Dan Morgan

The Eden Myth (1999)

Actors: Gill Holland (producer), Philip Glass (composer), Kirsten Kearse (miscellaneous crew), Justin Kirk (actor), Zohra Lampert (actress), Michael P. Moran (actor), Matt McLellan (producer), Gil Rogers (actor), Jerry Kolber (producer), Mark Edlitz (director), Mark Edlitz (writer), Mark Pinter (actor), Graeme Malcolm (actor), Jenna Stern (actress), Sean Campbell (editor),

Plot: Can you keep a family secret? Prepare to enter the dark and funny world of the Speck family. Ruled by gray-haired patriarch Vincent Speck, they appear to be your average upper-class American family as they gather together for the weekend. Siblings snipe at each other behind their backs, and the parents worry about the future. Signs that all is not well within the Specks' world begin when Vincent announces the arranged marriage of his son Aldo to a woman he has never met. They are set to marry the next day. Soon after the wedding, the eldest son, Edward, is found dead in his bedroom. What's going on here?

Keywords: independent-film, neo-noir
Genres: Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: Can you keep a family secret?

Guitarman (1994)

Actors: Andrea Martin (actress), Kevin DeWalt (producer), Donnelly Rhodes (actor), Eugene Lipinski (actor), Shawn Ashmore (actor), Claude Forest (miscellaneous crew), Lee Sollenberger (miscellaneous crew), Nicholas Campbell (actor), Lisa Shamata (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Lawrence (editor), Don Bachmann (miscellaneous crew), Jim Henshaw (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Onda (producer), Suzy Joachim (actress), Darena Snowe (costume designer),

Plot: A guitar playing stranger saves a small towns crops from swarms of locusts. When the job is done, the mayor wont pay. But when the stranger drives all this kids from the town, they realize the kids are more important then they knew.

Genres: Adventure, Drama,

The Mighty Gorga (1969)

Actors: Gary Kent (actor), Kent Taylor (actor), Greydon Clark (actor), Gary Graver (editor), Gary Graver (actor), Scott Brady (actor), Bruce Kimball (actor), Bruce Kimball (actor), David L. Hewitt (actor), David L. Hewitt (director), David L. Hewitt (producer), David L. Hewitt (writer), Anthony Eisley (actor), Robert Vincent O'Neill (writer), Robert Vincent O'Neill (producer),

Genres: Sci-Fi,
Taglines: The Greatest Horror Monster Alive! Move over Godzilla ... Here comes the greatest horror monster alive!

Monster from Green Hell (1957)

Actors: Vladimir Sokoloff (actor), Jim Davis (actor), Joel Fluellen (actor), Albert Glasser (composer), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Robert Griffin (actor), Jack J. Gross (producer), Philip N. Krasne (producer), Kenneth G. Crane (director), Kenneth G. Crane (editor), Barbara Turner (actress), Endre Bohem (writer), Al Zimbalist (producer), Louis Vittes (writer), Tim Huntley (actor),

Plot: The U.S. government is conducting experiements on the effects of exposure to space radiation by sending animals briefly into orbit. Following a malfunction, one of the rockets stays in space longer than planned, and is lost from the scientists' radar screens. Later, Dr. Brady, one of the rocket scientists, reads a news report about strange occurances in Central Africa. Theorizing that it may be the irradiated test wasp wreaking havoc in the jungle, he organizes an expedistion to investigate.

Keywords: africa, african, animal-attack, cavern, color-in-title, color-sequence, computer, crab, death, elephant
Genres: Sci-Fi,
Taglines: Atomic mutations with an appetite for flesh! The mammoth monster that terrified the Earth! Too awesome to describe! Too terrifying to escape! Too powerful to stop!

Northwest Territory (1951)

Actors: Ace Herman (editor), Tristram Coffin (actor), John Crawford (actor), Warren Douglas (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Kirby Grant (actor), Don C. Harvey (actor), Duke York (actor), Lindsley Parsons (producer), James Oliver Curwood (writer), Frank McDonald (director), William F. Broidy (producer), William Raynor (writer), Gloria Saunders (actress), Pat Mitchell (actor),

Plot: Fort McKenzie prospector Pop Kellogg, just before the arrival of his newly-orphaned grandson Billy, is killed by McBeau and Dawson, who seek the map showing Pop's secret oil claim. Billy, the now newly-doubled-orphaned grandson, is being escorted to Fort McKenzie by Corporal Rod Webb of the Canadian Mounties and his Wonder Dog, Chinook. Webb turns Billy over to the keeping of Anne DuMere, who runs the trading post for Dan Morgan. After several attempts on his life, Rod and Ann manage to link Morgan and a mineralogist, Kincaid, to the LeBeau/Dawson gang, which is now minus Dawson who has been knocked over a cliff to his death by Chinook.

Keywords: burning-cabin, canadian-mountie, canoe, claim-jumper, corporal, death-of-grandfather, dog, double-cross, fall-from-height, hit-with-a-log
Genres: Adventure, Western,
Taglines: BLAZING VENGEANCE ON THE NORTH GOLD TRAIL! (original ad - all caps) Gun thunder rocks the Yukon!

