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Waco (/ˈweɪkoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. It is situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2010 population of 124,805, an increase of almost 10 percent since the 2000 census. The Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of just McLennan County, which had a 2010 population of 234,906.
Prior to the founding of Waco in 1849, a Wichita Native American group known as the "Waco" (Spanish: Hueco or Huaco) lived on the land of present-day downtown Waco. In 1824 Thomas M. Duke explored the area and reported to Stephen F. Austin describing the village: "This town is situated on the West Bank of the River. They have a spring almost as cold as ice itself. All we want is some Brandy and Sugar to have Ice Toddy. They have about 400 acres (1.6 km2) planted in corn, beans, pumpkins, and melons and that tended in good order. I think they cannot raise more than One Hundred Warriors." After Austin aborted the first attempt to destroy their village in 1825, he made a treaty with them. The Waco eventually moved out of the region, settling north near present-day Fort Worth. In 1872 they joined other Wichita tribes on a reservation in Oklahoma. In 1902 the Waco received allotments of land and became official US citizens.
Actors: Stephen Ohl (writer), Stephen Ohl (director), Stephen Ohl (producer), Stephen Ohl (producer), Stephen Ohl (writer), Nate Ohl (producer), Nate Ohl (writer), Matthias Lupri (actor), Zachary P. McGeehan (producer), Floyd Richardson (actor), Renee Donlon (actress), Helena Bowen (editor), Frank Morano (actor), Parker Davis (composer), Gershon Eigner (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short, Western,Actors: Raphaël Personnaz (actor), Raphaël Personnaz (actor), Patrick Ligardes (actor), Mélanie Bernier (actress), Xavier Gens (director), Xavier Gens (writer), Rurik Sallé (actor), Frédéric Chau (actor), Rodolphe Guglielmi (producer), Félix Moati (actor), Teddy Percherancier (producer), David Halphen (writer), David Halphen (writer), Jean-Christophe Sommer (editor), Marius Vale (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: James Belushi (actor), Brian Trenchard-Smith (director), Philip MacDonald (writer), Robert Wisdom (actor), Mark Lee (actor), Jerome Ehlers (actor), Michael Massee (actor), Garry McDonald (composer), Jeffrey M. Hayes (producer), Laurie Stone (composer), Jackie Sullivan (miscellaneous crew), Simon Westaway (actor), Barney Cohen (producer), Allan Mowbray (miscellaneous crew), Todd MacDonald (actor),
Plot: After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are running out of water. They find water at the ancient well, but the well is a goal of an entire German battalion. Despite the impossible odds, Sergeant Gunn decides to defend the well.
Keywords: remake, tank, world-war-two, world-war-two-in-africaActors: Jerry Jameson (director), Jerry Jameson (producer), Norman S. Powell (producer), James Arness (actor), James Arness (producer), Bruce Boxleitner (actor), Alan Scarfe (actor), Don Collier (actor), Christopher Bradley (actor), Dave Adams (actor), Scott Powell (editor), Sanford Gibbons (actor), Richard Lundin (actor), Harry Longstreet (writer), Renee Longstreet (writer),
Plot: After his mother is killed in a wagoncoach robbery a young man pursues the gang responsible. Matt Dillon goes after him hoping to stop him before the gang can kill him. Dillon is joined by Davis Healy, a businessman, who is hiding a few secrets of his own.
Keywords: based-on-cult-tv-series, based-on-tv-series, colt-.45, cowboy, cowboy-boots, cowboy-hat, cowboy-shirt, cowboys-and-outlaws, cult-film, cult-tvActors: BJ Davis (director), Stuart Wentzel (miscellaneous crew), William Katt (actor), Brian O'Shaughnessy (actor), Wayne Crawford (actor), Joe Stewardson (actor), Richard Cox (actor), Rosalind Chao (actress), Reb Brown (actor), Raymond Ma (actor), William Fay (actor), William Fay (producer), Antoinette van Speyk (miscellaneous crew), Frank Notaro (actor), Gary Scott Thompson (writer),
Genres: Action, Adventure,Actors: William Link (writer), Ralph Bellamy (actor), Clu Gulager (actor), Mike Post (composer), Blair Brown (actress), Stella Stevens (actress), Richard Levinson (producer), William Link (producer), Richard Levinson (writer), George Furth (actor), Madison Arnold (actor), Richard Michaels (director), Bob Neill (actor), Pernell Roberts (actor), Pete Carpenter (composer),
Plot: A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's new wife, his foreman and a crooked sheriff, don't want the girl--who would inherit the rancher's large spread if he died--to make it to the ranch alive.
