Merry AndersFilmography

Flight of the Cougar

Synopsis: A wounded mountain lion and its cubs are befriend by Lassie who works to rescue them amid a mountain storm. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Women of the Prehistoric Planet

Actors: Wendell Corey, Keith Larsen, John Agar, Paul Gilbert, Merry Anders

Synopsis: Cosmos 1, an interstellar spacecraft, is heading to its home base after a long mission when it receives a distress call from its sister ship, Cosmos 3. Some of the ship's Centaurian crew -- members of a once proud race who are now subservient to humans from the fleet's home world -- have rebelled. Read More

Tickle Me

Actors: Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Jack Mullaney, Merry Anders

Synopsis: The original king of rock-n-roll (Elvis Presley) stars in this light comedy musical as a singing buck who finds employment at an all femme ranch & spa. After kissing the girls and making them cry, the stud-clad crooner is sent away, but soon comes back to rescue a pretty maiden from the hands of Read More

Young Fury

Actors: Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, Lon Chaney, Jr., Richard Arlen, John Agar

Synopsis: In this western, a gunslinger runs from the Dawson gang and decides to return home to the wife he abandoned many years before. There he finds that his infant son has grown into a thuggish hellion who has been lead to believe that his mother is dead. He also hates the father who left him. The Read More

The Quick Gun

Actors: Audie Murphy, Merry Anders, James Best, Ted de Corsia, Walter Sande

Synopsis: In this western, a cowboy finally returns to his home after a long absence precipitated by his killing a wicked rancher's son in a forced duel. The cowboy wants to live peacefully on his daddy's ranch and be with the woman that he loves. While on the trail home, he encounters a ruthless outlaw Read More

The Time Travelers

Actors: Preston S. Foster, Philip Carey, Merry Anders, John Hoyt, Dennis Patrick

Synopsis: After a nuclear holocaust, a group of scientists travel to the future and find a world in tatters, where the human survivors must constantly defend themselves against mutated beasts. Upon seeing the future of the earth, the men would like to return to 1964, but find it may not be possible. Read More

FBI Code 98

Actors: Jack Kelly, Ray Danton, Andrew Duggan, Philip Carey, William Reynolds

Synopsis: A full year before the debut of Warner Bros.' TV series The FBI, a pilot of sorts was filmed under the title FBI Code 98. Jack Kelly heads the cast of this Dragnet-style docudrama, wherein the action is underlined by William Woodson's stentorian off-camera narration. The main plot concerns a Read More

A Tiger Walks

Actors: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Pamela Franklin, Sabu, Edward Andrews

Synopsis: After a dangerous tiger turns on its trainer and escapes from the circus, a small town in Texas finds itself in an uproar over its capture. As it is hunted by numerous parties, a young girl begins protesting and starts a nationwide movement to plead for the tiger's safety. As the situation gains Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Garrulous Go-Between

Synopsis: Amy Scott (Sue Randall) engages the services of both detective Paul Drake (William Hopper) and professional psychic Madama Zillia (Lori March), claiming that she wants to locate a troubled young man named Tommy Stiller (John Napier). What Paul doesn't know is that Amy is actually Tommy's sister Read More

Raiders from Beneath the Sea

Synopsis: Scuba-divers plot a bank robbery on lovely Catalina island in this caper movie. After the heist, the thieves dive into the see with their booty and swim for their getaway boat. Unfortunately while fleeing, the ring leader's chief assistant suffers a heart attack; more trouble ensues when a police Read More

Beauty and the Beast

Synopsis: In this early '60s version of the oft-filmed fairy tale a prince is turned into a horrible wolf-beast by a wicked sorcerer who wants the throne for himself. At night, his beloved princess watches over him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Police Nurse

Synopsis: When she comes to work in a Southern California hospital so she can be near her beloved sister, a nurse finds herself in a sordid situation. Upon her arrival, she learns that her sister inexplicably killed herself. Not believing this for a moment, she enlists the help of her former brother-in-law Read More

House of the Damned

Synopsis: This unappealing suspense film stars Ronald Foster and Erika Peters as a couple who arrive at a decrepit old mansion only to find that the previous occupants -- a group of circus freaks -- have yet to vacate the premises. Worse, it seems that the mischievous tenants are quite adamant about Read More

Patty

Synopsis: In this socially conscious drama, a girl is impregnated during a rape. Because she did not report the crime to the police, she ends up getting involved with an illegal abortion racket. The film is also known as Case of Patty Smith. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Air Patrol

