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Walter Brennan

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Barbary CoastBarbary Coast (1935)
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Edward G. Robinson
Set as far out west as a Western can go – San Fransisco, circa the 1850s gold–rush days. Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea are two…
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, TheStory of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939)
Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver
Fred & Ginger star in the story of the dancing team who taught the world to two–step, based on the stories "My Husband and My Memories of…
Westerner, The (1940)
Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
Gary Cooper stars in accomplished Texan yarn concerning land disputes. Most impressive, though, is Walter Brennan in an Oscar–winning…
Northwest PassageNorthwest Passage (1940)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan
Rousing adventure yarn set during the French–Indian war with Tracy and team opening up trade routes and leading raids. Splendid Technicolour…
Meet John DoeMeet John Doe (1941)
Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
Always partial to a ripe political parable, dir. Capra has Barbara Stanwyck leading hickster Gary Cooper around by the nose on a national goodwill…
Swamp WaterSwamp Water (1941)
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter
An interesting melodrama, dank with the regional atmosphere of the Florida Everglades, about the problems undergone by a youthful fur trapper…
Hangmen Also DieHangmen Also Die (1943)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee
Moody political thriller with Donlevy on the run after assassinating a prominent Nazi and finding shelter with a Czech family as the manhunt consumes…
My Darling ClementineMy Darling Clementine (1946) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, Walter Brennan
Masterful retelling of the O.K. Corrall incident by John Ford, is also a note–perfect rendition of many classical Western themes. Henry Fonda…
Far Country, TheFar Country, The (1954)
Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Walter Brennan
The Yukon Ranges provide the unforgiving backdrop to this prototypical Anthony Mann western, in which James Stewart must battle the elements and…
Tammy and the BachelorTammy and the Bachelor (1957)
Dir. Joseph Pevney
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan
Debbie Reynolds shines in this classic rom–com about an unsophisticated woman from backwoods Mississippi who falls in love with a wealthy pilot…
How the West Was WonHow the West Was Won (1962)
Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall
Feat. James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Fonda
The history of the West through three generations, with three directors each contributing an instalment. Headed by a cast to match its ambitions and…
Those CallowaysThose Calloways (1965)
Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Walter Brennan
Sincere and effective Disney drama about a smalltown eccentric (Keith) in New England, who, with the help of his family, decides to buy a lake and…
Gnome-Mobile, TheGnome-Mobile, The (1967)
Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon
Fanciful Disney comedy has a gnome on a mission crossing paths with two children and a wily entrepeneur.
One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, TheOne and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, The (1968)
Dir. Michael O'Herlihy
Feat. Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Lesley Ann Warren
A rambunctious Disney musical in which the large Bower family band sets off to the 1888 Democrat Party convention in St. Louis to support Grover…
Over the Hill Gang, TheOver the Hill Gang, The (1969)
Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Pat O'Brien
Laidback reunion for various horse–opera stars of old cleaning up a lawless town in the old west. Telemovie doesn't quite have a script worthy…

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