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1. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,817
2. Bonanza (1959–1973)
TV-PG | 49 min | Western
The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 10,990
3. The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Mystery
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Lionel Jeffries
Votes: 2,683
4. Helen of Troy (1956)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance
The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
Directors: Robert Wise, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Sernas
Votes: 2,505 | Gross: $6.98M
5. Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western
Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, before, during, and even after the Revolutionary War.
Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, Dal McKennon
Votes: 2,409
6. Dear Murderer (1947)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A businessman plans to kill his cheating wife's lover and make it look like suicide.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price, Maxwell Reed
Votes: 1,111
7. The Clouded Yellow (1950)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former British agent is employed at the Fenton country estate where he aids Fenton's niece in eluding the police after she's unjustly accused of murdering a local gamekeeper.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Sonia Dresdel, Barry Jones
Votes: 983
8. Sea Devils (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gilliat,a fisherman/smuggler is in jail, and is offered a pardon if he undertakes a mission to sail to France to rescue Droucette, an English agent whose cover has been blown, and who has now been jailed. Gilliat accepts the challenge.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Maxwell Reed, Denis O'Dea
Votes: 780
9. Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Unrated | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
Teenage Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined after the shock she suffered from her glamorous socialite mother Jessica's fiery death. Her father has a new wife,... See full summary »
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Don Ameche, Martha Hyer, Susan Gordon, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 728
10. Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
A series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Stars: Nigel Stock, Peter Cushing, Douglas Wilmer, Peter Madden
Votes: 588
11. Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure
An English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King, John Richardson
Votes: 426
12. Daughter of Darkness (1948)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Emily, a pretty young Irish girl, gets a job on an English farm owned by the Tallent family. The local men take to her but the women don't, objecting to her flirtatious nature with their ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Anne Crawford, Siobhan McKenna, Maxwell Reed, George Thorpe
Votes: 352
13. Flame of Araby (1951)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Maxwell Reed, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 338
14. The Square Ring (1953)
83 min | Drama, Sport
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed
Votes: 309
15. Daybreak (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when the hangman's assistant tries to seduce his ... See full summary »
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Maxwell Reed, Edward Rigby
Votes: 284
16.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Bountiful Beauty
(1964)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Deborah Dearborn unwittingly wrote a very successful book that is based on true stories her boyfriend told her about his step-mother, Stephanie Carew. Stephanie tries to force a big payment from Deborah and turns up murdered.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 283
17. Blackout (1950)
Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A blind man's sight is restored in time to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's dead (or is he) brother and a gang of currency smugglers.
Director: Robert S. Baker | Stars: Maxwell Reed, Dinah Sheridan, Patric Doonan, Kynaston Reeves
Votes: 277
18. Madness of the Heart (1949)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Bennett | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Maxwell Reed, Kathleen Byron, Paul Dupuis
Votes: 258
19. The Dark Man (1951)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
A killer known as 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the way. Detective ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Dell | Stars: Edward Underdown, Maxwell Reed, Natasha Parry, William Hartnell
Votes: 257
20. Roadhouse Girl (1953)
70 min | Crime, Drama
1953. Crime drama directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Maxwell Reed and Sandra Dorne. The wife of the garage owner is caught with the mechanic, when he is accidentally killed and a cover up begins.
Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: Maxwell Reed, Sandra Dorne, Leslie Dwyer, Vida Hope
Votes: 253
21. The Years Between (1946)
88 min | Drama
A Member of Parliament, who had been reportedly killed in action during World War II, unexpectedly returns to his family, only to find that his wife has been persuaded to take his seat in the House of Commons.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson, James McKechnie
Votes: 205
22. Shadow of Fear (1955)
76 min | Mystery
A college student returns home to attend her father's funeral and begins to suspect her stepmother of foul play.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Mona Freeman, Jean Kent, Maxwell Reed, Hugh Miller
Votes: 202
23. The Brothers (1947)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
The McFarishes and the Macraes are lifelong enemies living on a remote island in the Western Isles of Scotland. Mary Lawson is a Scottish orphan brought up in a convent who arrives on the ... See full summary »
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Patricia Roc, Will Fyffe, Maxwell Reed, Finlay Currie
Votes: 190
24. Wall of Death (1951)
89 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The story about a prizefighter and a motorcycle daredevil that vie for the beautiful girl from the Carnival.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Susan Shaw, Maxwell Reed, Laurence Harvey, Hermione Baddeley
Votes: 170
25. The Brain Machine (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A doctor is taken hostage by a drug smuggler whom she has diagnosed as psychotic. Her estranged husband has to find her before the smuggling gang find him and kill them both.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Allan, Maxwell Reed, Vanda Godsell
Votes: 165
26. The Great Adventure (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
A filmed series of one-hour dramatizations of the lives of famous historical people, as well as important historical events.
Stars: Russell Johnson, Van Heflin, Eddie Little Sky, Kent Smith
Votes: 136
27. Nightbeat (1947)
91 min | Drama
After World War II is over, two Army pals take opposite paths in civilian life. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Anne Crawford, Ronald Howard, Fred Groves, Hector Ross
Votes: 129
28.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Duke
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
*SPOILERS* The Cartwrights challenge an arrogant and cruel British prizefighter, the Duke, and his alcoholic manager to a bout with John Heenan (the Benicia Boy), after the Cartwrights' ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 122
29. The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956 TV Special)
Family
The 28th Academy Awards, held on March 21th, 1956 to honor the films of 1955. Airing from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California, it is the first time Jerry Lewis hosting the show, replacing Bob Hope.
