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1.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
A Game for Three
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Kildare finds it necessary to call out intern Louis Miller for incompetent acts on several occasions. After Miller's wife is hospitalized with Kildare as her physician, Miller in turn ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Susan Strasberg, Andrew Prine
Votes: 14
2.
The Eleventh Hour (1962–1964)
Episode:
Make Me a Place
(1962)
60 min | Drama
A man seeks psychiatric treatment for his ex-wife, who has custody of their daughter and is engaged to another man. He fears she is showing signs of being suicidal.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, Barbara Rush, David Janssen
Votes: 10
3.
A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1978)
120 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder
Votes: 11
4. 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
5.
Ben Casey (1961–1966)
Episode:
This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World
(1964)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Casey's patients Molly Hill and John Hanavan form an unlikely love story. She's a young woman embittered by complications from polio. He's a war veteran hiding behind puppets. When they ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Joan Hackett, Robert Loggia
Votes: 8
6.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
Tomorrow Is a Fickle Girl
(1964)
60 min | Drama
Kildare learns that a brilliant youth, self-educated in medical books but not accredited, has been using Blair prescription forms to forge prescriptions for the inner-city doctor he's been assisting.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Sal Mineo, Naomi Stevens
Votes: 15
7.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Mr. Moon
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Melanthos Moon is a San Francisco art and antique dealer who manages to hijack a large supply of the special paper used to print U.S. Currency. He then arranges to spring from Leavenworth ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, Victor Buono, Bruce Gordon, Karl Swenson
Votes: 80
8. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
The adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson
Votes: 5,041
9. 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
10.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
A Vote of Confidence
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Gillespie runs for re-election as chief of staff for Blair Hospital but he is not sure to win so easily. An ambitious resident has talked a surgeon, who disagrees with Gillespie's conservative approach, into running against him.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Eddie Albert, Frank Aletter
Votes: 13
11.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Price of Death
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of kidnappers preys on middle-class families. Based in Reno, they identify men who have won money gambling, then kidnap their children. Junior, one of the kidnappers, convinces his ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, John Larch
Votes: 35
12.
Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode:
Don't Count Stars
(1961)
TV-Y7 | 52 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Tod and Buz, in San Diego and employed in aerospace jobs, save a drunken man from drowning while they are enjoying a day off. The man's underage niece uses her influence to get Tod and Buz ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Dan Duryea, Susan Melvin
Votes: 97
13. Naked City (1958–1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone
Votes: 1,436
14. Tightrope (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Mike Connors played an unnamed police undercover Agent who infiltrated organized crime to expose the leaders and their plots. His name changed with each episode in order to protect him.
Stars: Mike Connors, Jesse White, Ted de Corsia, Lewis Charles
Votes: 157
15. Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
Sam Buckhart, an Apache, rescues a Cavalry officer who later funds his Harvard education. Buckhart becomes a Deputy Marshal in New Mexico under Marshal Morrison. He boards with Martha Commager and had earlier saved orphan Tess Logan.
Stars: Michael Ansara, Gina Gillespie, Dayton Lummis, Nora Marlowe
Votes: 103
16. Two Faces West (1960–1961)
30 min | Western
Marshal Ben January and his twin brother, Dr. Rick January (both played by Charles Bateman) fight to establish law and order in the wild frontier town of Gunnison in the 1860s.
Stars: Charles Bateman, Francis De Sales, Joyce Meadows, Paul Comi
Votes: 30
17.
Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode:
Who Killed Rosie Sunset?
(1965)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Who could have murdered the nice old lady who sold maps of the stars' homes? And why?
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Gene Barry, Gary Conway, Regis Toomey, Leon Lontoc
Votes: 27
18.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Pack Rat and the Prima Donna
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Kildare is assigned to work with the highly frugal, penny-pinching veteran central supply nurse to clean out obsolete equipment. But the nurse doesn't think most of the equipment in the "... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Celeste Holm, Ed Nelson
Votes: 12
19.
