Movies starring William Demarest

Along Came Jones (1945)

88 mins     Comedy, Romance, Western      

Along Came Jones (1945) Gary Cooper stars as a laid back cowboy who finds himself mistaken for an outlaw, whilst be used by the outlaw's gal, Cherry (Loretta Young)...

Whispering Smith (1948)

88 mins     Western      

Nearly but not quite is the feeling I got right from the get go as I watched "Whispering Smith", the Alan Ladd western from 1948. By that I mean that there is something about "Whispering Smith" which screams western classic b...

Never a Dull Moment (1950)

89 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"Never a Dull Moment" must be one of the most ironic titles I have ever come across because sadly this movie is little more than dull moments. Maybe it's not that bad but when you have a comedy starring Irene Dunne and Fred M...

The Lady Wants Mink (1953)

92 mins     Comedy      

There is one thing for certain "The Lady Wants Mink" is a movie which would never be made now, with its storyline revolving around Mink coats and breeding the furry little critters it would most definitely cause an uproar. Bu...

The Yellow Mountain (1954)

77 mins     Western      

"The Yellow Mountain" starts with Andy riding in to town and marching into Pete's office and throwing punches at him. What follows is one of the worst stage brawls I have come across with two men throwing punches at each othe...

The Rawhide Years (1955)

85 mins     Western      

To be fair "The Rawhide Years" is an entertaining western but it is also a distinctly generic 1950s western. It is entertaining because it has countless light hearted moments with Tony Curtis turning on some awkward charm whi...

Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (1961)

100 mins     Western      

"Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon" sounds like a title of a typical western movie; it almost sounds like something Audie Murphy would star in. But "Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon" is not what you might expect because this is tw...

Viva Las Vegas (1964)

85 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

I've come to accept that when watching an Elvis Presley movie not to have high expectations which is a good thing when it comes to "Viva Las Vegas" because it is as average an Elvis Presley movie as you can get. What does all...

That Darn Cat! (1965)

112 mins     Comedy, Family, Thriller      

I'll be honest I had never heard of Disney's "That Darn Cat!" until I spotted the 1997 remake on TV and was made aware of the original which not only featured Hayley Mills making her final Disney movie but also Dean Jones in ...

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)

74 mins     Horror, TV Movie      

Almost every positive review of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" which I browsed before watching mentioned that they remembered watching it late at night when they were children in 1973 and it scared them. And that is great as I...