The Abominable Snowman 1957  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Adventure / Sci-Fi
aka: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Arnold Marle, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown, Michael Brill, Wolfe Morris, Anthony Chinn, Fred Johnson, John Rae
A search for the elusive Yeti is the focus of this storyline as four men head out on an expedition to the Himalayas–and get much more than they bargained for!
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1981  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Jack B. Hively
Cast: Kurt Ida, Dan Monahan, Brock Peters, Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Lurene Tuttle, Mike Mazurki, Jack Kruschen, Don Haggerty, Helen Kleeb, James Griffith, Michele Marsh, Cliff Osmond, Bill Zuckert, Elvia Allman
In this made-for-TV offering of Mark Twain's story, Tom Sawyer (Dan Monahan) joins his best friend Huckleberry Finn (Kurt Ida) as they help runaway slave Jim (Brock Peters). The trio drifts down the Mississippi River on a raft, and, along the way, they run into con-men "the Duke" (Forrest Tucker) and "the Dauphin" (Larry Storch) and inadvertently become involved in their schemes.
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Auntie Mame 1958  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Morton DaCosta
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark, Roger Smith, Jan Handzlik, Patric Knowles, Peggy Cass, Joanna Barnes, Willard Waterman, Pippa Scott, Lee Patrick, Robin Hughes, Connie Gilchrist, Yuki Shimoda
Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell) takes over the guardianship of her orphaned nephew, Patrick (Jan Handzlik as the boy/Roger Smith as the adult). It is love at first sight when Mame introduces Patrick to her madcap world of N.Y.C. sophistication in the Jazz Age. Academy Award nominations include Best Picture, Actress (Russell), and Supporting Actress (Peggy Cass).
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The Big Cat 1949  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Skip Homeier, Sara Haden, Irving Bacon, Gene Reynolds
During the Depression, in 1933, city-boy Danny Turner (Lon McCallister) visits his rancher uncle Gil (Forrest Tucker) in Utah. A cougar is on the loose, and, while Danny is not of much use as a ranch hand, he proves pivotal when Gil's life is threatened by the big cat.
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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Chester Morris, George E. Stone, Richard Lane, Forrest Tucker, William Wright, Constance Worth, Lloyd Corrigan, John Tyrrell, Walter Sande, Shirley Patterson, Ralph Dunn, Charles Sullivan, Jessie Arnold, Cyril Ring, Lloyd Bridges
In this "Boston Blackie" episode, Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) are about to board a train when Blackie gets a call from his friend Arthur Manleder (Lloyd Corrigan) asking him to retrieve $60,000 from his apartment and then fly to California and give it to him. Police Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) gets wind of the request, arrives on the scene with Detective Sgt. Matthews (Walter Sande), and accuses Blackie of stealing. But, they let Blackie escape and follow him to California hoping to nail Manleder who they believe has possession of the stolen Monterey Diamond. Blackie suspects that he is being followed and uses his own unique methods to solve the case of the stolen diamond.
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Bugles in the Afternoon 1952 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves, Gertrude Michael, Sheb Wooley, Bob Steele, James Millican, Stuart Randall, William "Bill" Phillips, Hugh Beaumont, John Pickard, Harry Lauter
Sergeant Kern Shafter (Ray Milland) heads to a Dakota Army post, which his old nemesis Capt. Edward Garnett (Hugh Marlowe) commands. Their battles increase when they both fall for Josephine Russell (Helena Carter), but even more dangers lie ahead when they head off on a scouting mission for General Custer's command.
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Cancel My Reservations 1972  G, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Anne Archer, Keenan Wynn, Chief Dan George, Ned Beatty, John Wayne, Bing Crosby
A TV talk show host, Dan Bartlett (Bob Hope), gets involved with the murder of a millionaire Arizona rancher. This is really bad despite the big-name guest stars.
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Chisum 1970 G, 111 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Bruce Cabot, Andrew Prine, Patric Knowles, Richard Jaeckel, John Agar, Lynda Day George, Pamela McMyler, Lloyd Battista, Robert Donner, Geoffrey Deuel
King of the Pecos John Simpson Chisum (John Wayne) is the wealthiest cattleman in the New Mexico Territory in the 1870s. Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker) arrives on the scene, challenges Chisum, and the cattle war begins.