Synopsis: Air Patrol is a 62-minute Cinemascope programmer, specifically designed for lower berths in 20th Century-Fox double-feature programs. Willard Parker and Robert Dix play a pair of airborne detectives, in search of a couple of art thieves. The criminals have made a clean getaway, courtesy of a Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glamorous Ghost

Synopsis: Playboy Douglas Hepner has been murdered, and the principal suspect is Eleanor Corbin (Mary Murphy), who claims to be suffering from amnesia. As she tries to put the pieces of her memory back together, Eleanor arrives at the conclusion that Hepner was her fiance, and that they were working Read More

The Case of Patty Smith

Actors: Merry Anders, J. Edward McKinley, Dani Lynn, Carleton Crane, Bob Rudelson

Synopsis: The right for a rape victim to have an abortion is examined in this socially conscious drama. 21-year old Patty Smith is distraught to learn that she was impregnated during a rape. She looks for help, but finds none amongst the regular medical community. She tries talking to her priest, but he Read More

20,000 Eyes

Actors: Gene Nelson, Merry Anders, James Brown, John Banner

Synopsis: Well-made considering its six-day shooting schedule, this "B"-grade cops 'n robbers drama by Jack Leewood features Gene Nelson as Dan, an ingenious thief living on the edge at the moment. Dan has just cheated a mobster out of some stock in order to use it as collateral on a loan -- and now he has Read More

Secret of Deep Harbor

Actors: Ron Foster, Barry Kelley, Merry Anders, Norman Alden, James Seay

Synopsis: Based on the novel I Cover the Waterfront, this uninspired crime melodrama stars Ron Foster as Skip Hanlon, a reporter who inadvertently gets involved in tracking down a criminal operation on the waterfront. Hanlon falls in love with Janey Fowler (Merry Anders) whose father is a sea captain doing Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff

Synopsis: A man wearing dark glasses steals a valuable necklace from the showroom window of a jewelry store--then returns the item and walks away. It turns out that this is a mere "dress rehearsal" for an actual robbery planned by store employee Karl Addison (John Conte), who intends to use the fact that an Read More

When the Clock Strikes

Actors: James Brown, Merry Anders, Henry Corden, Roy Barcroft, Peggy Stewart

Synopsis: In this crime drama, several people gather at an inn adjacent to a prison where a man is scheduled to be executed at midnight. Just as the clock is about to strike twelve, a man comes in and confesses the crime. He is arrested. The rest of the guests, who have come to retrieve the original Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Maria

Synopsis: After an all-night binge, carnival owner Leo Torbey (Norman Lloyd) discovers he has purchased a trained monkey, whom Torbey's wife, Carol (Nita Talbot), despises at first sight. What Leo doesn't know -- at least at first -- is that his monkey, named Maria, is not a monkey at all, but instead a Read More

Maverick: Three Queen's Full

Synopsis: In this rollicking takeoff of the TV western series Bonanza, Jim Backus guest stars as wealthy rancher Joe Wheelwright, the owner of the vast Subrosa spread. Figuring that it is time his sons Moose (Jake Sheffield), Henry (Larry Chance) and Small Paul (Evan McCord) were married, Wheelwright hires Read More

The Clock Strikes Three

Synopsis: The Clock Strikes Three is the alternate title for the low budgeter When the Clock Strikes. The scene is a deserted lodge where a group of people have gathered to await the execution of a convicted killer at a nearby prison. The group plans to search the lodge for money hidden away by the Read More

The Police Dog Story

Actors: James Brown, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Milton Frome

Synopsis: This one-hour, police-story melodrama does not focus on the two-legged officers commonly found chasing the bad guys, but a four-legged K-9 corps German Shepherd named "Wolf" (played by Rocco), whose training forms a large part of the story. Wolf is put through his paces so that when the time Read More

The Gambler Wore a Gun

Synopsis: In this western, an Eastern gambler buys a mail-order ranch, heads out to claim it and discovers that the deed is unregistered, the rightful owner is dead, and that the land has been taken over by cattle rustlers. Strapping on the title weapon, the fellow rectifies the situation, but only after Read More

The Walking Target

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a man serves five years in the state pen for armed robbery. Upon his release, the man is anxious to retrieve the $260,000 in loot he hid before he went to jail. Unfortunately, he is still pursued by both the police and his former gang mates. He ends up severely beaten, robbed Read More

The Hypnotic Eye

Actors: Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson, Allison Hayes, Joseph Patridge

