The best John Doucette’s action movies

John Doucette

John Doucette

21/01/1921- 16/08/1994
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Journey to Shiloh

Journey to Shiloh
5.6/10
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith
6.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 10/06/1966
  • Character: Uncle Ben McCanles
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to shoot and to shoot on time and correct.

River of No Return

River of No Return
6.6/10
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

Lust for Gold

Lust for Gold
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 10/06/1949
  • Character: Man in Barber Shop
A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.

Convicted

Convicted
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/08/1950
  • Character: Convict Tex (uncredited)
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

The Hunters

The Hunters
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 01/09/1958
  • Character: Chief Master Sergeant
With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.

Station West

Station West
6.6/10
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.

The True Story of Jesse James

The True Story of Jesse James
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 22/03/1957
  • Character: Sheriff Hillstrom
Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang of outlaws, robbing trains and becoming folk heroes in the process. Jesse marries his sweetheart, Zee, and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans one more great raid -- on a Minnesota bank.

Canon City

Canon City
6.5/10
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.

Cavalry Scout

Cavalry Scout
6/10
Kirby Frye, a former Confederate officer but now a Union Cavalry scout, is sent into Montana territory to locate and retrieve three Gatling Guns stolen from the U.S. Arsenal by outlaws believed to have taken them west to sell to the Soiux and Cheyenne. The trail leads him to Red Bluff where, aided by Claire Corville, he and the audience discover together and real quick like that Martin Gavin, a supposedly-honest operator of a freight line, has the guns and intends to exchange them to the Indians for furs.

Dakota Incident

Dakota Incident
6/10
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.

The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 21/06/1957
  • Character: Sundown Whipple
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...

Fighting Mad

Fighting Mad
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 21/02/1976
  • Character: Jeff Hunter
An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal. The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in. This leads to a bitter conflict that results in several casualties. Eventually the take-charge no-nonsense Tom Hunter exacts a harsh revenge on the villains with the help of his bow and arrow.

Cry Vengeance

Cry Vengeance
6.4/10
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he himself scarred, framed and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.

Flight to Tangier

Flight to Tangier
5.3/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 20/11/1953
  • Character: Tirera, International Police
At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. The reception committee includes Susan, an American; Gil Walker, a free-booting pilot; Danzer, a black market operator; and Danzer's girlfriend, Nicki. The plane crashes and burns. No survivors are found, nor are any corpses. Soon the search begins for a missing courier worth $3 million.

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

Quincannon, Frontier Scout
5.4/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/05/1956
  • Character: Sgt. Calvin
A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort.

Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark
6.2/10
A pastry-shop girl (Penny Edwards) sees a priest's (Ross Elliott) and a lawyer's (Rick Vallin) brother take part in a jewel heist.

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