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1. The Gray Ghost (1957– )
30 min | Adventure, War, Western
The Civil War exploits of Confederate cavalry officer John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost, was the basis of this syndicated series. Sgt. Magruder was the only other regular character but actual historic people were occasionally portrayed.
Stars: Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers, Sherwood Price, Jean Willes
Votes: 105
2.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Backfire
(1954)
Mystery
A chauffeur become bitter when the romance he has been having fails. He plans a way to get revenge, but a strange twist produces a result far beyond anyone's expectation.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Green, Dayton Lummis, Will J. White
Votes: 20
3. 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
4.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
3-7-77
(1954)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
Soon after Hoppy and Red arrive where the murderous outlaws operate with impunity and precision in lawless Canyon City to help sheriff Barnett the mark of the vigilante, 3-7-77, starts to appear at the locations of those Hoppy suspects.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, James Anderson, James Seay
Votes: 28
5.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Lady in Waiting
(1954)
Mystery
Jean Grant learns that the man she has been dating is a criminal when he is sent to prison so she hires lawyer John Bradley to sever all of her ties to him. Then a blackmailer shows up, threatening to reveal the relationship.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Nancy Gates, Craig Stevens, Taylor Holmes, Vic Perrin
Votes: 9
6.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Letters from Aaron Burr
(1954)
Mystery
Ernie Madden, a convicted criminal is released from jail, as he goes about rebuilding his life he discovers an unknown and very attractive woman following him
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Howard Duff, Martha Vickers, John Harmon, Damian O'Flynn
Votes: 12
7.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Search for an Unknown
(1954)
Mystery
A private investigator is called in when a millionaire survives a murder attempt. The problem the investigator faces is not who had a reason to kill the millionaire, but who didn't.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Barton MacLane, King Donovan, Jean Howell, Robert Osterloh
Votes: 16
8.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Fatal Fraud
(1954)
Mystery
In Hong Kong, femme fatale Katherine enlists entertainer Chris Moore in a scheme to hijack a plane because of his ability as a voice mimic, but he wonders if he can trust her.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Patric Knowles, Marie Windsor, John Banner, John Beradino
Votes: 11
9. China's Little Devils (1945)
74 min | Drama, War
A group of young Chinese boys are led by an older boy, and rescue downed American pilots from the Japanese army in WW II.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Harry Carey, Paul Kelly, 'Ducky' Louie, Gloria Ann Chew
Votes: 101
10.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Arizona Troubleshooters
(1953)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
The Army sends Hoppy to Arizona Territory to investigate raids on a telegraphic construction project and, after the project leader is killed, uncovers a conspiracy led by the holder of the area trading post enterprise to stop the telegraph.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Richard Avonde, Mort Mills
Votes: 27
11.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Outlaw's Reward
(1954)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
An outlaw using an adopted surname forces his doctor brother to issue a fake death certificate so his gang can collect the substantial reward but Hoppy is suspicious of the burial details.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Harlan Warde, John Alvin
Votes: 26
12.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
A Trip to Aunt Sarah's
(1954)
Mystery
Desperate businessman Paul Carter steals money from the home of a dead investor; the only person who can connect him to the theft is a little girl-who mentions him in a school essay. When ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Arthur Franz, Margaret Field, Frank Gerstle, Robert Burton
Votes: 7
13.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Grave Secret
(1954)
Mystery
Harriet Eldridge faithfully cares for her employer's home while he is on an extended visit to Hawaii, all the better to cover the fact that she has murdered him for his money. Suddenly the ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Murvyn Vye, Pamela Duncan, Robert Griffin
Votes: 11
14.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
The Pattern
(1955)
Mystery
Mild-mannered bookseller Henry Pettigrew discovers a pattern in a recent wave of violent crimes-and schemes to use the pattern to cover a murder of his own: his fiancée's bullying brother.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Robert Ellenstein, Ellen Corby, Kenneth Tobey, Milton Frome
Votes: 9
15. The Whistler (1954– )
30 min | Mystery
Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
Stars: William Forman, Danni Sue Nolan, Arthur Franz, Dorothy Green
Votes: 58
16.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Cancelled Flight
(1955)
Mystery
Pilot Lloyd Adams has a lucrative career as a smuggler but when his partner Matt Bannion gets cold feet, his mind turns to plans of murder.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Richard Arlen, Barbara Wooddell, Walter Sande, William Pullen
Votes: 9
17.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
The Glass Dime
(1955)
Mystery
Con man Harry is hired to steal a valuable coin from his rich uncle's collection; things go wrong and he heads to his ex-wife Edith to con her into making the deal for him.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Robert Hutton, Eve Miller, Darlene Fields, Phil Tead
Votes: 10
18. Valley of Fear (1947)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western
Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself being chased by banker Henry Stevens (Tristram Coffin), Grangers Association head Les Travers (Ed... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre, Tristram Coffin
Votes: 27
19. Border City Rustlers (1953)
54 min | Drama, Western
Two episodes of "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Gloria Talbott, Isabel Randolph
Votes: 11
20.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
The Blank Wall
(1955)
30 min | Mystery
Humble bank messenger Walter Mason is delighted that his daughter is going to marry the boss' son-until a blackmailer threatens to expose his criminal past to the snooty mother of the groom.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Wallace Ford, Philip Van Zandt, Kasey Rogers, Harry Lewis
Votes: 10
21.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
The Lovely Look
(1955)
Mystery
Charles Belden's miserable life consists of little more than managing his nasty, overbearing wife's sizable wealth in their remote cliff side home. When a girl comes to work there as a ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Murvyn Vye, Pamela Duncan, Sheila Bromley, Gene Darcy
Votes: 9
22. Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hopalong and his horse Topper catch bad guys with Red Connors for comic relief.
Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, George D. Wallace, Rick Vallin
Votes: 393
23. Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958)
30 min | Family, Western
Hickok rode Buckshot while 300-pound Jingles rode Joker. Jingles described Hickok as "the bravest, strongest, fightingest U.S. Marshal in the whole West." And that's about it: he beat up all the bad guys and somehow kept his good looks.
Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Sam Flint, William Haade
Votes: 232
24.
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958)
Episode:
Ex-Convict Story
(1951)
30 min | Family, Western
Bart York has returned to town after spending 5 years in prison for a bank robbery that he claims he didn't commit. Someone in town will do anything to get rid of him.
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Jo-Carroll Dennison, Bruce Edwards
Votes: 8
25.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Don't Believe in Ghosts
(1953)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
An exhausted boy arrives at the Bar 20 with a tale of his father's disappearance and, although Hoppy presumes the father is dead, goes to the boy's home where evidence of the father's presence unnerves a stepmother and a housekeeper.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Anthony Sydes, Aline Towne
Votes: 27
26.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Double Trouble
(1954)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
When Ted Gray is attacked by Martinez for lying about receipt of mortgage money, his uncle Ollie states he will foreclose and then Ollie is found murdered with several pieces of clear evidence against Martinez but Hoppy is skeptical of it.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Millan, Charlita
Votes: 22
27.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Silent Testimony
(1954)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
Jason Rand who acquires area homesteads by shady means marries Trixie Brown who blackmails him about proof she has on murder so she can not testify against him but Trixie has written down facts and secreted the document.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Hank Patterson, James Best
Votes: 32
28.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
Borrowed Byline
(1955)
Mystery
A newspaperman is asked to write a story for a large sum of money, that will help an investigator get a valuable item. When the newspaper man gets fired, he must figure out a way to deal with his replacement.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Arthur Franz, Philip Van Zandt, Trevor Ward, Russ Conway
Votes: 7
29. Gun Crazy (1950)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 14,874
30. Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)
64 min | Comedy
Small town family man Henry Latham decides to run for mayor on the issue of trash disposal. Incumbent Mayor Colton solved the problem so Henry develops a rain making device with disastrous results.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, William Tracy, Mary Stuart
Votes: 15
31. Haunted Trails (1949)
Approved | 58 min | Western
When his brother is murdered, Whip Wilson (Whip Wilson), posing as Chris Graham, trails an old saddle bum, Trigger Winks (Andy Clyde), who leads him to the other gang members Phil (Dennis ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Dennis Moore
Votes: 16
32.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Frontier Law
(1953)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
Hoppy's mission from a law & order committee to prevent a town boss from blocking a territorial charter vote is imperiled when Hoppy's recently arrived lawyer nephew agrees to defend a boss' henchman and a victim changes his story.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, William Henry, Robert Griffin
Votes: 26
33.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Grubstake
(1954)
Approved | 30 min | Western
As Twin Rivers becomes no longer a quiet cattle town due to a gold strike, two partners of Bummer Lowe, who Red and others have grub-staked to look for gold, have been killed and then Bummer continues to ail unresponsive to medication.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Percy Helton, Gladys George
Votes: 28
34.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Black Sombrero
(1954)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
Hoppy is assigned to perform the extradition of Marco Rodriquez who appears framed for murder while on the way to investigate the smuggling of cattle from a diseased border area of Mexico and discovers the tasks are related.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Rick Vallin, Cajan Lee
Votes: 30
35.
