Frank de KovaFilmography

American Pop

Actors: Hilary Beane, Vincent Schiavelli, Ron Thompson, Marya Small, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa

Synopsis: The rise and growth of American popular music through the 20th century is reflected in the lives of four generations of one family in this animated drama directed by Ralph Bakshi. Zalmie (voice of Jeffrey Lippa), a Russian Jew, emigrates to America, and tries to struggle along as a comic and Read More

Little House on the Prairie: The Craftsman

Actors: Matthew Laborteaux

Synopsis: Hoping to contribute to the Ingalls' family coffers, young Albert (Matthew Laborteaux) becomes an apprentice to old Isaac Singerman (John Bleifer), Walnut Grove's coffin maker. Before long, Albert is subjected to the taunts of his classmates, who maliciously label him a "Jew lover." As it turns Read More

Little House on the Prairie: The Halloween Dream

Actors: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Matthew Laborteaux

Synopsis: Suffering from an extremely overactive imagination -- fueled by the Halloween season and his addiction to dime novels -- Albert (Matthew Laborteaux) dreams that he and Laura (Melissa Gilbert) are kidnapped by Indians. The plot thickens when Albert is mistaken for the chief's son and, as such, is Read More

Cat in the Cage

Synopsis: A recently released mental patient may well wonder who the looney ones are in this drama that chronicles his strange homecoming. He has been gone many years and during that time, his father has married a very young woman. He then discovers that the maid is a full-blown witch, the cat has Read More

The Rockford Files: Hotel of Fear

Synopsis: After witnessing a murder committed by notorious mob hitman Del Kane (Madison Arnold), Angel (Stuart Margolin) is placed in protective custody by the authorities. Much to the dismay and disgust of Jim Rockford (James Garner), Angel is set up in a luxurious hotel with unlimited room service. And Read More

Jive Turkey

Actors: Frank de Kova, Paul Harris, Reginald H. Farmer, Frances Williams

Synopsis: Italian mobsters go to war with black hoodlums, turning the streets of Harlem into an all-out war zone as both sides call on their best assassins to level the playing field. Feared crime boss Big Tony (Frank DeKova) isn't about to give up his turf without a fight, even if it means calling on his Read More

Johnny Firecloud

Actors: Frank de Kova, Victor Mojica

Synopsis: Puerto Rican actor Victor Mohica plays the title character, a Native American who has returned to his small California desert home town after service in Vietnam to face a new enemy -- a gang of ruthless racist thugs led by town boss Colby (Ralph Meeker). Pushed to his breaking point by a Read More

Crossfire

Synopsis: Crossfire stars James Franciscus as police officer Rossi, who is thrown off the force for possession of narcotics. Disgraced in the eyes of everyone, including his own partner, Rossi descends into a life of crime. But--and this will come as a shock to anyone who's never seen a Humphrey Bogart Read More

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

The Slams

Actors: Frenchia Guizon

Synopsis: In this violent prison drama, an imprisoned criminal finds himself flooded with offers to spring him if only he will reveal the secret location of the $1.5 million he stole from the mob before he went to jail. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The F.B.I.: The Bought Jury

Synopsis: A Mob trial in Boston ends abruptly in a mistrial thanks to a couple of bribed jurors. Does this mean that the Mob wants defendant Mario Dracus (Frank De Kova) to go free? Not quite: still worried that he intends to turn on them, Dracus' former associates plan to murder him before he ever gets the Read More

The F.B.I.: Night of the Long Knives

Synopsis: Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) poses as a caterer for a Syndicate wedding. In this capacity, Erskine hopes to gather information about a bloody internal power play instigated by Mob functionary Ed Haynes (Alex Cord). But the wedding may never come off--certainly not if Haynes is able to Read More

Frasier the Sensuous Lion

Actors: Michael Callan, Frank de Kova, Victor Jory, Malachi Throne

Synopsis: Frasier the Sensuous Lion would seem to have been conceived as a racy "answer" to Disney's sugary-sweet animal comedies. The talkative title character is befriended by zoologist Marvin Feldman (Michael Callan). When Frasier's loquaciousness becomes public knowledge, Feldman tries to save the lion Read More

Heavy Traffic

Synopsis: Heavy Traffic represents a follow-up to animator Ralph Bakshi's first feature film, Fritz the Cat (1972). The central character is Michael, the ingenuous son of an Italian father and Jewish mother. An aspiring cartoonist, Michael leaves home in a huff and outrages his family by conducting an Read More

