Biography: Chill Wills |
He began performing in early childhood, going on to appear in tent shows, vaudeville, and stock throughout the Southwest. He formed Chill Wills and the Avalon Boys, a singing group in which he was the leader and bass vocalist, in the '30s. After... more
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Cast: Andy Devine Walter Brennan Pat O'Brien Chill Wills
Tags: Comedy Western Western
Length: 73min
One of the better and more diverting of ABC's first full season of made-for-television movies, The Over-the-Hill Gang was a low-budget Western with a gimmick: Get a bunch of elderly actors, known either for their leading roles in the 1930s, or for...
Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 92min
In this musical aimed at teenagers, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian battle it out for Annette Funicello's affections on the stock car track. The tale begins when smugglers trick Avalon into taking on contraband during a cross-country race. He catches on to...
Cast: Phil Harris James Garner Pat Harrington, Jr.
Length: 100min
This comical farce is a lighthearted lampoon of Wall Street and the vibrant trading and selling on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Henry Tyroon (James Garner) is the chameleonic broker who changes his colors and ethical standards to fit...
Cast: Henry Fonda Edgar Buchanan Glenn Ford
Tags: Western Buddy Film Comedy Western
Length: 85min
Two aging bronc-busters (Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda) make their meager money by breaking wild horses. They dream of better days--possibly retiring to some island paradise--but they never put any money in the bank because they spend it all on booze and...
Cast: Dean Stockwell Fred MacMurray
Tags: Western Traditional Western
Length: 73min
Having inherited a huge cattle ranch from his late father, Will Keough (Fred MacMurray) wants nothing more than to tend to his work and live in peace, but this is made impossible by the tense situation in his own household. Will's two younger...
Cast: Sam Peckinpah Maureen O'Hara Brian Keith
Tags: Revisionist Western Western
Length: 90min
Sam Peckinpah's first feature as director is this modest Western, taking place in the late 1860s. Yellowleg (Brian Keith), a former sergeant in the Union army, is obsessed with tracking down Turk (Chill Wills), a Rebel army deserter who, during the...
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961)
Tags: War Drama Drama War Romance
Length: 108min
John Fox Jr.'s popular 1906 novel has been filmed several times, and converted into a number of theatrical presentations. The 1961 edition of Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come stars singer Jimmy F. Rodgers as a confused young man growing up in 1860s...
Gold of the Seven Saints (1961)
Cast: Roger Moore Clint Walker
Length: 88min
Director Gordon M. Douglas specializes in comedy and action films, and here he puts the two genres together for a generally successful, well-acted chase drama. Two partners, Jim (Clint Walker) and Shawn (Roger Moore) have had the good fortune to find...
Cast: James B. Clark
Tags: Family Drama Adventure Animal Picture Adventure Drama
Length: 78min
A depressed race horse and a lonely boy come together in this touching drama. The horse gets the blues when it loses the dog that was his constant companion. The boy is lonely after his father remarries and sends him to live on his grandfather's...
Cast: Dennis Hopper
Length: 100min
A spare, almost austere western, From Hell to Texas stars Don Murray as a carefree cowpoke. Accidentally killing the son of a powerful land baron (R. G. Armstrong), Murray runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengeful brothers. The fugitive is...
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