American Empire 1942  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
aka: My Son Alone
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Robert Barrat, Jack La Rue, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Cliff Edwards, Merrill Rodin, Chris-Pin Martin, Richard Webb, William Farnum
After the Civil War, pals Dan and Paxton (Richard Dix and Preston Foster) head West to Texas and start a cattle business, which thrives. But when Dominique (Leo Carrillo) steals cattle, he also talks Paxton into being his partner. Now Dan, with the help of his sister Abby (Frances Gifford), must fend for himself until Paxton sees the folly of his decision. Good Western fare.
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Bachelor Father 1931 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland, Doris Lloyd, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, David Torrence, Edgar Norton, Halliwell Hobbes
In this film adaptation of Edward Childs Carpenter's Broadway play, C. Aubrey Smith repeats his role of Sir Basil Winterton who seeks to find his three illegitimate children who are now adults.
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The Bad Man 1930  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Clarence Badger
Cast: Walter Huston, James Rennie, Dorothy Revier, O.P. Heggie, Sidney Blackmer, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Marion Byron, Harry Semels, Erville Alderson, Myrna Loy
Gilbert Jones (James Rennie) is in danger of losing his ranch until he is aided by a Mexican bandito (Walter Huston).
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Belle of the Yukon 1944  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Charles Winninger, Bob Burns, Florence Bates, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, William(2) Marshall, Robert Armstrong, Victor Kilian
Randolph Scott stars as a dancehall owner who attracts not one but two women (Gypsy Rose Lee and Dinah Shore) in this forgettable film.
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Big Boy Rides Again 1935 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Constance Bergen, Charles K. French, Lafe McKee, Victor Potel, William Gould, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, Louis Vincenot, Slim Whitaker
Tom (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) arrives in town after his father is murdered and sets out to find those responsible for the killing.
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The Big City 1937 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher, Eddie Quillan, William Demarest, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Regis Toomey, Paul Harvey, Victor Varconi
Russian immigrant Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) is an independent cabby who gets caught up in a taxi-driver war.
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Billy the Kid 1941  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Miller
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry O'Neill, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank Conlan, Frank Puglia, Cy Kendall, Ted Adams, Mitchell Lewis, Dick Curtis, Grant Withers
Although Billy the Kid (Robert Taylor) was a cold-hearted murderer, this film sympathizes with his psychotic personality.
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Blackmail 1939 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Bobs Watson, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, John Wray, Arthur Hohl, Esther Dale, Joseph Crehan, Victor Kilian
In another good performance, Edward G. Robinson plays an innocent man who is blackmailed and sent to prison.
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Castle on the Hudson 1940  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Burgess Meredith, Henry O'Neill, Jerome Cowan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, John Litel, Willard Robertson, Edward Pawley
This remake of "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" involves prison inmate Tommy Gordon's (John Garfield) attempts to challenge Warden Long's (Pat O'Brien) prison reforms.
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College Coach 1933 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Donald Meek, John Wayne, Ward Bond
Corruption in college sports is part of the theme of this film in which Phil Sargent (Dick Powell) is a young chemistry major AND football player who wins the big game for Coach Gore (Pat O'Brien). Watch for USC player John Wayne in a bit part.
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The Comancheros 1961 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Lee Marvin, Bruce Cabot, Nehemiah Persoff, Ina Balin, Michael Ansara, Patrick Wayne, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan, Joan O'Brien, Henry Daniell, Richard Devon, Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Comancheros (White men who supplied the warring Comanches with guns) were in full swing in the middle 1800s. Enter Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) who teams up with his prisoner Paul Regret (Stuart Whitman) to ward off the Comancheros and bring peace to the Texas Territory.
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The Cowboy and the Senorita 1944 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Mary Lee, Dale Evans, John Hubbard, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Fuzzy Knight, Lucien Littlefield, Hal Taliaferro, Bob Nolan
In this first hook-up of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans in a movie, they both come to the rescue of Mary Lee when the town boss tries to get her newly-inherited gold mine away from her.
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The Desperadoes 1943 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Raymond Walburn, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Porter Hall, Joan Woodbury, Irving Bacon
An ex-gunslinger (Glenn Ford) joins up with a lawman (Randolph Scott) to fight injustice.
