Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris  (February 17, 1914 – September 14, 1959), born Bert DeWayne Morris in Los Angeles, was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace. He appeared in many notable films, including Paths of Glory (1957), The Bushwackers (1952) and the title role of Kid Galahad in 1937. While filming Flight Angels (1940), Morris became interested in flying and became a pilot. With war in the wind, he joined the Naval Reserve and became a Navy flier in 1942, leaving his film career behind for the duration of the war. Flying the F6F Hellcat off the aircraft carrier USS Essex, Morris shot down seven Japanese planes and contributed to the sinking of five ships. He was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals. Morris was considered by the Navy as physically 'too big' to fly fighters. After being turned down several times as a fighter pilot, he went to his brother in law, Cdr. David McCampbell, imploring him for the chance to fly fighters. Cdr. McCampbell said "Give me a letter." He flew with the VF-15, the famed "McCampbell Heroes." He married Patricia O'Rourke, an Olympic swimmer, and sister to B-movie actress Peggy Stewart. Following the war, Morris returned to films, but his nearly four-year absence had cost him his burgeoning stardom. He continued to act in movies, but the pictures, for the most part, sank in quality. Losing his boyish looks but not demeanor, Morris spent most of the fifties in low-budget westerns. He made an unusual career move in 1957, making his Broadway debut as a washed-up boxing champ in William Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers. He also appeared as a weakling in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957). Morris suffered a massive heart attack while visiting aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard in San Francisco Bay and was pronounced dead after being transported to Oakland Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. He was 45. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Morris (American actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Wayne Morris
  • Popularity: 4.642
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1914-02-17
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Bert DeWayne Morris, Bert DeWayne Morris Jr.
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Wayne Morris Movies

  • 1957
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    Paths of Glory

    Paths of Glory

    8.266 1957 HD

    A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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  • 1939
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    The Return of Doctor X

    The Return of Doctor X

    6 1939 HD

    When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from...

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  • 1949
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    The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

    4.5 1949 HD

    Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's...

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  • 1957
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    Plunder Road

    Plunder Road

    6.939 1957 HD

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

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  • 1936
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    Polo Joe

    Polo Joe

    1 1936 HD

    A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.

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  • 1949
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    Task Force

    Task Force

    7 1949 HD

    After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the...

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  • 1947
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    Deep Valley

    Deep Valley

    5.8 1947 HD

    A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.

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  • 1954
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    The Green Buddha

    The Green Buddha

    5.4 1954 HD

    Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He...

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  • 1950
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    Johnny One-Eye

    Johnny One-Eye

    4.9 1950 HD

    Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long...

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  • 1937
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    Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad

    6.9 1937 HD

    Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

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  • 1940
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    Double Alibi

    Double Alibi

    4.5 1940 HD

    A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

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  • 1941
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    The Smiling Ghost

    The Smiling Ghost

    6.5 1941 HD

    Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a...

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  • 1948
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    The Time of Your Life

    The Time of Your Life

    5.8 1948 HD

    Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for...

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  • 1938
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    Men Are Such Fools

    Men Are Such Fools

    5.6 1938 HD

    Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find...

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  • 1940
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    Flight Angels

    Flight Angels

    4.3 1940 HD

    Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary...

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  • 1939
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    The Kid from Kokomo

    The Kid from Kokomo

    6 1939 HD

    Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career...

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  • 1937
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    Under Southern Stars

    Under Southern Stars

    1 1937 HD

    Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this colorful short profiles the heroic Confederate...

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  • 1949
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    The Younger Brothers

    The Younger Brothers

    5 1949 HD

    Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go straight and try to get pardons so they can return to a...

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  • 1941
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    I Wanted Wings

    I Wanted Wings

    5.1 1941 HD

    Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and...

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  • 1954
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    Riding Shotgun

    Riding Shotgun

    5.8 1954 HD

    When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang.

