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1.
The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
Episode:
Segment
(1954)
30 min | Drama
During a convention in a large city, a visiting family consisting of a man, his wife and daughter checks into a hotel. When the girl leaves, the wife's incessant nagging pushes the man into... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: William Bendix, Ward Bond, Joanne Woodward, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 11
2.
The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
Episode:
Too Old for Dolls
(1955)
30 min | Drama
Parents are concerned that their teen-aged daughter doesn't have a date for her school's formal dance. She assures them she has a boy named Al all lined up. Recalling that "Al" was the name... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Laraine Day, Franchot Tone, Natalie Wood, Joyce Coates
Votes: 11
3. Damon Runyon Theater (1955–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology, the episodes of which were based mostly on the original short stories of Daymon Runyan.
Stars: Donald Woods, Wally Vernon, Allen Jenkins, Clegg Hoyt
Votes: 48
4. Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Angela Lansbury, Scott Brady, Howard Duff, Sylvia Sidney
Votes: 42
5. 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
6. Prairie Roundup (1951)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Steve Carson, a former Texas Ranger Captain, shoots a fleeing hold-up bandit and is framed on a murder charge. He escapes with the help of his pal Smiley and they hire out as cowhands on a ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Mary Castle, Frank Fenton, The Sunshine Boys
Votes: 41
7. A Snitch in Time (1950)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are carpenters who are re-staining some furniture they've delivered to a boarding house. The plot gets complicated when the boys confront some crooks who are hiding out there. ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Jean Willes
Votes: 362
8. The Jolson Story (1946)
Approved | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin
Votes: 1,770
9. Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (1950)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
When a rancher, part of whose property is in Indian territory, is murdered and robbed of a silver ring of Indian origin, the new Indian Agent, Steve Blake (Charles Starrett) investigates. ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Edgar Dearing, Kay Buckley
Votes: 23
10. Across the Badlands (1950)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
The Durango Kid exposes a gang making attacks on a band of surveyors laying a new railway line.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Helen Mowery, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 45
11. Renegades of the Sage (1949)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Following the Civil War, the U.S. government sets out to find a gang opposing the construction of telegraph lines in the west. They suspect Braden, who had formed a guerrilla band and ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Leslye Banning, Trevor Bardette
Votes: 21
12. Frontier Outpost (1950)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Steve Lawton, aka The Durango Kid, U.S. Army undercover man, and his assistant Smiley, are sent to Santa Fe by Army investigator Copeland to deliver a gold shipment and check on the strange... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Lois Hall, Steve Darrell, Fred F. Sears
Votes: 24
13. Horsemen of the Sierras (1949)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
U.S. Marshal Steve Saunders, searching for the killer of a government surveyor, interrupts a gun battle between the feuding Grant and Webster families, who fell out when Chris Grant was ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, T. Texas Tyler, Lois Hall
Votes: 29
14. Convicted (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A D.A. becomes the prison warden where he tries to help an inmate he prosecuted, because he believes his sentence was excessive.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 1,494
15. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
Passed | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Striving to be a whiz-bang salesman and screwing up at every turn, Red Skelton turns in a genius comic performance inevitably getting into big trouble, impossible situations and a wild chase involving dastardly crooks.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 654
16. Snake River Desperadoes (1951)
Approved | 54 min | Western
Hatching a scheme to sell rifles to the Indians as a protection against the white settlers, Jim Haverly (Monte Blue) works both sides against the middle by having his henchmen masquerade as... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Don Reynolds, Tommy Ivo, Monte Blue
Votes: 97
17. Pecos River (1951)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Utilizing his past as a former outlaw and his secret identity as the Durango Kid, postal inspector Steve Baldwin goes undercover to arrest the three highwayman who murdered lovable old driver Old Henry.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Anne James, Steve Darrell
Votes: 91
18. Lone Star Moonlight (1946)
Approved | 67 min | Drama, Western
Returning G.I. Curt Norton (Ken Curtis), owner of a radio station, finds his father Amos (Guy Kibbee) has allowed the station to run down and has squandered Curt's money in bad investments ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Ken Curtis, Joan Barton, Guy Kibbee, Robert Kellard
Votes: 22
19. Whirlwind Raiders (1948)
Approved | 54 min | Western
The Durango Kid battles a gang of outlaws that trick people by calling themselves the "Texas State Police."
Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Charles Starrett, Don Reynolds, Nancy Saunders, Fred F. Sears
Votes: 65
20. Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Steve Forsythe/The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is trailing holdup man Sam Barton (Lee Morgan) from Texas, but Barton is found first by hotel owner Ace Conley (Jim Bannon) who has his ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Sunny Vickers, Edgar Dearing, Jim Bannon
Votes: 19
21. Desert Vigilante (1949)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Silver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's basement. When Steve arrives he gets tangled up with the rustlers who are now going to have the Durango Kid to contend with.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Peggy Stewart, Tristram Coffin, Mary Newton
Votes: 66
22. The Man from Colorado (1948)
Approved | 100 min | Romance, Western
At the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew, Ray Collins
Votes: 1,987
23. The Blazing Trail (1949)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life. When the will is read, it leaves the bulk of the property to Kirk, the gambling ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Marjorie Stapp, Fred F. Sears, Steve Darrell
Votes: 64
24. The Outlaw Stallion (1954)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hagan is rustling horses lead by a white stallion from a Government restricted area. Young Danny Saunders captures the horse who then kills Hagen's mare. Hagen needs the white stallion and ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Philip Carey, Dorothy Patrick, Billy Gray, Roy Roberts
Votes: 81
25. Blondie in the Dough (1947)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Family
Blondie's sudden windfall causes noting but trouble for the Bumstead family.
