4 Movies Starring Earl Holliman

Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near the Water

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-12-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (420 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Walters

Cast:

Writer:

William Brinkley (novel)

Dorothy Kingsley

George Wells

Fullplot:

On a small island in the South Pacific, the Navy's P.R. department is spending WWII without getting near a ship. Lt. Max Siegal is the Second in command to a clueless Commanding Officer who believes Sea Duty to be the worst punishment he can give one of his men. Siegal has to keep the foreign correspondents happy, keep his Commander out of trouble and figure out a way for one of the enlisted sailors to date the lady Lieutenant of his dreams - all while convincing a certain island schoolteacher that he's the man for her.

Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-11-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (4188 Reviews)

Director:

John Sturges

Cast:

Writer:

Les Crutchfield (story)

James Poe (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The wife of marshal Matt Morgan is raped and murdered. The killers leave behind a distinctive saddle, that Morgan recognises as belonging to his old friend Craig Belden, now cattle baron in the town of Gun Hill. Belden is sympathetic, until it transpires that one of the murderers is his own son Rick, whom he refuses to hand over. Morgan is determined to capture Rick and take him away by the 9.00 train; but he is trapped in the town alone, with Belden and all his men now looking to kill him.

The Trap

The Trap

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-02-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (243 Reviews)

Director:

Norman Panama

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Alan Simmons

Norman Panama

Fullplot:

Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...

Tribes

Tribes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (521 Reviews)

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Marvin Schwartz

Fullplot:

Among the new recruits in a U.S. Marine basic-training platoon is Adrian, a long-haired member of the hippie generation, opposed to blind allegiance to authority and the complete opposite of Gunnery Sergeant Tom Drake, who is assigned as Drill Instructor for Adrian's platoon. Drake's job as a D.I. is to break down the individuality of his recruits in order to rebuild them as a military unit, and he sets out to break Adrian's particularly contrary spirit. But Adrian's gentle will is difficult to break, and eventually both men come to learn something about what the other has to offer.

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