Along the Great Divide 1951  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, Walter Brennan, Ray Teal, Hugh Sanders, Morris Ankrum, James Anderson, Charles Meredith, Lane Chandler
When prisoner Pop Keith (Walter Brennan) escapes, U.S. Marshal Len Merrick (Kirk Douglas) is determined to bring him back to jail.
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Artists and Models 1937  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Gail Patrick, Ben Blue, Judy Canova, Cecil Cunningham, Donald Meek, Hedda Hopper, Martha Raye
Paula (Ida Lupino) pretends to be an "upper-cruster" in this film that is a showcase for music and specialty acts. Louis Armstrong's orchestra, Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra, cyclers, jugglers, tumblers, etc., all make for an overall fun movie.
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Background to Danger 1943  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Osa Massen, Turhan Bey, Frank Puglia, Pedro de Cordoba, Steven Geray, Nestor Paiva, Willard Robertson, Kurt Katch, Jean Del Val, Michael Mark, Wilhelm von Brincken
During World War II, American espionage agent Joe Barton (George Raft) is sent to Ankara where he is given an envelope containing maps showing where the Germans will invade Turkey. Nazi agent Colonel Robinson (Sidney Greenstreet) knows about the maps and orders his agents to severely beat Barton, but he is rescued by Turkish official Zaloshoff (Peter Lorre) and his sister Tamara (Brenda Marshall). The maps are stolen by Robinson's agents, and the chase is on as Barton will stop at nothing to retrieve them.
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Band of Angels 1957 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Patric Knowles, Rex Reason, Torin Thatcher, Andrea King, Ray Teal, Juanita Moore
This is the film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's epic novel about the Civil War and the personal love story of Hamish Bond (Clark Gable) and Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) who overcome racial prejudice in their efforts to find happiness.
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Battle Cry 1955 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter, Dorothy Malone, Anne Francis, Fess Parker, William Campbell, John Lupton, L.Q. Jones, Perry Lopez, Jonas Applegarth
Based on Leon Uris' novel, this is the story of a U.S. Marine Corps unit serving in New Zealand during World War II and involves their training, romances, and battles. Major Huxley (Van Heflin) molds his young unit into fighting Marines. Meanwhile, Pvt. Andy Hookens (Aldo Ray) becomes involved with New Zealand widow Pat (Nancy Olson), Pvt. Danny Forrester (Tab Hunter) is enamored with both Kathy (Mona Freeman) and Elaine (Dorothy Malone), and Pvt. Marion Hotchkiss (John Lupton) takes up with Rae (Anne Francis). However, their lives change when they are assigned the dangerous mission of invading Red Beach. Casualties ensue, but those who do survive continue on with their lives.
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Big Brown Eyes 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, Walter Pidgeon, Isabel Jewell, Lloyd Nolan, Alan Baxter, Marjorie Gateson, Douglas Fowley, Henry Brandon, Francis McDonald
Danny Barr (Cary Grant) is aided by his girlfriend (Joan Bennett) in capturing a gang of jewel thieves.
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 The Big Trail 1930 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr., Ward Bond, Helen Parrish, Frederick Burton, Ian Keith, Charles Stevens, Louise Carver, Iron Eyes Cody, David Rollins, DeWitt Jennings, William V. Mong
In John Wayne's first starring role, he plays Brick Coleman who guides a wagon train pioneering the Oregon Trail. Along the trek, the wagon train confronts desert heat, steep cliffs, a fierce storm, an Indian attack, and swollen rivers. Brick fearlessly leads the wagons while still finding time to romance Ruth Cameron (Marguerite Churchill)–despite competition from gambler Bill Thorpe (Ian Keith) and villain Red Flack (Tyrone Power Sr.).