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 248
26. Law of the Canyon (1947)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break up the Hood Gang that's behind the robberies.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Nancy Saunders, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Texas Jim Lewis
Votes: 66
27. The Arkansas Swing (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Ken, Gil, Hezzie and Gabe are members of the Country & Western band 'The Hoosier Hotshots'. They get involved with the beautiful Margie MacGregor, the scheming villain Pamela Trent and ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Gloria Henry, Ken Trietsch, Paul Trietsch, Gil Taylor
Votes: 15
28. Millie's Daughter (1947)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Joanna Maitland, living in Boston with her very conservative relatives, runs away to Palm Beach to be with her mother, Millie Maitland, whom she has been forbidden to see. Robert Lattimer, ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Gladys George, Gay Nelson, Paul Campbell, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 23
29. Shockproof (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti
Votes: 2,296
30. Chicago Syndicate (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A former military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with her own agenda.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart, Xavier Cugat
Votes: 625
31. Blondie Knows Best (1946)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Family
In order to close a business deal, Dagwood impersonates Mr. Dithers. While doing so he must avoid the nearly blind process server Jim Gray.
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 227
32. Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
Approved | 59 min | Drama
Thirteen-year-old Danny Mitchell befriends Penny Waters, a little blind girl who is shy who is shy and lonely. Danny intercedes for Penny when she is about to be sent to the State ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Ted Donaldson, Sharyn Moffett, John Litel, Ann Doran
Votes: 110
33. Fort Savage Raiders (1951)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
Steve Drake/The Durango Kid is commissioned by the Army to track down a band of desperado's who have escaped from the stockade at Fort Savage. The gang is led by ex-army Captain Craydon who... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, John Dehner, Trevor Bardette
Votes: 28
34. Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
Approved | 77 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Whit, condemned and awaiting execution, reviews the events of his life that has brought him to Cell 2455 on San Quentin's Death Row, a story he had told in a autobiography that became a ... See full summary »
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: William Campbell, R. Wright Campbell, Marian Carr, Kathryn Grant
Votes: 492
35. It Had to Be You (1947)
98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A woman is noted for leaving her bridegrooms at the altar until a dashing fireman walks into her life.
Directors: Don Hartman, Rudolph Maté | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Percy Waram, Spring Byington
Votes: 825
36. Johnny Allegro (1949)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready, Will Geer
Votes: 730
37. Laramie (1949)
Approved | 55 min | Western
A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison (Fred Sears) is meeting with Chief Eagle (Shooting Star) and his son Running Wolf (Jay ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Fred F. Sears, Tommy Ivo, Elton Britt
Votes: 111
38. The Kid from Amarillo (1951)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Treasury agent Steve Ransom (Charles Starrett) is given the mission of unmasking Jonathan Cole (Fred Sears), head of a gang of smugglers operating near the Mexico/Texas border which is not ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Harry Lauter, Fred F. Sears
Votes: 28
39. Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)
61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Range minstrel Roy Acuff takes over the county-wide Corby Ranch which, under the terms of the owner's will, must be operated by Roy for ninety days, and at the end of that time, family ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Roy Acuff, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Russell Arms, Sybil Merritt
Votes: 33
40. Blondie's Holiday (1947)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Family
Dagwood gets in trouble with bookies and winds up in jail. Bank manager Samuel Breckinridge comes to his rescue to thank Dagwood for getting compulsive gambler Mrs. Breckinridge out of the casino just before the police raid.
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 201
41. West of Dodge City (1947)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Henry Hardison covets Jon Avery' Flying A Ranch so he can control River Bend's water supply, but when he refuses to sell, Hardison fakes a stage holdup and kills him. When Avery's children resist too, the Durango Kid comes to their aid.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Nancy Saunders, Mustard, Gravy
Votes: 43
42. Blondie's Anniversary (1947)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Family
After Blondie mistakes a gold watch Dagwood brings home as her anniversary gift, it leads Dagwood into trouble with his boss, a loan shark and crooked building contractors.
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 215
43. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
Unrated | 83 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 9,132
44. Tokyo Joe (1949)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 2,695
45. Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)
Passed | 68 min | Western
When the loot from a botched bank robbery disappears, the Hogan gang takes over the whole town and threatens to kill everyone if the loot is not found.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: David Brian, Neville Brand, Richard Long, Lisa Davis
Votes: 200
46. Adventures in Silverado (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Western
Into California's 1880 frontier country rides Robert Louis Stevenson Edgar Barrier, the novelist, looking for story material 'in a land of stage-drivers and highwaymen', and soon finds it ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Edgar Buchanan, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 133
47. Gasoline Alley (1951)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Romance
The popular Frank O. King comic strip characters go from newspaper page to screen in this 1951 feature film from legendary comedy director Edward Bernds (of Three Stooges and Bowery Boys ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, Susan Morrow, Don Beddoe
Votes: 158
48. The Return of the Whistler (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
On the eve of his marriage, a young man's fiance disappears. He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane, James Cardwell
Votes: 463
49. Slightly French (1949)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter, Willard Parker
Votes: 372
50. The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama
Dr. Ordway tries to prove that his patient was framed for arson.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Adele Jergens
Votes: 250