Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Tom Fadden
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
51. The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 2,588
52. The Thin Man (1957–1959)
30 min | Mystery
Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles investigate various crimes.
Stars: Peter Lawford, Phyllis Kirk, Asta, Jack Albertson
Votes: 282
53. The Californians (1957–1959)
30 min | Western
San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force.
Stars: Richard Coogan, Sean McClory, Adam Kennedy, Nan Leslie
Votes: 137
54. Casey Jones (1957–1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Television version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".
Stars: Alan Hale Jr., Bobby Clark, Eddy Waller, Dub Taylor
Votes: 237
55. Devil's Doorway (1950)
Approved | 84 min | Western
After the Civil War, a highly decorated Shoshone Indian veteran plans to raise cattle in Wyoming but white farmers plan to grab fertile tribal lands by pitting the whites against the Indians.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson
Votes: 1,856
56. Kansas Pacific (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Western
With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon
Votes: 805
57. The Second Time Around (1961)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith, Juliet Prowse
Votes: 872
58. Moonrise (1948)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Danny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 2,974
59. Broken Arrow (1956–1958)
30 min | Western
Indian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.
Stars: John Lupton, Michael Ansara, Steven Ritch, Steve Conte
Votes: 271
60. State of the Union (1948)
Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 4,169
61. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
62. State Trooper (1956–1959)
30 min | Drama
Rod Blake, a State Trooper is an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The setting is in the 1950s American West.
Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Armstrong, Don Haggerty, Paul Stader
Votes: 122
63. Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Dirty Dingus Magee and his old rival Hoke Birdsill take turns at being either lawman or outlaw and being rivals or partners in crime, depending of the circumstances.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 1,046
64. Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Family
Taken in by distant members of his family after being orphaned, Toby Tyler runs away to join the circus.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Bob Sweeney
Votes: 1,056
65. Riverboat (1959–1961)
60 min | Adventure, Western
Grey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Dick Wessel, Jack Lambert, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 228
66. Trackdown (1957–1959)
30 min | Western
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.
Stars: Robert Culp, Norman Leavitt, Ellen Corby, Peter Leeds
Votes: 336
67. Vengeance Valley (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Western
The sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest
Votes: 2,455
68. The Tall Man (1960–1962)
30 min | Western
Fictionalized stories about Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set in New Mexico in the 1870s.
Stars: Barry Sullivan, Clu Gulager, Walter Lawrence, Mark Tapscott
Votes: 200
69. The Lawless Breed (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Biography, Western
After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, Mary Castle, John McIntire
Votes: 1,419
70. Northern Pursuit (1943)
Passed | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A Canadian Mountie of German descent feigns disaffection with his homeland in hopes of infiltrating and thwarting a Nazi sabotage plot.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine, John Ridgely
Votes: 1,635
71. Whispering Smith (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Western
Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp
Votes: 1,387
72. Come Live with Me (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 2,460
73. Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Approved | 113 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father to her reign as the Queen of the Night Clubs. Along the way, she also finds romance and heartbreak.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Charles Ruggles, Albert Dekker
Votes: 419
74. Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A former New Orleans cop partners with an Ivy League lawyer to open up a private detective agency with offices on the city's famed Bourbon Street.
Stars: Richard Long, Andrew Duggan, Van Williams, Arlene Howell
Votes: 197
75. Code 3 (1957)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Code 3 is an American crime drama that aired in syndication in 1957. The stories were all based on actual files of the Los Angeles sheriff's office. Stories were presented from the viewpoint of Assistant Sheriff George Barnett.
Stars: Richard Travis, Eugene W. Biscailuz, Christopher Dark, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 89
76. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Facing forty, a NYC spinster on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her unsuitable city suitors.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers
Votes: 1,458
77. 87th Precinct (1961–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Manhattan's 87th precinct forms the backdrop for this grim and gritty police drama based on the long-running series of novels by Ed McBain. Storylines focus on neighborhood crime, and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Gregory Walcott, Norman Fell
Votes: 196
78. California (1947)
Passed | 97 min | Western
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Barry Fitzgerald, George Coulouris
Votes: 1,093
79. Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige
Votes: 2,406
80. Panhandle (1948)
Approved | 85 min | Western
John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 351
81. On Our Merry Way (1948)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Three short stories revolving around the topic of the daily question posed by the roving reporter to the readers of a daily newspaper.
Directors: Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, John Huston, George Stevens | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, James Stewart, Henry Fonda
Votes: 847
82. The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy
When their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show star Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must put things right.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson
Votes: 2,163
83. Edge of Eternity (1959)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the 1950s, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin is pressured by his community to solve a string of mysterious murders around a mining ghost town in the Grand Canyon.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,126
84. Murder, He Says (1945)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery
Professional pollster Pete Marshall gets more than he bargained for when he heads deep into the Ozarks to investigate the disappearances of several of his colleagues.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main, Jean Heather
Votes: 2,025
85. 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
86. The Outcasts (1968–1969)
60 min | Western
A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. They are the Outcasts.
Stars: Don Murray, Otis Young, Don 'Red' Barry, Art Metrano
Votes: 182
87. Flareup (1969)
PG-13 | 100 min | Crime, Thriller
A psycho stalks go-go dancer from Las Vegas, Nevada to Los Angeles, California.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Raquel Welch, James Stacy, Luke Askew, Don Chastain
Votes: 574
88. In Society (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
Directors: Jean Yarbrough, Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marion Hutton, Kirby Grant
Votes: 2,124
89. Singing Guns (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Western
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond
Votes: 472
90. The Inside Story (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Marsha Hunt, William Lundigan, Charles Winninger, Gail Patrick
Votes: 301
91. My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy
Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco
Votes: 1,626
92. Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Approved | 85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
George "Babyface" Nelson became one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone, he allied himself with John Dillinger.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke, Leo Gordon
Votes: 781
93. Dallas (1950)
Approved | 94 min | Western
A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey
Votes: 1,519
94. That Hagen Girl (1947)
Passed | 83 min | Drama
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there have been whispers, rumors and gossip about who her real parents are. After Tom Bates returns to... See full summary »
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell
Votes: 724
95. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart
Votes: 801
96. Magic Town (1947)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks
Votes: 1,743
97. When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Approved | 81 min | Western
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft
Votes: 908
98. The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, History, War
Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal
Votes: 1,262
99. Temple Houston (1963–1964)
60 min | Western
The adventures of frontier lawyer Temple Houston, son of the legendary Sam Houston.
Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Jack Elam, Frank Ferguson, Chubby Johnson
Votes: 81
100. Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Cimmaron City is booming due to oil and gold and hopes to become capital of the future state of Oklahoma. Matthew Rockford is the son of the city's founder; he's now mayor and a major cattle rancher. Sheriff Temple must keep law and order.
Stars: George Montgomery, John Smith, Audrey Totter, Dan Blocker
Votes: 183