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1. Hollywood (1980)

676 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The history of the American film industry in Hollywood during the Silent era.

Stars: James Mason, Colleen Moore, Byron Haskin, Viola Dana

Votes: 855

2. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Autocrats (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

Autocratic directors like the martinet Cecil B. DeMille and the idiosyncratic Eric Von Stroheim are highlighted in this episode.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Agnes de Mille, Valerie Germonprez

Votes: 70

3. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: End of an Era (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

The rise of practical synchronized sound film technology spells the end of the silent era of Hollywood with its casualties and the struggle to redefine cinema with sound in mind.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Irving Asher, Mary Astor, Cedric Belfrage

Votes: 57

4. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Hazard of the Game (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie stuntman is featured in this episode.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Yakima Canutt, Viola Dana, Agnes de Mille

Votes: 73

5. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: In the Beginning (1980)

52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Some of the less affluent studios escape bad weather and legal entanglements in New Jersey and make Hollywood the world film capitol.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Viola Dana, Agnes de Mille, Allan Dwan

Votes: 81

6. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Pioneers (1980)

52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Contrary to popular belief, the silent film in general had reached a high state of sophistication by the late 1920s.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Karl Brown, Gaylord Carter

Votes: 100

7. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Single Beds and Double Standards (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

Mounting scandals including drug addiction and murder force the studios to appoint Will Hays as a morals czar to oversee production.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Cedric Belfrage, Karl Brown, Viola Dana

Votes: 83

8. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: The Man with the Megaphone (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

Early Hollywood directors were self-taught and generally became directors by accident.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Eleanor Boardman, Viola Dana, Allan Dwan

Votes: 59

9. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Trick of the Light (1980)

58 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The development of cinematography from its primitive beginnings through emergence as a serious art form in the late 1920s. Film clips and interviews with veterans of the period like Karl Brown and George Folsey are highlighted.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Viola Dana, Allan Dwan

Votes: 65

10. The Great Sex War (1969)

98 min | Comedy

Very little is known about this movie except that it was a comedy alternatively titled "Make Love Not War". According to some sources, it was never released.

Director: Norman Foster | Stars: James Franciscus, Joan Marshall, George Raft, Cantinflas

Votes: 28

11. The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969)

30 min | Adventure, Animation

Huckleberry Finn and his friends, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, travel from one animated world to the next, always followed by the same villain, Injun Joe. The gimmick is that Huck, Tom, ... See full summary »

Stars: Michael Shea, Lu Ann Haslam, Kevin Schultz, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 196

12. The Power (1968)

Approved | 108 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and how to stop them.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson, Yvonne De Carlo

Votes: 1,774

13. The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969)
Episode: Pirate Island (1968)

Adventure, Animation

Tom, Huck and Becky row to an island inhabited by apes. Pirates, led by Captain X, come to the island and capture Tom and Becky. Huck and an ape named Bulu help Tom and Becky to battle the pirates and they narrowly manage to escape.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Michael Shea, Lu Ann Haslam, Kevin Schultz, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 13

14. Star Trek (1966–1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols

Votes: 92,875

15. Historias para no dormir (1966–1982)

Crime, Drama, Horror

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe as well as original scripts.

Stars: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Estanis González, Lola Lemos, Pedro Sempson

Votes: 282

16. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Cage (1966)

TV-PG | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett

Votes: 7,167

17. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Menagerie: Part II (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

At Spock's court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when Capt. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens.

Directors: Robert Butler, Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver

Votes: 4,656

18. Historias para no dormir (1966–1982)
Episode: La Mano (1966)

48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In the future the Earth has been invaded by an extraterrestrial race called Kyben. Unable to cope with its technological and weapons superiority, the human race leaves the planet unleashing... See full summary »

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Culp, Robert Fortier, Steve Harris, Rex Holman

Votes: 60

19. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey

Votes: 7,153

20. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: A Feasibility Study (1964)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The inhabitants of a typical suburban street find that they've been abducted by a diseased alien race, which wants to discover if humans will make suitable slaves for them.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Sam Wanamaker, Phyllis Love, Joyce Van Patten, David Opatoshu

Votes: 627

21. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: Behold Eck! (1964)

TV-14 | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A two-dimensional alien, stranded in our three-dimensional world, inadvertently causes havoc in Los Angeles. Only a mild-mannered optician and his secretary have the power to help.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Peter Lind Hayes, Joan Freeman, Parley Baer, Douglas Henderson

Votes: 494

22. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: Demon with a Glass Hand (1964)

TV-14 | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Continuance of the human race against alien invaders depends on a man with an incomplete glass computer hand and no memory of his past.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Culp, Arlene Martel, Abraham Sofaer, Rex Holman

Votes: 1,093

23. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Invisible Enemy (1964)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The first manned expedition to Mars finds itself being killed one-by-one by an alien predator.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam West, Rudy Solari, Joe Maross, Ted Knight

Votes: 516

24. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.

