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Bill McKinney has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by First Blood.
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Rooster Cogburn
1975
Adventure · Drama

Paradise Alley
1978
Action · Drama

Scent of a Woman
1974
Comedy · Drama

California Split
1974
Comedy · Drama

Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
Drama · Western

Afonya
1975
Drama · Comedy

Shaolin Wooden Men
1976
Action

Slap Shot
1977
Comedy · Drama

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Dir. Ted Kotcheff · With Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Dir. John Boorman · With Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.
Dir. Don Siegel · With John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Dir. Michael Cimino · With Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy

At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being transported to face trial for murder.
Dir. Tom Gries · With Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Dir. John Huston · With Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty

Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
Dir. James Fargo · With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis

Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle

An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis

Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight – as he does – to make more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he's pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add to the 'fun'.
Dir. Buddy Van Horn · With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis

With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Dir. Paul Bartel · With David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel
A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Dir. J. Lee Thompson · With Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez, Juan Fernández

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Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil and unfortunately Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona.
Dir. Paul Weiland · With Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz
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