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1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Passed | 152 min | Drama, War
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy
Votes: 67,768 | Gross: $3.27M
2. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar, Olga Baclanova
Votes: 8,085
3. 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: 6,284
4. Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 2,177
5. The She-Creature (1956)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Chester Morris, Tom Conway, Cathy Downs, Lance Fuller
Votes: 1,965
6. Invisible Invaders (1959)
Approved | 67 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Agar, Jean Byron, Philip Tonge, Robert Hutton
Votes: 1,963
7. Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
An ex-Nazi mad scientist uses radio-controlled atomic-powered zombies in his quest to help an exiled American gangster return to power.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Michael Granger
Votes: 1,759
8. The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Approved | 70 min | Horror, Mystery
Anthropologist Jonathan Drake believes that the men of his family have been cursed for generations by the native South American tribe he studies. Shortly after his brother, discovers one of the tribe's shrunken heads, he's found murdered.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Grant Richards, Henry Daniell
Votes: 1,247
9. Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
Unrated | 67 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Calcified Pompeii gladiator kidnaps a scientist's girlfriend in modern-day Naples, Italy.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, Luis Van Rooten
Votes: 1,240
10. Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed?
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Autumn Russell, Joel Ashley
Votes: 1,216
11. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man climbs a 12,000-foot mountain to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.
Directors: Arnold Fanck, Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Gustav Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl, Ernst Petersen, Ernst Udet
Votes: 1,109
12. Destination Murder (1950)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker
Votes: 1,024
13. Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959)
Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Las Vegas, a group of assorted criminals plans the robbery of an armored truck hauling casino money to the bank.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef, Grant Richards
Votes: 702
14. Voodoo Woman (1957)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Deep in the jungles a mad scientist is using the natives' voodoo for his experiments to create an indestructible being to serve his will. When a party of gold seekers stumbles upon his ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors, Lance Fuller
Votes: 660
15. Cage of Evil (1960)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Patricia Blair, Harp McGuire, John Maxwell
Votes: 485
16. The Last Performance (1929)
68 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant, who is in love with his young protege', who turns out to be a bum and a thief.
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton, Fred MacKaye
Votes: 479
17. Broadway (1929)
Passed | 104 min | Crime, Music, Romance
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, Thomas E. Jackson
Votes: 461
18. Vice Raid (1959)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama
The bosses of the prostitution racket have one of their prostitutes go to New York City to entrap a police officer and get him thrown off the force. She does as she is told but then the gangsters make a mistake.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Richard Coogan, Brad Dexter, Barry Atwater
Votes: 431
19. Main Street After Dark (1945)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous woman and her brood prey on soldiers and sailors in an embarkation city.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter
Votes: 381
20. Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
Approved | 57 min | Crime, Mystery
A doctor tests his theory that blood diseases can be cured by atomic radiation by using prison inmates as experiments.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Howard, Joan Dixon, Walter Kingsford, Lynne Carter
Votes: 345
21. Law and Order (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Western
A lawman sets out to tame Tombstone, Arizona.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton
Votes: 343
22. The Walking Target (1960)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con sets out to find the money which was hidden after a payroll robbery but is persuaded to turn it over to the police by his former accomplice's widow.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joan Evans, Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Harp McGuire
Votes: 341
23. Girls in Prison (1956)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Anne Carson, meeting the seamy side of prison life, finds that everyone thinks she knows where unrecovered bank loot is.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Adele Jergens, Helen Gilbert
Votes: 334
24. Noose for a Gunman (1960)
Not Rated | 69 min | Western
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Lyn Thomas, Ted de Corsia, Barton MacLane
Votes: 318
25. Beauty and the Beast (1962)
Not Rated | 77 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror
Curse turns a handsome prince into a werewolf at night. A princess tries to help him, while his enemies plot to take his throne.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Taylor, Mark Damon, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate
Votes: 315
26. Pier 5, Havana (1959)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Yank comes to Havana in search of an old friend who disappeared during the Cuban Revolution, and discovers a group of Batista sympathizers plotting to overturn Castro.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Allison Hayes, Eduardo Noriega, Michael Granger
Votes: 298
27. When the Clock Strikes (1961)
72 min | Crime, Drama
A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search for hidden money.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, Merry Anders, Henry Corden, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 280
28. Annie Was a Wonder (1949)
Passed | 11 min | Short
In this entry in the Passing Parade series, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Annie Swenson, who worked as a cook/housekeeper in the Nesbitt home when he was growing up. Annie was ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Kathleen Freeman, Howard Negley, Ruth Lee, Sven Hugo Borg
Votes: 269