The Don Is Dead

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Angel Tompkins

Synopsis: In this organized crime drama (one of many that came in the wake of The Godfather, Tony (Frederic Forrest) and Vince (Al Lettieri) are two brothers whose father is a high-ranking Mafia kingpin; they've followed him into the family business, operating a profitable drug ring. While waiting for a Read More

The Mechanic

Actors: Father Amando DeVincenzo, Christine Forbes, Hiroyasu Fujishima, Charles Bronson, Keenan Wynn, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jill Ireland, Linda Ridgeway

Synopsis: Charles Bronson re-teams with director Michael Winner -- sandwiched between their first pairing in the underrated Chato's Land and their seminal collaboration in Death Wish -- in this Lewis John Carlino-scripted actioner. Bronson plays Arthur Bishop, a "mechanic" or hired killer, famed for his Read More

The Wild Country

Actors: Frank de Kova, Jack Elam, Steve Forrest, Vera Miles, Ron Howard

Synopsis: Fires and tornados add to the difficulties of the Tanners, a Pittsburgh family of three which has pulled up stakes and moved to what they thought would be a fully functional ranch in Wyoming. Instead they find a broken down ruin. In addition to having to rebuild and battle the elements, they have Read More

F Troop: Season 02

Actors: Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch, Ken Berry, Melody Patterson, Frank de Kova

Synopsis: The second season of F Troop is filmed in color instead of black-and-white, and the ballad and action montage which opened each season-one episode has been replaced by a simpler opening title, featuring caricatures of the cast members rendered by MAD magazine's Mort Drucker. Otherwise, it is Read More

Those Calloways

Actors: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon de Wilde, Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn

Synopsis: Originally trade-previewed as Those Crazy Calloways, Disney's Those Calloways is a lengthy, anecdotal film about a highly individualistic New England family. Patriarch Cam Calloway (Brian Keith) is regarded as a crank by the local villagers because of his dream to build a bird sanctuary that will Read More

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Actors: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia, Claude Rains, José Ferrer, Charlton Heston

Synopsis: Filmmaker George Stevens chose Monument Valley, Utah for his exterior sequences in The Greatest Story Ever Told, this ($20 million) adaptation of Fulton Oursler's best-selling book. The "Greatest Story" is, of course, the life of Jesus Christ, played herein by Max Von Sydow. The large supporting Read More

The Sword of Ali Baba

Actors: Peter Mann, Jocelyn Lane, Peter Whitney, Frank Puglia

Synopsis: Frank Puglia reprises his 1944 role as Prince Cassim for this remake of the Arabian Nights adventure. Ali Baba (Peter Mann) battles against the Mongol invaders and fights for the woman he loves. Footage from the 1944 feature is used to tie the stories together. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Strange Miracle

Synopsis: After being injured in a train wreck, salesman Pedro Siqueras (David Opatoshu) is told by a doctor that he will never walk again. But after spending time in a wheelchair, Siqueras discovers that he has regained the use of his legs. However, he does not reveal this recovery, having already Read More

The Untouchables: The Maggie Storm Story

Synopsis: One year before her Oscar-winning performance in Hud, Patricia Neal guest-starred in this Untouchables episode as torch singer Maggie Storm (and never mind that we never hear her sing a note at any time). Maggie is the featured entertainer at the 808 Club, a night spot mentioned by dying drug Read More

The Untouchables: A Fist of Five

Synopsis: In his final Untouchables appearance, Lee Marvin is cast as Chicago cop Mike Brannon, a veteran of fifteen years on the force. Alas, Brannon's experience means very little when he is suspended after mobster Tony Lamberto (Frank DeKova) complains that Mike has roughed up one of his "boys". Outraged Read More

Portrait of a Mobster

Actors: Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck, Norman Alden, Robert McQueeney

Synopsis: Prolific director Joseph Pevney is better known for his next venture -- the Star Trek television series -- than this conventional docudrama on mobster "Dutch" Schultz (played by Vic Morrow). Rather than take the focus of 1997's Hoodlum, in which Schultz's attempt to move into Harlem is thwarted Read More

Follow That Dream

Actors: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore, Jack Kruschen

Synopsis: One of a handful of Elvis Presley vehicles for United Artists release, Follow That Dream is a leisurely comedy/musical with a homey appeal that will delight even non-Presley fans. Based on Richard Powell's novel Pioneer Go Home, the film casts Elvis as Toby Kwimper, the most responsible member of Read More

