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6.6

♡ 5

63%

King Vidor Director

Bill Walker as Bartender

Thomas Browne Henry as Cotton Warehouse Owner

James Anderson as Jewel Corey

Karl Malden as Jim Gentry

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

1977

4.5

♡ 7

Tom Laughlin Director

Lucie Arnaz as Saunders McArthur

Bill Walker as Security Guard

Kent Smith as Senator Joe Foley

Pat O'Brien as Vice President

After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.

Sangaree

1953

6.0

♡ 6

95%

Edward Ludwig Director

Fernando Lamas as Dr. Carlos Morales

Charles Evans as Judge Armstrong

Paul Newlan as Medical Board

Bill Walker as Priam

Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.

The Big Knife

1955

6.8

♡ 9

91%

Robert Aldrich Director

Robert Emhardt as Bit Part

Ida Lupino as Marion Castle

Ilka Chase as Patty Benedict

Bill Walker as Russell

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958

6.6

♡ 8

57%

Jesse Hibbs Director

Bill Walker as Jackson

Joanna Moore as Little Brandy

Paul Newlan as Riverboat Captain

Leo Gordon as Sam Mason

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy

Big Jake

1971

7.1

♡ 22

75%

double barreled shotgun

John Wayne Director

John McLiam as Army Officer

Roy Jenson as Gunman at Bathhouse in Escondero

Maureen O'Hara as Martha McCandles

Bill Walker as Moses Brown

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

Stars and Stripes Forever

1952

7.1

♡ 4

78%

Henry Koster Director

Robert Foulk as Joe - Plainclothesman

Norman Leavitt as John Purvis

Bill Walker as Train Porter

Robert Wagner as Willie Little

A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Young Man with a Horn

1950

7.2

♡ 5

86%

72%

jazz singer or musician

Michael Curtiz Director

Bill Walker as Black Minister

Doris Day as Jo Jordan

Nestor Paiva as Louis Galba

Paul Brinegar as Stage Manager

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.

The Far Horizons

1955

6.1

♡ 9

42%

based on a true story

lewis and clark expedition

based on true story

Drama

historical figure

historically inaccurate

History

Romance

Western

Rudolph Maté Director

Lester Matthews as Mr. Hancock

Helen Wallace as Mrs. Marsha Hancock

Bill Walker as Tom

Larry Pennell as Wild Eagle

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.

Woman in Hiding

1950

6.9

♡ 3

67%

Michael Gordon Director

Ida Lupino as Deborah Chandler Clark

Harry Harvey as Mr. Tullis - Drugstore Proprietor

Irving Bacon as 'Pops' Link

Bill Walker as Porter

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.

Walk on the Wild Side

1962

6.7

♡ 6

60%

brothel

Drama

jealousy

new orleans, louisiana

Romance

Edward Dmytryk Director

Bill Walker as Black Man

Juanita Moore as Mama

Joanna Moore as Miss Precious

Richard Rust as Oliver

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.

The Choirboys

1977

5.6

♡ 6

40%

los angeles, california

police

Robert Aldrich Director

Perry King as Baxter Slate

James Woods as Harold Bloomguard

Don Stroud as Sam Lyles

Bill Walker as Tilden

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964

7.5

♡ 22

84%

Robert Aldrich Director

Bill Walker as Chauffeur

Joseph Cotten as Drew

Robert Adler as Mr. Howard - 1927 Party Guest

Agnes Moorehead as Velma

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

Riot

1969

5.9

♡ 5

Buzz Kulik Director

Mike Kellin as Bugsy

Jim Brown as Cully Briston

Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Grossman

Bill Walker as Jake

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.

A Man Called Peter

1955

7.1

♡ 2

60%

Henry Koster Director

Dorothy Neumann as Miss Crilly

Edward Earle as Sen. Prescott

Les Tremayne as Sen. Willis K. Harvey

Bill Walker as The Whiting's Butler

Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a "calling" from God to be a minister. He leaves Scotland and goes to America where after a few small congregations he lands the position of pastor of the Church of the Presidents in Washington, D.C. and eventually he becomes Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.

The President's Lady

1953

6.8

♡ 3

60%

Henry Levin Director

Dayton Lummis as Dr. May

John McIntire as John Overton

James Best as Samuel Donelson

Bill Walker as Uncle Alfred

The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficulties.

Bright Road

1953

6.7

♡ 3

75%

Gerald Mayer Director

Robert Horton as Dr. Mitchell

Bill Walker as Jake Young - C.T.'s Father

Maidie Norman as Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother

Harry Belafonte as Mr. Williams - School Principal

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

7.8

♡ 6

90%

86%

Drama

History

interracial relationship

John Korty Director

Bill Walker as Elder Banks

Roy Poole as Mister Robert

Thalmus Rasulala as Ned Age 42

Harold Sylvester as Young Man

In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.

Francis Goes to the Races

1951

6.3

♡ 4

78%