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1. Adventures of Superman (1952–1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the "Daily Planet."
Stars: George Reeves, Noel Neill, Jack Larson, John Hamilton
Votes: 4,466
2. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Western stories and legends based, and filmed, in and around Death Valley, California. One of the longest-running Western series, originating on radio in the 1930s. The continuing sponsor was "20 Mule Team" Borax, a product formerly mined in Death Valley.
Stars: Stanley Andrews, Robert Taylor, Ronald Reagan, Dale Robertson
Votes: 1,048
3. Lawman (1958–1962)
30 min | Western
This is the story of Marshal Dan Troop of Laramie, Wyoming, and his Deputy Johnny McKay, an orphan Troop took under his wing.
Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, Emile Avery
Votes: 973
4. Maverick (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Bret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.
Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore, Lane Chandler
Votes: 3,628
5. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
After the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the West looking for fights, bad guys to beat up, and women. His job changed from episode to episode.
Stars: Clint Walker, Clyde Howdy, Chuck Hicks, Lane Chandler
Votes: 2,028
6. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, Jacqueline Beer
Votes: 1,636
7. Our Town (1940)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 2,975
8. Doomsday Machine (1976)
Not Rated | 83 min | Sci-Fi
Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days.
Directors: Harry Hope, Lee Sholem, Herbert J. Leder | Stars: Bobby Van, Ruta Lee, Mala Powers, James Craig
Votes: 1,381
9. Bronco (1958–1962)
60 min | Western
A former confederate soldier wanders the old west, and meets such famous characters as Jesse James, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Stars: Ty Hardin, Robert Colbert, Clyde Howdy, Mike Road
Votes: 393
10. Sugarfoot (1957–1961)
60 min | Western
Correspondence-school law graduate Tom Brewster travels west to seek his fortune. Unfortunately, his "cowboy" abilities leave a lot to be desired and earn him the nickname "Sugarfoot", which is one step lower than a "Tenderfoot".
Stars: Will Hutchins, Charles Fredericks, Gil Perkins, Don 'Red' Barry
Votes: 457
11. Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When underground beings explore the surface world from a deep oil well and inadvertently cause a panic, only Superman can prevent a tragedy.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey, Walter Reed
Votes: 2,355
12. Colt .45 (1957–1960)
30 min | Western
Christopher Colt appeared to be a gun salesman, but he was actually a government agent tracking down notorious bad guys. His cousin Sam took the lead when the studio had contract disputes with the original star.
Stars: Wayde Preston, Donald May, Kenneth MacDonald, Don 'Red' Barry
Votes: 133
13. This Is the Life (1952–1988)
30 min | Drama, Family
Long-running religious series featuring dramatizations of contemporary problems and how they were resolved using a Christian solution.
Stars: Nelson Leigh, Forrest Taylor, Onslow Stevens, Nan Boardman
Votes: 84
14. Captain Midnight (1954–1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Sci-Fi
In 40 episodes, Captain Midnight, of the Secret Squadron, flew around the globe in his personal jet the Silver Dart. He fought various criminals and spies with his comical sidekick Ichabod Mudd aided by a scientist, Dr. Aristotle Jones.
Stars: Richard Webb, Sid Melton, Olan Soule, Henry Rowland
Votes: 166
15. Men Into Space (1959–1960)
30 min | Sci-Fi
The adventures of Colonel Ed McCauley, head of the American space program. He battles saboteurs, budget cuts, defective equipment and other problems in outer space.
Stars: William Lundigan, Joyce Taylor, Charles Herbert, Tyler McVey
Votes: 213
16. Pharaoh's Curse (1957)
Approved | 66 min | Horror
A crazed Egyptian follows the members of an archaeology expedition and kills them off one by one while getting progressively older.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Mark Dana, Ziva Rodann, Diane Brewster, George N. Neise
Votes: 758
17. Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Adventure
As Jane and the local tribeswomen are abducted one by one by the wild Lionians, Tarzan attempts to persuade their prince to accept a potent medicament for his ailing men, while the girls face certain death. Can Tarzan set them free?
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda, Hurd Hatfield
Votes: 623
18. That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 2,991
19. Whirlybirds (1957–1960)
30 min | Adventure
Charter helicopter pilots Chuck and P. T. solve crimes. Rescue people, perform tasks and more using their Bell helicopter, the star of the show;
Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Craig Hill, Nancy Hale, Sandra Spence
Votes: 372
20. Catalina Caper (1967)
G | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Del Moore, Peter Duryea, Robert Donner
Votes: 2,244
21. Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
"Cavalcade of America" documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.
Stars: James Seay, Robert Foulk, Richard Gaines, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 98
22. Tobor the Great (1954)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A young boy-genius befriends his grandfather's robot, designed as a test pilot for space travel and coveted by foreign spies.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Billy Chapin, Taylor Holmes
Votes: 938
23. 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: 100
24. The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Western
In Wyoming, Sweetwater town sheriff Stan Blaine finds himself in the middle of a range war between greedy cattle barons and newcomer settlers who compete for public lands and unbranded stray cattle.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Alex Nicol, William Bishop, Robert Strauss
Votes: 650
25. The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure
In 13th-century Tangiers, regent Mustapha hires a paid assassin to kill baby Prince Hussein in order to usurp his throne but the assassin has second thoughts and steals the baby for himself.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Everett Sloane, Jeff Corey
Votes: 786
26. The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Swashbuckling made for TVs episodes staring 'Legend' Robert newton as Long John Silver and argh 'Jim Larrd' as they face many new adventures......
Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Eric Reiman
Votes: 185
27. Grand Jury (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lyle Bettger, Harold J. Stone, Douglass Dumbrille, Richard Travis
Votes: 14
28. Crime Against Joe (1956)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A disreputable Korean War veteran is suspected of murder.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: John Bromfield, Julie London, Henry Calvin, Patricia Blair
Votes: 387
29. Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Tarzan secretly arrives in Blue Valley, the land of the magical fountain of youth, to find the intrepid aviatrix who can save an innocent man. But, is she the same person she used to be? Can Tarzan protect the vale's ultimate mystery?
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dekker, Evelyn Ankers
Votes: 653
30. The Stand at Apache River (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Western
At Apache River Station, the passengers of a stagecoach, the owners of the station, a sheriff and his prisoner and a few ferry passengers are besieged by a band of renegade Apaches.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Stephen McNally, Julie Adams, Hugh Marlowe, Jaclynne Greene
Votes: 345
31. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1953)
Approved | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Ma and Pa, with their daughter Rosie, go off to Hawai'i to answer ailing Cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Byron Palmer
Votes: 565
32. The Louisiana Hussy (1959)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama
Cajun newlyweds must deal with the jealousy of his brother, who also loved her, and the arrival of a mysterious seductress in their bayou backwater.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Nan Peterson, Robert Richards, Peter Coe, Betty Lynn
Votes: 133
33. 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: 658
34. Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jim Knight is the captain of a ship trading in the South Seas. He runs into trouble when he makes port at an island where crooks Malone and Ross hold the natives under their cruel ... See full summary »
Directors: Lee Sholem, Elmo Williams | Stars: Jon Hall, John Carradine, Peter Lorre, Roberta Haynes
Votes: 131
35. Way Down South (1939)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Music
In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt ... See full summary »
Directors: Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna
Votes: 254
36. Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
68 min | Adventure, Family
Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Karin Booth, Richard Stapley, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 277
37. Miami Undercover (1961)
30 min | Drama
A cop in Miami Beach is hired by a big hotel to privately investigate criminal activity around the area.
Stars: Lee Bowman, Rocky Graziano, Hugh Lawrence, George N. Neise
Votes: 22
38. Criswell Predicts (1953–1961)
5 min | Talk-Show
A daily show in which the Amazing Criswell outlines his predictions for the weeks and months ahead.
Stars: Criswell, Bob Shields
Votes: 22
39. Cannibal Attack (1954)
Approved | 69 min | Adventure, Family
Johnny Weissmuller fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Judy Walsh, David Bruce, Bruce Cowling
Votes: 266
40. Official Detective (1957– )
Mystery, Adventure
Stars: Everett Sloane, James Griffith, Ted de Corsia, Steve Pendleton
Votes: 29
41. Sierra Stranger (1957)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After penniless miner Jess Collins saves Sonny Grover from two men he calls claim jumpers, he heads for the town of Colton. There Grover's brother grub stakes him and he waits for his claim... See full summary »
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Howard Duff, Gloria McGehee, Dick Foran, John Hoyt
Votes: 121
43. Emergency Hospital (1956)
Not Rated | 62 min | Drama
About the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic night of business-as-usual.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Walter Reed, Margaret Lindsay, John Archer, Byron Palmer
Votes: 143
44. Personal Report, Inc. (1958 TV Movie)
26 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Wayne Morris, Mike Connors, Maureen Stevenson, Ralph Clanton
45.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
The Court Martial of Johnny Murdo
(1958)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Johnny Murdo is accused of stealing $757 from other cadets at a military school. After his court martial and dismissal from the school, Johnny's mother hires Jeff Spencer to investigate and clear his name.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Roger Smith, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 55
46.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
Miss Purity's Birthday
(1957)
Adventure, Family
Depressed that everyone except the reverend has forgotten her birthday, Miss Purity closes the inn so she can join the reverend doing his rounds. But she has no idea the reverend is in on one of Long John's ploys.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Pat Twohill
Votes: 16
47.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
Pieces of Eight
(1956)
Adventure, Family
Desperate to get the money to save his ship, Long John agrees to a plan another pirate recommends to steal Spanish gold. But the pirate turns out to be just as much of a liar as was the last time Long John met him.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Albert Garcia
Votes: 17
48.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
Sword of Vengeance
(1957)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Silver and his crew attempt to plunder a Spanish ship, but theres no one aboard except dead prisoners.
Directors: Byron Haskin, Lee Sholem | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Owen Weingott
Votes: 15
49.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
Temple of Evil
(1957)
Adventure, Family
The pirates go to the island of Amoyan to bring a young navy officer to his girlfriend and to steal the local treasure.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, John Alden
50.
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Crisis
(1957)
Adventure, Family
The island is struck by the plague.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Lou Vernon