mell, Malcolm Atterbury, Louise Lewis
Tony (Michael Landon) is a teenager whose temper gets him in trouble, and this concerns many, including his girlfriend Arlene (Yvonne Fedderson). As a result, Tony is treated through hypnotherapy by a psychologist, Dr. Brandon (Whit Bissell). Brandon uses Tony in an experiment and gives him a serum that turns him into a werewolf. Now, as Tony searches for a way to recover, violence ensues.
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: Teenage Frankenstein
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Cast: Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway, George Lynn, John Cliff, Marshall Bradford, Russ Whiteman, Charles Seel, Claudia Bryar, Angela Blake, Joy Stoner, Patrick Miller
This is the story of one of Frankenstein's descendants, Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell), who maintains the family hobby of amassing body parts to create new lives. After gathering teenage bodies from an auto accident, Frankenstein and his assistant, Carlton (Robert Burton), use their bodies to create a teenage Monster (Gary Conway) that goes on a killing spree, which includes killing Frankenstein's fiancee, Margaret (Phyllis Coates).
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It Should Happen to You 1954 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon, Michael O'Shea, Vaughn Taylor, Connie Gilchrist, Rex Evans, Whit Bissell, Melville Cooper, Constance Bennett
Jack Lemmon made his film debut in this now almost-classic film about Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) who yearns to be famous. Her solution is to display her name on billboards all over NYC–she gets results!
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1977 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: James L. Conway
Cast: Steve Forrest, Ned Romero, Andrew Prine, Don Shanks, Michele Marsh, Jane Actman, Robert Tessier, Robert Easton, Whit Bissell, Dehl Berti, John Bishop, Coleman Creel
This is a good TV rendition of James Fenimore Cooper's novel as Hawkeye (Steve Forrest), along with the last two survivors of the Mohican tribe–Uncas and Chingachgook (Don Shanks and Ned Romero), escorts Army Major Duncan Heyward (Andrew Prine) and Cora and Alice Morgan (Michele Marsh and Jane Actman) through hostile territory during the French and Indian War.
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The Lost Continent 1951  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke, Chick Chandler, John Hoyt, Acquanetta, Hugh Beaumont, Sid Melton, Whit Bissell, Murray Alper, William E. Green
After a rocket crashes on a Pacific island, Major Joe Nolan (Cesar Romero) heads a team to find it and recover classified information. They come upon prehistoric animals–yes, including dinosaurs. They also encounter a young native woman (Acquanetta) who proves to be of value. Dated and poor special effects, but the film may interest some on a cold winter's day.
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 The Magnificent Seven 1960 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter, Vladimir Sokoloff, Whit Bissell, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Rosenda Monteros, Rico Alaniz, Natividad Vacio, Pepe Hern
Citizens of a Mexican farming town are threatened by bandito Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his gang who steal their harvests. The desperate townsfolk find seven American gunmen, led by Chris (Yul Brynner), to protect them. Chris and his gunmen (Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz, James Coburn, and Brad Dexter) teach the villagers the art of defense, but more than a few problems arise when Calvera and his gang return to town. 1 User Review
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| | THE BEST EVER | RAMSEY CARP 04/05/2009 | | THE BEST EVER WESTERN FILM ON MY COLLECTION |
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Man from Del Rio 1956 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney, Douglas Fowley, John Larch, Whit Bissell, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Douglas Spencer, Barry Atwater, Katherine DeMille
Swarthy Mexican gunman Dave Robles (Anthony Quinn) is hired by a town to enforce law and order; however, he runs into problems when his wrist is broken and he cannot effectively use his gun.
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 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Lloyd Corrigan, Whit Bissell, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson, Barry Kelley, Albert Paulsen
Korean War veteran Bennet Marco (Frank Sinatra) begins to suspect that his memories of the heroics of one member of his squad, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), may involve brainwashing. The excellent story is about tracking down a Communist plot to take over the U.S. Government. Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role of Shaw's mother.
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The Naked Street 1955 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maxwell Shane
Cast: Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Peter Graves, Jerry Paris, Frank Sully, Whit Bissell, Jeanne Cooper
Gangster Phil Regal (Anthony Quinn) gets low-life Nicky Bradna (Farley Granger) off death row so he can marry Regal's pregnant sister, Rosalie (Anne Bancroft), and make an honest woman of her.
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Never So Few 1959 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Dean Jones, Charles Bronson, Paul Henreid, Philip Ahn, Robert Bray, Whit Bissell, Kipp Hamilton, John Hoyt, Richard Lupino
Capt. Tom Reynolds (Frank Sinatra) leads British and American guerilla fighters against Japanese invaders in Burma during World War II. While on leave in Calcutta to bring the doctor, Capt. Grey Travis (Peter Lawford), and medical supplies back to his troops, Tom meets and romances Carla (Gina Lollobrigida) who is the mistress of local businessman Nikko Regas (Paul Henreid). Tom rejoins the troops and then finds that his reinforcements have been killed by Nationalist Chinese forces. Against orders, Reynolds leads his guerilla fighters into China and seeks retribution through bloodshed. A court martial follows, but Reynolds is able to make his point and is cleared. Meanwhile, Carla must decide whether or not to change her life and go to the U.S. with Reynolds.
