Away All Boats 1956  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes, Richard Boone, Charles McGraw, Jock Mahoney, John McIntire, Frank Faylen, Grant Williams, Clint Eastwood, William Reynolds, Don Keefer, Kendall Clark
Ex-Merchant Marine Dave MacDougall (George Nader) is the Executive Officer on the attack transport U.S.S Belinda on which Capt. Jebediah Hawks (Jeff Chandler) commands and prepares his sailors for battle in the Pacific theater during World War II. Hawks trains his men and pretends to be a self-centered snob so that they will direct their frustrations at him instead of each other. MacDougall, however, sees what is going on and gives the sailors clues so that they will respect Hawks. The crew pulls together and manages to survive many Japanese attacks. Look fast for Clint Eastwood as a medic near the end of the film.
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 The Birds 1963   N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Jessica Tandy, Charles McGraw, Doodles Weaver, Ethel Griffies, Ruth McDevitt, Joe Mantell
Alfred Hitchcock's terrifying movie concerns birds that plague a small seaside community. Tippi Hedren and Jessica Tandy are great in this film that received an Oscar nomination for Best Special Effects. 1 User Review
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| | the most out standy movie | ashley 03/08/2007 | | this girl is in love with birds |
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Blood on the Moon 1948  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Phyllis Thaxter, Frank Faylen, Tom Tully, Charles McGraw, Clifton Young, Tom Tyler
A land dispute between farmers and cattlemen involves a cowhand and his double-dealing friend. Eventually, however, the love of a woman changes the friend for the better. This near-classic Western is based on a novel by Luke Short.
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Border Incident 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya, Teresa Celli, Charles McGraw, Jose Torvay, John Ridgely, Arthur Hunnicutt, Sig Ruman, Otto Waldis
Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez (Ricardo Montalban) and American border patrol agent Jack Bearnes (George Murphy) join forces to infiltrate a smuggling ring and put an end to the killing and kidnapping of illegal aliens around the California border.
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri 1954 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, Charles McGraw, Earl Holliman, Dennis Weaver, Robert Strauss, Richard Shannon, Willis Bouchey, Keiko Awaji, Charles Tannen, Gene Reynolds, Dickie Jones, Corey Allen
Harry Brubaker (William Holden) leaves his law firm to fly Navy jets in Korea. When his wife, Nancy (Grace Kelly), visits him, Admiral Tarrant (Fredric March) tells her that her husband flies dangerous missions, and–for the first time–Nancy understands the dangers of being a jet pilot during wartime. 1 User Review
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| | THIS IS ONE MOVIE THAT I WATCH OVER AND OVER | DIAMONDQB...USNA 03/27/2007 | | BECAUSE I WAS WW2 USNA, AND ALSO WORKED FOR ACADEMY (WP) FOR THE NEXT 20 ODD YEARS, THIS WAS A MOVIE A LOT LIKE MYSELF IN MANY WAYS, EXCEPT I AM STILL HERE AND MY LITTLE WIFE, MY LITTLE PEARLEY B., WHOM I LOVE MORE THAN LIFE ITS SELF AND I HAD 66WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER, SHE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD OCT.29, 2005, AND LEFT ME A VERY BROKEN HEARTED OLD GUY, I LOVE AND MISS HER SO, YOU CAN SEE PICTURES http://jonmulliniks.blogster.com HER FAVORITE MALE ACTOR OF COURSE WAS WILLIAM HOLDEN, SHE SAID BECAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE ME AND WE WERE SO MUCH A LIKE, SHE KNEW HOW TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD, I ALSO LIKED HOLDEN VERY MUCH AND WE SAW MOST OF HIS FILMS, I JUST GOT THROUGH LOOKING AT ONE OF HIS CIVAL WAR MOVIES...MARANATHA!!! WINDRIVERCHOCTAW@JUNO.COM |
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Cimarron 1960 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Anthony Mann, Charles Walters
Cast: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell, Russ Tamblyn, Mercedes McCambridge, Vic Morrow, Harry Morgan, Edgar Buchanan, Charles McGraw, Robert Keith, David Opatoshu, Mary Wickes, Aline MacMahon, Lili Darvas
Set during the era between 1890 and 1915, this is the film adaptation of Edna Ferber's epic novel about Yancey and Sabra Cravat (Glenn Ford and Maria Schell) homesteading in Oklahoma. They stake a claim, and Yancey starts a newspaper business that proves very profitable. Yancey gains respectability as a leading citizen and is asked to run for governor. But, Yancey realizes that becoming governor would mean he would play a role in defrauding the Indians of their land and mineral rights. He declines the offer, much to the dismay of Sabra.
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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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Double Crossbones 1951  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Adventure
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, John Emery, Stanley Logan, Kathryn Givney, Hayden Rorke, Morgan Farley, Hope Emerson, Charles McGraw, Alan Napier, Robert Barrat, Glenn Strange, Gregg Martell, Jeff Chandler
After being wrongly accused of piracy, 18th-century shopkeeper apprentice Dave Crandall (Donald O'Connor) takes refuge on a pirate boat and, through a series of unlikely events, earns the reputation as the most dangerous pirate sailing the world's seas.