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Dodge City 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, John Litel, Victor Jory, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond, Henry Travers, Henry O'Neill, Gloria Holden, Bobs Watson, Douglas Fowley
A cattle man, Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn), arrives in Dodge City in 1872 and is appointed sheriff. He tries to tame Dodge City and must diminish the influences of outlaw, saloon owner Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot) to obtain legitimacy for business interests and citizens in the town. Hatton manages to clean up Dodge City, and, in the process, wins the heart of Abbie Irving (Olivia de Havilland).
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The Fighting 69th 1940 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Dennis Morgan, Dick Foran, William Lundigan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
This film is based on facts from the 69th regiment's World War I records. Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney) is a smart-aleck recruit who buckles under fire and causes the death of some men in his company. Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) helps in the rehabilitation. Great battle scenes.
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The Glass Key 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: George Raft, Claire Dodd, Edward Arnold, Rosalind Keith, Ray Milland, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Robert Gleckler, Tammany Young, Charles C. Wilson, Emma Dunn
Based on Dashiell Hammett's novel about a politician (Edward Arnold) accused of murder, this becomes a riveting story of intrigue when his aide (George Raft) determines to clear the name of his boss and must fight the influential Mob. This story was remade in 1942.
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Hands Across the Border 1943 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Onslow Stevens, Mary Treen, Kenne Duncan, Bob Nolan, Joseph Crehan, Duncan Renaldo, LeRoy Mason, Bob Nolan
Roy Rogers comes to the rescue of a lady rancher who breeds some pretty fine horses. She is being victimized by a corrupt businessman who wants a piece of the action.
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Here Comes the Navy 1934 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Dorothy Tree, Robert Barrat, Willard Robertson, Maude Eburne, Joseph Crehan
Chesty (James Cagney) seeks revenge on Biff (Pat O'Brien) by enlisting in the Navy. There he meets Biff's sister and the heroic confrontations begin. A pretty good comedy-drama that was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Heritage of the Desert 1932 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
aka: When the West Was Young
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald, David Landau, Gordon Westcott, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Vince Barnett, Susan Fleming, Fred Burns, Charles Stevens, Jack Pennick, Hal Price, Lew Meehan, Merrill McCormick
Rancher Adam Naab (J. Farrell MacDonald) owns land that provides the only way out of the valley, and he won't allow outlaw Judson (David Landau) to drive his stolen cattle through his land. Judson attempts to buy the land without success and resorts to trying to get the land through Adam's son Snap (Gordon Westcott). The stage is set for a showdown with surveyor Jack Hare (Randolph Scott) in the center of the action, which is complicated by Snap's girlfriend Judy (Sally Blane) showing an interest in Jack. This film, based on a Zane Grey story, is Randolph Scott's first starring role.
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Laughing at Life 1933  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro, William "Stage" Boyd, Lois Wilson, Henry B. Walthall, Regis Toomey, Ruth Hall, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Dewey Robinson, Ivan Lebedeff, Noah Beery, J. Farrell MacDonald
With the police on his trail, soldier of fortune Dennis P. McHale a.k.a. Captain Dennis Patrick Easter (Victor McLaglen) leaves Panama and travels to South America where he organizes a band of revolutionaries. Later, he meets an engineer, living a life similar to his, who turns out to be his own son.
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 The Littlest Rebel 1935 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley, Bill Robinson, Stepin Fetchit, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Willie Best, James Flavin, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Set during the Civil War, a young Southern girl, Virgie Cary (Shirley Temple), is the daughter of a captured Confederate soldier. Virgie dances (with Bill Robinson) and charms President Lincoln into sparing her father's life.
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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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Man in the Saddle 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Rober, John Russell, Alfonso Bedoya, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Clem Bevans, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Crane, Frank Sully
Laura Bidwell (Joan Leslie) is married to land baron Will Isham (Alexander Knox), but she still loves Owen Merritt (Randolph Scott) who owns a nearby ranch. Involvement in this romantic triangle leads to bloody fist and gun fights in the ensuing battles for love and property.
