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Actors: Martin Mull, Karen Black, Anne de Salvo, Murphy Dunne, Georg Olden
Synopsis: Everyone is a stereotypical extreme in this sometimes mean-spirited black comedy about the vicious staff at an orphanage, the garrulous punk kids who live there, and the pretentious overblown rich couple who adopt one of the orphans -- this is not a happy world. In the Bleeding Heart Orphanage Read More
Synopsis: Ready for a major role reversal? Well, that's just what happens when Mel (Vic Tayback) gives up his diner to become an executive employee for a major catering firm led by R.J. Meyerson (played by the great Richard Deacon). At the same time, the waitresses take over ownership of the diner, making Read More
Actors: Barbara Billingsley, Jerry Mathers
Synopsis: Perhaps it's a blessing that old Ward Cleaver didn't live to see how his son Beaver (Jerry Mathers) turned out. Now in his mid-30s, the Beav is divorced, out of work, and living in his mother's house with his two children. Beaver's brother Wally, also married, is doing rather better, but his Read More
Synopsis: This is a romantic tale about a lovely artist who tastes the painful bliss of first love. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: In this television outing, condors run aerial reconnaissance to find new habitats that are free of human influence. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Victor Buono, John Byner, Gavin MacLeod
Synopsis: Producer Aaron Spelling's made-for-TV Murder Can Hurt You is an unsubtle take-off of Neil Simon's theatrical feature Murder By Death. A crime is committed by the unknown, all-seeing Master Criminal. To solve the case, several top detectives are summoned, each one a takeoff of a popular TV gumshoe. Read More
Actors: Martine Beswicke, Adam West, Phil Silvers, Richard Deacon, Edie Adams
Synopsis: The notorious madam Xaviera Hollander travels to Tinseltown to film her illustrious autobiography in this comedy. The trouble begins when she encounters a few crooked producers looking to exploit her. Look for a variety of second-string and cult stars including Martine Beswick, Dick Miller, and Adam West Read More
Actors: Greg Evigan, Claude Akins, Mills Watson, Richard Deacon, Ed Lauter, Slim Pickens
Actors: Richard Thomas, Bess Armstrong, Dena Dietrich, Fabian, Mark Harmon
Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a news anchorwoman's prenuptial jitters increase dramatically when another man, a songwriter, falls deeply in love with her and decides that he would do anything to be her husband. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller
Synopsis: The sophomore effort for director Joe Dante, a future protégé of Steven Spielberg, this low-budget, high-camp horror spoof of Jaws (1977) features several chiller stars of yesteryear. Insurance investigator Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) is dispatched to find two missing teenage hikers near Lost Read More
Actors: Elaine Joyce, Emmaline Henry, Richard Deacon, George Furth, Cliff Norton
Synopsis: Seeking the location of a New York repair shop for his broken antique watch, Oliver (Eddie Albert) gets in touch with his former secretary Carol Rush (Elaine Joyce), who is now working for a realtor. One thing leads to another, and by the end of the story Oliver and Carol have combined forces to Read More
Synopsis: In the fifth episode of a nine-part story arc, Elly May's engagement to Navy frogman Mark Templeton (Roger Torrey) continues to terrify Granny, who believes that Mark is half-man, half-frog. Granny has further convinced herself that the source of Mark's "frog side" is the Clampett swimming pool. Read More
Synopsis: In the sixth episode of a nine-part story arc, Granny tries to reconcile herself to the impending marriage between Elly May and Navy frogman Mark Templeton (Roger Torrey). Alas, Granny is still unable to shake the notion that Mark is more "frog" than "man." Her suspicions about Mark's amphibian Read More
Synopsis: In the third episode of a nine-part story arc, the romance between Elly May and Navy frogman Mark Templeton (Roger Torrey) is progressing smoothly. Meanwhile, Granny continues to labor under the misapprehension that Mark is half-human, half-amphibian. To prevent Mark from lapsing into frog-hood Read More
Synopsis: In the fourth episode of a nine-part story arc, Navy frogman Mark Templeton (Roger Torrey) is on the verge of proposing to Elly May. Everyone in the Clampett clan is delighted -- everyone, that is, except Granny, who still believes that the designation "frogman" means that Mark is half-frog. In a Read More
Actors: Lorenza Guerrieri
Synopsis: This is an English-dubbed version of the Spanish and Italian-made 1967crime action feature, also released with the name The Narco Men. It stars Tom Tryon, who shortly after this period left acting completely and went on to become a quite successful novelist. Harry Bell (Tryon) is an Interpol agent Read More
Actors: Eve Arden, Kaye Ballard, Richard Deacon, Jerry Fogel, Herbert Rudley, Deborah Walley
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Joby Baker
Synopsis: Blackbeard's Ghost was one of the first Disney productions released after Walt's death. Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to come to aid of his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester. The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that Read More
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan
Synopsis: Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) is a Miami private detective who discovers a lady in cement while scuba diving. Rome is hired by Gronsky (Dan Blocker) to find out if the woman is his missing girlfriend. He interviews Kit Forrest (Raquel Welch), a boozy socialite who had seen the woman at a drunken party Read More
Actors: Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, John Davidson, Lesley Ann Warren, Janet Blair
Synopsis: Set in 1888, this tuneful fact-based Disney production concerns the attempts of a musically talented family of Dakota pioneers -- who are politically divided on the upcoming presidential election -- to wrangle an invite to that year's Democratic convention in cosmopolitan St. Louis. Incumbent Read More
Synopsis: Just as Tony (Larry Hagman) developed amnesia in the first-season episode "I'll Never Forget What's Her Name", so too does Jeannie (Barbara Eden) lose her memory in this third-season offering. Unable to remember anything, Jeannie refuses to believe that she is a genie, going so far as to hire a Read More
Actors: Doug McClure, Jill St. John, Guy Stockwell, Mary Ann Mobley, Kurt Kasznar
Synopsis: This very economical remake of the 1952 Errol Flynn vehicle Against All Flags stars Doug McClure in the Flynn role. Cashiered from the royal navy in disgrace, McClure becomes a buccaneer, guiding his loyal crew to an island completely populated by cutthroats. Here he links up with pirate-captain Guy Stockwell Read More
Actors: José Ferrer, Reni Santoni, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford
Synopsis: Carl Reiner's semi-autobiographical novel Enter Laughing makes a largely successful transition to the screen. Reni Santoni plays the Reiner character, here named David Kolowitz. A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes Read More
Synopsis: Hoping to purchase some farmland for Granny, Jed gets his signals crossed and ends up at the Happy Valley Cemetery. Likewise confused are cemetery-plot salesmen Brubaker (Richard Deacon) and Mortimer (Jesse White). Convinced that Granny has passed over to the other side, the two men try to sell Read More
