Neil Summers

Neil Summers is a British born American former film actor and stunt performer. He's also a collector of Western film memorabilia and wrote books about his experience in the film industry.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Darabont
CAST:  Tim Robbins  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Bob Gunton  •  William Sadler

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Darabont
CAST:  Tim Robbins  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Bob Gunton  •  William Sadler

Dick Tracy (1990)

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Warren Beatty
CAST:  Warren Beatty  •  Al Pacino  •  Madonna  •  Charlie Korsmo

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Warren Beatty
CAST:  Warren Beatty  •  Al Pacino  •  Madonna  •  Charlie Korsmo

My Name Is Nobody (1973)

Jack Beauregard, an ageing gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonino Valerii
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Henry Fonda  •  Jean Martin  •  R. G. Armstrong

Jack Beauregard, an ageing gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tonino Valerii
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Henry Fonda  •  Jean Martin  •  R. G. Armstrong

RoboCop (1987)

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In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Verhoeven
CAST:  Peter Weller  •  Nancy Allen  •  Ronny Cox  •  Kurtwood Smith

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Verhoeven
CAST:  Peter Weller  •  Nancy Allen  •  Ronny Cox  •  Kurtwood Smith

Bad Girls (1994)

Four former harlots try to leave the wild west (Colorado, to be exact) and head north to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately someone from Cody's past won't let it happen that easily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Madeleine Stowe  •  Mary Stuart Masterson  •  Andie MacDowell  •  Drew Barrymore

Four former harlots try to leave the wild west (Colorado, to be exact) and head north to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately someone from Cody's past won't let it happen that easily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Madeleine Stowe  •  Mary Stuart Masterson  •  Andie MacDowell  •  Drew Barrymore

Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Millie Perkins  •  Jack Nicholson  •  Katherine Squire

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Millie Perkins  •  Jack Nicholson  •  Katherine Squire

Under the Gun (1988)

A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles. Mike rushes to LA and finds that his brother has been murdered and his brother Tony's girlfriend gunned down ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Sbardellati
CAST:  Sam J. Jones  •  Vanessa Williams  •  John Russell  •  Michael Halsey

A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles. Mike rushes to LA and finds that his brother has been murdered and his brother Tony's girlfriend gunned down ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Sbardellati
CAST:  Sam J. Jones  •  Vanessa Williams  •  John Russell  •  Michael Halsey

Peacemaker (1990)

Two aliens arrive on Earth trying to kill each other. This is not easy, since they seem to be able to regenerate lost body parts and survive bullet wounds. Both of them happen to meet a young pathologist Dori Caisson, and each alien tells her that he is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Tenney
CAST:  Robert Forster  •  Lance Edwards  •  Hilary Shepard  •  Robert Davi

Two aliens arrive on Earth trying to kill each other. This is not easy, since they seem to be able to regenerate lost body parts and survive bullet wounds. Both of them happen to meet a young pathologist Dori Caisson, and each alien tells her that he is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Tenney
CAST:  Robert Forster  •  Lance Edwards  •  Hilary Shepard  •  Robert Davi

Lucky Luke (1991)

Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. Then the Dalton brothers arrive and try to get the Indians to break the peace treaty and attack the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Hill
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Nancy Morgan  •  Fritz Sperberg  •  Dominic Barto

Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. Then the Dalton brothers arrive and try to get the Indians to break the peace treaty and attack the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Hill
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Nancy Morgan  •  Fritz Sperberg  •  Dominic Barto

Big Man on Campus (1989)

In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He is put on trial and made to go through tests. One of the research doctors falls for him, and he falls for her in the end  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Allan Katz  •  Corey Parker  •  Melora Hardin  •  Cindy Williams

In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He is put on trial and made to go through tests. One of the research doctors falls for him, and he falls for her in the end  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Allan Katz  •  Corey Parker  •  Melora Hardin  •  Cindy Williams

White Line Fever (1975)

An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Kay Lenz  •  Slim Pickens  •  L.Q. Jones

An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Jan-Michael Vincent  •  Kay Lenz  •  Slim Pickens  •  L.Q. Jones

The Gambler (1980)

This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Kenny Rogers  •  Christine Belford  •  Bruce Boxleitner  •  Harold Gould

This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Kenny Rogers  •  Christine Belford  •  Bruce Boxleitner  •  Harold Gould

Cop Killers (1977)

Two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree of robbery and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter R. Cichy
CAST:  Thomas Burnes  •  Bill Osco  •  Jason Williams  •  Ted Ellison

Two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree of robbery and murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter R. Cichy
CAST:  Thomas Burnes  •  Bill Osco  •  Jason Williams  •  Ted Ellison

The Animals (1971)

A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old West to her new home, young schoolteacher Alice McAndrew is abducted by five outlaws headed by robber Pudge Elliott. The thugs rape Alice before leaving her for dead, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Joy
CAST:  Michele Carey  •  Henry Silva  •  Keenan Wynn  •  John Anderson

A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old West to her new home, young schoolteacher Alice McAndrew is abducted by five outlaws headed by robber Pudge Elliott. The thugs rape Alice before leaving her for dead, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Joy
CAST:  Michele Carey  •  Henry Silva  •  Keenan Wynn  •  John Anderson

The Tracker (1988)

After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Scott Wilson  •  Mark Moses  •  Karen Kopins

After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Scott Wilson  •  Mark Moses  •  Karen Kopins

Mr. Billion (1977)

A fortuneless auto mechanic inherits a billion dollar financial empire when his uncle dies. However, there is one stipulation. In order to claim his fortune he must arrive in San Francisco within twenty days, and along the way there are a number of people who want ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Valerie Perrine  •  Jackie Gleason  •  Slim Pickens

A fortuneless auto mechanic inherits a billion dollar financial empire when his uncle dies. However, there is one stipulation. In order to claim his fortune he must arrive in San Francisco within twenty days, and along the way there are a number of people who want ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Valerie Perrine  •  Jackie Gleason  •  Slim Pickens

Troublemakers (1994)

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Hill
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Boots Southerland  •  Ruth Buzzi

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Hill
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Boots Southerland  •  Ruth Buzzi

Heaven with a Gun (1969)

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee H. Katzin
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Glenn Ford  •  J.D. Cannon  •  Barbara Hershey

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee H. Katzin
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Glenn Ford  •  J.D. Cannon  •  Barbara Hershey

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker, Judge Roy Bean, rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Ned Beatty  •  Anthony Perkins

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker, Judge Roy Bean, rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Ned Beatty  •  Anthony Perkins

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (1978)

Two guys come to Nashville and try to make it on the country music scene. Their vision is to play at the Grand IL' Opry. Rejection after rejection pushes them to the verge of quitting and moving back to wherever they came from.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Grasshoff
CAST:  Jesse Turner  •  Dennis Fimple  •  Slim Pickens  •  Marcie Barkin

Two guys come to Nashville and try to make it on the country music scene. Their vision is to play at the Grand IL' Opry. Rejection after rejection pushes them to the verge of quitting and moving back to wherever they came from.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Grasshoff
CAST:  Jesse Turner  •  Dennis Fimple  •  Slim Pickens  •  Marcie Barkin