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  • 1938
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    Brother Rat

    Brother Rat

    5 1938 HD

    Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

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  • 1937
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    Submarine D-1

    Submarine D-1

    4.7 1937 HD

    Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and...

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  • 1947
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    The Voice of the Turtle

    The Voice of the Turtle

    6.6 1947 HD

    An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.

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  • 1941
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    Bad Men of Missouri

    Bad Men of Missouri

    5.6 1941 HD

    The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been...

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    5.8 1947 HD

    Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

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  • 1951
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    The Big Gusher

    The Big Gusher

    5 1951 HD

    Hoping to strike it rich, four people--two best buddies, a blonde waitress and a cheerful oldtimer--pool their resources so they can drill for oil. A...

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  • 1940
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    Gambling on the High Seas

    Gambling on the High Seas

    4.7 1940 HD

    A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.

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  • 1938
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    Valley of the Giants

    Valley of the Giants

    6 1938 HD

    A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive everyone else out of business.

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  • 1949
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    A Kiss in the Dark

    A Kiss in the Dark

    4.7 1949 HD

    Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.

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  • 1950
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    Stage to Tucson

    Stage to Tucson

    5.7 1950 HD

    A group of outlaws posing as Southern sympathizers and led secretly by freight-line owner Jim Maroon are raiding stagecoaches, and this is a threat...

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  • 1937
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    Land Beyond the Law

    Land Beyond the Law

    7 1937 HD

    A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.

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  • 1936
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    King of Hockey

    King of Hockey

    5 1936 HD

    Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.

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  • 1955
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    Lord of the Jungle

    Lord of the Jungle

    6.4 1955 HD

    The jungle boy tries to stop a herd of rogue elephants.

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  • 1940
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    Ladies Must Live

    Ladies Must Live

    6 1940 HD

    A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money.

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  • 1938
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    Love, Honor and Behave

    Love, Honor and Behave

    3.5 1938 HD

    Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.

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  • 1948
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    The Big Punch

    The Big Punch

    5.3 1948 HD

    Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.

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  • 1956
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    The Gelignite Gang

    The Gelignite Gang

    6.4 1956 HD

    A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at...

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  • 1940
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    Brother Rat and a Baby

    Brother Rat and a Baby

    5.2 1940 HD

    Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.

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  • 1952
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    Arctic Flight

    Arctic Flight

    6.8 1952 HD

    Mike Wein, an Alaskan bush pilot operating the the Bering Sea area, makes friends with John W. Wetherby, posing as a wealthy United States...

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  • 1951
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    Yellow Fin

    Yellow Fin

    4.5 1951 HD

    WWII veteran Mike Donovan decides to sell his fishing boat after suffering a a series of accidents, the worst of which sends his father, Captain John...

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  • 1949
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    John Loves Mary

    John Loves Mary

    4.8 1949 HD

    After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That...

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  • 1938
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    Out Where the Stars Begin

    Out Where the Stars Begin

    6.5 1938 HD

    When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.

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  • 1936
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    Here Comes Carter

    Here Comes Carter

    5 1936 HD

    A radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals

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  • 1950
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    Sierra Passage

    Sierra Passage

    6 1950 HD

    When young Johnny York witnesses the murder of his father, he joins a travelling variety troupe and trains up as a sharpshooter so he might one day...

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  • 1953
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    Fighting Lawman

    Fighting Lawman

    6 1953 HD

    A US Marshal hunts down three bank robbers that are living under new identities.

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  • 1941
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    Three Sons o' Guns

    Three Sons o' Guns

    5 1941 HD

    Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.

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  • 1950
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    The Tougher They Come

    The Tougher They Come

    3 1950 HD

    Set in a rugged Northwest logging camp, this drama follows the exploits of the lumberjack who inherits the camp. For a long time, he has been...

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  • 1952
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    Desert Pursuit

    Desert Pursuit

    5.7 1952 HD

    In 1852, two friends left the Nevada prospector region to relocate from en route he meets the beautiful Marie who decides to make a trek with two...

