Movies starring Bill McKinney

Columbo: Swan Song (1974)

99 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

This episode of "Columbo" goes out to all those watchers who are a fan of Johnny Cash as not only does he act but he sings as well. That my friends is the selling point when it comes to "Columbo: Swan Song" as this is one of ...

Breakheart Pass (1975)

95 mins     Mystery, Western      

When is a western not a western, when it is "Murder on the Orient Express" in disguise or at least that is how "Breakheart Pass" comes across. It is an interesting idea to have a western mystery movie and to be frank a welcom...

The Shootist (1976)

100 mins     Drama, Western      

There is something quite touching about the western movie "The Shootist", not just because the storyline revolves around a legendary gunman who is forced to live out his last days under the shadow of cancer but also because i...

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

135 mins     Western      

It would be fair to say that the 70s saw the demise of the western, but in amongst the ropey remains of a once great genre now reduced to less than mediocre outings were a few examples of why the western was such a dominant f...

The Gauntlet (1977)

109 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

Before Bruce Willis took Mos Def on a bus ride in "16 Blocks" or Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin dodged bullets and boarded trains in "Midnight Run" there was Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke going from Vegas to Phoenix in "...

The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle (1977)

97 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle (1977) Kurt Russell and Melissa Gilbert star in this true story movie surrounding a group of miners stuck down a mine in Caufield on Christmas Eve...

Bronco Billy (1980)

116 mins     Adventure , Drama, Romance      

I like "Bronco Billy", well it is a Clint Eastwood movie so what is there not to like, but although I like it I have to say it's also a little heavy handed. What do I mean, well it's as if Clint Eastwood is doing Frank Capra ...

First Blood (1982)

93 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

It's been a long time since I watched the original Rambo movie "First Blood" and to be honest I had forgotten how good it is. Watching Sylvester Stallone run around a wood and use lots of army skills and tricks to avoid captu...

It Came from Outer Space II (1996)

89 mins     Mystery, Sci-Fi, TV Movie      

Movie production lesson one; if you make a sci-fi movie which at best is only okay one way to make sure to get an audience is to name it after a well known movie, even give it a number to make it appear to be a sequel. Lesson...