Movies starring Dan Duryea

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

128 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport      

I think the closest I have ever got to a baseball game, other than all the baseball movies I have watched, is briefly seeing a baseball diamond at one of the American Air Force bases in the UK when I was very young. As such w...

Sahara (1943)

93 mins     Action , Drama, War      

It's over 70 years since director Zoltan Korda made "Sahara" and cinema has changed a lot since then from what audiences expect visually to what audiences want from their actors. One thing which never changes is the effective...

Lady on a Train (1945)

94 mins     Comedy, Crime      

If like me you are not overly fussed by film-noir and are even slightly put off by the term then give "Lady on a Train" a try as whilst technically film-noir it is also a wonderful crime comedy which will have you smiling fro...

Along Came Jones (1945)

88 mins     Comedy, Romance, Western      

Along Came Jones (1945) Gary Cooper stars as a laid back cowboy who finds himself mistaken for an outlaw, whilst be used by the outlaw's gal, Cherry (Loretta Young)...

Winchester '73 (1950)

92 mins     Western      

There has been a lot written about "Winchester '73" over the years, the dark tale, the elements of noir, that it breathed life into a genre which was crying out for more than singing cowboys. But the most important thing that...

Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)

79 mins     Western      

For those who are not aware Al Jennings was a real man and not just a fictional character in the title of "Al Jennings of Oklahoma" and the real Al Jennings was an interesting fellow. At one time he was a lawyer, joining his ...

Thunder Bay (1953)

103 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Actor James Stewart and director Anthony Mann made a few movies together with their westerns being the most memorable but they explored other ideas as well and "Thunder Bay" is one of those other movies. Here we have the clas...

Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)

80 mins     Western      

Almost everything about "Ride Clear of Diablo" screams out 1950s b-western, from Audie Murphy starring as a young man looking for revenge for the murder of his father and brother to a corrupt businessmen and sheriff in cahoot...

Rails Into Laramie (1954)

80 mins     Western      

If I was trying to be deep I would say that "Rails Into Laramie" is all about the character of Jefferson Harder and his transformation from being someone who thinks a little first but quickly uses his fists to someone who rea...

Night Passage (1957)

90 mins     Western      

"Night Passage" is one of those movies which makes me wonder how could it have been if original director Anthony Mann hadn't walked away and been replaced by James Neilson. The reason being is that whilst "Night Passage" is e...

Battle Hymn (1957)

108 mins     Drama      

I would imagine the true story of Dean Hess probably is an inspirational one as he goes from a pilot to preacher and then finding a way to combine being a fighter and a man of God. Unfortunately when it comes to "Battle Hymn"...

Six Black Horses (1962)

80 mins     Western      

A group of Indians approach Murphy, Duryea and O'Brien in the middle of nowhere, they want to trade for O'Brien. That scene is about the only scene in "Six Black Horses" which will make you sit up and pay attention because it...

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

142 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Watching "The Flight of the Phoenix" now I can't but help be reminded of "Alive" with it's storyline being about a plane crash and what the survivors went through. But they are very different movies with "The Flight of the Ph...

The Bounty Killer (1965)

92 mins     Western      

10 years, 10 years would make a huge difference to this movie if it had been made just 10 years earlier. You see "The Bounty Killer" is entertaining with an interesting idea of a naive man from the East heading West and turni...

Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)

88 mins     Western      

Nothing new to see here is how you could describe "Incident at Phantom Hill" in just a few words as every aspect of the movie has been done before from the search for stolen gold to a reb prisoner trying to get into people's ...

Five Golden Dragons (1967)

104 mins     Action , Drama      

Well there are some nice scenic shots of Hong Kong in "Five Golden Dragons", there are also a surprising number of well known names and faces and if the scenery isn't your sort of thing then the combination of the attractive ...