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Crew: Director

Wild About Animals [TV Series]

Crew: Director

Synopsis: One of the first projects of syndicated TV producer Steve Rotfield, the weekly half-hour Wild About Animals was hosted by actress Mariette Hartley. The series cast its spotlight on rare animals, unique to specific regions of the United States. Regular weekly features included "K9 Cops and Animal Read More

Paris, Texas

Actors: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Hunter Carson

Synopsis: Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) is wandering through the Texas desert, a bit shaky and in desperate need of water, when he stumbles into a bar and collapses. A German doctor of dubious credentials finds a phone number in Travis' wallet, which belongs to his brother, Walt (Dean Stockwell). Walt is Read More

Lightning Over Water

Actors: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders

Synopsis: Lightning Over Water is a penetrating documentary of the last days of cult film director Nicholas Ray. The film was lovingly assembled by Wim Wenders, whose idolatry of Ray is obvious in virtually every frame of his own work. Dying slowly of cancer, Ray reflects on a lifetime of accomplishments Read More

Lost in Space: The Space Destructors

Synopsis: Stumbling across an alien duplicating device, Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris) creates an army of automotons--all of whom look exactly like him! His lust for power reawakened, Smith draws up plans to use his android minions to take over the Jupiter 2. . .and then the universe. In his efforts to bring Read More

A Guide for the Married Man

Actors: Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Claire Kelly

Synopsis: Ed Stander (Robert Morse), with the help of an all-star cast, teaches Paul Manning (Walter Matthau) the fine art of philandering in A Guide for the Married Man. Paul, happily married to sexy Ruth (Inger Stevens), has no burning desire to cheat, but Ed makes the prospect sound very attractive. Read More

The Beverly Hillbillies: Jed Joins the Board

Synopsis: Tired of hanging around the house and feeling useless, Jed looks forward to joining the board of directors of a second-rate oil company. But when it becomes clear that he's been hired as merely a figurehead, Jed feels worse than ever. By the time the episode has run its course, the Clampett Read More

F Troop: For Whom the Bugle Tolls

Synopsis: Richard X. Slattery guest stars as Col. William Bartlett, the latest in a long line of Inspector Generals whose mission is to make life miserable at Fort Courage. Theorizing that a fort is only as good as its bugler, Bartlett demands to hear a reindition from F Troop's resident horn-tooter Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Beauty Doctor

Actors: Dick Patterson, Tommy Farrell, Steven Geray

Synopsis: Lucy (Lucille Ball) wheedles some extra money out of Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) by claiming she needs some medical treatment. What Mooney doesn't know is that Lucy is using the cash for a extended trip to the beauty parlor. Alas, the crew from a "Candid Camera"-style television show (hosted by Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grinning Gorilla

Synopsis: After purchasing the diary of an alleged suicide victim at an auction, Della (Barbara Hale) is surprised when someone offers her $1000 for the book. Turning down the offer, the intrigued Della begins paging through the diary, ultimately arriving at the conclusion that its author did not kill Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the 12th Wildcat

Synopsis: Unsuccessful football coach Burt Payne (Bill Williams) wants to sell his share of the Wildcats pro football team to a cartel of investors, but his wealthy wife Ellen (Mona Freeman) vetoes the deal. Even so, Ellen arranges a meeting with one of the investors--just before Burt is killed in a Read More

Girl Happy

Actors: Fabrizio Mioni, Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, Gary Crosby, Joby Baker

Synopsis: One of Elvis Presley's most popular vehicles, Girl Happy is also one of the most typical. Elvis plays Rusty Wells, the leader of a four-piece rock group, consisting of Gary Crosby, Joby Baker and Jimmy Hawkins. Hired by Chicago gangster boss Big Frank (Harold J. Stone) to protect the virtue of Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Carefree Coronary

Synopsis: Paul Drake (William Hopper) is hired to investigate when an unusually high number of heart attacks threaten to bankrupt the Safeline Insurance Company--an assignment that proves more hazardous than it first appeared to be. In his efforts to help Paul prove that some of the claims are fraudlent Read More

Kissin' Cousins

Actors: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Glenda Farrell, Jack Albertson, Pamela Austin

