Catherine McLeodFilmography

Family Affair: Uncle Prince Charming

Synopsis: Bill (Brian Keith) has another problem on his hands when Carla (Darleen Carr), the teenage friend of his niece Cissy (Kathy Garver), develops a crush on him. Actually, it's more than a crush: Carla is convinced that she's "practically engaged" to the much-older Bill. In his efforts to let the girl Read More

The F.B.I.: Rope of Gold

Synopsis: A series of truck hijackings has coincided with the appearance of stolen American cargoes behind the Iron Curtain. Investigating, Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) follows the trail of clues to Manning Fryes (Peter Graves), an outwardly respectable businessman who is harboring a terrible Read More

The Outer Limits: Soldier

Synopsis: In Volume 33 of a collection culled from the 1963-1965 science fiction anthology television series, a soldier from Earth's future is sent back in time where he is captured by the government. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Ride the Wild Surf

Actors: Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Tab Hunter, Barbara Eden, Peter Brown

Synopsis: Fabian, Tab Hunter, and Peter Brown star as three surfers--Jody, Steamer and Chase--who make a pilgrimage from California to the north shore of Oahu for a vacation. Surfers from all over gather here every winter to compete with each other for the title of "the last ride" champion. While surfing Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Cream of the Jest

Synopsis: Risking his life to save Caleb Musgrove (Stanley Adams) from being poisoned, Paladin (Richard Boone) finds out that his efforts are all for naught. The "poisoning" is just the latest in a long series of practical jokes perpetrated by Caleb on friends and strangers alike. Now Paladin must end Read More

Tammy, Tell Me True

Actors: Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Julia Meade

Synopsis: In this emotional romance, the young backwoods girl Tammy lives in a houseboat on the river. She is very sad because she hasn't heard from her college-student boyfriend in ages. Determined to be near him, she cruises her boat down to his university and enrolls. To pay expenses she gets a job. Her Read More

The Crimebusters

Synopsis: Boris Sagal directs this film about a pair of crime-fighting motorcycle cops. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

Bonanza: The Smiler

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Herschel Bernardi

Synopsis: Bonanza marked the beginning of its third season by moving from Saturdays at 7:30 PM EST to its now-legendary Sunday 9 PM berth, where it would remain for the next eleven years. Telecast September 24, 1961, the inaugural third-season episode, "The Smiler", was written by Lewis Reed. Defending the Read More

The Sergeant Was a Lady

Actors: Martin West, Venetia Stevenson, Bill Williams, Catherine McLeod

Synopsis: Military women prove their mettle against military men in this low-budget comedy. The fun begins after a handsome corporal is accidentally assigned to a WAC base located on a Pacific island. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

One Step Beyond: Contact

Synopsis: Bill Dermott (Ron Randell) is delighted when he receives a new pocket watch as a present from his wife Mary (Catherine McLeod). But "pleased" is not the operative word when, shortly afterward, Bill has a dream in which he sees a man planning to murder a woman. The dream occurs again and again Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glittering Goldfish

Synopsis: Tom Wyatt (John Hudson) might have become rich by inventing a cure for a rare fish disease called gilled fever, but for the fact that his boss Jackson Hurley (Murvyn Vye) took credit for the invention. Thus, when Hurley is murdered, Lt. Tragg (Ray Collins) charges Wyatt with the crime. In his Read More

Return to Warbow

Actors: Philip Carey, Catherine McLeod, Andrew Duggan, William Leslie

Synopsis: In this western, a convict escapes from prison to search for the considerable loot he and his gang had stolen off a stage coach 11 years before. Before heading for the pokey, the outlaw left the loot with his boozy brother. Originally, the plan had been to split the cash with his two cohorts. Read More

Cave In

Synopsis: In this drama two children inadvertently discover the reason why their parents are always fighting. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Maverick: Rage for Vengeance

Synopsis: In this reworking of the earlier episode "The Jeweled Gun", attractive widow Margaret Ross (Catherine McLeod) asks Bret (James Garner) to provide protection while she heads to a Montana bank, there to deposit a large sum of money. Margaret claims to be worried that the men who killed her husband Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Vagabond Vixen

Synopsis: Movie producer John Addison (Robert Ellenstein) ends up in deep trouble when he picks up an attractive female hitchhiker (Carol Leigh), who proceeds to shake him down for money. Addison turns to Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) for help when he is accused of murdering Edgar Ferrell (Paul Cavanaugh)--and Read More

Gunsmoke: Wrong Man

Synopsis: Riding into town with a corpse in the back of his wagon, Sam Rickers (Don Keefer) claims to have killed fugitive outlaw Bob Hulbert, and demands the $1000 reward. When Matt (James Arness) examines the body, he notices two things: the dead man was shot in the back--and he doesn't look anything like Read More

The Outcast

Actors: John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis, Catherine McLeod, Ben Cooper