Synopsis: A curious "gimmick" movie in the William Castle tradition (though not itself a Castle project), screenings of this film featured a hokey but creative "Hypno-Magic" process allegedly designed to hypnotize the theater audience. The otherwise mundane psycho-thriller plot features Jacques Bergerac as Read More

Five Bold Women

Synopsis: In this western, a US marshal escorts five female killers across Texas to prison. Along the way, they are ambushed by Indians and by one of the women's outlaw husbands. They must also endure the rugged terrain, weather, and romantic yearnings. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bonanza: Bitter Water

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Rhys Williams

Synopsis: The Cartwrights object to Todd McKaren's (Don Dubbins) plan to sell his family's land to ruthless miner Len Keith (Robert Simon), pointing out that the region's water supply will be polluted. McKaren's father Andy (Rhys Williams) likewise opposes the sale, if only to break up the romance between Read More

Spring Affair

Actors: Lindsay Workman, Merry Anders, Don Kennedy, Albert Carrier

Synopsis: This is a routine, low-budget drama by Bernard Ray, his last film in a career that started in 1933. At the center of attention is a husband with an obvious desire to get away from his nagging wife. His other obvious desires -- for sexual action -- are not exactly fulfilled by his marriage either. Read More

Maverick: The People's Friend

Synopsis: Anticipating the real-life political career of Maverick star Jack Kelly, who would serve two terms as mayor of Huntington Beach, California, in the 1980s, this episode finds Bart Maverick (Kelly) running for a State Senate seat on the Reform Party ticket. He has agreed to throw his hat in the ring Read More

Maverick: Destination Devil's Flat

Synopsis: Sheriff Dan Trevor (Peter Breck) of Devil's Flat concocts a plan to steal a chest of gold from the town's new "sky pilot", Deacon Curt Eaker (Frank Ferguson). Bart (Jack Kelly) decides to stop Trevor in his tracks by replacing the gold with stones--failing to take in consideration the old adage Read More

Maverick: The Town That Wasn't There

Synopsis: Having been cheated by crooked railroad owner Wilbur Shanks (Richard Hale), Beau (Roger Moore) cooks up a scheme to make certain that the townsfolk of Silver Hill get a fair price for their land, which Shanks dearly covets. To do this, Beau arranges for the town to literally vanish by having Read More

Young Jesse James

Actors: Ray Stricklyn, Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix, Emile G. Meyer

Synopsis: Few outlaws can equal Jesse James for name recognition, or for the number of Hollywood films on their exploits. This standard western biopic by director William F. Claxton stars Ray Stricklyn as Jesse during his formative years, the only years handled here. He and brother Frank (Robert Dix) Read More

Violent Road

Actors: Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Merry Anders, Sean Garrison

Synopsis: In this drama, six daring truckers must transport unstable, highly explosive rocket fuel through a dangerously bumpy, rugged country. The film centers on their individual reasons for making the trip. These are presented via flashback. Though most of them need the money, one of the truck drivers is Read More

The Dalton Girls

Actors: Merry Anders, Lisa Davis, Penny Edwards, Sue George, John Russell

Synopsis: It's called The Dalton Girls because there aren't any Dalton Boys left. After all the members of the notorious Dalton outlaw gang have been killed or arrested, their sisters decide to pick up where the boys left off. Led by Holly Dalton (Merry Anders), who since killing a man in self-defense has Read More

Desk Set

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill

Synopsis: Based on the Broadway play by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr, Desk Set represents the eighth screen teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn plays the head of a TV network research department; Tracy plays an efficiency expert, hired to modernize Hepburn's operation. When Tracy has a Read More

Death in Small Doses

Actors: Peter Graves, Mala Powers, Chuck Connors, Merry Anders, Roy Engel

Synopsis: Pill poppin' truckers provide the focus of this anti-drug drama. Much of the story centers upon an investigator for the US Food and Drug Department who has been assigned to stop all truckers from taking amphetamines while they drive. The drivers take the pills to help them stay awake on Read More

Calypso Heat Wave

Actors: Alan Arkin, Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles, Paul Langton, Joel Grey

Synopsis: This lively musical was made to capitalize on the popularity of calypso music and features some excellent production numbers. It all begins when a jukebox magnate tries to force his way into a record company. They succeed and this angers the labels biggest star, who doesn't want to change his Read More

Escape from San Quentin

Actors: Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Richard Devon, Roy Engel, William Bryant