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Counter-Espionage 1942 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Warren William, Eric Blore, Hillary Brooke, Thurston Hall, Fred Kelsey, Forrest Tucker, Kurt Katch, Matthew Boulton, Morton Lowry, Billy Bevan
The Lone Wolf is in London during the Nazi bombing blitz and becomes involved with Nazi spies. Blore continues to add a comedy touch in his role of our hero's butler.
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The Deerslayer 1957  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Lex Barker, Rita Moreno, Forrest Tucker, Cathy O'Donnell, Jay C. Flippen, Carlos Rivas, John Halloran, Addison Richards, Joseph Vitale
The Deerslayer (Lex Barker) and his Mohican blood brother (Carlos Rivas) come to the rescue of an Indian-hater (Jay C. Flippen) and his two daughters when they are threatened by the Huron tribe. Perhaps the Hurons have a reason to be upset. A weak, and cheap, retelling of the James Fenimore Cooper novel.
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Final Chapter: Walking Tall 1977 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Walking Tall: The Final Chapter
Director: Jack Starrett
Cast: Bo Svenson, Margaret Blye, Forrest Tucker, Lurene Tuttle, Morgan Woodward, Bruce Glover, Leif Garrett, Dawn Lyn, Simpson Hemphill, Sandy McPeak, Logan Ramsey, Clay Tanner, David Adams, Michael Allen Honaker, Vance Davis
In this third installment of Sheriff Buford Pusser's trials and tribulations while avenging his wife's murder, Pusser (Bo Svenson) now sells his story to Hollywood. Meanwhile, he continues to fight the corruption in McNairy County, Tennessee, and does not give up on his efforts to end gambling, moonshining, and prostitution forever. But, his fate is sealed.
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Keeper of the Flame 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf, Margaret Wycherly, Forrest Tucker, Darryl Hickman, Howard Da Silva, Percy Kilbride, Donald Meek, Stephen McNally, Frank Craven, Audrey Christie, William Newell, Rex Evans, Clifford Brooke
A reporter, Stephen O'Malley (Spencer Tracy), sets out to write a tribute to a World War I hero after his untimely death. He meets the widow Mrs. Christine Forrest (Katharine Hepburn) and falls in love with her–then he discovers that the subject of his tribute was a Nazi agent.
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Never Say Goodbye 1946 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James V. Kern
Cast: Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson, S.Z. Sakall, Forrest Tucker, Donald Woods, Peggy Knudsen, Tom D'Andrea, Hattie McDaniel, Arthur Shields
After divorcing his wife, Eileen (Eleanor Parker), Philip Gayley (Errol Flynn) wants a second chance for happiness with her.
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The Night They Raided Minsky's 1968  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Bert Lahr, Richard Libertini, Gloria LeRoy, Eddie Lawrence
Set in the 1920s, this is a tale about a young Amish woman, Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) heads for New York with her father Jacob (Harry Andrews) on her trail. She seeks employment as a dancer on Broadway but ends up working as a stripper at Minsky's burlesque house where she stars as "Mme. Fifi" along with comedians Raymond and Chick (Jason Robards and Norman Wisdom). All goes well–until the burlesque house is raided.
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Oh! Susanna 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker, Chill Wills, William Ching, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, Jimmy Lydon, Douglas Kennedy, William Haade, James Flavin, Al Bridge, John Compton, Marion Randolph, Charles Stevens
Cavalry officer Captain Calhoun's (Rod Cameron) charter to protect the Sioux Indians and their land from prospectors is made even more difficult due to his boss, cavalry unit leader Lieutenant Colonel Unger (Forrest Tucker), who is an Indian hater. When war breaks out, the Indians attack Unger's fort, and only Calhoun survives.
