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Ashishishe (c. 1856–1923), known as Curly (or Curley), was a Crow scout in the United States Army during the Sioux Wars, best known for having been one of the few survivors on the United States side at the Battle of Little Bighorn. He did not fight in the battle, but watched from a distance, and was the first to report the defeat of the 7th Cavalry Regiment. Afterward a legend grew that he had been an active participant and managed to escape, leading to conflicting accounts of Curly's involvement in the historical record.
Ashishishe was born in approximately 1856 in Montana Territory, the son of Strong Bear (Inside the Mouth) and Strikes By the Side of the Water. His name, variously rendered as Ashishishe, Shishi'esh, etc., literally means "the Crow". He resided on the Crow Reservation in the vicinity of Pryor Creek, and married Bird Woman. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as an Indian scout on April 10, 1876. He served with the 7th Cavalry Regiment under George Armstrong Custer, and was with them at the Battle of Little Bighorn in June of that year, along with fellow Crow warriors White Man Runs Him, Goes Ahead, Hairy Moccasin and others. Curly and the other scouts did not participate in the battle, but were ordered away before the fighting began. Curly evidently watched the battle from a distance, and, seeing Custer's defeat was imminent, rode off to report the news.
John McCririck (born 17 April 1940) is an English television horse racing pundit. He is notable not only for his racing opinions but also for his old-fashioned style of dress and mannerisms. With his trademark deerstalker hat, tweed jacket and large sideburns, which he calls his wackers, he affects the part of either Sherlock Holmes or a well-dressed gamekeeper, and he happily acts the role of a country gentleman. He also uses the traditional tic-tac signals when commenting on odds before a horse race. His public comments have often been attended by controversy, and have occasionally been interpreted as derogatory and offensive, particularly towards women.
McCririck was educated at Victoria College, Jersey and Harrow School. He was originally a racing journalist with The Sporting Life and also wrote for Grandstand; he began his career as a television pundit on ITV's horse racing coverage in 1981 although he did appear in a debate about fox hunting on the ITV children's programme Saturday Banana in 1978. During 1984 and 1985, horse racing moved to Channel 4 as referred to as Channel 4 Racing. In 2002, Channel 4 launched its own digital television racing channel, attheraces, which was sold to BSkyB in 2003. He is famous for his outspoken opinions; in particular, he has risen to the defence of punters when he thinks they are being given bad value[clarification needed]' and is highly critical of jockeys when he doesn't think they have ridden well. He is best known to American racing audiences for his annual appearance on the Breeders' Cup telecast, in which he invariably touts British horses over their American rivals. During the 2009 Breeders' Cup telecast on ESPN, McCririck said that Conduit had no chance to win the Turf, and that people betting on Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic were "giving your money away". Both horses proceeded to win in dramatic fashion.
Actors: Adam R. Steigert (director), Adam R. Steigert (writer), Adam R. Steigert (editor), Adam R. Steigert (producer), Christopher Burns Jr. (producer), Christopher Burns Jr. (actor), Alexander S. McBryde (actor), Janeen Avery (writer), Janeen Avery (producer), Michael Sciabarrasi (actor), Kevin Schmitz (actor), Richard Satterwhite (actor), Kathy Murphy (actress), Brendan Orrange (actor), Phill Beith (actor),
Plot: Frank McMurphy thought that he was untouchable: a veritable king overseeing his vast crime empire, ruling with an iron fist. In this explosive follow up to Black Guy on a Rampage, McMurphy will find out how very wrong he was. The Black Guy continues his quest to make the killers of his son pay and he will stop at nothing to see that vengeance is served.