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 The Birth of a Nation 1915  N/R, 159 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Western / Romance
aka: The Clansman
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh, Eugene Pallette, Elmo Lincoln, Robert Harron, John Ford, Joseph Henabery, Howard Gaye, Walter Long
With this epic film, Hollywood reached new heights in the production of extravaganzas. However, it is also an example of how filmmaking can be used as propaganda–in this case, glorifying the Ku Klux Klan. The film begins with lifelong friends the Camerons (Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, and Mae Marsh) being separated from the Stonemans (Lillian Gish, Ralph Lewis, and Robert Harron) by the Civil War and the Mason Dixon line. When the war ends, Ben Cameron (Walthall) organizes a secret group, the Ku Klux Klan, to "restore" order. Music and battle noises were added for a 1930 reissue.
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Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Terence Morgan, James Robertson Justice, Denis O'Dea, Christopher Lee, Stanley Baker, James Kenney, Moultrie Kelsall
A rather stern Captain Hornblower (Gregory Peck) is ordered to deliver weapons to enemies of Spain. Along with the weapons, Lady Wellesley (Virginia Mayo) is the passenger who warms up the captain.
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College Swing 1938 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Payne, Robert Cummings, Florence George
Gracie (Gracie Allen) inherits a college and turns it into a swinging vaudeville arena.
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The Dark Command 1940 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marjorie Main, Porter Hall, Raymond Walburn, Joe Sawyer, J. Farrell MacDonald
During the Civil War, the border between Missouri and Kansas became a hotbed when Quantrill's (Walter Pidgeon) Raiders attacked, murdered, and pillaged innocent citizens. Into the fray comes Bob Seton (John Wayne) who had become the Marshal by defeating Quantrill in an election. In the meantime, both are in love with Mary McCloud (Claire Trevor), which adds fuel to the fire.
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Desperate Journey 1942 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey, Nancy Coleman, Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Sig Ruman, Patrick O'Moore, Charles Irwin, Richard Fraser
World War II airmen survive a crash behind enemy lines in Poland and set out to find their way back to England. Ronald Reagan plays one of the airmen–watch him double-talk a Nazi soldier.
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Esther and the King 1960  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'Dea, Sergio Fantoni, Rik Battaglia, Renato Baldini, Gabriele Tinti, Daniela Rocca, Robert Buchanan, Folco Lulli
This is a weary, biblical tale set in fourth century B.C. Persia and tells the story of the Persian King (Richard Egan), his dealing with the Persian hatred of the Jews, and of Jewish woman Esther (Joan Collins) who was to become his bride. Director Walsh must have been tiring of his trade, or of the subject matter, since there is no conviction in the players.
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Gentleman Jim 1942 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, Ward Bond, William Frawley, Rhys Williams, Minor Watson, Arthur Shields, John Loder
This is the biography of boxing champ Jim Corbett who fought in the 1890s when boxing was not always considered an accepted sport. Errol Flynn plays the title role with understanding and a dash of comedy.
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Going Hollywood 1933 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D'Orsay, Stuart Erwin, Ned Sparks, Patsy Kelly, Robert Watson, Lennie Hayton, Clara Blandick, Sterling Holloway
Sylvia Bruce (Marion Davies) joins a movie company and heads for Hollywood where singer Bill Williams (Bing Crosby) performs. Sylvia fell in love with Bill when she heard his voice on the radio.
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Gun Fury 1953 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Philip Carey, Lee Marvin, Neville Brand, Leo Gordon, Roberta Haynes, Mel Welles, Forrest Lewis, Pat Hogan
When his fiancee (Donna Reed) is kidnapped and held hostage by stagecoach robbers, our hero (Rock Hudson) rides to her rescue. This film was originally shot in 3-D and had some exciting special effects that, unfortunately, were lost in the change to video.
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High Sierra 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Henry Hull, Barton MacLane, Henry Travers, Elisabeth Risdon, Cornel Wilde, Eddie Acuff
Ex-con Roy Earle (Humphrey Bogart) heads for a fishing resort in the Sierras, and along the way he meets a farm family on their way to LA in search of work. Their daughter, Velma (Joan Leslie), needs an operation on her club foot, and Roy figures his next robbery will result in money necessary for the surgery. More than a few problems develop, but Roy pays for the operation and, with police in pursuit, takes refuge in the High Sierras.
