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51. Golden Rendezvous (1977)
PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
On a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.
Directors: Ashley Lazarus, Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Gordon Jackson, John Vernon
Votes: 597
52. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 133
53. Boston Blackie (1951–1953)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Blackie and gal pal Mary, and their dog Whitey, solve lots of Los Angeles crimes before the cops can do it.
Stars: Kent Taylor, Lois Collier, Frank Orth, Bill Catching
Votes: 146
54. Dinah! (1974–1980)
90 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home ... See full summary »
Stars: Dinah Shore, Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty White, Norm Crosby
Votes: 314
55. My Six Loves (1963)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy
Broadway musical star arrives home and finds six runaway children living on the property.
Director: Gower Champion | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, David Janssen, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 600
56. 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: 109
57. The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Various guest hosts present a musical variety show.
Stars: Bing Crosby, Dick Tufeld, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 321
58. Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Approved | 95 min | Action, Western
In 1868 Oregon, after the Army violates the treaty by building a road across the reservation, several tribal chiefs decide to unite their forces against the trespassing whites.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Keith Andes
Votes: 773
59. The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970)
60 min | Comedy, Music
Tim Conway's sketch comedy show from the 70s!
Stars: Tim Conway, Edward J. Heim, Ted Sprague, Currie Pederson
Votes: 198
60. The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Privileged college student Andy Shaeffer is a mama's boy who flunks out of school and is drafted by the army where he becomes a real man, to the astonishment of everyone.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus
Votes: 592
61. Birds of Prey (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former fighter pilot now working as a radio station traffic reporter witnesses a bank robbery. He chases down the bank robbers and a hostage in his helicopter.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: David Janssen, Ralph Meeker, Elayne Heilveil, Harry Klekas
Votes: 407
62. Ring of Fire (1961)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: David Janssen, Joyce Taylor, Frank Gorshin, Joel Marston
Votes: 676
63. The Square Jungle (1955)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
A grocery store clerk turns prizefighter to win prize money to bail his drunken father out of jail.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Tony Curtis, Pat Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Paul Kelly
Votes: 412
64. Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! (1976 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne until it can reach an open airfield after a killer aboard the plane fires a gun at an engine and pilot of the plane.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: David Janssen, Don Meredith, Christopher George, Ray Milland
Votes: 365
65. The Word (1978)
480 min | Drama
A document is discovered that appears to be an ancient eyewitness account of the life of Jesus Christ. A public relations executive is hired to publicize this document as a new version of ... See full summary »
Stars: David Janssen, James Whitmore, Florinda Bolkan, Eddie Albert
Votes: 152
66. Joys! (1976 TV Special)
90 min | Comedy, Mystery
Someone arranges a star-studded party at Bob Hope's home and then begins murdering the guests.
Director: Dick McDonough | Stars: Bob Hope, Don Adams, Jack Albertson, Marty Allen
Votes: 82
67. City in Fear (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama
Vince Perrino is a burned-out newspaper writer who's goated by his ruthless boss, publisher Harrison Crawford III, into tracking the moves of Tony Pate, a vicious serial killer through a big city.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: David Janssen, Robert Vaughn, Perry King, Mickey Rourke
Votes: 238
68. Where It's At (1969)
R | 106 min | Drama
A "Sixties Generation" comedy about an offbeat father-son relationship. Dad runs a Las Vegas hotel-casino and his son is a college student with a different set of moral and ethical ... See full summary »
Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: David Janssen, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Drivas, Brenda Vaccaro
Votes: 222
69. Macho Callahan (1970)
R | 99 min | Drama, Western
Macho Callahan breaks out of a Confederate military prison, intent on revenge against the man who conscripted him into the army. Before he gets started, he kills another man in a petty dispute and is in turn pursued by the vengeful widow.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb, James Booth
Votes: 483
70. The Longest Night (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
The daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a coffin, while her family and the police search for her.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: David Janssen, James Farentino, Phyllis Thaxter, Skye Aubrey
Votes: 220
71. The Bob Hope Show (1950– )
60 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope.
Stars: Bob Hope, Les Brown, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Peter Leeds
Votes: 264
72. The Sheriff of Cochise (1956–1959)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Western
While this sounds like a western, "The Sheriff of Cochise" was a contemporary police drama set in Cochise County, Arizona. Stories seemed strangely similar to "Highway Patrol," emphasizing ... See full summary »
Stars: John Bromfield, Stan Jones, Roy Engel, Joe Kirk
Votes: 101
73. Man-Trap (1961)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.
Director: Edmond O'Brien | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Stella Stevens, Elaine Devry
Votes: 258
74. Superdome (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
During Superbowl, there's lots of drama, when one of the players has to juggle the game and his marriage while the team's star quarterback is being courted by a management firm. Also, a killer is running around.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: David Janssen, Edie Adams, Clifton Davis, Peter Haskell
Votes: 407
75. Untamed Frontier (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Western
Squeezed between Mexico and the Denbow family lands lies the U.S. government free grazing land but the incoming settlers cannot reach it without trespassing on the Denbow property which is defended by an army of Denbow cowhands.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Shelley Winters, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball
Votes: 428
76. Twenty Plus Two (1961)
Passed | 102 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Jacques Aubuchon
Votes: 554
77. O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971–1972)
60 min | Drama
James O'Hara of the United States Treasury works in several branches to stop illegal activities such as smuggling contraband, tax evasion, and the like.
