The Big Trees 1952  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Western
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan, John Archer, Alan Hale Jr., Roy Roberts, Ellen Corby, Charles Meredith, Harry Cording, Lane Chandler, Frank Hagney, William Challee
Set around 1900, this remake of "Valley of the Giants" features Kirk Douglas as greedy lumberjack Jim Fallon who wants to use California's Redwood Forest for his own profit. Confronted by Quaker environmentalists, Fallon is finally convinced to save the trees.
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Boomerang! 1947  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene, Ed Begley, Taylor Holmes, Robert Keith, Karl Malden, Cara Williams, Philip Coolidge, William Challee, Bert Freed, Lucia Backus Seger, George Petrie
When a New England priest is murdered, John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy) is arrested. He is beaten into confessing that he is the killer and then tried for the crime. Based on the true story of a 1924 murder case that is still unsolved, the film follows State's Attorney Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) as he works to sort out the facts.
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Days of Glory 1944 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed, Maria Palmer, Lowell Gilmore, Hugo Haas, William Challee, Joseph Vitale, Glen Vernon, Ivan Triesault
Gregory Peck made his film debut in this World War II drama bout Russian peasants fighting against Hitler's goal of Leibensraum, the domination of Eastern Europe. As German troops invade Russia, peasants turn into guerillas to protect their homeland.
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Five Easy Pieces 1970  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers, John P. Ryan, Marlena MacGuire, Richard Stahl, Helena Kallianiotes, Lorna Thayer, William Challee
After an extended separation from his wealthy family, California oil rigger Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) returns to Puget Sound to visit his ailing father Nicholas (William Challee) with his pregnant girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) in tow. Bobby cannot stand the atmosphere in his family's upper-class mansion and seduces his uptight brother Carl's (Ralph Waite) fiancee Catherine (Susan Anspach). Now pulled between Rayette and Catherine and his family, Bobby cannot decide which way to go and simply runs away from it all. Several Oscar nominations were received including Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), and Supporting Actress (Black).
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Port of New York 1949  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Neville Brand, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Raymond Greenleaf, William Challee, Tudor Owen, John Kellogg
United States Customs agents try to break up a drug-smuggling ring led by Paul Vicola (Yul Brynner). This was Brynner's film debut.
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Reign of Terror 1949 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Black Book
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Hart, Richard Basehart, Arnold Moss, Norman Lloyd, Charles McGraw, Beulah Bondi, Jess Barker, Wade Crosby, William Challee, Ellen Lowe
Set in France during the French Revolution, this tale of conspiracy and greed centers on the actions of Robespierre whose name has become synonymous with The Terror.
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War Hunt 1962 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Denis Sanders
Cast: John Saxon, Robert Redford, Charles Aidman, Sydney Pollack, Gavin MacLeod, Tom Skerritt, Tommy Matsuda, Anthony Ray, William Challee, Nancy Hsueh
During the Korean War, an American soldier displays opposing personality traits; he ignores government orders by performing his own violent sniper attacks AND makes friends with an orphaned Korean boy.
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Zachariah 1971  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Englund
Cast: John Rubinstein, Patricia(2) Quinn, Don Johnson, Elvin Jones, Doug Kershaw, William Challee, Dick Van Patten, Hank Worden, Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton
During their 1870 journey through the West, Zachariah (John Rubinstein) and Matthew (Don Johnson) plan to become gunfighters. Along the way, they separate but reunite after Matthew comes gunning for Zachariah and realizes that peace, not violence, is the better way to live.
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| 1. The Big Trees (1952)
2. Boomerang! (1947)
3. Days of Glory (1944)
4. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
5. Port of New York (1949)
6. Reign of Terror (1949)
aka: The Black Book
7. War Hunt (1962)
8. Zachariah (1971)
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