Harry O (1973–1976)
Episode:
Shadows at Noon
(1974)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Harry suspects a young woman is being held against her will in a mental asylum, he investigates and discovers a murder. He pretends to be a patient and goes undercover as a patient.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: David Janssen, Henry Darrow, Diana Ewing, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 64
20.
A Man Called Shenandoah (1965–1966)
Episode:
The Onslaught
(1965)
30 min | Western
After being shot and left for dead, a stranger arrives in Leaumont, New Mexico Territory where it's discovered he has amnesia. The doctor who treats the stranger gives him the name, Shenandoah.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Horton, Beverly Garland, Noah Keen, Steve Gravers
Votes: 40
21.
A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1978)
120 min | Biography, Drama
Harriet's difficult days as a slave, putting it mildly,
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder
Votes: 15
22. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Two Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey, Whitey Hughes
Votes: 6,517
23.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
Never Too Old for the Circus
(1964)
60 min | Drama
A retired heart surgeon, anxious to feel useful again, is called in as a consultant on a case Kildare is assisting on. Unfortunately, friction develops between him and the younger doctors, ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding
Votes: 12
24.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Scourge
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Erskine and Rhodes are investigating Johnny Albin, a "juicer," who makes loans to desperate businessmen and then uses his leverage to take control of their companies for La Cosa Nostra boss... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, Robert Duvall
Votes: 30
25.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
Vendetta
(1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Karl Schindler, a former Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp during World War II, is now a Communist spy. Otto Mann, a Nazi hunter, nearly arrests Schindler on a cruise ship headed to... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, Alfred Ryder
Votes: 27
26.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Arsenal
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Nitti and Bugs Moran are about to go to war, and to forestall that possibility, Elliot Ness and the Untouchables begin rounding up every machine gun owned by the gangsters' hitmen. To... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, Salome Jens, George Mathews, Bruce Gordon
Votes: 63
27. 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: 3,449
28. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni
Votes: 3,086
29. Boone (1983–1984)
60 min | Drama
In 1953, Boone Sawyer dreams of becoming a country music star, but his father has other ideas for his future.
Stars: Thomas Byrd, Greg Webb, Elizabeth Huddle Nyberg, Katherine Moffat
Votes: 54
30. Behind Closed Doors (1958–1959)
30 min | Drama
The files of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias were the basis of this series based on American counterespionage from 25 years in naval intelligence. The stories were connected with the Cold ... See full summary »
Stars: Bruce Gordon, Ellis M. Zacharias, John Sutton, Jacques Aubuchon
Votes: 35
31.
The Detectives (1959–1962)
Episode:
Bad Apple
(1961)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Capt. Holbrook sets a trap for a crooked cop who is helping thieves rob a jewelry store.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Taylor, Russell Thorson, Tige Andrews, Mark Goddard
Votes: 8
32.
The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Life Seekers
(1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A police officer's shot and wounded by an alien, who he shoots and sees disintegrate. A roadblock's set up for the other 2 in the car which got away.,David's brought to the 2 aliens, who ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Roy Thinnes, R.G. Armstrong, Diana Muldaur, Arthur Franz
Votes: 182
33.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Jigsaw
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Nitti has a major problem: someone in his organization is leaking information to Eliot Ness and the Untouchables. They've closed down several of his distilleries and several members ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, James Gregory, Cloris Leachman, Bruce Gordon
Votes: 72
34.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Loophole
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Morton Halas is an aggressive and very successful defense attorney who will stop at nothing to get his clients off. Having successfully defended Big Mike Probich he finds himself working ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, Jack Klugman, Martin Landau, Gavin MacLeod
Votes: 92
35.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Power Play
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With a public outcry over the level of gang violence in Chicago, the authorities appoint retired lawyer Willard Thornton to the new post of Crime Commissioner. What no one realizes is that ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, Albert Salmi, Mary Fickett, Carroll O'Connor
Votes: 76
36. Premiere (1968)
60 min | Drama
Composed of pilots for CBS, including Call to Danger (with Peter Graves), Lassiter (starring Burt Reynolds), and Walk in the Sky (by Robert Altman, with Carroll O'Connor).
