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James Edward Grant
Writer 1905 - 1966

James Edward Grant

Chicago, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Edward Grant (July 2, 1905 - February 19, 1966) was an American short story writer and screenwriter who contributed to more than fifty films between 1935 and 1971. Born in Chicago, Grant began his career in the mid-1930s developing... Read full bio →

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Paul Wendkos 1976 1h 39m 5.0

A bank robber fleeing on foot shoves a bag full of money into a mailbox in downtown L.A. Only he doesn't realize that there are two onlookers who are very interested in the bag's content.

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Burt Kennedy 1971 1h 31m 6.0

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

Circus World

Circus World

Henry Hathaway 1964 2h 23m 6.0

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.

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 Comancheros

The Comancheros

Michael Curtiz 1961 1h 45m 6.0

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

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.

The Sheepman

The Sheepman

George Marshall 1958 1h 25m 6.0

A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs

The Proud Rebel

The Proud Rebel

Michael Curtiz 1958 1h 43m

A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock-induced muteness and the Northerners' hatred.

Three Violent People

Three Violent People

Rudolph Maté 1956 1h 40m 7.0

A la fin de la Guerre de Sécession, Saunders, un capitaine sudiste, rentre au Texas en compagnie de celle qu'il vient d'épouser, Lorna, une jeune femme au passé de prostituée. Tandis que les Nordistes convoitent son ranch, Saunders retrouve de vieilles connaissances, à commencer par son frère Cinch qui lui voue une haine tenace.

The Last Wagon

The Last Wagon

Delmer Daves 1956 1h 39m 7.5

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

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.

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

Henry Levin 1951 1h 15m

Brandy Kirby (Lizabeth Scott ) and crooked Lawyer Vincent Mailer (Alexander Knox) plan to rob William (Griff Barnett) and Maida McIntyre (Virginia Brissac) by producing a convincing double for their long-lost son. Brandy charms gambler Lefty Farrell (Edmond O'Brien) into impersonating the missing son.

Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks

Nicholas Ray 1951 1h 42m 5.7

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin.

Bullfighter and the Lady

Bullfighter and the Lady

Budd Boetticher 1951 2h 4m

An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.

Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima

Allan Dwan 1949 1h 40m 6.0

The relationship between Sergeant Stryker and a group of rebellious recruits is made difficult by the Sergeant's tough training tactics. At Tarawa, the leathernecks have a chance to see Stryker in action, and begin to appreciate him.

Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro

Ted Tetzlaff 1949 1h 21m 5.5

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.

Angel and the Badman

Angel and the Badman

James Edward Grant 1947 1h 40m 6.0

Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in.

Belle of the Yukon

Belle of the Yukon

William A. Seiter 1944 1h 23m

Left by a con man (Randolph Scott), a dancer (Gypsy Rose Lee) finds him in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.

Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

Mervyn LeRoy 1941 1h 47m 6.0

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's daughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Music in My Heart

Music in My Heart

Joseph Santley 1940 1h 10m 5.0

A chorus girl engaged to a millionaire falls for the star of her latest musical.

Boom Town

Boom Town

Jack Conway 1940 1h 59m 7.0

McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsey comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

Miracles for Sale

Miracles for Sale

Tod Browning 1939 1h 11m

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

Great Guy

Great Guy

John G. Blystone 1936 1h 6m 6.0

The adventures of an investigator (Cagney) for the Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Big Brown Eyes

Big Brown Eyes

Raoul Walsh 1936 1h 17m

Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.

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