Dangerous Venture (1947)

Actors: William Boyd (actor), Rand Brooks (actor), Andy Clyde (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), William Boyd (producer), Lewis J. Rachmil (producer), Clarence E. Mulford (writer), Doris Schroeder (writer), Raoul Kraushaar (composer), George Archainbaud (director), Fritz Leiber (actor), Francis McDonald (actor), Neyle Morrow (actor), Bill Nestell (actor),

Plot: "Hopalong" Cassidy ('William Boyd (I)' (qv)), and his two pals, "California" Carlson ('Andy Clyde') and "Lucky" Jenkins ('Rand Brooks'), join an expedition seeking buried Indian-relics, headed by Dr. Sue Harmon ('Betty Alexander' (qv)), and her assistant Dr. Grimes Atwood (Douglas Evans'). The greed of the latter almost brings ruination to the quest.

Keywords: 1890s, archeologist, b-movie, b-western, cattle-rustling, damsel-in-distress, deceit, deception, disguised-as-indians, duplicity
Genres: Action, Adventure, Western,
Taglines: HOPPY'S ON THE WARPATH...In The Most Exciting Adventure Of His Career! HOPPY SEES RED! There's red-blooded action when Hoppy tangles with renegade redskins!

Lady Luck (1946)

Actors: Wally Brown (actor), Alvin Hammer (actor), Robert Clarke (actor), Robert Clarke (actor), Benny Burt (actor), William Hall (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Harry Depp (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), Frank Dae (actor), James Gleason (actor), Sam Harris (actor),

Plot: Mary now runs a bookstore in L.A. with her grandfather, whose past gambling excesses have left her hating everything about the pastime. Unfortunately she falls for Larry, who makes his living in this very line of work. He vows to change but going to Las Vegas to get married may not be the best choice for them. Indeed, Mary's forefathers all had gambling in their blood and if she does ever get to try the tables anything could happen.

Keywords: gambling, marriage
Genres: Comedy,

The Roaming Cowboy (1937)

Actors: Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Foxy Callahan (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Al St. John (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), Slim Whitaker (actor), Roger Williams (actor), Lois January (actress), Fred Myton (writer), Robert F. Hill (director), Victor Cox (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Jack Evans (actor),

Plot: Evans is after ranch land. After having Buddy's father killed, he goes after Morgan. When his plan to kidnap Morgan's niece Jeanie is foiled by Cal Brent, he kills Morgan and frames Brent. Escaping the Sheriff, Brent joins Fuzzy and Jeanie. But without guns they find themselves trapped by the gang.

Keywords: b-movie, b-western, bullet, chase, escape, falling-off-horse, false-accusation, father-son-relationship, fight, fingerprint
Genres: Romance, Western,

Quotes:

[while pursuing outlaws, Cal and Fuzzy are injured when they both fall from their trusty steeds]::Cal Brent: Listen Fuzzy, when we get back to town remind me to get two well-broke rockin' horses.

Evans: Perhaps I'd better withdraw my offer. I want this outfit, all right, but I don't want to buy a range war with it!

Cal Brent: Well, Mr. Morgan, we're buyin' chips in this game, whatever it is. I'd like to tie up with some outfit... that is, if you can use a couple of riders.::Ranch hand: If we've got a range war on our hands, we want operators who can throw lead, not mounted canaries.

[Cal threatens to hang the waterhole poisoner]::Cal Brent: Now, we'd rather know who the boss is than see the hired man dance on air, but if you'd rather dance than talk, why...

[the waterhole poisoner has just been mortally wounded by his gang]::Cal Brent: Now listen, Mister! Your own pal shot ya. Here's your chance to square yourself. Who are you workin' for?::Water poisoner: You-you can go wh-where I'm headin'!

Cal Brent: Good gosh, lady! You haven't been kidnapped. Why, you've been rescued!::Jeannie Morgan: Oh, thank you so very much, but I really don't care for your kind of rescue.::Cal Brent: Well, you're going to be rescued whether you want to or not.::Jeannie Morgan: Oh, you're incorrigible!::Cal Brent: Am not. I'm a Democrat.

Racing Luck (1935)

Actors: Charles J. Hunt (editor), Ernest Hilliard (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor), Henry Roquemore (actor), Joseph O'Donnell (writer), Joseph O'Donnell (writer), Sam Newfield (director), William Boyd (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), George Ernest (actor), Joseph W. Girard (actor), Ben Hall (actor), Esther Muir (actress), George Wallace Sayre (writer), George Wallace Sayre (writer),

Plot: Racehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a rival owner who knows that Dan's horse can win a high-stakes race. Trying to clear his name, Dan runs into many difficulties and incidents, including a blazing barn filled with valuable horses, before he is able to gather the needed evidence against the guilty man.

Keywords: 1930s, archive-footage, arena, arizona, arson, b-movie, banishment, brother-sister-relationship, california, cigarette-smoking
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Sport,
Taglines: An Exciting Story of the Turf! (original poster)

Dan Morgan's Way (1914)

Actors: Fred Kelsey (actor), Walter Long (actor), Arthur Mackley (actor), Vester Pegg (actor), Billie West (actress), John Eberts (actor),

Genres: Drama, Short,