Movies starring Preston Foster

Annie Oakley (1935)

90 mins     Biography, Western      

"Annie Oakley" is one of those movies which makes you eat your words because plainly speaking it is a romanticized and heavily fictionalized account of Annie Oakley's life. But because it is so entertaining that even when you...

The Informer (1935)

91 mins     Drama      

Back at the 1936 Academy Awards John Ford's "The Informer" scooped four of the six awards it was nominated for giving Ford the first of four Oscars he won for directing. It is easy to see why as "The Informer" is a stylish pi...

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)

67 mins     Western      

To be honest I rarely come across one of these old one hour westerns which are more than just barely average as so many recycle the same story ideas. But "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" is the exception to the rule as this 67 mi...

North West Mounted Police (1940)

126 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

There is no denying that Cecil B. DeMille made some epic movies and what he did with colour when many movies were still in black & white is astonishing. But sometimes DeMille tried too hard or to be more precise he tried to t...

American Empire (1942)

82 mins     Western      

Movie Review - American Empire (1942) Dan Taylor (Richard Dix) and Pax Bryce (Preston Foster) are two friends who end up going from shipping freight to ranchers and find themselves dealing with local disturbances when one of ...

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)

93 mins     Drama, War      

Watching old war movies such as "Guadalcanal Diary" now many years after they were made it is easy to spot various issues with them especially when it comes to their purposefully rousing nature. But some movies manage to rise...

Ramrod (1947)

95 mins     Western      

I nearly didn't bother with "Ramrod" because in a review I browsed before watching the writer said it was film noir more than western. Now the over use of the term "film noir" is something which riles me especially when someo...

Tomahawk (1951)

82 mins     Western      

After Delmer Daves tried to set the record straight about Native Americans with his 1950 movie "Broken Arrow" similar movies followed which attempted to show Native Americans as not being savages and how they were tricked out...

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

99 mins     Crime, Drama      

Kansas City Confidential (1952) John Payne is the former criminal who finds himself set up for an armoured car robbery and having to clear his own name...

Law and Order (1953)

80 mins     Western      

Yes "Law and Order" is that straight forwards, a former lawman seeking a peaceful retirement, turning down work as a lawman finding there is no escape from the enemies he has made and for the sake of those he cares for has to...