Movies starring Buck

Tango Tangles (1914)

12 mins     Comedy      

Charlie Chaplin once said that in the early days they didn't have scripts just ideas and would go somewhere with just a couple of people and make a movie. That along with the fact the movie industry was a very different beast...

His Wedding Night (1917)

19 mins     Comedy      

As I have said before I don't need much of an excuse to watch a movie no matter what it is but over the years that willingness to watch any movie means I have often ventured into the bygone era of silent pictures. Up until re...

The Range Feud (1931)

64 mins     Western      

Back in 1931 when "The Range Feud" was made it would have been Buck Jones who would have drawn audiences to watch yet now over 80 years later the attraction is John Wayne. But like so many of early John Wayne movies this is j...

Alias John Law (1935)

59 mins     Western      

Alias John Law: Bob Steele finds himself in the middle of some double crossing when an outlaw pretends to be him in order to steel his inheritance...

The Trigger Trio (1937)

55 mins     Western      

Cue are heroic cowboy riding fast as he gives chase to some men in a car, throw with that some fast paced music and you have one of the many scenes in "The Trigger Trio" which to be blunt did very little for me. And to be hon...

A Song Is Born (1948)

113 mins     Comedy, Musical      

Movie Review - A Song Is Born (1948) Danny Kaye stars as a Professor Hobart Frisbee who falls for singer Honey Swanson (Virginia Mayo) unaware she is a gangster's moll using him to hide from the authorities...

Pacific Destiny (1956)

97 mins     Drama      

For those who are not up on their history of the colonies there really was an Arthur Grimble, in fact make that Sir Arthur Grimble, and he became the resident commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1926 then going ...

The Graduate (1967)

105 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

When it comes to iconic movies "The Graduate" is right up there with the best, so much so that even those who have never seen it will know about it and the infamous line "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me". With its c...

The Plank (1967)

45 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - The Plank (1967) Tommy Cooper and Eric Sykes star as the two workman delivering plenty of mishap fun as they head out to get the plank they need to finish a building...

Mosquito Squadron (1969)

90 mins     Drama, War      

If you've never watched a British war movie about flying then there is a good chance that "Mosquito Squadron" will entertain you with its dual story of a complicated romance and a dangerous bombing mission. But if this isn't ...

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

144 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy, War      

There have been a lot of movies which you could box as "soldiers go on a mission" and usually they revolve around a team of soldiers trying to blow up something critical to the enemy be it an ammo dump or a fuel supply but "K...

Virgin Witch (1972)

88 mins     Horror      

Okay so "Virgin Witch" features a witch's coven operating out of a stately home whilst using a modelling agency as a front for recruiting nubile virgins. That is it, that is the extent of the storyline in "Virgin Witch" and w...

Carrie (1976)

98 mins     Drama, Horror      

Maybe it's me, but I find Brian De Palma's "Carrie", the first of Stephen King's novels to be adapted to the big screen, rather dull and not in the least bit as scary as I hoped it would be. In fact it's not really scary at a...

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

139 mins     Drama, Sci-Fi      

When you look for reviews of "The Man Who Fell to Earth" I will guarantee that you will stumble over 2 viewpoints. One of those viewpoints will focus on David Bowie and these tend to have been written by fans of Bowie who eul...

Standing Tall (1978)

100 mins     Drama, Western      

"Standing Tall" is the sort of western which if you watched as a child when it was first aired might still have some sort of rose tinted charm about it as in it makes you think of your childhood. But if you don't have that co...

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)

104 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

"You had to be there", I have lost track of the number of times I have heard that being said when someone tells a funny story and only ends up getting a bemused look by those who weren't there at the time. It is something I h...

Tender Mercies (1983)

92 mins     Drama, Musical      

In a career which has covered 6 decades Robert Duvall has been nominated for seven Academy Awards but has only ever won one which was for "Tender Mercies". Amusingly this is a movie which several directors passed on, didn't g...

Gunbus (1986)

105 mins     Action , Adventure , War      

"Gunbus", or "Sky Bandits" as it is also known, starts so well as we have roguish exploits of Barney and Luke as they bicker over how much dynamite to use as they blow up banks often with the fuse burning down in their hands ...

Roses Are for the Rich (1987)

180 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

From the opening credits which give us a sweeping bird's eye view over the Osborne's estate near the small town in Appalachia to a shot of Autumn in a bubble bath, surrounded by the trappings of wealth and delivering a cold h...

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)

100 mins     TV Movie, Western      

I will put my hand up straight away, not because I have a lawman's gun pointed at me but because I have never watched a single episode of "Gunsmoke". It isn't something I intentionally did but it just happens the old western ...