The best R. G. Armstrong’s drama movies

R. G. Armstrong

R. G. Armstrong

07/04/1917- 27/07/2012
Today we present the best R. G. Armstrong’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best R. G. Armstrong’s movies.
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White Lightning

White Lightning
6.4/10
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

Reds

Reds
7.3/10
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1976
  • Character: Thor Erickson
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.

The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 14/04/1960
  • Character: Sheriff Jordan Talbott
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam
6.5/10
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Baby Doll

Baby Doll
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/12/1956
  • Character: Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

Hammett

Hammett
6.4/10
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.

Payback

Payback
5.7/10
Oscar Bonsetter tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the sadistic guard who killed him. In exchange, Oscar is told of a stash of money. Oscar is eventually released from prison but when he goes to get revenge, he gets sidetracked by the now-handicapped guard and his alluring wife, Rose. The tension builds as Oscar becomes more and more attracted to Rose.

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 13/04/1979
  • Character: Mr. Hemmings
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.

White Line Fever

White Line Fever
6.1/10
An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.

Calhoun

Calhoun
6.9/10
Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.

Ghetto Blaster

Ghetto Blaster
4.1/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1989
  • Character: Curtis
When Travis, middle-aged, working class man, returns home to visit his parents, he quickly learns that his hood is rife with criminal activity and gang warfare. Quickly, Travis finds himself thrust into a position to defend his family and neighbors from the punks who terrorize them on a daily basis. Good thing he has a military training, enabling the man to become a one-man vigilante unit against the forces of evil in his town.

Raggedy Man

Raggedy Man
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/09/1981
  • Character: Rigby
Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town.

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
6.7/10
This is the story of the foundation sire of the Morgan Horse Breed.

The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope
6.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/10/1970
  • Character: Captain Dan
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.

80 Steps to Jonah

80 Steps to Jonah
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/12/1969
  • Character: Mackray
Wayne Newton stars as an accused thug hiding out at a camp for blind children.

Mean Johnny Barrows

Mean Johnny Barrows
5/10
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.

Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail
5.6/10
Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer.

J.W. Coop

J.W. Coop
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1972
  • Character: Jim Sawyer
After losing eight years to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60's. Determined to make up for the lost 'prime' years of his career, he doggedly goes forward, and learns that not only has the business of rodeo changed during his incarceration but society as a whole has made dramatic changes as well.

Never Love a Stranger

Never Love a Stranger
5.4/10
Orphan turns bad, finds redemption with some help from boyhood pal. This movie is of interest because of the presence of a young Steve McQueen, the leading man being John Drew Barrymore, father of the more famous Drew, and for being based on a novel by Harold Robbins, famous for steamy writing in his day.

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