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Richard Farnsworth
	Date of Birth: Sep 1, 1920 Country: USA Biography: Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he achieved his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox (1982) and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor...(Wikipedia) Total Films at Criticker: 23 - You've Seen 0
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The Straight Story (1999)

Summary: "The Straight Story" chronicles a trip made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wis., in 1994 while riding a lawn mower. The man undertook his strange journey to mend his relationship with his ill, estranged, 75-year-old brother Lyle. (imdb)

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Lassie (1994)

Summary: Determined to start a new life in the country, the Turner Family - Dad, stepmom, little Jennifer and teenager Matt - leaves the city for the wilds of Virginia. The move creates problems for everyone, especially Matt, who feels lost and alone in his new surroundings. Fortunately, the Turners are helped by a homeless collie who becomes part of their lives - and Matt does a lot of growing up as a result of the dog's unflinching loyalty. (imdb)

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The Fire Next Time (1993)

Summary: This futuristic drama is set in 2017, after Earth has been overtaken by pollution. When a hurricane levels everything Drew (Craig T. Nelson) owns, he must move his family to a refugee camp. They travel to New York, where Drew's former co-worker Larry lives, but Larry has eyes for Drew's wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and tells Drew he'll care for the clan only if he leaves. The family flees to Canada and gets separated. Will they manage to reunite?

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Highway to Hell (1992)

Summary: An eloping bride is taken into Hell, and her fiancee must pursue. (imdb)

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Misery (1990)

Summary: A famous novelist is "rescued" from a car crash by an obsessed fan. (imdb)

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Space Rage (1985)

Summary: In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping. (imdb)

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Anne of Green Gables (1985)

Summary: At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley... (imdb)

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Rhinestone (1984)

Summary: A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet. (imdb)

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The Natural (1984)

Summary: An average baseball player comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.

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Independence Day (1983)

Summary: The romance between a young woman with dreams and aspirations and her hometown boyfriend is overshadowed by the underlying tensions surrounding their immediate families.

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Travis McGee: The Empty Copper Sea (1983)

Summary: Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, resulting in a death that might have been faked. (imdb)

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The Grey Fox (1982)

Summary: When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber. (imdb)

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Ruckus (1981)

Summary: Kyle Hanson is a Vietnam veteran whose traumatic war-time experiences have left him unable to rejoin mainstream society. When Kyle, unkempt and in dirty fatigues, stops in a small town for some food, the local bullies can't wait for an opportunity to harass him. After Kyle uses his Special Forces training to escape the bullies, he becomes the subject of a community-wide manhunt. (imdb)

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The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)

Summary: The sole surviving Texas Ranger of an ambush arranged by Butch Cavandish returns to fight back as a masked hero. (imdb)

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Tom Horn (1980)

Summary: A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west. (imdb)

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Resurrection (1980)

Summary: Ellen Burstyn experiences the after-life for a brief time after a car accident that kills her husband. As she begins her long process of physical healing she discovers that she has the ability to heal physical infirmaties. While most people simply accept her gift, her lover (Sam Shepard) becomes mentally unbalanced and dangerous because she does not place the healings within a religious context. (imdb)

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Comes a Horseman (1978)

Summary: Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage...they eventually find love. (imdb)

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Another Man, Another Chance (1977)

Summary: France 1870: Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty. Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west, they build up a small photo shop. Meanwhile animal doctor David lives on his lonesome farm together with his unlucky wife. It takes years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. (imdb)

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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)

Summary: A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him. (imdb)

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Strange New World (1975)

Summary: In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth. (imdb)

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The Soul of Black Charley (1973)

Summary: This movie, a sequel to The Legend of Nigger Charlie, tells the story of a Southern colonel in the Civil War who has raided locations in the North in order to capture renegade slaves for a colony of Southern aristocrats living in Mexico. Escaped slave Charley (Fred Williamson) and his friend and fellow escapee Toby (D'Urville Martin) bend all their energies to freeing the 71 blacks captured by the colonel. In the violence that follows, the Southern cause suffers. (allrovi.com)

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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Summary: A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. With the aid of an old law text and unpredictable notions Roy Bean distinguishes between lawbreakers and lawgivers by way of his pistols. (imdb)

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Gunga Din (1939)

Summary: In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land. (imdb)

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