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David Carradine 1936-2009 -
5 June 2009
ry looks and hooded eyes, Carradine was most often cast as a tough guy – although not the out and out villain his father, John Carradine, was typecast as in several hundred films in Hollywood’s Golden Age.-
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Delightfully Nostalgic 27 June 2008
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John Carradine - filmography
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Anthony And Cleopatra
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: John Carradine, Nichelle Nichols, Anthony Geary
Director: Bryan Foy
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Lawrence Carra's production of Shakespeare's classic play. Anthony of Rome (Timothy Dalton) travels to Egypt as an emissary of his emperor and friend, Julius Caesar. However, when Anthony embarks on a passionate affair with Egyptian empress Cleopatra (Lynn Redgrave) his mission is compromised, ..read more »
 
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from 180 members
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Buried Alive
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: John Carradine, Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence
Director: Gerard Kikoine
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When a highly-strung science teacher arrives at Ravenscroft Reform School for Girls, she becomes disturbed by some mysterious disappearances. Haunted by dreams of someone being walled up alive, she consults the school doctor and discovers the school was once a lunatic asylum. With Donald Pleasence, ..read more »
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from 186 members
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Monster In The Closet
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: John Carradine, Howard Duff, Donald Moffat
Director: Bob Dahlin
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San Francisco is terrorised by a spate of bizarre killings. The murders seem to have been committed in the closets of the victims, and an obituary writer from the local paper is sent out to find a story. A monster then reveals itself from the closet, the President declares a national emergency and ..read more »
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from 285 members
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The Twilight Zone - Season 1
(6 discs)
(1985)
Starring: John Carradine, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis
Director: Joe Dante, Paul L, William Friedkin
Certificate: 
All 24 episodes from the American anthology sci-fi series, based on the cult 1960s series by Rod Serling. In each episode, ordinary people face extraordinary circumstances, where the normal laws of reality no longer apply. In this series, a housewife finds a medal that can freeze time, a space ..read more »
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from 1,425 member
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Boogeyman 2
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: John Carradine, Suzanna Love
Director: Ulli Lommel
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At a decadent Hollywood party, plans for the beginning of a new horror movie franchise are set awry when a fragment of the original haunted mirror is discovered and bloody carnage ensues.
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from 272 members
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House Of The Long Shadows
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: John Carradine, Richard Todd, Peter Cushing
Director: Pete Walker
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B-list horror featuring appearances from some of the stars of the genre, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine. A young writer, Kenneth Magee (Desi Arnaz Jnr), is dared by his mischievous publisher, Sam Allyson (Richard Todd), to head to a remote country house and write a ..read more »
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from 53 members
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The Monster Club
(1980)
Starring: Patrick Magee, Roger Slowman, John Carradine
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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When horror writer Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (John Carradine) allows his vampire friend Eramus (Vincent Price) to take him to the Monster Club - a trendy hang-out for ghouls, werewolves, snakemen et al - the latter regales him with three horrific tales. In the first, a couple attempt to cheat gentle ..read more »
60%
from 539 members
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The Howling
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Slim Pickens, Christopher Stone, John Carradine
Director: Joe Dante
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This groundbreaking, darkly-comic horror film from director Joe Dante changed the look and feel of werewolf movies in ways light-years distant from Universal's horror classic The Wolf Man. The story begins with television reporter/anchor Karen White (Dee Wallace) taking part in a dangerous police ..read more »
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from 2,487 members
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The Bogey Man - Uncut
(1980)
Starring: John Carradine, Suzanna Love, Nicholas Love
Director: Ulli Lommel
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Uncut version of the formerly banned horror 'nasty'. Lacey (Suzanna Love) is unable to forget her mother's lover, who was murdered before her eyes by her now mute brother. Twenty years later she returns to their childhood home in an attempt to come to terms with this horror, but finds that the dead ..read more »
48%
from 51 members
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The Boogeyman
(1980)
Starring: Suzanna Love, Ron James, John Carradine
Director: Ulli Lommel
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A young girl witnesses her brother murder a man through a reflection in a mirror. Twenty years later the mirror is shattered, freeing his evil spirit, which seeks revenge for his death...
