Movies directed by William F. Claxton (39)
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Our House (1986) USAGenre: Drama / Family Release: 1986 September, 11 Following the death of his son, Gus Witherspoon takes in his daughter-in-law and his three grandchildren to live with him... IMDb: 7.2/10 (1 011) |
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The Canterville Ghost (1985) USA Genre: Family / Fantasy / Drama / Comedy The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed... IMDb: 6.0/10 (266) |
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Highway to Heaven (1984) USA Genre: Drama / Fantasy Release: 1984 September, 19 Jonathan Smith is a probationary angel sent back to Earth to help people... IMDb: 6.9/10 (7 478) |
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Fame (1982) USA Genre: Drama / Music / Musical / Romance Release: 1982 January, 7 The Art School was always their dream... IMDb: 7.1/10 (4 947) |
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Father Murphy (1981) USA Genre: Drama / Family / Western Release: 1981 November, 3 John Murphy leads an struggle against a mining boss causing some children to be orphaned... IMDb: 6.6/10 (368) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Shirley (1979) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama Release: 1979 October, 26 Shirley Miller is a widow with three children who moves from a big city to small one... IMDb: 5.8/10 (60) |
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Dallas (1978) USA,  CanadaGenre: Drama Release: 1978 April, 2 Popular evening 'soap-opera' style television drama... IMDb: 7.1/10 (17 973) |
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Eight Is Enough (1977) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama / Family Release: 1977 March, 15 The sometimes-comic, sometimes-dramatic exploits of the Bradford family--father Tom (a columnist for a Sacramento newspaper), mother Joan and their eight children: Mary, David, Joanie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Susan, Tommy and Nicholas... IMDb: 6.6/10 (4 235) |
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Territorial Men (1976) USA Genre: Western Release: 1976 July, 30 IMDb: 6.6/10 (10) |
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The Blue Knight (1975) USA Genre: Action / Drama / Crime Release: 1975 May, 9 After many years of service as a Los Angeles police officer, Bumper Morgan remains a uniformed officer who walks a beat every day... IMDb: 6.9/10 (261) |
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The Cowboys (1974) USA Genre: Western Release: 1974 February, 6 Seven teenaged boys in 1870s New Mexico Territory fight off teenaged Comanches and grownup cattle rustlers under the tutelage of ranch foreman Nightlinger and rancher/widow Annie Andersen... IMDb: 6.6/10 (73) |
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Little House on the Prairie (1974) USA Genre: Drama / Family / Romance / Western Release: 1974 March, 30 A long-running drama based upon the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Little House on the Prairie" follows the lives of the simple, farming Ingalls family: Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, Carrie and then Grace and the later adopted Albert, James and Cassandra, who settle into a quaint little house on the banks of Plum Creek near the small town of Walnut Grove during the late 1800s... IMDb: 7.5/10 (29 743) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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The Rookies (1972) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1972 March, 7 The exploits of three rookie police officers in a large unnamed Southern California city are followed in this weekly series... IMDb: 6.9/10 (1 391) |
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Night of the Lepus (1972) USA Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller Release: 1972 September, 8 Cole Hillman's Arizona ranch is plagued with 'mongrel' rabbits, and he wants to employ an ecologically sound control method... IMDb: 4.2/10 (5 853) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Love, American Style (1969) USA Genre: Comedy / Romance Release: 1969 September, 29 An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance... IMDb: 6.8/10 (2 794) |
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Here Come the Brides (1968) USA Genre: Adventure / Western / Comedy Release: 1968 September, 25 To avoid losing their logging crew, the Bolt brothers bring 100 prospective brides from Massachusetts to Seattle, using money borrowed from sawmill owner Stempel... IMDb: 7.6/10 (1 181) |
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The High Chaparral (1967) USA Genre: Western Release: 1967 September, 10 The Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s... IMDb: 7.6/10 (2 809) |
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A Letter to Nancy (1965) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1965 January, 1 A little Chinese girl comes into the life of a well-to-do lawyer... IMDb: 7.3/10 (23) |
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Stage to Thunder Rock (1964) USA Genre: Western Release: 1964 June, 17 An aging sheriff is put in the position of having to arrest the outlaw father and two sons with whom he was raised... IMDb: 5.7/10 (225) |
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Arrest and Trial (1963) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1963 September, 15 Los Angeles is where Sgt... IMDb: 7.7/10 (168) |
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Thriller (1960) USA Genre: Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller Release: 1960 September, 13 Anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff that originally told ordinary tales of crime and mystery, but later became a showcase for gothic horror stories, many of which were based on works by authors such as Cornell Woolrich, Robert Bloch and Charlotte Armstrong... IMDb: 8.2/10 (1 812) |
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I'll Give My Life (1960) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1960 February, 3 This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering... IMDb: 5.8/10 (109) |
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Route 66 (1960) USA Genre: Adventure Release: 1960 October, 7 Only fiction series written & shot all over North America... IMDb: 7.7/10 (2 164) |
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Rawhide (1959) USA Genre: Western Release: 1959 January, 9 Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates... IMDb: 7.9/10 (5 095) |
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The Detectives (1959) USA Genre: Action / Crime / Drama Release: 1959 October, 16 Captain Matt Holbrook leads a squad of brave and tough detectives in a large, unnamed city... IMDb: 7.5/10 (264) |
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Kraft Mystery Theater (1959) USA Genre: Mystery Release: 1961 June, 14 A successor to Kraft Television Theater with a change of focus away from straight drama... IMDb: 7.9/10 (85) |
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Black Saddle (1959) USA Genre: Western Release: 1959 January, 10 After his brothers are killed in a shootout, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer... IMDb: 7.5/10 (134) |
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Bonanza (1959) USA Genre: Western Release: 1959 September, 12 The Cartwright's ten-thousand square mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War... IMDb: 7.3/10 (12 321) |
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Law of the Plainsman (1959) USA Genre: Western Release: 1959 October, 1 Sam Buckhart was an Apache Indian who had saved the life of a U.S... IMDb: 8.1/10 (126) |
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The Twilight Zone (1959) USA Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller Release: 1959 October, 2 Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner... IMDb: 9.0/10 (107 060) |
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The Rifleman (1958) USA Genre: Family / Western Release: 1958 September, 30 Widower Lucas McCain can fire a round with his specially modified Winchester in three-tenths of a second... IMDb: 8.3/10 (5 744) |
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Meet McGraw (1957) USA Genre: Crime / Drama Release: 1957 June, 17 IMDb: 7.2/10 (62) |
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Perry Mason (1957) USA Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery Release: 1957 September, 21 Perry Mason is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases... IMDb: 8.3/10 (13 153) |
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Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) USA Genre: Western Release: 1957 March, 18 Agent Jim Hardie shifts over its history from being mostly an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with badguys to being the owner of a ranch near San Francisco who still does some agent work... IMDb: 7.9/10 (1 498) |
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Gunsmoke (1955) USA Genre: Western Release: 1955 September, 10 Marshal Matt Dillon is in charge of Dodge City, a town in the wild west where people often have no respect for the law... IMDb: 8.1/10 (9 952) |
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This My Son (1954) USA Genre: Short / Drama IMDb: 8.1/10 (9 952) |
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Letter to Loretta (1953) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1953 September, 20 A drama anthology series hosted by actress Loretta Young... IMDb: 7.5/10 (332) |
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Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952) USA Genre: Drama Release: 1952 November, 11 IMDb: 7.7/10 (28) |
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) USA Genre: Comedy / Drama Release: 1951 October, 5 IMDb: 7.6/10 (359) |
