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Russell Thorson is a Actor American born on 14 october 1906 at Wisconsin (USA)
Russell Thorson (October 14, 1906 – July 6, 1982, born in Wisconsin), was an American actor, perhaps best known for his co-starring role as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom in ABC's 1959-62 hit crime drama, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor.
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Birth name Delos Russell Thorson
Nationality USA
Birth 14 october 1906 at Wisconsin (USA)
Death 6 july 1982 (at 75 years) at California (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 14 october 1906 at Wisconsin (USA)
Death 6 july 1982 (at 75 years) at California (USA)
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Filmography of Russell Thorson (26 films)
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, 2h24Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Peppard, Barnard Hughes, William Dozier, William Windom, Nina, Baroness van Pallandt, Claudette Nevins
Rating76%
It is a history of the Sam Sheppard (George Peppard), an Ohio doctor wrongly accused of murdering his wife, despite his good defense at trial, Sam is unjustly convicted of murdering his wife
Walking Tall (1973)
, 1h47Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Crime
Actors Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Lurene Tuttle, Noah Beery, Jr, Leif Garrett, John Brascia
Roles Ferrin Meaks
Rating68%
Pusser, at his wife Pauline's behest, retires from the professional wrestling ring and moves back to Tennessee to start a logging business with his father, Carl Pusser. With a friend, he visits a gambling and prostitution establishment, the Lucky Spot, and is beaten up after catching them cheating at craps. Pusser is seriously injured with a knife and receives over 200 stitches. He complains to the sheriff but is ignored, and soon becomes aware of the rampant corruption in McNairy County. Later, working at his dad's lumber mill, Pusser makes a club out of a tree branch. Late one night, Pusser waits until after the Lucky Spot is closed, and beats up the same thugs that left him for dead. The next day, Pusser is arrested and represents himself at trial. At one point, he rips off his shirt and shows the jury his scars. He informs them that "If you let them do this to me and get away with it, then you're giving them the eternal right to do the same damn thing to any one of you!" The jury finds Pusser not guilty, and he decides to clean up the county and runs for sheriff. Buford Pusser wins, and becomes famous for being incorruptible, intolerant of crime, and for his array of four-foot hickory clubs which he uses to great effect in dispatching criminals and destroying their clandestine gambling dens and illegal distilleries.
The Screaming Woman (1972)
, 1h13Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Joseph Cotten, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Robinson, Charles Knox Robinson III
Roles Man
Rating65%
De Havilland plays Laura Wynant, a wealthy former mental patient who has travelled to her country estate to recuperate. While there, she discovers that a woman has been buried alive on her property. Wynant tries to inform others of what she has found but nobody believes her, and her family begins to suspect a relapse in her mental condition. Because her hands are nearly crippled by arthritis, she is not able to dig the woman up herself. She tries to trick a local boy into assisting her by telling him she is digging for a lost bracelet but is forced to tell him the truth, resulting in a confrontation with his angry father. While going door-to-door to seek help, she encounters the buried woman's husband, who had in fact buried her after striking her on the head with a shovel and thinking her dead. Wynant is confined to home under doctor's orders and, in a fit of anger, experiences a spontaneous recovery from the arthritis in her hands. She begins to dig up the buried woman, who is still alive, but the murderous husband finds her. The authorities arrive in time and Wynant and the buried woman are rescued.
Incident in San Francisco (1971)
Directed by Don Medford
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Dean Jagger, Richard Kiley, John Marley, Tim O'Connor, Phyllis Thaxter
Rating63%
Night Slaves (1970)
Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors James Franciscus, Lee Grant, Andrew Prine, Leslie Nielsen, Scott Gregory Marlowe, Tisha Sterling
Roles Dr. Sanders
Rating60%
Clay and Marjorie, an estranged married couple, take a vacation together while Clay recuperates from a serious auto accident. They end up in a sleepy little town which seems to be normal, except at night when the townspeople (and Marjorie) turn into zombies, file into trucks and head out of town. They always return by morning, and no one has any memories of the night before. Only Clay is unaffected due to the presence of a metal plate in his head, and no one believes his story.
