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1. The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
434 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.
Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 6,395
2.
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1977)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Michael Corleone adapts to a life of solitude, Sonny grapples with his sister's abuse, and Vito seeks council.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 185
3.
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1977)
140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Michael manages the responsibilities of being a mafia don. Kay grows complacent with her husband's tightening of the crime syndicate, and danger looms due to a mysterious traitor.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan
Votes: 197
4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,366,060 | Gross: $57.30M
5.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Love Song for a Deadly Redhead
(1962)
60 min | Drama
Jeff Spencer - from 77 Sunset Strip - comes to Miami Beach on a case, and within a few hours becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a ex-girlfriend's husband.
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Van Williams, Diane McBain
Votes: 14
6.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Jonathan Wembley Is Missing
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Sandy Winfield II (Troy Donahue) solves the kidnapping of a ventriloquist's dummy.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Margarita Sierra, Elliott Reid
Votes: 13
7.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Deadly Male
(1960)
60 min | Drama
While investigating a murder, Thorne finds himself on the trail of a gigolo who romances and then blackmails married women.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Diane McBain
Votes: 14
8.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Chase
(1961)
60 min | Drama
After Cha Cha witnesses a man dumping a woman's body in a cypress swamp, she and Dave find themselves being stalked through a ghost town by the killer.
Director: Allen Baron | Stars: Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 15
9.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
The International Net
(1960)
60 min | Drama
Someone is sending anonymous notes to Alixe Hogan warning that her producer husband is planning to kill her.
Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Van Williams, Troy Donahue, Diane McBain, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 16
10. Everyday (1978– )
30 min | Family
Pleasant daytime family show where singing, instrument playing and discussions and such would take place.
Stars: Stephanie Edwards, John Bennett Perry, Ron Howard, Rue McClanahan
Votes: 31
11. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)
30 min | Talk-Show
Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.
Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan
Votes: 169
12.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
A Matter of Seconds
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Dave Thorne (Lee Patterson) and his crime-solving buddies race against time to prove an ex-fighter's innocence.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Van Williams, Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain
Votes: 11
13.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Double Image
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Sandy meets a young woman vacationing in Florida who has an odd obsession with a local gangster.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain
Votes: 11
14.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Spring Training
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Kenny tries to help a naive rookie baseball pitcher who has gotten on the wrong side of a big time sports bookie.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Van Williams, Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 15
15.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Quarterback
(1962)
60 min | Drama
A gambler has convinced a young quarterback, who is set to star in the Orange Bowl, that his brother, Lieutenant Plehn, is taking bribes, and if he doesn't throw the game his brother will ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Janet Lake, Richard Crane
Votes: 12
16. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,246
17. The Alaskans (1959–1960)
60 min | Adventure
A pair of adventurers are intent on swindling travellers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Stars: Roger Moore, Dorothy Provine, Jeff York, Ray Danton
Votes: 93
18.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
Pappy
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret and Bart travel home to find out why their father, Pappy, is marrying a much younger woman.
Director: Montgomery Pittman | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Adam West, Troy Donahue
Votes: 162
19.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Bride and Seek
(1960)
60 min | Drama
Dave Thorne is hired by Nancy Anders to find her missing husband. She is the former Nancy Clayborne of New York and her family is very wealthy. Her grandmother is a domineering woman who ... See full summary »
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Diane McBain
Votes: 13
20.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Bhoyo and the Blonde
(1961)
60 min | Drama
While visiting Miami, hard-drinking novelist Kevin Flanagan becomes witness to a robbery and a murder when he tries to pick up the beautiful blonde who is driving the crooks' getaway car.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Diane McBain
Votes: 12
21. Ellery Queen (1975–1976)
TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Family
The son of a police detective solves baffling crimes.
Stars: Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Tom Reese, John Hillerman
Votes: 1,563
22.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Ghost of a Chance
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Ken Madison and government agent Pat Wheeler pose as newlyweds to search the bayou for a retired engraver who is being held prisoner by counterfeiters.
Director: Frank Baur | Stars: Van Williams, Margarita Sierra, Paul 'Mousie' Garner, Claire Kelly
Votes: 14
23.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Little Star Lost
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Locally born movie star Linda Lord is back in Miami to do a publicity event. Along with her is her hard-as-nails adoptive mother Sybil who keeps a tight rein on her. A shady lawyer has ... See full summary »
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain
Votes: 16
24.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
Fox, Hound and the Widow McCloud
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Luke Nichols arrives at Shiloh looking for Trampas tracked by bounty hunter Bracken. Luke helped Trampas break out of prison when he was about to hang. Trampas tries to hide him with the widow McCloud who has a heart of stone - at first.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: John McIntire, Doug McClure, David Hartman, Sara Lane
Votes: 59
25. The Daily Show (1996– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
A comedy news show featuring humorous takes on top stories.
Stars: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Roy Wood Jr.
Votes: 48,204
26. Shades of LA (1990–1991)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a shallow, casual kind of guy until a near-death experience changes his life. Grazed in the head by a bullet during a stake-out, ... See full summary »
Stars: Summer Shohfi, John D'Aquino, Warren Berlinger, Susan Ware
Votes: 35
27.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
A Piece of Tommy Minor
(1962)
60 min | Drama
Gambler Vic Tatum uses every dirty trick in the book in an attempt to gain controlling interest in the career of an up and coming singer.