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The Horn Blows at Midnight 1945 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Guy Kibbee, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont, Robert Blake, Paul Harvey
A musician (Jack Benny) dreams he is the angel Athanael whose trumpet, when blown at midnight, will result in the Earth's destruction.
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The King and Four Queens 1956 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jo Van Fleet, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, Sara Shane, Jay C. Flippen, Arthur Shields, Roy Roberts, Florenz Ames, Chuck Roberson
Dan Kehoe (Clark Gable) rides into a ghost town to look for a stolen treasure and runs into the town's only inhabitants: Ma MacDade (Jo Van Fleet) and the wives (Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, and Sara Shane) of her four outlaw sons. The sons had stolen and hidden a fortune in gold. Kehoe believes the wives hold the key to where the gold is stashed and plays them off against each other to find the gold.
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Klondike Annie 1936 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Mae West, Victor McLaglen, Philip Reed, Helen Jerome Eddy, Harry Beresford, Harold Huber, Lucile Gleason, Conway Tearle, Esther Howard, Soo Yong
Mae West and the censors–the Legion of Decency–were fighting it out in the mid-1930s; the censors won with this one, taming down the final cut of the film. Mae plays "The Frisco Doll," who kills a man in self-defense and then takes off on a ship for Alaska. On the way, after the ship's captain, Bull (Victor McLaglen), finds that she is on the lam, he blackmails her into providing sexual favors. Taking the place of a missionary who died on the trip, Doll becomes a woman of God, who eventually decides to return to San Francisco to clear herself.
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The Lawless Breed 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Mary Castle, Hugh O'Brian, Forrest Lewis, Dennis Weaver, Lee Van Cleef, Tom Fadden, William Pullen, Glenn Strange, Richard Garland, Ned Davenport, Dick Wessel, Race Gentry
In his autobiography, Texas outlaw John Wesley Harden (Rock Hudson) claimed to have killed 40 men. This is the story of how he began his criminal career, his exploits as an outlaw, and then how he settled down, married Rosie (Julie Adams), and steered his young son John (Race Gentry) away from a life of crime. 1 User Review
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| | i am an 3rd cousin of john westly hardin | redredrose_2002 03/08/2008 | | i would not agree with a lot of the movie, wes was only living the way of the west at that time, after all look at how the world is today. |
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A Lion Is in the Streets 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Jeanne Cagney, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank McHugh, Larry Keating, Onslow Stevens
Hank Martin (Cagney) is a Southern hustler and con artist who tries to make it big as a backwoods politician. He steps on anyone and everyone he meets until he's stopped by a bullet. This would be just a so-so movie without Cagney and his favorite director (Raoul Walsh), but with them it packs a pretty good wallop.
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Manpower 1941 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Alan Hale, Walter Catlett, Frank McHugh, Eve Arden, Barton MacLane, Ward Bond, Joyce Compton
Two power-line workers (Edward G. Robinson and George Raft) are attracted to a nightclub hostess (Marlene Dietrich), and their fights for her attention get in the way of their relationship with each other.
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Me and My Gal 1932 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh, J. Farrell MacDonald, Noel Madison, Henry B. Walthall, George Chandler, Bert Hanlon, Will Stanton
Comedy reigns when a hard-boiled cop (Spencer Tracy) falls for a waitress (Joan Bennett) whose relatives are involved with the underworld.
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The Naked and the Dead 1958 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Lili St. Cyr, Barbara Nichols, William Campbell, Richard Jaeckel, Joey Bishop, Jerry Paris, L.Q. Jones
In this World War II drama, based on Norman Mailer's novel, tough Sgt. Croft (Aldo Ray) and the idealistic Lt. Hearn (Cliff Robertson) display differing methods as they strive for success in their mission of getting their squad behind enemy lines to observe Japanese troop movements.
