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Black Tuesday (1954)

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Peter Graves  •  Jean Parker  •  Milburn Stone

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Peter Graves  •  Jean Parker  •  Milburn Stone

Father Goose (1964)

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During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Nelson
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Leslie Caron  •  Trevor Howard  •  Jack Good

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Nelson
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Leslie Caron  •  Trevor Howard  •  Jack Good

The Hindenburg (1975)

In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Anne Bancroft  •  William Atherton  •  Roy Thinnes

In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Anne Bancroft  •  William Atherton  •  Roy Thinnes

The Honeymoon Machine (1961)

Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Jim Hutton  •  Paula Prentiss  •  Brigid Bazlen

Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Jim Hutton  •  Paula Prentiss  •  Brigid Bazlen

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Roscoe Lee Browne  •  Charles Durning  •  Joseph Cotten

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Roscoe Lee Browne  •  Charles Durning  •  Joseph Cotten

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Girard
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Camilla Sparv  •  Aldo Ray  •  Nina Wayne

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Girard
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Camilla Sparv  •  Aldo Ray  •  Nina Wayne

The Man (1972)

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  James Earl Jones  •  Martin Balsam  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Lew Ayres

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  James Earl Jones  •  Martin Balsam  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Lew Ayres

The Ugly American (1963)

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Englund
CAST:  Marlon Brando  •  Eiji Okada  •  Sandra Church  •  Pat Hingle

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Englund
CAST:  Marlon Brando  •  Eiji Okada  •  Sandra Church  •  Pat Hingle

In Enemy Country (1968)

Wartime secret agents are on a mission to destroy a deadly new type of torpedo, hidden in a Nazi stronghold in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Keller
CAST:  Anthony Franciosa  •  Anjanette Comer  •  Guy Stockwell  •  Paul Hubschmid

Wartime secret agents are on a mission to destroy a deadly new type of torpedo, hidden in a Nazi stronghold in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Keller
CAST:  Anthony Franciosa  •  Anjanette Comer  •  Guy Stockwell  •  Paul Hubschmid

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)

After Col. Steve Austin fails to retrieve the contents of a safe owned by arms dealer Arlen Findletter, he takes up an friendly offer of a holiday in the Bahamas. There he runs into Soviet Agent Alexi Kaslov and his lovely assistant Katrina Volana, who also happen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russ Mayberry
CAST:  Lee Majors  •  Richard Anderson  •  Alan Oppenheimer  •  Britt Ekland

After Col. Steve Austin fails to retrieve the contents of a safe owned by arms dealer Arlen Findletter, he takes up an friendly offer of a holiday in the Bahamas. There he runs into Soviet Agent Alexi Kaslov and his lovely assistant Katrina Volana, who also happen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russ Mayberry
CAST:  Lee Majors  •  Richard Anderson  •  Alan Oppenheimer  •  Britt Ekland

Ready for the People (1964)

In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, but he maintains his innocence despite public prosecutor Murray Brock's advice that he plead guilty and take a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Simon Oakland  •  Everett Sloane  •  Anne Helm  •  Richard Jordan

In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, but he maintains his innocence despite public prosecutor Murray Brock's advice that he plead guilty and take a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Simon Oakland  •  Everett Sloane  •  Anne Helm  •  Richard Jordan

The Couch (1962)

A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Owen Crump
CAST:  Grant Williams  •  Shirley Knight  •  Onslow Stevens  •  William Leslie

A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Owen Crump
CAST:  Grant Williams  •  Shirley Knight  •  Onslow Stevens  •  William Leslie

I've Lived Before (1956)

Seeing a certain woman makes an airline pilot think he is a reincarnated World War I pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Bartlett
CAST:  Jock Mahoney  •  Leigh Snowden  •  Ann Harding  •  John McIntire

Seeing a certain woman makes an airline pilot think he is a reincarnated World War I pilot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Bartlett
CAST:  Jock Mahoney  •  Leigh Snowden  •  Ann Harding  •  John McIntire

The Raid (1954)

A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Van Heflin  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Richard Boone  •  Lee Marvin

A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Van Heflin  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Richard Boone  •  Lee Marvin

Strange Bedfellows (1965)

After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melvin Frank
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Gig Young  •  Edward Judd

After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melvin Frank
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Gig Young  •  Edward Judd

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pevney
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Jane Greer  •  Marjorie Rambeau

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pevney
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Jane Greer  •  Marjorie Rambeau

Tail Gunner Joe (1977)

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  John Forsythe  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Patricia Neal

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  John Forsythe  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Patricia Neal

Cold Turkey (1971)

Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Lear
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Pippa Scott  •  Tom Poston  •  Edward Everett Horton

Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Lear
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Pippa Scott  •  Tom Poston  •  Edward Everett Horton

No Name on the Bullet (1959)

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Arnold
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Charles Drake  •  Joan Evans  •  Virginia Grey

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Arnold
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Charles Drake  •  Joan Evans  •  Virginia Grey

Battle Hymn (1957)

Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Anna Kashfi  •  Dan Duryea  •  Don DeFore

Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Anna Kashfi  •  Dan Duryea  •  Don DeFore
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