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: John Crawford (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Keenan Wynn (actor), David Worth (director), William Beckley (actor), Christopher Morley (actor), Michael Christian (actor), Jacquelyn Hyde (actress), Donna Wilkes (actress), Joe Bratcher (actor), Angelo Grisanti (actor), Josette Banzet (actress), Margaret Rose (costume designer), Linda Marsh (actress), Mark Herron (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Eileen Brennan (actress), Norman Lloyd (director), Billy Goldenberg (composer), Norman Lloyd (producer), David Hare (writer), James Greene (actor), Jack Cassidy (actor), Michael Cristofer (actor), Gretchen Corbett (actress), Jack Colvin (actor), George Turpin (producer), Jay Fletcher (actor), David Scott Milton (writer), Jack Sahakian (actor), Julie McKenna (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rolf Hädrich (director), Hans Clarin (actor), Hellmut Lange (actor), Peer Schmidt (actor), Manfred Seipold (actor), Rolf Hädrich (writer), Peter Thomas (composer), Walter Buschhoff (actor), Wolfgang Reichmann (actor), Alfred Schieske (actor), John Steinbeck (writer), Ingmar Zeisberg (actress), Theodor Michael (actor), Werner Veidt (actor), Dorothea Reiprich (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Frank Lackteen (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Gene Autry (actor), Robert Carson (actor), Champion (actor), Roy Butler (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Pat Buttram (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Roy Gordon (actor), Kirby Grant (actor), James Griffith (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Frankie Marvin (actor),
Plot: Immediately following the Civil War, former Confederate cavalry captain Gene Autry, now a sergeant in the Union Army, is assigned to help break up Indian raids on the frontier. While working with a scout, Shadrach Jones, Gene tangles with and is forced to lick Lt. Randolph Mason, who is in love with Melody Colton, daughter of rancher Jim Colton. Gene manages to forestall one Indian raid, fails to stop another one but does stop the gun-running activities of Curt Raidler and the Apache Kid.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, horseActors: Alberto Cavalcanti (director), Beatrice Varley (actress), Maurice Denham (actor), Cyril Smith (actor), Peter Bull (actor), Ballard Berkeley (actor), René Ray (actress), Howard Douglas (actor), Sebastian Cabot (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Michael Brennan (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Mary Merrall (actress), Noel Langley (writer),
Plot: In this gritty film noir, cynical ex-RAF flyer Morgan, bored with civilian life, joins a break-in gang led by Narcy. On his first job, the getaway car crashes after killing a policeman. Morgan is framed as the driver and sent to jail. Seeking revenge, he escapes and heads for London. Along the way he's helped by a woman (Mrs. Fenshaw), who wants him to murder her husband. In London, Morgan is sheltered by Sally, who falls in love with him. He confronts Narcy and the gang in an abandoned warehouse. Brazilian Director Cavalcanti's crime drama should not be confused with the totally unrelated "They Made Me a Criminal" (1939).
Keywords: alley, arrest, back-wound, backstage, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, bathroom, bathtub, beating, beating-with-a-beltActors: Eddie Acuff (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), Wally Cassell (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Donald Curtis (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Clyde Fillmore (actor), John Gallaudet (actor), J. Carrol Naish (actor), Henry O'Neill (actor), Russell Simpson (actor), Arthur Space (actor), Marshall Thompson (actor), Ray Walker (actor),
Plot: It's just after the civil war when the elderly outlaw Bascomb and his gang try to rob a bank. They run into a trap as officers are waiting in ambush. Bascomb and the cold blooded killer Yancy escape and join a Mormon wagon train heading for Utah. They learn there is gold hidden on the train and eventually Yancy finds it. The plan is to take the gold and flee but a nine year old girl has become attached to Bascomb and Bascomb is beginning to change his mind.
Keywords: bank-robber, cavalry, dog, mormon, native-american-attack, orphan, square-dance, wagon-trainActors: John C. Fuller (editor), John L. Cason (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Ben Corbett (actor), Rube Dalroy (actor), Dick Rush (actor), Bud Wolfe (actor), Bob Woodward (actor), Joseph O'Donnell (writer), Lambert Hillyer (director), Johnny Mack Brown (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Charles King (actor),
Plot: U. S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins come to Teton at the request of Dan Broderick to try to find out why and by whom the ore from the mine is being hi-jacked. When Broderick decides to deliver his own ore, the assayer tells him it is worthless. He is about to sell the mine to the saloon owner but Nevada asks him to hold off for a few days. Nevada and Sandy discover that the ore is being switched en route to the assayer but manage to get a good shipment through. The saloon owner and his gang alter the reports but the two Marshals take the assayer to the mine for an on-the-spot analysis. They are almost trapped in an explosion set by the crooks, but escape and round up the gang.
Keywords: mineActors: Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Augie Gomez (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Buster Crabbe (actor), Art Dillard (actor), Bert Dillard (actor), Curley Dresden (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Herman Hack (actor),
Plot: Farrell is bringing in a stage line and Stone, who wants the land the stage line will get, is out to stop him. Farrell's friendly competitor is Billy Carson's Pony Express. To run the stage line out of business, Stone plans to start a war between the two competitors. First he has his men run off Billy's horses making it look like Farrell did it. Then he has Farrell shot making it look like Billy did it.
Keywords: 1870s, ambush, b-movie, b-western, barfly, barn-dance, billy-carson-series, business-deal, business-partner, business-rivalryActors: George Bancroft (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Ted Billings (actor), Danny Borzage (actor), Ed Brady (actor), Chief John Big Tree (actor), John Carradine (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), Steve Clemente (actor), Bill Cody (actor), Jack Curtis (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Tex Driscoll (actor), Yakima Canutt (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor),
Plot: A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.
Keywords: afi, ambush, apache, banker, birth, brunette, cavalry, chase, childbirth, colt-.45