Noir on TV
by karljhickey14 | created - 16 Jun 2014 | updated - 7 months ago | PublicTV versions of Films Noir , adaptations of stories by Noir authors , and some that just have the feel of Noir . Based (mostly) on watching them .
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1.
Startime (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Man
(1960)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In a small town, an old lady (Thelma Ritter) living in a large Victorian home has a visit from a man just out of the army (Audie Murphy).He's in town looking for a job and a place to stay, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Audie Murphy, Thelma Ritter, Michael J. Pollard, Joseph Sullivan
Votes: 25
from the same story as Beware My Lovely 1953 , written by Mel Dinelli
2.
Suspicion (1957–1958)
Episode:
Four O'Clock
(1957)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Paul Steppe, a watch repairman, suspects his wife is cheating on him while he tends to his store every afternoon. Consumed with jealousy, he devises a time bomb set to go off at four o' ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Nancy Kelly, E.G. Marshall, Richard Long, Tom Pittman
Votes: 239
directed by Hitchcock , from a Cornell Woolrich story
3.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Stacked Deck
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Fresh out of prison, blackmailer Gus Anderson intends to use Willie's casino to launder his victims' money. To insure his cooperation, Gus' thugs are holding one of Willie's waiters hostage... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dick Powell, Shirley Patterson, Regis Toomey, Herb Vigran
Votes: 28
4.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
Meet McGraw
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
McGraw, a private eye, is hired by Lila Lamont to protect her from her threatening husband Louis.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Audrey Totter, Ellen Corby, Paul Picerni
Votes: 51
5. The Fat Man: The Thirty-Two Friends of Gina Lardelli (1959 TV Movie)
59 min | Mystery
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Robert Middleton, Tony Travis, Frank Gerstle, Jan Arvan
Votes: 21
6. Mickey Spillane's 'Mike Hammer!' (1954 TV Movie)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Brian Keith, Robert Bice, Virginia Lee, Donald Randolph
Votes: 30
7.
The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963)
Episode:
Killer in the House
(1961)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A man on the run hides out at his brother's house - something the brother and his wife are most uneasy about.
Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Dick Powell, Edmond O'Brien, Earl Holliman, Wallace Ford
Votes: 12
8.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
High Stakes
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An employee catches attractive Mrs. Raymond making a pass at Willie, then Mr. Raymond comes to the club with a gun to get even. Willie shoots him in self defense, but Willie is framed when Mr. Raymond's gun disappears.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dick Powell, Frances Bergen, Herb Vigran, Walter Sande
Votes: 31
9.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
Dante's Inferno
(1952)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Willie Dante owns a bar and gambling house called Dante's Inferno. One night, the wife of an acquaintance tells Willie that her husband has threatened her. Willie comforts her and sends her home, but she turns up dead the next day.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dick Powell, Virginia Grey, Regis Toomey, Marvin Miller
Votes: 45
10.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Squeeze
(1953)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Willie Dante begrudgingly lets the son of the district attorney play dice in his illegal gambling hall, under threat of exposure. Willie kicks him out anyway when he finds out that his ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Dick Powell, Richard Jaeckel, Regis Toomey, Herb Vigran
Votes: 49
11.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Hard Way
(1953)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Vic breaks the bank at Willie's gambling hall, and Willie unknowingly pays him off with counterfeit money. When Vic threatens him, Willie convinces him that they've both been duped, and they cooperate to track down the real culprit.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Dick Powell, Robert Osterloh, Regis Toomey, Elisabeth Fraser
Votes: 25
12.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The House Always Wins
(1955)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Although it seems to be just another night in his gambling casino, Willie Dante runs into an old flame who reveals that the party she's with want to rob the place.
Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Dick Powell, Jean Willes, Herb Vigran, Regis Toomey
Votes: 44
13.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
No Limit
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Suave restaurateur-gambler Willie Dante rebuffs the attempt of racketeers to cash in on his gambling activities. He appears to change his mind, however, due to the influence of a beautiful woman.
