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Synopsis: MST3K's humble beginnings -- original set and theme song intact -- are preserved in "Crawling Hand," in which Josh Weinstein provides the voice of Tom and the role of Dr. Erhardt. Alan Hale Jr. provides Joel and the green 'bots with plenty of desert-isle inspiration, in a film about an astronaut Read More
Actors: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Connie Stevens, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley
Synopsis: Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello not only starred in the delightfully "retro" Back to the Beach, but also served as executive producers. Appropriately set 25 years after such drive-in faves as Beach Blanket Bingo, the film finds Frankie and Annette as husband and wife, living far from the surf Read More
Synopsis: ALF's fondness for the old sitcom Gilligan's Island has turned into an obsession, culminating with ALF reconstructing the seven castaways' familiar lagoon in the Tanners' backyard. This inevitably leads to a dream sequence in which ALF meets the Gilligan's Island cast--and learns the hard way that Read More
Synopsis: After putting up a valiant (and noisy) fight, a nervous Ben (Jeremy Miller) surrenders to the inevitable and agrees to have his tonsils removed. But while he is anesthetized, Ben has a bizarre out-of-body experience, during which he accepts a ride from a friendly cabbie (played by Alan Hale Jr of Read More
Synopsis: Golden TV Memories of the '50s pays homage to the unforgettable age of live television. Volume three showcases a series of the period's most popular programs, including The Howdy Doody Show, featuring Buffalo Bob, the beloved puppet, Howdy Doody, their cast of friends, and the "Peanut Gallery" Read More
Synopsis: Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is appointed foreman of the jury in an apparently "open and shut" murder trial. The accused claims that he killed the victim in self-defense, when said victim found the accused in bed with his wife. Half of the jury is for conviction, half for acquittal; as for Jessica Read More
Synopsis: In order to flush out the person or persons who have attempted to steal a valuable statuette of the Hawaiian god Amakua, Magnum stage-manages a luxury cruise in which all the passenger roster consists of the principal suspects. Sure enough, murder and mayhem quickly ensue, and it soon becomes Read More
Actors: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle
Synopsis: This spoof of the 1930s and '40s crime stories ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime as it tells the story of Johnny Dangerously (Byron Thames as the young Johnny, Michael Keaton as the older), a devoted son to his ailing mother (Maureen Stapleton), so ill that she needs money for several Read More
Actors: Lillian Gish, Timothy Bottoms, Candy Clark, O.J. Simpson, Robert Walker, Jr.
Synopsis: It is doubtful that while acting in D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation back in 1914, Lillian Gish ever dreamed that seven decades later she'd be co-starring with a cute dog in something called Hambone and Hillie. It all begins at a busy airport, where octogenarian Hillie (Gish) is accidentally Read More
Synopsis: In this family western, an Indian boy endures racial hatred in a white community. Fortunately, he is defended by a kindly farmer, and a schoolteacher. His horse also provides invaluable assistance. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: The seven stranded castaways find comical chaos when an insane scientist, his trusty sidekick and the title basketball tricksters, playing robots visit their tropic island nest in this third in a series of made-for-television films based on the enduring early '60s sitcom. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More
Synopsis: While investigating various unusual murders, a police chief and his son develop problems. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: It's the ladies to the rescue in the low-budget actioner Angel's Brigade. Wearing form-fitting fatigues, the female stars play a team of highly trained avengers. Their mission: to wipe every drug dealer off the face of the earth. To accomplish this, they drive around in a custom-built van, decked Read More
Actors: Jim Backus, Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Tina Louise, Natalie Schafer, Dawn Wells
Synopsis: Following the astonishing (and, to some, appalling) success of the 1978 TV movie Rescue From Gilligan's Island, most of the cast of the popular 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island were hired for two additional "reunion" films. The second, Castaways on Gilligan's Island, finds Gilligan (Bob Denver), the Read More
Actors: Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine, Michael Constantine
Synopsis: One of the bigger non-cartoon moneymakers for Disney in the 1970s, The North Avenue Irregulars is predicated on the premise of the "Neighborhood Watch" system. Priest Michael Hill (Edward Herrmann), newly arrived on North Avenue, decides to buck the patriarchal notions of his superiors by Read More
Synopsis: This fun film is based upon the classic O. Henry tale about a bratty kid who kidnappers find to be more than they can handle, so they're happy to de-kidnap him. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Jim Backus, Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Natalie Schafer, Dawn Wells, Vincent Schiavelli
