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Warren Oates

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Rise and Fall of 'Legs' Diamond, TheRise and Fall of 'Legs' Diamond, The (1960)
Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart…
A professionally–shot thriller about the career of New York gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond, who rose to prominence in the 1920s and maintained…
Shooting, TheShooting, The (1965) Recommended
Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates, Millie Perkins
Avant–garde cowboy tale co–written by and featuring a typically crazed performance from Jack Nicholson, plus a memorable and unexpected…
Major DundeeMajor Dundee (1965)
Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Dana (Jim) Hutton…
Important homage–critique of the Western from dir. Peckinpah, with Heston playing a misanthropic prison warden who pursues a murderous Apache…
Wild Bunch, TheWild Bunch, The (1969) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan…
Sam Peckinpah's uncompromising Western bloodbath with William Holden and Ernest Borgnine leading the famous band of unruly marauders. Astonishing in…
BarqueroBarquero (1970)
Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Forrest Tucker…
Taut and bloody morality play set by a river's edge with Van Cleef as an ornery barge owner holding out against a band of mercenaries desperate to…
Two-Lane BlacktopTwo-Lane Blacktop (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates
Ambling across a relentless roadscape of diners and gas stations, young petrol–heads James Taylor (yes, the pop singer) and Dennis Wilson (yes,…
Hired Hand, TheHired Hand, The (1971) Recommended
Dir. Peter Fonda
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom…
An unusual directorial debut for Peter Fonda, who turns out a small masterpiece with this revisionist Western bathed in the hippie afterglow of the…
Tom Sawyer (1973)
Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Johnnie Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates…
Award–winning musical version of Mark Twain's classic raggamuffin adventures. A youthful Jodie Foster appears as Tom's girlfriend.
DillingerDillinger (1973)
Dir. John Milius
Feat. Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman…
A tough portait of the Depression–era bank robber that like BONNIE AND CLYDE, invests the criminal with the mythic qualities of the outlaw.…
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) Recommended
Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Warren Oates, Kris Kristofferson, Gig Young…
One of the director's best, a modern–day western set in Mexico, with wash–out gringo Warren Oates questing for the bounty–prize…
Cockfighter, TheCockfighter, The (1974) Recommended
Dir. Monte Hellman
Feat. Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Patricia Pearcy…
A typically raw–boned performance by Warren Oates centres this cult gem of 1970s American cinema, playing a cockfighting specialist who refuses…
White Dawn, TheWhite Dawn, The (1974)
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Jr. Gossett
Adventure film set in the Canadian arctic where three ship wreck survivors are saved and adopted by an Inuit tribe, but take advantage of them and…
Race with the DevilRace with the Devil (1975) Recommended
Dir. Jack Starrett
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates
Peter Fonda, Warren Oates and their bell–bottomed chicks go east in a Winnebago, but are plagued en route by an occult conspiracy. Memorably…
92 In the Shade92 In the Shade (1975)
Dir. Thomas McGuane
Feat. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder…
Drama based on director's novel of the same name, about a young man who opens a charter fishing business in the swampy rot of Key West, Florida,…
Sleeping DogsSleeping Dogs (1977) Recommended
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates
Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…
Brink's Job, TheBrink's Job, The (1977)
Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands…
In 1950, the Brink’s security firm in Boston was robbed of nearly $3,000,000, in one of the US’ largest ever heists. This version of events…
StripesStripes (1981)
Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates…
In a moment of weakness and despair, a slobbish Bill Murray enlists in the US Army and spends the rest of the movie humourously regretting the…
Border, TheBorder, The (1981)
Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine…
Rather underrated drama set along the Texas–Mexico borderlands, where a soiled but still–idealistic cop (Nicholson) becomes embroiled…
East of Eden (TV Mini-series)East of Eden (TV Mini-series) (1981)
Dir. Harvey Hart
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner…
Over six hours long, this sumptuous Emmy and Golden Globe winning mini–series, adapts Steinbeck’s quintessential novel "more fully and…
Blue and the Gray, The (TV Mini-Series)Blue and the Gray, The (TV Mini-Series) (1982)
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. Stacy Keach, Colleen Dewhurst, Lloyd Bridges…
Handsomely staged mini–series views the Civil War throught the eyes of a Southern war correspondent bearing witness to the war's key events.
Blue ThunderBlue Thunder (1983)
Dir. John Badham
Feat. Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark…
Cartoonish action flick with Roy Scheider as a test pilot selected to fly the world's most high–tech helicopter pilot who uncovers a…

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