The best Russell Hicks’s action movies

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

04/06/1895- 01/06/1957
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The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James
6.6/10
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand
6.8/10
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.

Virginia City

Virginia City
6.8/10
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.

Santa Fe Trai

Santa Fe Trai
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 20/12/1940
  • Character: Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

Captain America

Captain America
5.3/10
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Tarzan's New York Adventure
6.5/10
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 15/04/1938
  • Character: Politician in Jack's Office
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
5.9/10
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

The Real Glory

The Real Glory
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 29/09/1939
  • Character: Capt. George Manning
In the wake of the Spanish-American war, military doctor Bill Canavan (Cooper) arrives at a war-torn Filipino outpost. Infested with cholera and under attack from a vicious local Moro chieftain, the troops are terrified and their commanding officer has all but given up hope. Outnumbered and out of supplies, Canavan decides to trade his scalpel for a rifle and rally the few remaining troops into one last stand before the outpost and everyone inside becomes just another footnote in history.

King of the Cowboys

King of the Cowboys
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 09/04/1943
  • Character: Texas Governor Shuville
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.

Devil Dogs of the Air

Devil Dogs of the Air
5.9/10
Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.

Barbary Pirate

Barbary Pirate
5.8/10
U.S. agent Major Tom Blake is sent to Tripoli to uncover who it is in Washington that is tipping off the pirates as to what's being shipped where. A fast-moving story with lots of sabers and rapiers.

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger
6.6/10
A district attorney sends a young man to the electric chair, then lands in the death house himself.

Air Raid Wardens

Air Raid Wardens
6.1/10
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

Junior G-Men

Junior G-Men
6.5/10
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives call the "Flaming Torch Gang". A 12-episode movie serial with the chapters: •1. Enemies Within •2. The Blast of Doom •3. Human Dynamite •4. Blazing Danger •5. Trapped By Traitors •6. Traitors' Treachery •7. Flaming Death •8. Hurled Through Space •9. The Plunge of Peril •10.The Toll of Treason •11.Descending Doom •12.The Power of Patriotism

Bowery Battalion

Bowery Battalion
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 24/01/1951
  • Character: Melvin Hatfield
Slip, Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.

The Master Key

The Master Key
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionCrimeWar
  • Release: 24/04/1945
  • Character: Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi sympathizers plot to undermine America.

Arkansas Judge

Arkansas Judge
6.5/10
Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer accused of slander.

Ladies Crave Excitement

Ladies Crave Excitement
5.8/10
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
5.8/10
Robin Hood's swashbuckling son (Cornel Wilde) comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil, power-hungry William of Pembroke (Henry Daniell). Co-directed by George Sherman and Henry Levin, this 1946 film also stars Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan, Russell Hicks, Lloyd Corrigan, Maurice Tauzin, Eva Moore, John Abbott, Ray Teal and Ian Wolfe.

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