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1. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,355
2. The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957– )
30 min | Mystery
Thirty minute mystery drama series hosted by George Sanders.
Stars: George Sanders, Don Haggerty, Paul Harber, Toni Gerry
Votes: 28
3.
Whirlybirds (1957–1960)
Episode:
Blind Date
(1958)
30 min | Adventure
The Whirlybirds are hired to fly a contest winner to her vacation spot when shots are fired at the group from a speeding car during her photoshoot. She tells them that she witnessed a murder a few nights before and she was the target.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Craig Hill, Nancy Hale, Jean Allison
Votes: 10
4. Markham (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City.
Stars: Ray Milland, Simon Scott, Henry Corden, Barney Phillips
Votes: 87
5.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Diamond Field Jack
(1963)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An attorney takes the case of a famed gunman who is charged with murder. The attorney begins to question whether his reputation was deserved or whether it was hyped.
Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Edward Binns, Frank Sutton, Don Hanmer, Joseph Ruskin
Votes: 24
6. The Silent Service (1957–1958)
30 min | Action, War
Documentary dramatic anthology about the US Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy.
Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Eric Morris, Robert Knapp, Ron Foster
Votes: 162
7. The Gray Ghost (1957– )
30 min | Adventure, War, Western
The Civil War exploits of Confederate cavalry officer John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost, was the basis of this syndicated series. Sgt. Magruder was the only other regular character but actual historic people were occasionally portrayed.
Stars: Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers, Sherwood Price, Jean Willes
Votes: 105
8. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Approved | 25 min | Western
The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham, Stewart East
Votes: 3,341
9. You Are There (1953–1972)
30 min | Drama, History
Walter Cronkite hosted the reenactments of historical events. Shows included "The Landing of the Hindenburg", "The Salem Witchcraft Trials", "The Gettysburg Address", "The Fall of Troy", and "The Scuttling of the Graf Spee".
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Todd Hunter, Paul Birch, Harlow Wilcox
Votes: 206
10. Gunslinger (1961– )
60 min | Western
Cord, a gunfighter, works undercover for the local Army garrison Commander, trying to help keep peace in the territory.
Stars: Tony Young, Preston Foster, Midge Ware, Dee Pollock
Votes: 65
11.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Matter of Justice
(1958)
30 min | Western
One of the outlaws who held up the Butterfield stage depot has been caught and is awaiting trial and hanging. Hoby is called in to protect the town of Talpa. The prisoner claims his outlaw gang will kill the witnesses and destroy the town.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Robert Culp, Steve Brodie, Regis Toomey, Virginia Christine
Votes: 32
12. 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: 11,879
13. The David Niven Show (1959)
30 min | Drama
David Niven introduced the dramas which made up this summer anthology, but he starred in only one of them.
Stars: David Niven, Dorothy Green, Stacy Harris, Wright King
Votes: 46
14. Frontier Doctor (1956– )
30 min | Western
The adventures of a small town doctor working in the Arizona territory during the early 1900s.
Stars: Rex Allen, Mason Alan Dinehart, Robert Swan, Tom Black
Votes: 113
15.
Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode:
Prisoner of Moon Mesa
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Cheyenne takes the foreman job at a ranch run by a hardheaded rancher with a crippled daughter and a stepson. The rancher ran off the last foreman due to his attentions toward his daughter. Cheyenne soon questions the rancher's actions.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Clint Walker, Robert F. Simon, Madlyn Rhue, Bill Cord
Votes: 87
16.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Credulous Quarry
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In an unusual case, Perry clears his client from a hit-and-run homicide only to find him charged with first-degree murder instead. As a favor to another attorney, Perry's client had agreed to help cover up a hit-and-run accident for him.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 319
17.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
Incident of the Captive
(1960)
Not Rated | 52 min | Western
Mushy's no-nonsense mom foils a stage robbery on her way to see him. Martha Mushgrove pulled down one highwayman's mask to slap him, so the robbers track her to eliminate a witness. ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 97
18. Thriller (1960–1962)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley
Votes: 1,663
19. Hotel de Paree (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
Sundance, a reformed gunslinger just released from prison, drifts into the town of Georgetown, Colorado. A tangle with the town villain ends up with Sundance being forced to shoot him, ... See full summary »
Stars: Earl Holliman, Jeanette Nolan, Strother Martin, Judi Meredith
Votes: 54
20.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
The Violators
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A violent killing appears to be the work of Indians, but Matt doubts it. Someone accuses Quint of it and the solution involves secret motives and revenge in Indian country.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Burt Reynolds, Ken Curtis
Votes: 189
21.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Counterfeit Crank
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gus Dalgran has been acting strangely and his business is suffering from someone embezzling. As things spiral out of his control, his nephew decides to have him declared incompetent. When the nephew is murdered, Gus is charged.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 288
22.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Reward
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby tracks down a missing florist with a rare orchid, who may hold the key to missing bank money and three fugitive bank robbers.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Virginia Christine, Pernell Roberts, Jay Novello
Votes: 29
23.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
The Hitch-Hiker
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young woman driving cross-country becomes frantic when she keeps passing the same man on the side of the road. No matter how fast she drives, the man is always up ahead, hitching her for a ride.
Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Inger Stevens, Adam Williams, Lew Gallo, Leonard Strong
Votes: 5,245
24.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Organization
(1961)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With the imprisonment of Al Capone for tax evasion, Frank Nitti has taken over the operation of the organization but that isn't stopping others from trying to muscle their way in. Arnie ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Richard Conte, Susan Oliver, Milton Selzer
Votes: 83
25.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
Nobility of Kings
(1965)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Ben Justin takes over a ranch next to Shiloh. He has had a string of bad luck including the death of his first wife. His son wants to help him but Ben keeps him and his wife Mary at arms length out of fear they will see the real Ben.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Randy Boone
Votes: 82
26.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Law and the Gun
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
John Welker's new bride is killed by bank robbers. John goes undercover to try and infiltrate the gang.
Director: John English | Stars: Lyle Bettger, Michael Ansara, Paul Carr, Don Diamond
Votes: 28
27. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,775
28. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.
Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse, Paul Birch
Votes: 4,704
29. 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: 388
30.
The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode:
Top of the Stairs
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Passing through the town of Abbottsville on their way to a wedding, Victoria and Audra stop to see Victoria's brother-in-law. They are not allowed to see him and are told he is judged ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 90
31.
Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode:
Home Is Where You Run Away From
(1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Pat Buttram, Tom Lester
Votes: 101
32.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode:
Young Gun
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Brash eighteen year old Jimmy Craig arrives in Dodge City planning to be a deputy. However, he introduces himself to the town by trying to pick a gunfight with a man in a group teasing him about his age. Earp is insure how to handle him.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Ralph Reed, Russ Bender, Frank Fenton
Votes: 41
33.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
The Seal
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Taggert, a U.S. industrialist, has acquired a jade figure, which has great religious significance to Kuala Rokat. That nation is a small but strategically located nation which borders China... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Peter Graves, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris
Votes: 324
34.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
On Thursday We Leave for Home
(1963)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The first human space colony is about to be rescued from the forsaken planet they've been on for three decades. But their leader's having a hard time accepting that change will happen when they get back to Earth.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Whitmore, Tim O'Connor, James Broderick, Paul Langton
Votes: 2,113
35.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
Die by the Gun
(1958)
Approved | 25 min | Western
A sadistic pair of killers escape from prison who have no qualms about killing. They hijack the stagecoach Josh is riding with a young prisoner by felling a tree on its path. They decide to use Josh and the prisoner as hostages.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Steve McQueen, John Larch, Warren Oates, Ray Teal
Votes: 155
36. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule, Mort Mills
Votes: 2,784
37. Maverick (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Bret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.
Stars: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore, Lane Chandler
Votes: 3,630
38. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
After the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the West looking for fights, bad guys to beat up, and women. His job changed from episode to episode.
Stars: Clint Walker, Clyde Howdy, Chuck Hicks, Lane Chandler
Votes: 2,029
39. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni
Votes: 3,082
40. The Rough Riders (1958–1959)
30 min | Western
After the Civil War, two former Union soldiers and an ex-Confederate team up to travel the West.
Stars: Kent Taylor, Jan Merlin, Peter Whitney, Bill Catching
Votes: 85
41.
77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964)
Episode:
Hit And Run
(1959)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kookie's just driven by a hit & run killing 2 people, when a mysterious blonde repeatedly tries to run him off Sunset Boulevard. The crash disfigures the woman, & a witness disappears from ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 57
42.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Human Sacrifice
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An Indian chief's young widow fights an ancient ritual requiring her to be killed following her husband's death.
Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Christopher Dark, Arlene Martel, Russ Bender, John Hackett
Votes: 25
43.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Barefaced Witness
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man, jailed for embezzling, is released and returns to his hometown, a girl he knows also returns to have him clear her name. She asks Paul to back her up so, when the man is found murdered, Paul calls in Perry to defend her.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 323
44.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
It Takes a Big Man
(1963)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
The Judge's friend asks him to take on one of his sons as a hand to straighten out his attitude. The Judge learns why the son fights with his dad but too late to stop the experiment from ending with tragic results for the son and Trampas.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clarke, James Drury
Votes: 100
45.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
Episode:
Journey for Josh
(1960)
Approved | 25 min | Western
Josh and the beautiful female prisoner he is transporting to trial are on a three day trip while her partner is still on the loose in the area. For once Josh may not follow through on obeying the law as they fall in love with each other.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Steve McQueen, Lisa Gaye, Jason Wingreen, Orville Sherman
Votes: 136
46.
Lassie (1954–1974)
Episode:
Long Chase
(1961)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An operator of a carnival dog show dog-naps and disguises Lassie for Lassie's ability to learn trick when the health of his main canine performer falters .
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Jon Provost, June Lockhart, Chick Chandler, Russ Bender
Votes: 17
47.
The Silent Service (1957–1958)
Episode:
The Cavalla Story
(1958)
30 min | Action, War
On her first war patrol in June of 1944, the USS Cavala's captain obeys orders despite a tempting target. His disciplined conduct sets up the great American victory of "The Marianas Turkey Shoot."
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Simon Oakland, Thomas Coley, William Hudson
Votes: 12
48. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,528
49. Rawhide (1959–1965)
TV-PG | 50 min | Western
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming
Votes: 4,624
50. 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