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Northern Pursuit 1943 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine, John Ridgely, Gene Lockhart, Tom Tully, Monte Blue, Bernard Nedell, Warren Douglas, Alec Craig
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner (Errol Flynn) tracks down a Nazi pilot and breaks up an espionage ring operating in Canada.
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Objective, Burma! 1945 N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, William Prince, James Brown, George Tobias, Henry Hull, Warner Anderson, John Alvin, Mark Stevens, Richard Erdman, Anthony Caruso
This excellent adventure involves World War II paratroopers who are caught behind enemy lines and must fight their way through the jungle to escape.
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A Private's Affair 1959 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Sal Mineo, Christine Carere, Barry Coe, Barbara Eden, Gary Crosby, Terry Moore, Jim Backus, Jessie Royce Landis, Alan Hewitt, Bob Denver
A group of young entertainers gather together to put on a television show while performing at an Army base.
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Pursued 1947 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale, Harry Carey Jr., Clifton Young, Lane Chandler, Ray Teal, Ian Wolfe
Joe Rand (Robert Mitchum), a tough, Spanish-American War veteran, is haunted by unretrieved memories of his past. Violent events finally provide the key to the solution of his dilemma. Good suspenser.
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 Regeneration 1915 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Rockliffe Fellowes, John McCann, Anna Q. Nilsson, James A. Marcus, Maggie Weston, Harry McCoy, Carl Harbaugh, William Sheer
Filmed in the Bowery section of New York City, this is the story of Owen (Rockliffe Fellowes) who was orphaned at 10, grew up on the streets, and became a gangster. After he meets Marie (Anna Q. Nilsson), a social worker in the slums, he decides to try to make something of himself. But–it won't be easy. Raoul Walsh's first feature film is a good one as he captures the atmosphere of the area and uses inventive photography (for the time).
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover 1956  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, Jorja Curtright, Michael Pate, Alan Reed, Eddie Firestone, Jean Willes, Margia Dean
Jane Russell stars in the title role of a saloon singer during World War II who ends up in Hawaii where she learns that there must be a better life–it is back home in Mississippi, and Mamie bids aloha to the islands.
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 The Roaring Twenties 1939 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer, Eddie Acuff, Joseph Crehan, George Meeker, John Hamilton, Robert Elliott
When Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) returns to America as a veteran of World War I, he fails to find conventional employment. Instead, he forms a successful bootlegging business and is joined by wartime friend George Hally (Humphrey Bogart). Coming to their aid is another buddy, lawyer Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn). This is one of the better gangster films made in Hollywood.
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Sadie Thompson 1928 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Raoul Walsh, Blanche Friderici, Charles(1) Lane, James A. Marcus, Florence Midgley, Sophia Artega, Will Stanton, Charles Sullivan
Gloria Swanson plays the prostitute Sadie Thompson who arrives on Pago Pago in the South Pacific and finds true love with Marine Sgt. Tim O'Hara (Raoul Walsh). Now, Sadie runs head-on into hypocritical preacher Alfred Hamilton (Lionel Barrymore) who is not pleased with her relationship with Tim and tells her that he will expose Sadie's prostitution background to the authorities if she will not leave the island. But, one night Hamilton seduces Sadie, and then his guilt causes him to commit suicide. This allows Sadie to reunite with Tim, and they prepare to begin a new life together. Swanson received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Salty O'Rourke 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Spring Byington, Stanley Clements, Darryl Hickman, Lester Matthews, William Forrest, Jean Willes
A racetrack gambler, Salty O'Rourke (Alan Ladd), is converted to a cleaner life by a beautiful schoolteacher, Barbara Brooks (Gail Russell).
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Saskatchewan 1954 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, Robert Douglas, J. Carrol Naish, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Long, Jay Silverheels, Anthony Caruso, George J. Lewis, Antonio Moreno
Canadian Mountie O'Rourke (Alan Ladd) rescues Grace (Shelley Winters) from an Indian ambush and prevents Sioux Indians from encouraging dissent among the friendly Cree Indians.
