John Beradino

North by Northwest (1959)

ClassicThrillingFast pacedSuspenseful

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  James Mason  •  Jessie Royce Landis

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  James Mason  •  Jessie Royce Landis

East of Eden (1955)

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  James Dean  •  Julie Harris  •  Raymond Massey  •  Richard Davalos

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  James Dean  •  Julie Harris  •  Raymond Massey  •  Richard Davalos

7 Men from Now (1956)

Aging lawman Ben Stride burns a trail of murderous revenge across a hardscrabble landscape searching for his wife's murderers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Gail Russell  •  Lee Marvin  •  Walter Reed

Aging lawman Ben Stride burns a trail of murderous revenge across a hardscrabble landscape searching for his wife's murderers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Gail Russell  •  Lee Marvin  •  Walter Reed

Seven Thieves (1960)

A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Rod Steiger  •  Joan Collins  •  Eli Wallach

A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Rod Steiger  •  Joan Collins  •  Eli Wallach

The Kid from Left Field (1953)

Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, Christie. When his dad gets fired, Chris makes friends with the former team owner's niece (and her boyfriend Pete), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harmon Jones
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Billy Chapin  •  Lloyd Bridges

Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, Christie. When his dad gets fired, Chris makes friends with the former team owner's niece (and her boyfriend Pete), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harmon Jones
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Billy Chapin  •  Lloyd Bridges

Wild Heritage (1958)

Travails of a family heading West in a covered wagon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles F. Haas
CAST:  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Will Rogers Jr.  •  Paul Birch  •  Troy Donahue

Travails of a family heading West in a covered wagon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles F. Haas
CAST:  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Will Rogers Jr.  •  Paul Birch  •  Troy Donahue

Behind the High Wall (1956)

A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abner Biberman
CAST:  Tom Tully  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Betty Lynn  •  John Gavin

A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abner Biberman
CAST:  Tom Tully  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Betty Lynn  •  John Gavin

A Guide for the Married Woman (1978)

A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality mix often, leading to complications and headaches.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hy Averback
CAST:  Cybill Shepherd  •  Charles Frank  •  John Hillerman  •  Elaine Joyce

A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality mix often, leading to complications and headaches.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hy Averback
CAST:  Cybill Shepherd  •  Charles Frank  •  John Hillerman  •  Elaine Joyce

Shield for Murder (1954)

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Howard W. Koch
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Marla English  •  John Agar  •  Emile Meyer

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Howard W. Koch
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Marla English  •  John Agar  •  Emile Meyer

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard A. Colla
CAST:  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Beverly Todd  •  Cleavon Little  •  Ernie Barnes

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard A. Colla
CAST:  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Beverly Todd  •  Cleavon Little  •  Ernie Barnes

Marty (1955)

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Betsy Blair  •  Esther Minciotti  •  Augusta Ciolli

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Betsy Blair  •  Esther Minciotti  •  Augusta Ciolli

The Crimebusters (1961)

Government agents hunt America's most dangerous crooks. Based on the "Cain's Hundred" TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Sagal
CAST:  Peter Mark Richman  •  Martin Gabel  •  Phillip Pine  •  Carol Eve Rossen

Government agents hunt America's most dangerous crooks. Based on the "Cain's Hundred" TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Sagal
CAST:  Peter Mark Richman  •  Martin Gabel  •  Phillip Pine  •  Carol Eve Rossen

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)

Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Post
CAST:  Helen Hayes  •  Vince Edwards  •  Myrna Loy  •  Mildred Natwick

Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Post
CAST:  Helen Hayes  •  Vince Edwards  •  Myrna Loy  •  Mildred Natwick

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

The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Aldo Ray  •  Cliff Robertson  •  Raymond Massey  •  Lili St. Cyr

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Aldo Ray  •  Cliff Robertson  •  Raymond Massey  •  Lili St. Cyr

The Killer Is Loose (1956)

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Rhonda Fleming  •  Wendell Corey  •  Alan Hale Jr.

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Rhonda Fleming  •  Wendell Corey  •  Alan Hale Jr.

Moon of the Wolf (1972)

After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Barbara Rush  •  Bradford Dillman  •  John Beradino

After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Petrie
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Barbara Rush  •  Bradford Dillman  •  John Beradino

The Winner's Circle (1948)

A Thoroughbred makes the long journey from initial training and workout to ultimate triumph as a champion horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix E. Feist
CAST:  Elliott Lewis  •  Jean Willes  •  Morgan Farley  •  Johnny Longden

A Thoroughbred makes the long journey from initial training and workout to ultimate triumph as a champion horse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix E. Feist
CAST:  Elliott Lewis  •  Jean Willes  •  Morgan Farley  •  Johnny Longden

The World Was His Jury (1958)

A sea captain stands trial for manslaughter after 162 people are killed in a fire aboard his cruise ship. Director Fred F. Sears' 1958 drama stars Edmond O'Brien, Robert McQueeney, Paul Birch, Mona Freeman and Karin Booth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred F. Sears
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Mona Freeman  •  Karin Booth  •  Robert McQueeney

A sea captain stands trial for manslaughter after 162 people are killed in a fire aboard his cruise ship. Director Fred F. Sears' 1958 drama stars Edmond O'Brien, Robert McQueeney, Paul Birch, Mona Freeman and Karin Booth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred F. Sears
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Mona Freeman  •  Karin Booth  •  Robert McQueeney

The Killers of Mussolini (1959)

As the Salo Republic crumbles around him, Mussolini, along with his mistress and several of his ministers flee with retreating Nazi soldiers, but are caught at the town of Dongo by red partisans. All are brutally executed without trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Nehemiah Persoff  •  Harry Guardino  •  Michael Ansara  •  Ilka Windish

As the Salo Republic crumbles around him, Mussolini, along with his mistress and several of his ministers flee with retreating Nazi soldiers, but are caught at the town of Dongo by red partisans. All are brutally executed without trial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Nehemiah Persoff  •  Harry Guardino  •  Michael Ansara  •  Ilka Windish