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51. The Toughest Man Alive (1955)
Approved | 72 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A U.S. agent diguises himself as a gunrunner to smash an international smuggling ring.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dane Clark, Lita Milan, Anthony Caruso, Ross Elliott
Votes: 41
52.
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958)
Episode:
Hepsibah
(1951)
30 min | Family, Western
After the mayor is murdered Miss Hepsibah herself appointed as the new mayor. She plans to clean up the town and run out all of the bad elements.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Isabel Randolph, George Eldredge
Votes: 10
53. Highway Dragnet (1954)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley
Votes: 897
54. The Red Dragon (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Robert Emmett Keane
Votes: 744
55. The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
Passed | 223 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An adventurer goes after Nazi spies who have a new death ray called the Paratron.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Milburn Stone, Marjorie Weaver, Edgar Kennedy, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 100
56.
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958)
Episode:
Border City
(1951)
30 min | Family, Western
An old man is murdered outside the Marshall's office trying to deliver a message to Hickok from Don Alvarez. When they travel across the border they find Alvarez murdered as well. Hickok and Jingles stage heir deaths to catch the killers.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Gloria Talbott, George J. Lewis
Votes: 9
57. Night Freight (1955)
79 min | Drama, Thriller
A railroad man finds himself at war with a trucker bent on blasting him out of business.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Barbara Britton, Keith Larsen, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 47
58. The Big Tip Off (1955)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Richard Conte plays two-bit newspaper columnist Johnny Denton, who gains notoriety by printing tips on upcoming gangland activities.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Conte, Constance Smith, Bruce Bennett, Cathy Downs
Votes: 113
59. Black Midnight (1949)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Western
Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) and his Uncle Bill (Damian O'Flynn) take time from their own ranch chores to welcome home Martha Baxter (Fay Baker and her Daughter Cindy (Lyn Thomas), gone ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lyn Thomas, Kirby Grant
Votes: 99
60. Call of the Klondike (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A brother and sister are running a phony gold mine scam in the Klondike, which leads to murder. A Canadian Mountie sets out to bring them to justice.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Anne Gwynne, Lynne Roberts
Votes: 57
61. Sideshow (1950)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Treasury Department agent on the trail of an international jewel smuggling ring joins a carnival that he thinks the gang is using as a front. He finally locates the jewels hidden as the eyes of wax figures.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Don McGuire, Tracey Roberts, John Abbott, Eddie Quillan
Votes: 33
62. Square Dance Katy (1950)
Passed | 76 min | Musical
Bob Carson, a talent-scout for a soap-company that sponsors a television program, and his entertainer-friend, Vicky Doran, go hunting for television talent in a rural community, and are met... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Barbara Jo Allen, Jimmie Davis, Jimmie Davis' Sunshine Band, Phil Brito
Votes: 27
63. Yellow Fin (1951)
Approved | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
WWII veteran Mike Donovan decides to sell his fishing boat after suffering a a series of accidents, the worst of which sends his father, Captain John Donovan, to the hospital suffering from... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Wayne Morris, Lorna Gray, Gloria Henry, Gordon Jones
Votes: 25
64. Sierra Passage (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Western
When Yance Carter, Andy and Bart, professional killers, murder his father, 13-year-old Johnny Yorke is adopted by Thad Kring, owner of a traveling minstrel show, featuring Sam Cooper as his... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Lloyd Corrigan, Alan Hale Jr.
Votes: 94
65. Mexican Manhunt (1953)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Mystery
Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved with a ... See full summary »
Director: Rex Bailey | Stars: George Brent, Hillary Brooke, Morris Ankrum, Karen Sharpe
Votes: 60
66. Thunder Pass (1954)
76 min | Drama, Western
A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Dane Clark, Dorothy Patrick, Andy Devine, Raymond Burr
Votes: 133
67. The Trap (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Mystery
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler
Votes: 1,228
68. 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: 85
69. The Feathered Serpent (1948)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Mystery
Charlie Chan and his two eldest sons, investigate a murderous gang who is forcing an archaeologist to search for a treasure in Mexico.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung
Votes: 419
70. The Shanghai Chest (1948)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roland Winters, Mantan Moreland, Tim Ryan, Victor Sen Yung
Votes: 314
71. Kidnapped (1948)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Scotland in 1752, the 17-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O'Herlihy, Roland Winters
Votes: 269
72. Bandit Island (1953)
25 min | Crime, Drama, Short
Nearly three reels of nonstop action without dialogue as authorities pursue a trio of bank robbers.