Synopsis: Elvis Presley plays a double role in Kissin' Cousins. When the U.S. government wants land owned by the hillbilly clan headed by Pappy Tatum (Arthur O'Connell), they send Air Force Lieutenant Josh Morgan (Presley), a cousin of the Tatum's, to try and secure the land for a proposed missile base. Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist

Synopsis: Ex-fire chief Carey York (Tom Tully) hires Perry (Raymond Burr) to sue TV repoter Tommy Towne (Frank Aletter) for slander, after Towne claims on the air that York burned down his own warehouse for the insurance money. To avoid ponying up $1.5 million, Towne issues a "retraction"--still insisting Read More

The Munsters: Herman's Rival

Synopsis: When Lily (Yvonne DeCarlo) finds a shortage in the bank account, she assumes that the family is broke (actually, Herman [Fred Gwynne] has merely lent some money to Lily's brother Lester). To make ends meet, Lily lands a job telling fortunes at a gypsy tearoom. Unaware of her motives, Herman Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Elusive Element

Synopsis: Austin Lloyd (Gerald Mohr) is convinced that his business partner Dwight Garrett (Douglas Henderson) is stealing money from their firm--and worse, that Garrett is fooling around with Lloyd's wife Bonnie (Gloria Talbott). To get even, Lloyd first tries to frame Garrett for embezzlement, then fakes Read More

The Fugitive: Rat in a Corner

Synopsis: Working at a store under the alias "Dan Crowley", Kimble (David Janssen) is on hand when two-bit thief Herbie Grant (Warren Oates) is shot while holding up the place. Hiding out from the authorities, Herbie begs fellow fugitive Kimble to help clear him of other crimes of which he has been Read More

My Six Loves

Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Eileen Heckart, David Janssen, Hans Conried

Synopsis: This was the first film directed by dancer and choreographer Gower Champion, already experienced at directing television and theatrical productions by the early '60s. The routine romantic comedy, somewhat bogged down by the children it features, is centered on overwrought actress Janice Courtney (Debbie Reynolds Read More

Swingin' Along

Actors: Tommy Noonan, Peter Marshall, Barbara Eden, Connie Gilchrist, Carol Christensen

Synopsis: Bungling courier Freddie Merkel (Tommy Noonan) dreams of creative success but always manages to botch things up at crucial moments. Shortly after destroying his motorcycle, he decides to become a songwriter. This gives con man Duke (Peter Marshall) the perfect opportunity for his latest scam, one Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Tarnished Trademark

Synopsis: The spokesman for a highly respected group of Danish artisans, cabinetmaker Axel Norstaad (Karl Swenson) is talked into selling the group's famous trademark to Martin Somers (Dennis Patrick), who claims that the money will be donated to charity. Only when several pieces of inferior furniture are Read More

Saintly Sinners

Actors: Paul Bryar, Stanley Clements, Ellen Corby, Ron Hagerthy

Synopsis: In this comedy, two small-time con men steal an honest ex-convict's car and use it to rob a bank. They then hide the loot in the car's spare tire. Unfortunately for the ex-con, his car ends up repossessed and eventually sold to a parish priest who immediately drives off for a much-needed fishing Read More

North by Northwest

Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll

Synopsis: While having lunch at the Plaza Hotel in New York, advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) has the bad luck to call for a messenger just as a page goes out for a "George Kaplan." From that moment, Thornhill finds that he has stepped into a nightmare -- he is quietly abducted by a Read More

Woman Obsessed

Actors: Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel

Synopsis: The hardships faced by a widow and her eight-year-old son on a rugged Canadian ranch provide the basis of this gripping outdoor adventure. She lost her husband to a forest fire. To help her run the ranch, she hires a handy man. A handsome, but taciturn fellow who has known much tragedy, he works Read More

Dragnet: The Big Lip

Synopsis: Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) are on the lookout for a hit-and-run driver. Their detective work includes a thorough inspection of the fenders of the suspects' cars. In the end, however, the case is solved with a small print--not a fingerprint, but a lip print! Like most Dragnet Read More

Maverick: The Long Hunt

Synopsis: After a dying outlaw confesses to a crime for which Jedd Ferris (Richard Crane) has been sentenced to jail, Bret (James Garner) sets upon the task of securing Jedd's release. Trouble is, Jedd's wife Martha (Joan Vohs) is coveted by a tough customer named Ben Maxwell (Richard Webb), who will stop Read More

