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1. The Presidency: A Splendid Misery (1964 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Joseph K. Chomyn | Stars: Dana Andrews, Ed Begley, Sidney Blackmer, Philip Bosco
Votes: 9
2. Here's Hollywood (1960–1962)
30 min | Talk-Show
Hollywood celebrities are interviewed, often at their homes.
Stars: Dean Miller, Helen O'Connell, Jack Linkletter, Joanne Jordan
Votes: 169
3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,242
4. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,769
5. The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1960)
60 min | Comedy
The Steve Allen Show was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen.
Stars: Steve Allen, Gene Rayburn, Louis Nye, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 258
6. The New Steve Allen Show (1961–1965)
48 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
It was a show basically about laughing until you were in tears, or just falling down, doubling over with laughter...a show for the whole family, with some of the funniest comic people on ... See full summary »
Stars: Steve Allen, Louis Nye, Johnny Jacobs, Les Brown and His Band of Renown
Votes: 95
7. World War One (1964– )
48 min | Documentary, History, War
A filmed historical survey of the First World War.
Star: Robert Ryan
Votes: 98
8. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
9. The Inheritance (1964)
58 min | Documentary
The Inheritance shows what life was really like for immigrants and working Americans from the turn of the century through the fight for civil rights in the 1960s. This stirring history of ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Mayer | Stars: Robert Ryan, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 16
10.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Bob Stuart Story
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Coop has to escort an ex-marshal who once shot him in the back and his wife to the wagon train. In addition, he temporarily hires three men who hate the marshal but have more extreme plans for the man without Coop's knowledge.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson
Votes: 79
11. The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1988)
TV-G | 90 min | Music, Talk-Show
This particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night December 1969 - January 1975 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night September - December 1986
Stars: Dick Cavett, Bobby Rosengarden, Fred Foy, Mort Sahl
Votes: 944
12. The Jack Paar Program (1962–1965)
60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
This was a variety show, hosted by Jack Paar, that had live and filmed interviews with famous people; comedy and musical acts; and home movies of trips Paar took with his wife Miriam and his teenage daughter Randy.
Stars: Jack Paar, Jose Melis, Jim G. Lucas, Jonathan Winters
Votes: 232
13.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
A Town Has Turned to Dust
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A weakling sheriff is unable to prevent a lynching. Can he redeem himself by preventing a second one?
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Rod Steiger, William Shatner, Fay Spain, James Gregory
Votes: 65
14.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The John Bernard Story
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Indians kidnap an elderly lady on the train. They will return her when the train takes the Chief's son to the doctor and cure him. However, some on the train don't want to help. The task becomes harder when they learn what the illness is.
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Ryan, Terry Wilson, Frank McGrath
Votes: 54
15. Mr. Adams and Eve (1957–1958)
30 min | Comedy
Famous Hollywood actors Eve Drake and Howard Adams, a married couple, are shown at home plus at work, usually to comedic effect. They wrangle with studio head J.B. Hafter and deal with their agent, the affable Steve.
Stars: Howard Duff, Ida Lupino, Alan Reed, Olive Carey
Votes: 66
16. The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1968)
60 min | Music
The long-running television version of the long-running NBC radio series devoted to classical music as well as Broadway composers.
Stars: The Bell Telephone Orchestra, Mel Brandt, Donald Voorhees, The Buster Davis Singers
Votes: 49
17. Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America (1969 TV Movie)
52 min | Music
The changing America of the 60s examined by Simon and Garfunkel through footage of their 1969 tour, intimate backstage conversation and newsreels.
Director: Charles Grodin | Stars: Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Lenny Bruce, Cesar Chavez
Votes: 59
18. The Reason Why (1970)
13 min | Short
A meditation on My Lai.
Director: Paul Leaf | Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Ryan, Joan Copeland
Votes: 20
19. The Wild Bunch (1969)
R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien
Votes: 90,385 | Gross: $12.06M
20. Billy Budd (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, War
When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crew mates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers
Votes: 4,887
21. The Set-Up (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter
Votes: 10,086
22. The Eleventh Hour (1962–1964)
60 min | Drama
Criminal cases where criminals are mentally evaluated, or people in the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Stars: Jack Ging, Wendell Corey, Ralph Bellamy, Irene Martin
Votes: 125
23. The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964–1969)
Talk-Show
A 45-minute late-night chat and music program from ABC hosted by the genial Irishman in which a collection of guests, some daring, some downright boring, had Eamonn's forehead in an even greater lather than usual.
