Movies by Rory Calhoun
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Pure Country (1992)
Cast: George Strait, Isabel Glasser, Lesley Ann Warren …
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Country music superstar Dusty Chandler (real-life singer George Strait) tires of the bigger-than-life spectacles his live shows have become and decides to disguise his looks, leaving it all…
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Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987)
Cast: Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, William Smith …
Directed by: Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer
In the radioactive wasteland of the future, Sam Hell is one of the last fertile men on the planet. A female organization intent on repopulating kidnaps Sam and sends him on a deadly mission…
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Avenging Angel (1985)
Cast: Betsy Russell, Michael A. Andrews, Rory Calhoun …
Directed by: Robert Vincent O'Neill
Four years after leaving the Hollywood hooker scene behind, bright Molly Stewart, aka Angel (Betsy Russell), is in law school. But when her pal Lt. Hugh Andrews (Robert F. Lyons) is murdered…
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Angel (1984)
Cast: Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Greg Lewis …
Directed by: Robert Vincent O'Neill
Abandoned by her mother, 15-year-old honor student Molly Stewart works as prostitute "Angel" to make ends meet and survive the cold world alone. But as her streetwalker friends are murdered…
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Smokey and the Judge (1980)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Wayde Preston, Gwen Owens …
Directed by: Dan Seeger
Three bad girls go good in this Southern-fried treat from 1980. When Margo (Gwen Owens), Carol (Cathy Carson) and Maria (Juanita Curiel) get released from prison, they set their sights on R&B…
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The Main Event (1979)
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand …
Directed by: Howard Zieff
Barbra Streisand is Hillary Kramer, a bankrupt perfume executive who discovers that one of her tax write-offs from when her career was flush is prizefighter Kid Natural (Ryan O' Neal).…
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Flatbed Annie and Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979)
Cast: Annie Potts, Harry Dean Stanton, Kim Darby …
Directed by: Robert Greenwald
This engaging made-for-television movie follows the adventures of Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa (Kim Darby), who needs money after her trucker husband, Jack (Fred Willard), is shot by hijackers.…
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The Father Kino Story (1977)
Cast: Richard Egan, Ricardo Montalban, John Ireland …
Directed by: Ken Kennedy
Father Kino (Richard Egan), a 17th-century Jesuit missionary, dedicated his life to helping Native Americans in the Southwest by teaching them agricultural skills as well as building missions…
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Cast: Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney …
Directed by: Michael Winner
When a desperate studio head (Art Carney) decides to make a mongrel dog into a movie star, the pooch's wild success spells opportunity for a would-be starlet (Madeline Kahn) and a…
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Deranged / Motel Hell (1974)
Cast: Roberts Blossom, Rory Calhoun, Leslie Carlson …
Directed by: Bob Clark, Alan Ormsby, Kevin Connor …
In Deranged, a man misses his domineering mother after she dies, so he digs up her body with the intent to "patch her up." In Motel Hell, Farmer Vincent kidnaps travelers and buries them --…
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Night of the Lepus (1972)
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun …
Directed by: William F. Claxton
Fed up with the bunnies hopping across their land, a group of ranchers tries to stunt the rabbits' growth with a hormone. But instead of reducing the bunny populace, it makes the animals…
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Black Spurs (1965)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Scott Brady …
Directed by: R.G. Springsteen
In a twist on the Hollywood formula, this Western follows the less-than-honorable actions of Santee (Rory Calhoun), a cynical bounty hunter who schemes with local crime boss Kile (Lon Chaney…
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Apache Uprising (1965)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell …
Directed by: R.G. Springsteen
Just when Jim Walker (Rory Calhoun) thought he left his rebel ways behind, he and his gal, Janice (Corinne Calvet), get pulled into a world of hurt when Walker attempts to thwart a robbery…
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Young Fury (1965)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, Lon Chaney Jr. …
Directed by: Christian Nyby
Gunslinger Clint McCoy (Rory Calhoun) leaves his bandit cohorts to return to his hometown, where he abandoned his wife and infant son years earlier. Now a hell-raising youth, Clint's son…
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The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal …
Directed by: Sergio Leone
When Greek warrior Darios (Rory Calhoun) arrives in Rhodes in 280 B.C., he finds it under the thumb of the dictatorial King Serse (Roberto Camardiel). Under the watchful eye of the massive…
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Thunder in Carolina (1960)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale Jr., Connie Hines …
Directed by: Paul Helmick
After fast-living stock-car racing legend Mitch Cooper (Rory Calhoun) suffers a career-ending injury in a spectacular crash, he mentors novice driver Les York (Race Gentry). But when Les…
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The Big Caper (1957)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory …
Directed by: Robert Stevens
Long before a big bank heist, a gangster (Rory Calhoun) and his boss's moll (Mary Costa) move to a small town, where they pretend to be married, stake out the target and earn the…
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Flight to Hong Kong (1956)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon …
Directed by: Joseph M. Newman
While dangerously double crossing the mob, Tony (Rory Calhoun), a career crook who deals in stolen diamonds, agonizes over whether he should stick with his girlfriend (Dolores Donlon) or…
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River of No Return (1954)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun …
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Marilyn Monroe never looked more radiant (and wind-tossed) than in this Western potboiler in which Robert Mitchum rescues her and husband (Rory Calhoun) from an out-of-control river raft. To…
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Four Guns to the Border (1954)
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller, George Nader …
Directed by: Richard Carlson
Adapted from a classic Western tale by Louis L'Amour, this sagebrush drama follows the fate of a band of bank robbers, led by Cully (Rory Calhoun), who stages a frontier heist and then…
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How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall …
Directed by: Jean Negulesco
In this classic comedy, three New York models (Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall) set up an apartment with a mission: They plan to use their looks, charm and talent to catch and…
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With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Cast: Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne …
Directed by: Walter Lang
Susan Hayward stars as Jane Froman, an ambitious singer whose career takes off after she makes her radio debut and marries her pianist (David Wayne), in this Oscar-winning musical biography.…