Director: Robert L. Lippert Jr. | Stars: Glenn Langan, Lon Chaney Jr., Jim Davis, Jay Lawrence
Votes: 7
73. Fangs of the Arctic (1953)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Western
Canadian Mounties Corporal Rod Webb and Constable Mike Kelly, along with Rod's dog Chinook, are sent to the Blackfoot Crossing country to find the killer of trapper Antonie Dubois, and also... See full summary »
Director: Rex Bailey | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Lorna Hanson, Warren Douglas
Votes: 36
74. Trail of the Yukon (1949)
Approved | 67 min | Western
Matt Blaine and his son, Jim, and their men, rob John Dawson's bank, although Jim doesn't approve, even though Dawson jumped Matt's mining claim. Their accomplices double-cross them and the... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert, Bill Edwards, Iris Adrian
Votes: 48
75. Northern Patrol (1953)
Approved | 62 min | Western
This entry in the series featuring RCMP Rod Webb and his wonder dog, Chinook, has a larger cast than usual, popping in and out of about four different plot lines, which leads Chinook with ... See full summary »
Director: Rex Bailey | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Marian Carr, William Phipps
Votes: 44
76. Yukon Vengeance (1954)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Western
After three mail carriers have been killed and robbed of lumber camp payroll money, Corporal Rod Webb of the Canadian Mounties, is sent to Bear Creek. The body of each mail carrier who had ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Monte Hale, Mary Ellen Kay
Votes: 34
77. Marshals in Disguise (1954)
Approved | 54 min | Action, Comedy, Western
Another of the series of "movies" created by stitching two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series together, U. S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok (Guy Madison) and his deputy Jingles P. ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Anthony Sydes, Guy Beach
Votes: 15
78.
The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952–1953)
Episode:
Murder at Home
(1952)
Crime, Drama
At the hotel room where he lives, Jones witnesses a woman being strangled by a tall man in the room across the hotel courtyard. As Jones investigates, he finds both the hotel manager and the neighbor to be oddly unhelpful.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Don Haggerty, Tristram Coffin, Frank Sully, Dorothy Patrick
Votes: 5
79.
The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952–1953)
Episode:
The Evil Ones
(1952)
Crime, Drama
A beautiful young woman hires Jones to investigate why her sister is so distraught. But when a suicide note is found and the sister's body is dragged from Hansen Dam, Doyle rules it a suicide. But of course, Jones suspects murder.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Don Haggerty, Tristram Coffin, Frank Sully, Laura Mason
Votes: 5
80. The Golden Eye (1948)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Mystery
Chan discovers a conspiracy when a low paying gold mine seemingly starts to become profitable, and attempts are made on the owner's life.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roland Winters, Wanda McKay, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung
Votes: 630
81. The Outlaw's Daughter (1954)
Approved | 76 min | Western
Circumstances compel Jess Raidley to take a life, causing Dalton's daughter Kate to seek retribution against Marshal Dan Porter, a man she has never laid eyes on.
