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101.
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
102.
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: 95
103.
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: 90
104.
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: 84
105.
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: 102
106.
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: 79
107. 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: 582
108. Insight (I) (1960–1984)
30 min | Drama
This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.
Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith
Votes: 284
109. The Detectives (1959–1962)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Captain Matt Holbrook leads a squad of brave and tough detectives in a large, unnamed city. Instead of leading personal lives, they spend all of their time tracking murderers, thieves, ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Mark Goddard
Votes: 241
110. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
111. The Felony Squad (1966–1969)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis. The tough-as-nails desk Sergeant is the father of young Briggs, and helps the ... See full summary »
Stars: Howard Duff, Ben Alexander, Dennis Cole, Frank Maxwell
Votes: 173
112. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
30 min | Drama
When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Instead of having a completely different cast for each episode, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell
Votes: 90
113. Angel (1960–1961)
30 min | Comedy
Angel has just moved to America from France after getting married to her sweetheart, John. Although she tries her best to be a loving and responsible housewife for her new husband, she ... See full summary »
Stars: Annie Fargue, Marshall Thompson, Doris Singleton, Don Keefer
Votes: 55
114. The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–1961)
30 min | Drama
A drama anthology series presented by, and occasionally starring, June Allyson.
Stars: June Allyson, Don Rickles, Naomi Stevens, Dick Powell
Votes: 244
115. Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952–1954)
30 min | Adventure
A husband-and-wife spy team poses as American importers behind the Iron Curtain.
Stars: Alan Hale Jr., Randy Stuart, Jay Novello, John Wengraf
Votes: 74
116.
Cimarron Strip (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Roarer
(1967)
TV-PG | 73 min | Western
A hell-raising cavalryman's escapades cause trouble for both Marshal Jim Crown and his post commander. His destructive exploits lead to violence as he flouts not only the law but a vigilante committee formed to kill him.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Richard Boone, Percy Herbert, Randy Boone
Votes: 67
117.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Witch Doctor
(1962)
60 min | Drama
A young woman is admitted to Blair and discovered to be suffering from a subdural hematoma. Fearful of hospitals, she asks to be released, though Kildare tells her she needs to be operated ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Pat Hingle, Joan Hackett
Votes: 20
118.
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: 117
119.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Deadly Proposition
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man is paid to take the blame for the murder of his boss' wife and as part of the plan he hires Gunn to look into the death.Gunn finds evidence linking the man to the crime but it seems too pat-especially to Jacoby.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Minerva Urecal
Votes: 79
120.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Wolfe Case
(1959)
TV-14 | 25 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gunn is hired by the wife of a prominent lawyer who is convinced that her husband and his mistress are plotting to kill her. Complicating matters is the mistress's connection to a local mobster.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Norma Crane
Votes: 87
121.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Kick the Can
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An old man living in a rest home thinks he's found the secret of youth in children's games.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Ernest Truex, Russell Collins, John Marley, Hank Patterson
Votes: 2,682
122. Riverboat (1959–1961)
60 min | Adventure, Western
Grey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Dick Wessel, Jack Lambert, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 228
123. The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
60 min | Drama
The story takes place in a large hospital and revolves around two nurses, Liz Thorpe (Shirl Conway), the older head nurse, and Gail Lucas, the naive student nurse. The two nurses were ... See full summary »
Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Michael Tolan, Joseph Campanella
Votes: 112
124. Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
This made-for-television movie is a dramatization of the life of the founder of Los Angeles's first alcoholic recovery center for women, Beatrice O'Reilly.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Carol Burnett, Lloyd Bridges, Marian Mercer, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 109
125. Fear on Trial (1975 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was behind the blacklisting, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: William Devane, George C. Scott, Dorothy Tristan, William Redfield
Votes: 151
126. Stage 7 (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
A weekly half-hour anthology series, similar to "Four Star Playhouse".
Stars: Gordon Mills, Dan Barton, Dennis Morgan, Frank Lovejoy
Votes: 38
127. Moby Dick (1954 TV Movie)
Drama
The demented, ruthless Captain Ahab pursues the white whale which took off his leg years before.
Director: Albert McCleery | Stars: Victor Jory, Lamont Johnson, Harvey Stephens, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 8
128. Decision (1958)
30 min | Drama
This 1958 summer replacement series for "The Loretta Young Show" consisted of pilots for other series such as a short version of "The Virginian" starring James Drury and "Man Against Crime"... See full summary »
Stars: James Drury, Michael Rennie, Mark Stevens, Merry Anders
Votes: 25
129.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
Dracula
(1956)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: John Conte, John Carradine, Lisa Daniels, Victor Jory
Votes: 10
130.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Killer with a Kiss
(1960)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young man working at Bellevue Hospital, at the Mental Ward, has a neurosis himself. He harbors a deep seated hatred of his deceased military hero father, whom he blames for his mother's ... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Nancy Malone
Votes: 78
131.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Grudge
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gunn is called in by Lt. Jacoby to deal with a psychotic bomber who has escaped from a mental institution and is threatening to cause major damage unless the mayor kills himself.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Herschel Bernardi, Robert Gist, Edgar Stehli
Votes: 85
132. Shogun Assassin (1980)
R | 85 min | Action, Adventure
When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.
