Movies by Jack Elam
As part of the cast:
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Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)
Cast: Ben Johnson, Michael Landon Jr., Leonard Nimoy …
Directed by: Mark Tinker
After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo (Dennis Farina) bushwhacks reformed outlaw Frank James (Leonard Nimoy), he seeks sanctuary on the Ponderosa with the…
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Uninvited (1993)
Cast: Jack Elam, Christopher Boyer, Erin Noble …
Directed by: Michael Bohusz
In the Old West, eight strangers follow an ominous old man, Grady (Jack Elam), to a barren mountaintop in search of gold and a chance to fulfill their desires. But their lust for the precious…
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Girl in Lovers' Lane (1993)
Cast: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy …
Directed by: Joel Hodgson, Charles R. Rondeau
Hilarious moviegoers Joel, Crow and Servo spew forth incredibly clever commentary while watching this dismal drama about an underhanded drifter (Brett Halsey) who falls for a small-town…
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Bonanza: The Return (1993)
Cast: Michael Landon Jr., Ben Johnson, Emily Warfield …
Directed by: Jerry Jameson
Set on the sweeping Ponderosa ranch in 1905, this made-for-TV movie extension of the beloved "Bonanza" series brings together the next generation of Cartwrights: the late Ben…
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Suburban Commando (1991)
Cast: Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Midway between planets, Shep Ramsey's (Hulk Hogan) spaceship breaks down. As he waits for its repair, he rents a room in Charlie Wilcox's (Christopher Lloyd) house and endures --…
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Big Bad John (1990)
Cast: Ned Beatty, Jimmy Dean, Bo Hopkins …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Singer, television personality and sausage magnate Jimmy Dean stars in the film version of his chart-topping ballad of the same name, playing the reluctant sheriff who pursues the fugitive in…
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Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
Cast: Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Shaun Cassidy …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
John Henry Lee (Willie Nelson) has been in prison for 20 years, and his first order of business upon being released is to regroup his band of outlaws for one more job. But do his boys still…
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Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988)
Cast: Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Mexican authorities apprehend fugitive Yankee gold thieves Cross (Willie Nelson) and Boone (Jack Elam), but they're spared execution after promising to deliver a train full of dynamite…
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Aurora Encounter (1986)
Cast: Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Carol Bagdasarian …
Directed by: Jim McCullough Sr.
Though wary at first, the residents of a small 19th-century Texas town soon warm to the benevolent alien who has touched down in their midst. But when a local newshound (Carol Bagdasarian)…
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Soggy Bottom U.S.A. (1984)
Cast: Don Johnson, Ben Johnson, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Theodore J. Flicker
Moonshine and madness reign in this mirthful adventure that has a sheriff, Jacob Gorch (Don Johnson) trying to take control of his runaway life. It doesn't help that his cousin, Isum…
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Sacred Ground (1983)
Cast: Tim McIntire, Jack Elam, L.Q. Jones …
Directed by: Charles B. Pierce
When mountain man Matt Colter (Tim McIntire) and his pregnant Native American bride Little Doe (Serene Hedin) unwittingly settle on holy Paiute burial ground, the Paiutes attack and mortally…
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Jinxed! (1982)
Cast: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Expert gambler Harold (Rip Torn) latches onto neophyte blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl) after Harold's luck at the tables begins to turn around as long as Willie is there. With Harold…
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The Cannonball Run (1981)
Cast: Bert Convy, Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore …
Directed by: Hal Needham
Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Peter Fonda, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jackie Chan are all entrants in an illegal cross-country road race, and all are willing to do…
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The Villain (1979)
Cast: Ann-Margret, Kirk Douglas, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Hal Needham
When Miss Charming Jones (Ann-Margret) goes to pick up a large sum of money from her father, the greedy Avery Simpson decides he wants that money and hires a clumsy old cowboy, Cactus Jack…
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
Cast: Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Tim Matheson …
Directed by: Vincent McEveety
In this sequel to Disney's popular comedy adventure, Don Knotts and Tim Conway return as the two inept outlaws from the Apple Dumpling Gang. Determined to go straight, they roll into…
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Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
Cast: Jim Dale, John Williams, Karen Valentine …
Directed by: Robert Butler
This rollicking Western follows the comedic exploits of two dueling twin brothers (Jim Dale, in a dual role) with very different occupations -- one is a harsh gunslinger, and the other is a…
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The Norseman (1978)
Cast: Lee Majors, Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer …
Directed by: Charles B. Pierce
When his father, King Eurich (Mel Ferrer), fails to return from an expedition to North America, bold Viking prince Thorvald (Lee Majors) and a company of Norse warriors set sail across the…
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Grayeagle (1977)
Cast: Ben Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody, Lana Wood …
Directed by: Charles B. Pierce
Convinced that someone -- or something -- is lurking in the nearby woods, a white trapper (Ben Johnson) and his Indian servant investigate, only to return home and discover that the…
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Hawmps! (1976)
Cast: James Hampton, Christopher Connelly, Slim Pickens …
Directed by: Joe Camp
Camels invade Texas in this slapstick comedy about a military experiment gone wrong. When the horses of a Texas-based cavalry unit can't take the heat, Howard Clemmons (James Hampton) is…
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Creature from the Black Lake (1976)
Cast: Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple …
Directed by: Joy N. Houck Jr.
