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51. The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 168
52. The O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
30 min | Drama
Anthology series based on the short stories of O. Henry.
Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Russell Thorson, Paul Hahn, Robert Karnes
Votes: 51
53. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
30 min | Adventure, Family
A TV series adaptated from the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the ... See full summary »
Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Henry Corden
Votes: 65
54. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.
Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 97
55. The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series with episodes split between comedies and drama. Anita Colby and Arlene Dahl shared hosting duties the first season that was originally filmed live but switched to film. ... See full summary »
Stars: Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, Dorothy Green
Votes: 65
56. Hiawatha (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Ojibway tribe member Hiawatha is sent by his chief to investigate the warlike intentions of the neighboring Dakotah and Illinois tribes that routinely trespass into Ojibway territory.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Vince Edwards, Yvette Duguay, Keith Larsen, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 102
57. Flaming Feather (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Western
In Arizona,during the 1870s, rancher Tex McCloud and cavalry Lt. Tom Blaine race to capture the famous renegade outlaw Ute leader known as the Sidewinder.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush
Votes: 439
58. Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)
Approved | 85 min | Western
In Arizona, Marshal Landry and captured outlaw Girard find three survivors of a wagon train massacre but, later, Girard escapes custody and robs stagecoaches with his gang, prompting Landry and his posse to give chase.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Vaughn Monroe, Joan Leslie, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Jory
Votes: 156
59. The Man Behind the Badge (1953–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Stories taken from the files of various law-enforcement agencies, including city, county and state police, park rangers, military police, etc.
Stars: Norman Rose, Charles Bickford, Joel Aldred, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 69
60. New Mexico (1951)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Western
A cavalry captain has great difficulty keeping the peace between his tyrannical colonel and an Indian chief bent on revenge.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Andy Devine, Robert Hutton
Votes: 212
61. Money, Women and Guns (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Mystery, Western
After a gold prospector is killed by masked robbers, a detective is hired to find the surviving killer as well as the prospector's legal inheritors.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Tim Hovey, Gene Evans
Votes: 420
62. The Silver Star (1955)
Approved | 73 min | Western
A frontier marshal doubts his own courage when three gunmen threaten his town.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Marie Windsor, Lon Chaney Jr., Earle Lyon
Votes: 130
63. 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
64. A Southern Yankee (1948)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, History, War
A hapless bellboy in a St. Louis hotel near the end of the Civil War is recruited by the Union secret service to impersonate a notorious Confederate spy.
Directors: Edward Sedgwick, S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris
Votes: 544
65. 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
66. City Detective (1953–1955)
30 min | Drama
Lieutenant Bart Grant is a city detective more in theory then reality. His police work takes him into Mexico and the Mojave desert. Grant primarily solves his cases with physicality then sleuthing ability.
Stars: Rod Cameron, Walter Reed, Dorothy Green, Jorja Curtright
Votes: 42
67. The Lonesome Trail (1955)
Approved | 73 min | Western
A demobilized soldier's property and girl are abusively taken by a greedy rancher whose henchmen control the town but the ex soldier plans a decisive showdown with all of them.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Wayne Morris, John Agar, Margia Dean, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 89
68. The Court of Last Resort (1957–1958)
30 min | Crime, Drama
The Court of Last Resort was founded by Erle Stanley Gardner in the 1950s. The team sought to reveal whether someone already found guilty might really be innocent. The show dramatized the ... See full summary »
Stars: Lyle Bettger, Carleton G. Young, Robert H. Harris, S. John Launer
Votes: 53
69. A Perilous Journey (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Western
Francie Landereaux is one of 29 women on a voyage to California on a barter-bride deal in which any qualified man can buy a wife. Unknown to the sponsors, she is already married to a man ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Vera Ralston, David Brian, Scott Brady, Charles Winninger
Votes: 81
70. The Brigand (1952)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Romance
In the 1800s, after an assassination attempt by Prince Ramon against the king of Mandorra, a brigand resembling the king surreptitiously impersonates the incapacitated monarch in order to throw off the plotters.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance, Gale Robbins, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 202
71. Timberjack (1955)
Passed | 94 min | Western
In the late 1800s Montana, two competing logging operators clash over ownership of a logging railroad, land and timber clear-cutting rights.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston, David Brian, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 239
72. My Girl Tisa (1948)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has ... See full synopsis »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Sam Wanamaker, Akim Tamiroff, Alan Hale
Votes: 133
73. Secret of the Wastelands (1941)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Western
The usual gang of bad guys is out to grab up all the available ranch land. This time their object is land belonging to Chinese. As an aside, Hoppy leads some archaeologists through parts of California.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Soo Yong
Votes: 186
74. 16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 Florida, a former Navy diver is hired by Greek-American sponge divers who are at the mercy of a crooked sponge-exchange owner.
