Movies by Irving Bacon
As part of the cast:
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Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
Cast: Scott Brady, Margia Dean, Clint Eastwood …
Directed by: Jodie Copelan
Led by Sgt. Matt Blake (Scott Brady), a Yankee cavalry unit escorting a prisoner through Indian Territory has no choice but to join forces with a band of former Confederates when both groups…
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Dakota Incident (1956)
Cast: Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson, John Lund …
Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
Featuring an all-star cast, this allegorical Western follows six disparate stagecoach passengers who must brave harsh terrain, marauding Indians and one another to reach Laramie, Wyo., with…
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A Star Is Born (1954)
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson …
Directed by: George Cukor
Judy Garland plays Esther Blodgett, a small-town girl with talent coming out her ears. Discovered by famous actor Norman Maine (James Mason), Blodgett rises to the top while he drinks himself…
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Black Horse Canyon (1954)
Cast: Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Race Gentry …
Directed by: Jesse Hibbs
More a character drama than a classic shoot-'em-up Western, this sagebrush saga stars Joel McCrea as rancher Del Rockwell, who becomes obsessed with possessing a wild black stallion…
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The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan …
Directed by: Anthony Mann
One of the most profitable biopics ever filmed, The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era -- the…
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Kansas Pacific (1953)
Cast: Harry Shannon, Reed Hadley, Barton MacLane …
Directed by: Ray Nazarro
When Confederate sympathizers mount daring raids to halt construction on the Kansas Pacific Railway as it winds steadily across the continent, U.S. Army Capt. John Nelson (Sterling Hayden) is…
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It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Cast: Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson …
Directed by: David Butler
After discovering aspiring actress Judy (Doris Day) at the Warner Bros. commissary, actors Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson, who both star as themselves, agree to hire her as the leading lady in…
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Gene Autry Collection: Sons of New Mexico (1949)
Cast: Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Robert Armstrong …
Directed by: John English
There's more rhythm on the range in Sons of New Mexico, Gene Autry's 70th movie. The Old West never looked less inviting as when our favorite singing cowboy mentors a young boy,…
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Dynamite (1949)
Cast: William Gargan, Virginia Welles, Richard Crane …
Directed by: William H. Pine
Gunnar Peterson (William Gargan) blasts bedrock for a dynamite contractor. But his status as No. 1 demolition man is jeopardized when a young hotshot, Johnny (Richard Crane), arrives on the…
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The Green Promise (1949)
Cast: Robert Paige, Walter Brennan, Natalie Wood …
Directed by: William Russell
Growing up under the thumb of their strict father (Oscar winner Walter Brennan), the Matthews children are discouraged from doing anything that could be considered "modern" -- including…
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The Big Cat (1949)
Cast: Irving Bacon, Lon McCallister, Forrest Tucker …
Directed by: Phil Karlson
During the Great Depression, Danny (Lon McCallister) leaves his home in the East and heads to his late mother's childhood ranch in Utah, where he struggles to help out his Uncle Gil…
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Moonrise (1948)
Cast: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore …
Directed by: Frank Borzage
Danny Hawkins (Dane Clark), who lives in angst because his father was put to death for murder, accidentally kills Jerry Sykes (Lloyd Bridges) in a fight over Gilly Johnson (Gail Russell).…
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan …
Directed by: Charles Chaplin
This 1947 Charlie Chaplin movie, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, stars the classic comedian as a bank teller driven to murder when he can't find a new job…
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Saddle Pals (1947)
Cast: Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Irving Bacon …
Directed by: Lesley Selander
On a quest to secure cheaper rent for the local ranchers, singing cowboy Gene Autry visits wealthy landowner Waldo Brooks (Sterling Holloway). Eager to take a break from his responsibilities,…
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Cast: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
In trademark style, master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock directs this taut and chilling tale about Charlie (Teresa Wright), a small-town girl consumed with finding out whether her unhinged…
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Holiday Inn (1942)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds …
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Bing Crosby croons to the tune of the Oscar-winning "White Christmas" in Irving Berlin's love triangle romantic comedy. Tired of the bright lights of showbiz, Jim Hardy (Crosby) retires…
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Meet John Doe (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Sacked by her newspaper, spunky scribe Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) hatches a hoax to keep her job. In her final column, she pens a missive from "John Doe," a fictitious hobo planning to…
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Great Guns (1941)
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan …
Directed by: Monty Banks
In this madcap comedy from director Monty Banks, stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy join the Army to protect their rich cosseted master, Dan Forrester (Dick Nelson), who's just been…
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Accent on Love (1941)
Cast: George Montgomery, Osa Massen, J. Carrol Naish …
Directed by: Ray McCarey
A successful real estate executive who finds his easy life unsatisfying leaves his job and family to dig ditches for the WPA. He soon falls in love with a beautiful immigrant and organizes…
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The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Cast: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke …
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
As the American Revolution looms, Matt Howard (Cary Grant) builds Albemarle, a sprawling plantation in Virginia for his wife, Martha (Jane Peyton-Howard) -- but it is destroyed by their…
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Love, Honor & Oh-Baby! (1940)
Cast: Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford …
Directed by: Charles Lamont
After his gal pal ditches him, distraught author Brian McGrath (Donald Woods) decides he no longer wants to live and pays a hit man to bump him off. But before the job can be carried out,…
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Gone with the Wind (1939)
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard …
Directed by: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood …
Director Victor Fleming's 1939 epic adaption of Margaret Mitchell's novel of the same name stars Vivien Leigh as self-absorbed, headstrong Scarlett O'Hara, a Southern Belle who…
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Drift Fence (1936)
Cast: Tom Keene, Buster Crabbe, Katherine DeMille …
Directed by: Otho Lovering
Based on a Zane Grey novel, this vintage Western tells the story of tough guy Jim Travis (Tom Keene), who helps city slicker Jim Traft (Benny Baker) in his efforts to build a fence that will…
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Arizona Mahoney (1936)
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Joe Cook, Robert Cummings …
Directed by: James P. Hogan
After traveling all over the Wild West with a poor excuse for a circus, entrepreneur Arizona Mahoney (Joe Cook) and his partner, Randall (Robert Cummings), decide to settle down. But when…