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1.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Edmund G. Ross
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1868 President Andrew Johnson appoints General Thomas to replace Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War, against the wishes of Congress. This leads to his impeachment trial. Kansas Senator Edmund G. Ross will cast the deciding vote.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Barry Morse, Simon Oakland, James Westerfield
Votes: 10
2.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Arthur Darner Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
A diffident travel agent dislikes children because, 40 years before, his wife died in pregnancy, as they were about to take a world trip. After receiving his million, he takes the trip and meets a woman that reminds him of his lost wife.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Marvin Miller, Denver Pyle, Nancy Hale, Jeanne Dante
Votes: 11
3.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Bedelia Buckley Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
A woman placed in a decrepit old women's home at the behest of her daughter-in-law over the woman's permissiveness toward the granddaughter draws accusations of incompetence when she uses her money to elaborately remake the home.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Marvin Miller, Ellen Corby, Robert Bray, Adrienne Marden
Votes: 13
4.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Jay Powers Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
Jay Powers receives his million upon release from prison. He intends to use the money to expose and ruin the boss he believes framed him, despite his lingering feelings for the man's daughter.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Marvin Miller, Robert Vaughn, Merry Anders, Raymond Bailey
Votes: 15
5.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
(1960)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A novelist sends her secretary to pick up a package at a remote cabin, but in the driving rain, her car becomes stuck. At a cabin a man denies knowing anything about a package but allows her to dry off. He disappears, and she finds a body.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 342
6. 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: 3,323
7.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Irate Inventor
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inventor James Frazer thinks his wife Thelma is having an affair, so he leaves for three months to work on his aircraft anti-collision device. James returns home to find his locked workshop in flames and Thelma dead inside of a gunshot.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 309
8.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Midnight Haul
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A driver tries to find out why his trucks are being stolen
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Kevin McCarthy, K.T. Stevens, James Bell, Lee Van Cleef
Votes: 10
9.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Rita Hanley Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
A modest, thrifty, and handy woman marries a domineering, social-climbing husband. After he embezzles funds and dies in an accident, she must repay the funds or lose custody of the man's daughter, whom she adores (and who adores her).
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Marvin Miller, Karen Steele, Robert Lowery, Beverly Washburn
Votes: 13
10. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,784
11. Slattery's People (1964–1965)
60 min | Drama
Jim Slattery enters the state legislature, hopeful that he can make a difference. He finds dealing with endless rules and the majority opposition party frustrates any meaningful change but he stubbornly perseveres.
Stars: Richard Crenna, Paul Geary, Tol Avery, Maxine Stuart
Votes: 117
12.
Brenner (1959–1964)
Episode:
Charlie Paradise: The Tragic Flute
(1964)
30 min | Crime, Drama
An old woman who hasn't seen for years is found murdered in her Greenwich Village apartment and the New York police department is stumped. Lieutenant Roy Brenner goes to his old friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Ron Randell, Edward Binns, Robert Pastene, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 10
13.
Medical Center (1969–1976)
Episode:
The Adversaries
(1969)
60 min | Drama
Two interns (Patricia Quinn and Christopher Stone) are both being considered for a much-prized residency. And one of them is not above manipulation and sabotage to get it.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Chad Everett, James Daly, Christopher Stone, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 14
14.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Hub Grimes Story
(1957)
30 min | Drama
After he receives his check, attempts are made on the life of a former football great now stricken with polio and confined to an iron lung.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Marvin Miller, Chuck Connors, Niki Dantine, Simon Scott
Votes: 13
15.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Louise Williams Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
The use by a charismatic secretary of her money at the same time a man comes to ready the office to function in absence of the ill boss draws the suspicion of her exceptionally jealous husband to be and endangers the engagement.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Marvin Miller, Vanessa Brown, Scott Forbes, William Ching
Votes: 16
16.
Shane (1966)
Episode:
The Day the Wolf Laughed
(1966)
50 min | Western
A gang of outlaws ride into town and cause so much ruckus that Grafton sends for Ryker, but that's before Shane begs him to let the men have their fun for two days, pay for the damages, ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: David Carradine, Jill Ireland, Tom Tully, Christopher Shea
Votes: 22
17.