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No Name on the Bullet 1959 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans, R.G. Armstrong, Virginia Grey, Warren Stevens, Willis Bouchey, Whit Bissell, Edgar Stehli, Simon Scott, Karl Swenson, Jerry Paris
Professional assassin John Gant (Audie Murphy) rides into Lordsburg causing paranoia among many in the town who have shady pasts. Who is the intended victim? One of Audie Murphy's best roles.
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Pete 'N' Tillie 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, Rene Auberjonois, Lee Montgomery, Henry Jones, Kent Smith, Whit Bissell, Philip Bourneuf
This combination of comedy and drama is based on the Peter De Vries novel "Witch's Milk" and stars Walter Matthau as bachelor Pete who marries Tillie (Carol Burnett). They suffer the tragedy of the death of their nine-year-old son but finally rekindle their love. Geraldine Page received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress).
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The Proud Ones 1956 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Middleton, Walter Brennan, Arthur O'Connell, Ken Clark, Rodolfo Acosta, Edward Platt, Whit Bissell
Outlaws zero in on a Kansas town and the Marshal, Cass (Robert Ryan), must overcome handicaps to rid the town of the illegal elements.
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 Raw Deal 1948 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr, Curt Conway, Chili Williams, Regis Toomey, Whit Bissell, Cliff Clark, Tom Fadden, Ray Teal, Richard Irving, Paul Kruger
Joe (Dennis O'Keefe) is in prison taking the rap for Rick (Raymond Burr). Rick springs Joe, hoping that Joe will be caught or killed during the breakout. You see, Rick wants to keep the $50,000 that he owes Joe. But, the tough Joe makes it out and now he must not only deal with Rick, but he also must make a decision on the two women (Claire Trevor and Marsha Hunt) in his life.
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Red Mountain 1951 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland, Jeff Corey, Walter Sande, Neville Brand, Whit Bissell, Jay Silverheels, Iron Eyes Cody
The Civil War story of Confederate Quantrill (John Ireland) and his raiders is seen from the perspective of one of the members of the gang, Brett (Alan Ladd), who gets into trouble of his own in Union territory.
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The Sellout 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerald Mayer
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond, Cameron Mitchell, Karl Malden, Everett Sloane, Whit Bissell, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Cott
Political corruption in a small town is the theme of this story in which newspaper editor Allridge (Walter Pidgeon) fights the forces of city hall.
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The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
Director: George S. Kaufman
Cast: William Powell, Ella Raines, Arleen Whelan, Peter Lind Hayes, Ray Collins, Allen Jenkins, Hans Conried, Charles D. Brown, Whit Bissell, Norma Varden
Senator Ashton (William Powell) wants to be President of the United States and hires a press agent to help him attain his lofty ambition.
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Seven Days in May 1964 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, Andrew Duggan, Hugh Marlowe, Whit Bissell, George Macready
Gen. James M. Scott (Burt Lancaster) leads a military conspiracy to take over the United States government. Some military officers are upset about a recent arms treaty signed by President Jordan Lyman. This story shows how strong the laws of America are to maintain order in the Democracy. An Academy Award nomination was received by Edmond O'Brien (Supporting Actor).
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Shack Out on 101 1955 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dain
Cast: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin, Whit Bissell, Frank DeKova, Jess Barker, Len Lesser, Donald Murphy, Fred Gabourie
Kotty (Terry Moore) is a waitress in a diner along California's Highway 101 and helps flush out two customers who plot to sabotage the local chemical plant.
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Side Street 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Edmon Ryan, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey, Charles McGraw, Edwin Max, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim
New York City postman Joe Norson (Farley Granger) steals an envelope filled with $30,000. As if this act was not bad enough, when Joe tries to return the cash, it turns out that the money belonged to blackmailers who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. And the chase is on.
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Skirts Ahoy! 1952 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Barry Sullivan, Keefe Brasselle, Whit Bissell, Mae Clarke, Thurston Hall, Paul Harvey, Debbie Reynolds
Una Yancy (Vivian Blaine), Mary Kate Yarbrough (Joan Evans), and Whitney Young (Esther Williams) join the Navy to see the world and fall in love instead.
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Soylent Green 1973 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson, Whit Bissell, Mike Henry, Dick Van Patten, Stephen Young, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Roy Jenson, Leonard Stone, Celia Lovsky
In New York City during 2020, detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is aided by Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) during his investigation of the assassination of Soylent Green executive William Simonson (Joseph Cotton). They uncover a plot by Soylent Corporation to solve society's hunger problems when they learn what really makes up the ingredients of Soylent Green's "food." The story is based on Harry Harrison's sci-fi book "Make Room! Make Room!"
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Spencer's Mountain 1963 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp, Wally Cox, Mimsy Farmer, Virginia Gregg, Dub Taylor, Whit Bissell, Lillian Bronson
Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) is a Wyoming farmer who dreams of sending his son to college. This story, based on the novel by Earl Hammer Jr., later became the basis for the popular television series, "The Waltons."
