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1. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.
Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day
Votes: 1,646
2.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
The Robert Goulet Show
(1963)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Jack sups at a chichi nightclub where heartthrob crooner Robert Goulet is dining. Will Goulet pilfer Jack's drop-dead gorgeous date or will the sex symbol comic pull women away from Goulet? Two versions are presented. Which one is true?
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Robert Goulet, Joan Marshall, Don Wilson
Votes: 44
3.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Johnny Carson Guest
(1963)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
After Don does a man on the street interview that ends badly, Jack brings out Johnny Carson then into his first year as "Tonight" host. Carson displays samples of his various talents, ... See full summary »
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, Don Wilson, Charles Cantor
Votes: 53
4.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
The Tall Cowboy Sketch
(1963)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Jack's guest is 6'6" Western star Clint Walker, who sings a song and banters with Jack. Jack is insulted when the gigantic Walker snubs Jack's suggestion that he play Clint's brother in a movie. But Jack auditions for the part anyway.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Clint Walker, John Gallaudet, Sol Gorss
Votes: 43
5. The El Paso Kid (1946)
Passed | 54 min | Western
In one of the most-used plots of the B-western genre, sometimes officially and sometimes just "borrowed" (see Movie Connections), Sunset Carson (Sunset Carson) is a member of an outlaw gang... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sunset Carson, Marie Harmon, Hank Patterson, Edmund Cobb
Votes: 89
6.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Harlow Gets a Date
(1964)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
An important sponsor will soon be coming to visit, and it's up to Jack to supply a date for his daughter. He turns to Don to let his son take her out, but Harlow's never had a date before ... See full summary »
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Lois Corbett, Dale White
Votes: 40
7.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Andy Williams Show
(1964)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Jack's guest is laid-back singer Andy Williams, which prompts a visit from Jack's Pasadena Fan Club President (Madge Blake, Aunt Harriett on "Batman"), who can't believe Really Old Blue ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Abbott | Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Andy Williams, Jesslyn Fax
Votes: 47
8. My Sweet Charlie (1970 TV Movie)
G | 97 min | Drama
A pregnant white Southern girl and a black New York lawyer, both on the run in rural Texas, meet up in a boarded-up, abandoned house and realize they both need each other in order to survive.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Patty Duke, Al Freeman Jr., Ford Rainey, William Hardy
Votes: 274
9.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
How Jack Found Dennis
(1964)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Dennis Day's lugging his own scenery on stage for his song, leads an irate Jack to relate how he picked Dennis to be his show's singer, passing over an agent's offers of Sinatra (too skinny... See full summary »
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Jesse White
Votes: 39
10. The Invisible Informer (1946)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An aristocratic but destitute Southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace. The company assigns operatives Eve Rogers and Mike... See full summary »
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Linda Stirling, William Henry, Adele Mara, Peggy Stewart
Votes: 24
11. Macbeth (1948)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 7,784
12.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Don Breaks Leg
(1964)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Jack's announcer, Don Wilson, fakes a broken leg in order to give his son, Harlow, an opportunity to substitute announce for him on the show.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Lois Corbett, Dale White
Votes: 50
13.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
The Ed Sullivan Show
(1963)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Ed Sullivan is nervous about doing "his first dramatic part" but embraces it, playing an attorney defending a French girl accused of murder. The case seems to be stacked against DA Jack when the entire jury are baguette-wielding Frenchmen.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan, Monique LeMaire, Don Wilson
Votes: 41
14. Two Sinners (1935)
Passed | 72 min | Romance
Henry Vane is released from prison after serving fifteen years for shooting the lover his wife took while he served in the army during World War I. Henry cannot adjust to modern London and ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Otto Kruger, Martha Sleeper, Minna Gombell, Ferdinand Munier
Votes: 32
15. G.I. War Brides (1946)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy
Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join the G.I. she loves. She assumes the identity of an English war bride, Joyce Giles, who has ... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Anna Lee, James Ellison, Harry Davenport, William Henry
Votes: 27
16. Night Train to Memphis (1946)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Drama, Music