12 O'Clock High (1964–1967)
Episode:
Back to the Drawing Board
(1966)
60 min | Drama, War
The 918th planes are equipped with a new radar that makes it very easy to bomb enemy targets through thick clouds, but the Germans soon learn it makes their enemies' planes that much easier to track, as well.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Paul Burke, Frank Overton, Chris Robinson, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 38
18. Thriller (1960–1962)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley
Votes: 1,660
19. Adventures in Paradise (1959–1962)
60 min | Adventure
The adventures of the Tiki III and crew as they sailed from island to island through the South Pacific, carrying cargo and the odd passenger from one drama to another.
Stars: Gardner McKay, James Holden, Lani Kai, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 403
20. Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Ken Drake, Woodrow Parfrey, Len Wayland
Votes: 91
21.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
Millionaire Dr. Alan March
(1957)
30 min | Drama
Disillusioned after losing a friend on his table, a surgeon leaves his beloved mining hometown, moves to Philadelphia, opens a new practice, and rekindles an old romance--but feels out of place in her high society world.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Marvin Miller, Tom Drake, Allison Hayes, Walter Baldwin
Votes: 14
22.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
Millionaire Jerry Bell
(1957)
30 min | Drama
Jerry Bell believes that he is unloved because he is ugly, but finds love with a blind woman. He uses his million to cure her blindness, although he thinks she will reject him once she's able to see him.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Marvin Miller, Georgann Johnson, Charles Bronson, Louise Lorimer
Votes: 25
23.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Story of Tom Mead
(1956)
30 min | Drama
An insurance investigator uses his million to investigate the robbery of a finance company, because he has evidence the accused woman, for whom he has fallen, is innocent. But the woman is unusually ambiguous about the evidence.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Marvin Miller, John Larch, Claudia Barrett, Arthur Hanson
Votes: 15
24.
The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965)
Episode:
A Question of Mercy
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Did the nurse commit euthanasia?
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Shirl Conway, Zina Bethune, Madlyn Rhue, Edward Binns
Votes: 13
25.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Lost Bomb
(1966)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
An unfriendly government shoots down a cargo plane carrying a new top secret bomb. The race is on to retrieve the bomb and avoid detection from the enemy before the bomb can be accidentally exploded.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, John Lupton, Gerald Mohr
Votes: 76
26. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,726
27. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.
Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse, Paul Birch
Votes: 4,678
28. 12 O'Clock High (1964–1967)
60 min | Drama, War
A WWII bomb group commander must fill the shoes of his predecessor and get the performance rating up to snuff. He struggles with his own men, until he is able to develop pride in the group and win the men over, but at a cost to him.
Stars: Frank Overton, Paul Burke, Chris Robinson, Robert Lansing
Votes: 1,486
29. The Defenders (1961–1965)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Ossie Davis
Votes: 499
30. Five Fingers (1959–1960)
60 min | Drama
Victor Sebastian is a successful undercover agent based in Europe. Victor's cover is as a talent agent for singer Simone Genet, who is later a romantic interest. Victor is often aided by his contact, Robertson.
Stars: David Hedison, Luciana Paluzzi, Paul Burke, Michael Romanoff
Votes: 61
31. Bold Venture (1959– )
30 min | Adventure
An adventurer and his pretty young ward live in a house boat in Trinidad.
Stars: Dane Clark, Joan Marshall, Bernie Gozier, Richard Peel
Votes: 25
32.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
The Last Judgment
(1961)
Approved | 30 min | Western
Paladin rides into an Arkansas town where they are about to have a hanging. He finds a man, a doctor, whose crime is that he mended an outlaw's wounds and that outlaw then shot the deputy ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Richard Boone, Harold J. Stone, Donald Randolph, Leo Gordon
Votes: 84
33.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
A Sleep in the Deep
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A widow hires Mannix to try and prove murder when two scuba divers drown her husband and make it look like an accident.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Skip Homeier, Paul Stewart
Votes: 122
34.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Anna Hartley Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
A loyal wife believes so much in her artist husband despite her mother's protestations that the husband is a freeloader and a pretend artist that she will spend her fortune for the husband's credibility and fame.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Marvin Miller, Constance Ford, Peter Graves, Maria Palmer
Votes: 12
35.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Doris Winslow Story
(1958)
30 min | Drama
Elliot Smith marries nurse Doris Winslow, who is unaware of Smith's great family wealth. A jealous nurse jeopardizes the marriage by making Smith believe that Winslow married him for his money.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Marvin Miller, Joanna Moore, Larry Pennell, Roland Winters
Votes: 12
36.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Fred Graham Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
The operator of a small newspaper uses his money to expose a crooked politician but uncovers facts about a woman that is resistant to his marriage proposal that makes her acceptance even more unlikely.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Marvin Miller, Jack Kelly, Cynthia O'Neal, Carol Veazie
Votes: 12
37.