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Target Earth 1954  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Sherman A. Rose
Cast: Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Reeves, Virginia Grey, Robert Roark, Whit Bissell, Mort Marshall, Arthur Space, Steve Pendleton, House Peters Jr.
Frank (Richard Denning) and Nora (Kathleen Crowley) awaken in different parts of Chicago to find the city deserted. Robots from Venus are to blame, and Frank, Nora, and a couple of other survivors must find a way to save the Earth.
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A Tattered Web 1971 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Frank Converse, Sallie Shockley, Murray Hamilton, Broderick Crawford, Anne Helm, Val Avery, Walter Brooke, Whit Bissell, Ellen Corby
Police Sergeant Ed Stagg (Lloyd Bridges) finds out that his son-in-law is cheating on Ed's daughter. Ed tracks down the woman, but tragedy strikes when Ed accidentally kills her. He decides to pin the murder on a homeless drunk. Not a bad made-for-TV flick.
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That Lady in Ermine 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger
Cast: Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero, Walter Abel, Reginald Gardiner, Harry Davenport, Virginia Campbell, Whit Bissell, Edmund MacDonald, Harry Cording
It's the mid-1800s and an invading force, led by Col. Karolyi (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), takes over the castle of a ruling countess (Betty Grable). Karolyi falls in love with the countess, while she seeks advice from a deceased, female ancestor who dealt with a similar problem over 200 years ago. Not much here, but there are a few good songs. Director Lubitsch died shortly after the start of filming; Otto Preminger completed the film without credits.
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 The Time Machine 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell, Doris Lloyd, Paul Frees, Bob Barran, Josephine Powell, James Skelly
Around 1900, a scientist, H. George Wells (Rod Taylor), invents a time machine that can transport him through the fourth dimension of time. He travels into the year 807,701 where he discovers a VERY foreign world filled with the meek Elois who are hiding from the brutal Morlocks. Wells battles the Morlocks to regain his stolen time machine and rescues the beautiful Weena (Yvette Mimieux). From the H.G. Wells story.
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Tokyo Joe 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa, Jerome Courtland, Gordon Jones, Rhys Williams, Charles Meredith, Harold Goodwin, James Cardwell, Teru Shimada, Hideo Mori, Lora Lee Michel, Whit Bissell, Fred F. Sears
Three years after World War II ends, an American soldier, Joe Barrett (Humphrey Bogart), returns to Japan on a business venture. He believes that his wife Trina (Florence Marly) died in a concentration camp, but now finds that Trina is alive, has remarried Mark Landis (Alexander Knox), and has a seven-year-old daughter Anya (Lora Lee Michel) who Barrett suspects is his own child. Ex-Japanese intelligence officer Baron Kimura (Sessue Hayakawa) wants Barrett to use his airline to fly war criminals back to Japan and kidnaps Anya to ensure Barretts cooperation. Events escalate and culminate in a bloody shoot-out.
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When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Dan Dailey, Colleen Townsend, Corinne Calvet, William Demarest, Jimmy Lydon, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Varden, Mae Marsh, Kenneth Tobey, Charles Trowbridge, Luis Alberni, Whit Bissell, David McMahon, Paul Harvey
A young soldier's (Dan Dailey) dreams of fighting in World War II are thwarted by duty in the United States; however, he finds another chance for danger when he is chosen for a mission with the French Resistance Forces.
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| 1. 5 Card Stud (1968)
aka: Five Card Stud
2. Advance to the Rear (1964)
3. Airport (1970)
4. Anna Lucasta (1949)
5. Another Part of the Forest (1948)
6. At Gunpoint (1955)
7. The Atomic Kid (1954)
8. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
9. The Black Orchid (1958)
10. Boots Malone (1951)
11. Casey's Shadow (1978)
12. A Covenant with Death (1967)
13. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
14. Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
15. The Defiant Ones (1958)
16. The Desperate Hours (1955)
17. Destination Nightmare (1968)
18. A Double Life (1947)
19. Gang War (1958)
20. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
21. He Walked by Night (1948)
22. Hud (1963)
23. I Was a Teen-age Werewolf (1957)
24. I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
aka: Teenage Frankenstein
25. The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977)
26. It Should Happen to You (1954)
27. Johnny Tremain (1957)
28. The Last of the Mohicans (1977)
29. The Lost Continent (1951)
30. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
31. Man from Del Rio (1956)
32. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
33. The Naked Street (1955)
34. Never So Few (1959)
35. No Name on the Bullet (1959)
36. Pete 'N' Tillie (1972)
37. The Proud Ones (1956)
38. Psychic Killer (1975)
39. Raw Deal (1948)
40. Red Mountain (1951)
41. The Sellout (1952)
42. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
43. Seven Days in May (1964)
44. Shack Out on 101 (1955)
45. Side Street (1950)
46. Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
47. Soylent Green (1973)
48. Spencer's Mountain (1963)
49. Target Earth (1954)
50. A Tattered Web (1971)
51. That Lady in Ermine (1948)
52. The Time Machine (1960)
53. Tokyo Joe (1949)
54. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
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