Harry Gerstad

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Framed

Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.

6.6

Year:

1975

Walking Tall

Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.

6.6

Year:

1973

Ben

A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.

5.7

Year:

1972

Big Jake

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

6.9

Year:

1971

Cover Me Babe

Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.

4.6

Year:

1970

Hard Contract

A cold hearted American hit man goes to Europe for "one last score". His encounter with a beautiful young woman casts self doubt on his lifeblood, and influences him to resist carrying out the contract.

4.8

Year:

1969

The Secret Life of an American Wife

A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still desirable to other men and thereby, rekindle the spark in their marriage.

3.0

Year:

1968

The War Wagon

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

6.8

Year:

1967

The Magic Sword

The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.

4.2

Year:

1962

Walk on the Wild Side

At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young woman he travelled with, who is now the Doll House's newest employee.

6.5

Year:

1962

Freckles

A young man with only one hand gets a job at a timber camp and falls for his boss's daughter.

4.6

Year:

1960

Aftermath

Aftermath was the pilot for an unsold TV series called "The Code of Jonathan West"; it aired as part of The General Electric Theater. The film takes place just after the Civil War, in a small southern town – war-ravaged, impoverished, and seething with hatred and resentment.

8.0

Year:

1960

13 Fighting Men

A group of Union Army soldiers is charged with protecting a box of gold and getting it to its rightful place within the government coffers.

3.0

Year:

1960

The Alligator People

Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.

5.6

Year:

1959

The Alligator People

5.6

Year:

1959

Frontier Gun

Small-town sheriff discovers that gun-fighting is the only way to clean up the town.

6.0

Year:

1958

Combat Squad

A tough sergeant helps a raw recruit find courage under fire during the Korean War.

5.0

Year:

1953

The Juggler

A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.

6.5

Year:

1953

Eight Iron Men

During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.

6.8

Year:

1952

High Noon

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

7.7

Year:

1952

My Six Convicts

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

6.3

Year:

1952

Death of a Salesman

Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past that involve his older son, Biff, and his wife, Linda. Willy tries to learn from past mistakes and works to make amends with his family, but his biggest struggle is to make peace with himself over a failed dream of financial success.

6.9

Year:

1951

Cyrano de Bergerac

France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.

6.8

Year:

1950

The Men

Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

7.0

Year:

1950

Rocketship X-M

Astronauts blast off to explore the moon on Rocketship X-M or "Rocketship eXploration Moon". A spacecraft malfunction and some fuel miscalculations cause them to end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once powerful civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war destroyed most of the Martians. Those that survived reverted to a caveman like existence.

4.8

Year:

1950

Gun Crazy

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

7.5

Year:

1950

Home of the Brave

A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.

6.7

Year:

1949

Champion

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.

6.6

Year:

1949

Unknown Island

Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs...

5.2

Year:

1948

Crossfire

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

6.6

Year:

1947

So Well Remembered

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

5.2

Year:

1947

Till the End of Time

Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.

6.7

Year:

1946

The Spiral Staircase

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

7.0

Year:

1946