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Chuck Roberson
Actor 1919 - 1988

Chuck Roberson

Shannon, Texas, USA

Charles Hugh Roberson (May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988) was an American actor and stuntman. Roberson was born near Shannon, Texas, the son of farmer Ollie W. Roberson and Jannie Hamm Roberson. Raised on cattle ranches in Shannon, Texas, and Roswell, New Mexico, he left school at... Read full bio →

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McQ

McQ

John Sturges 1974 1h 51m 4.0

Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

99 and 44/100% Dead!

99 and 44/100% Dead!

John Frankenheimer 1974 1h 38m 6.0

Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.

The Stone Killer

The Stone Killer

Michael Winner 1973 1h 35m 6.0

A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

Cahill U.S. Marshal

Cahill U.S. Marshal

Andrew V. McLaglen 1973 1h 43m 4.5

J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

Big Jake

Big Jake

George Sherman 1971 1h 50m 6.0

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

Howard Hawks 1970 1h 56m 7.0

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.

Chisum

Chisum

Andrew V. McLaglen 1970 1h 51m 6.0

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.

The Undefeated

The Undefeated

Andrew V. McLaglen 1969 1h 59m 5.7

The Civil War is over, and Colonel John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) of the Union Army is bound for Mexico to trade horses; his opponent, Confederate Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson), is also heading south to help build a new settlement. When a Mexican general threatens their safety, the two join forces in spite of their original alliances.

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

Sydney Pollack 1968 1h 42m 6.7

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

The Green Berets

The Green Berets

John Wayne, Ray Kellogg 1968 2h 22m 5.4

Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General

Hellfighters

Hellfighters

Andrew V. McLaglen 1968 2h 1m 5.5

The story of oil well firefighters and their wives.

The War Wagon

The War Wagon

Burt Kennedy 1967 1h 41m 6.0

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

Henry Hathaway 1966 2h 8m 6.7

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian American mother and European-American father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.

El Dorado

El Dorado

Howard Hawks 1966 2h 6m 7.7

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

Henry Hathaway 1965 2h 2m 7.0

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area around the town.

The Rounders

The Rounders

Burt Kennedy 1965 1h 25m 5.5

Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages.

Shenandoah

Shenandoah

Andrew V. McLaglen 1965 1h 45m 6.3

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North the Civil War is forced upon him.

Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

Elliot Silverstein 1965 1h 37m 7.0

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

Blindfold

Blindfold

Philip Dunne 1965 1h 42m 6.5

A patient being psychoanalyzed by Dr. Snow is a government scientist. General Pratt hides him in a secret place known as "Base X," forcing Dr. Snow to wear a blindfold whenever he is taken there ...

Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn

John Ford 1964 2h 37m 7.5

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.

Shock Corridor

Shock Corridor

Samuel Fuller 1963 1h 42m 7.9

With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.

McLintock!

McLintock!

Andrew V. McLaglen 1963 2h 7m 5.0

McLintock! is a 1963 comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, and loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The film is famous (or infamous) for its two spanking scenes, in which mother and daughter are each paddled with coal shovels: the daughter by her suitor, the mother by her estranged husband.

Donovan's Reef

Donovan's Reef

John Ford 1963 1h 49m 6.0

'Guns' Donovan prefers carousing with his pals Doc Dedham and 'Boats' Gilhooley, until Dedham's high-society daughter Amelia shows up in their South Seas paradise.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

John Ford 1962 2h 3m 8.3

Coming home for a friend funeral, a senator tells his story.

Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders

Samuel Fuller 1962 1h 38m 8.5

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

John Ford, George Marshall 1962 2h 44m 7.2

Hollywood's most celebrated luminaries - behind the camera as well as in front of it - combine talents to present this epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

John Ford 1961 1h 49m 6.5
The Alamo

The Alamo

John Wayne 1960 3h 22m 6.6

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Spartacus

Spartacus

Stanley Kubrick 1960 3h 17m 7.9

Stanley Kubrick's film Spartacus hosts top-class cast and tells the story of rebellion of the slaves in ancient Rome. The film was awarded four Oscars and stands today as one of the greatest classics of the Sword and Sandal genre.

Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge

John Ford 1960 1h 51m 7.0

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

The Wonderful Country

The Wonderful Country

Robert Parrish 1959 1h 38m 8.0

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen.

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

Howard Hawks 1959 2h 21m 8.2

A classic old western film starring John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson as a defunct threesome; one wounded, another drunk, and the last one a young gunslinger. They are ask by a local sheriff to help keep a bad guy’s brother in jail. This is a western film for people who don’t even like westerns.

The Big Country

The Big Country

William Wyler 1958 2h 47m 7.7

A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.

Man of the West

Man of the West

Anthony Mann 1958 1h 40m 7.7

A reformed outlaw becomes stranded after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band.

The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles

John Ford 1957 1h 50m 5.0

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

Run of the Arrow

Run of the Arrow

Samuel Fuller 1957 1h 26m 9.0

A veteran leaves the army, and finds a home with the Sioux.

