All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring John Vernon, ranked

Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of pro-Union Jayhawker militants from Senator James H. Lane’s Kansas Brigade, led by the brutal Captain Terrill. Wales refuses to surrender, and as a result, he and a young guerrilla named Jamie are the only survivors when Terrill’s Redlegs massacre the surrendering men.

A psychopathic sniper, later referred to as Scorpio, shoots a woman while she swims in a rooftop pool. He shoots two robbers and holds a third at gunpoint with his Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver, bluffing him to surrender with an ultimatum:

John Talbot is talking on radio to a woman and a man who is flying a plane. He hears them being machine gunned to death by another plane. Some time later, Talbot appears in a small town in Louisiana, where he starts a fight with some local police. He is arrested and faces trial, where it is revealed he is wanted for killing a policeman and robbing a bank.

The Caribbean Star, a combination cargo ship and floating casino is hijacked by terrorists led by Luis Carreras, who installs an atomic bomb, holding both the passengers and the bomb hostage, hoping to exchange them for the gold bullion on a U.S. Treasury ship. However, First Officer John Carter, Susan Beresford, and Dr. Marston join forces to foil the plan.