Director: Richard Kinon | Stars: Dick Powell, Lola Albright, Regis Toomey, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 10
14.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
A Long Way from Texas
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two con men target a naive young oilman from Texas. They visit Willie's gambling hall, and the con men threaten Willie. He decides to get revenge, and teach a lesson to the oilman.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dick Powell, Regis Toomey, Alan Mowbray, Herb Vigran
Votes: 15
15.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
Committed
(1954)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves his innocence.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Alan Ladd, John Howard, Virginia Gibson, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 16
16.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Eye of the Beholder
(1953)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An artist seeks the perfect model for a painting of a Madonna. In the process of his search, he becomes involved in a murder case.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Richard Conte, Martha Vickers, Jarma Lewis, Otto Waldis
Votes: 41
17.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Contest
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The head of detectives runs into problems when he suspects his fiancee has committed murder.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dick Powell, Marguerite Chapman, John Hubbard, Ray Walker
Votes: 37
18.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
Detective's Holiday
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A detective (Dick Powell) takes a trip to a cabin in the woods to get away from it all. A man, his wife, and his two kids entertain him. When one of the kids let's it slip that their ... See full summary »
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Dick Powell, Joan Camden, Dick Foran, Ralph Moody
Votes: 32
19.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Gun
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Dick Powell plays a cop who returns home after a tough night only to be confronted with noisy kids, his wife, neighbors, delivery men and a vacuum cleaner salesman. When he discovers his ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Dick Powell, Dorothy Green, Douglas Fowley, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 44
20.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
House for Sale
(1953)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A woman visits an isolated house expecting to meet with the realtor. Instead, she encounters a murderer who's escaped from a mental hospital. When a couple drops in to tour the home, she ... See full summary »
Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: Ida Lupino, George Macready, Thomas Browne Henry, Helen Brown
Votes: 51
21.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Listener
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sheila and her brother engineer a gas leak to kill her husband so they can split the insurance money. Overhearing the plot is the husband's invalid father, but it's no concern because he ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Ida Lupino, Ralph Moody, Walter Coy, Richard Lupino
Votes: 31
22.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
Search in the Night
(1953)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A newspaper reporter is intrigued as to why a woman hired a dive team to retrieve her purse from the Chicago River.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Frances Rafferty, James Millican, Rhys Williams
Votes: 34
23.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
A Study in Panic
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Wise-guy newspaperman Fred Jordan writes a column making fun of "normal" men who panic during a fire. Soon afterward he gets a letter from a deranged man who promises Jordan that he will ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Dick Powell, Dorothy Malone, George Eldredge, Claire Carleton
Votes: 33
24.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
To Die at Midnight
(1956)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A prison warden desperately tries to prove that a man scheduled for execution is innocent.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Dick Powell, Stacy Harris, Alexander Campbell, Dan Barton
Votes: 18
25.
Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
Episode:
The Witness
(1953)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A defense attorney idles in a swank restaurant while his client's on trial for murder. The attorney's PIs search for a female witness who can get the defendant off, so the attorney avoids ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Dick Powell, James Millican, Charles Bronson, Marian Carr
Votes: 56
26.
The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
Episode:
The Payoff
(1956)
30 min | Drama
A private investigator is hired by a pretty blonde to collect an envelope at a boxing match and deliver it to her the next day. What's in the envelope causes some inconvenience.
Director: John Meredyth Lucas | Stars: Howard Duff, Janet Blair, Michael Fox, John Daheim
Votes: 29
27.
Detective (1964–1969)
Episode:
Put Out the Light
(1969)
Crime, Drama
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Angela Baddeley, Angela Douglas, Hilda Fenemore, Kenneth Fortescue
28.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
An Error in Chemistry
(1954)
Unrated | Drama
A carnival huckster ingratiates himself with an elderly farmer and his naïve daughter; she soon falls for her new suitor and marries him, only to wind up dead shortly afterwards, the husband quick to confess.
Director: William H. Brown Jr. | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Lon Chaney Jr., Douglas Kennedy, Tommy Ivo
Votes: 22
29.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Casino Royale
(1954)
Unrated | 52 min | Drama
American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss Le Chiffre while monitoring his actions.
Director: William H. Brown Jr. | Stars: Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, Linda Christian, William Lundigan
Votes: 1,504
30.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Journey into Fear
(1956)
Unrated | Drama
A munitions expert goes on an arms smuggling mission to Istanbul and becomes a target for Nazi agents.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Leon Askin, Anthony Dexter, John Forsythe, Eva Gabor
31.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
The Long Goodbye
(1954)
Unrated | Drama
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Director: William H. Brown Jr. | Stars: Dick Powell, Tristram Coffin, Tom Drake, William Lundigan
Votes: 10
32.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Mask for the Devil
(1957)
Unrated | Drama
Tom Gardener invites the invalid widow of a man he accidentally killed to live with himself and his wife, unaware that her facade of sweetness and gentleness conceals a scheme to destroy his marriage.
Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Steve Forrest, Tab Hunter, William Lundigan, Jan Sterling
33.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Spider Web
(1958)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
On the Mexican border, a wealthy Texas cattleman is mistaken by a beautiful young woman as one of the local peasants. Amused when she offers him five dollars to run an errand, he agrees to cross the border and pick up a package for her.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Fernando Lamas, William Lundigan, Dina Merrill
34.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Big Switch
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, George Mathews, Beverly Michaels, George E. Stone
Votes: 1,054
35.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Momentum
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Richard Paine decides to steal money from his boss that he has owed him for months, and it turns into an unnecessary and ironic murder.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Skip Homeier, Joanne Woodward, Ken Christy
Votes: 738
36.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Woman Who Wanted to Live
(1962)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
When a woman is forced by a murderer to drive him to safety, she deliberately passes up chances to escape.
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Bronson, Lola Albright, Ray Montgomery
Votes: 562
37.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Night the World Ended
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A newsman plays a joke on a homeless man by showing him a fake article that says the world is going to end that night, but the prank has deadly results.
Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Russell Collins, Harold J. Stone, Edith Barrett
Votes: 705
38.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Post Mortem
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A wife refuses to let her husband squander away the money from a 133,000-dollar sweepstakes ticket inherited from her first dead spouse, so he plans on killing her.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Steve Forrest, Joanna Moore, James Gregory
Votes: 593
39.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Beast in View
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An attorney helps a client threatened by an unstable woman who blames her for a broken wedding engagement.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Hackett, Kevin McCarthy, Kathleen Nolan
Votes: 374
40.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
The Black Curtain
(1962)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A mugging restores the memory of a man with amnesia.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Basehart, Lola Albright, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 499
41.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
An Out for Oscar
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Mousy bank teller Oscar Blenny, a guest at a desert casino, is enamored of Eva, a seductive casino hostess who's having affairs with two male co-workers. With the sinister Bill, she's ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Silva, Linda Christian, Larry Storch
Votes: 390
42.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Ride the Nightmare
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Hugh O'Brian, Gena Rowlands, John Anderson
Votes: 457
43.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
Three Wives Too Many
(1964)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
One of a bigamist's four wives takes it upon herself to track down and kill the other three women.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Teresa Wright, Dan Duryea, Linda Lawson
Votes: 455
44.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
An Unlocked Window
(1965)
TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer is in the area where some private nurses have locked themselves in a large house, except for one basement window.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Dana Wynter, T.C. Jones, Louise Latham
Votes: 922
45.
The Veil (1958)
Episode:
Girl on the Road
(1958)
25 min | Horror, Mystery
A young man helps a beautiful, young woman who is stranded by the side of the road...her cars gas tank empty. He drives her to town to get gas and have a drink. When a bartender calls ... See full summary »
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Boris Karloff, Tod Andrews, Eve Brent, Jack Lomas
Votes: 195
46.
The Veil (1958)
Episode:
Summer Heat
(1958)
Not Rated | 25 min | Horror, Mystery
A man witnesses a robbery and murder in the apartment across the street from his own. When the police are called, it is discovered that the apartment is empty. Has he seen what he thinks he... See full summary »
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Boris Karloff, Harry Bartell, Paul Bryar, Ray Montgomery
Votes: 170
47.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Knock Three-One-Two
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A man in need of money enlists the help of a serial killer to get the money from his wife.
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Boris Karloff, Joe Maross, Beverly Garland, Charles Aidman
Votes: 194
story by Fredric Brown
48.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Papa Benjamin
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A composer in need of inspiration turns to Voodoo melodies, but finds himself the victim of a Voodoo curse by Papa Benjamin.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Boris Karloff, John Ireland, Jeanne Bal, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 163
Cornell Woolrich story about voodoo , stars John Ireland
49.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Late Date
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A brother helps his brother cover up the murder of his philandering wife by framing her lover.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Larry Pennell, Edward Platt, Jody Fair
Votes: 174
Cornell Woolrich story
50.