On a train heading into the small mountain town of Tranquility, Danny Acuff kisses a beautiful woman before hopping off a still-moving car. At the Tranquility station, the woman, whose name... See full synopsis »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Roy Acuff, Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, Allan Lane, Adele Mara
Votes: 40
17. Redhead (1934)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Drama
A girl marries a playboy from a rich family, expecting a life of comfort and luxury. However, her new father-in-law turns his ne'er-do-well son out into the street with no money, and ... See full summary »
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Grace Bradley, Regis Toomey, Berton Churchill
Votes: 24
18. Days of Buffalo Bill (1946)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Ace Diamond (James Craven) and Bill Clinker (Rex Lease) frame Sunset Carson (Sunset Carson) for the murder of a young rancher, Jim Owens (Jay Kirby as Jay Kirby). Sunset and his sidekick, ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London, James Craven
Votes: 32
19. Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Songwriter Tyler Brice makes a handsome living composing jingles for radio commercials, much to the dismay of his loyal secretary, Pamela Thayer, who thinks that Ty is wasting his talent. ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Constance Moore, William Marshall, Bill Goodwin, Johnny Coy
Votes: 21
20. The Chicago Kid (1945)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Joe Ferrill is trying to get enough money so that when his father gets out of prison, he can live comfortably, but before that happens his father dies in prison. Angry at the world, Joe ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Otto Kruger, Tom Powers, Lynne Roberts
Votes: 19
21. The Cherokee Flash (1945)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Lawyer Butler, wanting Jeff Carson's ranch, has the Sheriff and his gang frame the bank holdup on him. Then they kill a witness that could free Carson and blame the murder on his son Sunset... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Tom London, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 40
22. Down Laredo Way (1953)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
Rodeo star Rex Allen investigates the death of a colleague and in the process uncovers a ring of diamond smugglers.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Rex Allen, Koko, Slim Pickens, Dona Drake
Votes: 45
23. The Cheaters (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette, Ona Munson
Votes: 910
24. Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Cam Ellerby (Ray Middleton) brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamor and excitement to young Sylvia Townsend (Eileen Christy). Her mother, Kathleen (Lucille Norman), ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Ray Middleton, Lucille Norman, Eileen Christy, Bill Shirley
Votes: 53
25. Red River Renegades (1946)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Western
Postal Inspectors Carson and Underwood have been sent to investigate a series of robberies where both the driver and stagecoach disappear. They team up with Pinkerton agent Bennett who has ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London, Ted Adams
Votes: 41
26. Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, War
A homesick American soldier stationed in England during WWII, makes an unauthorized (a.w.o.l) trip on an American Air Force plane to the United States to see his wife, and then hops the ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, Phillip Reed
Votes: 79
27. Texas Gun Fighter (1932)
Passed | 63 min | Western
Bill Dane and Banty quit Kell's outlaw gang. When Dane prevents Kell and his men from getting a bullion shipment, he is made Sheriff. Learning Dane is Sheriff, Kell and gang return, force ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Sheila Bromley, Harry Woods
Votes: 62
28. One Exciting Week (1946)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A returning WWII hero is on his way to his home town where he is to receive a medal and $10,000. Before arriving he is stricken with amnesia and falls in with a gang of crooks. They do not ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Al Pearce, Pinky Lee, Jerome Cowan, Shemp Howard
Votes: 11
29. The Keeper of the Bees (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance, War
A severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes upon a peaceful little village and meets an old man called Bee Master and his protégé, Little ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Betty Furness, Emma Dunn, Edith Fellows
Votes: 75
30. Guns and Guitars (1936)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
After being framed for murdering the sheriff, Gene proves his innocence, then gets elected sheriff to go after the baddie who framed him.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Dorothy Dix, Earle Hodgins
Votes: 96
31. Hit Parade of 1951 (1950)
Passed | 85 min | Musical
7 tunes enliven a contrived plot: While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like him to play him for a bit.The gambler's Latina girlfriend opens the eyes of the prissy crooner.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Marie McDonald, Estelita Rodriguez, Frank Fontaine
Votes: 22
32. Santa Fe Uprising (1946)
Passed | 56 min | Western
The Duchess, the aunt of Red Ryder, comes to town to protect her property. Crawford, a town big-shot behind an outlaw gang, tries to prevent her from reaching her destination, but the ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Allan Lane, Robert Blake, Martha Wentworth, Barton MacLane
Votes: 52
33. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a no-nonsense athlete who doesn't have time for such diversions as women.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, Charles Starrett, Florence Lake
