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1. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Loosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.

Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Jimmy Noel, Ethan Laidlaw, Bill Coontz

Votes: 1,102

2. Batman (1943)

Approved | 260 min | Action, Crime, Family

The very first serial to adapt the comic book character of the Batman. In it, the Batman is a secret U.S. government agent, attempting to defeat the schemes of Japanese agent Dr. Daka operating in Los Angeles at the height of World War II.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 2,469

3. Bachelor Father (1957–1962)

30 min | Comedy, Family

The misadventures of a single adoptive father raising a teenage niece with the help of his manservant.

Stars: John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, Sammee Tong, Bernadette Withers

Votes: 580

4. World Without End (1956)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi

Astronauts returning from a voyage to Mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor

Votes: 2,379

5. The Harvey Girls (1946)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History

On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 4,840

6. The More the Merrier (1943)

Passed | 104 min | Comedy

During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines

Votes: 7,461

7. The Millionaire (1955–1960)

30 min | Drama

In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.

Stars: Marvin Miller, Paul Frees, Roy Gordon, Russ Conway

Votes: 603

8. The Silver Chalice (1954)

Approved | 142 min | Drama, Romance

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver, and sculpt around its rim, the faces of the disciples and Jesus. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, Paul Newman

Votes: 1,783

9. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

Approved | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran

Votes: 6,261

10. Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)

30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

This show featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.

Stars: David Niven, Dick Powell, Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino

Votes: 242

11. The Land Unknown (1957)

Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Three men and a woman crash-land in a deep crater in Antarctica, where they find a prehistoric world.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon

Votes: 2,041

12. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.

Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy

Votes: 338

13. The French Line (1953)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When her fiancé leaves her, an oil heiress takes a cruise incognito in order to find a man who will love her for herself and not for her money.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnicutt, Mary McCarty

Votes: 697

14. Code 3 (1957)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Code 3 is an American crime drama that aired in syndication in 1957. The stories were all based on actual files of the Los Angeles sheriff's office. Stories were presented from the viewpoint of Assistant Sheriff George Barnett.

Stars: Richard Travis, Eugene W. Biscailuz, Christopher Dark, Douglas Kennedy

Votes: 87

15. The Long Wait (1954)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

An amnesiac finally learns his true identity...as a murder suspect. And he doesn't even know whether he is guilty...

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle

Votes: 525 | Gross: $1.50M

16. Second Chance (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Mobster Vic Spalato's girlfriend Claire is in hiding in Mexico and she's willing to testify for a US Senate investigation committee, if she can make it back to the US alive.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Sandro Giglio

Votes: 1,296

17. Destroyer (1943)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A new World War 2 destroyer fails its sea trials so it is assigned to mail runs, but the crew ends up having to engage Japanese planes and a submarine anyway.

Directors: William A. Seiter, Ray Enright | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 1,309

18. Frontier Doctor (1956– )

30 min | Western

The adventures of a small town doctor working in the Arizona territory during the early 1900s.

Stars: Rex Allen, Mason Alan Dinehart, Robert Swan, Tom Black

Votes: 111

19. You Asked for It (1950–1959)

30 min | Family, Game-Show

This show responded to requests from the viewer, e.g., a look into the vaults at Fort Knox, showing $1 million dollars in $1 bills, etc.

Stars: Art Baker, Jack Smith, Jackie Coogan, Lon Chaney Jr.

Votes: 72

20. Studio 57 (1954–1958)

30 min | Drama, Family

This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.

Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman

Votes: 244

21. They All Kissed the Bride (1942)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

Divine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young, Billie Burke

Votes: 784

22. Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)

Passed | 116 min | Mystery, Romance, War

Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak, Frances Gifford

Votes: 410

23. Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)

Passed | 93 min | Drama, War

A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Susan Peters, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 603

24. Passport to Danger (1954–1958)

30 min | Adventure

The adventures of a U.S. diplomatic courier, as he travels to distant countries with important communiques to America's allies and dodges enemy agents.

Stars: Cesar Romero, Charles Horvath, Victor Romito, Steven Geray

Votes: 55

25. Klondike Kate (1943)

Passed | 64 min | Western

A San Francisco songbird comes to Alaska and turns the town of Totem Pole and a scheming saloon owner's life upside down. Then a rival saloon owner wants a piece of the action.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell, Constance Worth

Votes: 102

26. The Shrike (1955)

Approved | 88 min | Drama

A successful theatrical director is driven to failure by the machinations of his vengeful wife. Eventually, he lands in a mental hospital where both his wife and his new love, a young actress named Charlotte, are waiting to see him.

Director: José Ferrer | Stars: José Ferrer, June Allyson, Joy Page, Kendall Clark

Votes: 204

27. Dangerous Blondes (1943)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A crime fiction writer and his wife investigate murders that are occurring at a fashion photography studio.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Allyn Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes, Edmund Lowe, John Hubbard

Votes: 397

28. Spook Louder (1943)

Unrated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

The stooges are salesman selling a weight reducing machine. They have no luck until they show up at the house of an eccentric inventor where they are hired as caretakers. When the scientist... See full summary »

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone

Votes: 592

29. Phony Express (1943)

Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Western, Short

Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them ... See full summary »

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 441

30. The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)

Approved | 88 min | Drama

In the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Van Johnson, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson

Votes: 330

31. Stars Over Texas (1946)

Passed | 59 min | Western

Eddie and Soapy get to the bottom of a cattle rustling scheme by having two lookalikes switch places.

