Brad Dexter (Serbian: Бред Декстер, Bred Dekster) (April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002) was a Serbian-American actor, best known for his role as Harry Luck in The Magnificent Seven. He was born Veljko Šošo (Serbian: Вељко Шошо) in Goldfield, Nevada of Serbian parentage. Burly, dark and handsome, Brad Dexter was usually given supporting roles of a rugged character. Early in his acting career, he went by the name of Barry Mitchell.
After having a stint as an amateur boxer, Dexter attended the Pasadena Playhouse where he studied theatre. During World War II he enlisted for military service with the U.S. Army Air Corps and appeared in the Corps play and film Winged Victory. His career in Hollywood spanned over four decades. Other films Dexter appeared in include Last Train from Gun Hill, Kings of the Sun, and Johnny Cool.
Dexter's relationship with singer and actor Frank Sinatra began in 1964 when he saved him from drowning. Sinatra was swimming at the beach while on location and began to...
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Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II film produced and directed by Mark Robson. It starred Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard. It is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by David Westheimer.Colonel Joseph L. Ryan (Sinatra) is an American pilot who is shot down (flying a P-38 Lightning) and taken to a Prisoner of War camp in Italy, run by the cruel Major Battaglia (Adolfo Celi) populated mainly by British prisoners (9 Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, 167 Infantry Brigade, 56 (London) Infantry Division (British).Ryan, as senior officer, assumes command of the prisoners. The British commanding officer had recently died as a result of the harsh discipline, and Ryan clashes with his successor, Major Eric Fincham (Howard).When the British attempt to flog an American for stealing, Ryan discovers he was stealing medicine which Fincham has ordered be stashed for an escape attempt. Ryan orders that the drugs be dispensed as necessary. He then shows the Italians the prisoners' escape tunnels in...
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The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 western film directed by John Sturges about a group of hired gunmen tasked with protecting a Mexican village from bandits. It is based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film, Seven Samurai.
A Mexican village is periodically raided by a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach). As he and his men ride away from their latest visit, Calvera promises to return.
Desperate, the village leaders travel to a border town to buy guns to defend themselves. They approach a veteran gunslinger, Chris (Yul Brynner), for help. He tells them that guns alone will not do them any good; they are simple farmers, not fighters. They then ask him to lead them, but Chris rejects them, telling them that a single man is not enough. They keep at him though, and he eventually gives in. He recruits men, though the pay is only a pittance.
First to answer the call is the hotheaded, inexperienced Chico (Horst Buchholz), but he is rejected. Harry Luck (Brad Dexter), an old friend of Chris,...,
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House of Bamboo (1955) is a film noir shot in color and in CinemaScope format. The narration at the film's beginning tells the viewer that the film was photographed entirely on location in Tokyo, Yokohama, and the Japanese countryside. At movie's end, an acknowledgments credit thanks "the Military Police of the U.S. Army Forces Far East and the Eighth Army, as well as the Government of Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department" for their cooperation with the film's production. The film is a loose remake of The Street with No Name (1948), by the same screenwriter (Harry Kleiner) and cinematographer (Joseph MacDonald) as in the original.In 1954, a military train guarded by American soldiers and Japanese police is attacked as it travels between Kyoto and Tokyo. During the raid, which is carried out with great precision, an American sergeant is killed, and the train's cargo of guns and ammunition is stolen. The crime is investigated by Capt. Hanson, an American, and Japanese...,
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99 River Street is a 1953 black and white film. The film, directed by Phil Karlson, takes place one night in New York city. 99 River Street, considered film noir, was produced by Edward Small with cinematography by Franz Planer.John Payne plays Ernie Driscoll a former boxer who had to give up fighting after substaining an injury in the ring. He's now a New York taxi driver. His wife, Pauline, unhappy living a poor life, is having an affair with a richer man who happens to be a criminal. The criminal, after being unable to sell some stolen diamonds, kills Pauline and then attempts to frame her husband with the crime.The film receives mostly positive reviews. Dave Kehr from the Chicago Reader calls 99 River Street "an example of the kind of humble brilliance that often emerged from the American genre cinema." [1]...,
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