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1. 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: 175
2. Blondie (1957– )
30 min | Comedy, Family
Arthur Lake had played Dagwood in a long series of "Blondie" movies. This show, retelling stories and situations familiar to readers of the comic strip, lasted one year.
Stars: Arthur Lake, Pamela Britton, Ann Barnes, Florenz Ames
Votes: 121
3. One Million B.C. (1940)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Tale of Prehistoric survival and love between a male and a female belonging to opposing tribes that happened to be at slightly different stages of evolution.
Directors: Hal Roach Jr., Hal Roach | Stars: Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr., Conrad Nagel
Votes: 1,683
4. My Little Margie (1952–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Margie lives with her father Vern and her crazy schemes get him into trouble especially with his boss Mr. Honeywell. She frequently involves Charlie and Mrs. Odetts in her plans. Freddie is her boyfriend while Roberta likes Vern.
Stars: Gale Storm, Charles Farrell, Clarence Kolb, Don Hayden
Votes: 448
5. Block-Heads (1938)
Approved | 57 min | Comedy, Family, War
Stan, who has remained faithfully at his World War I post for twenty years, finally comes home where his best friend, Ollie, takes him in, thus allowing him to discover the many conveniences of the modern world.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell
Votes: 4,512
6. 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: 87
7. A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Family
As a reward for capturing a bank robber, Stan and Ollie get scholarship to Oxford, but are met with resentment by other students.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 4,300
8. The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
PG | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A government investigator tries to find out the truth behind the break-in at a top secret research facility.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts
Votes: 877 | Gross: $0.20M
9. The Veil (1958)
25 min | Horror, Mystery
An anthology of horror stories hosted by actor Boris Karloff.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Robert Hardy, Harry Bartell, Ron Hagerthy
Votes: 539
10. Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
G | 75 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart, Chuck Berry
Votes: 482
11. The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
Gale Storm stars in this American sitcom about Susanna Pomery, a cruise director for an ocean liner that travels the world.
Stars: Gale Storm, Zasu Pitts, Roy Roberts, James Fairfax
Votes: 229
12. Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
78 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The heavily re-edited American version of Godzilla Raids Again. A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Directors: Hugo Grimaldi, Motoyoshi Oda, Jack Bernhard, Ishirô Honda, Sam Newfield, Hal Roach Jr., Hal Roach | Stars: Minoru Chiaki, Shôichi Hirose, Miyoko Hoshino, Toku Ihara
Votes: 192
13. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
14. Racket Squad (1950–1953)
30 min | Crime, Drama
This series dramatizes confidence games which fall under the jurisdiction of Captain John Braddock.
Stars: Reed Hadley, Hugh Beaumont, Keith Richards, Griff Barnett
Votes: 155
15. The Stu Erwin Show (1950–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Stu Erwin played a mild-mannered high-school principal, with June Collyer as his wife.
Stars: Stuart Erwin, June Collyer, Ann E. Todd, Sheila James Kuehl
Votes: 136
16. Swiss Miss (1938)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Musical
Laurel and Hardy, rat trap salesmen who are unable to do business in Switzerland, having no money to pay for lunch end up working for the hotel where a composer, who has run away from his wife, has taken refuge.
Directors: John G. Blystone, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Grete Natzler, Walter Woolf King
Votes: 2,327
17. Public Defender (1954–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Bart Matthews defends the poor and others who cannot afford an attorney. All episodes are based on actual cases from across the country.
Stars: Reed Hadley, John Close, Herschel Graham, Brick Sullivan
Votes: 112
18. 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: 248
19. Spree (1967)
R | 84 min | Documentary
Highlighted in this journalistic view of Las Vegas are various cabaret acts at The Tropicana and at The Dunes. Included are a striptease number by Jayne Mansfield, a take-off on Cleopatra ... See full summary »
Directors: Walon Green, Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Vic Damone, Jayne Mansfield, Juliet Prowse, Mickey Hargitay
Votes: 39
20. Zenobia (1939)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A visiting circus man calls on a Southern country doctor to cure his sick elephant; afterwards, the grateful beast becomes so attached to the doctor that it starts to follow him everywhere.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady
Votes: 684
21. Broadway Limited (1941)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 380
22. All-American Co-Ed (1941)
Approved | 49 min | Comedy, Musical
All-girl school Mar Brynn tries to get more pupils and publicity by making fun of the Quincton college. For revenge, the boys there sent Bob Sheppard to Mar Brynn, dressed as a girl, to give them a slight scandal.
Director: LeRoy Prinz | Stars: Frances Langford, Johnny Downs, Marjorie Woodworth, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 414
23. Captain Scarface (1953)
Approved | 72 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to participate in a mission of destruction.
Director: Paul Guilfoyle | Stars: Barton MacLane, Virginia Grey, Leif Erickson, Peter Coe
Votes: 261
24. This Is Your Life (1950–1987)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Bob Warren, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope
Votes: 314
25. Tales of Robin Hood (1951)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Family
An outlaw and his band sally forth from their hideout in Sherwood Forest to do battle with the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham and his oppressive tax collectors, who are stripping the poor villagers of what little they have left.
