The best Harry Lauter’s action movies

Harry Lauter

Harry Lauter

19/06/1914- 30/10/1990
We present our ranking of the best Harry Lauter’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Harry Lauter.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
6.3/10
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.

Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High
7.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 21/12/1949
  • Character: Radio officer (uncredited)
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.

Crash of Moons

Crash of Moons
3.2/10
A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a feature for 16mm rental only. Season 1 episodes 21, 22, 23. Episode 21: Rocky saves a space station and his friends when they are trapped between gypsy moons. Episode 22: Cleolanthe tries to destroy one of the gypsy moons with a barrage of missiles. Episode 23: Rocky evacuates the gypsy moon Posetta and stops Cleolanthe's missile barrage.

Dragnet

Dragnet
6.6/10
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

The Gunfight at Dodge City

The Gunfight at Dodge City
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/05/1959
  • Character: City Marshal Ed Masterson
Fleeing to Dodge City after killing a man in self defence Masterson finds his brother Ed (Harry Lauter) running for sheriff of the town. When Ed is killed by hired guns of the corrupt incumbent Bat is determined to settle the score with violence but he is convinced by the townspeople that the best way to avenge his brother's death is by taking Ed's place on the ballot. Bat agrees and wins the election but his new role on the right side of the law will lead him to unexpected confrontations as he finds himself torn between his loyalties to his friends and his duties as sheriff.

More Dead than Alive

More Dead than Alive
6.1/10
When the multiple murderer Cain is released from prison after 18 years, he wants to settle down as a rancher and never touch a gun again. But his former life haunts him; not only that nobody wants to give him a job, some villains also want to pay him back. So he has to accept the offer of showman Ruffalo to perform as "Killer Cain" in his traveling shooting show. However after 18 years without practice even Ruffalo's young assistant Billy shoots better than Cain.

Fort Courageous

Fort Courageous
5.3/10
In this western, a cavalry sergeant is wrongly court-martialed. To reclaim his good name, he takes over a patrol that just lost its leader in an Indian attack. He leads the regiment to Fort Courageous, but is appalled to discover that the Indians attacked and massacred all but one of its inhabitants. The hardy little group must now fight the renegades on their own. The ex-sergeant plans a brilliant strategy that culminates in winning the Indian's respect. They leave the fort alone and peace is restored.

Apache Country

Apache Country
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 30/05/1952
  • Character: Dave Kilrain
A criminal gang provokes the local Apaches in order to divert the authorities' attention from their own activities.

Tarzan's Fight for Life

Tarzan's Fight for Life
5.2/10
Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed by Futa, the witch doctor, and Ramo, a native warrior.

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
5.3/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 08/07/1953
  • Character: Constable Clark
A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missiles at the U.S. The Canadian Mounted Police dispatch agents to try to stop him.

Valley of Fire

Valley of Fire
5.8/10
An outcast gambler hijacks a wagon train of eligible women taken west by a mayor.

Prince of Pirates

Prince of Pirates
5.3/10
In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.

Blonde Bait

Blonde Bait
5.4/10
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange for Angela to escape, aided by stoolie Gran' Ramsey who is at the same prison. The police will then follow Angela to Nick. Gran' stages the getaway, and the two women, accompanied by a third convict, Marguerite, whose prison-born baby is about to be turned over to welfare authorities. It is up to Gran' to keep the police informed of Angela's movements without being detected by the escapees, until Angela contacts Nick. This film is a reworking of principal footage from the UK film WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (1955), q.v., which, with added new footage (including scenes with original star Beverly Michaels), significantly revises the plot and central characters from a story about a wrongly imprisoned waif to one about a gangster's moll.

Frontier Investigator

Frontier Investigator
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/05/1949
  • Character: Rocky's Brother
Rocky Lane, out to find the murderer of his brother, runs into a battle between two stage lines for a mail contract.

Flying Disc Man from Mars

Flying Disc Man from Mars
5.3/10
Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which has become too dangerous); opposing his authority is Kent Fowler, who resists the alien plot, without understanding its details.

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