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Denver Pyle Movies
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Starring:
Tom Wopat,
John Schneider,
Catherine Bach,
Denver Pyle,
James Best,
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Years after the family have grown up and gone their separate ways, Uncle
Jessie organises a reunion to bring all the clan back together again for a
party. Once Luke, Bo, Daisy and Cooter are all back he tells them that he
needs help to fight a property developer who is trying to build a theme park
on the swamp and build access across his property. The developer challenges
the...
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Genres:
Adventure
Comedy
Western
Starring:
Mel Gibson,
Jodie Foster,
James Garner,
Graham Greene,
Alfred Molina,
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As a kid, I used to watch reruns of the original "Maverick" -- and so I
looked forward to seeing this one when it came out in the theaters. I was
NOT disappointed! Mel Gibson's Maverick is a bit more goofy than James
Garner's, but is every bit as charming, sly, and entertaining. A number of
excellent cameos provide some comic relief, especially Danny Glover near the
beginnin...
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Genres:
Fantasy
Family
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Eddie Albert,
Ray Milland,
Donald Pleasence,
Kim Richards,
Ike Eisenmann,
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In 1975, I was 11 years old. "Escape To Witch Mountain" played to a
packed house at a now-defunct old theatre called, Miracle. People were
sitting on the floor because they sold more tickets than they had
seats. I'd never seen anything like that before.My dad and step mom took me to the movie and we got the last of the few
remaining seats. They probably only took me because it was ...
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Genres:
Western
Starring:
John Wayne,
George Kennedy,
Neville Brand,
Gary Grimes,
Walter Barnes,
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Unlike the comment that said "unoriginal", for a western of the early
seventies, when the western was at that time dying out for a period,
this is a gallant effort on the part of all involved in the production.
I must confess, it would be hard for me to say anything bad about a
John Wayne movie, it certainly is not "The Searchers", but no where
near "The Geisha and the Barbaria...
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Genres:
Western
Starring:
John Wayne,
George Kennedy,
Neville Brand,
Gary Grimes,
Walter Barnes,
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Unlike the comment that said "unoriginal", for a western of the early
seventies, when the western was at that time dying out for a period,
this is a gallant effort on the part of all involved in the production.
I must confess, it would be hard for me to say anything bad about a
John Wayne movie, it certainly is not "The Searchers", but no where
near "The Geisha and the Barbaria...
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Genres:
Western
Mystery
Starring:
Dean Martin,
Robert Mitchum,
Inger Stevens,
Roddy McDowall,
Katherine Justice,
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Despite his attempt to stop the execution, Van Morgan (Dean Martin) was
hit by a gun on his head and thrown out, at night, in the streets of
Rincon, Colorado and the clumsy crook was lynched… Feeling uncomfortable, Van Morgan leaves for Denver the next day … In
the days of his absence, two of the seven card players have been dead,
one being drowned in a flour barrel, the ...
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Genres:
Biography
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
Starring:
Warren Beatty,
Faye Dunaway,
Michael J. Pollard,
Gene Hackman,
Estelle Parsons,
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Besides being an enormously entertaining movie, "Bonnie and Clyde" was an
important 1960's landmark film in a couple of ways. Its violent ending
helped to hasten the end of the old Hayes code, which had been a severe
restrictor of artistic freedom; and it helped shape the '60's image of the
anti-hero. For these things it received a good deal of condemnation as well
as commendat...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Musical
Romance
Sport
Starring:
Jack Lemmon,
Tony Curtis,
Natalie Wood,
Peter Falk,
Keenan Wynn,
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Although "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" was the first comedy to get the
epic film treatment, "The Great Race" is in my opinion the best epic comedy.
It's just a much funnier film with so many laughs in its first half that
the more serious part dealing with the palace intrigues and the straight
sword fight acts more as a breather for the viewer before it revs up again
with t...
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Genres:
Drama
War
Western
Starring:
James Stewart,
Doug McClure,
Glenn Corbett,
Patrick Wayne,
Rosemary Forsyth,
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Genres:
Drama
Romance
Western
Starring:
John Wayne,
James Stewart,
Vera Miles,
Lee Marvin,
Edmond O'Brien,
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Other reviewers, aside from seeing this as the end of the classic
western, saw the plot as myth granting to one man that which was
rightfully another's. I disagree. I see TMWSLV as a tale of a man
stepping aside for the sake of a better man and a better world, at
great personal cost.I view Tom as someone who has lived a cynical life--kill it before it
kills you. With the advent...
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Genres:
Action
Biography
History
Western
Starring:
Chuck Connors,
Kamala Devi,
Pat Conway,
Armando Silvestre,
Adam West,
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The film begins with Geronimo (Chuck Connors) "surrendering" by
agreeing on a treaty that gives his Apaches land on a reservation in
Arizona. However, things quickly go wrong while on the reservation.
Geronimo leaves with a band of warriors and declares war on the United
States. The majority of the film is the story of this war, told from
Geronimo's perspective.While the script...
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Genres:
Adventure
War
Western
Starring:
John Wayne,
William Holden,
Constance Towers,
Judson Pratt,
Hoot Gibson,
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As the Civil War goes against the North, General Grant (Stan Jones) is
unable to take the Confederate fortress of Vicksburg because the
Confederates have it so well defended... He realizes necessity of
cutting off that city's supply sources.. Col. John Marlowe (John Wayne) is assigned to take a small brigade of
cavalry from Tennessee, ride hundreds of miles into the Confederate
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Genres:
Adventure
War
Western
Starring:
John Wayne,
William Holden,
Constance Towers,
Judson Pratt,
Hoot Gibson,
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As the Civil War goes against the North, General Grant (Stan Jones) is
unable to take the Confederate fortress of Vicksburg because the
Confederates have it so well defended... He realizes necessity of
cutting off that city's supply sources.. Col. John Marlowe (John Wayne) is assigned to take a small brigade of
cavalry from Tennessee, ride hundreds of miles into the Confederate
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Genres:
Action
Biography
Drama
War
Starring:
Audie Murphy,
Marshall Thompson,
Charles Drake,
Jack Kelly,
Gregg Palmer,
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Audie Murphy's screen autobiography is a much better film than it has
any right to be... The Army provides a Depression-era kid from East
Texas with a strong family structure that he has never really
experienced...In 1937, a young Audie Murphy (played by Gordon Gebert as a boy, by
Murphy himself later) is forced to become the head of a family with an
ailing mother and an absent...
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