Synopsis: Eleven years after the network cancellation of Gilligan's Island, the crew and passengers of the ill-fated S. S. Minnow returned to the small screen in Rescue from Gilligan's Island. The cast remains the same, with one significant change. Bob Denver plays inveterate bumbler Gilligan, Alan Hale is Read More
Actors: Beau Bridges, Rex Harrison, Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Cornel Wilde, Ian McShane, Lloyd Bridges
Synopsis: The story in this lavish cinemadaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Man in the Iron Mask remains faithful to the original novel: the right heir to the throne of France is imprisoned in a dungeon by his evil twin brother, his identity kept secret with an uncomfortable iron mask. It's up to the aging Read More
Actors: Robert Easton
Synopsis: Bill Rebane's backyard wonder is a hilariously hokey throwback to the giant-monster flicks of the 50s, while taking its only pseudo-scientific conceit from the mid-70s trend of popular "black hole" theories, combining these two elements to create pure bad-movie heaven. A tiny, decrepit town in Read More
Synopsis: This half-hour sequel to the famous O. Henry tale The Ransom of Red Chief finds our hero, the little boy who pretends to be a legendary American Indian named Red Chief, using his powers of deception to outwit a group of con artists. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This episode marks a rare joint appearance by actor James Daly and his daughter Tyne Daly. The elder Daly is cast as Judge McIntire, who is presently touring college campuses giving lectures about a controversial death sentence he'd levied eight years earlier. During a classroom re-enactment of Read More
Synopsis: In this crime drama, a Vietnam vet goes to his California hometown and discovers that two Mexicans have murdered his brother, the chief stockholder in a successful racetrack, during a robbery. The vet begins investigating and discovers that the theft was a cover-up for the killing and that another Read More
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith
Synopsis: An offbeat 1970s black-comic Western with an all-star cast, this Joseph L. Mankiewicz film is set in 1883 in Arizona. Paris Pitman, Jr. (Kirk Douglas) is the leader of a band of outlaws that steals $500,000 from a wealthy businessman named Lomax (Arthur O'Connell). The other gang members die in a Read More
Synopsis: Part One of the two-part Flying Nun episode "Great Casino Robbery" first aired on January 30, 1969. Alan Hale Jr. guest-stars as Sr. Bertrille's lovably larcenous Uncle Reggie, who goes to work at Carlos Ramirez' casino. Reggie's fast-and-loose relationship with honesty inadvertenly paves the way Read More
Actors: Alan Hale, Jr., Anthony Caruso, Craig Huebing, Ted Fish, Al Molinaro
Synopsis: Oliver (Eddie Albert) and Lisa (Eva Gabor) begin breakfast by opening a box of Crickly Wicklys, a cereal that promises "a prize in each and every package." Well and good -- but they didn't expect to find a cache of genuine and very expensive jewelry! As it turns out, the gems were stashed in the Read More
Synopsis: In the conclusion of the two-part "Great Casino Robbery," Sr. Bertrille and her light-fingered Uncle Reggie (Alan Hale Jr.) are accused of masterminded a heist at Carlos Ramirez' casino. Meanwhile, the genuine thief, a brassy blonde named Faye (Ruta Lee), is hiding in Convent San Tanco, posing as Read More
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Sr., Pat Hingle, Arlene Golonka
Synopsis: Ex-lawman turned rancher Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is moving a small herd of cattle when a group of nine men on horseback, led by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley Sr.), ride up and accuse him of having stolen the cattle and killed their owner. Refusing to believe his account, they string him up by the Read More
Synopsis: Season three of Gilligan's Island finds those seven stranded castaways still marooned on a tropical island, still making the best of things (it's an uphill climb!), and still seeking out any and all methods of escape. The only change during the third season is a cosmetic one; now, most of the 30 Read More
Synopsis: Gilligan's Island enters its second season with two small but significant changes: the series, previously filmed in black and white, is now in color, and regulars Russell Johnson (the Professor) and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann), have been promoted to full starring status, right along with top-billed Bob Denver Read More
Synopsis: A pre-Gilligan's Island Alan Hale Jr. appears in this episode as Omar Keck, an eccentric millionaire who has financed an experimental missile which he intends to send to Mars. Not surprisingly, Uncle Martin (Ray Walston) is the first to volunteer to pilot the vessel into space. In anticipation of Read More
Actors: Audie Murphy, Darren McGavin, Ruta Lee
Synopsis: Audie Murphy continued to make 1950s-style westerns into the 1960s. In Bullet for a Badman, Logan Keliher (Murphy) is framed for murder by onetime friend Sam Ward (Darren McGavin). Keliher escapes to mete out justice and to reclaim his former wife (Ruta Lee), whom Ward has married. The escapee Read More
Actors: Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Tina Louise, Dawn Wells, Russell Johnson, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer
Synopsis: No one liked Gilligan's Island but the public. Roundly condemned by critics as the worst sitcom in TV history when it first signed on the CBS schedule in the fall of 1964, the weekly half-hour series nonetheless struck a responsive chord with the viewing public, who were thoroughly amused and Read More
Actors: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell
Synopsis: Union Colonel Brackenby (Melvyn Douglas) and his second-in-command, Captain Heath (Glenn Ford), attempt to command a rather inept cavalry unit during the Civil War. General Willoughby (Jim Backus) heads them out West on assignment rather than allowing them to foul things up where it counts. They Read More
Synopsis: The longest "three-hour tour" in history gets under way in the first season of Gilligan's Island. In the course of the season's 36 episodes, originally filmed in black and white, the viewer becomes intimately familiar with the famous seven stranded castaways: Skipper Jonas Grumby (Alan Hale Jr.) Read More
Synopsis: Eula Johnson (Diana Millay), the bored young bride of rancher Grover Johnson (Rod Cameron), begs her husband to sell his bleak desert spread, but he refuses. Enter wealthy Texas Nelson Barclift (a pre-Gilligan's Island Alan Hale Jr), who offers to pay Johnson four times what his property is worth. Read More
Actors: Peter Breck, Kent Taylor, Rod Lauren, Sirry Steffen, Arline Judge
Synopsis: The hand of an exploded astronaut takes on a life of its own in this unintentionally funny horror film that begins when the hand is discovered near the crash site by a naive young med student who takes it home as a grisly souvenir. He has no idea that the hand has been possessed by a strange Read More
Actors: Gale Gordon, Mary Jane Croft, Mary Wickes, Alan Hale, Jr., Irwin Charone
Synopsis: Stingy Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) refuses to provide funds for the Danville Volunteer Fire Department, arguing that fire captain Lucy (Lucille Ball) and her all-girl battalion are the epitome of ineptitude. Down but not out, Lucy cooks up a scheme to prove that the Fire Department is not only Read More
Synopsis: While playing poker with Big Jim Watson (Alan Hale Jr., Bart (Jack Kelly) again comes face to face with his old friendly enemy, versatile con artist Pearly Gates (Mike Road). Actually, he comes face to face with Pearly's gun, as Mr. Gates robs the card players so that he and his girlfriend Marla Read More
Actors: Betty Lynn
Synopsis: Alan Hale Jr. guest-stars as farmer Big Jeff Pruitt, who has come to Mayberry in search of a bride. Deputy Barney offers to help out, only to stand by in horror as his own girlfriend Thelma Lou is chosen by the bombastic Jeff. Outraged, Barney prepares to settle his dilemma with a fistfight Read More
Actors: Michael Craig, Anne Helm, Jeff Donnell, Alan Hale, Jr., Noel Purcell
Synopsis: Not a medieval epic, The Iron Maiden is a contemporary comedy. Nor is the title object a torture device; instead, it's new sort of steam roller. The hero (Michael Craig) is an aircraft designer who neglects his work because of his fondness for machine engines. The film's climax is a steamroller Read More
Actors: Hugh Marlowe, Alan Hale, Jr., Robert J. Wilke, Chris Robinson
Synopsis: Talented action film director William Witney shows the depth of his skills in turning this one-week-in-production wonder into a passable, entertaining, one-hour western. The focus of attention is a trial in a town with no respect for the law, where the federal judge (Hugh Marlowe) valiantly tries Read More
Synopsis: Wealthy Walter Frazer (Torin Thatcher) has always held his daughter-in-law Sue Ellen (Diana Millay), a former nightclub singer, responsible for the failures of his son Gregson (Bryan Grant), now working as a parking attendant. Hoping to get rid of Sue Ellen, Frazer offers her a huge sum to divorce Read More
Synopsis: This Disney family film presents a nice slice of American pie as it chronicles the exploits of an enterprising young man who enlists the aid of a dapper British fellow to put together a Little League baseball team. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: A football tryout is turned upside down by an 11-year-old who disrupts City Hall hotshots. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: While escorting four prisoners through the desert, Capt. Jim Pattisall (Alan Hale Jr.) is wounded in an Apache attack. Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) takes over from Pattisall, making certain that the foursome is safely delivered to prison--a task that proves problematic when the prettiest of the Read More
Actors: Rory Calhoun, Alan Hale, Jr., Connie Hines, John Gentry, Ed McGrath
Synopsis: Hard Drivin' is a lively precursor to all those "on the road" flicks of the 1970s. Rory Calhoun, John Gentry and Alan Hale Jr. star as three hellraising Southern stock car drivers. The racing scenes themselves are well photographed, with the stars apparently doing a lot of their own stunts. These Read More
Synopsis: In the first episode of Walt Disney's two-part miniseries Moochie of Pop Warner Football, diminutive Moochie Morgan (Kevin Corcoran) has put baseball aside to concentrate on the gridiron. Alas, in order to meet the 60-pound weight requirement to join Pop Warner Football League, Moochie must gain Read More