Synopsis: Jet Cosgrave (John Derek) is The Outcast in this big-budget Republic western. Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave (Jim Davis), Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the rest of the film trying to regain his birthright and clear Read More

Sword of Venus

Actors: Robert Clarke, Catherine McLeod, Dan O'Herlihy, William Schallert, Marjorie Stapp

Synopsis: Released by RKO, Sword of Venus was independently produced by "B"-flick mavens Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen and Albert Zugsmith. Set in the early 19th century, the film stars Robert Clarke as Dantes, the son of the legendary Count of Monte Cristo (the film, in fact, was released in Britain as Read More

A Blueprint for Murder

Actors: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine McLeod, Jack Kruschen

Synopsis: Joseph Cotten stars in A Blueprint for Murder as Whitney Cameron, a man who harbors a deep and abiding affection for his pretty sister-in-law Lynne Cameron (Jean Peters). When one of Lynne's stepchildren dies, the autopsy indicates that the child was poisoned. Despite his feelings for Lynne Read More

My Wife's Best Friend

Actors: Anne Baxter, MacDonald Carey, Cecil Kellaway, Casey Adams, Catherine McLeod

Synopsis: This 20th Century-Fox programmer stars Anne Baxter and Macdonald Carey as husband and wife, both passengers on an airliner. When the plane develops serious engine trouble, it looks like the end for everyone on board. Certain that he's facing an imminent demise, Carey confesses to Baxter that he's Read More

So Young, So Bad

Actors: Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Grace Coppin, Cecil Clovelly, Anne Jackson, Anne Francis

Synopsis: Actor Paul Henreid made his directorial debut with the well-intentioned So Young, So Bad. The scene is a correctional home for delinquent girls, where sadistic warden Riggs (Cecil Clovelly) and head matron Beuhler (Grace Coppin) rule with an iron fist. Compassionate psychiatrist Dr. Jason (Paul Henreid Read More

Old Los Angeles

Actors: John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Andy Devine

Synopsis: Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Republic "specials." The film is set during the early statehood days of California, with Elliot keeping the peace and warding off plunderers and marauders. As always, Elliot is a "peaceable Read More

The Fabulous Texan

Actors: Roy Barcroft, Robert H. Barrat, George Beban, Jr., James Brown, John Carroll

Synopsis: Fans of William "Wild Bill" Elliot vastly prefer his B westerns to his big-budget Republic "specials", though the latter films have their adherents. In The Fabulous Texan, Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the role of ex-Confederate officer Jim McWade. Returning to Texas to find his home Read More

That's My Man

Actors: Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns, John Ridgely

Synopsis: A man's addiction to gambling almost destroys his life in this racetrack adventure. Joe Grange is nearly broke when he buys an ailing colt and brings it back to health. He then turns the horse into a promising champion. During the big race, Joe places a large amount of money upon the horse. It Read More

Courage of Lassie

Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle, Harry Davenport

Synopsis: This is the one where Lassie plays a war veteran with amnesia. Actually Lassie isn't even Lassie, but a male collie named Bill (at least he isn't asked to appear "in drag" like all the other cinematic Lassies). Raised from a pup by adolescent Elizabeth Taylor, the doggy hero becomes a sheep collie Read More

The Harvey Girls

Actors: Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury, Marjorie Main, Preston S. Foster

Synopsis: This glorified Technicolor commercial for the Fred Harvey restaurants stars Judy Garland as a 19th-century mail-order bride. Upon arriving in New Mexico, Garland discovers that her husband-to-be is the town drunk. She cuts her losses and takes a job at the local Harvey restaurant, an establishment Read More

I've Always Loved You

Actors: Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, William Carter, Maria Ouspenskaya, Felix Bressart

Synopsis: As its fortunes grew in the mid-1940s, Republic Pictures occasionally strayed from its usual manifest of westerns and serials, hoping to produce something of "class." Filmed on a lavish budget in glorious Technicolor, Republic's I've Always Loved You stars Philip Dorn as a tyrannical symphony Read More

The Thin Man Goes Home

Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gloria de Haven, Lucile Watson, Anne Revere, Harry Davenport

Synopsis: This fifth entry in MGM's off-and-on "Thin Man" series maintains the high production and story values of the first four. Per the title, retired private detective Nick Charles (William Powell) pays a visit to his home town of Sycamore Springs, with wife Nora (Myrna Loy) in tow. Poor Nick is Read More

Forever Yours

Actors: Gale Storm, C. Aubrey Smith, Johnny Mack Brown, Frank Craven, Conrad Nagel

Synopsis: Originally titled They Shall Have Faith, Forever Yours was designed as Monogram's "prestige" release for 1945. Musical favorite Gale Storm goes dramatic as Joan Randall, a young debutante who is confined to a wheelchair after contracting infantile paralysis. Neither her doctor father (Conrad Read More