Audie Murphy
Рождение : 1925-06-20, Kingston, Texas, USA
Смерть : 1971-05-28
История
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was a fifth grade dropout from an extremely poor family who became the most decorated American soldier of World War II. After the war he became a celebrated movie star for over two decades, appearing in 44 films. He also found some success as a country music composer.
Murphy became the most decorated United States soldier of the war during twenty-seven months in action in the European Theatre. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations, including five from France and one from Belgium. Murphy's successful movie career included To Hell and Back (1955), based on his book of the same title (1949) . He died in a plane crash in 1971 and was interred, with full military honors, in Arlington National Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Audie Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Producer
Cass Bunning, a farm boy with a talent for shooting, meets up with Nellie, a naive woman from the East, who has been lured West by the promise of a waitressing job which turns out to be in a brothel.
Jesse James
Cass Bunning, a farm boy with a talent for shooting, meets up with Nellie, a naive woman from the East, who has been lured West by the promise of a waitressing job which turns out to be in a brothel.
Capt. Bruce Coburn
Апачи вышли на тропу войны и армии не хватает вооружения. Миссия Мерфи состоит в том, чтобы доставить им партию винтовок. Но их похитили алчные торговцы при помощи мятежных солдат...
Jess Carlin
Wanted north of the border, Jess Carlin resides safely in Mexico. Then he hears his brother was killed in a gunfight with another man. Knowning his brother never carried a gun he heads north to find his brother's killer. After battling bounty hunters he arrives in Rimrock, a town controlled by Luke Starr. Starr is the man he wants but he unable to find any evidence until he is given an item found by his brother's body.
Mike Merrick
Audie plays a James Bond-type action hero assigned to destroy a Neo-Nazy weapons factory headed by nemesis George Sanders.
Chad Lucas
Фильм снят в Сэнт-Джордж, штат Юта, действия и декорации прекрасно поддерживают сюжет. После ограбления, преступники бегут в Колорадо, в направлении Нью-Мексико. Шериф, формирует отряд, чтобы не только схватить грабителей с украденными деньгами, но и спасти местную девушку, которую преступники взяли в заложницы. Героям фильма придется столкнуться не только с апачами, но и группой всадников, которые попытаются их уничтожить.
Clint Stewart
Герой гражданской войны в США Клинт отправился на Запад, чтобы присоединиться к группировке диссидентов под названием «Налетчики Квантрила». Попав вместе с другом в тюрьму, они ищут способ оттуда выбраться.
Capt. Jeff Stanton
A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.
Logan Keliher
Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.
Clint Cooper
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.
Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-alive reward is high enough, they shoot him and collect. The National Detective Agency, now knowing the gang's methods, arranges to have agent Bob Gifford jailed in Comanche Creek for train robbery. The gang takes the bait (not before Gifford catches the eye of lovely saloon-keeper Abbie). But how will the bait get off the hook?
Chris Foster
A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him.
Ben Lane
Audie and Dan Duryea are hired by a mysterious woman to take her across Indian country to her husband. On route, she tries to seduce Audie by offering to give him Duryea's share of the money if he will help her achieve her real goal: kill Duryea for having killed her husband. Audie dreams of a getting enough money to buy a ranch of his own, but his loyalty to his friend prevails. In the end, Duryea is killed anyway by the Indians and gets his wish: a funeral carriage pulled by - you guessed it - six black horses.
Craig Benson
This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and Back." Here Murphy steps out of his usual kid-Western role to play a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerilla insurgents in the Philippines. His sole motive is not politics nor bravery, but to find his bride from whom he was separated during the Japanese invasion two years before
Banner Cole
Murphy goes after bad guys who shot his friend the sheriff and abducted a local girl. In a plot reminiscent of High Noon, the posse of town blowhards gradually abandons Murphy; only tenderfoot banker Saxon remains, to prove his manhood. When they find the girl, obviously abused by her captors, Murphy shows her acceptance and sympathy whereas the others disply only revulsion.