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Sea Devils 1953 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Maxwell Reed, Denis O'Dea, Michael Goodliffe, Bryan Forbes, Jacques B. Brunius, Ivor Barnard, Arthur Wontner, Gerard Oury, Larry Taylor, Keith Pyott
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story revolves around the efforts of British agent Drouette (Yvonne De Carlo) who is trying to get close enough to spy on Napoleon (Gerard Oury). She runs into smuggler Gilliatt (Rock Hudson), and the two of them try to outsmart each other. But, by story's end, Gilliatt rescues Drouette and, in the process, saves England from an invasion by the French.
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The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw 1958 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, William Campbell, Bruce Cabot, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, David Horne, Charles Irwin, Sid James
An English gunsmith (Kenneth More) is given the job of sheriff in a troubled town and manages to do the job surprisingly well.
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Silver River 1948 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett, Tom D'Andrea, Barton MacLane, Monte Blue, Jonathan Hale, Al Bridge, Arthur Space
Stanley Moore (Bruce Bennett) is a dishonest gambler who gets involved in the silver market and loses his wife, empire, and even his own life.
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Spendthrift 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian, George Barbier, Edward Brophy, Richard Carle, J.M. Kerrigan, Spencer Charters, Jonathan Hale, Halliwell Hobbes
Henry Fonda, in his first top-billed movie, is a rich playboy who lives it up until there is no more money. Losing his gold-digging wife as a result, he actually goes to work and finds his true love. A forgettable Fonda film.
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The Strawberry Blonde 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, George Tobias, Una O'Connor, George Reeves, Edward McNamara, Roy Gordon
Set in the "Gay Nineties," this is the tale of Biff Grimes (James Cagney) and how he deals with an unrequited love for the "strawberry blonde" (Rita Hayworth). By film's end, he is reconciled with his happy marriage to Amy (Olivia de Havilland).
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The Tall Men 1955 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell, Juan Garcia, Harry Shannon, Emile Meyer, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Steve Darrell
Two brothers, Ben (Clark Gable) and Clint (Cameron Mitchell), are hired for a cattle drive to deliver cattle baron Nathan Stark's (Robert Ryan) herd from Texas to Montana. Along the way, they encounter adventure and romance.
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They Died with Their Boots on 1941 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Walter Hampden, Sydney Greenstreet, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn, Charley Grapewin, Hattie McDaniel, Regis Toomey, Eddie Acuff
This biography covers the life of George Custer (Errol Flynn) from his days as a West Point cadet, through Civil War service, to Indian fighting in America's West.
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They Drive by Night 1940 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Hale, Ida Lupino, Ann Sheridan, Gale Page, Roscoe Karns, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, George Tobias, Eddie Acuff
After Paul (Humphrey Bogart) loses his arm in a truck accident, his brother Joe (George Raft) goes to work for Ed's (Alan Hale) trucking firm and runs into trouble via Ed's bitchy wife, Lana (Ida Lupino). Brothers Paul and Joe make a good team as they truck along the highways.
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The Thief of Baghdad 1924 N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Anna May Wong, Sojin, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Brandon Hurst, Tote Du Crow, Noble Johnson, Winter Blossom
Amidst fabulous sets, this silent film features the dashing Douglas Fairbanks as the adventurer who falls in love with an Arabian princess (Julanne Johnston).
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What Price Glory? 1926 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Dolores del Rio, William V. Mong, Phyllis Haver, Elena Jurado, Leslie Fenton, Barry Norton, Jack Pennick
This good adaptation of the hit play concerns two boisterous friends and rivals. After starting out fighting over a girl in Shanghai, the scene shifts to France after the outbreak of WWI where they are again rivals over another girl. The grimness of war is also portrayed in this fine silent flick.
