Movies starring Ian Keith

The Big Trail (1930)

125 mins     Adventure , Western      

Let me tackle "The Big Trail" as a piece on western entertainment to start with and I hate to say this but as entertainment it is not all that. The trouble really comes from this clearly being a big production aiming to be an...

The Three Musketeers (1935)

96 mins     Action , Adventure , Romance      

Whilst the 1993 version of "The Three Musketeers" is one of the cheesiest I have ever watched the 1935 version is one of the dullest. It is also in complete as this movie only tells the first half of the classic story which i...

The Violent Men (1955)

96 mins     Western      

The Violent Men (1955) Glenn Ford is the rancher who ends up taking on a land baron who is forcing people off of their properties. But things are not all that they seem when it comes to who is pulling the strings...

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

79 mins     Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi      

It Came from Beneath the Sea - a giant, radioactive octopus threatens to destroy San Francisco...

Run of the Arrow (1957)

86 mins     Western      

Quite often "Run of the Arrow" is compared to Kevin Costner's award winning "Dances With Wolves" and it is easy to see why with its story of an American who ends up living with the Sioux and talking a Sioux wife. But the trut...

The Parent Trap (1961)

129 mins     Comedy, Family, Romance      

Before a young and innocent Lindsay Lohan starred in the remake there was the 1961 version of "The Parent trap" starring the angelic Hayley Mills alongside movie veterans Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith. In fact the 1961 versi...

The Deadly Companions (1961)

93 mins     Western      

"The Deadly Companions" is an interesting western to watch because it is director Sam Peckinpah's first movie and you can see touches of his style which would become more prominent in later movies. From the depth of shots, th...

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

165 mins     Comedy, Western      

If "Blazing Saddles" is the daddy of a comedy westerns then "The Hallelujah Trail" is likes it amusing little cousin which like many little cousins doesn't know when to stop. And to be blunt it is friggin' frustration as on p...

The Rare Breed (1966)

97 mins     Action , Drama, Romance, War      

If it wasn't for the fact that John Wayne's "True Grit" came 3 years after I would say that "The Rare Breed" is a movie which tries to imitate many of its characteristics. It has James Stewart playing this tough talking legen...

Nevada Smith (1966)

128 mins     Western      

Nevada Smith (1966) Steve McQueen stars as Max Sand who at a young age vows revenge on the men who brutally murdered his parents...

With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

90 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Watching "With Six You Get Eggroll" is both a sad and joyful experience; sad because whilst not planned it would be Doris Day's final movie but a joy because it was a movie which Doris wanted to make and it is a good one at t...

Krakatoa: East of Java (1969)

131 mins     Adventure , Drama      

One of the funniest movie mistakes is "Krakatoa: East of Java" not the movie although some will say it is one long mistake but the actual title because geographically it is wrong, Krakatoa is West of Java. They were forced to...

The Wind and the Lion (1975)

119 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

In my book casting Sean Connery as a Moroccan Chief is curious because you can't hide Connery's distinct accent and in truth why would you as Connery sounding anything but himself would be wrong. But in a strange way the stra...

Hooper (1978)

99 mins     Action , Comedy      

Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham made 6 movies together starting with "Smokey and the Bandit" in 1977 and ending with "Cannonball Run II" in 1984 and to start with the movies worked. But in a way Reynolds fell victim to...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)

95 mins     Crime, Mystery, TV Movie      

Having only recently come to be a fan of the "Perry Mason" movies I am far from being an expert but can easily spot the significance of "Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson" as it was the movie to introduce as to the c...

Wind Dancer (1993)

90 mins     Drama, Family      

Wind Dancer: Mel Harris is the therapist who finds herself working with a widow and his chid who has shut herself off after falling from a horse...

Rough Riders (1997)

184 mins     Action , TV Movie, Western      

I don't know what I was expecting when I watched "Rough Riders" other than hoping to be kept entertained for 3 hours. I say that because I am no historian and so whilst aware of Roosevelt and his Rough Riders I had no idea of...