Atlantis, the Lost Continent

Actors: Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, Frank de Kova, John Dall, Jay Novello

Synopsis: Director George Pal is noted as a special effects maestro, both in films for children that feature his "puppetoons" and in sci-fi spectacles like the War of the Worlds. So it is no surprise that this sci-fi yarn about the fabled sunken continent of Atlantis should excel in the special effects Read More

The Untouchables: The Underground Court

Synopsis: After stealing a million dollars from the burning ocean liner "Morro Castle", Cuban thief Valentine Ferrar is pursued by by both Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) and underworld "judge" Foley (Richard Devon). Seeking a means of escape without detective, Ferrar answers a classified ad from widow Lucy Read More

Maverick: A Technical Error

Synopsis: Once again, Bart (Jack Kelly) wins big in a poker game. And once again, his prize is not a pile of cash but instead a piece of property--in this case, a bank. What Bart doesn't know is that the bank is about to go bust...and there are quite a few gun-toting depositors who will be sorely annoyed Read More

The Untouchables: The Waxey Gordon Story

Synopsis: In his third Untouchables appearance, Nehemiah Persoff impersonates another real-life gangland figure, in this case the notorious "beer baron" Waxey Gordon. Riding high on the hog after cornering the New Jersey beer market, Waxey has no compunction about killing or double-crossing everyone in Read More

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

Actors: Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland

Synopsis: This effective gangster film on the notorious New York mobster Jack "Legs" Diamond is interspersed with moments of comic relief and was released just a few months after The Purple Gang shot their way across the silver screens in the U.S. Ironically, that gang and Diamond met their ends in the same Read More

The Untouchables: The Frank Nitti Story

Synopsis: Although his bootlegging operation has been smashed up and his boss Al Capone is in Federal Prison, Frank Nitti (Bruce Gordon) still has plenty of crooked irons in the fire. One his most lucrative enterprises is a Hollywood-based extortion racket, designed to control exhibition prices for theater Read More

The Untouchables: The Unhired Assassin, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Capone's second-in-command Frank Nitti (Bruce Gordon) steps up his heretofore unsuccessful efforts to eliminate Anton Cermak (Robert Middleton), the incorruptable mayor of Chicago. Scheduled to appear at a public event in Miami with president-elect Franklin Read More

The Untouchables: The Scarface Mob

Actors: Robert Stack, Neville Brand, Bruce Gordon, Walter Winchell, Keenan Wynn, Pat Crowley, Abel Fernandez, John Beradino, Barbara Nichols, Paul Picerni

Synopsis: The 1962 theatrical release of The Scarface Mob was created from the first two episodes of the famously popular 1959 TV series, The Untouchables. It stars Robert Stack as the courageous agent whose job is to corral the powerful mobster Al Capone. Nevill Brand plays Capone and Walter Winchell adds Read More

The Untouchables: The Unhired Assassin, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Capone lieutenant Frank Nitti (Bruce Gordon) attempts to bribe Chicago mayor Anton Cermak (Robert Middleton) for a piece of the 1933 World's Fair. When Cermak tells him to get lost, Nitti growls "You're dead"--and he means it. As Federal agent Elliot Ness Read More

Day of the Outlaw

Actors: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Nehemiah Persoff

Synopsis: Set in an isolated, snow-covered town in the far West, this story has a renegade army officer named Jack Bruhn (Burl Ives) and his henchmen riding into the town threatening their worst to the men and women there. Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) decides to agree to Bruhn's demands for someone Read More

The Jayhawkers

Actors: Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva, Herbert Rudley

Synopsis: Set in the Kansas territory during the middle of the 19th century, this is a visually evocative but conventional western. The story deals with Darcy (Jeff Chandler), a ruthless man, one of the raiders known as "Jayhawkers" who wants more than what life is willing to offer. Starting out as Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Personal Matter

Synopsis: Escaped killer Joe Philips (Joe Maross) is hiding in plain sight as a worker at a Mexican construction site. Later on, another man is hired to work alongside Joe: Bret Johnson (Wayne Morris), who turns out to be the detective hired to bring Joe to justice. Things don't quite work out as planned Read More