Night Passage

Night Passage

James Neilson 1957 1h 30m 6.3

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.

Forty Guns

Forty Guns

Samuel Fuller 1957 1h 20m 8.2

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

The Searchers

The Searchers

John Ford 1956 1h 59m 7.8

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

The King and Four Queens

The King and Four Queens

Raoul Walsh 1956 1h 26m 6.0

Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

The Great Locomotive Chase

The Great Locomotive Chase

Francis D. Lyon 1956 1h 25m 6.0

During the Civil War, Union spy Andrews and his men volunteer to steal a Confederate train and drive it to Union territory while destroying the Confederate railway system along the way.

Seven Men from Now

Seven Men from Now

Budd Boetticher 1956 1h 18m 7.7

Aging lawman Ben Stride burns a trail of murderous revenge across a hardscrabble landscape searching for his wife's murderers.

The Tall Men

The Tall Men

Raoul Walsh 1955 2h 2m 6.0

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

The Prodigal

The Prodigal

Richard Thorpe 1955 1h 52m 5.0

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men

H. Bruce Humberstone 1955 1h 20m 6.0

After Wick Campbell's ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, the embittered, jealous rancher hires ten outlaws to help him seize power in the territory.

The Lone Gun

The Lone Gun

Ray Nazarro 1954 1h 16m 6.0

In Texas, drifter Cruze becomes the marshal of the town of Marlpine but he must face the murderous Moran brothers alone when the scared town refuses to back him up.

The Far Country

The Far Country

Anthony Mann 1954 1h 37m 8.0

A self-minded adventurer (Jeff Webster) locks horns with a crooked lawman (Mr. Gannon) while driving cattle to Dawson.

Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan

Douglas Sirk 1954 1h 32m 5.0

With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.

Hondo

Hondo

John Farrow 1953 1h 24m 7.0

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

Gun Belt

Gun Belt

Ray Nazarro 1953 1h 17m 6.0

Outlaw Matt Ringo escapes prison and wants to co-opt his former outlaw brother Billy into robbing a Wells Fargo money shipment, but Billy has gone straight, the town Marshal is Wyatt Earp, and the Clinton gang wants in on the deal.

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

David Butler 1953 1h 41m 6.5

Doris Day and Howard Keel fuss, feud and fall in love as Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. At first curvaceous Calamity is too durned busy fighting Indians and cracking a bullwhip to pay mind to such girlie what-alls as dresses and perfume. She soon changes her mind when Katie Brown arrives in town.

Way of a Gaucho

Way of a Gaucho

Jacques Tourneur 1952 1h 31m 9.0

In 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader.

The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

Nicholas Ray 1952 1h 53m 9.0

Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.

Indian Uprising

Indian Uprising

Ray Nazarro 1952 1h 12m

It's 1885 in Arizona and an Army Captain has dispersed his troops to keep the whites off of Government land thereby keeping the peace with the Apaches. But there are those in Tucson that want the miners back looking for gold and they put pressure on officials in Washington.

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Raoul Walsh 1952 1h 39m 6.5

Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Charles Lamont 1952 1h 10m 5.0

Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.

Winchester '73

Winchester '73

Anthony Mann 1950 1h 32m 8.4

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.

Trail of the Rustlers

Trail of the Rustlers

Ray Nazarro 1950 55m

Charles Starrett goes up against an entire family of criminals posing as respectable citizens in this entry in Columbia's long-running Durango Kid Western series.

The Capture

The Capture

John Sturges 1950 1h 31m

A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.

Rio Grande

Rio Grande

John Ford 1950 1h 45m 7.3

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

Outcast of Black Mesa

Outcast of Black Mesa

Ray Nazarro 1950 54m

Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguise, whereupon stunt-double Jock Mahoney swings into action. Outcasts of Black Mesa is distinguished by the presence of a relative newcomer to the film game, leading lady Martha Hyer.

Western Renegades

Western Renegades

Wallace Fox 1949 54m

Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's leading citizen. The dead man's grown children want to investigate the killing, but the outlaw puts a stop to this by hiring a dance-hall dame to pose as the kids' long-lost mother. Johnny isn't fooled by this subterfuge nor is his sidekick.

The Fighting Kentuckian

The Fighting Kentuckian

George Waggner 1949 1h 40m 6.0

John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

Hellfire

Hellfire

R.G. Springsteen 1949 1h 30m 7.0

Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward.

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

Edward Ludwig 1948 1h 46m 6.0

Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

Albuquerque

Albuquerque

Ray Enright 1948 1h 30m 6.0

Cole Armin, recruited by his corrupt uncle as heir apparent to his freight-hauling empire, defects to his honest rival.

The Flame

The Flame

John H. Auer 1947 1h 37m

George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and resentment of his half-brother Barry, who has been supporting him.

Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl

Allan Dwan 1947 1h 28m 5.0

A songwriter finds out that his beautiful girlfriend is going to be an artist's model.

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