John Ireland

Country: Canada
Total Credits at Criticker: 100 (Actor), 3 (Director), 1 (Writer)
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Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him. (imdb)
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman empire. (imdb)
Several competing groups and mavericks (including the lead character Cuchillo) are hunting a gold treasure of $3,000,000. The gold was reserved for the Mexican revolution. (imdb)
Low Budget feature starring John Ireland as a director filming a film on location in a house where seven murders were committed... (imdb)
All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the spotlight... (imdb)
A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police get him. (imdb)
Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome. Here is the story of personal lust for power, and the shattering effects of that power's loss. Here is the tale of the plight of a people living on the brink of a political abyss.
After the long career of lawman that made him a legend, Wyatt Earp deciedes to quit and join his brothers in Tombstone, Arizona. There he would see them in feud with Clantons, local clan of thugs and cattle thieves. When the showdown becomes inevitable, the help will come from Doc Holliday, terminally-ill gambler who happens to be another Wild West legend. (imdb)
Concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's attempts to locate Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub and the girlfriend of Moose Malloy, a petty criminal just out of prison. Marlowe finds that once he has taken the case, events conspire to put him in dangerous situations, and he is forced to follow a confusing trail of untruths and double-crosses before he is able to locate Velma. (imdb)
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. In the course of fighting over this development, tensions between Frank and Janie escalate out of control until he is holding her hostage in a standoff with the police... (imdb)
Eva Phillips is a Southern socialite whose manipulation and ruthlessness ruins the lives of everyone around her. The question is, will anyone be able to stop her? (imdb)
Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl named Margherita discovers the little ploy and with Kitty's help plans to take on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy. (imdb)
Because their planet will be destroyed in 500 years, two goofy-looking aliens land on Earth and commence "Operation Procreation" with a stroll down Hollywood Boulevard... (Amazon.com)
A 1948 Technicolor film starring Ingrid Bergman as the French religious icon and war hero. (Wikipedia.org)
Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather. (imdb)
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount. Unusually realistic picture of war as long quiet stretches of talk, punctuated by sharp, random bursts of violent action whose relevance to the big picture is often unknown to the soldiers. (imdb)
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sun cream to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences. (imdb)
Teenagers, Libby and Kit, innocently spend an evening doing random prank calls. These calls lead to murderous consequences.
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals. (imdb)
Joe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe) escapes prison with the aid of girlfriend Pat (Claire Trevor), but the break-out is a set-up from crime boss Rick (Raymond Burr). When justice worker Ann Martin (Marsha Hunt) is pulled into the escape, Joe is pursued by authorities, legal and underworld.
Zenable a young woman from a humble background, discovers that she is actually the daughter of a Spanish nobleman whom was killed by a ruthless don... (imdb)
John Ford's documentary about the early battles of the Korean War, shot in color.