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  • 1957
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    The Crooked Sky

    The Crooked Sky

    5.7 1957 HD

    An American detective unmasks a gambler as the head of a banknote counterfeiting gang.

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  • 1954
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    Two Guns and a Badge

    Two Guns and a Badge

    1 1954 HD

    In the last of his four western programmers for Allied Artists, Wayne Morris plays frontiersman Jim Bisby. Mistaken for a notorious gunslinger, Jim...

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  • 1953
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    Texas Bad Man

    Texas Bad Man

    1 1953 HD

    Wayne Morris' B-western series was the last of its kind to be produced in Hollywood. Texas Bad Man casts Morris as a sheriff who happens to be the...

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  • 1955
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    The Master Plan

    The Master Plan

    6 1955 HD

    Following WW II, a U.S. army officer stationed in West Germany is assigned with keeping classified information away from the Communists....

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  • 1937
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    Smart Blonde

    Smart Blonde

    6.2 1937 HD

    Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

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  • 1937
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    Once a Doctor

    Once a Doctor

    6.3 1937 HD

    Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both...

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  • 1954
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    The Desperado

    The Desperado

    6.6 1954 HD

    "Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow...

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  • 1938
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    The Kid Comes Back

    The Kid Comes Back

    5.3 1938 HD

    A ring veteran turns a Texas tenderfoot into a winning fighter.

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  • 1940
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    The Quarterback

    The Quarterback

    1 1940 HD

    A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin studying to become a college professor. They...

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  • 1940
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    An Angel from Texas

    An Angel from Texas

    4.8 1940 HD

    A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.

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  • 1955
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    The Lonesome Trail

    The Lonesome Trail

    7.5 1955 HD

    Back from the Indian wars, a cowboy wages a single-handed war against a land baron and his henchmen. After his shooting hand is disabled, he masters...

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  • 1951
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    The Bushwhackers

    The Bushwhackers

    5.1 1951 HD

    Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that...

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  • 1953
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    The Marksman

    The Marksman

    1 1953 HD

    Mike Martin becomes a deputy marshal and takes on a gang of cattle rustlers.

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  • 1947
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    Blow-Ups of 1947

    Blow-Ups of 1947

    6.3 1947 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.

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  • 1953
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    Star of Texas

    Star of Texas

    1 1953 HD

    Ed Ryan is a Texas ranger who goes undercover to trap a criminal gang headed by Luke Andrews. Posing as the wanted killer Robert Larkin, Ed is able...

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  • 1961
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    Buffalo Gun

    Buffalo Gun

    1 1961 HD

    In this western, the Indians claim that their government rations are being stolen and they threaten to fight back. A pair of agents look into it and...

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  • 1949
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    Breakdowns of 1949

    Breakdowns of 1949

    6 1949 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.

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  • 1954
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    Port of Hell

    Port of Hell

    1 1954 HD

    The new warden of a large American harbor raises the hackles of sailors and fishermen by his strict enforcement of all the safety rules. He takes the...

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  • 1936
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    6 1936 HD

    Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to...

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  • 1936
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    China Clipper

    China Clipper

    5.6 1936 HD

    An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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  • 1955
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    Cross Channel

    Cross Channel

    5 1955 HD

    Charter-boat owner "Tex" Parker is framed on a murder rap by a gang of jewel-and-American currency smugglers operating from the coasts of England and...

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  • 1950
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    Sierra Passage

    Sierra Passage

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1959
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    Bourbon Street Beat

    Bourbon Street Beat

    5 1959 HD

    "Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1959
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    Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

    5.7 1959 HD

    Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as...

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  • 1958
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    Bronco

    Bronco

    4.8 1958 HD

    Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco...

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  • 1958
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    6.9 1958 HD

    Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three...

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  • 1958
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    Bat Masterson

    Bat Masterson

    6.3 1958 HD

    Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat...

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  • 1957
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    Official Detective

    Official Detective

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Maverick

    Maverick

    6.8 1957 HD

    The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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