Claude Akins Movies through the decades
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- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.Brought from Broadway to appear in his first picture. Watches Sinatra play pool. Stands around as others fight ! Character name : Sgt. Baldy Dohm
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsBill ElliottCarleton YoungBeverly GarlandIn a film incorrectly reported as Bill Elliott's last starring western, "Bitter Creek" (released in March of 1954 carrying 16843 as the PCA number) falls a tab bit short of that as it was followed by "The Forty-Niners", (released two months later on May 9, 1954 with 16874 as the PCA number), but the correctly-reported absence of production values is duly noted. As Clay Tindall (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott), comes to a town in a search for the killer of his brother and quickly becomes unpopular with the townspeople who are unwillingly but submissive subjects to the whims of local cattleman Quentin Allen (Carleton Young) and his motley gang of hired hands and henchies. At the end, Elliott is given a typical line from his Columbia and Republic days that indicates that killing for revenge isn't admirable or the right thing to do, although he has just finished a rather thorough job of doing just that.He plays someone listed as "Henchman Vance Morgan. I suspect not a hero type. One I haven't seen .. YET !
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge SandersGary MerrillA woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.uncredited as Police Officer.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsHumphrey BogartJosé FerrerVan JohnsonWhen a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.Horrible !!! Not an opinion, his character name ! My first meeting with the man I have followed around on screen for most of my life ! The reason I was always answered " who ? when asked who my favorite actor was (is) !
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsVan HeflinAnne BancroftRichard BooneA group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans, Vermont. To get the lay of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life--especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.uncredited .. played Lt. Ramsey
- DirectorHoward W. KochEdmond O'BrienStarsEdmond O'BrienJohn AgarMarla EnglishWhen a brutal police detective Lt. murders a bookmaker's runner for $25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks.Fat Michaels ... swimming pool !
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsBroderick CrawfordRuth RomanMartha HyerAn FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.Matty Pavelich
- DirectorDon WeisStarsJohn DerekElaine StewartThomas GomezIn Ispahan, Persia, a barber mistakes an emerald ring as the prize to be delivered to a prince known far and wide, only to realize that a runaway Princess is the real treasure awaited, promising to escort her to her final destination.Chief Executioner's Aide
Photo as well as film are not available. Would like to find it ! - DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsGary MerrillJan SterlingRegis ToomeyPolice procedural film about a police captain assigned to take over a demoralized precinct and turn it around by settling all the unsolved cases, as well as some new tough ones.George Mandy . Yet another Henchman.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsJohn WayneLana TurnerDavid FarrarAs World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.Winkler
Blond in this one and ONLY this one. Interacts with James Arness. - DirectorRichard WilsonStarsRobert MitchumJan SterlingKaren SharpeWhen a notorious tough 'town tamer' is hired by the citizenry to rid of the gunmen driving them off their land, he finds the local saloon madam to be an old friend.Jim Reedy
Watch for the "business" with the hat !!!! - DirectorLewis SeilerStarsJohn LundWilliam BendixKeefe BrasselleThe crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.Marty Brennan
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsWilliam HoldenDeborah KerrThelma RitterIn the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.Searched this one carefully .. I think I spotted him in the background playing chess or checkers in the rec room. He was something of a chess expert in real life. Listed in credits as "Big Soldier".
- DirectorDon McGuireStarsFrank SinatraKeenan WynnWilliam ConradAfter two desperadoes take a town hostage, former bad boy Johnny Concho, brother of a notorious gunfighter, must find the courage to save it.Played "Lem" .. another film I haven't found. Perhaps it's locked up in Sinatra's vault ?
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsTab HunterNatalie WoodSkip HomeierAfter Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood. Played Ben Hindenman, Sutton's foreman. NOT a nice guy.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsVictor MatureKaren SteeleJames OlsonDuring World War II, U.S. Navy scientists working in Cuba attempt to find an effective shark repellent to be used by servicemen stranded in shark-infested waters.Stars Victor Mature (ugh.. ick... blah !!!) Otherwise not too bad a picture. Leastwise he doen't get shot in it for a change !!!
- DirectorDavid FriedkinStarsLeslie NielsenColleen MillerEdward AndrewsAn out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.Credited as "truck driver" but I seem to remember a Taxi. Picture starred Leslie Neilson.
- DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsMarjorie MainParker FennellyGloria TalbottMa and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.Typical Kettles comedy with Pete Logan running around organizing things.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsJack PalanceAnthony PerkinsNeville BrandAging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him.Blackburn ... pretty nasty to Pa Palance and son Perkins.
- DirectorRichard BartlettStarsJock MahoneyLuana PattenCharles McGrawA stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out, including the stranger's true identity.Sally Fields step-dad starred in this one. CA played Adam Grant. Pretty good story.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsTony CurtisSidney PoitierCara WilliamsTwo chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.MAC = yet another baddie .. Gets his from Lon, Jr.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsAndy GriffithFelicia FarrWalter MatthauIn 1941, an Oklahoma college graduate joins the US Coast Guard and serves as a cook on a ship based in Boston.Poznicki. Kitchen comedy on a ship starring Andy Griffith. Walter Matthau as the villain.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn WayneDean MartinRicky NelsonA small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.The spitoon ... need I say more ?
Joe Burdette - DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsSidney PoitierDorothy DandridgeSammy Davis Jr.A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.Diifficult film to find. Plays "Detective".
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJerry LewisDina MerrillDiana SpencerDuring the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing.Lt. Cmdr. Farber comes to escort Jerry (yuck, ick, blah) Lewis to where he has to go. CA has only maybe 2 scenes. Watched the horrible movie to make sure. Have the comic book too and CA is in it !