Miller creek 50 movie pack: Timeless Family classics
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1. Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
Not Rated | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries.
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: William Cagney, Edward J. Nugent, June Collyer, Edmund Breese
Votes: 137
2. Freckles Comes Home (1942)
Passed | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Freckles (Johnny Downs) comes home from college...and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane (Gale Storm), falls in love with a confidence man.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Mantan Moreland, Irving Bacon
Votes: 199
3. The Big Chance (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: John Darrow, Merna Kennedy, Natalie Moorhead, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 204
4. The Iron Mask (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, History
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born--an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier
Votes: 1,397 | Gross: $3.27M
5. Scared Stiff (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery, Comedy
The jumpy chess editor at a newspaper accidentally gets involved in some murders at a sleazy tavern run by a pair of bizarre brothers.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 230
6. That's My Baby! (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Father runs a big corporation but is suffering from a severe case of melancholia. Daughter and persona non-grata boyfriend cook up a plan to have every ex-vaudevillian and dancer on the ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Richard Arlen, Ellen Drew, Leonid Kinskey, Minor Watson
Votes: 131
7. The Gang's All Here (1941)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a gang of saboteurs who will stop at nothing, including murder, to stop them.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke
Votes: 224
8. My Dear Secretary (1948)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.
Director: Charles Martin | Stars: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker
Votes: 1,187
9. The Borrowers (1973 TV Movie)
Unrated | 81 min | Family, Fantasy
An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Judith Anderson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 377
10. The General (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Votes: 98,214 | Gross: $1.03M
11. Kid Dynamite (1943)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When gamblers kidnap Muggs to throw a fight, friend Danny steps in and wins the scheduled boxing bout, leaving Mugs jealous, resentful and wrongfully suspicious.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 610
12. Let's Get Tough! (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy
The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 559
13. Swing It, Sailor! (1938)
Passed | 57 min | Adventure, Comedy
Husky Stone (Ray Mayer), strongest man in the Navy, and as short on brains as he is as long on muscle, has an urge to get married, as his enlistment is up. The object of his affection is ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Cannon | Stars: Wallace Ford, Ray Mayer, Isabel Jewell, Mary Treen
Votes: 89
14. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Sands
Votes: 407
15. A Bride for Henry (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A stood-up bride uses her lawyer as a stand-in for her absent, unreliable fiancé, hoping to get a quick divorce after the media interest dies down. In time, she realizes that she might have wed the right man--but it might be too late.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Henry Mollison, Claudia Dell
Votes: 311
16. Jane Eyre (1934)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Romance
A meek governess and her mysterious employer strike up a romantic relationship.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive, Beryl Mercer, David Torrence
Votes: 433
17. Trap on Cougar Mountain (1972)
G | 94 min | Adventure, Western
A mountain boy takes it upon himself to protect wild animals from hunters and trappers.
Director: Keith Larsen | Stars: Keith Larsen, Karen Steele, Eric Larsen, Alvin Keeswold
Votes: 50
18. Flying Wild (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Mystery
A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Joan Barclay, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 537
19. The Big Trees (1952)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Western
A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,857
20. The Medicine Man (1930)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Jack Benny, Betty Bronson, George E. Stone, Tom Dugan
Votes: 279
21. Oliver Twist (1933)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Director: William J. Cowen | Stars: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William 'Stage' Boyd, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 403
22. Lost Honeymoon (1947)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy
After an Englishwoman dies, leaving behind two children, her devoted friend decides to take the children to find the woman's husband, an American serviceman who had returned to the USA. But... See full summary »
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Franchot Tone, Ann Richards, Tom Conway, Frances Rafferty
Votes: 208
23. Hay Foot (1942)
Passed | 48 min | Comedy
Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, James Gleason, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 170
24. The Little Princess (1939)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, when her father fights in the Second Boer War. Later, when he is presumed dead she is forced to become a servant.
