The best Skip Homeier’s drama movies

Skip Homeier

Skip Homeier

05/10/1930- 25/06/2017
Today we present the best Skip Homeier’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 Skip Homeier’s movies.
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Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter
7.3/10
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".

The Greatest

The Greatest
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/05/1977
  • Character: Major
The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The song "Greatest Love of All", later remade by Whitney Houston, was written for this film and sung by George Benson. The movie follows Ali's life from the 1960 Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974.

Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets!
6.9/10
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma
6.6/10
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.

Sealed Cargo

Sealed Cargo
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 19/05/1951
  • Character: Steve
A Newfoundland fishingboat comes to the aid of a wrecked Danish sailing ship and tows it to a small village, but eventually the captain of the fishingboat realises that it's a U-boat supply ship in disguise, loaded with torpedoes. So, together with his crew and a group of villagers he sets about a plan to blow the ship as well as any U-boats that approach it. Based on the novel "The Gaunt Woman" by Edmund Gilligan.

Boys Ranch

Boys Ranch
6/10
A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.

The Challenge

The Challenge
6.9/10
All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and having the two men fight to the death on an isolated island.

Between Heaven and Hell

Between Heaven and Hell
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 11/10/1956
  • Character: Pvt. Swanson - Co. G
Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.

Stark Fear

Stark Fear
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/12/1962
  • Character: Gerald Winslow
A marriage falls apart after a dutiful wife becomes the breadwinner after her husband loses his job. This angers him and after reveling in her humiliation, he leaves her. Fortunately, the wife lands on her feet, but not before she obtains closure with her brutish husband.

Cry Vengeance

Cry Vengeance
6.4/10
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he himself scarred, framed and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.

Johnny Shiloh

Johnny Shiloh
7.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/01/1963
  • Character: Captain MacPherson
Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful World of Disney in Color. It was released in other countries theatrically as one film and is on DVD as one film. Johnny Shiloh is the true story about Johnny Clem, the ten year old drummer boy who became a union officer in the Civil War.

Tomorrow, the World!

Tomorrow, the World!
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/12/1944
  • Character: Emil Bruckner (as Skippy Homeier)
German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.

Mickey

Mickey
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/06/1948
  • Character: Hank Evans
A pretty, tomboyish teenager comes of age in an American small town.

Two for the Money

Two for the Money
6.5/10
Two cops, who have quit the police department to become private detectives and bounty hunters, hunt for a killer who has eluded capture for years.

Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail
5.6/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 01/01/1970
  • Character: Deputy Sheriff Laswell
Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer.

Stranger at My Door

Stranger at My Door
6.6/10
Notorious outlaw Clay Anderson and gang rob the town bank and flee in separate directions. Riding hard, Clay's horse goes lame and he is forced to pull-up at a nearby farm. He soon discovers that the place belongs to local preacher Hollis Jarret, his new wife, and a son from a previous marriage. Clay, posing as a weary traveler, tries to insinuate himself into a secure hideout, but the reverend isn't fooled. He agrees to allow Clay to remain at the farm for a few days, but his motive isn't the preservation of his family's safety. Hollis reasons that, with time, patience and a lot of faith, he can convince the outlaw to turn over a new leaf. But Clay's criminal tendencies may run deeper than the preacher had imagined

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