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1. The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant (1988 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Tribute to actor Cary Grant who died in 1986. Proceeds went to the Princess Grace Foundation due to the close friendship between the two.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Polly Bergen, Milton Berle, Michael Caine
Votes: 11
2.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
And by the Sweat of Thy Brow...
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young man with a disfigured face lives in the shadows of the city committing petty crimes until a young woman and Detective Flint show him how his self-worth is tied to his actions, not his looks.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 76
3. Naked City (1958–1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone
Votes: 1,436
4.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
The Broken Barrelhead
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The problems the Prestons are having in defending young Peter Crewe are made considerably worse by the attempts of Crewe's father to bribe a juror.
Director: David Greene | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Harold J. Stone, Richard Jordan
Votes: 17
5. Wide Country (1962–1963)
60 min | Drama, Sport, Western
Mitch Guthrie is a champion bronco rider in the rodeo who tries to keep his kid brother, Andy, from pursuing the same life.
Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Slim Pickens, Ray Teal
Votes: 94
6.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Detonator
(1973)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A member of the Organization, Albert Dirks, has a grudge against a county prosecutor, William Sanders. Sanders was responsible for sending Dirks to prison, during which time his wife died. ... See full summary »
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Steven Benedict
Votes: 14
7.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter I
(1976)
98 min | Drama
A true rags-to-riches-story about Joseph Armagh who comes to New York with the clothes on his back, and his struggle to achieves riches and a position in society.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Richard Jordan, Ray Bolger, Neville Brand, John Carradine
Votes: 16
8.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter II
(1976)
50 min | Drama
A few years of successful gun running and Joseph Armagh becomes a partner in the oil company of Ed Healey.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Richard Jordan, Blair Brown, Peter Donat, Charles Durning
Votes: 12
9.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter III
(1976)
50 min | Drama
Joseph Armagh rejects the love of Elizabeth Healey, learns of the dying Katherine Hennessey's unrequited love, promising to wed her daughter Bernadette before Katherine's jealous husband goes too far in a salacious attack on Joseph.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Richard Jordan, Patty Duke, Blair Brown, Katherine Crawford
Votes: 11
10. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.
Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke
Votes: 27,125
11. The Defenders (1961–1965)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Ossie Davis
Votes: 503
12. Incident at Vichy (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, and "investigated" under suspicion of secretly being Jewish.
Director: Stacy Keach | Stars: Rene Auberjonois, Ed Bakey, Lee Bergere, Tom Bower
Votes: 62
13. Nightside (1973 TV Movie)
70 min | Crime, Drama
The story of three people - a press agent, a private detective and a nightclub owner - whose careers require them to spend most of the night awake and on the prowl. In the pilot episode, ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: John Cassavetes, Alexis Smith, Mike Kellin, June Havoc
Votes: 22
14.
Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
Episode:
The Detroit Connection
(1973)
75 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
Hec sets out to take down the Detroit crime syndicate who plotted an oil driller's murder.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 28
15.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter IV
(1976)
50 min | Drama
Tensions escalate between the labor unions and the railroad, as Joseph Armagh fathers four children with Bernadette even as he seeks to avenge himself on her father for depriving him of the two great loves of his life.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Richard Jordan, Patty Duke, Blair Brown, Katherine Crawford
Votes: 10
16. Captains and the Kings (1976)
540 min | Drama
Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s.
Stars: Richard Jordan, Harvey Jason, Patty Duke, Blair Brown
Votes: 517
17. Empire (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama, Western
Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie.
Stars: Richard Egan, Ryan O'Neal, Anne Seymour, Terry Moore
Votes: 83
18.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter VII
(1976)
50 min | Drama
While his son Rory searches for brother Kevin with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the jungles of Cuba, Joseph Armagh quietly orchestrates the annulment of Rory's marriage to Marjorie Chisholm.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Richard Jordan, Perry King, Patty Duke, Lee de Broux
Votes: 10
19. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,936
20. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
The adventures of Hec Ramsey, a turn-of-the-20th-century detective who prefers to use his brains instead of his guns.
Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Dennis Rucker
Votes: 433
21.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
The Child Broker
(1988)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A robbery gang of semi-homeless kids is run by a ruthless manipulator. One of the kids has a caring single mother who enlists the Equalizer to look into things. When the gang boss shows his... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, Christopher Collet
Votes: 67
22.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Video Games
(1988)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man tricks women into prostitution and videotapes them, using the videos to blackmail them into doing even more, and eventually each is killed. McCall helps a chauffeur planning to avenge the death of his daughter.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, Daniel Davis
Votes: 59
23.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter VIII
(1976)
91 min | Drama
Rory Armagh seeks the Democratic nomination for President over Woodrow Wilson, while his father ponders a lifetime without love.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Richard Jordan, Perry King, Sian Barbara Allen, Patty Duke
Votes: 11
24. Banacek (1972–1974)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The adventures of proud Polish-American freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek.
Stars: George Peppard, Ralph Manza, Murray Matheson, Christine Belford
Votes: 2,231
25. The French Atlantic Affair (1979)
278 min | Adventure, Drama
A luxury liner is hijacked by terrorists.
Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Horst Buchholz, James Coco, Chad Everett
Votes: 113
26.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter VI
(1976)
50 min | Drama
Rory Armagh romances Marjorie Chisholm while his sister Anne-Marie's relationship with Courtney Wickersham crashes and burns through no fault of their own.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Richard Jordan, Perry King, Patty Duke, Blair Brown
Votes: 10
27. Gettysburg (1993)
PG | 271 min | Drama, History, War
In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Director: Ron Maxwell | Stars: Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang, Richard Jordan
Votes: 31,337 | Gross: $10.77M
28.
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969–1972)
Episode:
Justice Is a Sometime Thing
(1971)
60 min | Drama
The team agrees to defend for free an innocent Latino youth who is being pressured to accept a plea deal but they must find his companion and like witness to the crime who is an undocumented girl who has fled back to Mexico.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Burl Ives, Joseph Campanella, James Farentino, A Martinez
Votes: 6
29.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Christmas Presence
(1987)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
McCall and Gage protect a young boy who is being terrorized by a group of men who want him out of the neighbourhood because he has AIDS.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, Jacqueline Brookes
Votes: 71
30.
Captains and the Kings (1976)
Episode:
Chapter V
(1976)
50 min | Drama
Joseph Armagh's attempted blackmail of an upstanding senator results in suicide and a lasting curse.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Richard Jordan, Perry King, Patty Duke, Blair Brown
Votes: 11
31. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
Votes: 215,010 | Gross: $122.01M
32. Insight (I) (1960–1984)
30 min | Drama
This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.
Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith
Votes: 286
33. Kamouraska (1973)
R | 124 min | Drama, History
Quebec, the 1830s and 1840s. As she attends the bedside of Jérôme, her second husband, Élisabeth recalls her youth, her marriage to her first husband, Antoine, life in remote Kamouraska ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Jordan, Marcel Cuvelier, Philippe Léotard
Votes: 420
34.
Banacek (1972–1974)
Episode:
If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?
(1973)
TV-PG | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A rich hypochondriac boils over when her multi-million dollar, custom-designed, diagnostic hospital computer disappears behind its electric fence overnight.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: George Peppard, Christine Belford, Anne Baxter, Richard Jordan
Votes: 167
35.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
A Dance on the Dark Side
(1988)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a woman accidentally hears a phone call implicating an undercover cop in the murder of his partner, her life is threatened and she contacts McCall for help.
Director: Jonathan Perry | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, David Andrews
Votes: 63
36.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Mission: McCall: Part 1
(1987)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Scott can't find his father, he first calls Control but they give him the brush off. He later finds a message from his father telling him to contact a man named Dyson who also worked ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Mitchum, Richard Jordan
Votes: 73
37. The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Stephen Brooks
Votes: 1,379
38. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats
Votes: 12,226
39. The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
PG | 251 min | Crime, Drama, History
In early twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community, and ultimately leads to the arrest of a man who may actually be innocent.
Stars: Jack Lemmon, Richard Jordan, Robert Prosky, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 819
40.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Inner View
(1987)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A psychic predicts a serial killer's murders with fragmented clues.
Director: Marc Laub | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, Katherine Cortez
Votes: 65
41.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Mission: McCall: Part 2
(1987)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The KGB get McCall and take him to the Russian embassy. McCall was shot so they try to treat him before sending him to Russia. Dyson upon learning this tries to get him out by getting into ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Edward Woodward, Robert Lansing, Ludmilla Bokievsky, Frederick Neumann
Votes: 73
42. Interiors (1978)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt
Votes: 20,957
43. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 416
44. Les Miserables (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History
Jean Valjean (Richard Jordan), convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for several decades by the relentless and cruel Policeman Javert (Anthony Perkins).
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 1,931
45.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Shadow Play
(1987)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Harley Gage and Alice Shepard try to protect an old friend who is testifying at a government hearing. McCall continues his recovery.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 64
46.
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1988)
PG | 150 min | Crime, Drama, History
Director: William Hale | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Richard Jordan, Robert Prosky, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 20
47. The Yakuza (1974)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman
Votes: 10,460
48. The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)
PG | 85 min | Drama, History
The trial of the Catonsville Nine, the nine Catholic activists who in 1968 went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files and burned them to protest the Vietnam War.
Director: Gordon Davidson | Stars: Gwen Arner, Ed Flanders, Barton Heyman, Mary Jackson
Votes: 49 | Gross: $0.11M
49.
Ben Casey (1961–1966)
Episode:
Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season
(1962)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
During the hectic holiday season, Ben hires elderly Mrs. Plumduff, a nurse with an excellent reputation. Her eccentricities, including serving homemade plum pudding to the patients, soon ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Gail Bonney, Nellie Burt
Votes: 7
50.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Something Green
(1988)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the son of a woman who was fathered by a Swiss diplomat is missing, she calls McCall. He then talks to the boy's father and learns that he's in bed with some criminals who use him to ... See full summary »
Director: Luis Soto | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Jordan, Jon DeVries
Votes: 59