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51.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
Deception
(1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
In an effort to thwart thieving outlaws that rob their stagecoaches, the stage-line's main operators come up with a plan that is not only unorthodox but risky as well.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Barry Nelson, Peggy Ann Garner, Jack Elam, Alan Hale Jr.
Votes: 17
52. The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958–1959)
60 min | Drama
Ellery Queen was a mystery writer who assisted his father, a detective with the New York Police Department, in solving murders. Queen's methods were arcane and intellectual rather than ... See full summary »
Stars: George Nader, Les Tremayne, Lee Philips, Ruth Warrick
Votes: 36
53. Call to Danger (1968 TV Movie)
60 min | Adventure
Jim Kingsley leads a secret government agency whose mission is to solve cases that stump other law enforcement offices.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Peter Graves, James Gregory, Daniel J. Travanti, Albert Paulsen
Votes: 9
54.
Decision (1958)
Episode:
The Virginian
(1958)
Drama
Judge Henry asks the Virginian to investigate mysterious setbacks in his efforts to bring a railroad spur branch to his ranch. The Virginian finds logical suspects in the judge's ... See full summary »
Directors: Lamont Johnson, David Lowell Rich | Stars: James Drury, Andrew Duggan, Stephen Joyce, Robert Burton
Votes: 14
55.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
The Silver Queen
(1958)
Not Rated | 26 min | Western
When a beautiful lady receives a half-ownership in a silver mine in a rather suspicious-looking will, Paladin sticks his neck out for the sake of a dead man's true wishes.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Boone, Lita Milan, Earle Hodgins, Whit Bissell
Votes: 130
56.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
Sing a Song of Murder
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gunn is hired by a broken down musician to find his wife.She is supposed to be dead.Gunn discovers the truth does involve death.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, James Edwards
Votes: 96
57. The Millionaire (1955–1960)
30 min | Drama
In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.
Stars: Marvin Miller, Paul Frees, Roy Gordon, Russ Conway
Votes: 599
58. Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957–1960)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Richard Diamond is a suave private investigator who at first walks the mean streets of New York City, then later packs up and moves to Los Angeles, California, where he tools around in a ... See full summary »
Stars: David Janssen, Roxane Brooks, Russ Conway, Regis Toomey
Votes: 281
59. It's a Man's World (1962–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wes and Tom-Tom are friends going to college and with musician Vern share a houseboat. Wes also watches out for his younger brother Howie and the four of them deal with girls, jobs, and school.
Stars: Glenn Corbett, Ted Bessell, Michael Burns, Randy Boone
Votes: 140
60. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Gene Lyons
Votes: 110
61. The Trials of O'Brien (1965–1966)
60 min | Drama
A flamboyant, Shakespeare-quoting, New York City defense attorney always seems to get into trouble.
Stars: Peter Falk, Joanna Barnes, Elaine Stritch, David Burns
Votes: 109
62.
Mr. Lucky (1959–1960)
Episode:
Hair of the Dog
(1960)
25 min | Comedy, Thriller
A front man for the Mob wants to buy the Fortuna II and will not take "NO" for an answer. Staged fights in the Dining Room,use of an attack dog and a quarantine for a virus are some of the ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: John Vivyan, Ross Martin, Pippa Scott, Peter Whitney
Votes: 36
63.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Witness
(1968)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Jean Thorndyke is the woman who knows too much - and Dan Farrell must find her before her murderous husband can silence her.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Robert Stack, Joan Hackett, Ruth Roman, Joseph Campanella
Votes: 19
64.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
Send a Thief
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gunn is hired by a mystery woman to deliver a briefcase. A bigger mystery is what is in the briefcase and who will kill to get it? Lt. Jacoby and Gunn find the answers involve a "dead" man.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Minerva Urecal
Votes: 79
65. Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
60 min | Drama
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take cases throughout the U.S. The program dealt with then-taboo subjects.
Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, Walter Brooke, John Dehner
Votes: 262
66. That Certain Summer (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Teenager Nick Salter visits his divorced father Doug and meets Dad's new friend Gary McLain. But Doug enjoys Gary's company more than the company of women. Nick must then learn to deal with Doug's homosexuality.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Joe Don Baker, Marlyn Mason
Votes: 487
67. Cain's Hundred (1961–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.
Stars: Peter Mark Richman, Gene Coogan, Eddie Hice, Gavin MacLeod
Votes: 107
68. Sam Benedict (1962–1963)
60 min | Drama
Sam Benedict is the go to lawyer in the San Francisco area with a reputation for winning impossible cases. Trudy has his office running efficiently while Hank keeps things from getting too serious as Benedict's right hand man.