47%
from 105 members
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White Buffalo
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Will Sampson, Slim Pickens, John Carradine
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Troubled by a recurring dream about a white buffalo, Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) travels West with hopes of tracking down the mythical beast. When he meets Crazy Horse (Will Sampson), a Native American chief whose daughter has been killed by the rampaging animal, the two decide to pool their ..read more »
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from 277 members
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The Shootist
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Ron Howard, John Carradine, James Stewart
Director: Don Siegel
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About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging Western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne), You have a cancer. Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of duty. In his remaining two months, Books ..read more »
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from 2,025 members
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Death at Love House
(1976)
Starring: Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Sylvia Sidney
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
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Donna and Joel Gregory are busy researching a book about highly-revered and long-dead Hollywood film goddess Lorna Love. They decide to visit Lorna's estate, where they stay while interviewing old "friends" of Lorna. Things get sticky when Joel, whose father had had a passionate affair with Lorna, ..read more »
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from 5 members
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Silent Night, Bloody Night
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Mary Woronov, John Carradine, Astrid Heeren
Director: Thomas Gershuny
Certificate:
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Low-budget horror. In a small New England town on Christmas Eve, a deranged killer escapes from a lunatic asylum and begins to lure prominent members of the community to an old abandoned mansion, where he takes his bloody revenge for a crime committed there over thirty years ago. The owner of the ..read more »
37%
from 143 members
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Boxcar Bertha
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: John Carradine, Bernie Casey, Barbara Hershey
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Produced by Roger Corman and directed by Martin Scorsese, Boxcar Bertha is a Bonnie and Clyde-like yarn set during the Depression. The title character, played by Barbara Hershey, links up with union organizer David Carradine (Hershey's real-life lover at the time) after the death of her father. ..read more »
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from 711 members
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The McMasters
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: John Carradine, Jack Palance, Brock Peters
Director: Alf Kjellin
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Western starring Brock Peters as Benjie, a black Union soldier and former slave who returns to his southern hometown to discover that he is a free man in name only. His only friend is rancher Neal McMasters (Burl Ives), who offers him a half-share of his land. In need of help with the land, Benjie ..read more »
60%
from 20 members
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Horror Of The Blood Monsters
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: John Carradine, Vicky Volante, Robert Dix
Director: Al Adamson
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A cult horror classic from Al Adamson which has been renamed over 12 times. John Carradine stars as Dr. Rynning who is leading a space mission to a distant planet. Unfortunately, it is inhabited by a race of vampires, intent on colonising Earth. In their attempt to escape, the crew of the space ..read more »
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from 102 members
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The Trouble with Girls
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Elvis Presley, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe
Director: Peter Tewksbury
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This comic drama is a change of pace for Elvis as he plays Walter Hale, the manager of a 1920s traveling show that starts to develop some trouble when it hits town in Iowa. The film is packed with colourful co-stars including Vincent Price, Marlyn Mason and John Carradine. 'Almost', 'Clean Up Your ..read more »
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from 292 members
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
(1969)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy, David Carradine
Director: Burt Kennedy
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Marshal Flagg, an ageing lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery. Riding out to hunt down McKaye, Flagg is captured by McKaye's gang and finds out that McKaye is no longer the leader of the gang, but is considered just an ..read more »
52%
from 4 members
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The Twilight Zone - Season 2 - Blu-ray
(4 discs)
(1961)
Starring: Sydney Pollack, John Carradine, William Shatner
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The complete second season of the classic American television sci-fi series by Rod Serling. In each of these 29 stand alone episodes, an ordinary person finds himself in an extraordinary situation, where the laws of reality are suspended. In this series, a Second World War pilot finds himself alone ..read more »
75%
from 100 members
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The Kentuckian
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: John McIntire, John Carradine, Burt Lancaster
Director: Burt Lancaster
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Kentuckian Eli Wakefield (Burt Lancaster) longs for the excitement of the Texas frontier, but when he sets out on the long journey to realise his dreams he soon finds his progress impeded by the people he meets along the way. The mad whip-wielding Bodine (Walter Matthau) wants to kill him, the ..read more »
60%
from 328 members
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Female Jungle
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: John Carradine, Kathleen Crowley, Jayne Mansfield
Director: Bruno Ve Sota
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A police sergeant becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. He finds a series of clues which clear him of the charge, but implicate his best friend. Thus the moral dilemma in this Roger Corman cult classic centres around the cop's decision to either keep quiet or betray his friend. The film was ..read more »
45%
from 62 members
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Bluebeard
(1944)
Starring: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Ludwig Stossel
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
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Artist Gaston Morrell hires portrait models, then strangles them once he is done. Latest model Lucille soon learns of his dark secret and vows not only to avoid the same fate, but to also bring Morrell to justice.
37%
from 67 members
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Voodoo Man
(1944)
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, John Carradine
Director: William Beaudine
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Though no more expensive or ambitious than any of his earlier Sam Katzman-produced vehicles, Bela Lugosi's Voodoo Man is perhaps the best of the batch, if only because of its quirky supporting cast and casually offbeat dialogue. Lugosi plays Dr. Marlowe, a practitioner of voodoo who kidnaps nubile ..read more »
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from 3 members
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House of Frankenstein
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine
Director: Erle C. Kenton
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Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann (Boris Karloff), escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a travelling chamber of horrors. Pulling the stake out of a skeleton, he revives the infamous Count Dracula (John Carradine) and commands him to kill the man responsible for his imprisonment. He ..read more »
59%
from 168 members
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Man Hunt
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
Director: Fritz Lang
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Director Fritz Lang's political thriller follows a British hunter's attempts to outrun Nazi agents after he targets Adolf Hitler. While on holiday in Bavaria, willdlife hunter Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) stumbles upon the Fuhrer's country retreat, eventually spotting Hitler in the gardens. ..read more »
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from 113 members
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The Return Of Frank James
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: John Carradine, Henry Hull, Henry Fonda
Director: Fritz Lang
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Fritz Lang directs this sequel to 'Jesse James' in which Henry Fonda reprises his role as Frank James, out to avenge the death of his brother Jesse at the hands of the Ford brothers. Frank is helped by young teenager Clem (Jackie Cooper) and the daughter (Gene Tierney) of the local newspaper owner.
