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1. The Tonight Show (1953–1957)
Episode: Pat Flaherty, Teddi King (1956)

TV-PG | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

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Stars: Steve Allen, Gene Rayburn, Skitch Henderson, Andy Williams

2. The Desperate Hours (1955)

Approved | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott

Votes: 10,888

3. The Road to Denver (1955)

Approved | 90 min | Western

Two fugitive Texan brothers at odds with one another flee to Colorado where they take jobs with rival bosses.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Payne, Lee J. Cobb, Mona Freeman, Ray Middleton

Votes: 339

4. Athena (1954)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The story about two sisters in love. Everything should be wonderful, but father doesn't approve of his daughters' physically underdeveloped fiancés.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson, Nancy Kilgas

Votes: 699

5. The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Bowery Boys enter a creepy house where they engage in slapstick with the Gravesend Family, comprising a creepy butler, two mad scientists, a crazy old woman with a man-eating plant, a savage gorilla, an 8' robot, and a vampiress.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Lloyd Corrigan

Votes: 797

6. Public Defender (1954–1955)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Bart Matthews defends the poor and others who cannot afford an attorney. All episodes are based on actual cases from across the country.

Stars: Reed Hadley, John Close, Herschel Graham, Brick Sullivan

Votes: 112

7. Jungle Gents (1954)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Family

When the boys discover that Sach has a strange ability to sniff out diamonds, they hatch a scheme to make money out of it.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Laurette Luez

Votes: 365

8. Public Defender (1954–1955)
Episode: The Hobo Story (1954)

30 min | Crime, Drama

A hobo is accused of kidnapping and beating a little girl he had befriended.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Reed Hadley, Jeri Lou James, Peter Whitney, Denver Pyle

Votes: 11

9. Public Defender (1954–1955)
Episode: Let Justice Be Done (1954)

Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama

An assistant public defender must defend the man who is accused of killing his best friend, a police officer, and leave behind a grieving widow and son.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Reed Hadley, Skip Homeier, Patrick O'Neal, Noel Neill

Votes: 25

10. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
Episode: Shoplifter and the Missing Ruby Clip (1954)

Comedy

Trouble arises when Gracie gets the impression that Mrs. Vanderlip has stolen a ruby clip from a department store and tries to help her avoid apprehension.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry von Zell, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 29

11. The Life of Riley (1953–1958)

30 min | Comedy

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.

Stars: William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Wesley Morgan, Tom D'Andrea

Votes: 448

12. The Tonight Show (1953–1957)

TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When ... See full summary »

Stars: Skitch Henderson, Gene Rayburn, Steve Allen, Steve Lawrence

Votes: 226

13. Latin Lovers (1953)

Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Nora Taylor has $37,000,000 but thinks every man she meets prefers her bankbook figure to her own, and that includes her current fiancé, Paul Chevron, who has $48,000,000 of his own. Paul ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, John Lund, Louis Calhern

Votes: 587

14. The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1957)
Episode: Uncle Bozzo's Visit (1953)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery

Lou's uncle, an Italian opera singer, visits, and his singing annoys Mr. Fields.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fortunio Bonanova, Sid Fields

Votes: 47

15. The Life of Riley (1953–1958)
Episode: Riley the Executive Type (1953)

Comedy

Riley is dismayed when his spur-of-the-moment resignation is accepted.

Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Tom D'Andrea, Lugene Sanders

16. The Life of Riley (1953–1958)
Episode: Riley's Gift from the Boss (1953)

30 min | Comedy

Riley receives a letter from the president of the airplane plant in which he works, Cyrus P. Cunningham, announcing that the company will honor Riley's ten years of service with a luncheon ... See full summary »

Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Tom D'Andrea, Lugene Sanders

Votes: 17

17. The Life of Riley (1953–1958)
Episode: Riley's New Suit (1953)

Comedy

Riley needs a new suit. When his kids decide to surprise him with one, he begins thinking he's crazy because the only suit he has to use keeps disappearing.

Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Wesley Morgan, Tom D'Andrea

18. Pat and Mike (1952)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

Pat is a women's sports sensation unless her fiancé is around. Her new shady manager Mike keeps them apart and develops feelings for her.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray, William Ching

Votes: 6,176

19. The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1957)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, lots of gimmicks from their movies.

Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Sid Fields, Gordon Jones

Votes: 1,351

20. O. Henry's Full House (1952)

Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.

Directors: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco | Stars: Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Crain, Farley Granger

Votes: 3,067

21. Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, David Brian

Votes: 1,794

22. Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)

Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Romance

Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes

Votes: 1,702

23. The Winning Team (1952)

Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Nebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller

Votes: 1,113

24. Off Limits (1952)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy

Two Army buddies fight, as one falls in love with the other's aunt, a nightclub singer.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Mayehoff

Votes: 421

25. Meet Danny Wilson (1952)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Musical

A nightclub singer has a racketeer for a manager and a rivalry with his pianist for a girl.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr

Votes: 473

26. Ride the Man Down (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Western

Disputes over a dead man's property escalate into a bloody range war.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Forrest Tucker

Votes: 237

27. The Pride of St. Louis (1952)

Unrated | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.

Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Hylton, Richard Crenna

Votes: 783

28. Hoodlum Empire (1952)

Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After WW2, ex-mobster war hero Joe Gray goes straight, to the dismay of his New York mob boss uncle who's afraid that his nephew will testify against his outfit before a Grand Jury.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston

Votes: 363

29. Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran

Votes: 2,997

30. Detective Story (1951)

Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell

Votes: 9,501

31. The Racket (1951)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship.

Directors: John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Edmund Grainger, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman

Votes: 3,365

32. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell

Votes: 2,260

33. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Passed | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore

Votes: 30,008

34. Harvey (1950)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Due to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: James Stewart, Wallace Ford, William H. Lynn, Victoria Horne

Votes: 58,271

35. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)

30 min | Comedy

Neighbor Blanche Morton frequently joined Gracie in escapades which annoy hubby Harry and provides George with an opportunity to offer a humorous soliloquy.

Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Harry von Zell

Votes: 1,536

36. Tea for Two (1950)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A socialite with aspirations of a career in show business bets her wealthy uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for two days straight, hoping winning will help her fulfill her dreams.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Eve Arden

Votes: 2,196

37. Storm Warning (1950)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman. Marsha witnesses the KKK commit a murder and helps District Attorney Burt Rainey bring the criminals to justice.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran

Votes: 2,666

38. Three Little Words (1950)

Passed | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl

Votes: 2,060 | Gross: $2.80M

39. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

Approved | 77 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues. Restored in original Black and White.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers

Votes: 1,444

40. Bright Leaf (1950)

Approved | 110 min | Drama, Romance

In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson

Votes: 1,441

41. The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Musical

An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.

Director: David Butler | Stars: June Haver, Gordon MacRae, James Barton, S.Z. Sakall

Votes: 587

42. The Petty Girl (1950)

Approved | 88 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his artwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester, Melville Cooper

Votes: 288

43. Kill the Umpire (1950)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Sport

An umpire-hating ex-baseball player loses many jobs because of his passion for watching ball games during working hours, but he decides to combine business with pleasure by becoming an umpire himself.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry

Votes: 632

44. The Good Humor Man (1950)

Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An ice-cream seller unwittingly gets involved with a femme-fatale, leading to murder-charges, gangsters and factory payroll robberies.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Jack Carson, Lola Albright, Jean Wallace, George Reeves

Votes: 509

45. David Harding, Counterspy (1950)

Passed | 71 min | Drama

Based on the long-running radio program created by Philips H. Lord, the film opens with a radio commentator blasting the U. S. government for the manner in which a certain foreign power has... See full summary »

Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Willard Parker, Audrey Long, Howard St. John, Raymond Greenleaf

Votes: 128

46. Blondie's Hero (1950)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Family

Dagwood accidentally enlists in the Army reserve. Blondie accompanies him to basic training camp.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie

Votes: 219

47. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.

Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett

Votes: 4,078

48. It's a Great Feeling (1949)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music

A waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when two actors agree to help her.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin

Votes: 1,979

49. The Stratton Story (1949)

Passed | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 3,345

50. Tell It to the Judge (1949)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a Federal judgeship but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group who think her divorce makes her unfit for the job. This ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young, Marie McDonald

Votes: 451