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1. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Approved | 25 min | Western
The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham, Stewart East
Votes: 3,343
2. Topper (1953–1955)
30 min | Fantasy, Comedy
A somewhat grumpy and uptight banker, Cosmo Topper, and the ghosts which only he could see or hear, George and Marion Kerby. The Kerbys would often try to get Cosmo to loosen up and enjoy life, but more often they would complicate it.
Stars: Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, Leo G. Carroll, Buck
Votes: 573
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: 975
4. The Roaring 20's (1960–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s New York.
Stars: Dorothy Provine, Donald May, Gary Vinson, Mike Road
Votes: 186
5. Temple Houston (1963–1964)
60 min | Western
The adventures of frontier lawyer Temple Houston, son of the legendary Sam Houston.
Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Jack Elam, Frank Ferguson, Chubby Johnson
Votes: 81
6.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
The Bridal Trail Caper
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A wealthy businessman hires Jeff and J.R. to keep the crowd and reporters away from his wedding and new bride. They end up saving the bride and solving a murder. All in time for the newlyweds to go on their Hawaiian honeymoon.
Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Louis Quinn
Votes: 41
7.
Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode:
The Jury
(1958)
30 min | Western
The verdict is in - Kate Wilson is once again found not guilty of a crime. If the marshal has any say, her feminine charms have been wielded at the male population one too many times because he has a plan.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Jean Willes, Anthony George
Votes: 60
8. Waterfront (1954–1956)
30 min | Adventure, Crime
John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Preston Foster, Douglas Dick, Lois Moran, Willie Best
Votes: 114
9. The Thin Man (1934)
TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 32,588
10. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Passed | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan
Votes: 23,241
11. The Millionaire (1955–1960)
30 min | Drama
In this hit 1950s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away $1 million apiece to persons he has never met.
Stars: Marvin Miller, Paul Frees, Roy Gordon, Russ Conway
Votes: 606
12. State Trooper (1956–1959)
30 min | Drama
Rod Blake, a State Trooper is an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The setting is in the 1950s American West.
Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Armstrong, Don Haggerty, Paul Stader
Votes: 122
13.
The Deputy (1959–1961)
Episode:
Edge of Doubt
(1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Jerry Kirk, a notorious outlaw, agrees to the Arizona Territory's offer of amnesty and decides to return to Silver City where he once had a girlfriend. Jerry's gruff demeanor soon alienates... See full summary »
Director: Frank Arrigo | Stars: Henry Fonda, Allen Case, Read Morgan, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 27
14.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Charles Hartford Simpson Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
Charles Simpson uses his money to move from a home for indigent World War I veterans, whose residents he dislikes, to luxurious surroundings, bringing his friend 'Stony' with him. But Stony misses the home's camaraderie.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Marvin Miller, James Gleason, John Qualen, Taylor Holmes
Votes: 9
15. 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: 4,475
16. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Powerful patrol cars, fast motorcycles, and superheterodyne two-way radios combine to fight crime on the rural highways of America's wide open spaces.
Stars: Broderick Crawford, Art Gilmore, William Boyett, Vance Skarstedt
Votes: 1,537
17. 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: 1,639
18. Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm, Thomas Jefferson Lopaka, or Tom for short, and Tracy Steele, a Korean War veteran and former city police detective.
Stars: Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Douglas Mossman, Robert Conrad
Votes: 688
19. Scarlet Street (1945)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 19,242
20. 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
21. The Loner (1965–1966)
30 min | Western
A wandering ex-soldier encounters various problems wherever he visits in his travels.
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, James Whitmore, Ed Peck, Jim Drum
Votes: 171
22. The Lone Wolf (1954–1955)
30 min | Adventure
Michael Lanyard is a debonair gentleman who travels the world solving crimes and getting lawbreakers arrested. He operates on the edge of what is legal and occasionally finds time to romance the beautiful women he encounters.
Stars: Louis Hayward, John Doucette, Burt Mustin, James Anderson
Votes: 123
23. Camp Runamuck (1965–1966)
22 min | Comedy
Summer-camp high jinks.
Stars: David Ketchum, Arch Johnson, Dave Madden, Leonard Stone
Votes: 101
24. Harbor Command (1957–1958)
30 min | Action
The workings of the US Coast Guard Harbor Command.
Stars: Wendell Corey, Bill Baldwin, Casey Walters, Clark Howat
Votes: 56
25.
Dragnet (1951–1959)
Episode:
The Big Deal
(1956)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Friday and Smith attempt to solve a series of car thefts but are getting nowhere until they learn that the car thieves are selling the stolen cars illegally.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Dick Ryan, Thomas E. Jackson
Votes: 44
26.