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Hang 'Em High 1968 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Ted Post
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, James MacArthur, Arlene Golonka, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Ruth White, Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw, Alan Hale Jr., James Westerfield, L.Q. Jones, Joseph Sirola
Rancher Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is accosted by nine men, led by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley), and accused of stealing his neighbor's cattle and killing him. They hang Cooper and leave him for dead, but he is rescued by Deputy U.S. Marshal Bliss (Ben Johnson) and later cleared by Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle). Now a free man, Cooper wants revenge and takes the law into his own hands and sets off to administer his own form of justice on the men who tried to hang him.
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Hazard 1948 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark, Stanley Clements, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Charles McGraw, Frank Faylen, Frank Fenton, Walter Baldwin, Isabel Randolph, Taylor Holmes, Charles McGraw
While private investigator J.D. Storm (Macdonald Carey) is trailing gambler Ellen Crane (Paulette Goddard), he falls in love with her.
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His Kind of Woman 1951 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Raymond Burr, Charles McGraw, Marjorie Reynolds, Jim Backus, Leslye Banning, Philip Van Zandt
A professional gambler, Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum), heads to South America on orders to sit and wait. He soon finds out he is being set up as a foil for racketeer Nick Ferraro (Raymond Burr).
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In Cold Blood 1967 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Jeff Corey, Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, John Gallaudet, James Flavin, Charles McGraw, Will Geer, John McLiam, Ruth Storey, Vaughn Taylor
This film is the adaptation of Truman Capote's account of the true story about two Kansas killers (Robert Blake and Scott Wilson). The script traces the events from the planning through the execution of the murder, and on to the final hanging of the killers. John Forsythe plays the detective who broke the case. A great film.
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The Killer Inside Me 1976 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Charles McGraw, John Dehner, Pepe Serna, Julie Adams, John Carradine, Royal Dano
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford (Stacy Keach) had a violent childhood, which has left him in a poor psychotic state. He is respected in the town, but the people don't know of his breakdowns when he goes into fits of rage–and killing.
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The Killers 1946 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, William Conrad, Virginia Christine, John Miljan, Donald MacBride, Vince Barnett, Charles McGraw, Charles D. Brown, Jack Lambert, Queenie Smith, Jeff Corey
Ernest Hemmingway's story is the springboard for this tale about killers (Charles McGraw and William Conrad) who murder an aging prizefighter Ole "Swede" Anderson (Burt Lancaster). Insurance investigator Jim Rearden (Edmond O'Brien) looks for "Swede's" beneficiary, and, in a series of flashbacks, he connects "Swede" to an unsolved robbery. It was "Swede" and his ex-girlfriend Kitty Collins (Ava Gardner) who conspired to take the goods, double-cross crime boss Big Jim Colfax (Albert Dekker), and then take off on their own. And, no, they do not live happily ever after.
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Loophole 1954 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw, Dorothy Malone, Don Haggerty, Mary Beth Hughes, Don Beddoe, Dayton Lummis, John Eldredge, Richard Reeves
Suspected of embezzling bank funds, a teller is fired but determines to uncover the identity of the real culprit.
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The Man in the Net 1959 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster, John Lupton, Charles McGraw, Tom Helmore, Ed Binns, John Alexander, Kathryn Givney, Betty Lou Holland
Artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) heads for New England to pursue his love for art. When his alcoholic wife, Linda (Carolyn Jones), disappears, John becomes the chief suspect. 1 User Review
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| | The Man in the Net | Ruby 03/09/2007 | I happened across this movie on Turner Classic Movie channel. It was a gem of a mystery. Alan Ladd is being framed for the murder of his wife. The children in this New England town ban together to hide him and help him find out who really murdered his wife. There were a couple parts played by child that were especially good. Two girls, Emily and Angel were very convincing without being obnoxious.
While the movie was made in 1959, it still stands up. What a jewel. |
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The Night Stalker 1972 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast: Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude Akins, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Stanley Adams, Elisha Cook Jr., Larry Linville
Reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) covers a big story about a vampire on the loose in Las Vegas. This film and its sequel "The Night Strangler" led to the TV series: "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," which, in turn, served as the inspiration for TV's "X Files."
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Nightmare in Chicago 1964 TV, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Michael Murphy, Andrew Duggan, Charles McGraw, Robert Ridgely, Carroll O'Connor, Ted Knight, Philip Abbott, Mary Frann, Ron Masak, Barbara Turner
This tense made-for-TV film, shot entirely on location, follows a psycho terrorizing the city during a killing spree, concentrating on drive-by shootings on a Chicago toll road.
