Showing posts with label Karl Swenson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karl Swenson. Show all posts

Friday, December 25, 2015

Lonely are the brave (1962) - Kirk Douglas, George Kennedy and Walter Matthau starring in modern times western

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 107 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: David Miller
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056195/

Cast

Kirk Douglas ... John W. "Jack" Burns
Gena Rowlands ... Jerry Bondi
Walter Matthau ... Sheriff Morey Johnson
Michael Kane ... Paul Bondi
Carroll O'Connor ... Hinton
William Schallert ... Harry
George Kennedy ... Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
Karl Swenson ... Rev. Hoskins
William Mims ... First Deputy Arraigning Burns

Description: When itinerant cowboy and drifter Jack Burns reads that his old friend Paul Bondi has been sentenced to two years for aiding and abetting illegal immigrants, he returns to Duke City, New Mexico to Bondi's home. After a reunion with Bondi's wife Jerry, with whom he has a very close relationship, the nonconformist Burns sets out to join his old friend in the county jail on a drunk and disorderly charge. Burns gets into a brawl in a local cantina, but when the police decide to release him because of jail overcrowding, he assaults a policeman. Now facing a seemingly unendurable one year term. Burns is disappointed to find that his friend does not want to escape but do his time and return to his family. Using two hacksaws smuggled in his boot, Burns breaks out of jail and heads for the Mexican border. Now facing a five year term for his escape, a sentence he could not endure because of his fiercely independent nature, he and his faithful horse Whiskey race up a mountaintop to freedom with the authorities in hot pursuit.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/hrgspbw5


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.74 GB, 2415 Kbps, 25 fps, 718x436 ~> 1024x436 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 141 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Greek, Serbian, Turkish) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, November 1, 2015

The Cincinnati kid (1965) - one of best poker movies made ever, starring Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Rip Torn, Karl Swenson and Joan Blondell

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 102 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Norman Jewison
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059037/

Cast

Steve McQueen ... The Cincinnati Kid
Ann-Margret ... Melba
Karl Malden ... Shooter
Tuesday Weld ... Christian
Edward G. Robinson ... Lancey Howard
Joan Blondell ... Lady Fingers
Rip Torn ... Slade
Jack Weston ... Pig
Karl Swenson ... Mr. Rudd

Description: In 1930's New Orleans, Eric Stoner, better known as the Cincinnati Kid in the circles in which he travels, is an up and coming gambler, most specifically in back room games of stud poker. When the older Lancey Howard comes to town, he who is known as the best in the game, the Kid wants to play him and win so that his reputation will rise in gambling circles. The Kid's friend Shooter arranges the game easily as the Kid's reputation precedes him. In the lead up to the game, the Kid faces numerous distractions including: Christian, his girlfriend who wants more of a commitment from him; Melba, Shooter's sluttish wife, who lets it be known she is willing to cheat on Shooter just like she cheats on everything else in life; and the increasing betting odds against him in the big game. The wealthy William Jefferson Slade tries to blackmail Shooter, the dealer, into rigging the game in the Kid's favor solely to get back at Lancey. Problems may ensue for the Kid because of the attempted blackmail, regardless of if Shooter buckles under the pressure.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzph8sb3Hdu_elQwd0NCVV9ueW8

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=34452110197419759926


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.94 GB, 2708 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1018x576 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 130
Audio : 329 MB, 448 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Czech, Greek, Serbian, Polish, Danish, Turkish, Hungarian, Finnish), posters and screenshots included

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Ulzana's raid (1972) - another classic western from director Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison and Joaquín Martínez

Rating 7.1/10
Runtime: 103 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069436/

Cast

Burt Lancaster ... McIntosh
Joaquín Martínez ... Ulzana
Bruce Davison ... Lt. Garnett DeBuin
Jorge Luke ... Ke-Ni-Tay
Richard Jaeckel ... Sergeant
Lloyd Bochner ... Capt. Charles Gates
Karl Swenson ... Willy Rukeyser
Douglass Watson ... Maj. Cartwright
Dran Hamilton ... Mrs. Riordan
John Pearce ... Corporal
Gladys Holland ... Mrs. Rukeyser
Margaret Fairchild ... Mrs. Abbie Ginsford

Description: Report reaches the US cavalry that the Apache leader Ulzana has left his reservation with a band of followers. A compassionate young officer, Lieutenant DeBuin, is given a small company to find him and bring him back; accompanying the troop is McIntosh, an experienced scout, and Ke-Ni-Tay, an Apache guide. Ulzana massacres, rapes and loots across the countryside; and as DeBuin encounters the remains of his victims, he is compelled to learn from McIntosh and to confront his own naiveté and hidden prejudice.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzph8sb3Hdu_dldRNEJ6LWNNQWc

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=54397937163681129980


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.41 GB, 2000 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 704x448 ~> 852x448 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 129
Audio : 142 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = MP3, CBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Czech, Greek, Serbian, Dutch, Turkish), posters and screenshots included