Lew Morphy

Lew Morphy

Movies for Lew Morphy...

A Man Alone
Title: A Man Alone
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1955
Type: Movie
A gunfighter, stranded in the desert, comes across the aftermath of a stage robbery, in which all the passengers were killed. He takes one of the horses to ride to town to report the massacre, but finds himself accused of it. He also finds himself accused of the murder of the local banker, and winds up hiding in the basement of a house where the local sheriff, who is very sick, lives with his daughter.
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Winchester '73
Title: Winchester '73
Character: Contest Shooter (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
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Desert Vigilante
Title: Desert Vigilante
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Silver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's basement. When Steve arrives he gets tangled up with the rustlers who are now going to have the Durango Kid to contend with.
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The Street with No Name
Title: The Street with No Name
Character: Officer (Uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1948
Type: Movie
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.
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Panhandle
Title: Panhandle
Character: Ed (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1948
Type: Movie
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Title: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Character: Posse Member (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
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Shadows of Death
Title: Shadows of Death
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1945
Type: Movie
With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent to help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's sheriff, judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is murdered and the railroad location map stolen, broken match sticks point to Vic Landreau. While Billy tries to find the missing map, Landreau suspects Billy is on to him and plans to have him killed.
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Trigger Trail
Title: Trigger Trail
Released: July 7, 1944
Type: Movie
The tale of Clint Farrell, an aspiring lawyer who must use both his wits and his brawn to save his town from being taken over by a villainous railroad financier.
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The Kansan
Title: The Kansan
Character: Townsman
Released: September 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
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Law of the Saddle
Title: Law of the Saddle
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: July 28, 1943
Type: Movie
With his sidekick Fuzzy Q. Jones, Rocky Cameron rides into a small town plagued by cattle rustlers. He can expect no help from the sheriff as he is the head of the rustlers.
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Wolves of the Range
Title: Wolves of the Range
Character: Man in Bank as Door Opens
Released: June 21, 1943
Type: Movie
Dorn is after the rancher's land and is trying to stop Banker Brady from helping them. When his man Hammond kills Brady, there is a run on the bank. When Rocky volunteers to ride to the next town for money, he is ambushed by Dorn's men, loses his memory, and is jailed for supposedly stealing the money.
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Western Cyclone
Title: Western Cyclone
Character: Townsman
Released: May 14, 1943
Type: Movie
Billy the Kid is framed for murder.
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Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Title: Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Character: Gambler
Released: April 30, 1943
Type: Movie
When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely accused of the crime.
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Sons of the Pioneers
Title: Sons of the Pioneers
Character: Townsman
Released: July 2, 1942
Type: Movie
A singing entomologist (Roy Rogers) acts meek to help a juggling sheriff (George "Gabby" Hayes) solve ranch raids.
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Down Rio Grande Way
Title: Down Rio Grande Way
Character: Cowboy
Released: April 23, 1942
Type: Movie
Slightly more elaborate than most Charles Starrett westerns, Down Rio Grande Way is set in the mid-19th century, when the Republic of Texas was poised to join the Union. Starrett plays Texas Ranger Steve Martin, who is dispatched to a "renegade" Texas country that refuses to become part of the good old USA. He discovers that the crux of the problem is a local tax collector who, with the help of a crooked newspaper editor, is systematically robbing the citizens of their hard-earned cash, all the while fomenting anti-American sentiments.
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Forbidden Trails
Title: Forbidden Trails
Character: Barfly in Fancy Vest
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Two ex-cons plan to kill the range rider marshal who sent them to prison and, when their plan fails, join forces with their former boss, a crooked saloon owner who has the same idea.
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Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Title: Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Character: Townsman
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
When Sheriff Hanley sends for Billy and his pals, they arrive to find him murdered and Ed Slade temporary Sheriff.
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Stick to Your Guns
Title: Stick to Your Guns
Character: Henchman
Released: September 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Buck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends whose cattle are being rustled. Hoppy and California locate the rustlers' hideout and join the gang by posing as outlaws themselves, but must find a way to let the rest of the posse know where they are.
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The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Title: The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Character: Rancher
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.
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Sheriff of Tombstone
Title: Sheriff of Tombstone
Character: Barfly
Released: May 7, 1941
Type: Movie
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is mistaken for the gunslinger. Just as Roy is ready to expose the mayor, the real gunslinger shows up.
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Under Texas Skies
Title: Under Texas Skies
Character: Townsman
Released: September 29, 1940
Type: Movie
The story opens as Stony returns to his home town, only to discover that his sheriff father has been murdered by person or persons unknown. The new sheriff (Henry Brandon) resents the arrival of the Mesquiteers, going so far as to frame Tucson on a murder charge.
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Rocky Mountain Rangers
Title: Rocky Mountain Rangers
Character: Henchman
Released: May 24, 1940
Type: Movie
Frustrated by their inability to take action against a murderous gang who killed a young boy, Texas Rangers Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Rusty Joslin (Raymond Hatton) and Rico Rinaldo (Duncan Renaldo) hatch a plan: Stony poses as an outlaw dubbed The Laredo Kid to lure the bad guys into Texas. But the plan might fall apart when the real Laredo Kid arrives on the scene in this action-packed Western.
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Riders of Pasco Basin
Title: Riders of Pasco Basin
Character: Brawler (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1940
Type: Movie
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee. Lee agrees with Scott and forms a vigilante group to fight the Sheriff and his deputies brought in by Kirby. But a dying Uncle Dan sets the Sheriff straight and this brings the two sides together for the big shootout.
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Each Dawn I Die
Title: Each Dawn I Die
Character: Trial Warden (uncredited)
Released: August 19, 1939
Type: Movie
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
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The Mexicali Kid
Title: The Mexicali Kid
Character: Cowhand
Released: September 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Looking for the killer of his brother, Jack saves the outlaw known as the Mexicali Kid who had collapsed on the desert. Jack joins up with the Kid who leads him to Gorson. Gorson is after a ranch and gets Jack to pose as the heir to the ranch. After the papers are signed he plans to have jack killed. But the Kid recognizes Gorson's henchmen as the men Jack is after and decides to help him.