List of the best Karl Swenson movies: Kings Go Forth(1958), The Hanging Tree(1959), Ulzana's Raid(1972), Flaming Star(1960), Lonely Are the Brave(1962), The Gun and the Pulpit(1974), No Name on the Bullet(1959), Walk on the Wild Side(1962), The Man From Galveston(1963), Escape of the Birdmen(1971), Vanishing Point(1971), The Cincinnati Kid(1965) ... ...
Drama, War
USA
1958
109 Minutes
The Colonel
Frank Sinatra Tony Curtis Natalie Wood Leora Dana Karl Swenson Ann Codee Eddie Ryder Jackie Berthe Marie Isnard
soldier military officer love interest mother melodramatic france village beach battlefield love triangle interracial relationship marriage racism world war ii love transformation 1940s
Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
Western
USA
1959
106 Minutes
Tom Flaunce
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.
Western
USA
1972
103 Minutes
Willy Rukeyser
Burt Lancaster Bruce Davison Jorge Luke Richard Jaeckel Joaquín Martínez Lloyd Bochner Karl Swenson Douglass Watson Gladys Holland Margaret Fairchild Aimee Eccles
tracker scout apache lieutenant farmer brooding emotional powerful arizona american southwest farm wilderness native americans military prejudice disillusionment violence revenge rivalry pursuit
After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
Western
USA
1960
92 Minutes
Dred Pierce
Elvis Presley Steve Forrest Barbara Eden Dolores del Río John McIntire Rodolfo Acosta Karl Swenson Ford Rainey Richard Jaeckel Anne Benton L.Q. Jones
native american cowboy father mother love interest brother melodramatic brash texas small town race relations frontier justice father/son relationship mother/son relationship family native americans sacrifice revenge 1800s
When fighting breaks out between two cultures in West Texas, the mixed-blood Pacer tries to act as a peacemaker, but the "flaming star of death" pulls him irrevocably into the deadly violence.
Western
USA
1962
107 Minutes
Rev. Hoskins (prison inmate)
Kirk Douglas Gena Rowlands Walter Matthau Michael Kane Carroll O'Connor William Schallert George Kennedy Karl Swenson William Mims Martin Garralaga Lalo Rios
cowboy sheriff wife deputy friend disheartening somber prison new mexico border highway bar american west illegal immigration law and order prison break manhunt underdog escape 1950s
A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.
Western
1974
74 Minutes
Adams
Marjoe Gortner Slim Pickens David Huddleston Geoffrey Lewis Estelle Parsons Pamela Sue Martin Jeff Corey Karl Swenson Jon Lormer Robert Phillips Larry Ward
gunslinger preacher love interest land baron mother sheriff charming playful gutsy emotional wild west desert arizona village church house identity theft tyrants leadership religion
A fugitive gunman masquerades as a traveling preacher and defends townspeople from a merciless land baron.
Western
1959
77 Minutes
Stricker
Audie Murphy Charles Drake Joan Evans R. G. Armstrong Virginia Grey Warren Stevens Whit Bissell Karl Swenson Willis Bouchey Edgar Stehli Jerry Paris
gunslinger doctor judge daughter sheriff gritty tense arizona small town wild west assassination paranoia vigilantism guilt suicide quest rivalry 19th century
Drama
1962
114 Minutes
Schmidt
Laurence Harvey Capucine Jane Fonda Anne Baxter Barbara Stanwyck Joanna Moore Richard Rust Karl Swenson Don "Red" Barry Juanita Moore John Anderson
prostitute brothel owner sweetheart farmer cafe owner woman engaging passionate melodramatic texas road new orleans brothel café louisiana unrequited love jealousy road trip prostitution friendship
A 1930s drifter (Laurence Harvey) finds his lost sweetheart (Capucine) working in a New Orleans brothel run by a mannish woman.
Western
USA
1963
57 Minutes
Sheriff
Jeffrey Hunter Preston Foster James Coburn Joanna Moore Edward Andrews Kevin Hagen Martin West Ed Nelson Karl Swenson Grace Lee Whitney
lawyer ex-girlfriend extortionist wrongly accused murder suspect sheriff brooding tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic engaging galveston, texas wrongfully accused innocence murder investigation court decision protecting girlfriend murder accusation escape
In 1800s Texas, during the early days of circuit-courts, lawyers had to be handy with their guns as well as with their law books when facing lynch mobs bent on administering frontier justice.
Action
1971
78 Minutes
Doug McClure Chuck Connors Richard Basehart Rene Auberjonois Max Baer Don Knight Tom Skerritt Greg Mullavey Barry Brown Paul Koslo Karl Swenson
A U.S. major (Doug McClure) and his Allied buddies build a glider to escape from a Nazi's (Richard Basehart) castle prison.
Action
USA
1971
107 Minutes
Barry Newman Cleavon Little Charlotte Rampling Dean Jagger Victoria Medlin Paul Koslo Robert Donner Timothy Scott Gilda Texter Anthony James Arthur Malet
driver radio dj ex-lover drug dealer hitchhiker police officer gripping gritty wild gutsy road car colorado california american west radio station car chase media circus freedom race against time
During the 1970s, car delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time but always runs into trouble with the highway cops.
Drama
USA
1965
113 Minutes
Steve McQueen Edward G. Robinson Ann-Margret Karl Malden Tuesday Weld Joan Blondell Rip Torn Jack Weston Cab Calloway Jeff Corey Theo Marcuse
gambler friend girlfriend competitor wife suspenseful tense gritty cool new orleans poker ambition fixed game showdown adultery underdog quest 1930s
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Drama, Western
1967
100 Minutes
James Garner Jason Robards Robert Ryan Albert Salmi Charles Aidman Steve Ihnat Michael Tolan Frank Converse Sam Melville Austin Willis Richard Bull
marshal outlaw gambler sheriff wyatt earp thrilling fiery o.k. corral tombstone, ariz. mexico vengeance lawlessness murder old west revenge quest 1880s
Wyatt Earp (James Garner) deputizes Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) and forms a posse to hunt Ike Clanton (Robert Ryan) and his gang.
Western
USA
1965
124 Minutes
Charlton Heston Richard Harris Jim Hutton James Coburn Michael Anderson Jr. Senta Berger Mario Adorf Brock Peters Warren Oates Ben Johnson R. G. Armstrong
officer criminal prisoner of war deserter widow native american tense new mexico territory fort mexico village war kidnapping teamwork quest pursuit rivalry 1860s
In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
Drama
USA
1961
186 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Burt Lancaster Richard Widmark Marlene Dietrich Maximilian Schell Judy Garland Montgomery Clift William Shatner Ed Binns Kenneth MacKenna Werner Klemperer
judge defendant lawyer military officer nazi widow dark disturbing courtroom nuremberg, germany world war ii nazism genocide court battles quest wretched excess 1940s
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.