The Gray Ghost (1957– )
Episode:
The Missing Colonel
(1957)
30 min | Adventure, War, Western
Mosby is bringing captured Union troops to a meeting place for a prisoner exchange, when something goes wrong.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Tod Andrews, Lurene Tuttle, Phil Chambers, Tol Avery
Votes: 6
36.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
The Jubilee Earring
(1955)
Mystery
Fran Gilbert arrives in town for a reunion with an old college friend but the woman isn't there to meet her and Fran begins to suspect her husband may have murdered her.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, Danni Sue Nolan, John Close
Votes: 9
37. Rhythm Inn (1951)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Jane Frazee, Kirby Grant, Charles Smith, Lois Collier
Votes: 16
38.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Gypsy Destiny
(1953)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
A Gypsy woman seeks Hoppy's help to clear her husband of a Wells Fargo robbery shortly after which the husband was murdered.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Robert Cabal, Pilar Del Rey
Votes: 22
39.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Tricky Fingers
(1954)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
Hoppy is obsessed with finding bank robbers working in nearby counties who killed a sheriff friend and begins to suspect a kind young area woman when he receive a wanted poster despite that the jobs involve an elderly woman.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Marjorie Lord, Mark Dana
Votes: 26
40.
The Gray Ghost (1957– )
Episode:
Mosby's Rangers
(1957)
27 min | Adventure, War, Western
Furious over Major Mosby's successful raids behind Union lines, General Stoughton orders Captain Morrow to locate the source of the Confederates' information. Morrow convinces pretty ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Tod Andrews, Jean Willes, Willis Bouchey, Douglas Dick
Votes: 12
41. In This Corner (1948)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During a naval battle in the South Pacific, Jimmy Weston is forced to strike a shipmate who has gone berserk. The sailor falls and is accidentally killed, and as a result of the incident, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Scott Brady, Anabel Shaw, James Millican, Mary Meade
Votes: 22
42. Reformatory (1938)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jack Holt, Bobby Jordan, Charlotte Wynters, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 50
43. Trail Blazers (1953)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Drama
Cednter City, California is besieged by juvenile delinquents bent upon destructive pranks. Believing the youngster's energies should be channeled into worthwhile pursuits,Roger Stone ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Alan Hale Jr., Richard Tyler, Barney McCormack, Jim Flowers
Votes: 9
44.
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958)
Episode:
The Slocum Family
(1951)
30 min | Family, Western
The school fund has been stolen and the teacher has threatened to quit if the money isn't returned. It's up to Bill and Jingles to catch the robbers, return the money, and help the teacher get her school built.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Raymond Hatton, Sara Haden
Votes: 8
45.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Death by Proxy
(1953)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
Jim Adams convicted convincingly of Ben Samuels' murder has escaped from prison and, while Hoppy protects Adams from vigilantism, Hoppy is troubled by an Adams' trial physical description and huge doctor fees paid by Samuels' brother.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Paul Richards, Fred Sherman
Votes: 29
46.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Frameup for Murder
(1954)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
An indebted lawyer fakes a stage holdup with the murder of the driver and a client to gain the client's fortune and blame the cavalry nephew in a clothing switch with an accomplice and nephew who left for dead survives but loses memory.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, William Henry, Ray Walker
Votes: 24
47.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
New Mexico Manhunt
(1954)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Thieves steal gold coins meant for a relief fund and make them into gold nuggets that they use an old prospector to launder which throws suspicion on the prospector's granddaughter's assayer husband.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Raymond Hatton, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 23
48.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
Steel Trails West
(1954)
Approved | 26 min | Western
Bricker, Jim Taggart's rep, reports that Taggart's nephew has been killed by robbers that stole a railroad survey but actually Bricker has killed the nephew to deliver the plans for a fee to Taggart' s rival so Taggart loses the contract.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Keene, Robert Bice
Votes: 26
49.
Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Emerald Saint
(1954)
TV-PG | 26 min | Western
Hoppy finds a wanted man he chases into Mexico living under an alias and revered for his medical prowess and kindness by the locals until the man steals a beloved emerald encrusted religious relic.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, George D. Wallace, Don Alvarado
Votes: 20
50.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
The Big Jump
(1954)
Mystery
In San Fransisco, a man legally dead, running from his past, is blackmailed by a crook who forces him to participate in crimes. He realizes that he's also on the lam, so he tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: John Ireland, Tina Carver, Robert Osterloh, Harry Tyler
Votes: 9