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1. Thank You for Smoking (2005)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello, Joan Lunden
Votes: 228,984 | Gross: $24.79M
2. This Gun for Hire (1942)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar
Votes: 10,623
3. Second Chance (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mobster Vic Spalato's girlfriend Claire is in hiding in Mexico and she's willing to testify for a US Senate investigation committee, if she can make it back to the US alive.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Sandro Giglio
Votes: 1,301
4. The Fearmakers (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Korean War veteran returns to Washington D.C. only to discover his business partner had died and their public-research business sold, so he works there undercover to find out the truth.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Marilee Earle, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 849
5. The Big Operator (1959)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama
During the 1950s, a corrupt labor union boss and the mob silence all those who witness their shady activities but an honest union member threatens to testify in front of a Senate Committee, thus becoming a murder-target.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé
Votes: 339
6. The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Helene Reynolds, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 682
7. The Miami Story (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fed up with the rising crime rate in Miami, the police chief and leading members of the city council hire a former gangster who's gone straight to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Luther Adler, John Baer, Adele Jergens
Votes: 373
8. The System (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gambler John Merrick (Frank Lovejoy) is the head of a bookie syndicate and the newspaper is crusading against him and the rackets, primarily because Merrick is in love with Felice Stuart (... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon, Robert Arthur, Paul Picerni
Votes: 139
9. The Washington Masquerade (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
US senator (Lionel Barrymore) falls in love with a young woman (Karen Morley), without realizing she's using him to back the lobbyist she works for.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair, Nils Asther
Votes: 175
10.
The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970–1971)
Episode:
Some Day, They'll Elect a President
(1971)
60 min | Drama
When a memo by Jordan Boyle, Stowe's chief aide, get released and misinterpreted Hays pays for it. A columnist for a tabloid accuses the Senator of taking money from the syndicate.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Michael Tolan, Sharon Acker, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 15
11.
Man, Moment, Machine (2005–2007)
Episode:
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose
(2005)
Biography, History
Howard Hughes takes on the challenge to build an enormous flying boat capable of airlifting 750 troops and war materiel as heavy as tanks across the Atlantic Ocean in support of the Allied ... See full summary »
Stars: David Fitzpatrick, Danny Swartz, Pat Broeske, Greg Cala
12.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Stand-In Sister
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Gregory is caught in a trap when his mobster-brother escapes and wants the money he put in a trust fund for his daughter. At the same time the manager of the trust fund tries to blackmail Gregory about it and is murdered.
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 270
13.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 12 December 1951
(1951)
News, Talk-Show
Huie and Rogers interview U.S. Senator A.S. Mike Monroney, a Democrat from Oklahoma. Topics include corruption in the federal government, the upcoming 1952 elections, the Senate's ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Cartoun | Stars: William Bradford Huie, Frank Knight, A.S. Mike Monroney, Donald I. Rogers
14.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 9 March 1953
(1953)
News, Talk-Show
Huie and Burt interview U.S. Senator Robert S. Kerr, a Democrat representing Oklahoma. Topics include farm policy, the beef industry, farm subsidies, reciprocal trade agreements, Kerr's ... See full summary »
15.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 4 November 1953
(1953)
News, Talk-Show
Lesueur and Kenneth Crawford, senior editor of Newsweek magazine, interview U.S. Senator John J. Williams, a Republican from Delaware. Topics include the Senate's investigation of the ... See full summary »
16.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 30 June 1954
(1954)
News, Talk-Show
Lesueur and Heckscher interview Senator Homer E. Capehart, a Republican from Indiana. Topics discussed include the Senate's investigation of Federal Housing Administration irregularities, ... See full summary »
17.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 17 December 1954
(1954)
News, Talk-Show
Lesueur and Oakes interview Senator A.S. Mike Monroney, a Democrat from Oklahoma. Topics include U.S. foreign military aid, achieving a bipartisan foreign policy, price supports for farmers and the Senate investigating committee.
Stars: Larry LeSueur, A.S. Mike Monroney, John B. Oakes