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Eddie Dean, Flash, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 116

32. Between Two Women (1945)

Passed | 83 min | Drama

Red's still being chased by his rich society girlfriend, and while he's dodging her proposals of marriage, he takes the time to cure a nightclub singer of her inability to eat ("... See full summary »

Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Van Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Gloria DeHaven, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 189

33. Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Boston Blackie and his pal, The Runt, are ready to board a train for Florida when Blackie gets a telegram from his friend Arthur Manleder asking Blackie to go to Manleder's New York ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Chester Morris, William Wright, Constance Worth, Lloyd Corrigan

Votes: 483

34. Black Hills (1947)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western

Two frontiersmen try to avenge the murder of a struggling rancher.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Eddie Dean, White Cloud, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 129

35. Lucky Legs (1942)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jinx Falkenburg, Leslie Brooks, Kay Harris, Russell Hayden

Votes: 23

36. The Adventures of McGraw (1957–1958)

30 min | Crime, Drama

McGraw is a solitary type who manages to get entangled in the stopping of criminal activity despite not having any official capacity. He often doesn't carry a weapon, especially if an attractive woman is involved.

Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Jean Willes, James Flavin, Angie Dickinson

Votes: 53

37. Law of the Northwest (1943)

Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western

Learning that the Alaskan Highway will pass thirty miles from town, the citizens of Moose Horn, Canada decide to build a connecting road which will permit them to transport tungsten from ... See full summary »

Director: William Berke | Stars: Charles Starrett, Shirley Patterson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Stanley Brown

Votes: 15

38. Your Favorite Story (1953–1955)

30 min | Comedy, Drama

TV comedy anthology series

Stars: Adolphe Menjou, John Hamilton, Dan White, Gertrude Michael

Votes: 31

39. Redhead from Manhattan (1943)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy

Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan where she takes the place of her Broadway star twin sister Elaine, ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Lupe Velez, Michael Duane, Tim Ryan, Gerald Mohr

Votes: 36

40. Parachute Nurse (1942)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Hospital nurses Glenda White (Marguerite Chapman) and Dottie Morrison (Kay Harris) join the newly-formed corps of parachute nurses to be dropped at sites where ordinary medical aide is ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Marguerite Chapman, William Wright, Kay Harris, Lauretta M. Schimmoler

Votes: 56

41. Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Military Academy instructor Oliver Yates is 4-F and losing the respect of his students. He quits to join up but ends up working in a shipyard. His rival Charlie for girlfriend Ruth uses the... See full summary »

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Claire Trevor, Jess Barker, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Neal

Votes: 105

42. My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance

Rudyard Morley, an eccentric ambassador from the Court of Saint James, is on a goodwill lecture tour of the United States. His English gourmet cook is unable to accompany him, and this ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Charles Coburn, Marguerite Chapman, Bill Carter, Isobel Elsom

Votes: 120

43. Driftin' River (1946)

Approved | 59 min | Western

Cowboy Eddie and his sidekick Soapy help clean up a lawless town.

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Eddie Dean, Flash, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 81

44. Tumbleweed Trail (1946)

Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western

Attended by his sidekick Roscoe Ates, Eddie Dean takes a ranch hand job with a cowgirl whose father has been murdered.

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Eddie Dean, Flash, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 89

45. Let's Have Fun (1943)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Musical

Unemployed actor Richard Gilbert is ready to become a cab driver in order to earn a living for himself and his young daughter, Toni. His friend, Boris Rascalnikoff persuades a couple of ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bert Gordon, Margaret Lindsay, John Beal, Dorothy Anne Seese

46. 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

47. The Texas Kid (1943)

Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western

Marshals Nevada and Sandy are after Scully and his gang who have been robbing stage-coaches. The Texas Kid is part of the gang and Sandy thinks he is bad but Nevada knows him and thinks he may be good.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Marshall Reed, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 102

48. The Spirit of Stanford (1942)

Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The Spirit of Stanford finds high school quarterback Frankie Albert, cocky because of his football abilities, heading for Stanford while his teammate, Cliff Bernard, opts for the University... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Frankie Albert, Marguerite Chapman, Matt Willis, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 52

49. Sabotage Squad (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War

Rejected by the army because of a bad heart, Eddie Miller, small-time gambler, promises his girl, Edith Cassell, that he will get a good job. Meanwhile, his pal, Chuck Brown, a pickpocket, ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Kay Harris, Edward Norris, Sidney Blackmer

Votes: 25

50. A Man's World (1942)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past, and spies neither receive nor expect any mercy, a giant chromite plant ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: William Wright, Marguerite Chapman, Larry Parks, Wynne Gibson

Votes: 44