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1. 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, Jacqueline Beer
Votes: 1,636
2. Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm, Thomas Jefferson Lopaka, or Tom for short, and Tracy Steele, a Korean War veteran and former city police detective.
Stars: Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Douglas Mossman, Robert Conrad
Votes: 688
3. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 8,318 | Gross: $3.49M
4. Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
Stars: Arthur Q. Bryan, Bill Erwin, George Sanders, Macdonald Carey
Votes: 176
5. Surfside 6 (1960–1962)
60 min | Drama
Ken, Dave, and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on, and working out of, a houseboat in Miami Beach, Florida. While not pursuing criminals, they spend time at the Fontainebleau Hotel.
Stars: Van Williams, Lee Patterson, Margarita Sierra, Troy Donahue
Votes: 331
6. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 7,098
7. Operation Pacific (1951)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes
Votes: 3,894
8. Man Made Monster (1941)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson
Votes: 1,881
9. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1818 Alabama, French settlers are pitted against greedy land-grabber Blake Randolph but Kentucky militiaman John Breen, who's smitten with French gal Fleurette De Marchand, comes to the settlers' aid.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 3,600
10. M Squad (1957–1960)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The hard-hitting adventures of tough Lieutenant Frank Ballinger, a member of the Chicago Police Department's M Squad, an elite crime-fighting unit.
Stars: Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 387
11. The Sheik (1921)
Passed | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
Director: George Melford | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner
Votes: 3,664
12. The Death Kiss (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adrienne Ames, John Wray
Votes: 1,419
13. 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
14. The Iron Horse (1924)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick
Votes: 2,446 | Gross: $2.06M
15. The Roaring 20's (1960–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s New York.
Stars: Dorothy Provine, Donald May, Gary Vinson, Mike Road
Votes: 186
16. 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: 249
17. Cobra Woman (1944)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A beautiful woman is abducted from her peaceful South Seas home and taken to Cobra Island, where her grandmother Queen wants her to displace her evil twin sister and vengeance against her priest and corrupt advisor.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 1,266
18. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
30 min | Drama, Family
This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.
Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman
Votes: 244
19. Big Town (1950–1956)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama
"Big Town" was a long-running, highly-successful network radio series (1937- 1952) and film series ("I Cover the Underworld," "Underworld After Dark," and "Underworld Scandal") before ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick McVey, Mark Stevens, Jane Nigh, Mary K. Wells
Votes: 58
20. I Cover the War! (1937)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Newsreel cameraman Bob Adams heads to North Africa to cover an Arab uprising against the British. When he refuses to help his younger brother become a cameraman, Don becomes the dupe of less savory types posing in the trade.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: John Wayne, Gwen Gaze, Don Barclay, Charles Brokaw
Votes: 209
21. Crossroads (1955–1957)
30 min | Drama
The anthology series dramatized the lives of clergymen of all faiths and the problems they faced in both their professional and personal lives.
Stars: Ray Teal, Robert Carson, Frank J. Scannell, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 92
22. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series hosted by Jane Wyman.
Stars: Jane Wyman, Paul Bryar, Tim Graham, Simon Scott
Votes: 69
23. The O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
30 min | Drama
Anthology series based on the short stories of O. Henry.
Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Russell Thorson, Paul Hahn, Robert Karnes
Votes: 51
24. Tangier (1946)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Drama
A war-weary newsman (Robert Paige) joins a Spanish dancer (Maria Montez) hunting down a Nazi puppet in North Africa.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Maria Montez, Robert Paige, Sabu, Preston Foster
Votes: 216
25. Idol of the Crowds (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Johnny Hanson wants to make enough money to enlarge his chicken farm. He does this through hockey. Gangsters get involved in trying to get him to throw a championship game, even lining up a woman to help steer him their way.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Charles Brokaw, Bill Burrud
Votes: 214
26. 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: 204
27. Destination 60, 000 (1957)
65 min | Drama
Destination 60,000 tells the story of test pilots flying an experimental supersonic fighter designs from Edwards Air Force Base.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Preston Foster, Pat Conway, Jeff Donnell, Coleen Gray
Votes: 26
28. Red Nightmare (1962)
Not Rated | 29 min | Drama, Short
A man who has taken his freedom for granted wakes up one morning to find out that the Communists have taken over America.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Jack Kelly, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Brown, Pat Woodell
Votes: 284
29. The Sea Spoilers (1936)
Approved | 63 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A Coast Guard commander must rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from seal smugglers while contending with the plans of the area commander's son.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: John Wayne, Nan Grey, William Bakewell, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 206
30. Crusader (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
In revenge for the Communist government in Poland having sent his mother to a concentration camp where she died, Matt Anders devotes himself to freeing others from totalitarian countries.