The Learning Tree (1969)
, 1h47Directed by Gordon Parks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Kevin Hagen, Malcolm Atterbury, Richard Ward, Russell Thorson
Roles Judge Cavanaugh
Rating71%
Newt Winger (Kyle Johnson) is an African-American teenager living in rural Kansas in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He generally confronts the prejudices of the era with pride and an even temper, unlike his hot-headed friend Marcus Savage (Alex Clarke). As circumstances slowly pull Newt and Marcus further apart, Newt witnesses a murder – one committed by Marcus' father Booker (Richard Ward).
Hang 'em High (1968)
, 1h54Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson
Roles Maddow
Rating69%
The story is set in Oklahoma Territory in 1889. It opens with Jed Cooper driving a small herd of cattle across a stream. When the men in a posse ( Capt. Wilson (Ed Begley), Reno (Joseph Sirola), Miller (Bruce Dern), Jenkins (Bob Steele), Matt Stone (Alan Hale, Jr.), Charlie Blackfoot (Ned Romero), Maddow (Russell Thorson), Tommy (Jonathan Lippe) and Loomis (L. Q. Jones)) surround him and accuse him of rustling the herd, he shows them a receipt for the cattle, but the man he bought them from was a rustler who killed the herd's owners. Cooper explains that he knew nothing about the murder, but only Jenkins expresses doubts about his guilt. After Reno takes Cooper's saddle and Miller takes his wallet, the men hang him from a tree and ride away, leaving him for dead.
The Stalking Moon (1968)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about children
Actors Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster, Frank Silvera, Lonny Chapman, Joaquín Martínez
Roles Ned
Rating65%
U.S. Army soldiers round up a group of Indians, mostly women and children. Surprisingly, they find among them a white woman and her half-Indian son.
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films
Actors Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, John Hoyt
Roles Mr. Carmichael (uncredited)
Rating60%
A prologue introduces the audience to John Harley Duquesne, a psychotic magician who accidentally beheads his wife Melinda with a guillotine during a performance. Twenty years later he dies, and his will requires his daughter Cassie (the mirror image of her mother) to spend seven nights in his apparently haunted mansion in order to inherit his estate.
My Blood Runs Cold (1965)
Directed by William Conrad
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Troy Donahue, Joey Heatherton, Barry Sullivan, Nicolas Coster, Jeanette Nolan, Russell Thorson
Roles Sheriff R. Seaton
Rating55%
A young woman falls in love with a man who may be insane. The young man, Ben Gunther, believes he and the young woman, Julie Merriday, are the reincarnations of lovers from an earlier time. Ben convinces Julie of his beliefs and encourages her to run off with him.
36 Hours (1964)
, 1h55Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Werner Peters, John Banner, Russell Thorson
Roles Gen. Allison
Rating72%
Having attended General Eisenhower's final briefing on the Normandy landings (D-Day), U.S. Army Major Jeff Pike (James Garner) is sent to Lisbon to confirm with an informant that the Nazis still expect the invasion in the wrong place (Pas de Calais). However, Pike falls into a trap; he is drugged into unconsciousness and transported to Germany.
, 1h45Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Yvonne Craig, H.M. Wynant, Kam Tong
Roles Sheriff Garland (uncredited)
Rating59%
Pilot Mike Edwards finds himself in a dilemma, his partner and friend Danny, gambles away the money Mike had set aside to pay their debts. Since they lost their money and a $1,200 debt, the local sheriff takes possession of their plane, Bessie, a cropduster. If they cannot come up with the money in twelve days, Bessie will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
, 1h6Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Rachel Ames, Arthur Space, Russell Thorson, Richard Devon
Roles Wilkinson
Rating53%
A cowboy avenges his brother's death.
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
, 1h25Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Fred MacMurray, Robert Vaughn, Margaret Hayes, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Edmon Ryan
Roles Harry Landers
Rating62%
Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn) watches a stagecoach as it rides toward a Nebraska town. Other members of his gang are waiting there to rob the bank. Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray), owner of the stage line, is on board, and is returning home to be wed to Ruth Granger (Margaret Hayes).
I Want to Live! (1958)
, 2hDirected by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau, Philip Coolidge
Roles San Quentin Sgt.
Rating74%
The film tells the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Hayward) a prostitute and convicted perjurer. Graham is the product of a broken home, and works luring men into fixed card games.