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Pony Express 1953 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker, Michael(2) Moore, Porter Hall, Richard Shannon, Henry Brandon, Stuart Randall, Pat Hogan
As part of its Manifest Destiny, the United States government founded the Pony Express in the middle of the 19th century to link the East with its interests in California. This is the larger-than-life story about Buffalo Bill Cody (Charlton Heston) and Wild Bill Hickok (Forrest Tucker) as they battled to keep the Pony Express running.
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Rage at Dawn 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Seven Bad Men
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Myron Healey, Howard Petrie, Ray Teal, William Forrest, Kenneth Tobey, Denver Pyle, Trevor Bardette, Richard Garland, William Phipps, George Wallace
The notorious Reno Brothers gang has set up shop in Seymour, Indiana, where they pay off the town officials so they can have a "safe haven." Undercover agent James Barlow (Randolph Scott) rides into town and poses as a train robber to get the goods on the gang. One thing that makes his task even more difficult is that he falls in love with the brothers' sister Laura (Mala Powers). Formula Western, typical Scott film.
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A Real American Hero 1978 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Hard Stick
Director: Lou Antonio
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Forrest Tucker, Brian Kerwin, Ken Howard, Sheree North, Lane Bradbury, Ed Call, Brad David, W.O. Smith, Julie Thrasher, Jason Hood, Ann Street, George Boyd, Maureen Shannon, Charliie Briggs
Sheriff Buford Pusser, in this sequel to the "Walking Tall" films, is still fighting crime in this made-for-TV offering–this time moonshining is his target.
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San Antone 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker, Katy Jurado, Bob Steele, Harry Carey Jr., Rodolfo Acosta, Roy Roberts, George Cleveland, Richard Hale, James O'Hara, Andy Brennan, Argentina Brunetti, Douglas Kennedy, Paul Fierro
This film is set during the years immediately following the Civil War when former Union soldier Carl Miller (Rod Cameron) leads a cattle drive and must deal with Confederate bully Lt. Brian Culver (Forrest Tucker) who victimizes those who also want to live in Texas.
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The Sands of Iwo Jima 1949 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: John Wayne, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, John Agar, Arthur Franz, Richard Jaeckel, Julie Bishop, Wally Cassell, James Brown, Richard Webb, James Holden, Peter Coe, William Murphy, George Tyne, Hal Baylor
In this prototype of World War II movies, Sergeant Stryker (John Wayne) epitomizes the "Semper Fi" attitude of the U.S. Marine Corps. Stryker trains his men to prepare them for the rigors of battle, and, in the process, he earns their respect and devotion. Technical direction from the U.S. Marine Corps perspective was provided by Lt. Col. Merlyn D. Holmes, U.S.M.C. who participated in many Allied assaults during World War II. Wayne was nominated for an Oscar.
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Shut My Big Mouth 1942 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Adele Mara, Victor Jory, Fritz Feld, Will Wright, Lloyd Bridges, Forrest Tucker, Pedro de Cordoba, Don Beddoe, Russell Simpson, Joan Woodbury, Ralph Peters, Joe McGuinn, Noble Johnson, Chief Thundercloud
Wellington Holmes (Joe E. Brown) leaves the city and heads to a frontier town where he ends up face-to-face with outlaws.
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Submarine Raider 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Philip Ahn, Bruce Bennett, Marguerite Chapman, John Howard, Warren Ashe, Larry Parks, Forrest Tucker, Stanley Brown, Roger Clark, Eileen O'Hearn, Nino Pipitone, Rudy Robles, Eddie Laughton, John Shay, Gary Breckner
Great battle scenes highlight this film about submarine warfare at the beginning of America's entry into World War II.
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Three Violent People 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Tom Tryon, Forrest Tucker, Elaine Stritch, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Peter Hanson, John Harmon
After the Civil War, Colt Saunders (Charlton Heston) returns to Texas where he fights carpetbaggers and learns to deal with the news that his new bride was once a saloon hostess.
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice, Bruce Bennett, Forrest Tucker, James Seay, Eddie Foster, John Harmon, Billy Curtis, Mabel Todd
Two draft rejects (Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant) unwittingly get involved in murder and mayhem.
