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John Mantley

Born April 25, 1920

Died January 14, 2003 · aged 82

No biography available.

Known For

Woman ObsessedWoman Obsessed · 1959
Woman Obsessed
6.61959
MovieDramaRomance
After her husband dies in a fire, a woman (Susan Hayward) is left to tend for her young son and the family farm on her own. Soon, she takes in a drifting handyman, they fall in love, and a resentment begins to build between the son and his new "step-father" who treats the boy harshly on purpose to prepare him for life on the frontier.
Gunsmoke: The Last ApacheGunsmoke: The Last Apache · 1990
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache
7.01990
MovieTV MovieWestern
James Arness rides again as Matt Dillon, the US Marshal he made popular in the 1955-75 TV series. In this movie he goes after a renegade Apache named Wolf who has taken his daughter captive. As a bargaining chip, Dillon helps two sons of Apache chief Geronimo out of the fort stockade and offers them in trade. Dillon is aided by an Army scout, Chalk Brighton.
The Secret FuryThe Secret Fury · 1950
The Secret Fury
5.51950
MovieCrimeDrama
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
The 27th DayThe 27th Day · 1957
The 27th Day
6.21957
MovieScience Fiction
Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container holding three capsules. The alien explains that no power on earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given, then anyone may take a capsule and, by speaking a latitude and longitude at it, cause instant death to all within a given radius: thus each of the five has been provided with the power of life and death. Then, they are given 27 days to decide whether to use the capsules, and returned to the places from which each one came...
Gunsmoke: Return to DodgeGunsmoke: Return to Dodge · 1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
6.51987
MovieTV MovieAction
Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twelve years ago, Marshal Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Russell.
Cutter's TrailCutter's Trail · 1970
Cutter's Trail
8.01970
MovieWesternTV Movie
The Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother to track them down.
The MacahansThe Macahans · 1976
The Macahans
6.71976
MovieWesternTV Movie
Zeb Macahan, a pioneering westerner, helps move his brother's family to the wild west. They run into several obstacles including the breakout of the Civil War. This sends the father back to fight in the war and leaves the family to move on ahead.
The Parson and the OutlawThe Parson and the Outlaw · 1957
The Parson and the Outlaw
4.61957
MovieWestern
Billy the Kid fakes his own death at the hands of Pat Garrett, but is forced to come out of hiding to stop a ruthless cattle baron from destroying a small frontier community.

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