Stars: John McMartin, Billy Dee Williams, Albert Paulsen, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 43
37.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Cocoon
(1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Red Chinese agent Wo Fat uses a sensory deprivation chamber to procure information from U.S. agents. McGarrett, head of Hawaii's state police force, poses as "control," possessor of the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Jack Lord, Nancy Kwan, Leslie Nielsen, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 526
38.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Down the Long Night
(1960)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Norman Garry is harassed by former neighbor Max Evar. Evar,an "expert on horror", lost his family due to a fire he holds Garry responsible for. Garry asks the NYPD for help and Det. Flint ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Nancy Malone
Votes: 87
39.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Gang War
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When gangsters invade and shoot up a speakeasy on the outskirts of Chicago, Ness thinks Frank Nitti may be trying to get rid of some of his competition. When one of Nitti's joints is bombed... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Stack, Victor Buono, Bruce Gordon, John Kellogg
Votes: 68
40. The Eleventh Hour (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama
Criminal cases where criminals are mentally evaluated, or people in the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Stars: Jack Ging, Wendell Corey, Ralph Bellamy, Irene Martin
Votes: 125
41. A Woman Called Moses (1978)
240 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder
Votes: 416
42.
The Detectives (1959–1962)
Episode:
Pandora's Box
(1962)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lt. Russo's son gets a fingerprint kit as a gift. When he takes his footprint Lt. Russo compares the print on his birth certificate to the one just taken, however the prints don't match. Lt. Russo has to unravel the mystery.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Mark Goddard, Adam West
Votes: 11
43.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
A Distant Thunder
(1962)
60 min | Drama
A man has a mental breakdown in an arcade. He checks into Blair Hospital and it turns out he was a general in the war and needs psychological help.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Dean Jagger, Michael Constantine
Votes: 13
44.
Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode:
Cocoon
(1968)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The series pilot, which originally aired as a two-hour TV movie, is re-edited as a two-part episode of the series. In the opening installment, a U.S. intelligent agent, a friend of ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Jack Lord, Zulu, Kam Fong, Nancy Kwan
Votes: 167
45.
I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode:
So Coldly Sweet
(1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure
Kelly and Scotty are assigned to beautiful Palm Springs to vet an attractive defector with some truly interesting secrets. But in a cold war game where there are newer final winners nor losers, who's playing who?
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Diana Hyland, Charles Korvin
Votes: 62
46.
Law of the Plainsman (1959–1960)
Episode:
Fear
(1960)
30 min | Western
While traveling back to Santa Fe, Sam and Tess come upon an old farm that was attacked by renegade Indians several months ago. He assures Tess that she is safe because the Indians had moved... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Michael Ansara, Gina Gillespie, John Larch, Peggy Webber
Votes: 14
47.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
A Succession of Heartbeats
(1960)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A millionaire playboy is murdered in his luxury apartment-along with a married woman. A "black book" filled with ladies telephone numbers doesn't include all of his conquests, including a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Felicia Farr, Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver
Votes: 129
48.
The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode:
None So Blind
(1962)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
While riding out on the range, Mark befriends a blind man with a grudge against another man. When the man in question forces Lucas to kill his cattle because of disease, Mark seeks revenge and is shocked at the results.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Jeff York
Votes: 114
49. Route 66 (1960–1964)
TV-Y7 | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett, James Brown
Votes: 1,955
50. A Man Called Shenandoah (1965–1966)
30 min | Western
A man shot and left for dead on the trail is found and revived. With no recollection of his past, he calls himself Shenandoah as he roams the West searching for his identity.
Stars: Robert Horton, Gregory Walcott, John Cliff, James Griffith
Votes: 219