The Gambler
Apr 08, 1980 | IMDB 5.7
94 min Watch NowWestern, TV Movie
This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an arrogant railroad owner and a gang of villains.
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Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
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IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 1955
A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke ('My friends call me Cowpoke'), in town to meet his fiancée Goldie on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried...Jesse James
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1939
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IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 2020
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IMDB 7 | Nov , 1996
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 1976
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IMDB 4.7 | May , 2007
Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill's perpetually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days "full of terror, full of wonder."Saratoga Trunk
IMDB 5.7 | Nov , 1945
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.The Siding
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1968
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IMDB 6 | Apr , 2009
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IMDB 4.5 | Mar , 2008
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IMDB 8 | Apr , 1971
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IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 1961
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.Geppetto
IMDB 5.9 | May , 2000
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IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 2007
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the family. Despite being warned away by the ghost of Ed Harley, his vengeance plan starts out, and the Hatfield family is soon under siege by the powerful demon. Not accepting the legend of the creature and believing their arch-rivals are the real cause, the two families attempt to go to war, only to be stopped when Pumpkinhead attacks the Hatfield house. Putting aside their differences, they band together to stave off the creature before it's vengeance pact is completed.Time for You to Come Home for Christmas
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2019
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IMDB 5 | May , 1953
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