Synopsis: If it worked for Frank Sinatra... Singing star Johnny Desmond goes dramatic in the low-budget Escape From San Quentin. Desmond plays escaped convict Mike Gilbert, who goes on the lam with fellow prisoners Gruber (Richard Devon) and Graham (Roy Engel). While hiding from the law, Gilbert comes to Read More

The Night Runner

Actors: Ray Danton, Colleen Miller, Merry Anders, Willis B. Bouchey, Harry Jackson

Synopsis: In this dark drama, a schizophrenic is forced out of his hospital due to overcrowding, and his doctors tell him to avoid stressful situations. He goes to a beachside motel and likes both the area and the owner's daughter. Her father discovers that he is a mental patient and threatens to have him Read More

Hear Me Good

Actors: Hal March, Merry Anders, Jean Willes, Milton Frome

Synopsis: This Runyonesque fable serves as a vehicle for TV quiz-show host Hal March. The star plays con artist Marty Holland, who for his own financial gain plans to fix the outcome of a beauty contest. The winner is supposed to be Rita Hall (Jean Willes), the brassy girlfriend of big-time mobster Irving Read More

No Time to Be Young

Actors: Robert Vaughn, Roger Smith, Thomas Pittman, Dorothy Green, Merry Anders

Synopsis: In this action melodrama, the troubled lives of three young robbers are presented. One of these is a college dropout and draft dodger who plans to rob a supermarket so he can purchase a boat and escape his problems. He enlists the aid of two others: one is an indebted man who is responsible for Read More

All That Heaven Allows

Actors: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey

Synopsis: One of director Douglas Sirk's best and most successful romantic soapers of the 1950s, All That Heaven Allows is predicated on a May-December romance. The difference here is that the woman, attractive widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman), is considerably older than the man, handsome gardener-landscaper Read More

Princess of the Nile

Actors: Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Dona Drake, Wally Cassell

Synopsis: Debra Paget displays as much epidermis as the 1954 censors would allow in the escapist adventure Princess of the Nile. Ms. Paget is cast as Taura, a fearless 13th century princess who does her best to defend Egypt against an invading Bedouin (Michael Rennie). When not wielding her trusty scimitar Read More

Three Coins in the Fountain

Actors: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara

Synopsis: Adapted by playwright John Patrick from a novel by famed globetrotter/filmmaker John H. Secondari, Three Coins in the Fountain offers the splendors of Rome in Technicolor, CinemaScope and Stereophonic Sounds. For all its lovely picture-postcard images, the film is at base a reworking of 20th Read More

Phffft!

Actors: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson, Kim Novak, Luella Gear

Synopsis: After several years of domestic squabbles, the marriage of Nina and Robert Tracy (Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon) goes "phffft"! Upon receiving their divorce papers, Nina and Robert are certain that they'll remain friends, no matter how many new lovers they pick up along the way. Nina dallies briefly Read More

How to Marry a Millionaire

Actors: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun

Synopsis: A remake of 1933's The Greeks Had a Word for Them, as well as a retread of 20th Century-Fox's favorite plotline, How to Marry a Millionaire was the first Hollywood comedy to be lensed in Cinemascope. Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe play three models of modest means who rent an Read More

Titanic

Actors: Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton, Thelma Ritter

Synopsis: The 1912 sinking of the luxury liner Titanic is used as a backdrop for a several fictional subplots, chief of which involves snooty socialite Clifton Webb and his wife Barbara Stanwyck. Stanwyck has booked passage on the ill-fated passenger ship with her daughter (Audrey Dalton) and son (Harper Carter Read More

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Actors: Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, Thelma Ritter, John Carroll, Eddie Foy, Jr.

Synopsis: The Farmer Takes a Wife is a musicalized remake of the 1935 film of the same name. Betty Grable and Dale Robertson star in the roles originally essayed by Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda. Set in the early 19th century, the plot details the trials and tribulations of those hardy souls who settled Read More

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

Actors: David Wayne, Jean Peters, Hugh Marlowe, Albert Dekker, Helene Stanley

Synopsis: The upbeat title belies the film's often melancholy subject matter. Based on a novel by Ferdinand Reyher, Nellie stars David Wayne as a small town barber in the early 20th century. Wayne's bored wife (Jean Peters) leaves him for a city slicker (Hugh Marlowe), whereupon both are killed in a train Read More

Les Miserables

Actors: Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney

Synopsis: Not up to the classic 1935 presentation, this is still an excellent adaptation of Victor Hugo's epic novel. The familiar characters of Valjean and Javert and the agonies of injustice are all portrayed convincingly against a backdrop of 18th century France. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More