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Bill Williams, Sheila Connolly, Jim Davis, George Cleveland
Votes: 42
82. Moon Over Montana (1946)
Approved | 56 min | Western
A virtual remake of Republic's 1942 "Call of the Canyon", continuing the trend of the first set of Jimmy Wakely westerns produced by Oliver Drake at Monogram of using an earlier Republic ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Jimmy Wakely, Lee 'Lasses' White, Jennifer Holt, Jack Ingram
Votes: 22
83. The Chinese Ring (1947)
Approved | 68 min | Mystery
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roland Winters, Warren Douglas, Mantan Moreland, Louise Currie
Votes: 656
84. Jungle Queen (1945)
Passed | 219 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During World War II, the German high command sends agents into an African jungle to stir up the local Tongghili tribes against the British.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Edward Norris, Eddie Quillan, Douglass Dumbrille, Lois Collier
Votes: 178
85. Torpedo Alley (1952)
84 min | Drama
Carrier pilot Lieutenant Bob Bingham (Mark Stevens) is rescued at sea by a submarine after he freezes at the controls and crashes, killing his two crewmen. He returns to civilian life but ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Charles Winninger, Bill Williams
Votes: 185
86. Betrayed Women (1955)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The governor appoints lawyer Jeff Darrow to open an investigation on the reported cruelties inflicted on the inmates of the Bayou Reformatory For Women. The investigation is opposed by Mrs.... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Carole Mathews, Beverly Michaels, Peggy Knudsen, Tom Drake
Votes: 107
87. Murder Without Tears (1953)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Thriller
A husband hires a killer to murder his wife, then arranges for it to look like he committed the crime. At his trial, he presents irrefutable evidence that he could not have committed the ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Craig Stevens, Joyce Holden, Richard Benedict, Edward Norris
Votes: 43
88. Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 113
89. Snow Dog (1950)
Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Western
Louis, a fur trapper in Northwestern Canada, sees a killer wolf while hunting, then returns to the La Fontaine Trading Post and tells his sister Andrée about it. Later, Canadian Mountie Rod... See full synopsis »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Elena Verdugo, Rick Vallin
Votes: 49
90.
The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952–1953)
Episode:
This Will Kill You
(1952)
Crime, Drama
Jones saves a woman from jumping off a building. Seems the woman thinks she killed someone and is being blackmailed.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Don Haggerty, Gloria Henry, Frank Sully, Tristram Coffin
Votes: 5
91.
The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952–1953)
Episode:
Tag, You're It!
(1952)
Crime, Drama
Jones is thrilled when he arrives at his new job site: the home of a wealthy socialite with a pool full of bathing beauties. His joy quickly turns to fear, however, when he learns his job is to protect the woman from a big time mobster.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Don Haggerty, Tristram Coffin, Frank Sully, Joanne Jordan
Votes: 5
92. The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
Approved | 75 min | Sci-Fi
In a post holocaust society, robots take it on their own to help the dying human race by giving them android bodies.
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Don Megowan, Erica Elliott, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle
Votes: 1,522
93. Docks of New Orleans (1948)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
After the partners in the LaFontaine Chemical Co. sign a legal agreement leaving their share to the surviving partner(s), two of them are murdered.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Roland Winters, Virginia Dale, Mantan Moreland, John Gallaudet
Votes: 423
94. Fear (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing,... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Francis Pierlot
Votes: 668
95. Security Risk (1954)
Approved | 69 min | Action, Drama
An FBI agent on vacation in the mountains begins to suspect that a Communist spy ring may be operating in the area.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Keith Larsen, Dolores Donlon
Votes: 77
96. Wife Wanted (1946)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). As it happens, through his secretary Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 133
97. War Is Hell (1961)
81 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War, a glory-hunting sergeant leads his platoon on a mission against the enemy--not telling them that a cease-fire has just been declared--so that he can win medals. ... See full summary »
Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Tony Russel, Baynes Barron, Burt Topper, Judy Dan
Votes: 141
98. Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Unscrupulous ranchers feud among themselves for control of the valley but a newcomer owns the water rights to the sole water source, without which grazing lands are useless.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane, Dick Foran
Votes: 156
99. Big Timber (1950)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young man goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bungler. But he proves himself ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jeff Donnell, Lyn Thomas, Gordon Jones
Votes: 69
100. Below the Deadline (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A veteran, Joe Hilton (Warren Douglas), returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton (George Meeker), a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames, Jan Wiley, Paul Maxey
Votes: 184