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Richard Rust, Joan Tompkins, Alexander Lockwood
Votes: 93
69. Premiere (1968)
60 min | Drama
Composed of pilots for CBS, including Call to Danger (with Peter Graves), Lassiter (starring Burt Reynolds), and Walk in the Sky (by Robert Altman, with Carroll O'Connor).
Stars: John McMartin, Billy Dee Williams, Albert Paulsen, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 42
70.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
You Got to Have Luck
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
During a massive manhunt for escaped convict Sam Cobbett, Cobbett invades a house where young housewife Mary Schaffner is home alone.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Cassavetes, Marisa Pavan, Lamont Johnson
Votes: 1,169
71.
The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode:
Last Stage to Salt Flats
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Barkley's are stranded out of all places, in the desert. Making it difficult to survive the heat, no water and hard to put up with each other.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 103
72.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Glory Hunter
(1962)
60 min | Drama
A famous doctor, who has made a name for himself working with the poor people of India, comes to Blair for tests due to a suspected neurological disorder, and also to raise more money for his hospital overseas.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Alfred Ryder, Martin Balsam
Votes: 17
73.
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–1961)
Episode:
The School of the Soldier
(1961)
30 min | Drama
An undisciplined group of Union soldiers in the Civil learns their craft thanks to a heroic Captain from Austria - who is not what he seems.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Dick York, Lonny Chapman, George Ives
Votes: 11
74.
Felicity (1998–2002)
Episode:
Help for the Lovelorn
(2000)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance
This episode, a tribute to The Twilight Zone, follows Felicity as she tries to heal her broken heart and strange doings at The Clinic.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Keri Russell, Scott Speedman, Amy Jo Johnson, Tangi Miller
Votes: 142
75.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
Silver Convoy
(1958)
Not Rated | 26 min | Western
Paladin ventures into Mexico on the trail of a man who, it turns out, has already been arrested and is dead. Another job presents itself, however, in the form of a shipment of silver dug from the ground by prison labor.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Boone, Nico Minardos, BarBara Luna, George Keymas
Votes: 115
76.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
The Human Trap
(1960)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy playboy is dead from an icepick wound. He died in the upscale apartment of a woman whose ex-husband is a notorious gambling czar. The lady freely admits she killed the playboy - ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Ruth Roman, Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Jack Lord
Votes: 77
77. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 3,516
78. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.
Stars: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 693
79. The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961)
30 min | Drama
A drama anthology series hosted by actress Loretta Young. In addition to hosting the series, she played the lead in various episodes.
Stars: Loretta Young, John Milton Kennedy, John Newland, Robert Foulk
Votes: 300
80. Mr. Lucky (1959–1960)
30 min | Comedy, Thriller
A large ship sailing in international waters allowed patrons to gamble the night away. Mr. Lucky was the owner, and with his assistant Andamo, handled problem patrons, crooks, and cops to stay afloat.
Stars: John Vivyan, Ross Martin, Tom Brown, Joe Scott
Votes: 368
81. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
82. The Execution of Private Slovik (1974 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Martin Sheen, Mariclare Costello, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey
Votes: 1,053
83. The Americans (1961– )
60 min | Action, War
During the American Civil War, two brothers fighting on opposite sides of the conflict.
Stars: Darryl Hickman, Richard Davalos, John McIntire, Slim Pickens
Votes: 88
84. The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1962)
30 min | Drama
Abraham Lincoln Jones is a lawyer assisted by his law clerk, young C. E. Carruthers, and his secretary Marsha Spear. His cases usually did not involve violence but rather "white collar" crime.
Stars: James Whitmore, Janet De Gore, Conlan Carter, Russ Brown
Votes: 71
85. My Sweet Charlie (1970 TV Movie)
G | 97 min | Drama
A pregnant white Southern girl and a black New York lawyer, both on the run in rural Texas, meet up in a boarded-up, abandoned house and realize they both need each other in order to survive.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Patty Duke, Al Freeman Jr., Ford Rainey, William Hardy
Votes: 274
86. The Lone Wolf (1954–1955)
30 min | Adventure
Michael Lanyard is a debonair gentleman who travels the world solving crimes and getting lawbreakers arrested. He operates on the edge of what is legal and occasionally finds time to romance the beautiful women he encounters.