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The Trollenberg Terror 1958 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Crawling Eye
Director: Quentin Lawrence
Cast: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Warren Mitchell, Andrew Faulds, Frederick Schiller, Stuart Saunders, Colin Douglas, Derek Sydney
Based on a BBC TV series, this film takes place in a remote mountain area of Switzerland where decapitation of people is occurring. The culprits are tentacled creatures with one eye who are also able to take over people by telepathy. They're hiding in a radioactive cloud in the mountains, and somebody has to do something to save humanity. I'm scared.
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Two Guys from Texas 1948 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone, Penny Edwards, Fred Clark, Forrest Tucker, Gerald Mohr, John Alvin, Andrew Tombes, Monte Blue
This remake of "The Cowboy from Brooklyn" features two New York entertainers (Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson) trying to excel when out of their element on a ranch in Texas.
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The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West 1976 G, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Jack Arnold, Earl Bellamy, Bruce Bilson, Oscar Rudolph
Cast: Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker, Ivor Francis, Jeannine Riley, Lori Saunders, Lynn Wood, William Cort, Eddie Little Sky, Ernest Esparza III, Don "Red" Barry, James Gammon, Dennis Fimple, John Quade
In this take-off on TV's "Gilligan's Island," 19th-century wagonmaster Callahan (Forrest Tucker) and his bumbling sidekick Dusty (Bob Denver), along with their passengers, become castaways on the trail from St. Louis to California when they are separated from the wagon train.
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The Westerner 1940 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Dana Andrews, Chill Wills, Forrest Tucker, Tom Tyler, Charles Halton, Julian Rivero, Lilian Bond, Trevor Bardette, Lucien Littlefield, Hank Bell, Jack Pennick
Walter Brennan plays the "hanging lawman" Judge Roy Bean who conducts trials from his saloon in Vinegaroon, Texas, and often uses hanging as his sentence. Judge Roy Bean just might meet his match in Cole Hardin (Gary Cooper) who is charged with stealing a horse. Cole talks his way into a delay for his hanging by convincing Judge Bean that he is a friend of actress Lily Langtry (Lilian Bond) who the Judge adores. Cole says he can give the Judge a lock of her hair. When Cole says it will take two weeks to get the lock of hair, his hanging is delayed. Meanwhile, Cole becomes involved in a range war and even gets to see Lily Langtry when she arrives in Texas. Walter Brennan won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and two other nominations were received.
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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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The Yearling 1946 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Chill Wills, Forrest Tucker, Claude Jarman Jr., Clem Bevans, June Lockhart, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly, Arthur Hohl, Donn Gift, Jane Green, Frank Eldredge, Victor Kilian, George Mann
Penny and Baxter Orry (Jane Wyman and Gregory Peck) and their son Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.) are struggling to make a living as farmers during the post-Civil War era in Florida. Jody needs a friend and chooses to raise a pet fawn. The problem is that the fawn eats their crops, and Jody's parents want him to get rid of the fawn. More problems ensue before Jody has no choice but to kill his beloved fawn. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Gregory Peck), Actress (Jane Wyman), and Director. Claude Jarman Jr. won a Special Oscar for his performance.
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| 1. The Abominable Snowman (1957)
aka: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981)
3. Auntie Mame (1958)
4. The Big Cat (1949)
5. Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)
6. Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
7. Cancel My Reservations (1972)
8. Chisum (1970)
9. Counter-Espionage (1942)
10. The Deerslayer (1957)
11. Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977)
aka: Walking Tall: The Final Chapter
12. The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977)
13. Keeper of the Flame (1942)
14. Never Say Goodbye (1946)
15. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
16. Oh! Susanna (1951)
17. Pony Express (1953)
18. Rage at Dawn (1955)
aka: Seven Bad Men
19. A Real American Hero (1978)
aka: Hard Stick
20. San Antone (1953)
21. The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
22. Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
23. Submarine Raider (1942)
24. Three Violent People (1956)
25. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)
26. The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
aka: The Crawling Eye
27. Trouble in the Glen (1953)
28. Two Guys from Texas (1948)
29. The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)
30. The Westerner (1940)
31. The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
32. The Yearling (1946)
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