Seven Jones
Audie Murphy is again the kid who puts on a badge to catch the bad guy, skillfully played by Barry Sullivan. On the way back to town the two develop a curiously close relationship - Sullivan passes up several chances to get away - but in the end Sullivan "asks for it" and Murphy obliges.
Cash Zachary
Семья Захария, живущая в довольно глухой части прерий, успешно торгует скотом. Старшим в семье считается Бен, брат Рэйчел, Кэша и Энди. Их отец был убит в столкновении с индейцами. Однажды в этой местности появляется безумный старик, который начинает распускать слухи о том, что Рэйчел на самом деле является индианкой. Вскоре здесь появляются индейцы из племени Кайова, желающие забрать ее с собой. Бен, естественно, ответил категорическим отказом. Однако жители этого района всерьез обеспокоены. Их тревога еще более усилилась после убийства Чарли Роулинса. Чтобы прояснить правдивость слухов, нужно изловить проклятого старика.
Clay
When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The townspeople capture Santell, and turn him over to lawman Harry Deckett. Deckett, who is tired of chasing the real Travers, decides to kill Santell and pass him off as Travers. Santell escapes from Deckett, taking lovely Janet Gifford hostage in the process. Janet comes to believe Santell's story, and helps him in his struggle to prove his real identity.
Matt Brown
A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness managing a cattle drive.
Yancey
Молодой охотник-горец Янси (Оди Мерфи) встречает семейство бродяг, глава которого пытается продать ему свою дочь Розали (Сандра Ди), в обмен на шкурки бобра. Янси с негодованием отказывается, а Розали сбегает к нему от своей семьи, обидевшись на родственников. Он испытывает лишь досаду и раздражение от ее присутствия, видит в юной красавице лишь обузу, не замечая ее прелести, но все же не решается прогнать беззащитную девушку, и вынужден продолжить путешествие в ее обществе. Впервые оказавшись в большом городе, они из-за своей наивности и недостатка знаний о реальной жизни, попадают во всевозможные неприятности...
John Gant
Маленький городок на Диком Западе являет собой просто идиллическое место. Мир, дружба, любезнейшие и законопослушные жители. Но вот в город прибывает Джон Гэнт, знаменитый наёмный убийца. Гэнт ведёт себя спокойно, но жителям всё ясно – стрелок прибыл выполнить заказ. Довольно скоро оказывается, что едва ли не у каждого горожанина есть внушительные грехи в прошлом, отчего они вполне могут примерить роль жертвы на себя. Паранойя и страх возрастают, а затем выходят наружу. Раз Гэнт прибыл, значит, кто-то его нанял. Теперь жители подозревают друг друга, а некоторые сам берутся за оружие, вступая в перестрелки с подозреваемыми соседями. Но тут-то Гэнт и выполняет свою работу, освобождая (надолго ли?) городок от атмосферы безумия.
Joe Maybe
Классический американский вестерн с элементами авантюрной комедии, нескучное кино для любой категории зрителей, очень хороший актёрский состав из представителей старой школы. Фильм повествует о незадачливом грабителе банка с доброй душой, которому внезапно выпал шанс свернуть с "кривой дорожки" и начать новую жизнь, выдавая себя за уважаемого на соседних территориях шерифа. Но обман не может длиться вечно, и, чтобы порвать с преступным прошлым и остаться при этом в живых, главному герою приходится приложить немало усилий, рискуя жизнью и претерпевая душевное смятение.
Sam Martin
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
The American
Циничный британский журналист Фаулер влюбляется в молодую вьетнамскую женщину, но испытывает ужас, когда наивный американский чиновник тоже начинает соперничать за внимание девушки.
The Utica Kid
После того, как Грант Маклэйн, работающий охранником на железной дороге, не смог задержать грабителя, его уволили. Он стал зарабатывать на жизнь игрой на аккордеоне. Неожиданно он получает предложение от Бэна Кимбела, шэфа ЖД, вернуться на старое место работы, так как банда Уайта три раза подряд ограбила поезда, везущие зарплату рабочим. Бэн Кимбэл поручает ему доставку $10000...
