5 Movies Starring Ralph Meeker

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-08-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (7133 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Sam Rolfe

Harold Jack Bloom

Fullplot:

Howard Kemp is a bounty hunter who's been after killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. Along the way, Kemp is forced to take on a couple of partners, an old prospector named Jesse Tate and a dishonorably discharged Union soldier, Roy Anderson. When they learn that Vandergroat has a $5000 reward on his head, greed starts to take the better of them. Vandergroat takes every advantage of the situation sowing doubt between the two men at every opportunity finally convincing one of them to help him escape.

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-05-18

Languages:

English, Italian, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (13093 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Cast:

Writer:

Mickey Spillane (novel)

A.I. Bezzerides (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A frightened woman is running barefoot on a highway, trying desperately to flag a car. After several cars pass her by, the woman sees another car approaching, and to make sure either the car stops - or, she's killed, she stands in the path of an on-coming car. Private Investigator Mike Hammer is the one at the wheel, and after almost hitting the woman, he tells her to get in. The woman's name is Christina Bailey.. She is obviously on the run, being barefoot and wearing nothing but a trench coat, and the scent of fear. Whoever was after her eventually catches up with them. Christina has information they want, but dies while being questioned. The killers fake an accident by pushing Hammer's car off the road, but, he survives, waking up in hospital two weeks later. As Mike starts to investigate Christina's death, he's told by the police to stay out of it, but, the hard-nosed PI proceeds anyways. Little did he know that Christina's secret would lead to death and destruction.

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-10-25

Languages:

English, German, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (107342 Reviews)

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)

Calder Willingham (screenplay)

Jim Thompson (screenplay)

Humphrey Cobb (based on the novel "Paths of Glory" by)

Fullplot:

The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.

The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-01-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

74 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (3230 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Matheson (teleplay)

Jeffrey Grant Rice (story)

Fullplot:

Carl Kolchak is a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten him fired ten times from various big-city papers. Now he's reduced to reporting for a relatively small-time paper in Las Vegas. It's here he gets the story of his life. But will the local sheriff, or the D.A., or even his own boss, let him print it? He has an ally in the FBI agent brought in to investigate this strange case. It seems someone is biting the necks of young girls and draining their blood. Can this killer with supernormal powers really be a 70-year-old Rumanian millionaire? Can he really be a vampire? And can an aging reporter do anything to stop him?

The Food of the Gods

The Food of the Gods

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-06-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (2324 Reviews)

Director:

Bert I. Gordon

Genres:

Sci-FiHorror

Cast:

Writer:

H.G. Wells (portion of novel)

Bert I. Gordon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.

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