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51. Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–1959)
30 min | Family, Western
Typical western with a twist. The two stars appeared as Texas Rangers but in a different scenario each program. One week, they might be Rangers in the 1840s and the next week they would be ... See full summary »
Stars: Willard Parker, Harry Lauter, William Boyett, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 115
52. 26 Men (1957–1959)
30 min | Western
True stories of the Arizona rangers around 1900.
Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Hal Hopper, Jack Riggs
Votes: 129
53. The Lady Gambles (1949)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett
Votes: 1,066
54. The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance
The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest
Votes: 1,255
55. Tension at Table Rock (1956)
Passed | 93 min | Western
A reluctant gunslinger tires of having to defend himself at every cow town he visits, so he adopts an alias and continues his wandering. At an outpost run by a father and young son, he gets... See full summary »
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Billy Chapin
Votes: 690
56. The Unholy Wife (1957)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A gold-digger floozy marries a wealthy wine producer but she secretly takes a young lover with whom she conspires to murder her husband for his fortune.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 631
57. The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy
When their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show star Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must put things right.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson
Votes: 2,167
58. Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Passed | 78 min | Western
Bad guy Craig Allen, gambler and town boss, tries to take a gold mine inherited by innocent Chip Williams on her seventeenth birthday. Roy and his pal 'Teddy' Bear ride to help the girl and her cousin.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Mary Lee, Dale Evans
Votes: 323
59. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)
30 min | Western
The exploits of Champion, a wild stallion who befriends twelve year-old Ricky North in the American Southwest in the 1880's. Although Ricky, who lived on his Uncle Sandy's ranch, had a ... See full summary »
Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze
Votes: 178
60. Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Western
Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 1,087
61. Money from Home (1953)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When Herman promises the mob to fix a racing horse in order to pay off his debts, he selects his veterinarian cousin as a patsy to help him but things go awry.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley
Votes: 918
62. Bundle of Joy (1956)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan
Votes: 1,417
63. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
Approved | 63 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery
A doctor is not sure if he murdered his beautiful but wicked wife, and has his attractive nurse try to find the truth by hypnotizing him.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce
Votes: 1,267
64. Frontier Gal (1945)
Passed | 85 min | Western
A wanderer returns after six years and a one-night honeymoon to make amends with his bride and five year-old daughter.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, Andy Devine, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 402
65. Strange Confession (1944)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
In World War 2 an escaped murderer who takes the identity of a dead soldier becomes a hero fighting in Africa, but his past catches up with him.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew
Votes: 226
66. Copper Canyon (1950)
Passed | 84 min | Western
Performing sharpshooter Johnny Carter is asked to help a beleaguered group of copper miners.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman
Votes: 805
67. The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Western
An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson, Philip Carey
Votes: 804
68. Lost in Alaska (1952)
76 min | Adventure, Comedy
Two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide. However, once they discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder, they travel with the prospector to Alaska to help ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mitzi Green, Tom Ewell
Votes: 2,153
69. The Great John L. (1945)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Women in the life of prizefighter John L. Sullivan.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Linda Darnell, Barbara Britton, Greg McClure, Otto Kruger
Votes: 79
70. You Came Along (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Romance
War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond-selling tour with two buddies, and substitute chaperone Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with several girls in every town on the tour. ... See full summary »
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Charles Drake
Votes: 247
71. Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A young woman leaves home to become a night club singer, but her job is nearly fatal when she learns about mobsters' operations, leading to her boss's suicide.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Lola Lane, Sheldon Leonard, Pamela Blake, Elisha Cook Jr.
