William Bowers — Playwright (20)
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Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
director: Burt Kennedy actor: Suzanne Pleshette / Tony Randall …
other title: In Texas ist der Teufel los
A turn-of-the-century investigator named Kate Bliss goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming "Robin Hood of the plains," leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property.
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Alias Jesse James (1959) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Alias Jesse James
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Bob Hope / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: Arriva Jesse James / Valentão Era Apelido …
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
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The San Francisco Story (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The San Francisco Story
director: Robert Parrish actor: Joel McCrea / Yvonne De Carlo …
other title: La peccatrice di San Francisco / Menschenjagd in San Francisco …
After five years of being away, Rick Nelson returns to San Francisco to find it filled with corruption - and crooked politicians. It isn't until he meets a beautiful San Franciscan, that Nelson decides to get involved with bringing law-and-order to the city by the bay!
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The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Wild Wild West Revisited
director: Burt Kennedy actor: Robert Conrad / Ross Martin …
other title: Zwei retten die Welt / Le Retour des mystères de l'Ouest
The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States.
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The Law and Jake Wade (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Law and Jake Wade
director: John Sturges actor: Robert Taylor / Richard Widmark …
other title: Sfida nella città morta / Duelo na Cidade Fantasma …
Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.
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Tight Spot (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Tight Spot
director: Phil Karlson actor: Ginger Rogers / Edward G. Robinson …
other title: Quarto grado / Ratos Humanos …
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.
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The Sheepman (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Sheepman
director: George Marshall actor: Glenn Ford / Shirley MacLaine …
other title: La legge del più forte / O Irresistível Forasteiro …
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
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My Man Godfrey (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
My Man Godfrey
director: Henry Koster actor: June Allyson / David Niven …
other title: L'impareggiabile Godfrey / Godfrey ordner alt …
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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Larceny (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Larceny
director: George Sherman actor: John Payne / Joan Caulfield …
other title: Ladri in guanti gialli / Aves de rapiña …
Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.
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The Web (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Web
director: Michael Gordon actor: Ella Raines / Edmond O'Brien …
other title: Passione che uccide / Das Netz …
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.