Audie Murphy

Born: 1925-06-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971)  was a fifth grade dropout from an extremely poor family who became the most decorated American soldier of World War II. After the war he became a celebrated movie star for over two decades, appearing in 44 films.  He also found some success as a country music composer. Murphy became the most decorated United States soldier of the war during twenty-seven months in action in the European Theatre.  He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. and foreign medals and citations, including five from France and one from Belgium. Murphy's successful movie career included To Hell and Back (1955), based on his book of the same title (1949) . He died in a plane crash in 1971 and was interred, with full military honors, in Arlington National Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Audie Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Unforgiven

as Cash Zachary
Released: 1960-04-06

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted...

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Bad Boy

as Danny Lester
Released: 1949-02-22

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.

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Six Black Horses

as Ben Lane
Released: 1962-04-24

Audie and Dan Duryea are hired by a mysterious woman to take her across Indian country to her...

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No Name on the Bullet

as John Gant
Released: 1959-02-01

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each...

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Seven Ways from Sundown

as Seven Jones
Released: 1960-09-25

Audie Murphy is again the kid who puts on a badge to catch the bad guy, skillfully played by...

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Night Passage

as The Utica Kid
Released: 1957-07-24

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother,...

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The Wild and the Innocent

as Yancey
Released: 1959-05-27

Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet...

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The Quick Gun

as Clint Cooper
Released: 1964-04-01

Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.

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Apache Rifles

as Capt. Jeff Stanton
Released: 1964-11-26

A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been...

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Column South

as Jed Sayre
Released: 1953-05-20

In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their...

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Tumbleweed

as Jim Harvey
Released: 1953-12-01

Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked...

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Destry

as Tom Destry
Released: 1954-12-01

Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell,...

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To Hell and Back

as Audie Murphy
Released: 1955-09-22

The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the...

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Posse from Hell

as Banner Cole
Released: 1961-03-01

Murphy goes after bad guys who shot his friend the sheriff and abducted a local girl. In a plot...

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Drums Across the River

as Gary Brannon
Released: 1954-06-01

When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced...

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The Duel at Silver Creek

as Luke Cromwell - The Silver Kid
Released: 1952-09-05

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the...

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Gunpoint

as Chad Lucas
Released: 1966-04-25

A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a...

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The Red Badge of Courage

as The Youth
Released: 1951-09-27

Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to...

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The Quiet American

as The American
Released: 1958-02-08

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed...

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Kansas Raiders

as Jesse James
Released: 1950-11-15

Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join...

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Ride Clear of Diablo

as Clay O'Mara
Released: 1954-02-10

A young railroad surveyor returns to his hometown to find the man who murdered his father and...

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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Copy Boy
Released: 1948-07-16

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in,...

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Bullet for a Badman

as Logan Keliher
Released: 1964-09-01

Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and...

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Hell Bent for Leather

as Clay Santell
Released: 1960-02-01

When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken...

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Walk the Proud Land

as John Philip Clum
Released: 1956-09-01

Indian Agent sent to try new approach to peace with Apaches based on respect for automomy rather...

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The Guns of Fort Petticoat

as Lt. Frank Hewitt
Released: 1957-04-01

Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them...

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Ride a Crooked Trail

as Joe Maybe
Released: 1958-11-23

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he...

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Gunsmoke

as Reb Kittredge
Released: 1953-05-04

Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true...

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The Texican

as Jess Carlin
Released: 1966-10-01

Wanted north of the border, Jess Carlin resides safely in Mexico. Then he hears his brother was...

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Cast a Long Shadow

as Matt Brown
Released: 1959-08-24

A young man without surname inherits a big indebted ranch and has to prove his worthiness...

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The Kid from Texas

as Billy the Kid
Released: 1950-03-01

Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a...

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The Cimarron Kid

as Bill Doolin / The Cimarron Kid
Released: 1952-01-13

Audie Murphy comes into his own as a Western star in this story. Wrongly accused by crooked...

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Arizona Raiders

as Clint Stewart
Released: 1965-08-01

Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized...

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Showdown

as Chris Foster
Released: 1963-05-03

A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the...

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Beyond Glory

as Cadet Thomas
Released: 1948-08-03

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia,...

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as Sam Martin
Released: 1958-08-01

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of...

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Joe Butterfly

as Pvt. Joe Woodley
Released: 1957-05-29

The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese...

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Sierra

as Ring Hassard
Released: 1950-05-26

Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff...

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Trunk to Cairo

as Mike Merrick
Released: 1966-06-02

Audie plays a James Bond-type action hero assigned to destroy a Neo-Nazy weapons factory headed...

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World in My Corner

as Tommy Shea
Released: 1956-03-01

A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" --...

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Gunfight at Comanche Creek

as Bob 'Gif' Gifford aka Judd Tanner
Released: 1963-11-06

Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of...

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A Time for Dying

as Jesse James
Released: 1969-09-15

Passing through a town, a farm boy aspiring to be a bounty hunter rescues a woman who has been...

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40 Guns to Apache Pass

as Capt. Bruce Coburn
Released: 1967-05-01

The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defend them. Murphy's mission is to get a...

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Allen in Movieland

as Self
Released: 1955-07-02

TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming...

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Battle at Bloody Beach

as Craig Benson
Released: 1961-06-20

This is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in WWII after his autobiographical "To Hell and...

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War Is Hell

as Narrator - Introduction
Released: 1961-09-26

During the Korean War, a glory-hunting sergeant leads his platoon on a mission against the...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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Suspicion

as Steve Gordon
First aired: 1957-09-30

Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC...

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General Electric Theater

as Tennessee
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Whispering Smith

as Tom 'Whispering' Smith
First aired: 1961-05-08

Whispering Smith is an American Western series that aired on NBC. Based on a 1948 movie, the...

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