Tag: western

THE SEARCHERS

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THE SEARCHERS …. 1956
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(Martin Pawley)  Jeff has his best role of the decade in John Ford's classic western. With a Confederate veteran (John Wayne), he embarks on a five-year search for Wayne's niece (Natalie Wood), who had been abducted by Comanche Indians. Also starring Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Harry Carey Jr., and Patrick Wayne, John Wayne's son.

SERGEANT RUTLEDGE

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SERGEANT RUTLEDGE …. 1960
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(Lt. Tom Cantrell, counsel for the defense)  In his last film for director John Ford, Jeff is stalwart and sincere as a U.S. Cavalry legal officer defending a black sergeant wrongly accused of the rape and murder of a white girl. Woody Strode gives a strong performance as the accused in this ground-breaking Western focused on the (at the time) rarely-touched subject of racism. Also with Constance Towers, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey, and Billie Burke.

GUN FOR A COWARD

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GUN FOR A COWARD …. 1957
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Jeffrey Hunter with Dean Stockwell in "Gun for a Coward"

(Bless Keough)  Jeff plays a peace-loving young rancher in conflict with his older brother (Fred MacMurray), who believes that Jeff is a coward. With Dean Stockwell, Janice Rule, Chill Wills, Josephine Hutchinson, and Betty Lynn.