Teenage Caveman

Actors: Robert Vaughn, Leslie E. Bradley, Frank de Kova

Synopsis: Filmed under the title Prehistoric World, Teenage Caveman stars future Man From UNCLE Robert Vaughn as the eponymous hero, known only as The Boy. A member of a primitive tribe living in a desolate valley, The Boy has been warned never to journey into the Forbidden Area, lest disaster or death Read More

The Brothers Karamazov

Actors: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, Richard Basehart, William Shatner

Synopsis: Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov is given a Hollywood screen treatment by producer Pandro S. Berman and director Richard Brooks. Yul Brynner plays Dmitri Karamazov, a callous Russian officer who cuckolds his domineering father (Lee J. Cobb) with the old man's mistress Grushenka (Maria Schell Read More

Cowboy

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Glenn Ford, Brian Donlevy, Anna Kashfi, Dick York

Synopsis: The once-scandalous autobiography of Frank Harris was the source of the fascinating "adult" western Cowboy. Jack Lemmon plays Harris, who when first the audience meets him is a citified desk clerk in a frontier hotel. Harboring romantic notions of the West, Harris prevails upon hard-living Read More

Appointment with a Shadow

Actors: George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith, Virginia Field, Frank de Kova

Synopsis: George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal. The reporter knows that the crook, who has been accused of an ambush murder, is innocent, and he sets about to collar the real Read More

Apache Territory

Actors: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Carolyn Craig, Thomas Pittman

Synopsis: A wandering cowboy endeavors to save a wagon train from an Apache attack in this western that is based upon a Louis L'Amour novel. The settlers are frightened and flee. They all end up dead, but for one little girl, whom the cowboy saves. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Machine Gun Kelly

Actors: Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam, Jack Lambert, Wally Campo, Connie Gilchrist

Synopsis: The real-life "Machine Gun" Kelly was a clumsy, two-bit petty thief, goaded into bigger and badder things by a publicity-hungry wife; legend has it that when Kelly was finally captured by the FBI, he had a smile on his face, as if relieved to get away from the gorgonlike Mrs. Kelly. This film Read More

Gunsmoke: Kick Me

Synopsis: After killing his partner Harry Bent (Paul Lambert), outlaw Fred Myers (Robert H. Harris) and his wife Jennifer (Julie Van Zandt) abscond with their stolen loot and set up a "legitimate" business in Dodge City. But if Fred thinks he's out of danger, he hasn't taken into consideration Harry's good Read More

Ride out for Revenge

Actors: Rory Calhoun, Gloria Grahame, Lloyd Bridges, Joanne Gilbert, Frank de Kova

Synopsis: In this revisionist western, Captain George (Lloyd Bridges) is a cavalry officer of dubious principles who is given the assignment of escorting a tribe of Cheyenne Indians from the land of their birth to a government reservation. However, as the Cheyenne are en route to their new home, gold is Read More

Gunsmoke: Last Fling

Synopsis: Old codgers Peavy (Florenz Ames) and Rives (Frank DeKova) breeze into Dodge City for "one last fling." This less-than-dynamic duo causes more trouble than they're worth, and when Peevy makes a clumsy pass at Kitty (Amanda Barnes), she threatens to kill him if he ever comes near her again. Not long Read More

Run of the Arrow

Actors: Rod Steiger, Sarita Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen

Synopsis: Several film historians, notably the late William K. Everson, have noted the striking resemblances between Run of the Arrow and the 1990 Oscar-winner Dances with Wolves. Rod Steiger stars as O'Meara, an Irish-brogued Confederate soldier with an intense dislike for Yankees. Unable to accept the Read More

The Ten Commandments

Actors: James Coburn, Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo

Synopsis: Based on the Holy Scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah's daughter, to his long, hard Read More

The Lone Ranger

Actors: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Bonita Granville, Perry Lopez

Synopsis: The Lone Ranger was the first of two Technicolor theatrical features based on the popular TV series of the same name. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, stars of the video version, essay the roles of the Masked Rider of the Plains and his faithful Indian companion Tonto. This time around, our Read More

Pillars of the Sky

Actors: Jeff Chandler, Dorothy Malone, Ward Bond, Keith Andes, Lee Marvin, Michael Ansara

Synopsis: Pillars of the Sky is the lyrical title bestowed upon this cinemadaptation of Will Henry's novel Frontier Fury. Jeff Chandler stars as Sgt. Emmett Bell, whose job it is to put down an Indian uprising. Since converting to Christanity, the local tribe has done its best to keep the peace. But Chief Read More

Santiago

Actors: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills, Paul Fix

Synopsis: Set during Cuba's struggle to free itself from colonialist Spain, this exciting adventure chronicles the exploits of a tough, mercenary gun runner who learns about honor, sacrifice and caring for others when he ends up forced to smuggle his latest weapon's cache aboard a beat up stern wheeler Read More

Reprisal!

