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Strother Martin has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
1975
Drama · Comedy
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
Dir. George Roy Hill · With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Luke Askew
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Slim Pickens
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Dir. George Roy Hill · With Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean
Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, T.J. Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie, left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former fighter. Determined to hold on to his son, Billy gets back into the ring to try and recapture his past success.
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli · With Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
Dir. Lou Adler · With Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
Dir. Walter Hill · With Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin
After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the ways of a gun in order to exact her revenge.
Dir. Burt Kennedy · With Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine
Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Simpson wants the money and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.
Dir. Hal Needham · With Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.
Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski · With Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies
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