Directors: Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Shôgen Nitta
Votes: 11,236
133. The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990)
278 min | Drama
This sweeping mini-series profiling the Kennedy family ran three nights. The film chronicles 55 years in the lives of the family opening in 1906 with the marriage of Joseph P. Kennedy, a ... See full summary »
Stars: Casey Affleck, Annette O'Toole, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Steven Weber
Votes: 175
134. Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley, Melanie Mayron
Votes: 430
135. TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Family-oriented stories from the pages of "Reader's Digest" were dramatized on film.
Stars: Hugh Reilly, Gene Raymond, Richard Reeves, Helen Mowery
Votes: 60
136. Up Front (1951)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Based on the famed World War II cartoons, lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Marina Berti, Jeffrey Lynn
Votes: 116
137. The Animals (1963)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Frédéric Rossif | Stars: Martine Sarcey, Marcelle Ranson-Hervé, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Marc Bory
Votes: 15
138.
Angel (1960–1961)
Episode:
The French Touch
(1960)
30 min | Comedy
Angel, getting used to American ways goes shopping for a dinner party. Believing one is supposed to haggle she's proud of the money saved. But John says it's not necessary. After she buys expensive clothes she's confused why John's angry.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Annie Fargue, Marshall Thompson, Doris Singleton, Don Keefer
Votes: 8
139.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
Sentenced
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Peter Gunn is convicted and sentenced to death for a bank robbery/murder he did not commit. After sentencing and before Gunn is delivered to prison, Lt. Jacoby asks to see him in his office... See full summary »
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Minerva Urecal
Votes: 82
140.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Jockey
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A nightclub singer makes an unscheduled appearance on stage when she falls through a skylight. When the police rule her death accidental, her wealthy jockey boyfriend hires Peter Gunn to find the truth.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Herschel Bernardi, Robert Gist, Frankie Darro
Votes: 113
141.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A rural gas station attendant given to telling tall tales about himself is kidnapped by aliens who believe him to be one of Earth's leading intellects.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Andy Devine, Milton Selzer, Howard McNear, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 2,378
142.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
One More Pallbearer
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Millionaire Paul Radin tries to convince three people who wronged him in the past to apologize to him by offering them shelter from a staged and phony nuclear war scenario.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Joseph Wiseman, Katherine Squire, Trevor Bardette, Gage Clarke
Votes: 2,356
143.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Passage on the Lady Anne
(1963)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young American couple, the Ransomes, who are trying to salvage their troubled marriage, insist on booking passage on an old trans-Atlantic cruise liner. But other passengers try to persuade them to disembark immediately.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Gladys Cooper, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Cecil Kellaway, Lee Philips
Votes: 1,712
144.
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
Episode:
Spell of Murder
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The wife of a successful businessman hires Gunn to investigate after someone takes a shot at her husband. The prime suspect is the husband's former business partner who he abandoned during a mine collapse years before.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Malcolm Atterbury, Cynthia Leighton
Votes: 85
145. Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
Stars: Myron McCormick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Frank Conroy, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 80
146. Goodyear Theatre (1957–1960)
30 min | Drama
Goodyear Theatre is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC.
Stars: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Peter Leeds
Votes: 69
147. The Danny Thomas Hour (1967–1968)
60 min | Musical, Comedy, Drama
Thomas starred in the musical-variety and comedy episodes (many drawn from his earlier Make Room for Daddy (1953)) and hosted the more dramatic offerings.
Stars: Danny Thomas, Hans Conried, Van Johnson, Joe Besser
Votes: 111
148. The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969–1970)
60 min | Drama
Sam Danforth is a big city deputy police chief whose old fashioned way of handling things didn't always work in the changing world. He teams with DA William Washburn, who is more adaptable in dealing with crime.
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Hari Rhodes, Carl Byrd, Michael Bell
Votes: 66
149. Crisis at Central High (1981 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama, History
Story of the federally-ordered integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Charles Durning, Henderson Forsythe, William Russ
Votes: 165
150.
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956–1960)
Episode:
Crown of Silla
(1959)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An art dealer asks Diamond to make a clandestine investigation into the disappearance of a valuable crown which vanished from a safe on board a yacht.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: David Janssen, Abraham Sofaer, Gail Kobe, John Anderson
Votes: 15