The best Sam Gilman’s movies

Sam Gilman

Sam Gilman

05/02/1915- 03/12/1985
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Every Which Way but Loose

Every Which Way but Loose
6.3/10
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/03/1961
  • Character: Harvey Johnson
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

The Missouri Breaks

The Missouri Breaks
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/05/1976
  • Character: Hank Rate
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/07/1956
  • Character: Detective Arresting Rocky (uncredited)
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

Wild Rovers

Wild Rovers
6.5/10
Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.

PT 109

PT 109
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 19/06/1963
  • Character: Raymond Starkey
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion
6.9/10
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.

Macon County Line

Macon County Line
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/08/1974
  • Character: Deputy Bill
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and based on fact.

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

National Lampoon's Movie Madness
3.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/04/1982
  • Character: Sergeant ("Municipalians")
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.

The Last Hard Men

The Last Hard Men
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 22/04/1976
  • Character: Dutch
In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during the latter part of the 19th century. He escapes with 6 others to exact vengeance on Sam Burgade the lawman who not only captured him but was also responsible for the death of Provo's wife, at least in Provo's mind. Part of his plan is to kidnap Burgade's daughter, which prompts him to strap on his guns and go after him on horseback. Can Burgade who has been retired for sometime still have what it takes to track Provo down?

The Shadow on the Window

The Shadow on the Window
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/03/1957
  • Character: Sgt. Paul Denke
Three delinquents murder a prosperous farm owner at an isolated farm house. The one witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage.

'Gator Bait

'Gator Bait
5.4/10
Desiree lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. Ben and deputy Billy hope to get a little sexual comfort from the "Cajun swamp rat" when they catch Desiree trapping 'gators, and give chase. Desiree outsmarts them but Billy accidentally shoots Ben and tells his sheriff dad that Desiree did it. Ben's dad and sons join them in the search party and quickly get out of control. Soon the hunters become the hunted as Desiree exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.

Blood Sabbath

Blood Sabbath
4.1/10
A young man named David unknowingly ventures into a land controlled by the powerful witch queen, Alotta, and her coven. Every year the local villagers must offer a child to the queen in order to maintain a pact of peace. But David has fallen in love with a river nymph named Yyala and he cannot have a relationship with her as long as he has a soul. So, he offers his soul to Alotta in exchange for the life of a sacrificial child. Now David and Yyala can be together, but if Yyala ever abandons him, his life belongs to the witch...

The Final Comedown

The Final Comedown
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/05/1972
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.

The Heart is a Rebel

The Heart is a Rebel
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1958
  • Character: Greg Johnson
While struggling with their son’s serious illness, a young couple experiences conflict when her husband does not understand the wife’s acceptance of Christ. THE HEART IS A REBEL features the beloved Ethel Waters, and is set against Billy Graham’s historic 1957 New York City Crusade, with color scenes of the Crusade at Madison Square Garden.

The Morning After

The Morning After
7.7/10
A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life. ABC Movie of the Week.

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