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Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, but who is best remembered for his comic roles, notably in Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles.
Pickens was born Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. in Kingsburg, California, the son of Sally Mosher (née Turk) and Louis Bert Lindley, Sr. He was an excellent rider from age 4 and quit school to join the rodeo at 12. He was told that working in the rodeo would be "slim pickings" (very little money), giving him his name, but he did well and eventually became a well-known rodeo clown.
After 20 years on the rodeo circuit, his distinctive Oklahoma-Texas drawl (even though he was a lifelong Californian), his wide eyes and moon face and strong physical presence gained him a role in the western Rocky Mountain (1950) starring Errol Flynn. He appeared in many more westerns, playing both villains and comic sidekicks to the likes of Rex Allen.
Actors: Herman Witkam (composer), Langley McArol (actor), Siddhartha Barnhoorn (composer), Kat Munday (actress), Devin McGee (actor), DaNae West (actress), Le Ann Cheri' (actress), Nina Voltaire (actress), Leah Marie Parker (actress), Tye Banks (actor), Braxton Williams (actor), Greg Frucci (producer), George McPherson (actor), Greg Frucci (actor), Danielle Motley (actress),
Plot: An ancient bloodline known as the VanGuard has hunted monsters over the course of human history...the family employs an elite group of mercenaries operating under the mantle of the VanGuard Organization (VGO). In this film, the second of a series of the VanGuard Chronicles, the VGO is on the hunt for a vampire nest in Port City. The head of the VanGuard family, Hunter VanGuard sends his VGO "Rogue Squad" on a mission lead by retired US Marine, Slim Pickens...an unwavering solitary man haunted by the childhood slaughter of his family. The VGO knows the vampires are posing as prostitutes in Port City, feeding and robbing local upstanding citizens, they must find the host pimp and exterminate the nest before the vampirism becomes an epidemic...
Keywords: blood, death, deception, humor, martial-arts, military, prostitution, self-sacrifice, tragedy, vampireActors: Ben Johnson (actor), L.Q. Jones (actor), Alfonso Arau (actor), Ernest Borgnine (actor), James Coburn (actor), William Holden (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Bob Dylan (actor), Roger Ebert (actor), Jack Elam (actor), Emilio Fernández (actor), Joe Don Baker (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Brian Keith (actor),
Plot: Spattered with blood and controversy, Sam Peckinpah's Westerns revolutionized their genre. SAM PECKINPAH'S WEST: LEGACY OF A HOLLYWOOD RENEGADE goes in search of the man behind these legendary films. Through a poignant array of film clips and rare interviews, the documentary reveals a tortured artist whose genius and demons changed the Western forever. Interviewees include actor/director Billy Bob Thornton, Benicio Del Toro, Paul Schrader, film critic Roger Ebert, actors who worked with Peckinpah such as Harry Dean Stanton, Stella Stevens, L.Q. Jones and others. The personal side of Peckinpah will feature interviews with family members, sister Fern Lee, son Mathew Peckinpah, plus exclusive home movies and photos.
Keywords: archive-footage, character-name-in-title, filmmaker, street-shootoutActors: Harold Minter (editor), Douglas Evans (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Joe McGuinn (actor), Nestor Paiva (actor), Slim Pickens (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), Edward J. White (producer), Stanley Wilson (composer), Adele Palmer (costume designer), William Witney (director), Roy Barcroft (actor), Rex Allen (actor), George Bamby (actor), Estelita Rodriguez (actress),
Plot: Rex Allen, Slim Pickens and the Rhythm Riders, ranch hands employed by wealthy Arizona grandee Carlos Alvarez all lose their jobs because of ranch foreman Link Felton, who has planned what he believes to be the perfect crime and wants a clear field. He knows that on a certain date the Comanche Limited will be carrying a million dollars in gold on a return trip from Chicago. He has found a hidden spur track leading off the main line into an abandoned mine tunnel only a few miles from the Alvarez hacienda. He plans to hi-jack the train, run it into the tunnel, blow up the end of the tunnel, and when the excitement of the missing train has died down, to dig out the gold. The fate of the entombed passengers concerns him none at all. Alvarez is having troubles with his granddaughter Lita who has fallen in love with Rodney Brewster, a Chicago actor and fortune hunter. Alvarez, in Chicago to break up this romance, returns on the doomed Comanche Limited. But, upset by his quarrel with Lita, he gets off the train at a way station and joins Rex and his friends on a three-week cattle drive. Felton steals the train, Brewster moves in to collect on Lita's inheritance (since the missing Alvarez is presumed dead), and Rex has a lot of work to do before everything is solved and straightened out.
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