The best John Pickard’s movies

John Pickard

John Pickard

25/06/1913- 04/08/1993
We present our ranking of the best John Pickard’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 John Pickard.
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True Grit

True Grit
7.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/06/1969
  • Character: Frank Ross
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

White Heat

White Heat
8.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 02/09/1949
  • Character: T-Man Driving Car C (uncredited)
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter
7.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/06/1950
  • Character: Third Brother (uncredited)
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Shotgun

Shotgun
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/04/1955
  • Character: Perez
a deputy U.S. Marshall pursue the gang of Ben Thompson after the murder of another marshall. Along with a bounty hunter and a half-breed woman they follow the trail into Apache territory.

Charro!

Charro!
5.6/10
Jess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces. He tries to find the real culprits, a gang of criminals.

Arrowhead

Arrowhead
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 03/08/1953
  • Character: John Gunther
Director Charles Marquis Warren's 1953 western stars Charlton Heston and Jack Palance.

Bright Leaf

Bright Leaf
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 16/06/1950
  • Character: Devers (uncredited)
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

At Gunpoint

At Gunpoint
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/12/1955
  • Character: Alvin Dennis
A general-store keeper (Fred MacMurray) scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.

Act of Vengeance

Act of Vengeance
5.5/10
A group of women who have all been attacked by the same hockey mask wearing rapist, get no help from the police. So they band together to form a vigilante group called "The Rape Squad", and set about going after the local scum.

California Passage

California Passage
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/12/1950
  • Character: Calhoun
A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man
5.6/10
A gunfighter who survives his own hanging helps a young widow who is trying to keep a ruthless land baron from taking her ranch.

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 30/12/1948
  • Character: Second Diver
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

The Great Jewel Robber

The Great Jewel Robber
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/07/1950
  • Character: Joe, Customs Guard (uncredited)
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.

Hellgate

Hellgate
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/09/1952
  • Character: Gundy Boyd
Man is framed & sent to toughest prison in the territory.

Seminole Uprising

Seminole Uprising
5.3/10
  • Genre: WarWestern
  • Release: 01/05/1955
  • Character: Sgt. Chris Zanoba
An angry Seminole chief wages war after his tribe is relocated from Florida to the American West.

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice
6.5/10
Richard Trevelyan was convicted of murdering his wife, given an 11th-hour Death Row reprieve and freed under unusual circumstances after a retrial. But his past does not matter to Shelley Carnes, an actress visiting the Texas ranch land that Richard calls home; she has fallen in love with him. But after she marries him, Shelley is beset by doubts and fear.

Walk the Proud Land

Walk the Proud Land
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/08/1956
  • Character: Sheriff of Tucson (uncredited)
Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather than submission to Army. Wins over reservation chiefs and the Indian widow (Bancroft) given to him as housekeeper. Through use of diplomacy and demonstrations of faith in Apache leaders, reservation is put on the road to automomy. Conflicts arise between Apache widow and Eastern wife but latter has a lot to learn.

Once More, My Darling

Once More, My Darling
6.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/09/1949
  • Character: Inspector
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger
6.5/10
The territorial governor asks the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore wants to mine silver on Spirit Mountain which is sacred to the Indians.

Trail Guide

Trail Guide
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/02/1952
  • Character: Henchman Dawson
A cowboy (Tim Holt) and his Mexican-Irish sidekick (Richard Martin) lead a wagon train to an unfriendly place.

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