Actors: Walter Brennan, Tom Lowell, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: The Gnome-Mobile was Walt Disney's first all-out fantasy since Mary Poppins. Walter Brennan stars in a dual role, as kindly lumber tycoon D. J. Mulrooney and the irascible (and much tinier) 943-year-old gnome Knobby. Mulrooney likes Knobby and his fellow gnomes, but the feeling isn't reciprocal Read More
Actors: Carl Reiner, Richard Deacon, Forrest Lewis
Synopsis: Fed up with their boss Alan Brady's tyrannical behavior, Rob (Dick Van Dyke), Sally (Rose Marie), and Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) capriciously dash off a script for the show festooned with insults directed at Alan. Of course, they've only done this to let off steam, and have no intention of submitting Read More
Actors: Carl Reiner, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Joyce Jameson
Synopsis: It is hardly surprising that Rob's overbearing, egotistical boss Alan Brady (Carl Reiner) has commissioned a filmed documentary about a "typical" day in his life. Nor is it unusual that Alan wants to film a key scene from the documentary in the living room of Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore Read More
Actors: Carl Reiner, Richard Deacon, Johnny Silver
Synopsis: Although he has grown accustomed to being insulted by his boss (and brother-in-law) Alan Brady (Carl Reiner), Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon) is nevertheless devastated when Alan loudly humiliates him in public. Disgusted by this spectacle, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) advises Mel to go into Alan's office and Read More
Actors: Morey Amsterdam, Richard Deacon, Tim Herbert
Synopsis: Unfortunately, the comedy in this film is just about as crummy as its title. On the bright side, it does feature a number of veterans from popular TV sitcoms. It is set in a run-down diner where a bumbling short-order cook and a klutzy waitress work. They are so terrible at their jobs that they Read More
Actors: Carl Reiner, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert
Synopsis: After five long years, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) finally finishes his autobiography. As he prepares to submit the masterpiece to a publisher, the series' cast revels in selected chapters -- thereby cuing lengthy excerpts from such past Dick Van Dyke Show episodes as "Where Did I Come From?," "The Read More
Actors: Carl Reiner, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Allan Melvin
Synopsis: In keeping with producer Carl Reiner's edict, "Always leave 'em laughing," the final episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show (though not the final one to be shown) is one of the series' funniest outings. Assigned to write a cowboy sketch for his boss Alan Brady, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) dreams up an Read More
Actors: Carl Reiner, Paul Winchell, Henry Gibson, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) comes across a crumpled network memo ordering his boss Alan Brady (Carl Reiner) to fire one of his writers. Certain that his job is on the chopping block, Rob reluctantly violates the edicts of his contract by looking for an outside writing assignment. His search leads to a Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Richard Stahl, Bill Idelson
Synopsis: Once again guesting on the late-night "Stevie Parsons Show," Sally (Rose Marie) opts for a few quick laughs by advertising for a husband. The joke turns out to be no joke when thousands upon thousands of marriage proposals pour into the offices of the TV show. Carrying the stunt a step farther Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Pippa Scott, Ed Peck, Sheldon Golomb
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Sally (Rose Marie) suspect that something is amiss when Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) starts behaving strangely, making secret phone calls and leaving work before quitting time. At first, it seems that Buddy is visiting a psychiatrist -- but then, evidence falls in Rob's lap that Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Richard Angarola, Frank Adamo, Bob Hoffman
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) are dying with curiosity about the handsome stranger Sally (Rose Marie) met on a Caribbean cruise. Instead of prattling on and on about her latest "fella," Sally refuses to reveal anything about Anthony Stone (Richard Angarola) -- and that includes Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Joel Fluellen, Henry Scott, Herkie Styles
Synopsis: While working on a costume for Ritchie's school play, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) sticks her hands in a pot of permanent black dye. It gets worse: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) calls to tell Laura that they are expected to appear at a banquet to accept an award for Alan Brady. But wait, it gets even worse than Read More
Synopsis: After he, Buddy (Morey Amsterdam), and Sally (Rose Marie) have labored for hours on this week's "Alan Brady Show" script, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) proceeds to lose the only copy of the script at Grand Central Station. Fortunately, the precious manuscript is recovered by a seedy bum (Gene Baylos); Read More
Synopsis: In one of the series' best-ever episodes, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is the victim of a practical joke perpetrated by Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and his prankster pal Phil Franklin (Lennie Weinrib). At first delighted by the notion of ribbing Rob, Buddy is suddenly seized with paranoia as he wonders what Read More
Synopsis: In this marvelous spoof of "Beatlemania," singers Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde guest star as The Redcoats, a wildly popular British rock duo who've signed to appear on "The Alan Brady Show." Unfortunately, the Redcoats' horde of screaming teenaged fans make it impossible for the boys to rehearse Read More
Synopsis: Against his better judgment, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) allows his son Ritchie (Larry Mathews) and the Helpers' son Freddie (Peter Oliphant) to be cast in a TV commercial. Just as Rob had feared, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) and Millie Helper (Ann Morgan Guilbert) transform into the Stage Mothers from Hell Read More
Actors: Carl Reiner, Richard Deacon, Dick Curtis
Synopsis: Season five of The Dick Van Dyke Show opens with one of the series' best episodes -- and an Emmy Award-winner to boot. While in the audience of "The Johnny Patrick Show," Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) is coerced to join host Patrick (Dick Curtis) on-stage, even though she's been warned that Johnny Read More
Actors: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand
Synopsis: Though overlong even for a Hayley Mills vehicle, That Darn Cat is an expert blend of laughs and suspense. The eponymous feline is D.C., a Siamese belonging to sisters Hayley Mills and Dorothy Provine. One evening, D.C. comes flouncing home with a lady's wristwatch attached to her neck. The watch Read More
Actors: Patty Duke, Jim Backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy De Wolfe
Synopsis: Billie is a screen version of Ronald Alexander's perennial stage favorite Time Out For Ginger. Patty Duke plays a tomboyish high schooler who excels in athletics but who continues to strike out socially. Jim Backus and Jane Greer perform yeoman service as Duke's parents, who wonder how long it's Read More
Actors: Billy De Wolfe, Richard Deacon, George Tyne, Michael Conrad, Florence Halop
Synopsis: Billy De Wolfe guest-stars as a zany pet beautician (yes, pet beautician) in this canine spin on "Pygmalion." When a sketch on "The Alan Brady Show" involving a huge, ugly dog is cut just before air time, the staff is stuck with the aforementioned dog -- and of course no one wants to take care of Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Ned Glass
