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1. 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: 4,242
2. Stump the Stars (1947– )
30 min | Game-Show
Television's first treatment of "Charades" as played by Hollywood celebrities. The giveaway was the use of gestures that defined "film", "TV show", "book" or "song" as well as "small word (... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Stokey, Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland
Votes: 107
3. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
4.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Captain Hook
(1974)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police officer fights the brass to keep his spot as a beat cop after he loses his right hand to a package bomb.
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: David Birney, Dennis Cole, Richard Egan, Kim Darby
Votes: 33
5.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Bought and Paid For
(1976)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detectives Belmont and Melino want the three men involved when a patrolman, the son of a Lieutenant, is killed when he interrupts a bank robbery. The one they need is the psychopath who recruits amateurs in his capers.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Edward Albert, Noah Keen, John Milford, Erik Kilpatrick
Votes: 30
6. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,561
7. Empire (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama, Western
Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie.
Stars: Richard Egan, Ryan O'Neal, Anne Seymour, Terry Moore
Votes: 83
8.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
Massacre at Fort Phil Kearny
(1966)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A dramatic retelling of the 1866 Sioux victory where 81 soldiers were killed. Colonel Henry Carrington runs a severe command but finds his authority challenged by the more likeable Captain William Fetterman.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Richard Egan, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Fuller, Michael Sarrazin
Votes: 18
9.
Empire (1962–1964)
Episode:
Hidden Asset
(1963)
60 min | Drama, Western
Layoffs are in store at the Garrett Ranch to satisfy requirements for a bank loan, but several longtime employees aren't willing to go along without a fight.
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Richard Egan, Charles Bronson, Ryan O'Neal, Warren Vanders
Votes: 7
10. 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
11. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor
Votes: 589
12. The Tonight Show (1962)
TV-14 | 105 min | Talk-Show
Interim version of the talk show that aired between the departure of Jack Paar and the arrival of Johnny Carson.
Stars: Skitch Henderson, Hugh Downs, Ed Herlihy, Merv Griffin
Votes: 140
13.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Go Away a Winner
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Vi divorces her husband after he be comes involved with crooks and goes to prison for a gas station holdup. She gets on with her life with her son and new husband. Seven years later, out of... See full summary »
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Ellen Drew, Richard Egan, Richard Travis, David Day
Votes: 10
14. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 239
15. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 120
16. Redigo (1963)
30 min | Western
Jim Redigo operates a small ranch in the southwest, reconciling his old fashioned ways with modern society. Mike and Frank are his hands, with Frank's wife Linda as cook. Hotel owner Gerry is his occasional date.
Stars: Richard Egan, Rudy Solari, Roger Davis, Elena Verdugo
Votes: 28
17. Police Story (1973–1980)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the "Empire of Chaiba", a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia, he initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.
Stars: Scott Brady, Mel Scott, Don Meredith, Joe Santos
Votes: 1,184
18. Insight (I) (1960–1984)
30 min | Drama
This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.
Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith
Votes: 285
19. 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
20. Shootout in a One Dog Town (1974 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama, Western
A small town banker is forced to protect his town against a vicious gang of bank robbers determined to get the two hundred thousand dollars stored in his bank.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Richard Crenna, Stefanie Powers, Jack Elam, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 90
21.
Empire (1962–1964)
Episode:
Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land
(1963)
74 min | Drama, Western
The story concerns a ranch foreman persecuting the man he believes killed his daughter.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Charles Bronson, Anne Seymour
Votes: 21
22.
The Quest (1976)
Episode:
The Captive
(1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
While seeking their sister, Quentin and Morgan Beaudine come across Charlotte Ross, a white woman living with the Indians. Against her will, they take her back into town where she and her ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Richard Egan, Dennis Cole
Votes: 19
23. Pollyanna (1960)
Approved | 134 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Richard Egan, Karl Malden
Votes: 11,351
24. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A veteran cop with more than twenty years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco, California.
Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Reuben Collins, Richard Hatch
Votes: 6,910
25. Bright Victory (1951)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Romance, War
After he gets blinded by a German sniper's bullet in 1943, Sergeant Larry Nevins begins the long and painful road to recovery.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams, James Edwards
Votes: 978
26. Up Front (1951)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Based on the famed World War II cartoons, lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Marina Berti, Jeffrey Lynn
Votes: 116
27. Capitol (1982–1987)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Follow the political struggles for power and personal machinations between two conflicting families, the wealthy Cleggs and the middle-class McCandlesses.