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower

Synopsis: Written in 1944 and expanded upon several times thereafter, composer Gordon Jenkins' classic tone poem "Manhattan Tower" resulted in one of the most popular record albums of all time. Curiously, while the piece was performed in a concert-narration format on innumerable occasions, it was dramatized Read More

Gunfighters of the Northwest [Serial]

Synopsis: Yet another serial from penny-pinching producer Sam Katzman, the fifteen chapter Gunfighters of the Northwest suffered from the usual Katzman shortcomings, including grainy stock-footage and slapdash writing. As an added economy measure, not a single scene was filmed indoors! {$Jock Mahoney plays Read More

The 49th Man

Actors: John Ireland, Richard Denning, Suzanne Dalbert, Robert Foulk

Synopsis: U.S. security agent John Ireland suspects that someone is smuggling atomic devices into America. When he makes his report, Ireland is assured by his superiors that nothing untoward is going on. In fact, the higher-ups have had the wool pulled over their eyes by a clever Communist saboteur, who is Read More

The Marrying Kind

Actors: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Sheila Bond, John Alexander, Mickey Shaughnessy, Griff Barnett

Synopsis: A master blend of comedy, domestic drama and sudden tragedy, The Marrying Kind remains one of the best collaborations between star Judy Holliday, screenwriters Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, and director George Cukor. The film begins at the end, with married couple Florence and Chet Keefer (Judy Holliday Read More

Night Raiders

Actors: Whip Wilson, Tommy Farrell, Fuzzy Knight, Lois Hall, Steve Clark

Synopsis: Cowboy star Whip Wilson keeps whipping along in Monogram's Night Raiders. This time, Wilson and saddle pal Tom Farrell are federal marshals, assigned to stop the activities of a nocturnal terrorist group. These so-called Night Raiders lay waste to local ranches, but curiously never steal anything. Read More

Flesh and Fury

Actors: Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman, Wallace Ford, Connie Gilchrist

Synopsis: In this boxing drama, a deaf-mute prizefighter whose career is on the rise falls in love with a gold digging singer who only loves him for his potential earnings. He is also loved by a wholesome journalist who loves him for himself. It is she that helps him get the operation that restores his Read More

Hired Gun

Son of Geronimo [Serial]

Synopsis: The self-styled son of Indian chief Geronimo gets himself involved with a gang of nasty whites in this typical low-budget 15 chapter serial, which benefitted from a great deal of footage from the the stock piles at Columbia Pictures. Jim Scott (Clayton Moore) and wagon train boss Tulsa (Bus Osborne Read More

Wyoming Roundup

Synopsis: Whip Wilson and Tommy Farrell star in this Western as a pair of cowboys who are new in town. When they break up a brawl in the neighborhood saloon, they're made town marshals, but they have little time to bask in their glory before they have to help settle a range war between a group of ranchers. Read More

You for Me

Actors: Peter Lawford, Jane Greer, Gig Young, Howard Wendell

Synopsis: You for Me stars Peter Lawford as a profligate playboy who's a nice guy underneath. After suffering a hunting accident which leaves him with a butt full of buckshot, Lawford is interred in the hospital that his donations have kept afloat. Nurse Jane Greer refuses to treat Lawford any better than Read More

Strangers on a Train

Actors: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock

Synopsis: In one of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics, tennis pro Guy Haines (Farley Granger) chances to meet wealthy wastrel Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) on a train. Having read all about Guy, Bruno is aware that the tennis player is trapped in an unhappy marriage to to wife Miriam (Laura Elliott) and Read More

Abilene Trail

Actors: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Tommy Farrell, Steve Clark, Noel Neill

Synopsis: Whip Wilson rides again in the Monogram western Abilene Trail. Wilson and his grizzled sidekick Andy Clyde are accused of horse stealing, a hangin' offense around these here parts. Eluding the authorities, the boys take jobs at a ranch where the real crook is hiding out. Between whip-cracking Read More

Colorado Ambush

Actors: Johnny Mack Brown, Myron Healey, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell, Christine McIntyre

