Movies by Willard Parker

The Bandit Queen

The Bandit Queen

Zara Montalve, half Spanish and half America, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang. Posing as Lola Belmont, an American visiting from Detroit, teams up with Joaquin Murietta, posing as Carlos Del Rio, to form a Robin-Hood type band that takes vengeance on the gang and restores stolen gold to its rightful owners, aided by militia leader Dan Hinsdale.

Sangaree

Sangaree

Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.

The Mating of Millie

The Mating of Millie

Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan Tommy Bassett, but learns that she will first have to have a husband, Millie turns to her neighbor, Doug Andrews. Though he has no interest in marriage, Doug offers to help Millie find a husband by transforming her into a beautiful and exciting woman, one who catches the eye of two eligible bachelors, including the orphanage's president.

Apache Drums

Apache Drums

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

Slightly French

Slightly French

A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.

Hunt the Man Down

Hunt the Man Down

A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.

The Wreck of the Hesperus

The Wreck of the Hesperus

The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.

Lone Texan

Lone Texan

After the Civil War, a Texan who served in the Union army comes back home to find himself ostracized by his neighbors for having fought against the Confederacy. On top of that, he finds that his younger brother is now the sheriff, and is ruling the town with an iron hand.

The Great Jesse James Raid

The Great Jesse James Raid

The famed outlaw is talked into saddling up for one more bank robbery.

Renegades

Renegades

The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.

Over the Goal

Over the Goal

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.

Bodyhold

Bodyhold

A plumber with a girlfriend turns pro wrestler for a crooked promoter.

David Harding, Counterspy

David Harding, Counterspy

A Counterspy in the US military is killed under suspicious circumstances. His friend, Jerry Baldwin, a Navy Commander, is assigned to replace him and stop a saboteur in a torpedo factory.

Young Jesse James

Young Jesse James

When Missouri farm boy Jesse James witnesses the lynching of his father by the Yankees, he forsakes his family's homestead to find his brother Frank, a soldier in Quantrill's Raiders, a renegade band of Confederates. Bent on revenge, Jesse begs to join the raiders.

My True Story

My True Story

Ann Martin is serving time as a jewel thief. Paroled and determined to stay clean, she quickly finds out that her freedom was bought by an old, vicious boss that has picked her for a job.

Walk Tall

Walk Tall

To keep peace, an Army captain (Willard Parker) hunts for an outlaw-gang leader (Kent Taylor) who is raiding Indians.

Relentless

Relentless

A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.

Naked Gun

Naked Gun

Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...