Cast: Russell Simpson

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Russell Simpson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Henry Fonda · Jane Darwell · John Carradine · Charley Grapewin

Plot When Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns home after being released from prison, he discovers his family has been kicked out of their farm. Seeking a better future, he leaves with...

8.3

23K votes

8.3

23K votes

My Darling Clementine

1946 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Henry Fonda · Linda Darnell · Victor Mature · Walter Brennan

Plot Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda), after cleaning up Dodge City, arrives in the outskirts of Tombstone with his brothers Morgan (Ward Bond), Virgil (Tim Holt), and James (Don Garner), planning to...

8.0

8K votes

8.0

8K votes

The Horse Soldiers

1959 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · William Holden · Constance Towers · Althea Gibson

Plot A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply centre. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and...

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

The Sun Shines Bright

1953 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Charles Winninger · Arleen Whelan · John Russell · Stepin Fetchit

Plot John Ford's remake of his 1934 Will Rogers vehicle, JUDGE PRIEST, combines three Irvin S. Cobb stories about the kindly Kentucky magistrate William Priest, played by Charles Winninger. Set in...

7.3

954 votes

7.3

954 votes

The Tall Men

1955 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Clark Gable · Jane Russell · Robert Ryan · Cameron Mitchell

Plot Ben Allison and his brother Clint journey to Montana in search of gold. They come upon wealthy businessman Nathan Stark who talks them into becoming partners with him on a...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

Tobacco Road

1941 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

7.1

1K votes

7.1

1K votes

Wagon Master

1950 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Ben Johnson · Joanne Dru · Harry Carey Jr. · Ward Bond

Plot As Mormon settlers head to the promised land at the San Juan river in Utah, they hire horse traders Travis Blue and Sandy as wagon masters. They have to forge...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Dodge City

1939 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Ann Sheridan · Bruce Cabot

Plot A Texas cattle agent (Errol Flynn) witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

They Were Expendable

1945 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Robert Montgomery · John Wayne · Donna Reed · Ward Bond

Plot In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the members of a PT boat squadron patrol Philippine waters and attack Japanese ships. The PT boat initially had little...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Abraham Lincoln

1930 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Walter Huston · Una Merkel · William L. Thorne · Lucille La Verne

Plot D.W. Griffith's first talking movie is the biography of Lincoln from his birth in a log cabin to his entry into politics and his years of power before his assassination...

6.5

478 votes

6.5

478 votes

6.5

105 votes

Billy the Kid

1930 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Johnny Mack Brown · Wallace Beery · Kay Johnson · Karl Dane

Plot In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend,...

6.4

40 votes

6.4

40 votes

Virginia City

1940 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Errol Flynn · Miriam Hopkins · Randolph Scott · Humphrey Bogart

Plot Union officer Kerry Bradford (Errol Flynn) escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance...

6.4

407 votes

6.4

407 votes

The Spoilers

1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Marlene Dietrich · Randolph Scott · John Wayne · Margaret Lindsay

Plot In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.

6.2

394 votes

6.2

394 votes

Saddle Tramp

1950 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Hugo Fregonese

Cast Joel McCrea · Wanda Hendrix · John Russell · John McIntire

Plot Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck...

6.0

140 votes

6.0

140 votes

5.9

28 votes

Three Faces West

1940 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Bernard Vorhaus

Cast John Wayne · Sigrid Gurie · Charles Coburn · Spencer Charters

Plot Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town,...

5.9

82 votes

5.9

82 votes

Along Came Jones

1945 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Stuart Heisler

Cast Gary Cooper · Loretta Young · William Demarest · Dan Duryea

Plot Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious gunman Monte Jarrad. The real Jarrad is hiding out wounded on the ranch of childhood sweetheart...

5.8

336 votes

5.8

336 votes

Tap Roots

1948 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast Van Heflin · Susan Hayward · Boris Karloff · Julie London

Plot Morna Dabney is engaged to soldier Clay MacIvor in the days before the War Between the States. Morna's grandfather Big Sam Dabney founded their Mississippi plantation near Levington, which thrives...

5.8

75 votes

5.8

75 votes

Coroner Creek

1948 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Randolph Scott · Marguerite Chapman · George Macready · Sally Eilers

Plot A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiance's death.

5.6

80 votes

5.6

80 votes