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The Man Who Walked Alone 1945 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Walter Catlett, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Isabel Randolph, Smith Ballew, Nancy June Robinson, Ruth Lee, Chester Clute, Vivien Oakland, Vicki Saunders, Charles Williams, Frank Melton, Donald Kerr
While thumbing a ride, decorated war veteran Cpl. Marion Scott (Dave O'Brien) is given a ride by wealthy heiress Wilhelmina "Willy" Hammond (Kay Aldridge). They are immediately attracted to each other, but there is a problem: the car she is driving was stolen from her fiance, Alvin Bailey (Smith Ballew). Unwittingly, Marion enters the web of Willy's lies that will send them to jail–more than once!
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Minesweeper 1943 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Russell Hayden, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Emma Dunn, Charles D. Brown, Chick Chandler, Douglas Fowley, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford, Robert Mitchum, Dub Taylor
Naval officer Richard Houston (Richard Arlen), who had deserted the Navy due to his chronic gambling, reenlists as a seaman under an assumed name when World War II breaks out. He is assigned to a minesweeper where he becomes a hero by destroying a new type of enemy mine. Another film to keep up the morale back home during World War II.
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Mr. Bug Goes to Town 1941 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
aka: Hoppity Goes To Town
Bugville
Director: Dave Fleischer
Cast: Kenny Gardner, Gwen Williams, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce, Carl Meyer, Stan Freed, Pauline Loth, Pinto Colvig, Mae Questel, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, The Four Marshals, The Royal Guards
The insects that live in the melting pot of Bugtown fear the encroachment of humans. Hoppity (voice of Stan Freed) works to save the day for his friends by looking for greener pastures. He finds the perfect place: the garden of struggling songwriter Dick Dickens (voice of Kenny Gardner) and his wife Mary Dickens (voice of Gwen Williams). Not only does Hoppity find a utopia for his friends, he wins the heart of Honey bee (voice of Pauline Loth) as well.
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Mr. Wise Guy 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Douglas Fowley, Joan Barclay, Warren Hymer, Ann Doran, Gabriel Dell, Jack Mulhall, Bobby Stone
The East Side Kids are wrongly accused of stealing a truck and are summarily sent to reform school. Meanwhile, Bill (Douglas Fowley), the brother of Danny (Bobby Jordan), is falsely accused of and sentenced to death for a murder. The boys come up with the solution to the crimes–and just in time.
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Mystery Squadron 1933 N/R, 220 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Colbert Clark, David Howard
Cast: Bob Steele, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Lucile Browne, Jack Mulhall, Purnell Pratt, Robert Frazer, J. Carrol Naish, Lafe McKee, Bob Kortman, Edward Hearn, Edward Peil Sr., Jack Mower, Jack Perrin
The "Black Ace" and his squadron of masked pilots intend to blow up a large dam project. But flyers Fred (Bob Steele) and Bill (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) come to the aid of the project foreman (Lafe McKee) and eventually uncover who the "Black Ace" is in this 12-chapter serial.
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Nevada 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Killy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys, Nancy Gates, Harry Woods, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Craig Reynolds, Virginia Belmont, Wheaton Chambers, Emmett Lynn, Larry Wheat
This Zane Grey Western is the story of a cowboy (Robert Mitchum) who finds love and becomes a hero when he fights for law and order.
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Noah's Ark 1929 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Paul McAllister, Myrna Loy, Nigel De Brulier, Noble Johnson, Armand Kaliz
George O'Brien plays an American traveling in Europe who must leave the woman he loves–a German–as events beginning World War I intervene in their lives. Flashbacks provide parallels to Noah. Restored; mostly silent film is interesting piece of history to watch.
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Palooka 1934 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Joe Palooka
The Great Schnozzle
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle, William Cagney, Thelma Todd, Franklyn Ardell, Tom Dugan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Louise Beavers, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Stanley Fields
Fight manager Knobby Walsh (Jimmy Durante) signs up farmboy Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) as a boxer and trains him for a big fight with hard-drinking champ Al "Mac" McSwatt (William Cagney– brother of James Cagney). In this film, Durante sings his song, "Ink-a-Dinka-do."