An insurance scam lands a man on death row for murdering his wife. What everyone doesn't know is she really isn't dead. (imdb)
Returning from the civil war Jim Slade discovers his parents dead at their farm. It is said that the gang under the lead of Corbett has committed the crime. Jim now goes for revenge but things turn out to be more complicated than he originally thought. To get some money he accepts the job as a sheriff. (imdb)
After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood takes his place as sheriff of a small Western town. (imdb)
Lance Hayward, a silent movie star, appears as various characters, killing quite a handful of unfortunates, using various weapons. (imdb)
A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
Lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career defending crooks in trials. He has never realised that there is a downside to his success, until he meets the dancer Vicki Gayle. (imdb)
Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend, mob collector Duke Martin, to stage a robbery of the day's take. (imdb)
Weird sex killings seem to be following the pattern of an ancient demon ritual. (Chas. Balun)
The Phantom of Hollywood (1974) - TV Movie
The internationally famous Worldwide Studios (really MGM) has hit hard times and is forced to sell its back lot to Hollywood property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm. (imdb)
The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day he kidnaps the cheerleading squad to use for their rituals. However, unbeknownst to the devil-worshipers, one of the cheerleaders is actually a witch, and has plans of her own for the Satanists. (imdb)
'Pel' Pelham is a veteran carnival barker who's happily married and desperately wants a good education for his young son. With money borrowed from bookie Tony Lewis, he persuades Sapolio, a professional "starving man," to attempt to break his own world's record of 65 days without food. Sapolio and his wife throw a party in their flat but when a girl in an upstairs apartment is murdered, suspicion falls on Pel and Tony Lewis, the girl's former boyfriend. (imdb)
Three good men - a broken boxer, an American veteran trying to win back his mother-dominated wife, and an air force sergeant married to a faithless actress - are corrupted by Miles Ravenscourt, an amoral "gentleman." Because they need money, they let Miles lure them into his scheme to rob a postal van with a large cash cargo. (imdb)
A bellboy masquerades as a spy and lands behind enemy lines during the Civil War. (TCM.com)
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeeville, gang member Bill Doolin arriving late escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name. But the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. So once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law. (imdb)
A small band of cavalry attempt to warn Custer of an impending massacre. Friction develops when commander of the patrol suspects his subordinate of having an affair with his wife. (imdb)
A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career. (imdb)
After a nuclear holocaust has forced people on earth to set up house on the moon, their continuing existence depends on some medication to fight off the effects of radiation. The trouble is that this medicine is now controlled by the villainous Omus who lives on the planet where the miracle drug is made. He is in the process of blackmailing the earth people into accepting him as a dictator when a group of them sneak out in a rocket to defeat him and save the day, whatever the day is on the moon. (Answers.com)
A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley. (imdb)
An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to enrich himself. (imdb)
Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arriving in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, and intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor, an arthritic despot, and his henchies, Sam Tobin and Cree, are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad. (imdb)
Barry Sulivan is a cynical gangster who controls the Neptune Beach waterfront. He runs a numbers racket with the local soda shop owner: the police are in his pocket and the local hoods are on his payroll. (imdb)
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on. (imdb)
A dead woman returns from the grave to wreak vengeance upon her enemies. (imdb)
An action adventure about a group of fortune hunters who search for gold and jewels in the jungles of South America. (allmovie.com)
A Gatling Gun is stolen and held for ransom, it must be recovered before it falls into Confederate hands. Only one man can do the job and he's already been accused of three murders.
Wrangler Clay Phillips and his young brother are taking horses to Sonora when they come across four dancehall girls heading the same way, stuck with a wrecked buggy. He takes the girls on to the nearest ranch, where it turns out one of the girls is the homesteader's wayward daughter. As he already has an escaped killer after him he is less than thrilled to have to take the remaining girls on with him. But it has to be said that Mary is damn easy on the eye. (imdb)
When a Swiss bank finds that the confidentiality of some of its more vulnerable customers has been compromised it calls in an American investigator, who soon uncovers a web of deceit and blackmail. With old debts being paid off his own health is soon in danger, but at least he starts to gets to know one of the bank's female customers pretty well. (imdb)
Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. On the one hand are the powerful forces of the Allies, on the other, all that remains of the Third Reich. The scene is set for the Battle of the Ardennes. (imdb)
After being captured during a bank robbery, a cowboy is sent to a prison located in a swamp, where he contracts malaria. He soon escapes and, with the help of a Mexican, sets out to track down his partner, who escaped from the bank robbery with all the money. (imdb)
Towards the end of the American Civil War, a rebel captain flees to Colorado to join a band of Southern mercenaries. He drags an innocent gold prospecting couple into trouble when the husband is accused of a murder he committed. (imdb)
Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door of police headquarters. (imdb)
A German Captain and American Captain help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year later during combat operations in France. (imdb)
A Miami TV reporter is sent to a local university to do a story on a professor who is cloning a cell from DNA found inside a meteorite. Soon after the reporter leaves, a gunman kills everyone in the professor's lab and steals the cell for a wealthy businessman. When the reporter learns that he is targeted for assassination as well, he enlists the help of two scientists to discover who is behind the crimes, why they stole the cell, and whether or not the cell should be allowed to continue living. (imdb)
Woman is kidnaped by hitman who discovers that he is the target of another hitman. (imdb)
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he had assumed. (imdb)
The story of a man condemned . . . of his brother who offered to save him for a price . . . his brother's woman! (imdb)
During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds out that a local businessman is selling weapons to a band of rampaging Indians. (imdb)
Reverend James Johnson, the priest of an independent church in Guyana in South America, orders his followers to suicide. But not all follow him blindly and begin to think on their own. (imdb)
Charlie, a Korean War veteran, is driving a truck which is transporting plutonium from Nevada to Arizona. But there are a bunch of terrorists who want to steal the stuff. (imdb)
John Barrington escapes from an asylum for the criminally-insane and finds refuge on the ranch of turkey-raiser Ezra Thompson. Barrington, who has suffered from amnesia, finds his memory returning slightly and he sets out on his mission of learning the truth about whether or not he really murdered his sweetheart and is actually insane. He goes to Los Angeles to visit his oldest-and-best friend, psychiatrist David Dunbar, who was a witness to Barrington's crime. (imdb)
U.S.Security Investigation Division chief Paul Reagan (Richard Denning) assigns John Williams (John Ireland) to hunt down a subversive group that has been smuggling A-bomb parts into the United States in specially designed cases. Williams traces the ring to Marseilles, France, where he meets Margo Wayne (Suzanne Dalbert) at a waterfront café and discovers she is part of the plot. When recalled by Regan, Williams is informed that he has been engaged in a "war games" security check to test America (imdb)
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process. (imdb)
South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana. (imdb)
Martin Steckert escapes from prison taking a man as hostage. But during their journey through the country both learn about each other and in the end become friends. (imdb)
Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Barney Teener has taken over his nightclub and murdered Joe's partner. Joe loots the club's safe for $100,000 and then finds sanctuary in a settlement house ran by Jenny Jones. Mistaking him for a down-and-out musician, she helps him understand the importance of her work. "Early" Byrd, a newspaper columnist, learns Joe's true identity and writes a column that puts Barney on his trail. (imdb)
The U.S. Cavalry is ordered to test the feasability of camels in the deserts of the Southwest. (imdb)
An Italian-Spanish co-production about a bounty hunter (John Ireland) hired to find outlaw Mark Damon (who, of course, is really a good guy at heart). There's hidden treasure, a cast full of genre veterans (including Armando Calvo, Monica Randall, and Eduardo Fajardo), but very little else to please fans of either Westerns or director Umberto Lenzi, who made his name with gruesome cannibal movies like Mangiati Vivi and Cannibal Ferox later in his career. Spartaco Conversi co-stars with Raf Balda (spaghetti-western.net)
A bunch of unscrupulous men make havoc of a tribe of Indians to take their land. A survivor of the massacre decides to avenge his people by killing the whole bunch one by one. (spaghetti-western.net)
A false priest named Glenn, pretending to celebrate a funeral, is actually burying a great sum of money, but when his accomplices flee with the booty, a desperate search begins! The intervention of the bandit's lover complicates the intrigued plot with tricks, lies and betrayals. (spaghetti-western.net)
This adventure is based upon the true life exploits of 17th-century missionary, Father Francisco "Kino" Kin who was instrumental in developing the Southwest and fought hard to keep the murderous conquistadors from slaughtering the Apaches. (allrovi.com)
