Biography: Joel McCrea |
American actor Joel McCrea came from a California family with roots reaching back to the pioneer days. As a youth, McCrea satiated his fascination with movies by appearing as an extra in a serial starring Ruth Roland. By 1920, high schooler McCrea... more
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The Great American Cowboy (1973)
Tags: Culture & Society Sociology Sports & Recreation Sports
Length: 90min
Rodeos and the people who work in them are the focus of this documentary. It demonstrates the resonance between the modern rodeo and the lifestyle of pioneer settlers of the American West. The 1973 film's main focus is on veteran Larry Mahan and a...
Cast: Robert Fuller
Tags: Modern Western Western Family-Oriented Adventure
Length: 79min
After 14 years' retirement, Joel McCrea chose to appear in Mustang Country. Looking extremely robust, the septuagenarian McCrea plays Dan, a Montana rancher, vintage 1925, who is in pursuit of a wild mustang. He is joined in his quest by teenaged...
Cast: Sam Peckinpah Randolph Scott
Tags: Revisionist Western Western
Length: 93min
This Sam Peckinpah-directed feature outing was intended as the cinematic swan song for both Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea; while McCrea would unexpectedly emerge from retirement, this 1961 western serves as an excellent valedictory for both men. The...
The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
Cast: John McIntire
Tags: Western Traditional Western
Length: 81min
With Gene Barry already riding the video range as legendary gunfighter-turned-lawman Bat Masterson, independent producer Walter Mirisch hired old-timer Joel McCrea to play a rather less-dandified version in this routine Western released in...
Tags: Western Indian Western
Length: 85min
Telling the story of his early life in flashback, a former prospector (Joel McCrea, with flashback sequences featuring son Jody) explains his brutal massacre of a tribe of Indians. The only survivor (Marie Gahua) agrees to lead him to a secret gold...
Cast: Forrest Tucker
Tags: Cavalry Film Western Action
Length: 80min
In this western, an embittered cavalry sergeant must take over his regiment after their commanding officer is killed during an ambush. To save them, he leads the troop through Apache territory because it is the quickest way to reach the fort. The...
Cast: Virginia Mayo Michael Ansara
Length: 81min
Joel McCrea essays the title role in this moody little western. McCrea is a Union officer wounded in battle, who joins up with a wagon train heading westward. He is ostracized by those passengers who'd fought on the Confederate side, though leading...
Cast: Joel McCrea Phyllis Coates
Length: 83min
A brave cowboy/ex-con hits the dusty trail as the leader of a major cattle drive in this western. He is offered the job by the very townspeople his gang terrorized a few years before. They are also the same people who put him in the slammer, and even...
Cast: Mark Stevens
Tags: Western Traditional Western
Length: 85min
In this western, the trouble begins when a ruthless outlaw impersonates a mine owner. When the sheriff begins to suspect him, the badguy kills him. A government agent, working undercover replaces the sheriff, exposes the crook and wins the love of a...
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck
Tags: Traditional Western Cavalry Film Western Drama
Length: 81min
Trooper Hook is played by Joel McCrea, but top billing goes to Barbara Stanwyck in this multilayered western. McCrea plays a Cavalry officer sent to rescue Stanwyck, who had been captured by Indians years earlier. Upon reaching the Indian village,...
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