Biography: John McIntire |
The son of a lawyer, John McIntire was born in Washington and raised in Montana, developing a taste for the life of a rancher before confining himself to the environs of the theater. Upon graduating from U.S.C., McIntire briefly went to sea, then... more
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Cast: Robert Taylor William Wellman
Tags: Western Traditional Western
Length: 118min
Though Frank Capra wrote the original story treatment for MGM's Westward the Women, he was too busy to direct the film, and handed the reigns instead to his former Liberty Films partner William A. Wellman. This stark, no-nonsense outdoor drama stars...
Tags: Crime Drama Prison Film
Length: 84min
Richard Conte plays a big-city racketeer whose luck runs out on him. He is sent to a Southern prison, but vows to be out and about before long. Applying a little psychology and a lot of cynicism, Conte manages to pull off his escape by firing only one...
Cast: Raoul Walsh Leslie Caron
Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 79min
Authentic New Orleans locations enhance the overall enjoyment of the prizefight melodrama Glory Alley. A mere few seconds before a championship bout, Socks Barbarrosa (Ralph Meeker) decides to throw in the towel so far as his boxing career is...
Cast: Natalie Wood Viveca Lindfors Margaret Sullavan
Tags: Drama
Length: 89min
Rudolph Mate directs this sentimental melodrama about a ridiculously self-sacrificing wife based on the book by Ruth Southard and starring a 12-year-old Natalie Wood. Mary Scott (Margaret Sullavan) is pregnant when she finds out that she has terminal...
Cast: Joel McCrea
Tags: Western
Length: 90min
Joel McCrea was still relatively new to westerns when he starred in Saddle Tramp. McCrea is cast as footloose and fancy free cowpoke Chuck Connor, who has no intention of settling down. Alas, this decision is made for him when Connor "inherits" the...
Cast: Donald O'Connor ZaSu Pitts
Tags: Family Fantasy Comedy Animal Picture
Length: 91min
One wonders if Donald O'Connor would have consented to star in Francis if he knew that a series was to follow. Adapted by David Stern from his own novel, the film stars O'Connor as GI Peter Sterling, who appears to be bucking for a Section Eight....
Cast: Gary Cooper Eddie Albert
Tags: Military Comedy Comedy
Length: 93min
Gary Cooper stars in this broad naval farce, directed by Henry Hathaway and based upon a John W. Hazard ~New Yorker magazine story. Cooper plays Lieutenant John Harkness, a wet-behind-the ears naval lieutenant who is given command of his first ship....
Cast: Edgar Buchanan
Length: 82min
Red Canyon was one of several medium-budget, Technicolor westerns turned out by Universal-International between 1949 and 1959. Howard Duff plays wandering cowpoke Lin Sloane, who spends most of the film trying to capture a fabled wild stallion. While...
Cast: Dan Duryea Tony Curtis Shelley Winters
Tags: Crime Drama Police Detective Film Crime
Length: 76min
In Johnny Stool Pigeon, the title character's name is really Johnny Evans (Dan Duryea). Evans is an imprisoned crook whose wife died as a result of a vicious narcotics ring. Federal agent Howard Duff works out a deal with Evans, who agrees to help the...
The Street with No Name (1948)
Cast: Richard Widmark Lloyd Nolan Ed Begley, Sr.
Tags: Thriller Police Detective Film
Length: 93min
FBI operative Mark Stevens is dispatched by his boss Lloyd Nolan to infiltrate a criminal gang. Stevens ingratiates himself with Richard Widmark, the gang's leader, then helps concoct a robbery that will deliver the criminals into the hands of the...
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