Synopsis: In this classic episode, Rob (Richard Deacon) becomes obsessed with the notion that he's going bald. A trip to the barber (Ned Glass) doesn't provide much comfort, though Rob does come home with a hair-restoring formula that rather resembles a salad (and smells like one too). The situation is Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Ann Morgan Guilbert
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) has purchased a brand-new car, and is so paranoid over the notion of incurring the tiniest of scratches that he bans Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) from using the vehicle. Unfortunately, Laura is forced to drive the car to take Ritchie to school -- and just as unfortunately, when she Read More
Synopsis: Doris Singleton, best known to TV comedy fans as the nearsighted Caroline Appleby on I Love Lucy, appears in this episode as magazine writer Lorraine Gilman. Preparing a story on "The Alan Brady Show," Lorraine wants to sit in on a typical writing session. Head writer Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is Read More
Actors: Lola Albright, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) becomes temporary producer of "The Alan Brady Show" when temperamental guest star Paula Marshall (Lola Albright) refuses to work with Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). Because Paula is one of Rob's favorite performers, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) is none too happy that her husband and Read More
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Everett Sloane, Karen Sharpe, Kathleen Freeman
Synopsis: In this comedy classic, Jerry Lewis plays Jerome Littlefield, an orderly in a mental hospital in this slapstick situation comedy that makes full use of Lewis's patented brand of screwball comedy. Dr. Jean Howard (Glenda Farrell) is the exasperated head of the sanitarium who almost becomes a Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Ted de Corsia, Thalmus Rasulala, Burt Conroy
Synopsis: Ruthlessly efficient businessman Wallace V. Whipple (Richard Deacon) runs roughshod over the feelings of his employees when he elects to fully automate his factory. Installing computers and robots, Whipple drives longtime worker Dickerson (Ted de Corsia) to take desperate measures to protect his Read More
Synopsis: Gas company executive Borden T. Pike (Richard Deacon) wants to lay a new pipe in the basement of the Munster mansion. Unfortunately, Pike's employees run away in terror whenever they catch a glimpse of the monstrous (but harmless) Munster family. Figuring that the Munsters are deliberately Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Dick Patterson, Herb Vigran, Johnny Silver
Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Sally (Rose Marie) is invited to appear on "The Stevie Parsons Show," a popular late-night chat-fest. She scores such a hit that Parsons (Dick Patterson) invites her back several times -- and before long, she is being courted as a regular guest. Only one Read More
Actors: Valerie Yerke, Richard Deacon, Frank Adamo
Synopsis: During a lunchtime interview with Diane Moseby (Valerie Yerke) a reporter from "Newstime" who is doing a cover story on Alan Brady, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is joined by Laura (Mary Tyler Moore). Thereafter, no matter how hard Rob tries to convince Diane that most of the credit for "The Alan Brady Read More
Synopsis: In his efforts to help Tim (Bill Bixby) pay his household expenses, Uncle Martin (Ray Walston) tries to raise money by creating paintings in the exact styles of such famous artists as Van Gogh. The plan backfires when it is Tim, rather than Martin, who is lauded as an artistic genius--and as a Read More
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus, Scott Brady
Synopsis: Politics and sports clash in this occasionally funny spoof centered around a downed U2 pilot and an extravagant oil sheik. John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna), a former football player, now pilot, sent on a reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union, is lost and crash-lands in the Middle Eastern Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Cheryl Holdridge, Jimmy Murphy
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is in a pickle when one of the "Alan Brady Show" dancers, 18-year-old Joan Delroy (Cheryl Holdridge), develops a crush on him. Although Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) finds the whole thing amusing, Rob can't see the humor in it. Not only is he old enough to be Joan's "father...er Read More
Actors: Richard Haydn, Arlene Harris, Bert Gordon, Richard Deacon, Amzie Strickland
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) plans to devote an episode of "The Alan Brady Show" to a showcase of famous old radio comedians. The staff has no trouble lining up such venerable talent as Bert Gordon (the "Mad Russian" of The Eddie Cantor Show fame) and Arlene Harris (whose "Chatterbox" routines were Read More
Actors: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Michael Anderson, Jr., Barbara Nichols, Patricia Barry
Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a middle-aged postmistress from a small town goes to a post office convention in New York and promptly falls in love with a man who is engaged to another. His fiancee is a widow with a teenage son. The man really wants a family, but he also really wants the Read More
Actors: Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: It looks like the friendship between Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) and Jerry Helper (Jerry Paris) has come to an end. In explaining the conflict to Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), Rob explains that he and Jerry nearly came to blows over a "fundamental difference in political ideologies." It certainly Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Milton Parsons, Maurice Brenner
Synopsis: The usually ungenerous Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon) invites Rob (Dick Van Dyke), Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), Buddy (Morey Amsterdam), and Sally (Rose Marie) to spend a weekend at a fishing lodge -- only he forgets to make reservations. As a result, the gang is billeted at a vacant lakeside cabin Read More
Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the staff of "The Alan Brady Show" is invited to put on a performance for the men in the state penitentiary. The convict arranging the show is Lyle Delp (Don Rickles), who turns out to be an old friend of Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore). Read More
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris, Keenan Wynn
Synopsis: Toward the end of Jerry Lewis's Paramount studio period, Lewis slapped together this bitter comedy about Hollywood phoniness and fame that has to be the most rancid portrait of the Hollywood star system in the Rat Pack era this side of Clifford Odets. When a famous entertainer suddenly is killed Read More
Actors: Guy Marks, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: Guy Marks guest stars as Freddie White, a third-rate comedian with a reputation for being a louse. With this in mind, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) are appalled when Sally (Rose Marie) allows herself to be charmed into a romance with Freddie -- and further, when Sally writes Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Herbie Faye, Jon Silo
Synopsis: Stuck for a comedy sketch for his boss Alan Brady, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is delighted when his son Ritchie, with seemingly total spontaneity, comes up with a brilliant routine about a talking bowling pin. Only after Rob and his fellow writers submit the script do they discover that Ritchie had Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Amzie Strickland, Greg Morris
