Luke Askew

Luke Askew

March 26, 1932 · 94 years old

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Luke Askew (born 1932 in Macon, Georgia, U.S.) is an American actor best known for his role in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Askew was born in Macon, Georgia. He made his film debut in Otto Preminger's Hurry Sundown (1967), but was first noticed as an actor fo…

Known For

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Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

1967 · 2h 7m · Movie

A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.

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Easy Rider

Easy Rider

1969 · 1h 35m · Movie

Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.

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Frailty

Frailty

2002 · 1h 40m · Movie

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."

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The Greatest Game Ever Played

The Greatest Game Ever Played

2005 · 2h 0m · Movie

In the 1913 U.S. Open, twenty-year-old Francis Ouimet played golf against his idol, 1900 U.S. Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon.

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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 · 2h 2m · Movie

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.

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Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

1977 · 1h 40m · Movie

A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.

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The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade

1968 · 2h 10m · Movie

A US Army lieutenant colonel is tasked with forming an elite commando-style unit from crack Canadian troops and the dregs of the US Army.

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The Beast Within

The Beast Within

1982 · 1h 38m · Movie

A young woman gets raped by a mysterious man-creature, and years later her son begins a horrific transformation into a similar beast.

5.6
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The Magnificent Seven Ride!

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

1972 · 1h 40m · Movie

Forced by personal circumstances, Marshal Chris Adams recruits a writer and five prisoners to help him eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits.

5.6
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The Warrior and the Sorceress

The Warrior and the Sorceress

1984 · 1h 21m · Movie

A fearsome swordsman, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands and comes upon a town where two arch enemies fight incessantly for control of the town's only well.

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The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972 · 1h 31m · Movie

The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota.

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Traveller

Traveller

1997 · 1h 41m · Movie

A man joins a group of nomadic con artists in rural North Carolina.

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Frank & Jesse

Frank & Jesse

1994 · 1h 45m · Movie

Western starring Rob Lowe and Bill Paxton, based on the lives of Frank and Jesse James. After the Civil War Frank and Jesse return to their family's farm. When their younger brother is murdered they embark on a mission for revenge.

5.7
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Part 2: Walking Tall

Part 2: Walking Tall

1975 · 1h 49m · Movie

Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late-1960s Tennessee.

6.0
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Wanda Nevada

Wanda Nevada

1979 · 1h 47m · Movie

A drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.

5.5
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Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown

1967 · 2h 26m · Movie

Drama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

5.8
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Vendetta

Vendetta

1999 · 1h 57m · Movie

Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...

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No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

1990 · 1h 41m · Movie

Two feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent, killed by the mafia.

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Flareup

Flareup

1969 · 1h 40m · Movie

A psycho stalks go-go dancer from Las Vegas, Nevada to Los Angeles, California.

5.0
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

1993 · 1h 33m · Movie

A convict is reunited with his long-lost son in prison, and when the two are released, the parole stipulates that they must live together, even though the two barely know one another.

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A Matter of Wife... and Death

A Matter of Wife... and Death

1975 · 1h 13m · Movie

A private investigator is confronted by the police and the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.

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