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Troy Donahue, Diane McBain, Lee Philips, Tom Drake
Votes: 11
28.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
One for the Road
(1961)
60 min | Drama
The guys become concerned when Daphne falls in love with a drifter who is visiting Miami under an assumed name.
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Van Williams, Diane McBain
Votes: 14
29.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Artful Deceit
(1962)
60 min | Drama
When an art dealer is murdered, the prime suspect turns out to be a man who had supposedly committed suicide some years before.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Margarita Sierra, Angela Greene
Votes: 11
30.
Bronco (1958–1962)
Episode:
Backfire
(1959)
60 min | Western
Bronco is a deputy under Sheriff McKeever who has a reputation for having cleaned up Two Pines in the past but his age is showing. When he is killed after a bank robbery, Bronco's investigation leads him to some surprising conclusions.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Ty Hardin, Jeff York, Carol Ohmart, Barry Kelley
Votes: 32
31.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Black Orange Blossoms
(1961)
60 min | Drama
While vacationing in Jamaica, Sandy becomes involved in the investigation of the mysterious death of plantation owner Sir Niles Smallens.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Margarita Sierra, Paul 'Mousie' Garner
Votes: 14
32.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Pawn's Gambit
(1962)
60 min | Drama
Sandy, Dave and Lt. Plehn are simultaneously investigating the murder of a shop owner and the mugging of a young woman on the other side of town. What they don't realize is that both cases are related.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain, Van Williams
Votes: 9
33.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Impractical Joker
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Harry Wilde's latest practical joke backfires when he kills his business partner with a gun that was supposed to be loaded with blanks. Was it really an accident, or murder?
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Van Williams, Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 14
34.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Vengeance Is Bitter
(1961)
60 min | Drama
A prominent family learns that a book is about to be published alleging that one of them had committed an unsolved murder. To avoid scandal, they hire Dave Thorne to find a way to suppress the book.
Director: Frank Baur | Stars: Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 12
35. 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
36.
Ellery Queen (1975–1976)
Episode:
The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario
(1976)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Family
Ellery and his father go to Hollywood to see the film production of one of Ellery's novels - but real murder is afoot.
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Noah Beery Jr., Carole Cook
Votes: 136
37.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
Split Second to an Epitaph: Part 2
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Just before his spinal surgery, Ironside asks the public to help find the person who stole drugs from the hospital and killed a guard. The chief does not know that the same man has been planning for Ironside to die on the operating table.
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Raymond Burr, Joseph Cotten, Troy Donahue, Lilia Skala
Votes: 73
38.
Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode:
The Payment
(1960)
30 min | Western
Ron Fallon, a man with a fast gun reputation, needs to deliver $6,000 to repay an old debt. With a crippled gun hand, he asks Troop's help delivering it before he is gunned down by his old partner's son.
Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, Troy Donahue
Votes: 53
39.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
According to Our Files
(1960)
60 min | Drama
Sandy and insurance investigator Herbert Colter are on the trail of a recently released ex-con; and $90,000 in bonds that he had stolen seven years earlier.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain
Votes: 14
40.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Par-a-kee
(1960)
60 min | Drama
Daphne stops a man trying to inject Par-a-kee, a race horse owned by her family and they hire Dave to look into it. It turns out a bookie is spreading false rumors about the animal and Daphne is kidnapped before the next race.
Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Lee Patterson, Van Williams, Troy Donahue, Diane McBain
Votes: 14
41.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Power of Suggestion
(1960)
60 min | Drama
The beautiful assistant to a domineering nightclub hypnotist fears that she has been given a post-hypnotic command to kill someone, but she doesn't know who or why. She enlists Dave Thorne to help her.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Lee Patterson, Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 12
42.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Spinout at Sebring
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Sandy has to find a way to drive in the 12 hour Sebring endurance race, while simultaneously preventing a murder.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Sue Randall
Votes: 11
43. 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: 3,630
44. I've Got a Secret (1952–1967)
TV-G | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.
Stars: Garry Moore, John Cannon, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen
Votes: 566
45.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
Split Second to an Epitaph: Part 1
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ironside agrees to undergo exploratory surgery that could restore his ability to walk - or kill him. At that hospital, a masked assailant escapes with stolen drugs after murdering a security guard.
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Raymond Burr, Joseph Cotten, Troy Donahue, Lilia Skala
Votes: 77
46.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Girl in the Galleon
(1960)
60 min | Drama
While doing an exploratory dive to a sunken galleon, diver 'Deep' Waters spots the body of a beautiful woman floating nearby - a body which then disappears.
Director: Frank Baur | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain
Votes: 13
47.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Pattern for a Frame
(1961)
60 min | Drama
Former bookie Jason Street is out of prison and has a plan for taking back control of his old rackets. The scheme involves targeting Ken Madison for an elaborate frame-up.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Van Williams, Troy Donahue, Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 12
48.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
Race Against Time
(1961)
60 min | Drama
When Dave collapses at the airport after returning on a flight from New York, it is determined that he had been poisoned while on the plane. His friends only have a few hours to identify the toxin and find an antidote before he dies.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra
Votes: 12
49.
Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Frightened Canary
(1960)
60 min | Drama
Sandy's friend, lounge singer Nina Landis, suddenly finds herself blackballed and being terrorized by a sadistic stand-up comic.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau | Stars: Troy Donahue, Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain
Votes: 13
50. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.
Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest
Votes: 1,236