In this western, a gunslinger runs from the Dawson gang and decides to return home to the wife he abandoned many years...
|
|
1965
|
This is the first of numerous westerns produced by A.C. Lyles which became famous not for their stories but for who played in...
|
Sheriff Ed Tanner
|
1964
|
In this German comedy-melodrama, the exploits of a plucky WW II orphan as he moves from foster family to foster family are...
|
|
1964
|
In this romantic comedy, Deke Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is a lawyer who gets an unusual assignment from Chloe Brasher...
|
|
1963
|
In this Korean War drama, three POWs escape the North Koreans and try to make it safely across enemy lines. During their...
|
Staff Sgt. Peter L. Kane
|
1963
|
In this squeaky clean sex comedy (the sort that could only have been made in the early 1960s), Kathy (Kim Novak) is a...
|
|
1962
|
Director Akos von Rathony, perhaps best known for his 1960 Mrs. Warren's Profession, guides a talented cast of American and...
|
Sergeant Harrigan
|
1962
|
Father Carey (Nigel Patrick) is a priest who must decide whether or not an amnesia victim (Aldo Ray) is responsible for the...
|
Mulcahy
|
1961
|
|
|
|
1960
|
After spending most of the 1950s in Europe, writer/director Robert Siodmak filmed his only picture in England: The Rough and...
|
Reg Barker
|
1959
|
William Bendix discards his oafish "Chester A. Riley" characterization in the role of Wally Legenza, the vicious, sadistic...
|
|
1959
|
The otherwise routine story and themes of this comedy are greatly balanced by talents of Anthony Newley as Jeep Jackson, a...
|
Sgt. Lush
|
1959
|
The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer...
|
Frenchy Shapiro
|
1958
|
Produced by low-budget maven Bryan Foy, Battle Stations is a standard wartime melodrama with the usual assortment of cliches....
|
Buck Fitzpatrick
|
1956
|
Six convicts plan a prison break and are successful, though their ringleader (William Bendix) is injured in the attempt. He...
|
Van Duff
|
1955
|
|
|
|
1955
|
The 3D melodrama Dangerous Mission starts off with a bang when innocent Piper Laurie inadvertently witnesses the murder of...
|
Joe Parker
|
1954
|
|
|
|
1953
|
Robert Newton exhibits absolutely no shame in his portrayal of the title character in Blackbeard the Pirate. If you thought...
|
Worley
|
1952
|
The tendency is to scoff at Macao as just another example of Josef von Sternberg's late-career exercises in exoticism; true,...
|
Lawrence Trumble
|
1952
|
|
|
Tim Dunnevan
|
1951
|
Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play Detective Story was praised for its realistic view of an event-filled day in a single police...
|
Det. Lou Brody
|
1951
|
|
|
Petty Officer Boyer
|
1951
|
William Bendix is perfectly cast as a diehard baseball fan who hates umpires with every fibre of his being. Bendix' devotion...
|
Bill Johnson
|
1950
|
|
|
Joe Farrow
|
1950
|
Though the Mark Twain original has been refashioned into a Bing Crosby vehicle, this 1949 musical adaptation of A Connecticut...
|
Sir Sagramore
|
1949
|
This breezy and unpretentious film noir from director Don Siegel starts off with fireworks. Duke Holliday (Robert Mitchum),...
|
Captain Blake
|
1949
|
This drama tells about a juvenile delinquent that wavers between loyalty to a fellow crook and a kind-hearted reform school...
|
Sgt. Walker
|
1949
|
This comedy is based on the enduring radio series and chronicles the attempts of an airplane riveter to find a better...
|
Chester A. Riley
|
1949
|
Cover-Up transfers the metropolitan "film noir" milieu to a small Midwestern town. Dennis O'Keefe plays Sam Donovan, an...
|
Larry Beat
|
1949
|
Boys' Prison is a reissue title for 1949's Johnny Holiday--and a curious one indeed, since it is made clear throughout that...
|
|
1949
|
|
|
Wahoo Jones
|
1949
|
The Plan 9 From Outer Space of baseball biopics, The Babe Ruth Story is definitely in the "So Bad It's Good" category. An...
|
George Herman "Babe" Ruth
|
1948
|
After turning down several other Hollywood producers, playwright William Saroyan sold the film rights of his whimsical...
