Movies starring Alan Hale Jr.

The Big Trees (1952)

89 mins     Action , Drama      

Whilst generally I feel older movies are superior to modern movies when it comes to focus on story telling, there were still movies which had the feeling that they were made as almost stop gaps. Movies which had nothing major...

Sons of the Musketeers (1952)

81 mins     Action , Adventure      

Watched as a worthy sequel to Dumas' Musketeer story "Sons of the Musketeers", or "At Sword's Point" as it is also known, is not that good, oh there is a fun storyline about the children of the Musketeers taking over as prote...

The Man Behind the Gun (1953)

82 mins     Western      

Whilst watching "The Man Behind the Gun" I couldn't but help think about a completely different genre of movie, in fact a franchise of movies because it reminded me of a James Bond movie. Of course "The Man Behind the Gun" ca...

A Man Alone (1955)

96 mins     Western      

Ray Milland started his movie career back in 1929 but it wasn't until 1955 that he tried his hand behind the camera making his directing debut with western "A Man Alone". Now "A Man Alone" is not a bad western but it does hav...

The Indian Fighter (1955)

88 mins     Western      

There is a scene in "The Indian Fighter" where having taken a shine to Onahti Johnny forces himself on her to steal a kiss. Now not only would that scene cause some unrest if it was put in a movie these days but I remember ot...

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

92 mins     Action , Biography, Crime, Western      

Now there are two things worth knowing, first up is that "The True Story of Jesse James" is in fact a remake and secondly how much true story there is is debatable as whilst we have pivotal events the drama of them, well I wo...

Battle Hymn (1957)

108 mins     Drama      

I would imagine the true story of Dean Hess probably is an inspirational one as he goes from a pilot to preacher and then finding a way to combine being a fighter and a man of God. Unfortunately when it comes to "Battle Hymn"...

Up Periscope (1959)

112 mins     Action , Drama, War      

Starring James Garner as a military diver "Up Periscope" is one of may war movies which takes us aboard a submarine and into danger....

Bullet for a Badman (1964)

80 mins     Western      

As westerns go "Bullet for a Badman" has a lot going on we have revenge, greed, jealousy and of course being a western a bit of romance. But "Bullet for a Badman" is also a b-movie one of the many westerns which got churned o...