Night Heat (1985–1989)
Episode:
Crossfire
(1985)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Tom Kirkwood, a journalist for the Eagle, writes a column recording the activities of Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone, two night-shift detectives who, along with their team under the direction of Lt. Jim Hogan.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Scott Hylands, Allan Royal, Jeff Wincott, Susan Hogan
Votes: 31
38. The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.
Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith, Juliet Harmer
Votes: 5,891
39. The Invaders (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.
Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom
Votes: 3,426
40. The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Captain Gus Hornochek and Sergeant Danny Keller are members of a special force dedicated to eliminating criminal elements. Taking place in an unnamed Midwestern city, the two officers report to Commissioner Matt Gower.
Stars: Jack Warden, Arch Johnson, William Smith, Dallas Mitchell
Votes: 87
41.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Justice Deferred
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Not long after bad-tempered Frank Scott is hanged for murdering a young woman in a dark Virginia City alley, witness for the prosecution, Hoss Cartwright, sees a man in a Carson City saloon... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Simon Oakland
Votes: 100
42.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
A Game of Shadows
(1972)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The head of an electronics firm arrives home to find his wife drowned at the bottom of their pool, just as one of his rising young associates flees the scene. It looks like an open-and-shut... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Meg Foster, Paul Stevens
Votes: 88
43.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Comes Up Rose
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Charlie Anderson, a retired policeman who once saved Joe Mannix's life, hires him when his wife has run away. The wife is someone Charlie met while on active duty - she'd been a prostitute ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sheree North
Votes: 150
44.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Ed Murdock Story
(1956)
30 min | Drama
Detective Ed Murdock 's wife pleads with him to leave the force after they receive the million but Murdock is determined to bring to justice the man who critically wounded his former partner before he leaves the force.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Marvin Miller, Don Haggerty, Martha Vickers, Stuart Randall
Votes: 9
45.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Merle Roberts Story
(1955)
30 min | Drama
A young woman who lives with an abusive mother and a detached and selfish step family meets a young scientist who wants to marry her but the man is loathe to wait for her much anticipated meeting with her long absent father.
Stars: Marvin Miller, Vera Miles, Robert Quarry, Jacqueline deWit
Votes: 8
46.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Regina Wainwright Story
(1957)
30 min | Drama
Wheelchair bound and of faded fortune, Regina Wainwright, of southern aristocratic heritage, initially hides her million to make her daughter think mother is dependent on her and to spoil the daughter's relationship with a Yankee suitor.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Marvin Miller, Frieda Inescort, Marcia Henderson, David Janssen
Votes: 23
47.
The Millionaire (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Barbara Lydon Story
(1957)
30 min | Drama
Barbara Lydon forsakes her longtime hometown love and uses her million to travel to Switzerland. She becomes romantically involved with a count caught up in a life-and-death struggle over a World War II grudge.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Marvin Miller, Diane Brewster, George Dolenz, Louis Jean Heydt
Votes: 9
48. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,459
49. Mystery Is My Business (1954–1957)
30 min | Drama
Mystery-writer and private detective Ellery Queen has built himself a reputation as one of the world's greatest sleuths. This series follows his adventures as he investigates the crimes (... See full summary »
Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Florenz Ames, Richard Karlan, Frances Rafferty
Votes: 25
50.
The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode:
Dossier on a Diplomat
(1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A diplomat's slip lands Kimble in the only place he can't be re-captured: a Washington, D.C. embassy. Dr. Kimble ministers to the ambassador from a newly democratized African nation, when ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: David Janssen, Ivan Dixon, Diana Sands, Diana Hyland
Votes: 149