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The Phantom 1931 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Comedy
Director: Alan James
Cast: Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Allene Ray, Niles Welch, Tom O'Brien, Sheldon Lewis, Wilfred Lucas, Violet Knights, William Gould, Bobby Dunn, William Jackie
A killer known as "The Phantom" escapes from jail and sets out to avenge his conviction by killing the District Attorney (Wilfred Lucas). But young reporter Dick Mallory (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) is on the case and tracks the mad man to an insane asylum he is running. Played for laughs as well as chills.
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The Phantom Broadcast 1933 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Phantom of the Air
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne, Paul Page, Gail Patrick, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Rockliffe Fellowes, Arnold Gray, Carl Miller, George "Gabby" Hayes, Louise Beavers, Pauline Garon, Mary MacLaren
Grant Murdock (Arnold Gray) is known as a popular radio crooner, but, in fact, he can't sing. The real singer behind the mike is his hunchback pianist, Norman Wilder (Ralph Forbes). The music stops when Murdock is murdered, and Wilder becomes the chief suspect.
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Polly of the Circus 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Hatton, David Landau, Maude Eburne, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ray Milland, Ruth Selwyn, Lillian Elliott
When a very-proper minister, The Reverend John Hartley (Clark Gable), marries a circus performer, Polly (Marion Davies), problems from his superiors are inevitable.
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Professor Beware 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, Raymond Walburn, Lionel Stander, William Frawley, Thurston Hall, Cora Witherspoon, Sterling Holloway, Mary Lou Lender, Montagu Love, Etienne Girardot, Christian Rub, Spencer Charters, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond
Archaeologist Prof. Dean Lambert (Harold Lloyd) is scheduled to go on trial, but there is a delay in the court proceedings, and he will miss an expedition to Egypt if he waits. Instead, he skips bail and heads out from Los Angeles to New York City. And the chase is on when he hops a train for the trip to New York during which he evades police, meets and is attracted to Jane (Phyllis Welch), and has adventures with hoboes.
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Riders of Death Valley 1941 N/R, 280 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Cast: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones, Charles Bickford, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Noah Beery Jr., Jean Brooks, Monte Blue, Glenn Strange, Roy Barcroft, Jack Rockwell
This 15-episode serial was one of the higher-budgeted Westerns of its day, with several well-known actors of that era. A vigilante group led by Jim Benton (Dick Foran) is formed to protect miners from scheming men who want to grab their land. One long chase, it seems, with plenty of cliffhangers.
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Rocky Mountain 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Slim Pickens, Sheb Wooley, Yakima Canutt, Dickie Jones, Howard Petrie, Chubby Johnson, Robert "Buzz" Henry, Peter Coe, Rush Williams, Marianne Stone, Alex Sharp
While a band of Confederate soldiers, led by Captain Lave Barstow (Errol Flynn), is in California trying to recruit soldiers, they rescue Johanna (Patrice Wymore) who is aboard a stage coach that is being attacked by Indians. Johanna is the fiancee of Union soldier Lt. Rickey (Scott Forbes), and Barstow uses her as the bait to lure Rickey and his patrol of Union soldiers into battle. They capture the Union soldiers, but the Indians launch their own attack, and Barstow allows the Union soldiers and Johanna to escape the Indian massacre.
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The Santa Fe Trail 1940 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, William Lundigan, Van Heflin, Gene Reynolds, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond
Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn), who would later become Robert E. Lee's top cavalry scout, is given orders to bring in abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).
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 A Star Is Born 1937  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Andy Devine, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lionel Stander, Owen Moore, J.C. Nugent, Clara Blandick, Franklin Pangborn, Peggy Wood, Elizabeth Jenns, Wade Boteler, Edgar Kennedy, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
This is an excellent production of the story of Norman Maine's (Fredric March) depression as his acting career fades just when his wife Esther Blodgett's (Janet Gaynor) professional star soars. While winning two Oscars, it was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Director.
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Station West 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Tom Powers, Burl Ives, Gordon Oliver, Steve Brodie, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Burr, Regis Toomey
Haven (Dick Powell) is an undercover military intelligence officer out to uncover who murdered two soldiers guarding a gold shipment. The hunt leads him to Charlie's (Jane Greer) saloon/gambling hall where he finds that she is involved in the crime scene. A good flick.