Synopsis: The third season of The Dick Van Dyke Show opens with one of the series' funniest and most celebrated episodes. In flashback, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) recalls the day that he and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) brought their newborn son Ritchie home from the hospital. A series of bizarre incidents, coupled Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Russell Collins, Madge Blake, Burt Mustin
Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) has confessed to Rob (Dick Van Dyke) that she was only 17 years old when they were married. Though technically speaking, the Petries are still legally man and wife, the rules about "age of consent" vary from state to state, so their Read More
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke), Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), Buddy (Morey Amsterdam), Pickles (Joan Shawlee), Sally (Rose Marie), and Mel (Richard Deacon) are invited to spend a weekend at the tourist lodge owned by Rob's old army buddy Sam Pomerantz (Henry Calvin). It so happens that the lodge has a floor Read More
Synopsis: The Dick Van Dyke Show invades Twilight Zone territory in this unforgettable episode. Unable to sleep one night, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) turns on the TV and watches a sci-fi movie about "Kolac," evil emissary from the planet Twilo, who uses cosmic walnuts to turn human beings into three-eyed Read More
Synopsis: Outraged when "Alan Brady Show" producer Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon) rejects a sketch over which he has labored for days, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) angrily walks off his job -- only to become angrier when his co-writers Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally (Rose Marie) fail to walk off with him. Stewing Read More
Synopsis: Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally (Rose Marie) can't understand why Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is so hesitant to meet with "The Alan Brady Show"'s singing guest star Jacques Savon (Jacques Bergerac). It turns out that Rob had previously encountered Savon in Paris -- and now feels responsible for breaking Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) tumbles to the fact that Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) is planning a surprise party for him. Rather than fess up, Laura sweetly insists that no such party is in the offing. As the day of the big event approaches and Laura continues protesting that she isn't planning anything, Rob Read More
Actors: Richard Dawson, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: A pre-Family Feud Richard Dawson appears as "Racy Tracy" Rattigan, the English music hall comic engaged to replace Alan Brady during his summer vacation. No sooner has "Racy Tracy" arrived at the offices of Alan's writers Rob (Dick Van Dyke), Buddy (Morey Amsterdam), and Sally (Rose Marie) than he Read More
Synopsis: Tiptoeing into the house, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) plants a kiss on the back of Laura's neck -- only it isn't Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) he kissed, but instead his former classmate Janie Layton (Joan O'Brien), who has come to pay a visit to the Petries. Laura is at first amused by Rob's confusion, but Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Eleanor Audley, Sylvia Lewis, Eddie Ryder, Jerry Hausner
Synopsis: For the third year in a row, PTA president Mrs. Billings (Eleanor Audley) hornswoggles Rob (Dick Van Dyke) into directing the annual charity show. This time around, Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally (Rose Marie) help Rob out by writing the material, but the problems of casting the right people for Read More
Actors: Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Richard Deacon, Kathleen O'Malley
Synopsis: Lumpy (Frank Bank) has been playing pranks on Wally (Tony Dow) and Eddie (Ken Osmond), the most recent of which involved planting cherry bombs in their car. Thirsting for revenge, Eddie and Wally chain Lumpy's car to a tree, then stand by to wait for the hilarious results. Alas, the gag doesn't Read More
Synopsis: In this western, an ex-officer for the confederate Army becomes a Texas cattle rancher. He and his fellow ranchers are dismayed when they learn that the coming railroad intends on bypassing their ranches. The rancher then leaves his land to begin fighting the railroad. Meanwhile the railroad Read More
Actors: Frank Bank, Ken Osmond, Richard Deacon, Dennis Pepper, Ahna Capri
Synopsis: The world is astonished when Lumpy (Frank Bank) gets a sports scholarship for which Wally (Tony Dow) was turned down. Showing no hard feelings, Wally (Tony Dow) decides to throw a party to congratulate his friend. Under these circumstances, how will Lumpy be able to tell anyone that the Read More
Actors: Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Richard Deacon, Dick Simmons, Margaret Stewart
Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) and Eddie (Ken Osmond) get jobs parking cars at what Fred Rutherford (Richard Deacon) describes as the biggest social event of the season. Wally, of course, is up to the job, and has no trouble dealing with his wealthy clientele and their expensive vehicles. Alas, Eddie parks Mr. Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Doris Packer, Stephen Talbot, J. John Willis, Jack Smith
Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is thrilled that he's been chosen to appear on "Teen-Age Forum," a local television discussion show. On the day Beaver is scheduled to make his TV debut, his parents tune in, his friends tune in, and his teacher and principal tune in. But where's Beaver? Well, it seems that Read More
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Jill St. John, Agnes Moorehead, John McGiver, Ray Walston
Synopsis: This frantic comedy finds Raymond (Jerry Lewis) working in a department store. Mr. Tuttle (John McGiver) is the watchful owner, whose outspoken wife Phoebe (Agnes Moorehead) makes no secret about her feelings that Raymond is an incompetent boob. Barbara (Jill St. John) is the pretty elevator Read More
Actors: Sheldon Leonard, Richard Deacon, Arthur Batanides, Jack Larson, Sue Casey
Synopsis: Dick Van Dyke Show executive producer Sheldon Leonard guest stars as Big Max Calvada, a notorious mob figure who has ostensibly gone legit. Approaching the writing staff of "The Alan Brady Show," Big Max offers to pay them an enormous sum to write a nightclub routine for his nephew Kenny (Jack Larson Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Sallie Janes, Amzie Strickland, Harold Peary, Betty Lou Gerson
Synopsis: Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) simply can't understand why Rob (Dick Van Dyke) has not yet shown up at a get-together at the Petrie home with her Aunt Mildred (Amzie Strickland) and Uncle Edward (Harold Peary). What Laura doesn't know is that, earlier in the day, Rob had incurred an accidental head Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Cornell Chulay, Brendan Freeman
Synopsis: This half-hour musical comedy-revue is staged as the Christmas episode of "The Alan Brady Show" (though clearly played by Carl Reiner, we still don't see Alan's face, since he is hidden behind a Santa beard). The program is a showcase for Brady staffers Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam Read More
Synopsis: Martin (Ray Walston) knows that the government's new $2 billion space project is doomed to fail--but of course he can't tell anyone without revealing the fact that he's a Martian. So Tim cooks up a subterfuge whereby he will write an editorial based on an "anonymous" letter to the editor Read More