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode:
Once Upon a Savage Night
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police authorities in Chicago are seeking serial killer "Georgie Porgie." His M.O. is to murder blondes with a "cheap" reputation. He was thought to have "gone south for the winter" after a... See full summary »
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Charles McGraw, Robert Ridgely, Ted Knight, Philip Abbott
Votes: 29
51.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Long Shot
(1955)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Heavily indebted Charlie Raymond is hired to accompany a British visitor on a trip across the USA, and looks for a way to take advantage of his employer.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Lawford, John Williams, Gertrude Hoffman
Votes: 1,221
52.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Portrait of Jocelyn
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
At an art gallery, Mark is surprised when the art dealer hands over a portrait of Mark's first wife instead of the painting he'd originally purchased.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Philip Abbott, Nancy Gates, John Baragrey
Votes: 900
53.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Dangerous People
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Two men wait at a train station. A wailing siren periodically reminds them that a maniac has escaped from the local mental hospital.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Albert Salmi, Robert H. Harris, Ken Clark
Votes: 653
54.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Perfect Crime
(1957)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famed detective to prove he convicted an innocent man.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Vincent Price, James Gregory, Gavin Gordon
Votes: 778
55.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Heart of Gold
(1957)
TV-14 | Drama, Mystery
A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Mildred Dunnock, Darryl Hickman, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 662
56.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Enough Rope for Two
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
An ex-convict plans on killing his double-crossing partner and maybe his ex-girlfriend, after they help him recover the stolen money he hid.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Hagen, Steven Hill, Steve Brodie
Votes: 651
57.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Last Request
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A man about to be executed for a murder he did not commit, uses a last request to give his version of events.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Guardino, Cara Williams, Hugh Marlowe
Votes: 598
58.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Young One
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A rebellious, pretty teenage girl uses any means, even murder, to get free of her overly protective aunt who is raising her.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Lynley, Vince Edwards, Stephen Joyce
Votes: 687
59.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Disappearing Trick
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A bookmaker blackmails a man who faked his own death to collect a life insurance payout and discovers the man's wife also wants a share.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Horton, Betsy von Furstenberg, Perry Lopez
Votes: 539
60.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The $2,000,000 Defense
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
The fate of accused killer Lloyd Ashley depends on whether or not his lawyer Mark Robeson can prove that a gun can fire accidentally, even with the safety catch on.
Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barry Sullivan, Leslie Nielsen, Wendell Holmes
Votes: 492
61.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Your Witness
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Naomi Shawn is unhappily married. Her husband Arnold, a successful defense attorney, is having an affair with a younger woman and it's apparent that he's no longer interested in her. He ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Brian Keith, Leora Dana, William Hansen
Votes: 449
62.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
A True Account
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A nurse who suspects her very rich husband of killing his first wife seeks advice from a lawyer instead of going to the police.
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Jane Greer, Kent Smith, Robert Webber
Votes: 460
63.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Invitation to an Accident
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A scaffold falls on a new bride, after her husband accuses her of rendezvousing with an old flame. Another former suitor suspects the husband faked the accident, and urges her to cut off ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Gary Merrill, Joanna Moore, Alan Hewitt
Votes: 439
64.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Dead Weight
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A married man captures a gunman who tried to rob him and his mistress, but to avoid a scandal, he contemplates whether to let him go or kill him.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Cotten, Julie Adams, Don Gordon
Votes: 495
65.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(1962)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A magician takes a simple-minded runaway under his wing. But the magician's wife has a sinister idea for the easily manipulated young man.
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Diana Dors, Brandon De Wilde, David J. Stewart
Votes: 789
66.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Special Delivery
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Mental suggestions and odd behavior have some people believing a special delivery of quick-growing mushroom spores may be an invading life form.
Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen Dunne, Beatrice Straight, Peter Lazer
Votes: 509
67.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Across the Threshold
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Sofie Winter hires mediums in an attempt to contact her late husband, who died six years previously. Her son Hubert, who feels somewhat overwhelmed by his doting mother, decides to ask his ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Patricia Collinge, George Grizzard, Barbara Baxley
Votes: 425
68.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Forty Detectives Later
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
After 40 detectives in a row have failed to locate the killer of his wife, a man hires his 41st detective to set up a meeting so he can avenge the murder.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, James Franciscus, Jack Weston, George Mitchell
Votes: 439
69.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Insomnia
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Charles Cavender suffers from terrible insomnia. He hasn't had a good night's sleep in months and has lost a number of jobs as a result. He visits a psychiatrist and recounts a recurring ... See full summary »
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Dennis Weaver, James Millhollin, John S. Ragin
Votes: 437
70.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
I Can Take Care of Myself
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Bert Haber is an old-time piano player, and he and Georgia who sings, have proven to be a very popular nightclub act. Problems arise when a gangster, 'Little Dandy' Dorf, takes a liking to ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Myron McCormick, Linda Lawson, Will Kuluva
Votes: 426
71.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
One Grave Too Many
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Joe Helmer is having serious financial problems. He's been out of work for some time and his unemployment insurance has run out. Walking home after unsuccessfully trying to get a loan, he ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Neile Adams, Jeremy Slate, Biff Elliot
Votes: 444
72.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Party Line
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Helen Parch shares a party-line telephone with several others. She likes to talk on the phone quite a bit but also listens in on others. She's warned by the police one day that a Mr. Miller... See full summary »
Director: Hilton A. Green | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Judy Canova, Royal Dano, Arch Johnson
Votes: 490
73.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Cell 227
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Professor Herbert Morrison is on death row awaiting his sentence to go through. His lawyer is trying to get a last-minute stay of execution but the professor says he doesn't want a reprieve.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Brian Keith, James Best, James Westerfield
Votes: 419
74.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Escape to Sonoita
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Two kidnappers think they have made their escape when they hijack a tanker in the dry desert, leaving the occupants and a female victim behind to die.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Burt Reynolds, Murray Hamilton, Venetia Stevenson
Votes: 628
75.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
A Very Moral Theft
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Helen's brother John informs her that he is soon to be married and they'll have to decide what to do about the house they share. Helen is quite attracted to Harry Wade, the owner of a ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Lloyd | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Betty Field, Walter Matthau, Karl Swenson
Votes: 501
76.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Deathmate
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A handsome gigolo is seduced by a beautiful rich young woman to kill her older boring husband.
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Lee Philips, Gia Scala, Russell Collins
Votes: 375
77.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
You Can't Trust a Man
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Singer Crystal Coe is being harassed by her ex-husband, a volatile man who carries a grudge because she remarried without divorcing him. He tracks her down despite her name change and pursues her relentlessly.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Polly Bergen, Joe Maross, Frank Albertson
Votes: 400
78.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Big Squeeze
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
For Ness, a master bank robber proves a worthy opponent. But robbing banks is not a federal offense, so Ness must get him on another charge.
Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Robert Stack, John Hoyt, Dodie Heath, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 93
79.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The White Slavers
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The sadistic head of a prostitution ring tries to get a former madam to help him with his operation. Only she decides to work with Eliot Ness instead.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Dick York, Mike Kellin, Nita Talbot
Votes: 117
80.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
Three Thousand Suspects
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Just as a prisoner is about to turn stool pigeon, he is shot by someone on the inside. So Ness transfers a con from another prison to find the killer.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon, Mary Sinclair, Bert Freed
Votes: 98
81.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Masterpiece
(1961)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Al Capone is imprisoned for tax evasion, he leaves his operation in the hands of two of his lieutenants: Mayer Wartel is responsible for the speakeasies and Carl Positan is left in ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Robert Middleton, George Voskovec, Bruce Gordon
Votes: 80
82.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Contract
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the attempted assassination of small-time hood Smiley Barris, New York mobster Joe Kulak hires cold-blooded assassin Ray Quist to kill him. Ness tries to get Barris to cooperate but he... See full summary »
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Robert Stack, Harry Guardino, Frank Sutton, Gloria Talbott
Votes: 61
83.
Dragnet (1951–1959)
Episode:
The Big Cast
(1952)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Friday begins to question Henry Ross, a suspect in a man's disappearance, which Friday believes is actually a murder. Ross coolly and calmly denies any involvement in the disappearance, but... See full summary »
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Barney Phillips, Lee Marvin, George Fenneman
Votes: 154
84.
Dragnet (1951–1959)
Episode:
The Big Hate
(1953)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her. Called to interrogate him, Friday and Smith remain skeptical.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Sam Edwards, Lillian Buyeff
Votes: 57
85.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
The Petrified Forest
(1955)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Paul Hartman
Votes: 108
TV version of the film , with Bogart and Henry Fonda
86.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Kill My Love
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Family man Guy Guthrie murders his mistress when she threatens to expose him, and then his wife when she figures out what he's done. But what will he do about his beloved teenage son when ... See full summary »
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Carlson, Patricia Breslin, K.T. Stevens
Votes: 127
87.