Votes: 55
34. Crime of the Century (1946)
56 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Ex-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved with a group of people trying to conceal the death of the president of a large corporation so ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Stephanie Bachelor, Michael Browne, Martin Kosleck, Betty Shaw
Votes: 32
35. Black Beauty (1933)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Black Beauty is being trained to run in the steeplechase race, upon which the Cameron family has staked its fortune. However, the horse is injured racing for a doctor when its owner is hurt... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirkland, Gavin Gordon, Hale Hamilton
Votes: 17
36. The Pocatello Kid (1931)
Passed | 61 min | Western
Just after Pocatello's brother is killed, a wounded Pocatello arrives being chased by the Sheriff. Larkin switches the identity of the two brothers and then expects Pocatello to assume his brother's role in the outlaw gang.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Marceline Day, Richard Cramer
Votes: 89
37. He Couldn't Take It (1933)
65 min | Comedy
Jimmy Kelly, who can't hold on to a job because of his hot temper, finds his calling as a process server. He serves process on a gangster and exposes a criminal conspiracy while trying to ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Ray Walker, Virginia Cherrill, George E. Stone, Stanley Fields
Votes: 11
38. I've Always Loved You (1946)
Approved | 117 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, Bill Carter, Maria Ouspenskaya
Votes: 368
39. The Tiger Woman (1945)
Approved | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
At the Tiger Club nightclub, singer Sharon Winslow asks private detective Jerry Devery to help her prevent the murder of her husband Fred, one of the club's owners. Sharon is afraid that ... See full synopsis »
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Adele Mara, Kane Richmond, Richard Fraser, Peggy Stewart
Votes: 96
40. My Pal Trigger (1946)
Approved | 79 min | Western
Roy is unjustly accused of killing the stallion that mated with his mare who gives birth to - Trigger!
Directors: Frank McDonald, Yakima Canutt | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 541
41. In Old Sacramento (1946)
Approved | 89 min | Western
In California, Johnny Barrett is a dashing gambler by day and a masked bandit by night who starts a romantic rivalry with young gold miner Sam Chase over showboat singer Belle Malone.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Bill Elliott, Constance Moore, Henry H. Daniels Jr., Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 79
42. The Madonna's Secret (1946)
Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The sister of a murdered model poses for the same artist to try to catch her killer.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Francis Lederer, Gail Patrick, Ann Rutherford, Edward Ashley
Votes: 284
43. Gay Blades (1946)
67 min | Comedy
New York hockey player Andy Buell is approached by Hollywood talent scout Nancy Davis to play the hunk lead in "The Behemoth" but he would prefer she quit her job and become his wife.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Allan Lane, Jean Rogers, Edward Ashley, Frank Albertson
Votes: 28
44. Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western
Redwood Valley residents raise $50,000 for blasting a mountain tunnel to bring a new railroad there. Town leader Bidwell (James Craven) engineers a plot to steal the money and to blame it ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Bob Steele, Alice Fleming
Votes: 56
45. Sun Valley Cyclone (1946)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Western
Red Ryder and Little Beaver ride into a sleepy Arizona town, and are seen by Blackie Blake. Red and his young Indian pal go to the office of Marshal McGaw and Blake sneaks up to a window ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 40
46. Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Western
The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother. She dreams about her grandmother's adventures including a romance with a cowboy who ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 120
47. Breed of the Border (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Joe has Cowboy-Race Driver Brent drive him to the border where his men slug Brent, and he shoots Stafford and takes his bonds. Brent's old friend Chuck arrives and the two head out to find the gang and recover the bonds.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, Marion Byron, Ernie Adams, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 48
48. Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy visits his home town while on a personal appearance tour. While there he enters a pony express race. To keep him from winning, bad guys try to sabotage Roy's entry. They fail, or course.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 113
49. Sunset Trail (1932)
Passed | 62 min | Western
Jim and Buddy decide to follow their pal Tater-bug who left them for another job. No sooner do they arrive than Tater-bug gets shot in the back. Jim suspects Joe Weller but has no proof.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Ruth Hiatt, Frank Rice
Votes: 46
50. Fighting Texans (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Nash makes fast talking salesman Graves the manager of a new oil well being drilled. Graves continues his sales pitch getting the townspeople to buy shares in the well. When Nash arrives, ... See full summary »
Director: Armand Schaefer | Stars: Rex Bell, Luana Walters, Betty Mack, Yakima Canutt
Votes: 25