Actors: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies
Synopsis: The story begins as an innocuous romantic triangle involving wealthy, spoiled Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), handsome Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), and schoolteacher Annie Hayworth (Suzanne Pleshette). The human story begins in a San Francisco pet shop and culminates at the home of Mitch's mother (Jessica Tandy Read More
Actors: Vic Damone, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: Singer Vic Damone guests in this episode as Rick Vallone, an upcoming musical guest on "The Alan Brady Show." Assigned to handle the details of Rick's appearance is writer Sally Rogers (Rose Marie), the team's resident bachelor gal. It doesn't take long for Sally to fall in love with the handsome Read More
Synopsis: In this Rashomon-inspired episode, an angry Rob (Dick Van Dyke) storms out of the house after a big fight with Laura (Mary Tyler Moore). The camera then zeroes in on the fishbowl in the Petrie living room, where a pair of goldfish accurately recall the events leading up to the argument -- and it Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Phil Arnold
Synopsis: Rob (Dick Van Dyke) can't understand why Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally (Rose Marie) have of late been making themselves scarce on weekends. All he can determine is that his fellow writers are working on a "secret project." Concern turns into mortal fear when Rob concludes that Buddy and Sally Read More
Actors: Jerry Van Dyke, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris
Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Dick Van Dyke's real-life brother Jerry Van Dyke guest stars as Stacey Petrie, younger brother of Rob Petrie. Bowled over by Stacey's remarkable talents as a banjo-strumming, joke-spewing entertainer, several observers recommend that he be allowed to audition Read More
Actors: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, John Astin, Dick Sargent
Synopsis: When people refer to Doris Day as "the world's oldest professional virgin," they generally have the 1962 comedy That Touch of Mink in mind. It isn't that Cathy Timberlake (Day) is above a bit of hanky-panky; it's just that she wants such tangibles as a marriage license and wedding ring first. Read More
Actors: John Rich, Richard Deacon, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Herbie Faye, Jerry Hausner
Actors: Richard Deacon, Richard Correll, Ken Osmond, Russ Conway
Synopsis: Tired of living in the shadow of his brother Wally's athletic accomplishments, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) tries out for the local park's basketball team. It helps matters not at all when his pals tell Beaver that he's gotten on the team only because of Wally's reputation. So nervous does this make Read More
Actors: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn, Jesse Royce Landis
Synopsis: Ira Levin wrote the stage comedy Critic's Choice as a good-natured retort to a comment made by critic Walter Kerr. In his essay How Not to Write a Play, Kerr noted that the worst possible scenario would involve a drama critic forced to review a play written by his wife (we should mention that Read More
Actors: Frank Bank, Stephen Talbot, Richard Deacon, David Kent
Synopsis: With Gilbert (Stephen Talbot) over to spend the evening with Beaver (Jerry Mathers), Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) agree to allow Wally (Tony Dow) to attend a party at Lumpy's house while they themselves go out. The only proviso is that Wally not spend the whole night with Read More
Actors: Frank Bank, Ken Osmond, Richard Deacon, Pat McCaffrie
Synopsis: Unable to drive Wally (Tony Dow) to a track meet in Bellport, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) reluctantly loans his car to Lumpy (Frank Bank) for that purpose. But there are conditions -- Ward warns Lumpy that he can only drive Wally and Beaver (Jerry Mathers), and that he'd better come straight home after Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Frank Bank
Synopsis: Lumpy (Frank Bank) is thinking about joining the merchant marine, but he dare not tell his parents. Thus, Lumpy arranges for the applications and other literature to be mailed to Wally (Tony Dow). Naturally, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) come across all that merchant marine Read More
Actors: Stephen Talbot, Richard Deacon, David Kent, Frank Bank, Hugh Beaumont
Synopsis: Left alone in the Cleaver house one night, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Gilbert (Stephen Talbot) pass the time by watching television. It seems that there's a scary old crime picture on the air, and of course the two boys are duly frightened. In fact, they're so unnerved that, when they think Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Jerry Lanning, Jack Albertson, Tony Stag, Freddie Blassie
Synopsis: Sally (Rose Marie) discovers a talented young dancer named Randy Twizzle (Jerry Lanning) at her local bowling alley, and informs Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) of her new find. After performing his own special dance -- the "Twizzle," of course -- for Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon) Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Jerry Hausner, Jane Dulo, Geraldine Wall, Frank Adamo
Synopsis: In the first episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show's second season (and the first with the famous "falling over the furniture" opening), Rob (Dick Van Dyke) brings home two live ducklings, left over from a sketch on "The Alan Brady Show." Son Ritchie (Larry Mathews) instantly falls in love with the Read More
Actors: Jay C. Flippen, Richard Deacon, Frank Adamo
Synopsis: While out shopping, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) meets an affable middle-aged fellow who is working behind the haberdashery counter. It turns out that this charming salesman is Happy Spangler (Jay C. Flippen), the former radio writer who gave Laura's husband Rob (Dick Van Dyke) his first job. Read More
Actors: Jerry Van Dyke, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Dick Van Dyke's real-life brother Jerry Van Dyke guest stars as Stacey Petrie, younger brother of Rob Petrie. On a two-week furlough from the Army, Stacey stays with Rob and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) -- and much to Laura's surprise, it doesn't look as Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Herbie Faye
Synopsis: Ever seeking out new material for "The Alan Brady Show," capricious Rob (Dick Van Dyke) disguises his voice over the phone to see if he can fool his wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore). He comes to regret this little joke when Laura seems to succumb to the seductive charms of the Continental-sounding Read More
Actors: Charles Aidman, Richard Deacon, Roy Roberts
Synopsis: In one of the series' funniest episodes, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) invites hypnotist Glen Jameson (Charles Aidman) to a party at his house. Jameson's specialty is using post-hypnotic suggestions to get his subjects to behave in a silly or surprising manner, and in this vein, he puts Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam Read More
Actors: Jerry Paris, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: Like most husbands, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) can understand that Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) would want to stash a little "mad money" in the house just in case of an emergency. But Rob can't fathom what possible emergency Laura is anticipating when he accidentally comes across a mysterious bank account Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Doris Singleton, Kenny Lynch, Michael Davis, Jack Davis