Synopsis: In the concluding episode of Walt Disney's two-part miniseries Moochie of Pop Warner Football, the Peewees football team is set to play in a big title game held at (where else?) Disneyland. Naturally, our hero Moochie Morgan (Kevin Corcoran) has his heart set on accompanying his teammates to Read More
Synopsis: William Bendix discards his oafish "Chester A. Riley" characterization in the role of Wally Legenza, the vicious, sadistic head of the Tri-State Gang. Legenza and such fellow hoods as Big Bill Phillips (Alan Hale Jr.) and Art McLeod (Gavin McLeod) specialize in hijacking trucks and murdering the Read More
Synopsis: In the final episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, frontier lawyer Baca (Robert Loggia) embarks upon a mission to bring fugitive gunslinger Gus Tomlin to justice. Upon hearing that Tomlin is dead, Baca is all for giving up the search -- until a citizen of the small town of Read More
Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ida Lupino
Synopsis: Ida Lupino is cast as the titular Annie O'Toole, who along with her father (John Patrick) arrives in Washoe Diggings with a gold claim filed by her fiancé Swede Lumberg (Alan Hale Jr.). When Annie's father dies, Adam Cartwright helps her establish a restaurant to keep her solvent. Annie is going Read More
Synopsis: In the first episode of Walt Disney's two-part miniseries Moochie of the Little League, young Montgomery "Moochie" Morgan (Kevin Corcoran) spends his summer mornings delivering papers and his afternoons as a member of the Bobcats Little League team. Because of his diminutive size, he has spent Read More
Synopsis: In the concluding episode of Walt Disney's two-part miniseries Moochie of the Little League, the Bobcats baseball team has successful prevented their ball field from being sold, and young Moochie Morgan (Kevin Corcoran) and several of his fellow Bobcats have been selected to play in an all-star Read More
Actors: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale, Jr., Carleton Carpenter
Synopsis: Lt. (jg) Ken Braden (James Garner) is a US Navy frogman and underwater demolitions expert who is assigned to a vital mission, and to a submarine captained by Commander Stevenson Edmond O'Brien. But Stevenson is a CO who may have seen too many men die -- the two immediately come into conflict over Read More
Actors: Lana Turner, Jeff Chandler, Richard Denning, Andra Martin, Chuck Connors
Synopsis: According to Universal-International publicity, The Lady Takes a Flyer is partially based on fact. The "lady" is Maggie Colby (Lana Turner) and the "flyer" is former Air Force colonel Mike Dandridge (Jeff Chandler). The two form a partnership when Mike decides to inaugurate an air-ferry service Read More
Actors: Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, James Seay, Larry Thor
Synopsis: A "Shock Theater" perennial since it was first released to television in the early 1960s (stretch-framed to pad out its running time), The Amazing Colossal Man is firmly in the "So Bad It's Good" category. While overseeing the atomic tests in the Nevada desert, Army colonel Glenn Langan is exposed Read More
Actors: John Lund, Doris Singleton, John Archer, Angela Greene, Alan Hale, Jr.
Synopsis: Affair in Reno is an uneven Republic adventure from the later phases of the studio's history. Doris Singleton, usually cast as the heroine's next door neighbor or best friend (she's Caroline Appleby in the "Harpo Marx" episode on I Love Lucy), is here seen as a smart-lipped private eye. She comes Read More
Actors: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Hale, Jr.
Synopsis: Actually, this retelling of the life of outlaw Jesse James is only as true as its predecessor, the highly fanciful 1939 Tyrone Power-Henry Fonda starrer Jesse James. Generous chunks of stock footage from the earlier film are reused here, albeit reframed to accommodate the CinemaScope process. Robert Wagner Read More
Synopsis: This hour-long tape consists of an episode from the syndicated Golden Age of Television series. The first half-hour consists of a 1957 episode of the TV adventure weekly Casey Jones. Alan Hale Jr. stars as the legendary railroad engineer in this "eastern western." The second half-hour is devoted Read More
Actors: John Ericson, Mari Blanchard, Charles McGraw, Steve Brodie, Peter Whitney
Synopsis: The Cruel Tower is a dog-and-pony variation of a well-worn triangle plot. John Ericson is a handsome young steeplejack, working side-by-side on a dizzying new structure with brooding partner Charles McGraw. Mari Blanchard is McGraw's beautiful young wife, whose history of illicit romances Read More
Synopsis: In this western, three gringos deposit their loot in a Mexican bank and set up homes in a tiny village where they hope to live long, peaceful lives. Unfortunately other banditos rob their bank, forcing them to ride out after them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson, Peter Graves, Richard Eyer, Walter Sande
Synopsis: Canyon River stars George Montgomery as trail boss Steve Patrick. Reversing the procedure usually depicted in westerns of this nature, Patrick is assigned to guide a cattle drive from the west-coast state of Oregon to the wilds of Wyoming. En route, our hero must fend off attacks from both Read More
Actors: Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer
Synopsis: 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 in Korea after the war to offer Read More
Actors: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thomps