Sasquatch lives -- down on the bayou -- as a pair of anthropology students discovers in this campy romp with a twist. To get the scoop on recent Bigfoot incidents, Pahoo (Dennis Fimple) and…
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Pony Express Rider (1976)
Cast: Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Buck Taylor …
Directed by: Robert Totten
In pre-Civil War Texas, Jimmy's (Stewart Petersen) father is murdered, and the young man seeks revenge. As the killer flees across the country, Jimmy joins the Pony Express, using their…
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Cast: Emilio Fernandez, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Charged with the task of wiping the Old West clean and making way for a new one, reluctant Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) must betray his former cronies -- among them, Billy the Kid (Kris…
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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Cast: James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Harry Morgan …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Lothario James Garner is on the run from woman trouble, but he needs traveling money. So, he stops in town just long enough to fob off drifter Jack Elam as a famous gunfighter. The plan: Cash…
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Hannie Caulder (1971)
Cast: Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
When a trio of thugs (Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam and Strother Martin) shows up at her door, kills her husband and burns down her house, Hannie Caulder (Raquel Welch) is raped and left for…
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Rio Lobo (1970)
Cast: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill …
Directed by: Howard Hawks
At the end of the Civil War, Union Army colonel Cord McNally (John Wayne) recovers gold stolen by a group of Confederates, and roots out a traitor who killed some of his own soldiers during…
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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
Cast: Dan Blocker, Nanette Fabray, Jim Backus …
Directed by: Anton Leader, Ranald MacDougall
This Western saga with a comic romantic bent tells the story of Charley (Dan Blocker), a humble blacksmith who saves up to purchase a mail-order bride but is mortified when the woman's…
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The Over-the-Hill Gang / The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1969)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan …
Directed by: Jean Yarbrough
Pat O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Chill Wills and Edgar Buchanan star as four retired Texas Rangers who polish up their pistols and return to action to stop a dishonest mayor and rescue an…
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Support Your Local Sheriff (1968)
Cast: James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
James Garner stars in this Wild West parody as a sharpshooting drifter who stumbles upon the lawless gold rush town of Calendar and winds up appointed as the new sheriff. With memorable…
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale …
Directed by: Sergio Leone
This Sergio Leone classic, a tribute to Hollywood Westerns, stars Henry Fonda as Frank, a deft gunslinger hired by the powerful owner of a railroad conglomerate to kill anyone who derails the…
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Never a Dull Moment (1968)
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine …
Directed by: Jerry Paris
Jack (Dick Van Dyke) is an unsuccessful actor who gets mistaken for an art thief by a mobster (Edward G. Robinson) anxious to get his hands on a valuable painting. Although Jack has…
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The Way West (1967)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Sally Field …
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
When Sen. William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) quits politics to create a utopia out West in 1843, he hires seasoned scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead the wagon train, but…
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The Rare Breed (1966)
Cast: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Director Andrew V. McLaglen's fine vintage Western stars Maureen O'Hara as headstrong British widow Martha Price, who's determined to transport her prized Hereford bull across…
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The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
Cast: Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Former sheriff Jim Cole (Clint Walker) finds it harder than expected to settle into his newly inherited run-down Wyoming ranch -- he soon winds up fighting off both a greedy neighbor (Keenan…
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The Comancheros (1961)
Cast: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz, John Wayne
John Wayne stars as a Texas Ranger who strikes up an uneasy partnership with a gambler (Stuart Whitman) to catch a band of "comancheros," white men who smuggle guns and liquor. When…
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The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)
Cast: Brett Halsey, Joyce Meadows, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Roger Corman, Charles R. Rondeau
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau, this 1960 melodrama follows well-to-do teenager Danny Winslow (Lowell Brown), who flees his privileged existence and takes to life on the streets, where he…
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The Gun Runners (1958)
Cast: Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens …
Directed by: Don Siegel
Charter boat captain Sam Martin's financial woes lead him into an entanglement with Papa Hanagan, a man smuggling illegal arms to Cuban rebels. Despite the support of his friend and…
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Night Passage (1957)
Cast: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea …
Directed by: James Neilson
Grant McLaine (Jimmy Stewart) is a traveling musician with a shady past who entertains at frontier construction camps. But work dries up after he helps his no-good brother, Lee (Audie Murphy)…
