The best John McKee’s drama movies

John McKee

John McKee

30/12/1916- 12/05/2013
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The Big Country

The Big Country
7.9/10
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is spoiled, selfish and controlled by her wealthy father, Major Henry Terrill. The Major is involved in a ruthless civil war, over watering rights for cattle, with a rough hewn clan led by Rufus Hannassey. The land in question is owned by Julie Maragon and both Terrill and Hannassey want it.

Cape Fear

Cape Fear
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 12/04/1962
  • Character: Officer Marconi
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.

Big Leaguer

Big Leaguer
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/08/1953
  • Character: Dale Alexander
John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the 18-22 year old hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league contract.

Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill
7/10
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 13/06/1960
  • Character: Lieutenant Harrison Ludlam (uncredited)
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.

Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 12/07/1955
  • Character: Captain Symington
Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert (Dutch) Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of his baseball career.

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond
6.9/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 02/01/1953
  • Character: Sgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.

The Cobweb

The Cobweb
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/06/1955
  • Character: Deputy Sheriff (Uncredited)
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.

Radar Secret Service

Radar Secret Service
2.5/10
A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
6.8/10
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story was a 1978 made for TV movie telling the story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers. The movie was based on LeFlore's autobiography, Breakout: From Prison to the Big Leagues. It follows LeFlore from his heroin addiction, to his time in Michigan's Jackson State Penitentiary, and tells of his discovery in prison by Billy Martin, who was then the manager of the Detroit Tigers. The role of Ron LeFlore was played by LeVar Burton. Larry B. Scott portrayed Ron LeFlore's younger brother. Former Detroit manager Billy Martin played himself, and former Tiger players Norm Cash, Bill Freehan, Al Kaline, and Jim Northrup also appeared as themselves. The movie first aired on CBS Television on September 26, 1978.

Best Friends

Best Friends
5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/05/1975
  • Character: RV Salesman
Two young couples taste the "free and easy" life on a cross country motor-home tour until love backfires and tragedy follows.

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