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The San Francisco Story (1952) Robert Parrish, Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Blackmer
In the 1850s San Francisco newspaper editor Jim Martin seeks the help of wealthy miner Read More »
Duffy (1968) Robert Parrish, James Coburn, James Mason, James Fox
Stefane, lady friend and brother hatch a plan to rob their rich father Read More »
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun AKA Doppelgänger (1969) Robert Parrish, Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark
A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth’s but is located on the exact opposite Read More »
Up from the Beach (1965) Robert Parrish, Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons, Irina Demick
In 1944, during D-Day plus two, American sergeant Edward Baxter and a platoon of American infantrymen Read More »
Rough Shoot (1953) Robert Parrish, Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer
U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Robert Taine and his wife Cecily live in a village in England. Read More »
A Town Called Bastard (1971) Robert Parrish, Irving Lerner, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens
In 1895, in a small town ravaged by the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary leader Aguila and his men massacre the town’s locals and the military garrison soldiers. Read More »
My Pal Gus (1952) Robert Parrish, Richard Widmark, Joanne Dru, Audrey Totter
Dave Jennings is a successful, self-made man in the business world, but he can’t control his son, Gus, who is primarily a brat fond of throwing temper-tantrums and misbehaving. Read More »
In the French Style (1963) Robert Parrish, Jean Seberg, Stanley Baker, Philippe Forquet
A young American girl studying art in Paris can’t decide if she wants to stay or go back home. Read More »
Fire Down Below (1957) Robert Parrish, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Adventure, Drama
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. Read More »
The Lusty Men (1952) Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Action, Drama, Sport, Western
When he sustains a rodeo injury, star rider Jeff McCloud returns to his hometown after many years of absence. Read More »
Cry Danger (1951) Robert Parrish, Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman
Rocky Mulloy, back in town after serving 5 years of a life sentence for armed robbery Read More »
The Destructors / The Marseille Contract (1974) Robert Parrish, Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason
When a US intelligence agent is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron to justice, he resorts to hiring a contract killer. But the man he is put in contact with turns out to be an old friend.
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The Wonderful Country (1959) Robert Parrish, Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Romance, Western
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father’s murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
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The Purple Plain (1954) Robert Parrish, Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than, Adventure, Drama, War
After losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid, bomber pilot Forrester becomes a solitary killing machine, who doesn’t care whether he dies. The reckless Canadian pilot is both admired and feared by the rest of his squadron in World War II Burma. The squadron physician is assigned to determine the embittered Bill Forrester’s fitness for duty. To break through the nightmare-haunted man’s wall of silence, the physician drives Forrester to visit an outpost of English-speaking refugees, which includes an alluring young Burmese woman.
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