Genres: Western,Actors: Kathleen Freeman (actress), Tina Louise (actress), Dorothy Adams (actress), John Carradine (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Dee Carroll (actress), Arthur Tovey (actor), Martin Balsam (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Buddy Hackett (actor), Robert Anderson (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Christopher Mitchum (actor), Marie Windsor (actress), David Carradine (actor),
Plot: Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery. Riding out to hunt down McKaye, Flagg is captured by McKaye's gang and finds out that McKaye is no longer the leader of the gang, but is considered just an aging relic by the new leader, a youngster named Waco. Waco orders Mackaye to shoot Flagg, and when Mackaye refuses Waco abandons both of them. Flagg then takes Mackaye back to town only to find out that he has been "retired", and when he sees how clueless and incompetent the new marshal and the city fathers are, he persuades Mackaye that it is up to the two of them to stop Waco and his gang from ravaging the town.
Keywords: antonyms-in-title, outlawActors: Gary Kent (actor), Ray Dennis Steckler (writer), Ray Dennis Steckler (actor), Ray Dennis Steckler (director), Ray Dennis Steckler (producer), Coleman Francis (actor), Liz Renay (actress), Carolyn Brandt (actress), André Brummer (composer), Herb Robins (actor), Joseph Bardo (actor), Bernard Fein (actor), Julie Conners (actress), Keith A. Wester (actor), William Edgar (writer),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Ernie Adams (actor), Johnny Mack Brown (actor), Dee Cooper (actor), Steve Darrell (actor), Wally West (actor), Bob Woodward (actor), Barney A. Sarecky (producer), J. Benton Cheney (writer), Lambert Hillyer (director), Chick Hannan (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Jack Hendricks (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Cactus Mack (actor),
Plot: Convicted killer Jim Holden is rescued from the sheriff by his gang, led by Mason and Riley. He is out to get the Hathaway Stage superintendent George Bannister, who was responsible for his conviction and learns the Bannister, his niece (Kay) and Hal Hathaway, son of the stage line owner, are on a cross-country stage. Johnny, a rancher, and Waco, local stage representative head for the stage to warn the passengers, including entertainer Paradise Flo and coffin salesman Pennypacker. Hal takes the stage into Holdin. Johnny and Waco rescue Hal and Bannister before the gang succeeds in hanging the pair. By a ruse, Johnny, Waco and Hal split up and capture the entire gang.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, b-movie, b-western, casket, cattleman, deputy, entertainer, false-accusation, frame-up, fugitiveActors: Phil Rosen (director), Johnny Mack Brown (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), George Irving (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Wallace MacDonald (actor), Bud McClure (actor), Sam McDaniel (actor), Jack Rockwell (actor), Soledad Jiménez (actress), Stuart Anthony (writer), Ben Alexander (actor), Evalyn Knapp (actress),
Plot: Shortly after being admitted to the Union, California was under military rule while awaiting for a government to be set up. Factions with influence with the military began taking money, land and property away from its rightful owners. Kirby Tornell, of Spanish-American heritage, loses his rancho to this criminal group and decides to strike back; he organizes a guerrilla band that robs the robbers and returns the property to its rightful owners. General Winfield, the U. S. Military governor, has been hoodwinked by the land-grabbers and thinks Tornell to be an outlaw and sends his troops out to capture Tornell.
Keywords: 1840s, 1850s, american, arrest, aunt-niece-relationship, bartender, brother-sister-relationship, california, cantina, captured-outlaw