Movies starring Will Geer

Lust for Gold (1949)

90 mins     Action , Crime, Western      

I've watched many a movie and it takes something special to really make me sit up and pay attention and "Lust for Gold" did. And whilst there are a couple of reasons for this the main one is the effective use of past and pres...

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...

Broken Arrow (1950)

93 mins     Drama, Romance, Western      

In 1950 "Broken Arrow" starring James Stewart was released and it made cinematic history. That history was to be the first western to treat native Americans as humans rather than just savages....

The Kid from Texas (1950)

78 mins     Western      

I am a fan of Audie Murphy's movies but here is the truth, if you ignore that "The Kid from Texas" stars the fresh faced actor in an early role and all you have left is a typical revenge western. Even the fact that Murphy is ...

Comanche Territory (1950)

76 mins     Western      

Comanche Territory (1950) Maureen O'Hara & Macdonald Carey star in this western about trouble between some locals and the nearby Comanche when silver is found on Comanche territory...

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

108 mins     Adventure , Drama, Western      

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) Robert Redford is the former army man who heads to the mountains to live a life of solitude but finds himself with something different...

The Waltons: The Easter Story (1973)

101 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

The Waltons: The Easter Story (1973) (aka: A Walton Crisis) - when Olivia is struck down with Polio John-Boy seeks out help to prevent her from being paralysed...

Columbo: A Stitch in Crime (1973)

74 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Like many TV series "Columbo" always relied on the cameos as much as the star of the show and "Columbo: A Stitch in Crime" certainly knocks it out of the park with not only Leonard Nimoy in the role of a killer but Will Geer ...

The Hanged Man (1974)

73 mins     TV Movie, Western      

Evidently "The Hanged Man" was intended as a pilot for a TV series which I presume would have seen the mysterious Devlin going from town to town where he would help someone in need be it from a vicious businessmen to trouble ...