The Ballad of Josie 1967   N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine, William Talman, David Hartman, Paul Fix, Elisabeth Fraser, Don Stroud, Guy Raymond
Josie is a widow who tries to raise sheep in the wrong place–cattle country. The story falls flat, but then, counting sheep is a good way to fall asleep.
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Big House, U.S.A. 1955  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard W. Koch
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, Randy Farr, William Talman, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bronson, Roy Roberts, Willis Bouchey
Convict Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) breaks out of prison in order to recover a cache of money he extorted earlier and wants back in his possession.
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The Hitch-Hiker 1953 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ida Lupino
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, Jose Torvay, Sam Hayes, Wendell Niles, Jean Del Val, Clark Howat, Natividad Vacio, Rodney Bell
As Roy and Gilbert (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) head off on a fishing trip, they make a big mistake: they pick up a hitchhiker, Emmett (William Talman), a sadistic, psychotic killer. Emmett takes the pair hostage and forces them to cross the desert and enter Mexico, playing a cat and mouse game with them on the way. A good film noir directed by the 1930s and 1940s star, Ida Lupino.
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One Minute to Zero 1952 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw, Margaret Sheridan, Richard Egan, Eduard Franz, Robert Osterloh, Robert Gist, Roy Roberts
Colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum) is overseeing the evacuation of Americans from Korea when he falls in love with United Nations worker Linda Day (Ann Blyth).
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The Racket 1951  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, William Conrad, Virginia Huston, Les Tremayne, Ray Collins, Joyce Mackenzie, Robert Hutton
Police Captain McGuigg (Robert Mitchum) resists pressure from a mobster, Nick (Robert Ryan), when he investigates racketeering in this intuitive film about political and legal corruption.
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| 1. The Ballad of Josie (1967)
2. Big House, U.S.A. (1955)
3. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
4. One Minute to Zero (1952)
5. The Racket (1951)
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