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Swamp Water 1941  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man Who Came Back
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Mary Howard, Eugene Pallette, Ward Bond, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Tom (Walter Brennan) is wrongfully accused of murder and sentenced to death, but he escapes and hides in the Okefenokee Swamp, determined to clear himself. He is discovered by a hunter (Dana Andrews), who helps in the effort to clear Tom. Brennan played the same role in a 1952 remake, "Lure of the Wilderness," a rarity in casting. 1 User Review
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The Vigilantes Are Coming 1936 N/R, 226 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright
Cast: Robert Livingston, Fred Kohler, Kay Hughes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton, Robert Warwick, William Farnum, Bob Kortman, John Merton, Lloyd Ingraham, William Desmond, Yakima Canutt
Russians, under the leadership of General Burr (Fred Kohler), set out to colonize California using Cossack soldiers. But, there is resistance out there in the person of a church organist (Don Loring) who dons a black mask, calls himself "The Eagle," and leads a gang of misfits in pursuit of the Russians. There are plenty of cliffhangers in this 12-episode serial.
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Virginia City 1940 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, John Litel, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Douglass Dumbrille, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Moroni Olsen
Union officer Bradford (Errol Flynn) escapes from a Confederate prison, he heads to Nevada where he finds out that the Confederate Prison boss (Randolph Scott) intends to ship a large shipment of gold to Confederate forces to prolong the war. Bradford intends to make sure that doesn't happen. But the real purpose of the shipment becomes clear when Mexican outlaw Murrell (Humphrey Bogart) also tries to steal the gold.
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Wise Girl 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Henry Stephenson, Alec Craig, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Margaret Dumont, Gregory Gaye, Ivan Lebedeff, Rafael Storm
Susan Fletcher (Miriam Hopkins) falls in love with a struggling artist, John O'Halloran (Ray Milland), AFTER she tries to get custody of his two children.
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You Only Live Once 1937 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan, Warren Hymer, Charles "Chic" Sale, Margaret Hamilton, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Jerome Cowan
Just when ex-con Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda) and his fiancee Joan Graham (Sylvia Sidney) were on the verge of finding happiness, Eddie is arrested for a robbery in which he had no part. Months later, Eddie kills the prison chaplain and breaks out of prison; he and Joan are forced to run from the police.
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 You'll Never Get Rich 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Osa Massen, Frieda Inescort, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Donald MacBride, Marjorie Gateson, Cliff Nazarro
When musical comedy star Robert Curtis (Fred Astaire) is drafted into the Army, he immediately thinks that the Army will solve his problems by removing him from his romantic entanglements, but it doesn't take long before Curtis changes his mind.
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| 1. American Empire (1942)
aka: My Son Alone
2. Bachelor Father (1931)
3. The Bad Man (1930)
4. Belle of the Yukon (1944)
5. Big Boy Rides Again (1935)
6. The Big City (1937)
7. Billy the Kid (1941)
8. Blackmail (1939)
9. Castle on the Hudson (1940)
10. College Coach (1933)
11. The Comancheros (1961)
12. The Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
13. The Desperadoes (1943)
14. Dodge City (1939)
15. The Fighting 69th (1940)
16. The Glass Key (1935)
17. Hands Across the Border (1943)
18. Here Comes the Navy (1934)
19. Heritage of the Desert (1932)
aka: When the West Was Young
20. Laughing at Life (1933)
21. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
22. Man from Del Rio (1956)
23. Man in the Saddle (1951)
24. The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
25. Minesweeper (1943)
26. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
aka: Hoppity Goes To Town
aka: Bugville
27. Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
28. Mystery Squadron (1933)
29. Nevada (1944)
30. Noah's Ark (1929)
31. Palooka (1934)
aka: Joe Palooka
aka: The Great Schnozzle
32. The Phantom (1931)
33. The Phantom Broadcast (1933)
aka: Phantom of the Air
34. Polly of the Circus (1932)
35. Professor Beware (1938)
36. Riders of Death Valley (1941)
37. Rocky Mountain (1950)
38. The Santa Fe Trail (1940)
39. A Star Is Born (1937)
40. Station West (1948)
41. Swamp Water (1941)
aka: The Man Who Came Back
42. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
43. Virginia City (1940)
44. Wise Girl (1937)
45. You Only Live Once (1937)
46. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
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