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White Heat 1949 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, John Archer, Steve Cochran, Wally Cassell, Fred Clark, Ford Rainey, G. Pat Collins, Paul Guilfoyle, Sid Melton
In this great gangster film, mobster Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) is psychologically dependent on his evil mother (Margaret Wycherly). Nevertheless, he is determined to make it to "the top of the world, Ma." So, Cody and his gang rob a train, kill people, and make off with the loot. But, they leave clues behind, and Cody ends up in jail on a trumped up charge. Now, the feds send an undercover agent Hank Fallon, a.k.a. "Vic" (Edmund O'Brien), to the jail. He befriends Cody and infiltrates Cody's gang. Cody's mother is killed, Cody breaks out of jail with "Vic," and reunites with his gang for a chase scene through a chemical factory ending with Cody crying out to his deceased mother.
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Women of All Nations 1931 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen, El Brendel, Humphrey Bogart, Fifi D'Orsay, Bela Lugosi, Joyce Compton, Charles Judels, T. Roy Barnes
The sultan's harem is the centerpiece for this dog of a film.
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The World in His Arms 1952 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, John McIntire, Andrea King, Eugenie Leontovich, Hans Conried, Rhys Williams, Sig Ruman, Carl Esmond, Gregory Gaye, Bill Radovich, Bryan Forbes, Henry Kulky, Gregg Barton
Set in the 1850s, this film is about a sea captain, Jonathan Clark (Gregory Peck), who illegally hunts seals. He falls in love with a beautiful Russian princess, the Countess Marina (Ann Blyth), while helping her flee from an arranged marriage to Prince Semyon (Carl Esmond). Now, Clark and the Countess are about to wed, but the Countess is kidnapped by Prince Semyon and taken to Alaska. After recovering from a drunken stupor, Clark races fellow seal hunter Portugee (Anthony Quinn) to Alaska, but they are both arrested by the Russians. In an effort to save them, Countess Marina says she will marry Semyon when he orders the release of Clark and Portugee.
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Yellow Ticket 1931 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Elissa Landi, Laurence Olivier, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Byron, Sarah Padden, Mischa Auer, Boris Karloff, Rita La Roy, Edwin Maxwell, Frederick Burt
Russian society before the Revolution is the setting for this film about a young Jewish woman (Elissa Landi) who is forced into prostitution. She meets and falls in love with a British newsman (Laurence Olivier), and the two endanger themselves as they work for justice.
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| 1. Along the Great Divide (1951)
2. Artists and Models (1937)
3. Background to Danger (1943)
4. Band of Angels (1957)
5. Battle Cry (1955)
6. Big Brown Eyes (1936)
7. The Big Trail (1930)
8. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
aka: The Clansman
9. Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
10. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
11. College Swing (1938)
12. The Dark Command (1940)
13. Desperate Journey (1942)
14. Distant Drums (1951)
15. Esther and the King (1960)
16. Fighter Squadron (1948)
17. Gentleman Jim (1942)
18. Going Hollywood (1933)
19. Gun Fury (1953)
20. High Sierra (1941)
21. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
22. The King and Four Queens (1956)
23. Klondike Annie (1936)
24. The Lawless Breed (1952)
25. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
26. Manpower (1941)
27. Me and My Gal (1932)
28. The Naked and the Dead (1958)
29. Northern Pursuit (1943)
30. Objective, Burma! (1945)
31. A Private's Affair (1959)
32. Pursued (1947)
33. Regeneration (1915)
34. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
35. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
36. Sadie Thompson (1928)
37. Salty O'Rourke (1945)
38. Saskatchewan (1954)
39. Sea Devils (1953)
40. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
41. Silver River (1948)
42. Spendthrift (1936)
43. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
44. The Tall Men (1955)
45. They Died with Their Boots on (1941)
46. They Drive by Night (1940)
47. The Thief of Baghdad (1924)
48. Uncertain Glory (1944)
49. What Price Glory? (1926)
50. White Heat (1949)
51. Women of All Nations (1931)
52. The World in His Arms (1952)
53. Yellow Ticket (1931)
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