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1. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Noel Francis
Votes: 14,434 | Gross: $1.42M
2. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Votes: 8,139
3. The Informer (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama
In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame
Votes: 7,177 | Gross: $2.07M
4. 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: 4,845
5. Doctor X (1932)
Unrated | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster
Votes: 4,266 | Gross: $0.88M
6. The Time Travelers (1964)
Approved | 84 min | Sci-Fi
In 1964, a group of scientists create a portal that takes them to a barren, mutant inhabited, Earth in the year 2071.
Director: Ib Melchior | Stars: Preston Foster, Philip Carey, Merry Anders, John Hoyt
Votes: 3,199
7. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Passed | 81 min | Western
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley
Votes: 2,501
8. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Bob Haymes
Votes: 2,396
9. The Valley of Decision (1945)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance
An Irish maid falls for the son of her wealthy boss, though their disapproving fathers and a bitter strike at the steel mill complicate matters.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 2,374
10. Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, War
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte
Votes: 2,279
11. Annie Oakley (1935)
Passed | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Western
A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen
Votes: 1,895
12. Ramrod (1947)
Passed | 94 min | Action, Romance, Western
Violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp
Votes: 1,850
13. North West Mounted Police (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,831
14. Ladies They Talk About (1933)
Approved | 69 min | Drama
Attractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.
Directors: Howard Bretherton, William Keighley | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess
Votes: 1,827
15. 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: 1,634
16. Two Seconds (1932)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,300
17. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper | Stars: Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, David Holt, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,203
18. The Big Night (1951)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A teenager comes of age while seeking revenge on the man who beat up his father.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring, Howard St. John
Votes: 1,081
19. My Friend Flicka (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Drama, Family
Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 1,054
20. Tomahawk (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Western
In 1866 Wyoming, a frontier scout tries to prevent a war between the Sioux and the U.S. after the Army builds a road and a fort on territory previously ceded to the Sioux by treaty.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Alex Nicol, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,042
21. Heat Lightning (1934)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 1,026
22. Law and Order (1953)
Passed | 80 min | Western
Frame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone, Preston Foster, Alex Nicol
Votes: 928
23. Advance to the Rear (1964)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, War, Western
When A Union Army outfit of misfits and rejects is sent to the Western territory, Southern spies try to figure out what they're doing there.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus
Votes: 910
24. Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero, Janet Beecher
Votes: 897
25. The Hunted (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 668
26. The Plough and the Stars (1936)
Approved | 72 min | Drama
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea
Votes: 650
27. I, the Jury (1953)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Dectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman.
Director: Harry Essex | Stars: Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan
Votes: 647
28. Elmer, the Great (1933)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd
Votes: 602
29. Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Romance, War
A veteran American flyer trains new recruits, including the acrophobic son of his dead war buddy. Complications arise when the younger man falls in love with his mentor's girl.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt
Votes: 584
30. Life Begins (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward ... See full summary »
Directors: James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 546
31. You Said a Mouthful (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 537
32. First Lady (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
As presidential election time approaches in Washington it is the women behind the scenes who seem to be making the decisions.
Director: Stanley Logan | Stars: Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise, Walter Connolly
Votes: 515
33. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 431
34. The Last Mile (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.
Director: Samuel Bischoff | Stars: Howard Phillips, Preston Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison
Votes: 418
35. Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Drama, Family
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 409
36. Just Around the Corner (1933)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Drama
Promotional short produced by General Electric for release through Warner Bros. to advertise GE's home appliances.
Stars: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Dick Powell
Votes: 372
37. 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
38. Unfinished Business (1941)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother... See full summary »
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery, Preston Foster, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 321
39. Hoopla (1933)
Passed | 85 min | Drama
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show's manager.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 312
40. American Empire (1942)
Passed | 82 min | Western
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford
Votes: 312
41. The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961)
30 min | Drama
A drama anthology series hosted by actress Loretta Young. In addition to hosting the series, she played the lead in various episodes.
Stars: Loretta Young, John Milton Kennedy, John Newland, Robert Foulk
Votes: 302
42. Submarine Patrol (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft
Votes: 287
43. The 42nd. Street Special (1933)
6 min | Documentary, Short
This short documents the send-off of Warner Bros. publicity campaign for 42nd Street (1933), a cross-country trip on a 7-car train dubbed "The 42nd. Street Special" ending in Washington, D.C. at the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Stars: Darryl F. Zanuck, Leo Carrillo, Bette Davis, Claire Dodd
Votes: 278
44. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
45. You Can't Beat Love (1937)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
Never one to turn down a dare, wealthy but eccentric lawyer Jimmy Hughes takes his faithful butler Jasper and gets a job digging ditches to fulfill a bet he made with two reporters. In his ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin, William Brisbane
Votes: 272
46. The Big Cat (1949)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
1933. A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by drought, old fights and a cougar. He turns out to be pivotal in all of these.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 263
47. Twice Blessed (1945)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy
Stephanie and Terry are identical twins who have been separated since their parents divorced seven years before. Each envies the life style of the other so they decide, without telling Jeff... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Lee Wilde, Lyn Wilde
Votes: 244
48. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western
A California mining camp is plagued by a series of murders. Four people come under suspicion for the killings and are swiftly run straight out of the camp. During a blizzard they take ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 234
49. Sea Devils (1937)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Romance
A Coast Guard mate (Victor McLaughlin) wants his daughter (Ida Lupino) to marry a crewman (Donald Woods), but she loves someone else (Preston Foster).
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster, Ida Lupino, Donald Woods
Votes: 229
50. We Who Are About to Die (1936)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man sits on death row in colorful company, as friends race to save his life.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Ray Mayer
Votes: 227