Movies starring Gene Evans

Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

92 mins     Action , Drama, War      

Early on in "Fixed Bayonets!" there is a scene of a General being treated at camp; a medic is tending to his arm whilst he barks orders down a phone and barely winces when a syringe is plunged into his arm. You know this guy ...

Wyoming Renegades (1954)

73 mins     Western      

For all sense and purposes "Wyoming Renegades" is juts another 1950s western the sort which were churned out because the public wanted heroes in white hats. And as such the story which sees a former outlaw trying to go straig...

Hell and High Water (1954)

103 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

On one hand "Hell and High Water" was exactly what I was expecting when I sat down to watch, action and cold war heroics. But whilst it delivered what I expected that doesn't mean what it delivered was good and to be honest t...

Money, Women and Guns (1958)

80 mins     Western      

I've got my cliche list in hand and as I watch "Money, Women and Guns" I find my pencil filling in the indentations left from the last 1950s western I watched, not something which surprises me in the slightest. But neither do...

Operation Petticoat (1959)

124 mins     Comedy, Romance      

One of the first Cary Grant movies I ever watched was "Father Goose" where he played the curmudgeonly Walter Eckland who finds his life turned upside down when his island suddenly becomes home for a stranded school teacher an...

The Battle of Bloody Stones (1967)

75 mins     TV Movie, Western      

For those who don't know "The Battle of Bloody Stones" was part of "Cimarron Strip" a western TV series which ran for 23 episodes during 1967 and 1968. Nowadays these episodes frequently get shown as individual movies here in...

The Last Day (1975)

100 mins     TV Movie, Western      

Quick question for you? Do you watch a movie firstly to be entertained or firstly to be educated. There is of course no right or wrong answer but for me my preference is entertainment over education although I don't object to...

California Gold Rush (1981)

100 mins     Family, TV Movie, Western      

"California Gold Rush" is one of those movies which starts with a narration, the writer's recollections of his time when he was in California and ended up working for Captain John Sutter. What then follows is a tale full of l...

The Shadow Riders (1982)

100 mins     Romance, TV Movie, Western      

It's been proven over the years that if you have the right actors in a movie even something not great can entertain the pants of an audience. That is how I feel about "The Shadow Riders" as it is the moustached duo of Tom Sel...

Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)

96 mins     Comedy, Western      

"Last Vegas", "The Bucket List", "Cocoon", "Space Cowboys" and I know I could go on because there have been many a movie which work partly down to the respect an audience has for when veteran actors take to the screen and pla...