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51. Drum Beat (1954)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Western
In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith
Votes: 1,140
52. Fancy Pants (1950)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
An American actor impersonating an English butler is hired by a woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes Arthur... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood
Votes: 1,495 | Gross: $2.60M
53. Moonfleet (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama
A young orphan is sent to the village of Moonfleet in Dorset, England to stay with his mother's former lover, who has the facade of a gentleman but leads a gang of swashbuckling bootleggers; the duo go on a treasure hunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors
Votes: 3,990
54. The Seven Little Foys (1955)
Approved | 93 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
After the young wife of vaudevillian Eddie Foy passes away, he incorporates their seven children into the act and takes it on the road.
Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Bob Hope, Milly Vitale, George Tobias, Angela Clarke
Votes: 1,629
55. A Woman's Secret (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams
Votes: 1,937
56. Mission to Moscow (1943)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, History, War
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oscar Homolka, George Tobias
Votes: 1,026
57. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake
Votes: 621
58. Up in Arms (1944)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Musical
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews, Dinah Shore, Constance Dowling
Votes: 1,128
59. Colorado Territory (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Western
Outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull
Votes: 3,184
60. Christmas Holiday (1944)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens
Votes: 1,651
61. The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama
A press agent brings a dead actress home for burial. To promote her one film, he asks churches to ring bells for 3 days, hoping to get the studio head to release it.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 1,128
62. It's a Dog's Life (1955)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Jeff Richards, Jarma Lewis, Edmund Gwenn, Dean Jagger
Votes: 526
63. Corvette K-225 (1943)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Directors: Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks | Stars: Randolph Scott, James Brown, Ella Raines, Barry Fitzgerald
Votes: 579
64. Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
"Cavalcade of America" documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.
Stars: James Seay, Robert Foulk, Richard Gaines, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 98
65. The Stooge (1951)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Egotistical vaudevillian Bill Miller basks in the limelight with his successful musical-comedy act, but his success is due to his unheralded second banana.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall
Votes: 1,659
66. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygienically".
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall
Votes: 866
67. The Belle of New York (1952)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Playboy Charlie Hill meets beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He genuinely falls in love, so, dedicated to winning her over, Charlie cleans up his act and even gets a job as a driver to impress her.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 1,108
68. The Guilty (1947)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Two guys sharing an apartment meet twin girls (both Bonita Granville). One's sweet, the other a major piece of bad news. The nice one is murdered and her boyfriend is accused of the crime. The wrong man/wrong victim plot strikes again.
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Regis Toomey, John Litel
Votes: 768
69. Greenwich Village (1944)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 467
70. The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Musical, Family, Fantasy
Overwhelmed by rats, a medieval town hires a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal.
Director: Bretaigne Windust | Stars: Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus
Votes: 561
71. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,361
72. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 1,521
73. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy
A meek tailor thinks his wooing will be helped if he assumes the identity of the famous Casanova...who's deeply in debt.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 1,146 | Gross: $7.63M
74. Castle in the Desert (1942)
Approved | 62 min | Mystery
Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan, Richard Derr, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 1,450
75. Telephone Time (1956–1958)
30 min | Drama
Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April ... See full summary »
Stars: John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac, Florenz Ames
Votes: 250
76. Rhubarb (1951)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart, William Frawley
Votes: 849
77. A Medal for Benny (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama
Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when the townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Córdova, J. Carrol Naish, Mikhail Rasumny
Votes: 223
78. The Fearmakers (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Korean War veteran returns to Washington D.C. only to discover his business partner had died and their public-research business sold, so he works there undercover to find out the truth.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Marilee Earle, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 850
79. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Director: George S. Kaufman | Stars: William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 710
80. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
30 min | Drama
When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Instead of having a completely different cast for each episode, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell
Votes: 91
81. Let's Live a Little (1948)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Cummings, Anna Sten, Robert Shayne
Votes: 284
82. Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Approved | 74 min | Musical, Romance
Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 349 | Gross: $3.40M
83. The Mighty McGurk (1947)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
"Slag" McGurk, a former boxing champ living on memories of glories past, spends his days and nights as a bouncer/braggert/boozer at Glenson's saloon. But when "Slag" stumbles upon a young ... See full summary »
Director: John Waters | Stars: Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell, Edward Arnold, Aline MacMahon
Votes: 244
84. Summer Holiday (1948)
Passed | 93 min | Musical
Dannville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next door Muriel, but her father ... See full summary »
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Huston, Frank Morgan
Votes: 645
85. Shed No Tears (1948)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A wife convinces her husband to fake his death so they can collect on the life insurance. However, he doesn't know that she has been having an affair for some time, and she has plans for the money - and they don't include him.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Mark Roberts, Frank Albertson
Votes: 471
86. Come Fill the Cup (1951)
113 min | Crime, Drama
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason
Votes: 546
87. So This Is Love (1953)
Approved | 101 min | Biography, Music, Musical
Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin, Joan Weldon, Walter Abel
Votes: 259
88. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
Ma and Pa Kettle get the farm in order to help their son Elwin win a scholarship.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray, Alice Kelley
Votes: 705
89. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1953)
Approved | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Ma and Pa, with their daughter Rosie, go off to Hawai'i to answer ailing Cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Byron Palmer
Votes: 567
90. The Doughgirls (1944)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy
While sharing a hotel suite during the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., three friends discover that their respective marriages are not legally valid.
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman
Votes: 776
91. Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A little girl asks her guardians to take her by boat to a nearby swamp believing her older brother, a sailor who recently went M.I.A. in WWII, is somehow there. She finds a grumpy old Crusoe-like hermit, instead, but there's still hope.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: John Payne, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood, Connie Marshall
Votes: 171
92. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, James Best, Lori Nelson
Votes: 659
93. Face to Face (1952)
89 min | Western, Drama
Two stories. In the first, a sea captain has to conceal a man's presence aboard ship from his crew. In the second, a Wild West lawman has to deal with a troublemaker bent on bloodshed before he can concentrate on matrimony.
Directors: John Brahm, Bretaigne Windust | Stars: James Mason, Gene Lockhart, Michael Pate, Albert Sharpe
Votes: 99
94. The Star and the Story (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the successful team by Four Star Productions, there are many young actors and actresses that went onto bigger things.
Stars: Henry Fonda, Hugh Sanders, Frank Lovejoy, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 63
95. Inside Job (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Alan Curtis, Milburn Stone
Votes: 221
96. Merton of the Movies (1947)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.
Director: Robert Alton | Stars: Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame, Leon Ames
Votes: 504
97. She's Back on Broadway (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical
After her Hollywood career fails, an actress returns to Broadway and tries for a comeback in a stage show directed by her former lover.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Frank Lovejoy, Steve Cochran
Votes: 236
98. Hell's Outpost (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Korean war veteran attempts to help a small town mine owner develop his tungsten mine in spite of efforts by the town boss to stop him.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Joan Leslie, Chill Wills, John Russell
Votes: 140
99. Love and Learn (1947)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Music
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Carson, Robert Hutton, Martha Vickers, Janis Paige
Votes: 192
100. Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Passed | 77 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A wicked baron oppresses Gypsies but is fascinated by the beautiful Carla, who loves a stranger on a white horse.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Peter Coe, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 205