Actors: Guy Madison, Felicia Farr, Kathryn Grant, Michael Pate, Edward Platt

Synopsis: In this western, the tables are turned and the Indians get revenge on the whites. The story centers around a man, who is part Indian, as he buys a cattle ranch in Oklahoma. Unfortunately, the local whites hate all Indians, especially his neighbors, three brothers who recently were tried and found Read More

The White Squaw

Actors: David Brian, May Wynn, William Bishop, Nancy Hale, William Leslie

Synopsis: The White Squaw offers an interesting twist on a standard western plot device. Instead of attempting to force an Indian tribe off their land, the government is trying to reclaim the property of white settler Sigrod Swanson (David Brian) and then give it back to the Indians. The title character Read More

Gunsmoke: Greater Love

Synopsis: Sick of working himself to death for next to no money, and convinced that no one appreciates him, Doc (Milburn Stone) is on the verge of leaving Dodge City forever. All this changes when Doc is kidnapped by stagecoach robbers Jed (Claude Akins) and Rod (Ray Bennett), who threaten to kill him if he Read More

The Man from Laramie

Actors: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Wallace Ford

Synopsis: Anthony Mann directed this brilliant psychological Western reminiscent of Shakespeare's King Lear. James Stewart plays Will Lockhart, who is obsessed with finding the man who sold automatic rifles to the Apaches, resulting in the death of his brother. Will enters the town of Coronado, NM, ruled by Read More

Shack out on 101

Actors: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin, Whit Bissell

Synopsis: It is all but impossible to dislike this ultra-cheap "Cold War paranoia" melodrama. Virtually the entire picture takes place on a single set, representing a rundown roadside diner. Lee Marvin plays the aptly named Slob, a lecherous short-order cook who lusts after shapely waitress Kotty (Terry Moore Read More

Hold Back Tomorrow

Actors: Cleo Moore, John Agar, Frank de Kova, Dallas Boyd, Steffi Sidney

Synopsis: In this bizarre drama, an inmate on death row has one final request before his impending hanging: he wants to spend the night with a woman. The police bring him a suicidal prostitute. After a night of lovemaking, the two decide they are in love and are married by the prison chaplain. This eases Read More

Strange Lady in Town

Actors: Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell, Lois Smith, Walter Hampden

Synopsis: Greer Garson's first non-MGM starring vehicle was the stylish western Strange Lady in Town. That lady is Julia (Garson), who arrives in 1880 New Mexico to set up practice as a doctor. The townsfolk are not only resistant to the notion of a lady sawbones, but they become downright hostile when Read More

They Rode West

Actors: Robert Francis, Donna Reed, May Wynn, Philip Carey, Onslow Stevens

Synopsis: After Robert Francis became an "instant star" in Columbia's The Caine Mutiny (54), the studio rushed Francis into as many vehicles as possible. In They Rode West, Francis plays a young Army doctor, stationed at a remote cavalry post. The post's commander (Philip Carey) immediately clashes with Read More

Drum Beat

Actors: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith, Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta

Synopsis: Though heavily advertised as Delmar Daves' Drum Beat, this film owed its existence to producer-star Alan Ladd. The star is cast as a veteran Indian fighter Johnny MacKay, who because of his close relationship with the Medoc tribe is sent out to negotiate a peace treaty. Once he has arrived in Read More

Passion

Actors: Yvonne De Carlo, Cornel Wilde, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney, Jr., Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta

Synopsis: The winning combination of producer Benedict Bogeaus and director Allan Dwan once more struck box-office gold with Passion. Set in 19th century California, the film stars Cornel Wilde as a young rancher seeking vengeance for the murders of his wife Yvonne de Carlo and his parents. The guilty Read More

Arrowhead

Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith, Mary Sinclair

Synopsis: Adapted from a novel by W.R. Burnett (which hadn't yet been published when the film was released), Arrowhead is a tough, uncompromising western dealing with the delicate issue of White-Indian relations. Charlton Heston is at his most truculent as Indian agent Ed Bannon, who though raised by Read More

