Ben Johnson
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Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American motion picture actor who was mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.153 |
| Birthday | 1918-06-13 |
| Place of Birth | Foraker, Shidler, Oklahoma, USA |
| Also Known As | Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr., |
1969
The Wild Bunch
7.6/1176
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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The Wild Bunch
1967
Will Penny
6.5/97
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters....
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Will Penny
1953
Shane
7.4/590
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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Shane
1984
Red Dawn
6.3/787
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Sovie...
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Red Dawn
1968
Hang 'em High
6.8/748
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his...
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Hang 'em High
1996
The Evening Star
5.8/65
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has on...
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The Evening Star
1975
Hustle
5.7/58
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that...
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Hustle
1974
The Sugarland Express
6.6/378
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Je...
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The Sugarland Express
1992
Radio Flyer
6.995/191
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. W...
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Radio Flyer
1982
The Shadow Riders
6.4/46
After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L...
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The Shadow Riders
1972
The Getaway
7.073/553
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
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The Getaway
1980
The Hunter
5.9/133
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illi...
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The Hunter
1972
Junior Bonner
6/104
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memor...
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Junior Bonner
1950
Rio Grande
6.806/327
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable st...
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Rio Grande
1943
The Outlaw
5.4/94
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stole...
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The Outlaw
1975
Breakheart Pass
6.5/192
At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passeng...
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Breakheart Pass
1994
Angels in the Outfield
5.9/431
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins...
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Angels in the Outfield
1971
The Last Picture Show
7.6/682
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having...
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The Last Picture Show
1975
Bite the Bullet
6.34/106
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, amo...
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Bite the Bullet
1982
Tex
6.2/51
After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.
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Tex
1973
Dillinger
6.534/104
After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Feder...
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Dillinger
1973
Wayne Train
0/0
A short documentary on the making of THE TRAIN ROBBERS
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Wayne Train
1980
Terror Train
5.721/265
A masked killer targets six college kids responsible for a prank gone wrong three years earlier and who are currently throwing a large New Year's Eve...
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Terror Train
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
6.836/350
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be...
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
6.7/130
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne Autumn
1973
The Train Robbers
6.3/136
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
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The Train Robbers
1948
3 Godfathers
6.721/179
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their ow...
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3 Godfathers
1977
Grayeagle
5.6/15
A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for h...
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Grayeagle
1965
Major Dundee
6.656/154
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a...
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Major Dundee
1950
Wagon Master
6.7/134
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, a...
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Wagon Master
1987
Cherry 2000
6/235
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson t...
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Cherry 2000
1970
Chisum
6.7/181
Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.
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Chisum
1966
The Rare Breed
6/65
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle i...
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The Rare Breed
1949
Mighty Joe Young
6.324/108
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to H...
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Mighty Joe Young
1978
The Swarm
4.9/166
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have...
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The Swarm
1976
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
5.793/188
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer...
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown
1961
One-Eyed Jacks
6.7/210
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captur...
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One-Eyed Jacks
1986
Trespasses
4.8/5
A couple of drifters (Adam Roarke and Lou Diamond Phillips) molest Sharon (Mary Pillot). Franklin (Robert Kuhn) scares them away, but loses his son wh...
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Trespasses
1969
The Undefeated
6.2/116
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through st...
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The Undefeated
1991
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
9/1
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
4.5/7
In a small Southern town, the local sheriff tries to keep everything peaceful and under control.
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Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1988
Dark Before Dawn
0/0
The good people of Milo, Kansas combine forces to battle against the evil agribusiness Farmco that conspires to drive up the price of bread to six dol...
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Dark Before Dawn
1991
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
6.1/9
H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed...
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1978
Inside 'the Swarm'
10/1
A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick The Swarm.
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Inside 'the Swarm'
1972
The Bull of the West
5.3/7
Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "Nobility of Kings" (10 Nov. 1965).
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The Bull of the West
1973
Kid Blue
6.9/16
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's...