The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode:
One of One Thousand
(1960)
30 min | Western
Pat enters a shooting contest whose prize is a valuable Winchester '73 rifle and wins the competition. In front of witnesses Billy Bonney jokingly tells Pat that if he won't sell him the ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, George D. Wallace, Jack Mather
Votes: 14
27.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Confidence Game
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A con man assaults the elderly victim of a $5,000 swindle as a "warning", but his female partner becomes fearful of a murder charge when the old man dies of a heart attack immediately after the assault.
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Broderick Crawford, William Boyett, Pamela Duncan, Richard Benedict
Votes: 72
28. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf
Votes: 16,883 | Gross: $11.80M
29. The Woman in the Window (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a conservative middle aged professor engages in a relationship with a femme fatale, he's plunged into a nightmarish world of blackmail and murder.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon
Votes: 17,820
30. Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This show featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino, and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.
Stars: David Niven, Dick Powell, Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino
Votes: 244
31. Public Defender (1954–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Bart Matthews defends the poor and others who cannot afford an attorney. All episodes are based on actual cases from across the country.
Stars: Reed Hadley, John Close, Herschel Graham, Brick Sullivan
Votes: 113
32. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
30 min | Drama, Family
This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.
Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman
Votes: 244
33.
Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
Episode:
Shannon Malloy
(1962)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Shannon Malloy - a struggling young artist and cocktail waitress - becomes the recipient of a fortune in pearls from a mysterious benefactor.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Connie Stevens, Troy Donahue, Robert Conrad, Poncie Ponce
Votes: 14
34.
The Tall Man (1960–1962)
Episode:
A Time to Run
(1962)
30 min | Western
A meek middle-aged man walks into Garrett's office and demands to be arrested for robbery and provides a carpetbag full of money as evidence. He tells Garrett that he stole the money from a... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, John Fiedler, Mark Tapscott
Votes: 10
35. Dragnet (1951–1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Stars: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Olan Soule, Vic Perrin
Votes: 2,371
36. Beau Geste (1939)
Passed | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 6,534
37. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
30 min | Drama
When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Instead of having a completely different cast for each episode, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell
Votes: 90
38. Chevron Hall of Stars (1956)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A syndicated anthology television series. It was produced by Four Star Productions, and some of the episodes were intended as pilots for potential series. At least one episode was devoted ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Taylor, James Whitmore, Don Rickles, Ted de Corsia
Votes: 33
39.
Bronco (1958–1962)
Episode:
Stage to the Sky
(1961)
60 min | Western
Bronco stops the lynching of a friend who went from gunfighter to minister. The money he raised for a new church was stolen so the parishioners with some encouragement think he stole it. Bronco soon discovers who he thinks really did it.
Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: Ty Hardin, Joan Marshall, Kent Taylor, Bing Russell
Votes: 23
40.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
Touch and Go
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ted attacks old enemy Walter in a fit of rage. Stunned at the realization that Walter is dead, he hears a woman on the phone who overheard their conversation. Ted needs to find this woman and keep her from telling the police anything.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: David Niven, Beverly Garland, Berry Kroeger, Byron Foulger
Votes: 17
41. The Tall Man (1960–1962)
30 min | Western
Fictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.
Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Walter Lawrence, Mark Tapscott
Votes: 200
42. Adventures of the Falcon (1954– )
30 min | Adventure
Stories of an Espionage Agent.
Stars: Charles McGraw, James Flavin, G. Pat Collins, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 41
43.
The Loner (1965–1966)
Episode:
Escort for a Dead Man
(1965)
30 min | Western
After receiving a desperate letter for help from a man who called himself W. Hardy, William Colton rides into a town that is practically abandoned. The only men he saw were three men who ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Sheree North, Jack Lambert, Corey Allen
Votes: 21
44.
Public Defender (1954–1955)
Episode:
Cornered
(1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
An upcoming prizefighter wants to turn himself into Matthews for parole violation but the threats of small time hoodlums and the actions of a clueless police officer cause things to go wrong.
Director: Harve Foster | Stars: Reed Hadley, Charles Bronson, Kenneth Tobey, Thomas E. Jackson
Votes: 18
45.
The Lone Wolf (1954–1955)
Episode:
The Long Beach Story (a.k.a. The Smuggling Story)
(1954)
30 min | Adventure
Returning from an overseas assignment Lanyard is suspected of being involved in a gem smuggling operation. He is pursued by private investigators and law enforcement as he attempts to clear... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Louis Hayward, Barbara Billingsley, Burt Mustin, Robert Nichols
Votes: 21
46. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Approved | 95 min | Western
Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford
Votes: 4,684
47. Crime Wave (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia
Votes: 4,568
48. Another Thin Man (1939)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger
Votes: 8,175 | Gross: $3.32M
49. The Last Hurrah (1958)
Approved | 121 min | Drama
Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien
Votes: 4,164
50. Outcast (1937)
73 min | Drama, Romance
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Warren William, Karen Morley, Lewis Stone, Jackie Moran
Votes: 62