Jack Elam

Jack Elam Trailers

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Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.

Most Popular Jack Elam Trailers

Total trailers found: 116

Finders Keepers Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills Trailer (1986)

15 November 1986

Two young survivors of a wagon-train massacre battle horse thieves as they take a prize stallion through Utah.

Once Upon a Time in the West Trailer (1968)

21 December 1968

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

The Ring Trailer (1952)

26 September 1952

A young Mexican/American learns about life both inside and out of the ring when he takes up boxing.

The Bushwhackers Trailer (1951)

07 December 1951

Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun.

Never a Dull Moment Trailer (1968)

26 June 1968

When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him.

Uninvited Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A fortune in gold lures 8 misfits to an Indian burial ground, resulting in murder.

High Noon Trailer (1952)

09 June 1952

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train.

Wild Weed Trailer (1949)

20 July 1949

A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.

Skyward Christmas Trailer (1981)

03 December 1981

In this sequel to "Skyward" and pilot to a prospective series, Julie attempts a secret flight to bring her grandfather home for a Christmas reunion.

The Cannonball Run Trailer (1981)

19 June 1981

A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.

Jubilee Trail Trailer (1954)

15 May 1954

A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with child.

Dirty Dingus Magee Trailer (1970)

18 November 1970

Ass-breaker Dingus Magee is looking for a gold train when he comes upon old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill on stage to San Francisco, and robs him of his money.

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Trailer (1997)

27 July 1997

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

Once Upon a Texas Train Trailer (1988)

12 October 1988

Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars.

Firecreek Trailer (1968)

24 January 1968

A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.

Shadow Force Trailer (1992)

01 December 1992

Policemen by Day - Assassins at Night. A story all too familiar yet amazing to see. Follow the daily lives of corrupt policemen as they make a fortune as assassins.

Huckleberry Finn Trailer (1978)

31 March 1978

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.

Cannonball Run II Trailer (1984)

29 June 1984

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast.

Sidekicks Trailer (1974)

21 March 1974

Travelling through the West right after the Civil War, two con men hatch a scheme to try to collect the fifteen thousand dollar bounty offered for the capture of an outlaw.

The Way West Trailer (1967)

24 May 1967

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US.

The Rare Breed Trailer (1966)

02 February 1966

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Trailer (1957)

30 May 1957

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.

One Way Street Trailer (1950)

01 April 1950

After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.

Jubal Trailer (1956)

25 February 1956

Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of carrying the smell of sheep.

Thunder Over Arizona Trailer (1956)

04 August 1956

Ervin Plummer-played by the estimable George Macready, who like his good friend Vincent Price was a man of culture and erudition who specialised in bad guy roles-is a grasping avaricious businessman with a hunger for gold.

The Aurora Encounter Trailer (1986)

01 August 1986

In 1897, residents of a small Texas town are visited by a benevolent extraterrestrial being whose presence divides the community.

High Lonesome Trailer (1950)

01 September 1950

When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in the Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.

Bonanza: Under Attack Trailer (1995)

15 January 1995

After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed outlaw Frank James, he seeks sanctuary on the Ponderosa with the next generation of Cartwrights and his former Civil War compatriots.

Kansas City Confidential Trailer (1952)

11 November 1952

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

Kiss Me Deadly Trailer (1955)

28 April 1955

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum.

The Comancheros Trailer (1961)

16 December 1961

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

Rio Lobo Trailer (1970)

01 April 1970

After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

My Man and I Trailer (1952)

05 September 1952

In California, a Mexican-American laborer is falsely accused of shooting the racist farmer he was working for after the farmer stiffed him with a bad check.

The Villain Trailer (1979)

26 July 1979

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.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Trailer (1973)

23 May 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.

The Far Country Trailer (1954)

12 February 1954

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.

Support Your Local Sheriff! Trailer (1969)

26 March 1969

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

Vera Cruz Trailer (1954)

25 December 1954

After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.

Ride a Northbound Horse Trailer (1969)

16 March 1969

Fifteen-year-old Cav Rand purchases a racehorse and trains him into a winner, but a con artist is plotting to get the stallion away from the innocent Cav.

The Norseman Trailer (1978)

05 October 1978

An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

Rancho Notorious Trailer (1952)

10 April 1952

A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.

Suburban Commando Trailer (1991)

04 October 1991

Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an interstellar nasty and he must hide out on Earth until it can recharge.

Hannie Caulder Trailer (1971)

08 November 1971

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.

Baby Face Nelson Trailer (1957)

11 December 1957

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll.

The Last Rebel Trailer (1971)

24 September 1971

Set in 1865 in southwest Missouri, at the close of the Civil War the film follows the adventures of two Confederate men and a black man who they rescue from a lynching.

The Last Sunset Trailer (1961)

08 June 1961

At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Trailer (1979)

27 June 1979

Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own.

Artists and Models Trailer (1955)

07 November 1955

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.

Man Without a Star Trailer (1955)

24 March 1955

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

Cattle Queen of Montana Trailer (1954)

18 November 1954

Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.

Rawhide Trailer (1951)

25 March 1951

At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

The Wild Country Trailer (1970)

16 December 1970

Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers.

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen Trailer (1978)

17 May 1978

This lighthearted Western was an unsuccessful series pilot in which two sisters -- a gun-toting tomboy and a beauty with an engaging smile -- team up to track down a pair of train robbers, suspects in the shooting of their father.

The Last Challenge Trailer (1967)

25 June 1967

An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.

The Battle at Apache Pass Trailer (1952)

09 May 1952

Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically ambitious Indian agent Neil Baylor who sets up a false attack, and the abduction of a local farmer's son.

Wichita Trailer (1955)

03 July 1955

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas.

The Night of the Grizzly Trailer (1966)

20 April 1966

Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative.

Ride, Vaquero! Trailer (1953)

17 July 1953

Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their Texas border territory.

Jinxed! Trailer (1982)

22 October 1982

Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.