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Spike Milligan, Sandie Shaw, Peter Cook
Votes: 57
24.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
Interrogation
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
An army captain and corporal are captured and put through some interrogations in an attempt to solicit some key information.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Robert Ryan, Harry Townes, Alexander Scourby, Don Diamond
Votes: 25
25.
Buick-Electra Playhouse (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
(1960)
90 min | Drama
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Mary Astor, Clancy Cooper, Norma Crane, James Gregory
Votes: 17
26. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger
Votes: 24,267
27. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Approved | 150 min | Action, Adventure, War
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes
Votes: 79,110 | Gross: $45.30M
28. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,080 | Gross: $39.10M
29. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.
Stars: David Lewis, Francis De Sales, Harry Townes, Jack Kelly
Votes: 287
30.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Great Gatsby
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his wealthy neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Robert Ryan, Jeanne Crain, Barry Atwater, Val Avery
Votes: 10
31.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
Trial by Fear
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Local fast gun Tod Owen guns down a man who was trying to shoot him from a rooftop. Everyone in town hates the trouble-making Owen and would like to convict and hang him quickly, except for... See full summary »
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Robert Ryan, Harold J. Stone, Edward Platt, Raymond Bailey
Votes: 39
32. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 239
33. The Reporter (1964)
60 min | Drama
Danny Taylor is an ambitious news hound for the daily New York Globe, with a knack for getting the tough stories. Lou Sheldon is his boss who tries to keep Danny out of trouble. Artie is a gregarious ever present taxi driver.
Stars: Harry Guardino, Gary Merrill, George O'Hanlon, Remo Pisani
Votes: 32
34. The David Susskind Show (1958–1987)
Talk-Show
Stars: David Susskind, Mel Brooks, Norman Mailer, Groucho Marx
Votes: 38
35. Buick-Electra Playhouse (1959–1960)
90 min | Drama
A short-lasting (but expensive) series derived from the writings of Ernest Hemingway.
Stars: Diane Baker, Dean Stockwell, Ray Walston, Robert Middleton
Votes: 17
36.
World War One (1964– )
Episode:
The Doomed Dynasties
(1964)
30 min | Documentary, History, War
Star: Robert Ryan
Votes: 6
37.
World War One (1964– )
Episode:
They Sank the Lusitania
(1964)
Documentary, History, War
"They Sank the Lusitania" examines the causes and effects of Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. Cameras view the Lusitania; the submarine that sank it; the reaction to the ... See full summary »
Star: Robert Ryan
Votes: 6
38. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Stories of the journeys of a wagon train as it leaves post-Civil War Missouri on its way to California through the plains, deserts, and Rocky Mountains.
Stars: Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton, John McIntire
Votes: 3,753
39. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.
Stars: Dick Powell, Walter Sande, Denver Pyle, Bill Erwin
Votes: 582
40. Act of Violence (1948)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor
Votes: 5,714
41. Breaking Point (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Raymer is the mentor and also boss of Dr. McKinley Thompson at York Hospital. The actions centers around the lives of the people who eventually seek help and their situations rather than the treatment prescribed.
Stars: Paul Richards, Eduard Franz, Cece Whitney, Virginia Gregg
Votes: 78
42. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
30 min | Drama
When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Instead of having a completely different cast for each episode, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell
Votes: 90
43.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
To Sit in Judgment
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A lawman carries out a hanging sentence on a man found guilty of murder. The man's sons promise revenge. The lawman's wife and deputy think he is too hard of a man. How will he treat the boys bent on killing him?
Director: John English | Stars: Robert Ryan, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Michael Pate, Johnny Washbrook
Votes: 26
44. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters
Votes: 5,564
45.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
Miyoshi Umeki
(1958)
Family, Game-Show
The panel tries to guess the occupations of a man who raises fleas for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, A murder mystery authoress (Lee Thayer), and a man who broadcasts the New York ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Arlene Francis, Robert Ryan, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf
Votes: 29
46. The Professionals (1966)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode
Votes: 18,845 | Gross: $19.54M
47. The Naked Spur (1953)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 12,665
48. Crossfire (1947)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame
Votes: 9,706 | Gross: $1.30M
49. Day of the Outlaw (1959)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Western
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal
Votes: 4,424
50. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248