29. Dangerous Partners (1945)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
After surviving a plane crash, a couple tries to find out why one of the passengers was carrying four wills for a million dollars, with each one naming him as the beneficiary.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Audrey Totter
Votes: 267
30. Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1948)
Passed | 11 min | Short, Family
Oscar-winning short film has an adult looking back fondly at his childhood when he was taught in a one-room schoolhouse by Miss Turlock, a stern, but caring and respected teacher.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Nana Bryant, Fred Fisher, Norman Ollestad
Votes: 249
31. Jet Attack (1958)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, War
Three American pilots are shot down behind enemy lines during the Korean war, where they encounter a mysterious Russian nurse. Their life is in her hands.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Agar, Audrey Totter, Gregory Walcott, James Dobson
Votes: 246
32. Two Dollar Bettor (1951)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An honest bank employee gets hooked on horse racing, and starts to embezzle bank funds in an attempt to recoup his losses.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Litel, Marie Windsor, Steve Brodie, Barbara Logan
Votes: 229
33. A Thrill for Thelma (1935)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the "easy" way, and winds up in jail.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Irene Hervey, Robert Livingston, Robert Warwick, William Tannen
Votes: 229
34. Oklahoma Territory (1960)
Approved | 67 min | Western
A District Attorney tries an Indian chief for the murder of an Indian agent, but begins to believe that the chief is possibly being framed by powerful interests who want to start a war between the Indians and the locals.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Bill Williams, Gloria Talbott, Ted de Corsia, Grant Richards
Votes: 223
35. The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
Passed | 66 min | Western
A gambler tries to help track down the men who hanged a rancher when he tried to thwart their cattle rustling operations by selling his ranch.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Merry Anders, Mark Allen, Addison Richards
Votes: 222
36. Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
Not Rated | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During the Cold War, an American secret agent must find a kidnapped Arab prince who is being used by the Soviets to gain leverage against America's plans to install missiles in a Middle-Eastern country.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler, Allison Hayes, Ed Kemmer
Votes: 216
37. Suicide Battalion (1958)
Approved | 79 min | War, Drama
During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an American commando team is sent to an evacuated American base in the jungle to destroy classified documents.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mike Connors, John Ashley, Jewell Lain, Russ Bender
Votes: 212
38. Dragstrip Girl (1957)
69 min | Action, Drama
Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Fay Spain, Steven Terrell, John Ashley, Frank Gorshin
Votes: 208
39. Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
72 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A group of concerned adults try to ban rock and roll music in their town because they think that the music promotes juvenile delinquency. It's now up to a disc jockey and a hipster to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye, Sterling Holloway, Fats Domino
Votes: 206
40. Gun Fight (1961)
Approved | 67 min | Western
On the stagecoach to Laramie, Wayne Santley rescues singer Nora Brown from the advances of gambler Cole Fender. In Laramie, Wayne discovers his brother Brad is an outlaw, but he refuses to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, Joan Staley, Gregg Palmer, Ron Soble
Votes: 203
41. Emergency Call (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An expose of the racketeering "accident victims" who extort millions of dollars annually from American automobile owners, insurance companies and property owners by staging fake accident ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, George E. Stone
Votes: 195
42. Inside the Mafia (1959)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
The operators of a small upstate New York airfield become unwilling pawns in the struggle for control of a crime syndicate by two rival Mafia factions.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Robert Strauss, Grant Richards, James Brown
Votes: 194
43. Frontier Uprising (1961)
Approved | 68 min | Western
A trail guide leading a wagon train to the West in the 1840s discovers that the U.S. and Mexico are at war.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Nancy Hadley, Ken Mayer, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 190
44. Five Guns to Tombstone (1960)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Matt Wade escapes from prison and tries to persuade his brother Bill, a reformed gunslinger, to participate in a hold-up. Bill, now a struggling rancher, refuses but Matt frames him and he is forced to ride off with the gang.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, John Wilder, Walter Coy, Robert Karnes
Votes: 189
45. Plan for Destruction (1943)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Drama, History
This short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Lewis Stone, Frank Reicher, George Lynn, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes: 187
46. Gunfighters of Abilene (1959)
Approved | 66 min | Romance, Western
A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Rachel Ames, Russell Thorson
Votes: 186
47. Main Street on the March! (1941)
Approved | 20 min | Short, History
The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Raymond Gram Swing, Neville Chamberlain, H.V. Kaltenborn
Votes: 177
48. Incident in an Alley (1962)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama
Based on a short story by Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone"), a cop "mistakenly" kills a 14-year-old boy during a robbery. Although acquitted for the shooting, the cop is haunted by his crime.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Chris Warfield, Jacklyn O'Donnell, Harp McGuire, Virginia Christine
Votes: 175
49. Runaway Daughters (1956)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Marla English, Anna Sten, John Litel, Lance Fuller
Votes: 167
50. Flesh and the Spur (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Western
A young cowboy searches for the killer of his twin brother.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Agar, Marla English, Mike Connors, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 159