A gigantic Scotsman and his stepbrother set out to get rich, with disastrous results! (spaghetti-western.net)
Newlyweds come to visit the groom's friend, only to discover him missing; and their investigation uncovers evidence of a ring of anti-semites terrorizing the neighborhood. (imdb)
A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track. (imdb)
Minister with four virgin daughters inherits a bordello. The land contains a silver mine and the corrupt sheriff tries to force them to leave. (imdb)
Presaging the upcoming Vietnam War without knowing it, this routine drama directed by Jack Warner, Jr. (his only directorial effort) is set in Vietnam where the recent battles with the French have concluded and two soldiers have remained in the country to set up their own plantation. Their lives are changed when two Americans are captured by communist forces. Unless the ex-soldiers do something about it, the Americans may just have to stay captured, or worse. (allrovi.com)
Italian/West German romantic sex crime thriller starring Robert Hoffman, Dorothy Malone, John Ireland, Frank Wolff, Luciana Paluzzi, Nicolette Machiavelli, Roger Fritz, and Romina Power. Note that 1950s star Dorothy Malone's career was waning by the late 1960s, and she received top billing in this Italian sex and crime thriller, but she does not have a leading role (apparently she was hired more for her name value). (emovieposter.com)
An American drifter becomes involved in a deadly family dispute. A powerful Mexican rancher orders the killing of his daughter's boyfriend. Jones earns the wrath of the father when he finds the body and buries it. (imdb)
Scaife, the sadistic leader of a gang of cattle thieves, terrorizes the people of a Colorado mountain town. Bill Ransom, the retired sheriff, is the only one to stand up against Scaife and his men, among whom is Dan El, a former friend of his. Dan El is also the father of Tony, Bill's adopted son. (imdb)
Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monitored by the KGB, who try to intimidate them. One of them is taken into custody and tortured, which spurs them to make an escape attempt that could cost them their lives. (imdb)
Businessman and inventor Richard Hammond is determined to develop and market the perfect light-bulb. In a freak lab accident he is blinded and suffers a partial breakdown. His wife, partner and brother take him to his country house, but then Hammond starts to suspect all is not what it seems. (imdb)
Set in 1952, at a point when the United States was bogged down in the "police action," Hell's Horizon focuses on one crew of a B-29, given the unenviable assignment of knocking out a bridge vital to the enemy over the Yalu River. To do this, and avoid violating Chinese airspace, they must make their run from a predetermined direction and, if forced down or unable to drop their bomb-load, must see to it that they don't do it over China. (allrovi.com)
A reporter who wants to solve crimes gets into comic scrapes with a beautiful stranger and a misunderstood dog. (imdb)
After being entered into a Channel swimming race by her boyfriend Paul (Derek Bond), Kitty (Joy Webster) goes missing. Another swimmer, Danny (Sheldon Lawrence), who had fallen for Kitty, is convinced she was murdered. His trainer Griff (John Ireland) and the police initially don't believe him but when Danny's own life comes under threat they realise there may be a killer on the loose. (DVD cover)
Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) - TV Movie
This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights, only none of the original Cartwrights are here anymore but their sons. Ben and Hoss have passed on, and Little Joe is MIA; he went with Teddy Roosevelt and is currently missing. Ben's brother, Aaron is now in charge of the Ponderosa, and Little Joe's wife Annie also lives there. His son, Benjamin has come back fom the East. (imdb)
Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) - TV Movie
The story of how Norma Jean, once an orphan in Hollywood California, becomes Marilyn Monroe, the movie star and celebrity. The movie begins with Norma Jean as a child and ends with the mysterious way she dies. Throughout the movie, we see the highlights and lowlights of her career, including the parts of her private life not widely known. (imdb)
A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings. (imdb)
Thieves hijack an aircraft loaded with diamonds, and then must face deadly Amazonian headhunters when the plane crashes in the jungles of Caxambu, Brazil. (imdb)
A little girl asks her guardians to take her by boat to a nearby swamp believing her older brother, a sailor who recently went M.I.A. in WWII, is somehow there. She finds a grumpy old Crusoe-like hermit, instead, but there's still hope.
After a rich man discovers a grave of a little girl, some unknown force drives him to discover the circumstances of her death. He hires a private eye to do so, and discovers more than he ever imagined. (imdb)
Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
A man is convicted and imprisoned for an arson that he didn't commit. When he is released, he sets out to track down the person who actually committed the crime and framed him for it. His investigation leads him to believe he'll find his answers in Sweden. (imdb)
Set in the Korean War, a terrified rookie GI is given the chance to prove himself on a mission with a battle-hardened sergeant.