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode:
The Green Felt Jungle
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Crime busting District Attorney Paul Maytric's (Leslie Nielsen) wife is killed by a car bomb that was meant for him. He quits as DA and becomes a vigilante out for revenge. After a local ... See full synopsis »
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Macdonald Carey, Richard Conte, Larry Pennell
Votes: 19
88.
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode:
A Hero for Our Times
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A "happily married" and well thought of businessman witnesses a murder. Unfortunately, he is at his mistress' apartment when it happens. His dilemma about whether or not to report what he ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Geraldine Brooks, Sandra Church
Votes: 48
89.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Tri-State Gang
(1959)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A notorious gang that hijacks trucks is unstoppable...until one of its members falls for a young French woman who can identify their leader.
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Robert Stack, William Bendix, Alan Hale Jr., Florence Halop
Votes: 120
William Bendix on top form as the head of a gang of robbers
90.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Better Bargain
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A middle-aged mobster suspects his young wife is cheating on him. He gets in touch with Harry Silver, the best hitman in the business.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Middleton, Henry Silva, Don Hanmer
Votes: 684
91.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Purple Gang
(1960)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Purple Gang, led by Eddie Fletcher, specialize in small-time kidnapping focusing on minor mobster that can fetch them a few thousand dollars in a short period of time. They may have ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon, Werner Klemperer, Ilka Windish
Votes: 114
Steve Cochran heads a gang that kidnaps mobsters
92.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Festive Season
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A bitter man continues to live in a dark old mansion with his controlling sister, who he believes killed his wife, while openly planning her murder.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Carmen Mathews, Edmon Ryan, Richard Waring
Votes: 486
93.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Crocodile Case
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Jack Lyons and Phyllis Chaundry are married after Jack kills Phyllis' first husband, but Phyllis is unhappy because Jack lost the crocodile dressing case her late husband was returning to ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Denholm Elliott, Hazel Court, John Alderson
Votes: 542
94.
The Star and the Story (1955–1956)
Episode:
Payment in Kind
(1956)
30 min | Drama
A doctor treating a police lieutenant's wife admits that he committed a murder. The lieutenant tries to pin the murder on someone else but has to arrest the dr. after the other suspect is proven innocent.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Howard Duff, Henry Fonda, Steven Geray, Beverly Garland
Votes: 12
95.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Rabbit Foot
(1954)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Small town police are about to search the swamps for the murderer of a local cop when a man emerges from the bayou. He says he's a detective on the trail of a payroll thief and shot the ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Stephen McNally, Paul Langton, Harry Shannon, Frank Sully
Votes: 14
96.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
The Debt
(1952)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young drifter is robbed by two other hobos after hopping off a train. Making his way to a country store, he's offered refuge from the rain by the young woman and her father who run the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Conrad Janis, Brian Keith, Rusty Lane, Paul Ford
Votes: 39
97.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
Woman in Love
(1952)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In Budapest, 1952, a woman, who's a secret agent is preoccupied with her upcoming marriage. In her preoccupation, she loses a valuable document which puts in life in jeopardy.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Arnold Moss, Gaby Rodgers, Berry Kroeger, Isobel Elsom
Votes: 36
98.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Two Sharp Knives
(1949)
59 min | Drama
A small-town police chief captures a man wanted for murder in Philadelphia. But something stinks about the murder rap, the wanted poster and everything else.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Stanley Ridges, Wynne Gibson, Theodore Newton, Peggy French
Votes: 106
99.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Jacob and the Angel
(1957)
Unrated | Drama
A criminal lawyer makes a desperate gamble to defend a boy charged with murder. Risking his career, his love, even his health, he faces an even greater terror when he finds his own guilty conscience is on trial.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Gig Young, June Lockhart, Eva Gabor, Otto Kruger
Votes: 14
100.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Fatal Impulse
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A man fleeing from an attempt to assassinate a political candidate puts a small bomb in the bag of a woman in an elevator. The police spend the evening looking for the mystery girl and the bomb.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Boris Karloff, Robert Lansing, Whitney Blake, Conrad Nagel
Votes: 207
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