Stars: Constance Towers, Debrah Farentino, Rory Calhoun, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 151
28. The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith
Votes: 3,570 | Gross: $1.54M
29. The Quest (1976)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
2 brothers and a sister separated by Indians when the younger brother and sister were taken by them. The brothers finally reunite and decide to go on a quest to find their sister.
Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Frank Salsedo, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 294
30.
The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode:
The Unicorn
(1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Grand theft cobra venom? That is what seems to be the charge, along with murder, when a robbery attempt of an Asian ship goes wrong and leads to a wild gunfight. A longshoreman is killed ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Richard Egan, Charles Aidman
Votes: 132
31. The Sweet Creek County War (1979)
PG | 99 min | Western
A classic western with the bad guys fighting the homesteaders, with the good guys coming to the rescue.
Director: J. Frank James | Stars: Richard Egan, Albert Salmi, Nita Talbot, Slim Pickens
Votes: 30
32. A Summer Place (1959)
Approved | 130 min | Drama, Romance
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 3,857
33. Violent Saturday (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith
Votes: 2,874
34. Split Second (1953)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two escaped killers take hostages and hide in a Nevada mining ghost town, knowing that an atom bomb is scheduled to be tested there the next morning.
Director: Dick Powell | Stars: Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling, Keith Andes
Votes: 1,825
35. Highway 301 (1950)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Led by a psychopathic killer, a vicious gang of armed robbers terrorizes Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, robbing banks and payrolls and murdering anyone who might identify them.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: William P. Lane Jr., John S. Battle, W. Kerr Scott, Steve Cochran
Votes: 1,117
36. Hollywood Story (1951)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director in 1929.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull
Votes: 924
37. Wicked Woman (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Beverly Michaels, Richard Egan, Percy Helton, Evelyn Scott
Votes: 1,004
38. Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A brave longshoreman lingers on after being gunned down by 3 racketeers, as a determined assistant D.A. searches hard for fearful witnesses against the men.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams
Votes: 476
39.
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
Episode:
Hosts: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd
(1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Joe Tinney | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Effie Klinker
Votes: 23
40. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
In first-century Rome, Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena and Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe for its alleged magical powers.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget
Votes: 4,269 | Gross: $26.00M
41. Voice in the Mirror (1958)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Jim Burton has become a chronic alcoholic since the death of his young daughter, and is cared for by his hard-working wife. A doctor's warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Richard Egan, Julie London, Walter Matthau, Troy Donahue
Votes: 164
42. The Story of Molly X (1949)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After gang leader Rick is killed, his wife Molly takes over his gang but a robbery goes wrong and Molly finds herself in jail where she undergoes a personal transformation.
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Connie Gilchrist
Votes: 211
43. The 300 Spartans (1962)
Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe
Votes: 7,674
44. Undercover Girl (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young woman joins the Police Department in order to track down the killer who murdered her father.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Alexis Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Egan, Gladys George
Votes: 209
45. The Kid from Left Field (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Former ballplayer Larry Cooper secretly and unofficially manages a struggling major league club, the Bisons, through his nine year old son, Christie, who is a bat-boy for the team.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft, Billy Chapin, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 456
46. The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976)
PG-13 | 80 min | Western
During a Cavalry massacre at an Indian village, two brothers, searching for their captured sister, rescue a white woman long ago kidnapped by the Cheyenne. They ride for their lives, haunted by the chant of the tribal Death Song.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Richard Egan, Dennis Cole
Votes: 114
47. The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Police seek a smuggler while doctors, unaware she's the same person, desperately comb unprotected New York for a smallpox carrier.
Director: Earl McEvoy | Stars: Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William Bishop, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 1,803
48. The Hunters (1958)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelf their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle.
Director: Dick Powell | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan, May Britt
Votes: 1,655
49. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. Though ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 983
50. Tension at Table Rock (1956)
Passed | 93 min | Western
A reluctant gunslinger tires of having to defend himself at every cow town he visits, so he adopts an alias and continues his wandering. At an outpost run by a father and young son, he gets... See full summary »
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Billy Chapin
Votes: 688