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1. No Man of Her Own (1950)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter
Votes: 2,914
2. Union Station (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 2,732
3. The First Legion (1951)
Approved | 86 min | Drama
Father Fulton prepares to abandon his vocation despite pleas from Father Arnoux. Then a series of seemingly miracles occur including to the young Terri. Fulton has his doubts and wonders about the role of Dr. Morrell.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Charles Boyer, William Demarest, Lyle Bettger, Barbara Rush
Votes: 222
4. Dear Brat (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
Woman gets involved with a crook trying to reform.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe, Edward Arnold, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 170
5. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Passed | 152 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde
Votes: 16,087 | Gross: $36.00M
6. Denver & Rio Grande (1952)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Western
A romanticized history of the building of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the Colorado mountains.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Kasey Rogers
Votes: 620
7. Hurricane Smith (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, James Craig, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 213
8. The Vanquished (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Western
After the Civil War, unscrupulous and corrupt civilian administrators, backed by the Union Army, run Southern towns like despots, causing public outrage.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 237
9. All I Desire (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance
In 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson
Votes: 2,449
10. Forbidden (1953)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru, Lyle Bettger, Marvin Miller
Votes: 519
11. The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western
During the Civil War, Southern agitators and a crooked horse dealer endanger the peace between the Union and the Wyoming Sioux.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue, Lyle Bettger, Peter Whitney
Votes: 363
12. Drums Across the River (1954)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Western
When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan, Lyle Bettger, Lisa Gaye
Votes: 1,093
13. Carnival Story (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
An American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, George Nader
Votes: 697
14. Destry (1954)
Approved | 95 min | Western
A dishonest mayor and powerful criminal dominate a small western town. But when the town's sheriff dies under mysterious circumstances, Tom Destry, son of a famed gunman, is called in to put an end to the corruption.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Lyle Bettger, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,637
15. The Sea Chase (1955)
Approved | 117 min | Action, Drama, War
As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 3,423
16. The Lone Ranger (1956)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Western
Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Bonita Granville
Votes: 1,183
17. Showdown at Abilene (1956)
Approved | 80 min | Western
After the Civil War, Confederate Jim Trask returns to his native Abilene to find his sweetheart engaged to his old friend Dave Mosely who's leading the cattlemen in a feud against the farmers.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger, David Janssen
Votes: 373
18. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Passed | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Western
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet
Votes: 17,488 | Gross: $11.75M
19. Guns of the Timberland (1960)
Passed | 91 min | Western
Feud between ranchers and lumberjacks over the issue of environment protection versus profits.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland, Frankie Avalon
Votes: 542
20. Town Tamer (1965)
Approved | 89 min | Western
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 326
21. Nevada Smith (1966)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Western
A half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 9,123 | Gross: $14.17M
22. Return of the Gunfighter (1966)
Not Rated | 98 min | Romance, Western
An aging gunman and a wounded drifter come upon a young Mexican girl, and agree to help her avenge the death of her father, who was murdered for their land.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Robert Taylor, Chad Everett, Ana Martín, Mort Mills
Votes: 712
23. Johnny Reno (1966)
Approved | 83 min | Western
The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., John Agar
Votes: 603
24. The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
Approved | 87 min | Western
Near the ending days of the Civil War, a group of Confederacy spies traveling under guises of musicians are tasked to steal a shipment of gold. Anything goes wrong, one spy (Roy Orbison) has a bullet-shooting guitar handy - just in case.
Director: Michael D. Moore | Stars: Roy Orbison, Sammy Jackson, Maggie Pierce, Joan Freeman
Votes: 475
25. Impasse (I) (1969)
M | 100 min | Adventure
Pat Morrison, a treasure hunter in the Philippines, recruits army veterans to search for a gold treasure hidden by the military during World War II.
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Anne Francis, Lyle Bettger, Rodolfo Acosta
Votes: 455
26. The Hawaiians (1970)
R | 134 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Whip returns to Hawaii. He's inherited "worthless" land. He starts a plantation, staffed with a Chinese couple from his ship. Drilling thru lava for water and stealing/smuggling pineapple from French Guyana, things look brighter.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, Mako
Votes: 1,439 | Gross: $0.28M
27. The Seven Minutes (1971)
PG | 115 min | Drama
The Seven Minutes is a steamy book written in 1969. To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material and most of the film centers about the ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Philip Carey, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 457