Synopsis: When word leaks out that Rob (Dick Van Dyke) has been assigned to audition talented children for "The Alan Brady Show," everyone in the neighborhood wants to get into the act. Before long, the Petrie living room has become a way station for dozens of stage parents and would-be child stars -- one Read More
Actors: Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jackie Cooper, Joanie Sommers, Roland Winters
Synopsis: This fantasy-comedy is directed by Don Taylor whose specialty is horror and action flics, and clearly not talking ducks and children's tales. Beetle McKay (Mickey Rooney) and Admiral John Paul Jones (Buddy Hackett) are two wacky sailors who make friends with a talking duck, a verbose avian that Read More
Actors: Frank Bank, Richard Deacon, David Kent
Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) is among those invited to spend the weekend at the cabin owned by the family of his friend Scott (David Kent). However, Scott has failed to mentioned that there will be no adult chaperones. Upon learning this, Wally decides to come clean and tell his mom and dad (Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley Read More
Actors: Jesse White, Richard Deacon, Jamie Farr
Synopsis: On the night that his son Richie (Larry Mathews) is to make his acting debut as a singing bunny in a school play, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is forced to go out of town to audition a singer for his boss Alan Brady. Richie and his mom Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) are heartbroken about this commitment, but Rob Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Frank Bank, Veronica Cartwright
Synopsis: Already upset that Beaver (Jerry Mathers) has gotten short shrift in a series of "trades" in his classroom, June (Barbara Billingsley) is aghast when her son comes home with a new pet rat named Peter, which he has purchased for fifty cents. When June refuses to allow Beaver to keep the rat -- and Read More
Actors: Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Richard Deacon, John Close, Richard Correll
Synopsis: No sooner has Coach Henderson (John Close) delivered a lecture about avoiding horseplay in the locker room than Eddie (Ken Osmond) and Lumpy (Frank Bank) have started a towel fight. Ordering his pals to "cut it out," Wally (Tony Dow) gets a towel in the face -- and when he retaliates, the coach Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Jamie Farr
Synopsis: When one of the "Alan Brady Show" dancers falls ill, it is suggested that Rob's wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore), a former USO dancer, come out of retirement and take the girl's place. Laura is thrilled at the prospect, and enthusiastically leaps into the grueling rehearsal schedule, impressing Read More
Actors: Joan Staley, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert
Synopsis: As usual, the Petries' neighbor Jerry Helper (Jerry Paris) is ribbing Laura (Mary Tyler Moore). This time, jokester Jerry is planting suggestions that it isn't all "strictly business" between Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and actress Valerie Blake (Joan O'Brien), who is guesting on "The Alan Brady Show." Of Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Jon Silo
Synopsis: Sensing that Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is worn out, Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally (Rose Marie) suggest that he go home early and take a good, long rest. Rob agrees -- only to regret his acquiescence when he discovers that, in his absence, Buddy and Sally have attended a party at the home of their Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Paul Tripp, Barbara Perry, Jamie Farr
Synopsis: Upset by the boy's club camaraderie of the "Alan Brady Show" writing staff, Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) insists that Rob (Dick Van Dyke) start treating his co-writer Sally (Rose Marie) like a lady and not merely as "one of the guys." Though he thinks it's a crazy idea, Rob does what Laura asks, going Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Gavin MacLeod, Will Wright, Carol Veazie
Synopsis: Long before he was cast as Murray Slaughter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Gavin MacLeod popped up in this Dick Van Dyke Show episode as Maxwell Cooley, the cousin of "Alan Brady Show" producer Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). Maxwell happens to be in the jewelry business, and he manages to sell Rob (Dick Van Dyke Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Lennie Weinrib
Synopsis: Buddy (Morey Amsterdam) has an opportunity to become head writer for "The Dan Howard Show," but Alan Brady won't release him from his contract. To help their pal fulfill his dreams, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) and Sally (Rose Marie) write a nasty letter to Alan and sign Buddy's name to it. The plan works Read More
Actors: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie
Synopsis: Although not as well known as Pillow Talk (1959), this romantic-comedy pairing of stars Rock Hudson and Doris Day earned an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. Hudson stars as Jerry Webster, a Madison Avenue advertising executive who has achieved success not through hard work or intelligence but Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Barbara Eiler, Mary Lee Dearing, Michael Keith, Stacy Keach Sr.
Synopsis: In this very first episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, little Richie Petrie (Larry Mathews) is a bit feverish, and his mom Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) doesn't want to leave him with a babysitter. But Laura's hubby Rob (Dick Van Dyke) insists that Laura accompany him to a party at the penthouse of Read More
Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews
Synopsis: It is now part of TV folklore that the classic sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally conceived as a starring vehicle for the series' creator, Carl Reiner. In the pilot episode "Head of the Family," filmed in New York in 1959, Reiner played TV comedy writer Rob Petrie (then pronounced Read More
Actors: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine
Synopsis: Those familiar only with Johnny Horton's song hit North to Alaska might not be aware that the song came equipped with a movie. John Wayne and Stewart Granger star as a couple of lucky miners in Alaska Territory during the '98 gold rush. Since the Duke is the only man he can trust, Granger sends Read More
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
Synopsis: As upset as she is over the impending divorce of her parents, Ann Farwell (Elen Willard) is even more upset that her rancher father Burt (John Archer) is keeping company with sexy young Rita Conover (Shirley Ballard). When Rita is murdered, Ann thinks that her mom Jill (Linda Leighton) is the Read More
Actors: Rusty Stevens, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: One of Ward's most prized possessions is a baseball containing the autographs of several legendary big leaguers. Unfortunately, reckless Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Larry (Rusty Stevens) decide to play catch with the valuable ball, which is immediately squashed by a truck. The boys' desperate Read More
Actors: Frank Bank, Ken Osmond, Richard Deacon, Carol Sydes, Buddy Hart
Synopsis: Eddie (Ken Osmond) nominates Wally (Tony Dow) for the office of sophomore class president. Wally's opponent is Lumpy Rutherford (Frank Bank), whose dad, Fred (Richard Deacon), will be even more insufferable than ever if Lumpy wins. To avoid this, Wally's dad, Ward (Hugh Beaumont), fills his son Read More
Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathleen Crowley
Synopsis: At the end of a cattle drive, the Cartwrights and their cowhands look forward to rest and relaxation in San Francisco, Instead, two of Ben's gullible drovers are shanghaied on a boat bound for Hong Kong. While searching for his missing employees, Ben is himself shanghaied, forcing Hoss and Joe to Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Ken Osmond
Synopsis: Beaver's efforts to get rich quick by raising chinchillas has resulted in a very messy garage. Rather than get angry, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) calmly requests that Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Wally (Tony Dow) clean up the garage. Putting off the chore for several days, the boys finally get around to Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Richard Correll, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara, Veronica Cartwright, Majel Barrett
Synopsis: Mona Freeman makes her first series appearance as Modesty Blaine, whose gorgeous face and figure bely her larcenous nature and near-maniacal temperament. Riding into a mining camp infested with mice and other vermin, Bret (James Garner) gets involved in Modesty's scheme to purchase a pack of cats Read More
Actors: Ken Osmond, Frank Bank, Richard Deacon, Howard Wendell
Synopsis: Following the example set by Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond), Wally (Tony Dow) combs his hair into a "cool" ducktail. Ward (Hugh Beaumont) and June (Barbara Billingsley) attempt to apply reverse psychology to persuade Wally to drop his new 'do, but he doesn't take the bait. The situation reaches the Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Rusty Stevens, Frank Bank, Frank Wilcox, Veronica Cartwright
Synopsis: His head filled with horror stories about dentistry supplied by his so-called friends, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is terrified at the prospect of visiting the local dentist (played by Frank Wilcox, replacing actor Wendell Holmes). In desperation, the dentist offers to give Beaver every item in a toy Read More
Actors: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith, Diane Brewster
Synopsis: Something of an urbanized, upscale version of Peyton Place, Vincent Sherman's The Young Philadelphians is a glossy adaptation of Richard Powell's bestselling novel The Philadelphians that revels in melodrama. The film opens strongly, with a lengthy 1924 prologue. Socialite Kate Lawrence Read More
Actors: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Coburn, Jill St. John, Ron Ely
Synopsis: Based on a successful stage play, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker loses in this adaptation to film by becoming more serious than an all-out farce. The setting is the end of the 1800s and the intrepid Pennypacker (Clifton Webb) runs a sausage company with two thriving plants in Philadelphia and Read More
Actors: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue
Synopsis: The Jorgensons are a wealthy family spending the summer on a resort island. Ken (Richard Egan), Helen (Constance Ford) and daughter Molly (Sandra Dee) settle in to a beach house on the island where Ken was a young lifeguard twenty years ago. He rediscovers Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), with whom he Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Buddy Hart
Synopsis: Despairing over the fact that Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Wally (Tony Dow) spend all their weekends at the movies, Ward (Hugh Beaumont) insists that the boys start enjoying the virtues of the great outdoors. He goes so far as to plan a weekend camping trip for himself and his sons -- only to pull Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Frank Bank, Buddy Hart, Rusty Stevens, Stanley "Tiger" Fafara
Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) is enlisted to watch everyone's coats and valuables while Wally (Tony Dow) and his friends play baseball. Once the game is over, Lumpy Rutherford (Frank Bank) lumbers over to Beav, demanding the return of his watch. Only one problem -- there's no watch to be found. Fearing Read More
Synopsis: In this comedy, an auto mechanic and a horse trainer successfully steal $30,000 from a bank and squander it. They buy a race horse with the remainder, but need money to train it, so they rob another bank and are caught this time. The bank takes over ownership of the horse, which becomes a big Read More
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine
Synopsis: Spencer Tracy stars in John Ford's sentimental adaptation of Edwin O'Connor's novel about the final campaign of a big city mayor, loosely based upon the life of Boston politician James Curley. Tracy is Frank Skeffington, the political boss of an Eastern city dominated by Irish-Americans. Read More
Actors: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson, Marc Connelly
Synopsis: A misfire for all concerned, The Spirit of St. Louis can be chalked up as a courageous failure. At age 48, James Stewart was far too old to be convincing as 27-year-old "Lone Eagle" Charles Lindbergh. Director Billy Wilder, a past master of cynical pessimism, was clearly the wrong choice to helm Read More
Actors: Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele, Valerie French, Noah Beery, Jr.
Synopsis: Decision at Sundown was one of several felicitous collaborations between star Randolph Scott and director Budd Boetticher. Scott plays a flint-eyed gunman who rides into a sleepy town to drive out local tough guy John Carroll by sundown. Scott is motivated not by justice but by revenge; years 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: Cary Grant, Suzy Parker, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson, Ray Walston
Synopsis: Luther Davis' racy wartime comedy Kiss Them for Me was expurgated a bit for the 1957 film version. Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry Blyden portray three navy war heroes who've been booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Eluding their ulcerated public relations officer (Werner Klemperer Read More
Actors: June Allyson, David Niven, Jesse Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor
Synopsis: The Depression-New Deal subtext of the original 1936 My Man Godfrey was understandably dispensed with in this so-so 1957 remake. David Niven steps into the old William Powell role as hobo-turned-butler Godfrey, while June Allyson does her best in the Carole Lombard part as Irene Bullock, the Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Helen Parrish, Frank Bank
Synopsis: Tormented by the neighborhood bully, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) and Wally (Tony Dow) are fascinated with the story woven by dad Ward (Hugh Beaumont) about the practical joke he pulled on the kid who was bullying him back in school. Without telling Ward, the boys set up the same practical joke Read More
Actors: Richard Deacon, Wendy Winkelman, Julie Bennett, Philip Greisman, Lonnie Thomas
Synopsis: Ward (Hugh Beaumont) is mad enough when Beaver (Jerry Mathers) comes home with a black eye, but he really blows his stack when he finds out that Beav didn't try to defend himself. Without allowing the boy to explain, Ward sets about to teach his son how to box, then goads him into a showdown with Read More
Synopsis: Left to die by his greedy partner Jed Lamer (Grant Withers) in the wintry plains outside Dodge City, elderly buffalo hunter Ira Puckett (Edgar Stehli) manages to survive the ordeal thanks to Doc (Milburn Stone). Unfortunately, Ira's legs have been permanently damaged by the below-zero weather and Read More
Actors: Dana Andrews, Betty Hutton, Jean Hagen, Sara Berner, Robert Simon, Laura La Plante
