James Mitchum
Actor · 1941 – 2025 · Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, US
James Mitchum (born May 8, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor and the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum. His brother is actor Christopher Mitchum, and he was the uncle of actor Bentley Mitchum. He had his first role, which was small and unbilled, at the age of eight in the Western Colorado Territory (1949) with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone. His credited debut was in Thunder Road (1958), in which he played his father's much younger brother, a role written for Elvis Presley, who was eager to do it until his manager demanded too much money. This film became a drive-in cult favorite, revived in the 1970s and ’80s. Curiously, he was again credited as being "introduced" in the Have Gun Will Travel pilot episode "Genesis" (1962). He has appeared in more than 30 films including The Beat Generation in 1959; The Victors in 1963; as a surfer named Eskimo in Ride the Wild Surf in 1964; In Harm's Way (1965) with John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Henry Fonda; Ambush Bay (1966); The Invincible Six (1970); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); and The Last Movie (1971). In 1975 he starred in the movie Moonrunners, where he played the character Grady Hagg in the influence for the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He was also in Zebra Force and Trackdown co-starring Karen Lamm and Erik Estrada in 1976; Ransom (a k a Assault on Paradise) (1977); Blackout (1978); Monstroid (1980); Crazy Jungle Adventure (1982); Code Name Zebra (1987); Hollywood Cop (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); and Fatal Mission (1990). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Mitchum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie6.6WarDramaA Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
In Harm's Way
1965 · 167 votes
Movie6.5CrimeThrillerA Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
The Ransom
1977 · 12 votes
Movie6.0CrimeActionUnrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon, but won't let his younger brother Robin join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan, who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett, who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.
Thunder Road
1958 · 60 votes
Movie6.9DramaA driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · 261 votes
Movie3.6HorrorScience FictionA rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.
Monstroid
1980 · 19 votes
Movie5.7DramaAfter a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.
The Last Movie
1971 · 68 votes
Movie7.0WesternCrimeAfter escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.
Colorado Territory
1949 · 79 votes
Movie5.7ActionWesternWhen his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow after her to make sure she doesn't get into trouble.
Trackdown
1976 · 6 votes
Movie6.2DramaWarIntercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.
The Victors
1963 · 29 votes
Movie6.3ComedyCrimeBurnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter. But who's the hood and who's being hoodwinked?
Hoodwinked
1989 · 4 votes
Movie4.8ActionComedyGrady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters
Moonrunners
1975 · 8 votes
Movie5.1CrimeA group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
The Beat Generation
1959 · 13 votes
Movie5.2ComedyA group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.
Ride the Wild Surf
1964 · 11 votes
Movie7.5ThrillerA snooty female production assistant and an eager gopher at a TV station are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.
Marked for Murder
1989 · 2 votes
Movie6.0WesternAfter a search for his father's killers, Wes Evans returns home only to find himself involved in a bloody land dispute.
Movie6.0ComedyWarTwo Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961 · 5 votes
Movie6.4WesternAfter the war of secession, the aging Cordeen, who owns thousands of acres in Texas, rules his numerous and quarrelsome sons with an iron hand. He sends them out to deal with the threat of the representatives from the North. However, not all the sons share their father's unlimited hatred for the Northerners and they find it increasingly difficult to obey his despotic commands. To add to the family's unrest, a prodigal son decides to return to the fold, provoking two other sons to down tools and leave. Cordeen, outraged, pursues them and tries to kill them. An absurd family feud ensues, prolonged by the participation of the entire Cordeen family.
Movie5.6WarDramaA Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas.
Ambush Bay
1966 · 12 votes
Movie6.2AdventureComedyA sleazy airline owner forces boozy former pilot Butch Donovan to climb into the cockpit by threatening to harm his son in this outlandish German comedy. Unbeknownst to Butch, the plane has been rigged to crash as part of an insurance scam. After miraculously surviving a harrowing landing on a remote jungle island, Butch and the other passengers find a whole new set of dangers awaits, including wild beasties and hired hit men.
Movie5.1CrimeDramaWhen half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.
The Money Trap
1965 · 22 votes
Movie4.4ActionA detective tries to get back a child who has been kidnapped by gangsters.
Hollywood Cop
1987 · 28 votes
Movie4.9ActionThrillerThriller about four sadistic criminals who, after escaping during a transfer, take over a posh Manhattan apartment complex and start looting and terrorizing its occupants during New York City's famous 1977 blackout.
Blackout
1978 · 17 votes
Movie4.5WesternA man searching for a stolen army payroll is joined by several men after the reward money. One of the pursuers, after killing a ranch foreman, elopes with the ranchers' daughter. Enraged at the shooting of his foreman and convinced that his daughter was kidnapped, the rancher leads a posse after his daughter. When Apaches attack the thieves and their pursuers, the rancher's posse is forced to side with his daughter's new husband and his friends.
Young Guns of Texas
1962 · 11 votes
Movie3.0ActionA group of Vietnam War veterans declare war on Los Angeles drug dealers and the Mafia.
Code Name: Zebra
1987 · 2 votes