Stars: Louis Hayward, John Doucette, Burt Mustin, James Anderson
Votes: 120
87. Destry (1964)
60 min | Western
Young Harrison Destry, son of legendary lawman Tom Destry, had been a sheriff himself until he was framed and sent to prison. Now he roams about looking for the hombres that did him wrong. ... See full summary »
Stars: John Gavin, Ken Mayer, Bill Coontz, Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Votes: 82
88.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
(1995)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of the renowned television writer and creator of the classic science fiction series, "The Twilight Zone."
Director: Susan Lacy | Stars: Lee Grant, Rod Serling, Mitchell Greenberg, John Frankenheimer
Votes: 236
89.
Coronet Blue (1967)
Episode:
The Assassins
(1967)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Mike learns through a classified ad that his parents are looking for him, he goes to meet them and his fiancée.They warmly take him back, but something is not quite right about them, and soon he realizes he's being set up.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Frank Converse, Signe Hasso, Edward Binns, Janet Margolin
Votes: 22
90.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
Winter Harvest
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Kildare believes that a highly respected older doctor is slowing down too much in surgery, and informs Gillespie of this even though the man is one of Gillespie's oldest friends and mentors... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Charles Bickford, Herschel Bernardi
Votes: 22
91.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
Heritage of Anger
(1959)
Not Rated | 25 min | Western
A young Mexican boy (Joe/Jose) is given up shortly after being born to an American family. Once the boy reached teen age the mother with the help of legendary Mexican bandit/gun hand is ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Boone, Carol Thurston, Ricky Vera, Peter Coe
Votes: 93
92.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
Young Gun
(1958)
Not Rated | 26 min | Western
During a bitterly bizarre dispute over an arid region's water supply, Paladin faces a reluctant but deadly gun in the son of resigned shootist.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Boone, Robert F. Simon, Dick Foran, Paul Carr
Votes: 118
93.
The Law and Mr. Jones (1960–1962)
Episode:
What's in a Name?
(1960)
30 min | Drama
A.L. Jones takes on a new legal secretary when his previous one up and leaves to have a baby, and she has a baptism of fire when she accompanies him in defending a builder trying to expose his shoddy successors.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: James Whitmore, Janet De Gore, Conlan Carter, Charles Drake
Votes: 6
94.
Mr. Lucky (1959–1960)
Episode:
Aces Back to Back
(1960)
30 min | Comedy, Thriller
Mr. Lucky receives a "Birthday Present" from an old WWII Navy pal-an atrocious oil painting.When the friend is murdered and an aggressive buyer for the painting pops up on the Fortuna II,Mr... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: John Vivyan, Ross Martin, Pippa Scott, Peter Whitney
Votes: 38
95.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
Kill from Nowhere
(1959)
TV-14 | 25 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Louise Reardon is a wheelchair-bound woman with no enemies but she is lured to a window as a sniper's target. The obvious suspect is Joe Scully, an ex-con who is her nurse and in her will. But Louise, barely alive, hires Gunn to clear him.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Hope Emerson, Herschel Bernardi
Votes: 94
96.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Coffin
(1959)
TV-14 | 26 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gunn is hired to deliver the body of a man's dead son to him in Mexico.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Hope Emerson, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 88
97.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Dummy
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gunn looks into the killing of a famous ventriloquist whose dummy is missing. One of the clues is especially baffling-the man would only work and live where there were two ways in and out.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Dick Beals
Votes: 82
98.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Family Affair
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
B E Raleigh places something into a hidden wall safe before preparing for bed. As he rides a stair elevator an ax swings across in front of him almost sending him into cardiac arrest. Gunn ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Hope Emerson, Alan Hewitt
Votes: 101
99.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
Wings of an Angel
(1960)
TV-14 | 25 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A prison warden asks Gunn to help in the rehabilitation of a veteran bank heist planner by escorting the man to his daughter's wedding. When he vanishes on the trip back to prison, Gunn and Jacoby know what's going to happen; a bank heist.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Sandy Kenyon
Votes: 77
100. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.
Stars: Dick Powell, Walter Sande, Denver Pyle, Bill Erwin
Votes: 580