Movies by Harry Shannon

Singing Guns

Singing Guns

Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.

Headin' for God's Country

Headin' for God's Country

In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. The story turns out to be true when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The town then rises up and slaughters a Japanese raiding party.

Mary Ryan, Detective

Mary Ryan, Detective

A female police detective (Marsha Hunt) enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity of the leader of a stolen goods racket.

Rails Into Laramie

Rails Into Laramie

A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

Alibi Mark

Alibi Mark

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.

Cow Town

Cow Town

Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.

Duel at Apache Wells

Duel at Apache Wells

A young man returns home after several years absence to find that a gang is after not only his family ranch, but his girlfriend as well.

Tarnished

Tarnished

Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to make a new life for himself but, even with the help of Lou Jellison, a cannery worker, he finds it hard to live down his reputation.

Phantom Stallion

Phantom Stallion

Ex-cavalry buddies, Rex and Slim, band together to capture a wild stallion, solve a murder and thwart the killers from cheating a boy out of his inheritance.

Lure of the Wilderness

Lure of the Wilderness

A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog.

The Flying Missile

The Flying Missile

A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.

The World of Tomorrow

The World of Tomorrow

Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes film images of Jason Robards Jr. as a child at the World's Fair and clips from the promotional film "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair" (1939).

Jack Slade

Jack Slade

A young boy witnesses his father murdered by bandits and grows into adulthood vowing revenge.

Wrongorilla

Wrongorilla

Jack Haley joins the circus.

The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas

Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in a robbery. When he catches him and listens to his story, he changes his mind about him. A freak accident locates the missing money box and they find the seal unbroken. Roy then announces the box will be opened at the showboat that evening.

Someone to Remember

Someone to Remember

An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and eventually grows attached to a troubled young student whom she comes to believe is her own grandson. When she finds out that the boy's father will be visiting him, she prepares herself to be reunited with the man she has convinced herself is her long-lost son.

Rustlers

Rustlers

A group of Arizona ranchers, trying to learn the identities of the Salt River Gang and prevent any further rustling, marks the currency that rancher Frank Abbott turns over to the gang to get his cattle back. Unfortunately drifters Dick McBride and Chito Rafferty are accused of being in the gang when they are found with the money, which they have actually won at the casino of saloon owner Brad Carew, a member of the gang. Dick and Chito break out of jail and hunt down the fleeing Carew in hopes of finding out who the true leader of the gang is.

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

Comedic short featuring Shakespeare's notable characters; many performing musical numbers. An assistant director is told to read all Shakespeare’s works in order to mine them for potential film plots. Falling asleep on the job, he dreams of various Shakespearean characters coming to life from the pages of giant books and singing and dancing in celebration of their "goin’ Hollywood." The characters appearing include Romeo, Juliet, Juliet’s Nurse, Puck, Peter Quince, Hamlet, Old Hamlet’s Ghost, Falstaff, Antony, Cleopatra, and Macbeth. Shakesp...

The Girl from Avenue A

The Girl from Avenue A

A tough girl raised in the streets finds that her dialect and manners are helpful as source material for a playwright.

Tear Gas Squad

Tear Gas Squad

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.