Votes: 77
72. The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Western
Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main, Audrey Young
Votes: 1,264
73. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Crime
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall
Votes: 877
74. When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Approved | 81 min | Western
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft
Votes: 912
75. Rails Into Laramie (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Western
A railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea, Joyce Mackenzie
Votes: 426
76. Professor Beware (1938)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert (Lloyd), accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, William Frawley, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 246 | Gross: $0.80M
77. The Rawhide Years (1956)
Approved | 85 min | Western
Dishonest riverboat gambler Ben Matthews is blamed for a murder he didn't commit and must find the real killer before the lynch mob finds him.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Arthur Kennedy, William Demarest
Votes: 853
78. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When an artist is blinded, his fiancée's father offers an operation to restore his sight. When the benefactor suddenly dies, the artist becomes a suspect.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Jean Parker, Paul Kelly, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 1,030
79. The Wild North (1952)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime, and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse, Morgan Farley
Votes: 1,078
80. It's in the Bag! (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, William Bendix
Votes: 634
81. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, James Best, Lori Nelson
Votes: 659
82. The Monster Walks (1932)
Passed | 57 min | Horror, Mystery
People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds
Votes: 1,090
83. The Living Christ Series (1951)
360 min | Biography, Drama
The first mini-series made for television. Originally airing on NBC in 12 parts, it documents Christ's story from his birth to the resurrection.
Stars: Art Gilmore, Robert Holton, William Henry, Tyler McVey
Votes: 89
84. Wyoming (1947)
Passed | 84 min | Western
Small ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, John Carroll, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 126
85. Montana Belle (1952)
Passed | 82 min | Western
In Oklahoma, outlaw Belle Starr joins the Dalton gang but she causes a romantic rivalry and a rift between the gang members, especially on the eve of the planned robbery of a bank where a posse is secretly waiting in ambush.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Jane Russell, George Brent, Scott Brady, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 530
86. White Tie and Tails (1946)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy
A wealthy family goes on vacation, leaving their butler in charge of their house. The butler meets a beautiful woman, and soon gets himself in all sorts of trouble.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Dan Duryea, Ella Raines, William Bendix, Frank Jenks
Votes: 100
87. Idaho (1943)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Music, Western
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 200
88. Eagle Squadron (1942)
Approved | 109 min | Drama, War
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, Jon Hall, Eddie Albert
Votes: 146
89. The Whistler (1954– )
30 min | Mystery
Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
Stars: William Forman, Danni Sue Nolan, Arthur Franz, Dorothy Green
Votes: 60
90. Raiders of Ghost City (1944)
Passed | 225 min | Western
During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, California... See full summary »
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Dennis Moore, Wanda McKay, Lionel Atwill, Joe Sawyer
Votes: 86
91. Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1955– )
30 min | Drama
Based on Lloyd C. Douglas's 1939 novel of the same title, the widowed Dr. Hudson lives with his daughter and housekeeper; he and his protege deal with a variety of medical (mostly psychological) traumas.
Stars: John Howard, Frances Mercer, Philip Tonge, Marie Blake
Votes: 29
92. The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy, an insurance agent working undercover as a showboat singer, is awaiting the appearance of a supposed bank robber who has broken out of jail. Roy tries to recover the stolen money from the unassuming crook.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Grant Withers
Votes: 238
93. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Gale Storm, Walter Brennan, Vincent Price
Votes: 127
94. SOS Coast Guard (1937)
Approved | 224 min | Adventure, Horror, Romance
A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers.
Directors: Alan James, William Witney | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Doyle, Richard Alexander
Votes: 272
95. The Phantom Rider (1946)
Approved | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Western
A reservation's new doctor masquerades as the legendary Indian god, "the Phantom Rider", to catch gang looting the reservation, unaware the leader is a phony Indian Agent.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, George J. Lewis
Votes: 56
96. The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (I) (1936)
Passed | 305 min | Drama, Mystery
A scientist discovers a formula for making synthetic gold.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch, Ruth Mix
Votes: 123
97. Nevada City (1941)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
The conflict between a railroader and a stage line owner is being aggravated by bad guys who are sabotaging both sides. Roy and Gabby mediate the conflict and expose the bad guys.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Sally Payne, George Cleveland
Votes: 194
98. Bells of Coronado (1950)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy is an insurance investigator looking into the theft of uranium ore. He must prevent the thieves from taking off in a plane with the stolen ore.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Pat Brady
Votes: 231
99. Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy and Gabby have to establish fair business practices in the town of Deadwood, currently dominated by entrepreneurs who scare off potential competitors.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Carol Adams, Henry Brandon
Votes: 237
100. Bells of Rosarita (1945)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 244