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- 27 titles
- CreatorsWalter R. BrooksSonia ChernusWalter BrooksStarsAllan LaneAlan YoungConnie HinesThe misadventures of a wisecracking talking horse and his human owner.
- DirectorDavid LivingstonStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisAlexander SiddigKira and Bashir find themselves in an alternate universe.
- DirectorsZion MyersJules WhiteThis MGM short, which stars an all-dog cast, is about Trixie and Fido and their evil boss. They all work at the Dogville Department Store, but the boss has his eye on Trixie and so frames Fido for murder. Trixie is convinced that her man (er, dog rather) is innocent and works feverishly to save him from the electric chair.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneBetty FieldHarry CareyA mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
- DirectorsDelmer DavesKarl MaldenVincent ShermanStarsGary CooperMaria SchellKarl MaldenUnusual western about a doctor with a dark past, whose life is complicated and ultimately redeemed by a young thief, and a pretty Swiss immigrant whom he nurses back to health.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsClint WalkerAdele MaraDon MegowanCheyenne meets a sheriff he admires and a town he likes so he decides to stick around. When he finds he has an agenda too that involves a pretty woman and some easy money, he has second thoughts and a decision to make.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsErrol FlynnPatrice WymoreScott ForbesIn California during the Civil War, a Confederate patrol and a Union troop must set their differences aside in order to survive a Shoshone attack.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBen JohnsonA cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsClint WalkerVaughn TaylorPatrick McVeyCheyenne is forced to join an outlaw gang lead by the "Ghost of the Cimarron". He is the only person who can clear Cheyenne with the law who was framed for reward money. Over time Cheyenne comes to realize why the man is respected.
- 1962–19711h 15mTV-PG8.4 (61)TV EpisodeDirectorDon McDougallStarsJohn McIntireDoug McClureDavid HartmanLuke Nichols arrives at Shiloh looking for Trampas tracked by bounty hunter Bracken. Luke helped Trampas break out of prison when he was about to hang. Trampas tries to hide him with the widow McCloud who has a heart of stone - at first.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierClaudette ColbertMiriam HopkinsAn amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
- DirectorFranklin AdreonStarsClint WalkerMarie WindsorRobert J. WilkeCheyenne working for the less than scrupulous Ben Creed as foreman crosses paths with stock owner Thora Flagg who needs help moving her herd to town. She engages Creed in a poker game to win the price to cross his land and Cheyenne.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandRaymond MasseyIn 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsVincent PriceTisha SterlingBill BixbySorcerer John Carnby recruits young Noel Evans to translate an incomplete Arabic source book, whose most fiendish passages involve being flayed over burning coals and slowly dismembered.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJames ArnessDennis WeaverMilburn StoneHorse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.
- DirectorJohn FloreaStarsLee J. CobbDoug McClureClu GulagerSteve is asked by a US Marshal to renew an old relationship with a woman who is now believed to be part of the Wade gang. The reluctant Steve goes along with the idea but finds it a hard task made harder when old feelings resurface.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsTommy DorseyJimmy DorseyJanet BlairThe Dorsey Brothers bandleaders' lives traced from childhood music insisting father to fame rise eventual split furthering careers propelling with their music.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges don't know it, but they are all engaged to the same girl, a gold-digger who plans to get an engagement ring from each of them and then abandon them. When all three show up at her house at the same time, a wild fight ensues, as each stooge accuses the others of making time with "his" girl. The stooges knock each other senseless and the girl escapes with their rings.
- DirectorPhil RomanStarsArrin SkelleyLaura PlantingDaniel AndersonCharlie Brown tries to impress his red-headed dream girl at a football game, but Lucy won't cooperate.
- DirectorDon McDougallStarsCharles BickfordDoug McClureClu GulagerTrampas is sentenced to hang for a murder he didn't commit. The Virginian and Stacey try to find new evidence while Clay Grainger and the attorney try for a new trial. Meanwhile, a desperate Trampas escapes prison with his cell mate.
- DirectorMatthew LongfellowStarsJeff BeckEric ClaptonJimmy PageDocumentary on the life and musical evolution of Jeff Beck, one of most innovative guitarists in history. The film covers his early days, his tenure with The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group, and his subsequent projects over the decades. Includes interviews with icons such as Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Slash, and Joe Perry.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsKay KyserJohn BarrymoreLupe VelezFor the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.
- 1977–19871hTV-PG7.1 (137)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard KinonStarsGavin MacLeodBernie KopellFred GrandyReverend Whitney's blind date faces scorn from parishioner Barbara Sharp. Bert Wilder helps his wife Audrey deal with being blind. Princess engineer Tony's vacation plans change, so Julie and Gopher invite his family on a free cruise.
- DirectorMark StevensStarsWard BondRobert HortonEddie AlbertWhen the train picks up an abandoned drunk on the trail, he exposes John Darro to be the reviled coward John Thurman who abandoned a previous train during a massacre. Darro's young son Tommy is unable to cope with the truth.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsEddie CantorDennis MorganHumphrey BogartTwo producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.