Stars: David Janssen, Paul Picerni, Stacy Harris, Joe E. Tata
Votes: 178
78. The Fugitive (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
The unaired original version of The Fugitive: Fear In A Desert City
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: David Janssen, Vera Miles, Brian Keith, Harry Townes
Votes: 60
79. 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: 91
80. High Ice (1980 TV Movie)
104 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A park ranger clashes with an egotistical army officer over how to handle a rescue operation to save three rock climbers stranded on a high elevation ledge of a mountain in Washington state.
Director: Eugene S. Jones | Stars: David Janssen, Tony Musante, Madge Sinclair, Gretchen Corbett
Votes: 162
81. Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-cop protects his ex-partner's supermodel daughter when she becomes the target of an obsessed psychopath who kills the men intimately involved with her.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: David Janssen, Jodie Foster, Andrea Marcovicci, John Anderson
Votes: 307
82. Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley, Gregg Palmer
Votes: 491
83. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).
Stars: Desi Arnaz, Betty Furness, Bruce Gordon, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 143
84. The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Jeanne Crain, George Nader, Kitty Kallen, Bert Lahr
Votes: 147
85. Dondi (1961)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S.
Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell, Mickey Shaughnessy
Votes: 321
86. Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
1 min | Short, History
Minute-long "on this day in history" shorts, used a countdown to America's bicentennial.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Cleveland Amory, Edward Asner, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 52
87. The Golden Gate Murders (1979 TV Movie)
104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In San Francisco, a police detective, aided by a Catholic nun, investigates the case of a priest who falls to his death from the Golden Gate bridge.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: David Janssen, Susannah York, Paul Coufos, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 265
88. Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984– )
60 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
A show showcasing film/tv out-takes, funny commercials and elaborate practical jokes on celebrities.
Stars: Ed McMahon, Dick Clark, Robert Klein, Len Cella
Votes: 154
89. Yankee Buccaneer (1952)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 366
90. Warhead (1977)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, War
Palestinian guerrillas, Israeli commandos and an American colonel fight to keep a nuclear warhead mistakenly dropped in the Jordanian desert by a U.S. Air Force nuclear bomber.
Director: John O'Connor | Stars: David Janssen, Karin Dor, Christopher Stone, Art Metrano
Votes: 277
91. A Sensitive, Passionate Man (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
The marriage of a wealthy, outwardly happy couple is threatened by the husband's alcoholism.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Angie Dickinson, David Janssen, Mariclare Costello, Richard Venture
Votes: 166
92. The Purple Mask (1955)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, History
In 1803 France, Napoleon Bonaparte (Robert Cornthwaite) orders the capture of notorious highwayman "Purple Mask" (Tony Curtis), who routinely rescues imprisoned nobles and harasses the Revolutionary officials.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Gene Barry, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 540
93. Generation (1969)
PG | 109 min | Comedy
Jim Bolton, a well-off businessman from Chicago hears that his daughter is pregnant. Since he did not even know she was seeing anyone he fears the worst. His daughter and the father of his grandchild, marry shortly before Jim's arrival.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: David Janssen, Kim Darby, Carl Reiner, Pete Duel
Votes: 131
94. Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 400
95. Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
Newspaper reporter Paul Marino and his undercover agent Jack Flood infiltrate the mob and report on a different type of crime every week. The results of their investigation are given to the... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen McNally, Robert Harland, Harold J. Stone, Burt Brinckerhoff
Votes: 98
96. Father Damien: The Leper Priest (1980 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Steve Gethers | Stars: Ken Howard, William Daniels, Mike Farrell, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 78
97. The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969)
90 min | Talk-Show
American talk show that had its first broadcast on ABC on April 17, 1967. It was hosted by Joey Bishop and featured Regis Philbin in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's sidekick/announcer.
Stars: Regis Philbin, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby, Jan Murray
Votes: 222
98. Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The educated chimp moves in with a college football coach's family.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 164
99. Nowhere to Run (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Harry patiently executes a 15-year plan to accumulate enough wealth to start a new life, faking his own suicide, leaving his loveless marriage and former life behind, and strives to do it without really hurting anyone.
Director: Richard Lang | Stars: David Janssen, Allen Garfield, Linda Evans, John Randolph
Votes: 218
100. The American Sportsman (1965– )
60 min | Sport
One of the first hunting and fishing shows with celebrity participants. It aired on the ABC television network on Sunday afternoons. The show would visit locations in the USA, Canada, Africa, and locations around the globe.
Stars: Curt Gowdy, Joe Foss, Bing Crosby, Phil Harris
Votes: 48