Director: Irving Allen | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Arthur Lake, Eric Feldary
Votes: 110
75. Two-Gun Lady (1955)
Passed | 71 min | Western
A young woman teaches herself to become a sharpshooter so she can hunt down the three men who murdered her parents. She finds a sheriff who is willing to help her track them down.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Peggie Castle, William Talman, Marie Windsor, Earle Lyon
Votes: 120
76. Stagecoach to Fury (1956)
Approved | 76 min | Western
A cavalry officer organizes fellow passangers against Mexican outlaws, while at a stagecoach stop. A character study of each passenger is provided, via flashback.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Mari Blanchard, Wallace Ford, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Votes: 145
77. Streets of San Francisco (1949)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster's son sees his father rob and murder a man. The detective investigating the case, deciding that the boy will never tell what he knows if he's locked up in juvenile detention, ... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Gary Gray, Wally Cassell
Votes: 39
78. Chevron Theatre (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama
When a chamber in a mansion manifests a loud, eerie whistling, Carnacki is called to investigate. He makes an exceedingly thorough search of the room, but can find no explanation. He is ... See full summary »
Stars: Lynn Bari, Onslow Stevens, Randy Stuart, Gar Moore
Votes: 23
79. Duel at Apache Wells (1957)
Approved | 70 min | Western
A young man returns home after several years' absence to find that a gang is after not only his family ranch, but his girlfriend as well.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis, Harry Shannon
Votes: 92
80. The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy
A 19th-century con artist flees to the wilds of Florida to elude the law.
Director: Earl McEvoy | Stars: Robert Cummings, Jerome Courtland, Terry Moore, John Russell
Votes: 137
81. Swamp Woman (1941)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Into the vast swamplands hurry three people; honky tonk dancer Annabelle Tollington (Ann Corio), cheap promoter "Flash" Bland (Jay Novello) trying to catch Annabelle, and escaping convict ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull, Ian MacDonald
Votes: 97
82. The Woman from Tangier (1948)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. $50,000, in gold, is ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Ian MacDonald, Donna Martell
Votes: 55
83. Stick to Your Guns (1941)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Western
A former Bar 20 cowhand is now a cattle rancher and having trouble with rustlers. Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang ride in and surround the the bad guys. June Winters joins the posse and serves as the romantic partner for posse co-leader Lucky.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 191
84. Union Pacific (1958–1959)
30 min | Western
Bart McClelland supervises rail construction for Union Pacific west of Omaha dealing with everything from marauders to land issues. He's aided by surveyor Billy Kincaid and Georgia who runs the mobile Golden Nugget saloon.
Stars: Jeff Morrow, Judson Pratt, Susan Cummings, J.M. Kerrigan
Votes: 64
85. Thunder in God's Country (1951)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western
Hidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until escaped convict Smitty arrives with plans of taking over and opening the town up as a ... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebsen, Ian MacDonald
Votes: 27
86. The Man from Blackhawk (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
The adventures of an insurance investigator for the Blackhawk Insurance Co. in the Old West.
Stars: Robert Rockwell, Jean Willes, Bethel Leslie, Walter Burke
Votes: 34
87. Mr. Reckless (1948)
Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Oil field worker William Eythe returns to his hometown to discover his former girlfriend is going to marry an older cafe owner. Despite his best efforts to stay away, he is continually involved with the couple with tragic results.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Walter Catlett, Minna Gombell
Votes: 120
88. Song of India (1949)
77 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A young arrogant Indian prince and his girl decide to hunt animals in the forbidden jungle for a zoo. A local boy helps the captured animals and confronts the prince.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Sabu, Gail Russell, Turhan Bey, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 186
89. Speed to Spare (1948)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Romance
Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's former girl friend. Also working for Jerry ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 60
90. Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Lina Romay, David Bruce
Votes: 48
91. Madame Guillotine (1931)
74 min | History, Romance
During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
Director: Reginald Fogwell | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Henry Hewitt, Frederick Culley
Votes: 14
92. Port Said (1948)
Approved | 66 min | Drama
Travel author Leslie Sears arrives in Cairo, Egypt, to meet with Greg Stewart, an old war buddy who is a theater booking agent in Port Said. Leslie telephones Greg and arranges a rendezvous... See full synopsis »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Gloria Henry, William Bishop, Steven Geray, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 21
93. Academy Theatre (1949– )
30 min | Drama
Little-known actors perform live stage dramas.
Stars: Mark Roberts, Michael Higgins, Anne Jackson, Ian MacDonald
94. North of the Rockies (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and Tex Martin on the American side are after them. When Morgan sets up Tex to be found with... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Tex Ritter, Lloyd Bridges, Bill Elliott, Frank Mitchell
Votes: 34
95.
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
Episode:
False Witness
(1957)
60 min | Drama
Story of a reporter who follows up on an ad placed by a convicted man's mother, claiming her son's innocence. Arthur Farlee is a detective in the Pasadena, California Police Department, and plays himself in the drama.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Joe Mantell, Robert H. Harris, Natalie Norwick
96.
Academy Theatre (1949– )
Episode:
The Stolen Prince
(1949)
Drama
Stars: Shirley Dale, Ian MacDonald
97.
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)
Episode:
Higgins Rides Again
(1955)
30 min | Family, Western
Retired Marshall Higgins decides to run for Marshall against a villain who is also in the race.
Director: Robert G. Walker | Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Joe Sawyer, William Fawcett
Votes: 15
98.
Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952–1954)
Episode:
Saigon Incident
(1953)
30 min | Adventure
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Alan Hale Jr., Randy Stuart, Ian MacDonald, Marya Marco
99.
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode:
Return to the Chateau D'if
(1956)
Adventure, Family
In the Château d'If, the Count tells the story of his imprisonment.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Henry Corden, Nancy Hale
Votes: 7
100.
The Court of Last Resort (1957–1958)
Episode:
The Clarence Redding Case
(1957)
Not Rated | 25 min | Crime, Drama
In order to free Clarence Redding, a drifter accused of killing a teenage girl, the Court of Last resort must track down a man who has been killing a number of girls at another location - ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lyle Bettger, Carleton G. Young, John Bleifer, Joseph Kearns
Votes: 16