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Lawrence Edward Watkin
Born December 9, 1901 · New York City, New York, USA
Died December 16, 1981 · aged 80
No biography available.
Known For
Treasure Island · 1950Treasure Island
★ 6.61950
MovieAdventureFamily
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.
Darby O'Gill and the Little People · 1959Darby O'Gill and the Little People
★ 6.71959
MovieAdventureFamily
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men · 1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
★ 6.21952
MovieAdventure
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
The Biscuit Eater · 1972The Biscuit Eater
★ 6.21972
MovieDramaFamily
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
The Light in the Forest · 1958The Light in the Forest
★ 6.71958
MovieAdventureDrama
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate.
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue · 1953Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
★ 5.21953
MovieActionAdventure
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to George I to be outlawed, and hunted by the English
The Great Locomotive Chase · 1956The Great Locomotive Chase
★ 6.41956
MovieActionAdventure
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.
Ten Who Dared · 1960Ten Who Dared
★ 6.01960
MovieAdventureWestern
The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands internal dissension, and finally discovers the Grand Canyon.
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