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Lure of the Swamp (1957)
Cast: Marshall Thompson, Willard Parker, Joan Vohs …
Directed by: Hubert Cornfield
In this misty morality play, three crooks vie to gain possession of $20,000 in stolen bank money by hiring swamp guide Simon Lewt (Marshall Thompson), the lone man who can take them to the…
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Jubal (1956)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger …
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Good-hearted cowpoke Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) is looking for work after sustaining an injury during a riding accident. Rancher Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine) offers him a job, but before long,…
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The Man from Laramie (1955)
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
A former Army scout (Jimmy Stewart) is out for revenge, tracking the person responsible for his brother's death. He knows the guilty party sold guns to a tribe of Apaches -- who…
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Cast: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Shortly after sleazy detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) picks up a scantily clad hitchhiker (Cloris Leachman), his car is forced over a cliff. He awakens from unconsciousness to find his…
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The Far Country (1955)
Cast: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Jimmy Stewart and director Anthony Mann team up once again on this Western with a Yukon setting. Stewart drives a herd of cattle north on an arduous, dangerous trek to Alaska, hoping to cash…
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You're Never Too Young / Artists and Models (1955)
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Diana Lynn …
Directed by: Norman Taurog, Frank Tashlin
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are in top form as their slapstick humor and musical numbers blend effortlessly in this vintage double bill that packs a rollicking punch. In You're Never Too…
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Kismet (1955)
Cast: Howard Keel, Dolores Gray, Ann Blyth …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli directed this adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical inspired by the Arabian Nights tales. Persian poet Hadji (Howard Keel) becomes a rich man nearly overnight, bringing…
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Artists and Models (1955)
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine …
Rick, a struggling artist living with his author pal Eugene, wants to break into the comic book industry and uses Eugene's wild dreams to inspire him. In one of Eugene's dreams, he…
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Vera Cruz (1954)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
A mission to escort a beautiful Mexican countess (Denise Darcel) to the port of Vera Cruz unites Ben, a Civil War veteran (Gary Cooper), and Joe, a man on the run (Burt Lancaster). The…
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Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Cast: Gene Evans, Myron Healey, Barbara Stanwyck …
Directed by: Allan Dwan
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a feisty young woman who attempts to stake her claim in the cattle business despite threats from greedy land grabbers and their hired killers. Ronald Reagan is the…
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The Golden Blade / The Last Sunset (1953)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans …
Directed by: Nathan Juran, Robert Aldrich
Rock Hudson's all-American good looks stand up equally well on foreign shores as the star travels to Arabia for The Golden Blade and then heads south of the border to Mexico in The Last…
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Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster …
Directed by: Phil Karlson
In this tough-minded film noir, ex-cop Tim Foster (Preston Foster) thinks he's pulled off the perfect bank robbery. But his plan hits a snafu when an innocent man is suspected, and…
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The Ring (1952)
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno, Lalo Rios …
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
When his father loses his job, Tommy (Lalo Rios), a Mexican-American teen, escapes to the safety of his usual hangout. But on the way to "the clubhouse," he's hassled by so many white…
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Mr. & Mrs. North: Vol. 7 (1952)
Cast: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Jack Elam …
Directed by: Ralph Francis, Lew Landers
Jerry (Richard Denning) and Pam North (Barbara Britton), a husband-and-wife detective team living in New York City, encounter serious trouble with a variety of frightening adversaries…
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The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Cast: John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Beverly Tyler …
Directed by: George Sherman
After Apache chief Cochise (Jeff Chandler) and U.S. cavalry officer Maj. Jim Colton (John Lund) broker a peace in New Mexico, corrupt federal agent Neil Baylor (Bruce Cowling) orchestrates an…
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The Sundowners (1950)
Cast: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills …
Directed by: George Templeton
Two brothers -- James (Robert Preston) and Tom Cloud (Robert Sterling) -- on opposite sides of the law are pitted against each other in this gripping 1950 Western. To add a further degree of…
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High Lonesome (1950)
Cast: John Barrymore Jr., Chill Wills, John Archer …
Directed by: Alan Le May
A moody young cowboy (John Drew Barrymore) gets mixed up with a couple of stone-cold killers and lives to regret it. Because of this major miscalculation, he finds himself held prisoner by a…
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She Shoulda Said No (1949)
Cast: Lyle Talbot, Jack Elam, Alan Baxter …
Directed by: Sherman Scott
If Reefer Madness didn't convince you of marijuana's evils, this campy companion film probably won't do the trick either -- but that doesn't make it any less entertaining.…