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from 53 members
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1939)
Starring: Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Wendy Barrie
Director: Sidney Lanfield
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Basil Rathbone appears for the first time as the invincible Sherlock Holmes and says the (now classic) line 'Quick Watson, the needle!'. Holmes is called in when Sir Charles Baskerville seemingly falls prey to the family curse: a hell-hound which is said to haunt the moors of Devon. However, rather ..read more »
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from 1,246 member
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Mr Moto's Last Warning
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: John Carradine, George Sanders, Ricardo Cortez
Director: Norman Foster
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Peter Lorre stars in this classic crime thriller. In Port Said, a Japanese detective calling himself Mr Moto is abducted and killed. But the real Mr Moto (Lorre) has in fact faked his own death, leaving him free to investigate an international conspiracy involving two rogue secret agents in the ..read more »
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from 99 members
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Drums Along The Mohawk
(1939)
Starring: Eddie Collins, John Carradine, Claudette Colbert
Director: John Ford
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John Ford directed this outdoor adventure set in the American Colonial period. Gilbert and Lana Martin (Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert) are a young couple trying to make a home in New York State's Mohawk Valley, but repeated attacks by Indians drive them, along with other settlers in the valley, ..read more »
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from 272 members
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House of the Long Shadows
(1938)
Starring: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
Director: Pete Walker
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An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet: can he write a classic novel like "Wuthering Heights" in twenty-four hours? Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty, actually has several, rather odd, inhabitants.
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from 13 members
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Danger - Love At Work
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Jack Haley, John Carradine, Ann Sothern
Director: Otto Preminger
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Classic 1930s screwball comedy, directed by Otto Preminger. Lawyer Henry MacMorrow (Jack Haley) wants the Pemberton family to agree to a large property deal involving part of their estate. Frustrated by the eccentric family, he turns to their beautiful daughter Toni (Ann Sothern) in an attempt to ..read more »
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from 46 members
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Thank You Mr Moto
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: John Carradine, Thomas Beck, Peter Lorre
Director: Norman Foster
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Peter Lorre stars as secret agent Mr. Moto in this 1930s crime drama. This time round Mr. Moto is hoping to obtain seven scrolls that, together, form a map to the treasure-filled tomb of Genghis Khan. A gang of thieves are eager to get their hands on the loot and the detective plans to use the ..read more »
67%
from 12 members
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The Garden Of Allah
on DVD
(1936)
Starring: Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Lucile Watson
Director: Richard Boleslawski
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Sumptuous, early Technicolor feature from celebrated producer David O. Selznick. Following the death of her father, heiress Domini Enfelden (Marlene Dietrich) takes a trip to Algeria, where her adventures soon bring her into contact with the mysterious and seductive Boris Androvsky (Charles Boyer), ..read more »
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from 192 members
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Mary of Scotland
on DVD
(1936)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge
Director: John Ford
Certificate:
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This tragic story deals with the short lived reign of Mary Stuart (Katharine Hepburn), her relationship with the queen of England, Elizabeth Tudor, and her marriage.
61%
from 69 members
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Prisoner Of Shark Island
on DVD
(1936)
Starring: John Carradine, Gloria Stuart, Warner Baxter
Director: John Ford
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John Ford's classic drama about Dr Samuel Mudd (Warner Baxter). When President Lincoln (Frank McGlynn Sr) is assassinated, the killer John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) is injured in the attack and is treated by Dr Mudd, who is unaware of Booth's guilt. Mudd himself is arrested on suspicion of ..read more »
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from 147 members
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Daniel Boone
(1935)
Starring: John Carradine, Clarence Muse, Keith Hitchcock
Director: David Howard
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1930s western adventure starring George O'Brien as Daniel Boone, the pioneering explorer who led a horde of settlers west in the 18th century. It's 1775 and Boone has arrived in Kentucky, along with 30 families eager to start a new life. Trouble brews, however, and Boone soon has his hands full ..read more »
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from 2 members
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Gatling Gun
on DVD
Starring: John Carradine, Patrick Wayne, Guy Stockwell
Director: Robert Gordon
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Western centering around the fiercesome weapon invented in 1860 which made a telling contribution to the taming of the 'Wild West'. When a renegade Indian chief causes trouble, the US cavalry arrives with its latest firerarm - the Gatling Gun - a weapon that in the wrong hands could change the ..read more »
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from 18 members
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John Carradine facts
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...r blood have disastrous consequences. The monsters are played by, respectively, John Carradine - elegant but somewhat oddly garbed as a Wild West gambler - Glenn Strange - br...
