List of the best John Dierkes movies: The Red Badge of Courage(1951), The Moonlighter(1953), The Premature Burial(1962), The Naked Jungle(1954), Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde(1953), The Haunted Palace(1963), The Hanging Tree(1959), The Left Handed Gun(1958), Shane(1953), The Man With the X-Ray Eyes(1963), The Buccaneer(1958), The Comancheros(1961) ... ...
War
1951
69 Minutes
Jim Conklin (the Tall Soldier)
Audie Murphy Bill Mauldin John Dierkes Douglas Dick Royal Dano Arthur Hunnicutt Andy Devine Robert Easton Smith Ballew Glenn Strange Dan White
soldier friend military officer enemy general intense gritty patriotic battlefield woods camp united nations american civil war fear courage honor horrors of war redemption sacrifice transformation
Based on Stephen Crane's novel of a young Union soldier panicked upon exposure to his first Civil War battle.
Western
USA
1953
75 Minutes
Sheriff Daws
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Ward Bond William Ching John Dierkes Morris Ankrum Jack Elam Charles Halton Sam Flint Myra Marsh
cattle rustler brother old flame hobo sheriff rancher fiery engaging thrilling tense american west prison small town ranch bank mountain lynching reunion brother relationship love triangle
A cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.
Horror
1962
81 Minutes
Sweeney
Ray Milland Hazel Court Richard Ney Heather Angel Alan Napier John Dierkes Dick Miller Brendan Dillon Clive Halliday
Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story about a cataleptic Englishman obsessed with the fear of being buried alive.
Adventure
USA
1954
95 Minutes
Gruber
Eleanor Parker Charlton Heston Abraham Sofaer William Conrad Romo Vincent Douglas Fowley John Dierkes Leonard Strong Norma Calderon John Mansfield
plantation owner wife brother servant commissioner medicine man intense melodramatic boat river plantation jungle south america marriage pride vanity drinking insects lifestyle changes adventure
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Comedy
1953
77 Minutes
Batley
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Boris Karloff Craig Stevens Reginald Denny Helen Westcott John Dierkes Henry Corden Marjorie Bennett Carmen de Lavallade
Policemen Slim (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) go to London and meet a doctor (Boris Karloff) and his evil alter ego.
Horror
1963
85 Minutes
Benjamin West , Jacob West
Vincent Price Debra Paget Lon Chaney Frank Maxwell Leo Gordon Elisha Cook Jr. John Dierkes Milton Parsons
warlock caretaker wife heir neighbor frightening dark creepy new england village massachusetts haunted house witchcraft witch hunt curse paranoia science marriage revenge transformation
A man (Vincent Price) and wife (Debra Paget) claim the mansion of his great-great-grandfather, a warlock burned alive in 1765.
Western
USA
1959
106 Minutes
Society Red
Gary Cooper Maria Schell Karl Malden Ben Piazza George C. Scott Karl Swenson Virginia Gregg John Dierkes King Donovan Slim Talbot Guy Wilkerson
doctor immigrant townsperson partner criminal servant dark somber engaging mining camp tree house montana wild west starting over love interest murder the past rescue old west
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realizing that he can exploit his secret.
Crime, Western, Drama
USA
1958
102 Minutes
McSween
Paul Newman Lita Milan John Dehner Hurd Hatfield James Congdon James Best Colin Keith-Johnston John Dierkes Wally Brown Ainslie Pryor Martin Garralaga
outlaw pat garrett friend wife sheriff rancher brooding tense new mexico territory wild west small town ranch billy the kid fugitives stand-off murder friendship frontier justice quest pursuit
After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
Western
USA
1953
118 Minutes
Alan Ladd Jean Arthur Van Heflin Brandon de Wilde Jack Palance Ben Johnson Edgar Buchanan Emile Meyer Elisha Cook Jr. Douglas Spencer John Dierkes
gunslinger farmer wife son bad guy gripping tender moving wyoming small town farm family forbidden love land wars justice sacrifice rivalry love 1880s
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1963
79 Minutes
Ray Milland Diana Van der Vlis Harold J. Stone John Hoyt Don Rickles Morris Ankrum Lorie Summers Dick Miller Kathryn Hart Jonathan Haze John Dierkes
scientist friend colleague pastor murderer creepy dark laboratory carnival church casino science experiments alienation madness sight discovery transformation fall 1960s
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Drama, History
USA
1958
124 Minutes
Yul Brynner Charlton Heston Claire Bloom Charles Boyer Inger Stevens Henry Hull E.G. Marshall Lorne Greene Ted de Corsia Douglas Dumbrille Robert F. Simon
pirate andrew jackson governor daughter thrilling spirited airy patriotic new orleans island piracy unlikely hero war truce underdog rescue 1810s
During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.
Western
USA
1961
107 Minutes
John Wayne Stuart Whitman Lee Marvin Ina Balin Nehemiah Persoff Michael Ansara Patrick Wayne Bruce Cabot Joan O'Brien Jack Elam Edgar Buchanan
texas ranger native american outlaw gun runner gambler prisoner gritty rousing melodramatic texas mexico desert valley american west unlikely allies cowboys frontier justice violence romance adventure
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
War, Western, Drama, History
USA
1960
192 Minutes
John Wayne Richard Widmark Laurence Harvey Richard Boone Carlos Arruza Frankie Avalon Patrick Wayne Linda Cristal Chill Wills Ken Curtis Hank Worden
davy crockett william b. travis jim bowie texican general soldier spirited gripping patriotic gutsy alamo san antonio, tex. battle of the alamo war freedom bravery revolution siege adventure fall
In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
108 Minutes
George C. Scott Faye Dunaway John Mills Jack Palance Bill Lucking Harvey Jason Ted Gehring Cliff Osmond Rafael Campos Woodrow Parfrey John Hudkins
businessman woman fighter father love interest friend spirited engaging amusing confident offbeat oklahoma oil well abuse of power territorial disputes oil business determination land dispute greed discovery
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway), aided by her father (Sir John Mills) and a hobo (George C. Scott), is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon John Hodiak Audrey Totter Paula Raymond Thomas Gomez Cameron Mitchell Karl Malden Everett Sloane Jonathan Cott Frank Cady Hugh Sanders
editor sheriff lawyer son-in-law police officer tense emotional united states city small town corruption injustice showdown police brutality newspapers city vs. country revenge rivalry 1950s
During the 1950s, a small-town newspaper editor and a state assistant attorney-general fight corrupt local officials from one rotten county.