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Robert Clarke, Mary Hatcher, Paul Cavanagh, Wade Crosby
Votes: 91
26. Road Show (1941)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. T
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 544
27. The Devil with Hitler (1942)
Approved | 44 min | Short, Comedy
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice and they intend to ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Mowbray, Bobby Watson, George E. Stone, Joe Devlin
Votes: 242
28. Here Comes Trouble (1948)
Approved | 55 min | Comedy
A newspaper publisher sends his future son-in-law to handle a job that ends up with unexpected trouble.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell, Betty Compson
Votes: 301
29. Passport to Danger (1954–1958)
30 min | Adventure
The adventures of a U.S. diplomatic courier, as he travels to distant countries with important communiques to America's allies and dodges enemy agents.
Stars: Cesar Romero, Charles Horvath, Victor Romito, Steven Geray
Votes: 55
30. The Fabulous Joe (1947)
Approved | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The adventures of a talking dog, Joe, who advises henpecked Milo Terkel to muster the courage to confront his dominating wife Emily and assorted in-laws while tackling a buxom blonde who just happens to undress in the Terkels' apartment.
Director: Harve Foster | Stars: Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Marie Wilson, Donald Meek
Votes: 142
31. Family Theatre (1949–1958)
60 min | Drama
Crucifixion parable set during Korean War.
Stars: Tudor Owen, Raymond Burr, Richard Hale, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 73
32. Captain Fury (1939)
Passed | 92 min | Western
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landowner.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, June Lang
Votes: 323
33. Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948)
Passed | 55 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
Director: Bernard Carr | Stars: Larry Olsen, Eilene Janssen, Peter Miles, Ardda Lynwood
Votes: 352
34. The Charles Farrell Show (1956– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Charles Farrell, Charles Winninger, Richard Deacon, Leon Askin
Votes: 20
35. The Magnavox Theater (1950– )
60 min | Drama
An American television anthology of comedies and dramas, including adaptations of classic literature, novels, and short stories in addition to original stories
Stars: Robert Clarke, John Hubbard, Mel Archer, Keith Richards
Votes: 22
36. Tanks a Million (1941)
Passed | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An Army draftee with a good memory makes sergeant and saves the day.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: William Tracy, James Gleason, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Sawyer
Votes: 303
37. Duffy's Tavern (1954)
30 min | Comedy
A television adaptation of the radio sitcom "Duffy's Tavern" (1942-1951). The main setting was "a seedy bar and grille on New York's Third Avenue", owned by the unseen character Duffy. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Gardner, Jimmy Conlin, Alan Reed, Pattee Chapman
Votes: 34
38. The Veil (1958 TV Movie)
200 min | Horror
An anthology of horror stories hosted by legendary Boris Karloff.
Directors: Herbert L. Strock, George Waggner | Stars: Boris Karloff, Booth Colman, Roxane Berard, Leo Penn
Votes: 55
39. Love That Jill (1958– )
30 min | Comedy
Jill Johnson runs a top modeling agency, putting her in direct competition with one headed by Jack Gibson. Jack is not above trying to steal her clients but Jill, with the help of her ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, Jimmy Lydon, Barbara Nichols
40. Curley (1947)
Approved | 53 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A mischievous kid and his friends torment their school teachers.
Director: Bernard Carr | Stars: Larry Olsen, Frances Rafferty, Eilene Janssen, Dale Belding
Votes: 120
41. Alias Mike Hercules (1956– )
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Reginald Denny, Anne Kimbell, Marie Windsor
Votes: 16
42. Fight for the Title (1957)
30 min | Short, Drama
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: George Brenlin, Don Haggerty, Arlene McQuade, William Newell
Votes: 22
43. Have Camera Will Travel (1956 TV Movie)
25 min | Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Paul Gilbert, Mike Connors, Barbara Lawrence, Charles Bronson
Votes: 28
44. Destination Nightmare (1958 TV Movie)
100 min | Horror
Pilot film for an anthology series called "The Veil."
Directors: Paul Landres, Herbert L. Strock, George Waggner | Stars: Boris Karloff, Denise Alexander, Whit Bissell, Olive Blakeney
Votes: 52
45. The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1966)
83 min | Documentary, Comedy
A compilation of scenes from the lives and films of comics Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Garry Moore
Votes: 54
46. The Forest Ranger (1956 TV Movie)
23 min | Adventure
Adventures of Will Roberts, a U.S. Forest Ranger living the San Bernadino Mountains of California with his young son.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Dick Foran, Adam Kennedy, John Dehner, Dabbs Greer
47. As You Were (1951)
Unrated | 57 min | Comedy
Oh, those Army daze and nights! An infusion of WAC beauties adds to the fun when ex-G.I. "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), now a hotel clerk, impresses Army brass with his memory and ... See full summary »
Directors: Bernard Girard, Fred Guiol | Stars: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Russell Hicks, John Ridgely
Votes: 48
48. General Electric Summer Originals (1956– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An anthology series broadcast by ABC during the summer of 1956. It featured parts of dramatic films which were previously unavailable for television. The series included performances by ... See full summary »
Stars: Herb Vigran, Ronald Reagan, Joe E. Brown, Hugh Beaumont
Votes: 30
49. Fast Company (1924)
20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
Mickey changes clothes with a rich boy and moves into a hotel.
Directors: Robert F. McGowan, Charley Chase | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis
Votes: 76
50. Calaboose (1943)
Passed | 45 min | Comedy, Western
In the second of this series of "Streamliner" westerns from Hal Roach (preceded by "Dudes Are Pretty People" and followed by "Prairie Chickens"), wandering cowboys Pidge Crosby (Noah Beery ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Roach Jr. | Stars: Jimmy Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Mary Brian, William Henry
Votes: 60