Fighter Attack

Actors: Sterling Hayden, J. Carrol Naish, Joy Page, Kenneth Tobey, Anthony Caruso

Synopsis: Director Leslie Selander invests the Allied Artists "special" Fighter Attack with the same energy that he'd previously applied to his many westerns. Set during World War II, the film concerns an effort to destroy a Nazi supply depot. Though he's flown enough missions to be sent home, squadron Read More

The Robe

Actors: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson

Synopsis: Historically important as the first CinemaScope feature film, 20th Century-Fox's The Robe is fine dramatic entertainment in its own right. Based on the best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, the film stars Richard Burton as the wastrelly Roman tribune who is assigned by a weary Pontius Pilate (Richard Boone Read More

The Desert Song

Actors: Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Dick Wesson

Synopsis: The Desert Song is the third film version of the famous Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein Jr. stage operetta. Gordon MacRae plays the wimpish American tutor of lovely Kathryn Grayson, the daughter of a military officer stationed in Arabia. Under cover of night, MacRae assumes the identity of the Read More

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Actors: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anthony Caruso

Synopsis: John Payne stars as legendary pirate Barbarossa -- aka Redbeard -- in Raiders of the Seven Seas. Capturing a Spanish galleon almost single-handedly, Barbarossa claims haughty Contessa Alida (Donna Reed) as his own property. Engaged to marry naval officer Alfredo (Gerald Mohr), Alida despises Read More

King of the Khyber Rifles

Actors: Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, John Justin, Guy Rolfe

Synopsis: This remake of John Ford's The Black Watch (29) stars Tyrone Power as British army captain stationed in India in 1857. Shunned by his fellow officers because he is a half caste, Power defies the social structure of the era by falling in love with the daughter (Terry Moore) of his superior Read More

Split Second

Actors: Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling, Keith Andes, Arthur Hunnicutt

Synopsis: Actor Dick Powell made an impressive film debut with the taut atomic-age suspenser Split Second. Convicts Stephen McNally, Paul Kelly and Frank DeKova escape to a ghost town in the Nevada desert. Only it isn't exactly a ghost town, but a "dummy village" constructed for the purpose of A-bomb Read More

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Actors: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, Keenan Wynn

Synopsis: Previously adapted to film in 1923, Ben Ames Williams' rousing sea adventure All the Brothers Were Valiant was given the prestige MGM treatment in 1953. Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger star as seafaring siblings Joel and Mark Shore. When Mark disappears during a whaling expedition, Joel and his Read More

Pony Soldier

Actors: Tyrone Power, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Gomez, Penny Edwards, Robert Horton

Synopsis: Generous helpings of stock footage from the 1944 film Buffalo Bill help make Pony Soldier seem far more expensive and ambitious than it actually is. Tyrone Power stars as 19th-century Royal Canadian Mountie Duncan MacDonald, whose job it is to escort a group of Cree Indians back to their Read More

The Big Sky

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Buddy Baer, Hank Worden

Synopsis: The Big Sky is based on a popular novel by A.B. Guthrie. Kirk Douglas and Dewey Martin play a pair of Kentucky frontiersmen who embark upon the first keelboat trip up the Missouri River way back in 1830. Joining Douglas and Martin are Martin's grizzled old uncle Arthur Hunnicutt and garrulous Read More

Viva Zapata!

Actors: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman, Arnold Moss

Synopsis: Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Elia Kazan, this film follows the life of Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando) from his peasant upbringing, through his rise to power in the early 1900s, to his death. The film presents an interesting but fictionalized picture of Read More

Holiday for Sinners

Actors: Gig Young, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, William Campbell, Richard Anderson

Synopsis: This minor MGM feature stars Gig Young, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn and Richard Anderson as diverse individuals caught up in New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebration. Young is cast in the leading role as a doctor, whose plans for the celebration are altered when punch drunk prizefighter Wynn commits Read More

The Mob

Actors: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Neville Brand, Otto Hulett, Ernest Borgnine, Matt Crowley

Synopsis: Broderick Crawford plays Johnny Damico, a detective who suddenly finds himself up to his neck in trouble and his career on the line. Going home in the rain one night, he finds himself just a few feet from a shooting on a dark street, where the gunman claims to be a detective from another precinct Read More