Directors: George Seaton, Bill Bennington, Dick Schneider | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jerry Lewis, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Votes: 94
30. Kraft Mystery Theater (1961–1963)
60 min | Crime, Mystery
A successor to Kraft Television Theater with a change of focus away from straight drama. The high productions remained along with the ability to attract well known talent.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Keir Dullea, John Ericson, Richard Anderson
Votes: 78
31. The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
30 min | Drama
Each week Adam Shepherd introduces a news event, either current or the past, discussing its relevance. Then he becomes part of the story, portraying the lead character in the reenactment.
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, J. Pat O'Malley, Morris Buchanan, George Sawaya
Votes: 72
32. The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960)
30 min | Comedy
A talkative manicurist inherits a legacy and the custody of three children from a rich Wall Street broker customer.
Stars: Betty Hutton, Dennis Olivieri, Peter Miles, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 55
33. Showtime (1946)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Musical
The life of Irishman George Howard, who bought an English theatre, and strived to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and loosely based on fact.
Directors: George King, Leontine Sagan | Stars: Richard Greene, Ann Todd, Peter Graves, Morland Graham
Votes: 55
34.
Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
Episode:
Cry of Gold
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western
A man arrives at Boonesborough offering unusually high prices for beaver pelts. Daniel doesn't trust this generous trader and soon discovers the man has an ulterior motive of a sinister nature.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 43
35. Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Angela Lansbury, Scott Brady, Howard Duff, Sylvia Sidney
Votes: 42
36. The Beachcomber (1962)
30 min | Adventure
Rich executive chucks it all for the good life on a South Pacific beach.
Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Don Megowan, Sebastian Cabot, Santy Josol
Votes: 40
37. The Lost People (1949)
89 min | Drama, War
Set in a German theatre after World War II, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhan McKenna
Votes: 34
38. Captain Phantom (1953)
Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the early 1800's the Spanish regiments are celebrating their victory over the French Legions of Bonaparte. In the midst of the celebration, Miguel, Duke of Canabil, is summoned to his ... See full summary »
Director: Primo Zeglio | Stars: Frank Latimore, Anna Maria Sandri, Maxwell Reed, Paola Barbara
Votes: 31
39. Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lilli Palmer, Roddy Hughes, Ian Fleming, Brian Wilde
Votes: 25
40. Captain David Grief (1957–1960)
30 min | Adventure
Captain Grief was a South Sea Trader and his adventures aboard his boat, "The Rattler," were based on stories by adventure writer Jack London.
Stars: Maxwell Reed, Tudor Owen, Mickey Simpson, Mel Prestidge
Votes: 17
41. Stars on Parade (1948)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A gala day of stars at Morden Hall Park. Silent short, but with swing music and frequent intertitles.
Director: J.S. Frieze | Stars: Anne Crawford, John Mills, Mary Hayley Bell, Petula Clark
Votes: 10
42.
The Great Adventure (1963–1964)
Episode:
The Story of Nathan Hale
(1963)
60 min | Drama
American Continental soldier turns spy against the British and gives all for a concept called Democracy.
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Jeremy Slate, Nancy Malone, Torin Thatcher, John Anderson
Votes: 7
43.
The Beachcomber (1962)
Episode:
The Search for Robert Herrick
(1962)
Adventure
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Don Megowan, Sebastian Cabot, Alan Caillou
44.
Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956)
Episode:
Deborah
(1956)
30 min | Drama
In the early 1900s, an injured man persuades the companion of a rich, elderly woman to allow him to stay at the remote English estate for the night.
Director: Gerald Freedman | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Zachary Scott, Maxwell Reed, Marjorie Bennett
45.
The Great Adventure (1963–1964)
Episode:
The Pirate and the Patriot
(1964)
60 min | Drama
Thirty four years later, General Andrew Jackson, commanding the US Army defending New Orleans, is about to get revenge for his treatment by the British during the American Revolution with a little help from a local buccaneer.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: John Anderson, Henry Corden, Ken Drake, Wayne Heffley
46.
Kraft Mystery Theater (1961–1963)
Episode:
Dead on Nine
(1962)
60 min | Crime, Mystery
A couple who have tired of their marriage, have decided that murder is the quickest way to freedom. The man shows his secretary how to use a gun.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Leo G. Carroll, Audrey Dalton, Frank Gallop, Signe Hasso
47.
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
Episode:
The Rising of the Moon
(1963)
30 min | Drama
On his wedding day, an Irish revolutionary undertakes a dangerous mission.
Director: Everett Chambers | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Kathleen Nolan, Maxwell Reed, J. Pat O'Malley
48.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Dancing Men
(1968)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, History
Country land-owner Hilton Cubitt is concerned about his American wife Elsie who seems to have been communicating with an unknown party, using a set of hieroglyphics which resemble dancing men.
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Peter Cushing, Nigel Stock, Brenda Bruce, Norman Caley
49.
Captain David Grief (1957–1960)
Episode:
A Son of the Sun
(1957)
Adventure
A thieving trader stiffs an elderly islander and throws him off his boat. Captain Grief buys the thief's debt from the old man and sets off in pursuit of the scoundrel.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Maxwell Reed, Robert J. Wilke, Michael Whalen, George E. Stone
50.
Captain David Grief (1957–1960)
Episode:
The Devils of Fuatino
(1957)
26 min | Adventure
While most of the crew is ashore, escaped convicts commandeer The Rattler and hold one of Captain Grief's men captive. The only thing preventing the ship from sailing out of the harbor is a pair of ancient, but serviceable, cannon.
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Maxwell Reed, Tudor Owen, Mickey Simpson, Daniel Ocko