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1. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,850
2. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay
Votes: 10,531
3. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,763
4. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Two Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.
Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Dick Cangey, Whitey Hughes
Votes: 6,504
5. 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: 3,755
6. The Invaders (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.
Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom
Votes: 3,435
7. The Racket (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In New York, two honest cops try to hinder a crime syndicate from moving into the precinct and also to prevent the mob's plan of electing a corrupt prosecutor to a judgeship.
Directors: John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Tay Garnett, Edmund Grainger, Nicholas Ray, Sherman Todd | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman
Votes: 3,366
8. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Approved | 25 min | Western
The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham, Stewart East
Votes: 3,335
9. The Virginian (1962–1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,162
10. Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 2,997
11. Beware, My Lovely (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mentally disturbed handyman on the run, for reasons even he doesn't understand, takes a job at the house of a lonely war widow in 1918.
Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting
Votes: 2,349
12. City That Never Sleeps (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold
Votes: 1,620
13. The Woman on Pier 13 (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Successful, newly married Brad Collins once belonged to the Communist Party of the USA, and now the Party will stop at nothing to use him.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Robert Ryan, Laraine Day, John Agar, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 1,272
14. Big House, U.S.A. (1955)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gerry Barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and Gerry goes to prison.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman
Votes: 1,158
15. The Ballad of Josie (1967)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Western
A widow stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle--and by organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine
Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $1.32M
16. One Minute to Zero (1952)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, War
During the early days of the Korean War, U.S. Army colonel Steve Janowski is one of the military advisers training the South Korean army and he's tasked with evacuating American civilians from the war zone.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw
Votes: 834
17. The Kid from Texas (1950)
Approved | 78 min | Western
In New Mexico, Billy the Kid is involved in the Lincoln County War, kills many rivals and eventually becomes a wanted fugitive.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 801
18.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Restless Redhead
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry's client is menaced by a car driven by a hooded man, whom she shoots at with a gun that was planted in her room. When the guy winds up dead from a bullet, Perry confuses matters by firing an identical gun later at the scene.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 759
19. Crashout (1955)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: William Bendix, Arthur Kennedy, Luther Adler, William Talman
Votes: 740
20.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of Constant Doyle
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the death of her husband and partner, Joe Doyle, Constant Doyle takes on a case involving a young man who knew her husband. Constant asks for Perry's help, and he suggests she hire the Paul Drake Detective Agency to aid in the case.
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 681
21. Joe Dakota (1957)
Passed | 79 min | Western
A stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out, including the stranger's true identity.
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Luana Patten, Charles McGraw, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 604
22.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is divorcing her husband after she catches him sleepwalking near her bed with a knife. When his stepbrother is found dead, stabbed with the knife, he's charged with the murder and accused of using his sleepwalking as a cover-up.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 577
23.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry and Della are enjoying a quiet dinner at Morey Allen's restaurant when a waitress suddenly runs out and is hit by a car, shots are fired, and Perry is left holding a moth-eaten mink with a pawn ticket hidden in it.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 554
24. Tombstone Territory (1957–1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Tough Sheriff Clay Hollister keeps the law in Tombstone, Arizona with the support of his faithful deputies and the editor of the local newspaper.
Stars: Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, Quentin Sondergaard, Bill Catching
Votes: 538
25. Smoke Signal (1955)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Drama, Western
A suspected cavalry deserter proves to be resourceful in helping the surviving members of a fort flee Indians along a dangerous river.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, Rex Reason, William Talman
Votes: 529
26.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Final Fade-Out
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barry Conrad has become a major star with an oversized ego. At the last moment, he tells his producer, Jackson Sidemark, that he won't be signing a new contract. Conrad, then Sidemark, are killed giving Perry two clients back-to-back.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 529
27.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Drowning Duck
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry Mason, Della Street, and Paul Drake head to a small town to defend a young man who is charged with poisoning a blackmailer. They learn the man's father was executed for killing a man in the same town eighteen years earlier.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 525
28.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy woman hires Mason to buy stock in her husband's land company, hoping to force his mistress out. But her plan goes awry when she is charged with the murder of her husband's business partner Mason bought the stock from.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 507
29.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Crimson Kiss
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fay Allison and her roommate Anita are found unconscious by Fay's aunt, Louise Marlow, who calls her attorney Perry Mason in desperation. In the girls' apartment Perry and Della discover a key that leads them to the body of Carver Clement.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 496
30.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Angry Mourner
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sam Burris awakens his wife Betsy, saying he heard a shot at a neighbor's house. Through binoculars they spy Belle Adrian prowling about the house. Fortunately, Perry Mason on vacation comes to Belle's aid when she is charged with murder.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 493
