Gary Cooper
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High Noon
(1952)Gary Cooper won the Oscar® for the Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals.

The Westerner
(1940)Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.

The Hanging Tree
(1959)Academy Award winner Gary Cooper stars as the gun-slinging Western doctor of a lawless Montana gold-mining camp who has turned to violence after tragedy in his own life. But he learns to love again while trying to save a young woman's life.Based on the novel by Dorothy M. Johnson.

Love in the Afternoon
(1957)An aging American tycoon overcomes his inhibitions to court a young Parisian.

Meet John Doe
(1941)A fired reporter’s screed about corporate corruption via a fictitious suicidal and unhomed man’s column turns into a publicity stunt for her employer.

The Cowboy and the Lady
(1938)A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.

Ball of Fire
(1941)A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)From joining the New York Yankees to wedding his sweetheart to the brutal disease that would end his life, this is the story of a baseball legend.

The Real Glory
(1939)A small American contingent tries to train rural tribesmen to defend themselves against fanatical Muslim radicals in 1906 Philippines.

The Wedding Night
(1935)This romantic tragedy centers on the star-crossed love between a troubled and married writer and the beautiful Polish girl who becomes his inspiration. As the girl and the writer get to know each other, he learns that her stern father has betrothed her to a man she does not love.

Man of the West
(1958)A reformed outlaw is left abandoned in a remote area after he intervenes in a train robbery, where he unexpectedly runs into his old gang.

Springfield Rifle
(1952)A Union officer in the United States Civil War goes undercover — pretending to be court-martialed — to uncover who is stealing army horses and selling them to the South.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943)Based on the best-selling controversial novel by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls graces the screen with legendary stars Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. The story follows expatriate American demolition expert Robert Jordan (Cooper) who aides anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain.

They Came to Cordura
(1959)An Army major marked as a coward escorts Medal of Honor candidates through the desert in 1916 Mexico.

Vera Cruz
(1954)Two soldiers of fortune escort gold from Mexico City to Vera Cruz through a barrage of bullets and double-crosses during the 1866 Mexican Rebellion.
One Sunday Afternoon
(1933)One Sunday afternoon in the park, aspiring dentist Biff Grimes (Gary Cooper) meets a beauty (Fay Wray), falls heart over head in unrequited love, and – despite eventually marrying a pretty, steadfast girl – never stops wondering what might have been. Years later, Biff gets the chance to find out when he meets his would-be sweetheart again. Displaying the same all-American appeal that mark his memorable performances in such classics as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Sergeant York, Cooper makes James Hagan's hit play into endearing screen entertainment. Hollywood knew it had a good thing, remaking the film in 1941 as The Strawberry Blonde with James Cagney and as a musical in 1948 with Dennis Morgan.

Along Came Jones
(1945)Gary Cooper (1952's "High Noon") gives a marvelous, tongue-in-cheek performance as a fumble-fingered cowpoke who is mistaken for a notorious bandit and almost gets killed by both sides of the law all while managing to capture the attention of Loretta Young. William Demarest co-stars as Cooper's trusty sidekick and Dan Duryea plays the villainous Monte Jarred for whom Cooper is mistaken.

Distant Drums
(1951)Soldiers fight through the Everglades to return home after destroying a Seminole fort.

Dallas
(1950)Blade Hollister rides into town to find the men who killed his family and stole his land while he was fighting in the Civil War. He takes the identity of U.S. Marshal Wetherby and exacts his revenge, but the wiliest of the killers forces a final showdown.

Return to Paradise
(1953)After washing up on a Pacific island controlled by a puritanical missionary, a drifter challenges the despot and carves out a life with the locals.