Stars: Brian Keith, Edwin Reimers, Arthur Space, Leon Askin
Votes: 46
31. The Healer (1935)
76 min | Drama
A young doctor running a health farm for polio victims is dazzled by a pretty and wealthy society girl, to the detriment of his patients and the woman who really loves him.
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Karen Morley, Mickey Rooney, Judith Allen
Votes: 86
32. The Line-Up (1934)
Passed | 64 min | Drama
Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Gargan, Marian Nixon, Paul Hurst, John Miljan
Votes: 38
33. State Police (1938)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, William Lundigan, Constance Moore, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 35
34. Girl O' My Dreams (1934)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Drama
A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Mary Carlisle, Sterling Holloway, Edward J. Nugent, Arthur Lake
Votes: 129
35. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a no-nonsense athlete who doesn't have time for such diversions as women.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, Charles Starrett, Florence Lake
Votes: 56
36. The Spy Ring (1938)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: William Hall, Jane Wyman, Esther Ralston, Robert Warwick
Votes: 89
37. Sin Town (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance
Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Constance Bennett, Broderick Crawford, Patric Knowles, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 67
38. Fury River (1961)
74 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead to this ocean.
Directors: Alan Crosland Jr., Otto Lang, Jacques Tourneur, George Waggner | Stars: Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Don Burnett, Luis Van Rooten
Votes: 92
39. Return from the Sea (1954)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Romance, War
A hardened career U.S. Navy chief petty officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a waitress that can see through his tough veneer.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Jan Sterling, Neville Brand, John Doucette, Paul Langton
Votes: 177
40. His Hour (1924)
70 min | Drama
Gritzko (John Gilbert) is a Russian nobleman and Tamara (Aileen Pringle) is the object of his desire.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Aileen Pringle, John Gilbert, Emily Fitzroy, Lawrence Grant
Votes: 36 | Gross: $0.20M
41. Son of the Navy (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama
Actually, the sailor wants nothing to do with the boy, who we eventually find out is an orphan who ran away from the orphanage, trying to find a new Mom and Dad. The sailor, not knowing ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Jean Parker, James Dunn, Martin Spellman, Selmer Jackson
Votes: 129
42. Laughing at Danger (1940)
Approved | 63 min | Drama
Frankie Kelly, pageboy at the beauty salon run by Madam Celeste, and his helper Jefferson find the routine broken when the body of one of the operators, Florence, is found in the dumbwaiter... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Joy Hodges, George Houston, Mantan Moreland
43. Gorilla Ship (1932)
Approved | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man, his wife and his best friend are aboard a yacht at sea that later gets shipwrecked. The husband soon starts to resent the attention paid to his wife by his friend.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Ralph Ince, Vera Reynolds, Reed Howes, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 67
44. Frisco Sal (1945)
Approved | 94 min | Action, Drama, Music
Sal comes to the Barbary Coast from New England to find out who murdered her brother. She gets a job signing in Dude's saloon, falls in love with Dude, then wonders if he might be involved in the murder.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Alan Curtis, Andy Devine
Votes: 32
45. Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also ... See full summary »
Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert McWade, Ray Walker, Florine McKinney, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 16
46. Sealed Lips (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A detective begins to suspect that a man may be in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: William Gargan, June Clyde, John Litel, Anne Nagel
Votes: 98
47. The Keeper of the Bees (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance, War
A severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes upon a peaceful little village and meets an old man called Bee Master and his protégé, Little ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Betty Furness, Emma Dunn, Edith Fellows
Votes: 75
48. Sky Patrol (1939)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
"Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone, Jason Robards Sr.
Votes: 113
49. Wolf Call (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Drama
Natalie is shallow; Mike doesn't care. Mike and Natalie join a scavenger hunt and break into a pet shop to get something they require for the treasure-hunt prize.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Carroll, Movita, George Lynn, Guy Usher
Votes: 61
50. The Great Alone (1922)
Action, Drama
While attending Stanford University, Silent Duval, a half-breed Indian, is both a football star and the object of scorn by his fellow students--except Mary MacDonald. Duval leaves college ... See full summary »
Directors: James Colwell, Jacques Jaccard | Stars: Monroe Salisbury, Laura Anson, Walter Law, Maria Draga