Stars: Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, William Douglas, Robert Culp

Votes: 9,300

25. Captain Sindbad (1963)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Family

To marry Princess Jana, Captain Sindbad must battle deadly obstacles and fight El Kerim, the evil ruler who also wants to marry the princess.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Guy Williams, Heidi Brühl, Pedro Armendáriz, Abraham Sofaer

Votes: 1,046 | Gross: $5.45M

26. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Architects of Fear (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

One scientist from a group of ten is chosen to undergo a painful and bizarre mutation from human to Thetan.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Robert Culp, Leonard Stone, Martin Wolfson, Geraldine Brooks

Votes: 1,005

27. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: The Hundred Days of the Dragon (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A new skin molding technique enables a foreign power to replace a presidential figure inside the U.S. government with an agent.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Phillip Pine, Mark Roberts, Aki Aleong

Votes: 969

28. Armored Command (1961)

Approved | 99 min | Drama, War

An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Howard Keel, Tina Louise, Warner Anderson, Earl Holliman

Votes: 271

29. September Storm (1960)

Unrated | 99 min | Adventure, Drama

A young, handsome man works on the yacht of a Parisian tycoon who happens to be away at the moment. Two nautical layabouts convince the man to take them out looking for the sunken treasure.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joanne Dru, Mark Stevens, Robert Strauss, Asher Dann

Votes: 237

30. World of Giants (1959)

30 min | Sci-Fi

Marshal Thompson plays a secret agent who is approximately 6 inches tall. He's carried around from one mission to another in a briefcase with a small chair inside.

Stars: Marshall Thompson, Arthur Franz, Marcia Henderson, John Gallaudet

Votes: 52

31. Jet Over the Atlantic (1959)

Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Assorted people board a plane with a fire bomb in its luggage hold.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Ilona Massey

Votes: 209

32. The Little Savage (1959)

Not Rated | 73 min | Adventure

After burying stolen treasure on a desert island, a pirate shoots his partner and leaves him for dead. After recovering, the man finds a 10-year-old boy on the island. Years later, the pirates meet again and shoot it out.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Christiane Martel, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Terry Rangno

Votes: 37

33. World of Giants (1959)
Episode: Death Trap (1959)

30 min | Sci-Fi

Bill is involved in an auto accident when his briefcase is thrown clear and cannot be found later.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Arthur Franz, Tom Brown, Tom McKee

Votes: 6

34. From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins

Votes: 1,755

35. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: China Doll (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Adam investigates trafficking in women from China.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Keye Luke

Votes: 9

36. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: Mr. Valejo (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Don Mariano Valejo is leading the vaqueros' raids on Yankee settlements.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Salvador Baguez

Votes: 9

37. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: Panic on Montgomery Street (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Banker Seth Woods implements a plan to prevent a threatened run on the bank.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Mabel Albertson

Votes: 11

38. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: The Coward (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Blackie Stewart is blackmailing Judge Jones over his wife. The Judge challenges Blackie to a most unusual duel.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Gerald Mohr

Votes: 14

39. The Californians (1957–1959)

30 min | Western

San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force.

Stars: Richard Coogan, Sean McClory, Adam Kennedy, Nan Leslie

Votes: 137

40. 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

41. The Adventures of McGraw (1957–1958)

30 min | Crime, Drama

McGraw is a solitary type who manages to get entangled in the stopping of criminal activity despite not having any official capacity. He often doesn't carry a weapon, especially if an attractive woman is involved.

Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Jean Willes, James Flavin, Angie Dickinson

Votes: 53

42. The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Episode: Sword of Vengeance (1957)

30 min | Adventure, Family

Silver and his crew attempt to plunder a Spanish ship, but theres no one aboard except dead prisoners.

Directors: Byron Haskin, Lee Sholem | Stars: Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Owen Weingott

Votes: 15

43. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
Episode: Cupid Wore a Badge (1957)

30 min | Drama

In a story very much of its time, a male cop feels he cannot marry a female cop while she is more successful in the job than he is.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Jane Powell, David Janssen, James Flavin, Craig Duncan

Votes: 13

44. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: Little Lost Man (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

The vigilantes try to handle the mounting problem of juvenile delinquency in San Francisco.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Tommy Kirk

Votes: 15

45. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: The Avenger (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Dion seeks vengeance when a reporter is murdered.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Herbert Rudley, Rachel Ames

Votes: 18

46. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: The Barber's Boy (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

The Vigilantes are helped by a boy in their struggle to capture the vicious Regulators.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Robert Hyatt

Votes: 10

47. The Californians (1957–1959)
Episode: The PO 8 (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Patrick and McGivern seek a gold shipment stolen by a poetic bandit.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Adam Kennedy, Sean McClory, Nan Leslie, Robert Ellenstein

Votes: 11

48. The Adventures of McGraw (1957–1958)
Episode: Mojave (1957)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Bad luck for McGraw. Not only does he break down in the desert and finds himself stranded in the small town of Calidad but, to his dismay, he also finds out his hotel there is the sheriff's... See full summary »

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Robert Armstrong, Claude Akins, Carol Kelly

Votes: 5

49. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
Episode: Explosion (1957)

30 min | Drama, Family

A British secret agent is accused of murdering a gangster.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: John Alderson, Joel Aldrich, Ross Bagdasarian, Jack Kelly

50. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
Episode: Outpost (1957)

30 min | Drama, Family

The captain of a fort in Indian Territory takes several of his men into a nearby town. In a saloon a veteran cavalryman sees a deserter from another post and a gunfight starts. The captain ... See full summary »

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joel Aldrich, Lex Barker, Charles Bronson, Kem Dibbs