Directors: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter | Stars: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter
Votes: 6,741
25. Bill Cracks Down (1937)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Drama, Romance
When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Ranny Weeks, Judith Allen
Votes: 108
26. The Flying Deuces (1939)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Family, War
Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 5,745
27. Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
Oliver Boggs, a typical office drone, with no success in sight, who can spout statistics about anything and everything, wins $1500 in a bean-guessing contest at the movie theatre, quits his... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Toby Wing, Tully Marshall
Votes: 134
28. The Inspector General (1949)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 3,565
29. The Kid (1921)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller
Votes: 134,915 | Gross: $5.45M
30. The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy
An attorney is hired to keep a dumb cowboy out of trouble.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 386
31. Heading for Heaven (1947)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy
Stuart Erwin plays a small-town real estate agent who owns much property which, for several generations, has failed to sell even while the town has grown. It becomes known, except to Erwin,... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Glenda Farrell, Russ Vincent, Irene Ryan
Votes: 169
32. The Hurricane Express (1932)
Passed | 227 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When his father is killed in a train wreck, Larry Baker vows to unmask a mysterious criminal called "The Wrecker," who has targeted the L&M Railroad for deadly" accidents."
Directors: J.P. McGowan, Armand Schaefer | Stars: John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Conway Tearle, Tully Marshall
Votes: 684
33. A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance, War
An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips
Votes: 6,826
34. Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Passed | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Orestes Calpini, Roland Crandall, William Henning, Winfield Hoskins, Thomas Johnson, Frank Kelling, Seymour Kneitel, Robert G. Leffingwell, Grim Natwick, Tom Palmer | Stars: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Cal Howard
Votes: 4,854 | Gross: $7.13M
35. The Nut Farm (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy
Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is ... See full summary »
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Wallace Ford, Betty Alden, Florence Roberts, Spencer Charters
Votes: 126
36. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 3,844
37. Fairplay (1971)
G | 83 min | Western
Teddy, a young greenhorn, arrives in Fairplay looking for his uncle F.O. McGill. He is surprised to find that far from owning a spa as he imagined, McGill runs a saloon frequented by outlaws.
Director: James A. Sullivan | Stars: Paul Ford, Robert Middleton, Terry Wilson, Paul Glaser
Votes: 87
38. Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
G | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Charlotte Sutter is kidnapped by Apaches, her brother Sam, aided by an old drunk prospector, goes searching for her.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Richard Boone, Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Clint Ritchie
Votes: 751
39. Wacky Taxi (1972)
G | 79 min | Comedy, Family
A man unsatisfied in his job decides to start a taxi service.
Directors: Alexander Grasshoff, John Astin | Stars: John Astin, Maria Pogee, Tom Dikel, Jim Dikel
Votes: 157
40. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple they initially brought together.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Alex Melesh
Votes: 2,334
41. The Racketeer (1929)
Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard, Roland Drew, Paul Hurst
Votes: 459
42. Good-bye Love (1933)
67 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Wealthy Chester is not Phyllis's first husband. And all pay alimony. After the wedding Chester learns that she has had eyes on a British big game hunter who turns out to be a pretender like Phyllis: Actually he is Chester's butler.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Verree Teasdale, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Barry
Votes: 146
43. Adventure Island (1947)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Travelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly, John Abbott
Votes: 227
44. Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Judy works for a pittance as a char in her aunt's hotel. To add spice to her life she enrolls in a charm course but it's a scam. Soon the swindlers show up and plan to use her to con her aunt out of her money.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jil Jarmyn, Jacqueline deWit
Votes: 126
45. A Star Is Born (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
Votes: 10,897 | Gross: $4.36M
46. Uncle Joe (1941)
Approved | 51 min | Comedy, Music
Young girl, sent to the country to avoid the amours of an artist, meets up with her backwards inventor uncle Joe and four country boys, who must all band together to keep the bank from foreclosing on a friend of the family.
Directors: Howard M. Railsback, William Strohbach | Stars: Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, Gale Storm, William B. Davidson
Votes: 101
47. Boys of the City (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester, Frankie Burke
Votes: 666
48. The Lost World (1925)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis Stone
Votes: 5,828 | Gross: $1.19M
49. The Time of Your Life (1948)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A wide variety of persons come into Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris, Jeanne Cagney
Votes: 1,348
50. Our Town (1940)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 2,974
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