Best Slim Pickens movies
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TOP 24:
The Swarm
Slim Pickens as: Jud Hawkins
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 1978
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Richard Chamberlain movies?
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 1978
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Richard Chamberlain movies?
TOP 23:
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Slim Pickens as: Tex
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Release: 1979
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mark Harmon movies?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Release: 1979
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mark Harmon movies?
TOP 22:
Mr. Billion
Slim Pickens as: Duane Hawkins
Genre: Action, Comedy
Release: 1977
A fortuneless auto mechanic inherits a billion dollar financial empire when his uncle dies. However, there is one stipulation. In order to claim his fortune he must arrive in San Francisco within twenty days, and along the way there are a number of people who want to "share" his wealth.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Release: 1977
A fortuneless auto mechanic inherits a billion dollar financial empire when his uncle dies. However, there is one stipulation. In order to claim his fortune he must arrive in San Francisco within twenty days, and along the way there are a number of people who want to "share" his wealth.
TOP 21:
1941
Slim Pickens as: Hollis P. Wood
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Release: 1979
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Nancy Allen movies?
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Release: 1979
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Nancy Allen movies?
TOP 20:
The Black Hole
Slim Pickens as: B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Science Fiction, Action
Release: 1979
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Judd Nelson movies?
Genre: Adventure, Family, Science Fiction, Action
Release: 1979
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Judd Nelson movies?
TOP 19:
The White Buffalo
Slim Pickens as: Abel Pickney
Genre: Western, Fantasy, Horror
Release: 1977
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Martin Kove movies?
Genre: Western, Fantasy, Horror
Release: 1977
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Martin Kove movies?
TOP 18:
Stagecoach
Slim Pickens as: Buck, Stagecoach Driver
Genre: Western
Release: 1966
A group of unlikely travelling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. They include a drunken doctor, a bar girl who's been thrown out of town, a professional gambler, a travelling liquor salesman, a banker who has decided to embezzle money, a gun-slinger out for revenge and a young woman going to join her army captain husband. All have secrets but when they are set upon by an Indian war party and then a family of outlaws, they find they must all work together if they are to stay alive.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best John Carradine movies?
Genre: Western
Release: 1966
A group of unlikely travelling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. They include a drunken doctor, a bar girl who's been thrown out of town, a professional gambler, a travelling liquor salesman, a banker who has decided to embezzle money, a gun-slinger out for revenge and a young woman going to join her army captain husband. All have secrets but when they are set upon by an Indian war party and then a family of outlaws, they find they must all work together if they are to stay alive.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best John Carradine movies?
TOP 17:
The Sun Shines Bright
Slim Pickens as: Sterling
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1953
John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1953
John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.
TOP 16:
The Howling
Slim Pickens as: Sam Newfield
Genre: Horror
Release: 1981
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Dee Wallace movies?
Genre: Horror
Release: 1981
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Dee Wallace movies?
TOP 15:
Will Penny
Slim Pickens as: Ike Wallerstein
Genre: Western, Romance
Release: 1967
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Matt Clark movies?
Genre: Western, Romance
Release: 1967
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Matt Clark movies?
TOP 14:
Tonka
Slim Pickens as: Ace
Genre: Western, Action, Adventure
Release: 1958
The remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
Genre: Western, Action, Adventure
Release: 1958
The remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
TOP 13:
Major Dundee
Slim Pickens as: Wiley
Genre: Western
Release: 1965
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Senta Berger movies?
Genre: Western
Release: 1965
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Senta Berger movies?
TOP 12:
Tom Horn
Slim Pickens as: Sam Creedmore
Genre: Western, Action, Drama
Release: 1980
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Steve McQueen movies?
Genre: Western, Action, Drama
Release: 1980
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Steve McQueen movies?
TOP 11:
The Sheepman
Slim Pickens as: Marshal
Genre: Western, Comedy
Release: 1958
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Glenn Ford movies?
Genre: Western, Comedy
Release: 1958
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Glenn Ford movies?
TOP 10:
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Slim Pickens as: Frank Stillwell
Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Release: 1975
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Bing Russell movies?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Release: 1975
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Bing Russell movies?
TOP 9:
One-Eyed Jacks
Slim Pickens as: Deputy Lon Dedrick
Genre: Western
Release: 1961
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
Genre: Western
Release: 1961
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.
TOP 8:
In Harm's Way
Slim Pickens as: C.P.O. Culpepper
Genre: War, Drama
Release: 1965
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Genre: War, Drama
Release: 1965
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
TOP 7:
The Getaway
Slim Pickens as: Cowboy
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Release: 1972
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Release: 1972
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
TOP 6:
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Slim Pickens as: Ben Fairchild
Genre: Comedy, Western, Action
Release: 1970
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.
Genre: Comedy, Western, Action
Release: 1970
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.
TOP 5:
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Slim Pickens as: Sheriff Colin Baker
Genre: Western
Release: 1973
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Genre: Western
Release: 1973
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
TOP 4:
The Cowboys
Slim Pickens as: Anse
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Release: 1972
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage; however, neither Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Release: 1972
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage; however, neither Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
TOP 3:
Blazing Saddles
Slim Pickens as: Taggart
Genre: Western, Comedy
Release: 1974
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Genre: Western, Comedy
Release: 1974
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
TOP 2:
La Classe américaine
Slim Pickens as: 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Release: 1993
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. With his last breath, he whispers: “Shitty world.” The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery… (16 French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Release: 1993
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. With his last breath, he whispers: “Shitty world.” The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery… (16 French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
TOP 1:
Dr. Strangelove
Original Title: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Slim Pickens as: Major "King" Kong
Genre: Drama, Comedy, War
Release: 1964
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Slim Pickens as: Major "King" Kong
Genre: Drama, Comedy, War
Release: 1964
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
If you like the best Slim Pickens movies, then you will also like the best John Wayne movies, where many of their films coincide.