Synopsis: After several years' absence from the screen, the vivacious Betty Hutton made a somewhat tepid comeback in Spring Reunion. The scene is a medium-sized Midwestern town, where Maggie Brewster (Hutton) is reacquainted with her high-school flame Fred Davis (Dana Andrews) during a class reunion. The Read More
Actors: Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: Though both star Donald O'Connor and director Arthur Lubin had said goodbye to the "Francis the Talking Mule" series, Universal-International wasn't about to give up on so valuable a property. Thus, Francis in the Haunted House starred Mickey Rooney, with Charles Barton calling the shots. Likewise Read More
Actors: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner, Gene Lockhart
Synopsis: Carousel was adapted from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical of the same name--which, in turn, was based on Liliom, a play by Ferenc Molnar. Gordon MacRae stars as carnival barker Billy Bigelow, who much against his will falls in love with Maine factory girl Julie Jordan (Shirley Jones Read More
Actors: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones
Synopsis: Don Siegel's classic exercise in psychological science fiction has often been interpreted as a cautionary fable about the blacklisting hysteria of the McCarthy era. It can be read as a political metaphor or enjoyed as a fine low-budget suspense movie, and it works well either way. Kevin McCarthy Read More
Synopsis: In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison. The desperate mobsters try to stop him by using his innocent daughter in a blackmail scheme. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, James Gregory, Elaine Stritch
Synopsis: The Scarlet Hour was a relatively bold experiment for a mid-1950s Paramount release. The studio expended a great deal of money on the project and enlisted the services of top-flight director Michael Curtiz -- then populated the cast with young unknowns. Carol Ohmart and Tom Tryon (yes, the future Read More
Actors: Robert Taylor, Elisabeth Müller, Burl Ives, Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwicke
Synopsis: Based on a novel by Howard Swiggert, The Power and the Prize sets up a premise that had far more relevance in 1956 than it does today. Robert Taylor stars as a American business executive working in England. Taylor wants to marry European refugee Elizabeth Mueller, but is warned by his boss (Burl Ives Read More
Actors: Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, John Williams, Neva Patterson, Hiram Sherman, Arthur O'Connell
Synopsis: The Solid Gold Cadillac was adapted from the George S. Kaufman-Howard Teichmann Broadway hit of the same. Both the play and film were predicated upon the notion of a humble ten-share stockholder triumphing over a corrupt big-business board of directors, but there was one significant difference. In Read More
Actors: Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Middleton, Walter Brennan
Synopsis: A small Kansas town braces itself for the arrival of the first Texas trail herd. The marshal (Robert Ryan) expects trouble from the herd drivers, who'll be thirsty and lascivious after months on the trail. The town's saloon owner (Robert Middleton), anticipating a business boom, wants to remove Read More
Actors: Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Luther Adler, Joseph Calleia, Mikhail Rasumny
Synopsis: If Hot Blood is remembered at all today, it is for its ludicrous advertising blurb "Jane Russell shakes her tambourines and drives Cornel Wilde!" Set in the gypsy community of contemporary Los Angeles, the film stars Wilde as aspiring dancer Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco Luther Adler Read More
Actors: Marjorie Main, Arthur Hunnicutt, Una Merkel, Ted de Corsia, Olive Sturgess
Synopsis: The Kettles in the Ozarks was the eighth of Universal's "Ma and Pa Kettle" series--minus "Pa" (actor Percy Kilbride had left the series). Carrying on without the Kettle paterfamilias, Ma Kettle (Marjorie Main) and her large brood of children head for the Ozarks to visit her brother-in-law Sedge (Arthur Hunnicutt Read More
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara, Dan Seymour
Synopsis: Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is the last of the team's vehicles for Universal-International. Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou hire themselves out as travelling companions to archeologist Kurt Katch. Before long, Katch is murdered by a group of cultists, and a medallion, embossed with a map Read More
Actors: Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Vic Morrow
Synopsis: In this gritty urban drama, war veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) wants to begin his career as a teacher and is given an assignment at a boys high school in inner-city New York. However, he soon discovers the school is overrun by delinquents, led by Artie West (Vic Morrow), an insolent hood who Read More
Actors: Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar
Synopsis: My Sister Eileen is a Technicolor, musicalized remake of the 1942 comedy of the same name. It is not, however, the film version of the 1949 Broadway musical Wonderful Town, which was also based on the 1942 film. Adapted from the short stories of Ruth McKinney, the film stars Betty Garrett as Read More
Actors: Jerry Paris, Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Kipp Hamilton, Robert Douglas, Peggy Knudsen, Chuck Connors
Synopsis: This distaff variation of the Goodbye Mr. Chips theme is based on a novel by Frances Gray Patton. While confined to a sickbed, ageing New England schoolteacher Miss Dove (Jennifer Jones) recalls the many students who passed through her classroom. Among her now-grown-up prize pupils are surgeon Tom Read More
Actors: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson
Synopsis: For reasons that defy logic, the excellent This Island Earth was held up for ridicule as an allegedly bad movie in the film version of TV's Mystery Science Theater. If not the best science-fiction film of the 1950s, Earth is certainly one of the most intelligent and elaborate. The story begins Read More
Actors: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jill Jarmyn, Jacqueline De Wit, Richard Deacon
Synopsis: In this musical comedy, a young woman endures the drudgery of working as a charwoman in her aunt's hotel. She is not paid much for her hard work. To make her drab existence a little more exciting, she enrolls in a correspondence charm course, which unbeknownst to her is a scam. Soon the swindlers Read More
Actors: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens
Synopsis: A little girl is found wandering in the desert, in a state of complete shock. When she finally revives, she can scream out only one word: "Them!" Any aficionado of 1950s horror films can readily tell you that "Them" are giant ants, a byproduct of the radiation attending the atomic bomb tests of Read More
Actors: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell
Synopsis: Director Henry Koster and writer Daniel Taradash speculate mightily in this historical tableau charting the rise and fall of Napoleon (Marlon Brando), all due to his unrequited love for noblewoman Desiree (Jean Simmons). The film takes a chronological view of Napoleon's reign and posits Napoleon's Read More
Actors: Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft, Steve Forrest, Anne Francis
Synopsis: MGM romantic Robert Taylor turns nasty in this low-budget crime melodrama. Taylor plays a cop who subsidizes his income with bribes and payoffs from various criminals and politicians. Taylor's brother (Steve Forrest), a rookie on the police force, is as honest as his brother is crooked. The Read More
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