31.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Silent Partner
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The owner of a lucrative orchid business is charged with murder after her husband loses stock shares in a poker game to a sleazy ex-con. When the hostess at the game calls to say she was poisoned, Perry and his team spring into action.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 480
32.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Haunted Husband
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Della persuades Perry to take a case where a girl in a car accident is framed for stealing the car and killing the driver of a truck. She claims another man was driving the car. Two murders later Perry is still trying to clear her.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 477
33.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gorgeous woman's trailer was stolen while she was sunbathing, so she asks for Perry's help in finding it. She claims it contains her diary, which details the truthful account of a notorious bank heist her father was convicted for.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 476
34.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Sulky Girl
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An impetuous niece who demands her trust fund be released comes to Perry Mason for help. But it's her boyfriend who needs defending when he is charged with murdering her controlling uncle as Perry learns their real situation.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 474
35.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse
(1957)
TV-PG | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Perry Mason finds some fans and shoes that belong to a fan dancer, he places an ad that several people mistake for a missing horse. Not only does another fan dancer show up, but so does her husband...dead, leaving Perry confused.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 465
36.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Negligent Nymph
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on a fishing trip, Perry Mason and Paul Drake pull a beautiful woman out of the ocean. In her possession is a note she retrieved from her employer, accusing him of killing his rich aunt during a storm on their yacht.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 458
37.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Vagabond Vixen
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man picking up a young woman hitchhiking tries to help her but the actions backfire when he finds himself the victim of blackmail. The man's business partner was also involved with the woman and murdered for which he is charged.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 449
38.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Crooked Candle
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Martha and Rita show up at a beauty salon and both answer to "Mrs. Bradford." Their husband Joe turns up dead on his boat, Martha is charged with his murder, and a candle on the table is leaning about twenty degrees.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 448
39.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Lonely Heiress
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lonely heiress, Marylin Clark, looks for a con man who swindled her sister through a lonely hearts magazine, leading to the sister's death. Marylin finds Charles Barnaby, but he winds up dead, and she is charged with murder.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 447
40.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Screaming Woman
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elderly nurse visits Perry for advice but leaves not listening. Later, she arrives at the police station to confess to killing a columnist who is using a book she stole from a doctor to blackmail him into giving her a baby of her own.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 446
41. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.
Stars: Truman Bradley, Michael Fox, Marshall Thompson, Peter Hansen
Votes: 444
42.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Baited Hook
(1957)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry is awakened in the middle of the night by the phone. A strange man says someone has been murdered and he has two $1,000 bills as a retainer, as well as half of a $10,000 bill that will serve to introduce Perry's mysterious client.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 442
43.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry Mason defends an old wartime buddy, Frank Lawton, who is framed for murder. He is a handy man accused of having an affair with the woman he works for and killing her husband. The evidence is piling up against him en masse.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 440
44.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Deadly Double
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Perry defends the brother of a woman who returns with a purse containing his gun, who says that in her nightmare she saw her husband shot and found the gun there. Perry must prove the nightmare was real, but why does the woman think it was a dream?
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 439
45.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The wife of a prominent physician is arrested for drugging her husband, causing him to crash his private plane. But then he turns up alive, living in Mexico with a beautiful nurse after the dead man's identity is revealed.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 436
46.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Runaway Corpse
(1957)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ed Davenport, on his deathbed, accuses his wife of poisoning him, then he expires. When Tragg arrives to investigate, the corpse has vanished, only to be found later, buried in a slit trench several miles away.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 435
47.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Deadly Verdict
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a very rare occurrence, Perry Mason loses a case when Janice Barton is convicted of murdering her aunt and is subsequently sentenced to death. After the verdict, Perry still investigates to try to find the real killer among the heirs.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 427
48.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Pint-Sized Client
(1958)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nicky Renzi, a fourteen-year-old, finds the loot from a robbery and consults Perry about the legality of keeping it. His grandfather, Gramp Renzi, is adamant about reporting it to the police, but then charged with grand theft and murder.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 422
49.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Marian Fargo is being blackmailed and hires Perry Mason to find a solution to her problem. When Marian is suddenly charged with two murders and the evidence is solidly against her, Perry must use all his wits to save his client.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 420
50.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Cautious Coquette
(1958)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elaine is being threatened and blackmailed by her husband, Harry Pitkin, so she consults Perry. In a complex series of moves, Perry is sent on a wild goose chase to Elaine's apartment, Harry ends up dead, and Elaine is charged with murder.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 419