Movies starring Harry Shannon

Idaho (1943)

70 mins     Western      

As ideas go the set up of a judge with a criminal past being blackmailed and then set up a saloon owner and a couple of outlaws is quite entertaining. But then there is the rest of the movie and it is pretty typical of a Roy ...

The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)

69 mins     Western      

Movie Review - The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) Roy Rogers is working as an under cover insurance agent sent on a showboat to catch an escape convict who is the father of the attractive Betty Weston (Dale Evans) who works on t...

Champion (1949)

99 mins     Drama, Sport      

There have been many memorable boxing movies over the years, movies such as "Rocky" rank high amongst the most popular. But there are not so many which focus on the boxer himself rather than the sport of boxing. One of the ea...

Rustlers (1949)

61 mins     Western      

So another Tim Holt and Richard Martin western from the 1940s and yet another one which sees are duo ending up in a jail cell accused of another crime which they didn't commit. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wal...

Hunt the Man Down (1950)

69 mins     Crime, Mystery      

Hunt the Man Down: Gig Young is a public defender trying to track down witnesses who may prove his client innocent of a murder from over a decade earlier...

Kansas Pacific (1953)

73 mins     Western      

I will tell you the most interesting thing about "Kansas Pacific" right away and that is that it is set before the American Civil war with the trouble simmering but not boiled over yet. In typical fashion we learn about this ...

Rails Into Laramie (1954)

80 mins     Western      

If I was trying to be deep I would say that "Rails Into Laramie" is all about the character of Jefferson Harder and his transformation from being someone who thinks a little first but quickly uses his fists to someone who rea...

The Tall Men (1955)

122 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, Western      

The Tall Men (1955) Jane Russell stars as Nella Turner a fiesty woman who plays off two business partners against each other as she flirts with them both...

At Gunpoint (1955)

81 mins     Western      

Movie Review - At Gunpoint (1955) Fred MacMurray stars as Jack, an accidental hero when he shot an outlaw but now faces the threat of the rest of the outlaw gang returning to town to get revenge...

The Lonely Man (1957)

88 mins     Drama, Western      

The Lonely Man (1957) Jack Palance stars as the ageing gunfighter looking for the quiet life and to make amends with his estranged and angry son (Anthony Perkins)...

Gypsy (1962)

143 mins     Biography, Comedy, Drama      

Fast paced, colourful, snappy dialogue, quick delivery and some pleasant musical numbers is all I was really looking for when I put on this 1962 version of "Gypsy" with Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood. And that is what I go...