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1.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Waters of the Moon
(1968)
90 min | Drama
Lonely people in a quiet hotel find their lives shaken up by the arrival of the glamorous, assertive Helen Lancaster.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Athene Seyler, Vivien Merchant, Kathleen Harrison
Votes: 11
2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, John Williams, Patricia Hitchcock
Votes: 19,319
3. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hinton Pope, Jimmy Joyce, Lew Brown
Votes: 5,152
4. 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: 4,239
5.
Ben Casey (1961–1966)
Episode:
August Is the Month Before Christmas
(1964)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
This episode begins the five-part story of 28-year-old Jane Hancock, who at 13 was comatose for 15 years. Each of these five episodes also features a story that concludes at the end of the ... See full summary »
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Bettye Ackerman, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 10
6. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
7. Suspicion (1957–1958)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The show consisted of forty episodes, half of which were live and half of which were filmed. The shows, which often involved murder, were intended to confuse and mystify the audience.
Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Mike Ragan, Cris Roberts, David Armstrong
Votes: 520
8. Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lilli Palmer, Roddy Hughes, Ian Fleming, Brian Wilde
Votes: 25
9. That Regis Philbin Show (1964–1965)
90 min | Music, Talk-Show
Regis Philbin, television's newest star, makes his debut as a national personality tonight on a 90-minute entertainment-variety program.
Stars: Eartha Kitt, Regis Philbin, Don Rickles, Shelley Berman
Votes: 56
10.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
Lullaby for an Indian Summer
(1965)
60 min | Drama
After nineteen years, the middle-aged Mrs. Winfield finds she's pregnant. But her doctor husband learns that she might not survive the pregnancy, and then that he is terminally ill himself.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Robert Young, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 12
11.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Chameleon
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Erskine and Rhodes are tracking a man who seduces and then kills wealthy widows. Can they reach him before he kills again? It turns out the killer has deep psychological issues about being ... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, James Daly
Votes: 38
12.
Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode:
Who Killed Everybody?
(1964)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four poker buddies celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly games with a private party at the Hillsdale Country Club. The festivities end when all four men are killed by a bottle of ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Gene Barry, Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, Leon Lontoc
Votes: 35
13. 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: 1,560
14.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
Hamlet
(1970)
85 min | Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Peter Wood | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Leighton, Richard Johnson
Votes: 75
15.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
A Life for a Life
(1965)
30 min | Drama
Dr. Becker is involved in a serious car accident and finds himself in the care of his opponent, Kildare.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, James Mason, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 10
16. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
17.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
An Ideal Husband
(1969)
82 min | Drama
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed.... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Keith Michell, Jeremy Brett, Dinah Sheridan
Votes: 183
18.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The King of Denmark
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Has a lost Shakespeare manuscript been discovered? Or is it an elaborate fraud? Researching a story for Jeff Dillon, Peggy Maxwell finds herself at the center of a mystery.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Susan Saint James, Joseph Cotten, Noel Harrison
Votes: 15
19. Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
60 min | Drama
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take cases throughout the U.S. The program dealt with then-taboo subjects.
Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, Walter Brooke, John Dehner
Votes: 262
20.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Where the Woodbine Twineth
(1965)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After Eva Snyder becomes an orphan, she comes to live with the elderly Mississippi riverboat Captain King Snyder and his old-maid daughter Nell. While the Captain is piloting his boat, Nell... See full summary »
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Margaret Leighton, Carl Benton Reid, Juanita Moore
Votes: 529
21.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
Behold the Great Man
(1965)
30 min | Drama
The arrogant Dr. Becker treats his wife cruelly and becomes vindictive when Kildare dares to disagree openly with him. First of four parts.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, James Mason, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 9
22. The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation.
Stars: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Robert Stack, Anthony Franciosa
Votes: 696
23. The Best Man (1964)
Approved | 102 min | Drama
The two front runners for their party's presidential nomination, one principled and the other ruthless, vie for the former president's endorsement.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 3,727
24. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
25. The Winslow Boy (1948)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, and his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 1,812
26. The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Stephen Brooks
Votes: 1,372
27. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 131
28.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
Horizontal Hero
(1965)
30 min | Drama
Despite being confined to a wheelchair, Dr. Becker decides to operate on his severely burned patient Charles Shannon, but he still resists reconciling with his long-suffering wife. Conclusion of four-part story.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, James Mason, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 8
29.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode:
The Lethal Eagle Affair
(1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A retired THRUSH agent develops a matter transporter and April and Mark are sent to investigate.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 25
30. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.
Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton
Votes: 9,423
31. Burke's Law (1963–1966)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The millionaire captain of the LAPD homicide division is driven to the crime scenes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur.
Stars: Gene Barry, Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, Leon Lontoc
Votes: 993
32. The Go-Between (1971)
GP | 116 min | Drama, Romance
A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 6,298 | Gross: $0.75M
33. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum, Jane Seymour
Votes: 1,961
34. The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 1,998
35.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Tea Time
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Blanche Herbert invites Iris Teleton to tea at a posh restaurant. Blanche and Iris' husband Oliver have been having an affair for some time and she now wants Iris to grant her husband a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Margaret Leighton, Marsha Hunt, Murray Matheson
Votes: 486
36.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
Web of Hate
(1965)
30 min | Drama
The rivalry between Kildare and Becker intensifies when the latter attempts suicide.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, James Mason, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 9
37.
A Touch of Venus (1968– )
Episode:
All on Her Own
(1968)
Drama
Rosemary returns from a party to the empty Hampstead house where she has lived since the death of her husband. He died of an overdose of sleeping pills - was it accidental - she tries to find out.
Director: Hal Burton | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Nora Gordon
Votes: 6
38. Ben Casey (1961–1966)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first, under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba, and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland.
Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Harry Landers, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 645
39.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Vortex
(1969)
70 min | Drama
Young Nicky Lancaster must cope with the discovery that his socialite mother is a drug addict.
Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Richard Warwick, Patrick Barr, Alan Melville
Votes: 77
40. Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
60 min | Drama
The dramatic relationship between a young medical intern and his surgeon mentor.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Lee Kurty, Jean Inness
Votes: 991
41. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
42. The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim O'Connor, James Valentine, Hurd Hatfield, John Colicos
Votes: 104
43. The Loved One (1965)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Rod Steiger
Votes: 3,951
44. Court Martial (1954)
Approved | 105 min | Drama
A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Noelle Middleton, Allan Cuthbertson
Votes: 755
45. A Touch of Venus (1968– )
20 min | Drama
A series of 13 monologues for famous actresses.
Stars: Margaret Leighton, Nora Gordon, Rachel Roberts, Moira Lister
Votes: 10
46.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Collision Course
(1975)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
After destroying an asteroid on a collision course with the moon, an even larger obstacle appears - an entire planet! On a recon mission, John Koenig encounters an inhabitant who convinces ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 423
47. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
48. Murder on Monday (1952)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
David Preston, a bank official, goes missing for twenty-four hours and has no memory of the lost time. When he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Richardson | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Campbell Singer
Votes: 781
49. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.
Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 607
50. 7 Women (1965)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
In 1935 China, seven dedicated missionary women try to protect themselves from the advances of a barbaric Mongolian warlord and his cut-throat gang of warriors.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson
Votes: 2,663