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Ransom! (1956)

A rich man (Glenn Ford) stuns his wife (Donna Reed) and town with a televised threat to his son's kidnapper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Segal
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Donna Reed  •  Leslie Nielsen  •  Juano Hernández

A rich man (Glenn Ford) stuns his wife (Donna Reed) and town with a televised threat to his son's kidnapper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Segal
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Donna Reed  •  Leslie Nielsen  •  Juano Hernández

The Decks Ran Red (1958)

A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  James Mason  •  Dorothy Dandridge  •  Broderick Crawford  •  Stuart Whitman

A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew L. Stone
CAST:  James Mason  •  Dorothy Dandridge  •  Broderick Crawford  •  Stuart Whitman

Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)

During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who becomes smitten with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended...for five years!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Nelson
CAST:  Ken Berry  •  Eva Gabor  •  Werner Klemperer  •  Danielle De Metz

During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who becomes smitten with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended...for five years!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Nelson
CAST:  Ken Berry  •  Eva Gabor  •  Werner Klemperer  •  Danielle De Metz

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Dick Shawn  •  Sergio Fantoni  •  Giovanna Ralli

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Dick Shawn  •  Sergio Fantoni  •  Giovanna Ralli

The Joker Is Wild (1957)

Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker. A broken alcoholic, Joe is brought back from the abyss by his faithful piano ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Mitzi Gaynor  •  Jeanne Crain  •  Eddie Albert

Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker. A broken alcoholic, Joe is brought back from the abyss by his faithful piano ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Mitzi Gaynor  •  Jeanne Crain  •  Eddie Albert

The Strip (1951)

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  László Kardos
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Sally Forrest  •  William Demarest  •  James Craig

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  László Kardos
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Sally Forrest  •  William Demarest  •  James Craig

The Rack (1956)

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the US after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold Laven
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Wendell Corey  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Edmond O'Brien

Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the US after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold Laven
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Wendell Corey  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Edmond O'Brien

The Sixth Column (1970)

Two different alien races are at war. Representatives of each race have landed on Earth to battle it out here, but they've taken human form and they can only spot other aliens through the use of special glasses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George McCowan
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Harry Basch  •  Daniel J. Travanti

Two different alien races are at war. Representatives of each race have landed on Earth to battle it out here, but they've taken human form and they can only spot other aliens through the use of special glasses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George McCowan
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Harry Basch  •  Daniel J. Travanti

A Fever in the Blood (1961)

A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions. Director Vincent Sherman's 1961 drama stars Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Don Ameche, Jack Kelly, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Efrem Zimbalist Jr.  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Jack Kelly  •  Don Ameche

A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions. Director Vincent Sherman's 1961 drama stars Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Don Ameche, Jack Kelly, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Efrem Zimbalist Jr.  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Jack Kelly  •  Don Ameche

Pickup (1951)

Low-budget, tabloid-lurid story with high camp value of older man falling for much younger beauty who's busy figuring out how she can kill him now that they're married. Nasty verbal encounters and above all, Beverly Michaels, spike up this flick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Haas
CAST:  Hugo Haas  •  Beverly Michaels  •  Allan Nixon  •  Howland Chamberlain

Low-budget, tabloid-lurid story with high camp value of older man falling for much younger beauty who's busy figuring out how she can kill him now that they're married. Nasty verbal encounters and above all, Beverly Michaels, spike up this flick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Haas
CAST:  Hugo Haas  •  Beverly Michaels  •  Allan Nixon  •  Howland Chamberlain

Terror on the 40th Floor (1974)

A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Jameson
CAST:  John Forsythe  •  Joseph Campanella  •  Lynn Carlin  •  Anjanette Comer

A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Jameson
CAST:  John Forsythe  •  Joseph Campanella  •  Lynn Carlin  •  Anjanette Comer

The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)

When the nephews of Phyllis Carter are killed in an automobile crash while under the influence of narcotics, she persuades Police Lieutenant Jim Hahan to use her as an undercover agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Betsy Palmer  •  Jack Lord  •  Barry Atwater  •  John Anderson

When the nephews of Phyllis Carter are killed in an automobile crash while under the influence of narcotics, she persuades Police Lieutenant Jim Hahan to use her as an undercover agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Betsy Palmer  •  Jack Lord  •  Barry Atwater  •  John Anderson

Kisses for My President (1964)

A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Polly Bergen  •  Eli Wallach  •  Arlene Dahl

A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Polly Bergen  •  Eli Wallach  •  Arlene Dahl

The George Raft Story (1961)

The 1961 film biography of the nightclub dancer-turned-movie star George Raft.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  Ray Danton  •  Jayne Mansfield  •  Barrie Chase  •  Barbara Nichols

The 1961 film biography of the nightclub dancer-turned-movie star George Raft.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  Ray Danton  •  Jayne Mansfield  •  Barrie Chase  •  Barbara Nichols

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hy Averback
CAST:  Doris Day  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Patrick O'Neal  •  Lola Albright

When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hy Averback
CAST:  Doris Day  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Patrick O'Neal  •  Lola Albright

Hot Stuff (1979)

When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over a pawn shop where thieves go to unload their merchandise. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dom DeLuise
CAST:  Dom DeLuise  •  Suzanne Pleshette  •  Jerry Reed  •  Ossie Davis

When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over a pawn shop where thieves go to unload their merchandise. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dom DeLuise
CAST:  Dom DeLuise  •  Suzanne Pleshette  •  Jerry Reed  •  Ossie Davis

Which Way to the Front? (1970)

Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not takes "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Lewis
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Jan Murray  •  John Wood  •  Steve Franken

Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not takes "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Lewis
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Jan Murray  •  John Wood  •  Steve Franken

Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)

Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Peter Lawford  •  Anne Francis  •  Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Peter Lawford  •  Anne Francis  •  Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Bombers B-52 (1957)

Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Karl Malden  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Natalie Wood  •  Karl Malden  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Hell's Five Hours (1958)

The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow) threatening to blow himself up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack L. Copeland
CAST:  Stephen McNally  •  Coleen Gray  •  Vic Morrow  •  Maurice Manson

The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow) threatening to blow himself up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack L. Copeland
CAST:  Stephen McNally  •  Coleen Gray  •  Vic Morrow  •  Maurice Manson
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