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Kid Blue
1972
Corky
4/1
A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.
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Corky
1984
Champions
6.8/14
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
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Champions
1957
War Drums
5.4/10
The friendship between a white man & an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman
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War Drums
1951
Fort Defiance
6.3/10
It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to...
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Fort Defiance
1952
Wild Stallion
6.5/2
A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.
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Wild Stallion
1991
The Chase
3/2
In Denver, a fleeing bank robber kills a cop and kidnaps an old man to hold as a hostage. He is chased by the police and a news helicopter, which film...
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The Chase
1960
Ten Who Dared
6/6
The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands internal dissension, and finally discovers the Grand Canyo...
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Ten Who Dared
1958
Fort Bowie
5.4/8
Fort Bowie commander Colonel Garrett, suspecting that his wife Alison is having an affair with good-looking Captain Thompson, sends him on a dangerous...
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Fort Bowie
1973
Runaway!
5.3/10
A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
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Runaway!
1974
Locusts
4.7/5
A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects devo...
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Locusts
1973
Blood Sport
8.3/3
A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to esc...
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Blood Sport
1989
Back to Back
2.5/2
Modern day western about two very different brothers, who join forces to clear their family name, from the shadow of their dead brother's blame for a...
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Back to Back
1973
The Red Pony
0/0
A young farmboy who can't seem to communicate with his father develops an attachment to a young red pony.
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The Red Pony
1961
Tomboy and the Champ
0/0
A young Texas cowgirl raises a prize-winning calf, whose presence helps her recover from polio.
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Tomboy and the Champ
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
5/1
A short documentary about the making of John Ford's "Rio Grande."
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The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
0/0
Fifteen-year-old Cav Rand purchases a racehorse and trains him into a winner, but a con artist is plotting to get the stallion away from the innocent...
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Ride a Northbound Horse
1957
Slim Carter
0/0
Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero. His name is changed to Slim Carter and a promo...
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Slim Carter
1977
The Greatest
5.6/18
Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army...
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The Greatest
1966
Noon Wine
6.8/4
A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah direct...
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Noon Wine
1971
Something Big
5.1/17
Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wa...
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Something Big
1976
The Savage Bees
5/16
In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a forei...
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The Savage Bees
1995
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
5/1
After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-damaged. Due to many misfortunate events and terrible...
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1948
The Gallant Legion
7/3
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Co...
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The Gallant Legion
1988
Stranger on My Land
5/10
A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.
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Stranger on My Land
1993
Bonanza: The Return
6.4/277
A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to take over the Ponderosa.
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Bonanza: The Return
1995
Bonanza: Under Attack
6.7/8
After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed outlaw Frank James, he seeks sanctuary on the Ponderosa...
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Bonanza: Under Attack
1981
Ruckus
5.667/9
Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to ch...
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Ruckus
1983
Always in My Heart
0/0
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Always in My Heart
2011
Backstabber
5/1
Employees attending an extreme team-building function for the weekend find new meaning in teamwork, thinking outside the box, and risk management as t...
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Backstabber
1986
Let's Get Harry
6.2/44
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters i...
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Let's Get Harry
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.97/50
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
1945
The Naughty Nineties
6.7/23
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gamblin...
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The Naughty Nineties
1985
Wild Horses
5/3
An over-the-hill rodeo champion gets fired from his assembly line job in Texas. He and a buddy then decide to head to Wyoming to get a job herding mus...
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Wild Horses
1956
Rebel in Town
7/6
Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and...
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Rebel in Town
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
7.3/6
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border
5.7/3
A retrospective of the work of the late actor Warren Oates, with clips from his films and interviews with cast and crew members who worked with him.
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Warren Oates: Across the Border
1989
Hollywood on Horses
3/1
Hosted by celebrity horse enthusiast, Tab Hunter, visits the stables and homes of the Hollywood movie set, where you'll see first hand how Hollywood's...
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