Pvt. Joe Woodley
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?
Lt. Frank Hewitt
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.
John Philip Clum
Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to automomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.
Tommy Shea
A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- catches the eye of wealthy businessman, Robert Mallinson, who allows him to train at his Long Island estate. Shea soon falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy, but fears he doesn't have the money to support her in proper style. To get this money, Shea decides to work with crooked fight-promoter Harry Cram, even though this means dropping his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As the big fight approaches, however, Shea begins to have second thoughts.
Audie Murphy
Этот фильм построен на реальных событиях - истории боевой карьеры актера Оди Мерфи. Он вырос в тяжелые годы Великой Депрессии, и, потеряв мать, должен был заботиться о братьях и сестрах. Чтобы прокормить их, в 18 лет записался в армию. Началась война, и вместе с американскими войсками он прошел Сицилию, Италию, Францию, дошел до Германии. Был награжден более чем тридцатью высочайшими наградами США и Франции, более, чем любой другой американский солдат. Во время событий, показанных в этом фильме, ему было не больше 19 лет.
Self
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
Tom Destry
Небольшой пограничный городок находится под контролем безжалостного босса мафии Дэкера и его приспешников. После того, как местный шериф погибает при загадочных обстоятельствах, Дэкер устраивает так, чтобы новым шерифом назначили местного пьяницу, думая, что от него не будет проблем. Но новый шериф нанимает Тома Дестри, сын известного шерифа, своим заместителем, чтобы вершить правосудие…
Gary Brannon
When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.
Clay O'Mara
A young railroad surveyor returns to his hometown to find the man who murdered his father and brother.
Jim Harvey
Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.
Lt. Jed Sayre
In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick de Cordova's 1953 western stars Audie Murphy, Robert Sterling, Joan Evans, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Palmer Lee, Jack Kelly, James Best, Bob Steele and Ralph Moody.
Reb Kittredge
Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true situation. Kittrige wins Saxon's ranch with a cut of the cards but Saxon has other reasons for loosing the gamble. Telford and Lake try everything from bushwacking to setting a wildfire to stop the Saxon/Kittridge herd of cattle from reaching the railhead.
Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
Стивен МакНэлли в роли Лайтнинга, энергичного начальника полицейского участка в Силвер Сити. Главная цель Лайтнинга — задержать банду безжалостных преступников, терроризирующих и убивающих местных шахтеров, среди которых его лучший друг. В одной из перестрелок Лайтнинг теряет способность пользоваться указательным пальцем и, соответственно, свое блестящее умение владеть оружием. Он обращается за помощью в поимке преступников к знаменитому стрелку Силверу Киду — его отец погиб от рук бандитов. Однако осуществление их совместного плана усложняется, когда Лайтинг влю6ляется в красавицу, недавно приехавшую в город. Женщина ведет собственную опасную игру, и ее интерес к начальнику полиции — всего лишь хитрая уловка.
Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked railroad officials of aiding a train heist by his old friends the Daltons, he joins their gang and becomes an active participant in other robberies. Betrayed by a fellow gang member, Murphy becomes a fugitive in the end. Seeking refuge at the ranch of a reformed gang member, he hopes to flee with the man's daughter to South America, but he's captured in the end and led off to jail. The girl promises to wait.
The Youth
Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle.
Jesse James
Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes.
Ring Hassard
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. Things change when they take in a lost young lady, Riley Martin, who finds that Ring has "never seen a woman close up." Jeff is injured, Ring runs afoul of horse thieves and the law, and Riley (who is a lawyer) labors to clear the Hassards (who others would prefer dead).
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge. New employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals, lets the Kid take rap. Kid takes to the hills with friends until caught. Escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer's young wife with whom he's infatuated
Danny Lester
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
Cadet Thomas
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.
Copy Boy
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