Synopsis: As was customary in his late Monogram westerns, Johnny Mack Brown plays an undercover agent in Colorado Ambush. Brown is sent to Colorado to stem the activities of a particularly vicious outlaw gang. The leader of the gang is played by Myron Healey, who also wrote the script. The best sequence Read More

A Yank in Korea

Actors: Lon McCallister, William "Bill" Phillips, Brett King, Larry Stewart, William Tannen

Synopsis: The Korean conflict was in its eighth month when Columbia rushed through the timely "B" picture A Yank in Korea. The title character is one Andy Smith, played by Lon McAllister. Already a war hero, Andy causes dissention in the ranks because of his reckless bravado. It's up to sergeant Kirby (William "Bill" Phillips Read More

Starlift

Actors: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Ruth Roman

Synopsis: Starlift was Warner Bros' attempt to revive the "all-star patriotic musical" format which had worked so well during WW II. The wisp of a plot concerns Mike Nolan (Dick Wesson) and Rick Williams (Ron Hagherty), San Francisco-based airmen who serve as crew members on a shuttle to Korea. To impress a Read More

The Strip

Actors: Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig, Kay Brown

Synopsis: Mickey Rooney returned to his "home" studio MGM, after a three-year absence, in the location-filmed melodrama The Strip. Rooney is cast as Stanley Maxton, an aspiring drummer who has the misfortune to fall within the orbit of bookie Sunny Johnson (James Craig). Out of the goodness of his heart Read More

At War With the Army

Actors: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Mike Kellin, Jimmie Dundee, Dick Stabile

Synopsis: Though At War With the Army was the third film appearance of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, it was the team's first starring vehicle. A pattern is set herein for all the Martin-Lewis flicks to follow: Martin plays a self-assured romeo, forever bursting into song, while Lewis is a hopeless screw-up Read More

The Duchess of Idaho

Actors: Esther Williams, Van Johnson, John Lund, Paula Raymond, Clinton Sundberg

Synopsis: This formula Esther Williams musical casts the star as Midwestern carnival swimmer Christine Duncan, in love with bandleader Dick Layn (Van Johnson). Attempting to smooth the course of romance for her friend Ellen Hallet (Paula Raymond), Christine makes a play for Ellen's wealthy boss Douglas J. Read More

Gunfire

Actors: Robert Lowery, Wally Vernon, Pamela Blake, Claude Stroud

Synopsis: Gunfire stars bantam-weight western favorite Don Barry as legendary outlaw Frank James. Actually, Frank is an ex-outlaw when the film begins; in fact, he's sworn never to use his guns again. But when somebody begins posing as Frank and pulling off a series of robberies....well, what's a man to do? Read More

Pirates of the High Seas [Serial]

Actors: Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Lois Hall, Symona Boniface

Synopsis: Buster Crabbe stars in this Columbia serial about a modern-day "Flying Dutchman" ghost ship. Costarring are Tristram Coffin, Lois Hall), and Symona Boniface as "The Lotus Lady." ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide Read More

Outlaws of Texas

Actors: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Phyllis Coates, Terry Frost, Stanley Price

Synopsis: Monogram's Outlaws of Texas is surprisingly bereft of the action highlights one might expect from star Whip Wilson. This time, the Whip and his saddle pal Andy Clyde play heroes Tom and Hungry who work undercover to break up a gang of bank robbers. As a novelty, the crooks are headed by the Read More

Pygmy Island

Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Ann Savage, David Bruce, Steven Geray, William Tannen

Synopsis: Pygmy Island was entry number five in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series. Johnny Weissmuller is back as Jungle Jim, who this time around leads a search for missing WAC officer Ann Kingsley (Ann Savage). He'd better hurry; enemy agents are also on the trail of the heroine, who became lost while Read More

Meet Danny Wilson

Actors: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Raymond Burr, Tommy Farrell

Synopsis: Some observers have suggested that Meet Danny Wilson could just as well have been titled Meet Frank Sinatra. A star vehicle if ever there was one, the film casts Sinatra as Danny, a would-be singer, playing cheap saloons while waiting for the Big Break. Danny and his buddy Mike Ryan (Alex Nicol) Read More