|
Nick
|
1948
|
In this dark crime drama, the trouble begins when a San Francisco bookie attempts to lead an honest life by marrying a...
|
Barney Runson
|
1948
|
|
|
|
1948
|
Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) -- a small-time attorney from the wrong side of the tracks who nonetheless has a lot of dedication...
|
Lieutenant Damico
|
1947
|
Alan Ladd stars in Calcutta as devil-may-care pilot Neale Gordon. With his equally fearless partners Pedro Blake...
|
Pedro Blake
|
1947
|
|
|
Victor O'Brien
|
1947
|
This story of two young hopefuls who come to Hollywood is merely a thin device to feature almost every star working for...
|
Himself
|
1947
|
In this musical comedy, Louise Ginglebusher (Deanna Durbin) is a girl from a small town who comes top New York City with...
|
Wechsberg
|
1947
|
In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots....
|
Porky Scott
|
1947
|
In this comedy drama, a butler and a crap-shooting chauffeur find themselves having the run of their employer's mansion...
|
Larry Lundie
|
1946
|
|
|
Donnelly
|
1946
|
Based on a famous book by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., this grueling saga of shipboard oppression is set in the mid-19th century....
|
Amazeen
|
1946
|
This grade-A example of "film noir" stars Mark Stevens as Brad Galt, an embittered ex-convict who returns to the private...
|
White Suit
|
1946
|
This neat, fast-paced perfectly cast film noir reflects the hard-boiled, grim wit of the author of its screenplay,...
|
Buzz Wanchek
|
1946
|
In this comedy, a barge captain with an Electra complex marries two women. He married the first because she laughed like his...
|
"Don Juan" Quilligan
|
1945
|
Director Henry King's adaptation of John Hersey's novel is a faithful telling of the story of Major Joppolo (John Hodiak),...
|
Sgt. Borth
|
1945
|
Based on the popular Russian novel The Twelve Chairs, this stars Fred Allen as flea-circus impresario Fred Floogle. Learning...
|
Himself
|
1945
|
Several of Paramount Pictures brightest stars make cameo appearances in this comedy set in "Duffy's Tavern," a favorite...
|
|
1945
|
Despite a few Hollywood compromises, The Hairy Ape remains one of the more artistically successful filmizations of Eugene...
|
Hank Smith
|
1944
|
Seeking a creative challenge after several years' worth of fairly elaborate melodramas, director Alfred Hitchcock stages all...
|
Gus Smith
|
1944
|
Those willing to accept Carmen Miranda as a "typical" 1920s type will be able to swallow the rest of the lavish but rather...
|
Danny O'Hare
|
1944
|
Allan Dwan directed this light-hearted service comedy starring William Bendix (best known from the television series The...
|
Bitt Koraski
|
1944
|
Luise Rainer's last Hollywood film was the economically produced wartime drama Hostages. Adapted from the novel by Stefan...
|
Underground Leader
|
1943
|
20th Century-Fox's 1943 filmization of Richard Tregaskis' best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary does full justice to the...
|
Taxi Potts
|
1943
|
|
|
|
1943
|
Overloaded with unreleased films in 1942 and 1943, Paramount Pictures cleaned house by diverting several pictures to United...
|
Biff Carter
|
1943
|
Set in Japanese-occupied China shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, this action/drama stars Alan Ladd as Mr. Jones, a...
|
Johnny Sparrow
|
1943
|
The winner of four Oscar nominations, Wake Island was one of the first major Hollywood films to deal with America's forced...
|
|
1942
|
Taxi, Mister (AKA Two Mugs from Brooklyn was the first in a brief series of roughhouse comedies starring William Bendix and...
|
Tim McGuerin
|
1942
|
|
|
|
1942
|
|
|
Jeff
|
1942
|
|
Pinkie Peters
|
1942
|
|
|
|
1942
|
Hal Roach Studios' Brooklyn Orchid was one of three "streamliners" (films running between 40-50 minutes) starring...
|
Tim McGuerin
|
1942
|
Star-Spangled Rhythm is a typical wartime all-star musical-comedy melange, this time from Paramount Pictures. The slender...
|
|
1942
|
In this drama, a dedicated forest ranger begins suspecting that a recent series of fires has been caused by arson. He...
|
|
1942
|