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On the Old Spanish Trail 1947 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Tito Guizar, Estelita Rodriguez, Charles McGraw, Bob Nolan, Fred Graham, Steve Darrell, Marshall Reed, Wheaton Chambers, Sons of the Pioneers, Pat Brady, Ed Cassidy, Edward Keane
While traveling with his carnival, Roy Rogers needs $10,000 to pay off a carnival loan. He learns from his sidekick, Cookie Bullfincher (Andy Devine), that there is a $10,000 reward being offered for the capture of gypsy Rico Perado (Tito Guizar), and he captures him. But, Roy soon realizes that Rico is innocent and lets him go. The real villain is Harry Blaisdell (Charles McGraw) who Roy chases down and brings to justice. The reward money saves the carnival, and the show moves on to the next town.
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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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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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Saddle the Wind 1958 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish, John Sturges
Cast: Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes, Donald Crisp, Charles McGraw, Royal Dano, Richard Erdman, Douglas Spencer, Ray Teal, Jay Adler, Stanley Adams, Irene Tedrow, Lars Henderson, Henry Wills, Kelo Henderson
Ex-gunslinger Steve Sinclair (Robert Taylor) is engaged to Joan (Julie London) and wants to live quietly as a farmer. Then, along comes his younger brother, Tony (John Cassavetes), who not only demonstrates intense sibling rivalry but also is proud of his abilities with a gun. His temper results in a killing, leading to further tragedy. Good acting and writing (by Rod Serling), along with a fine musical score by Elmer Bernstein, make this an enjoyable tale.
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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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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue 1957 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Walter Matthau, Charles McGraw, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Nick Dennis
District attorney William Keating (Richard Egan) looks into the murder of longshoreman Solly Pitts (Mickey Shaughnessy) and finds Mob leader Al Dahlke (Walter Matthau) is behind most of the crime on the N.Y.C. docks.
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 Spartacus 1960 N/R, 196 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, Nina Foch, Herbert Lom, John Ireland, Woody Strode, John Gavin, John Dall, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone
This story begins when the slave, Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), is sold to Biatus (Peter Ustinov). During his subsequent training as a gladiator, Spartacus leads the other slaves in a rebellion, and they make their way to southern Italy. Meanwhile in Rome, two senators–Crassus (Laurence Olivier) and Gracchus (Charles Laughton)–envision the slave revolt as their keys to power. But, the interference from Crassus and Gracchus does not deter Spartacus and the slaves from their march to freedom. Peter Ustinov won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Russell Metty won for Best Cinematography. There were two other Academy Awards (Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costume Design) and a nomination for Best Musical Score. 1 User Review
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| | One of the greatest movies ever. | Anonymous 10/15/2007 | | |
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T-Men 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Mary Meade, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, Jane Randolph, Art Smith, Herbert Heyes, Jack Overman
Told in documentary style, complete with narration, this is the tale of treasury agents, T-Men (Dennis O'Keefe and Alfred Ryder), who go undercover and infiltrate a counterfeit ring to get the goods on the leaders. Exciting, tough film noir.
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here 1969 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Cast: Robert Blake, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Susan Clark, Barry Sullivan, John Vernon, Charles Aidman, Charles McGraw, Lloyd Gough, Ned Romero
This tension-filled movie is set in 1909 and is the story of a Paiute Indian (Robert Blake) who kills in self-defense and is now being hunted by the sheriff (Robert Redford).
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Toward the Unknown 1956 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: William Holden, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Leith, Charles McGraw, Murray Hamilton, Paul Fix, James Garner, L.Q. Jones, Karen Steele, Bartlett Robinson
Air Force Major Lincoln Bond (William Holden) redeems himself for earlier behavior as a POW when he test-flies a new jet plane for the United States. Jim Garner's film debut.
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The Wonderful Country 1959 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Pedro Armendariz, Jack Oakie, Albert Dekker, Charles McGraw, John Banner, Jay Novello, Victor Manuel Mendoza
Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum) is 1/2 Irish-American and 1/2 Mexican. As a gunrunner for Governor Castro (Pedro Armendariz), he meets and falls for Ellen Colton (Julie London)–the wife of a cavalry officer (Gary Merrill).
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| 1. Away All Boats (1956)
2. The Birds (1963)
3. Blood on the Moon (1948)
4. Border Incident (1949)
5. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
6. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
7. Cimarron (1960)
8. The Defiant Ones (1958)
9. Double Crossbones (1951)
10. Hang 'Em High (1968)
11. Hazard (1948)
12. His Kind of Woman (1951)
13. The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
14. In Cold Blood (1967)
15. The Killer Inside Me (1976)
16. The Killers (1946)
aka: Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
17. Loophole (1954)
18. The Man in the Net (1959)
19. The Night Stalker (1972)
20. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
21. On the Old Spanish Trail (1947)
22. One Minute to Zero (1952)
23. Reign of Terror (1949)
aka: The Black Book
24. Saddle the Wind (1958)
25. Side Street (1950)
26. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
27. Spartacus (1960)
28. T-Men (1947)
29. Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
30. Toward the Unknown (1956)
31. The Wonderful Country (1959)
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