Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Douglas Benton

1. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.

Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum

Votes: 29,411

2. Columbo (1971–2003)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby

Votes: 42,234

3. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.

Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Votes: 29,028

4. Police Woman (1974–1978)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Follows Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, LAPD's top undercover cop. A member of the Criminal Conspiracy Unit, Pepper works the wild side of the street, where she poses as everything from a gangster's moll to a streetwalker to a prison inmate.

Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard

Votes: 2,347

5. Ironside (1967–1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Wheelchair-using, crime-fighting detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.

Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson

Votes: 4,110

6. Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992)

TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama

Veteran district attorney "Fatman" McCabe solves cases with the help of his easygoing private investigator partner Jake Styles.

Stars: William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell, Olga Russell

Votes: 3,253

7. The Rookies (1972–1976)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama

The trials and adventures of three young police officers.

Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Kate Jackson

Votes: 1,237

8. Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)

60 min | Drama

The dramatic relationship between a young medical intern and his surgeon mentor.

Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Lee Kurty, Jean Inness

Votes: 995

9. Thriller (1960–1962)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.

Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley

Votes: 1,666

10. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Drama

An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin

Votes: 434

11. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The missions of agent April Dancer of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Randy Kirby

Votes: 523

12. A Howling in the Woods (1971 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Thriller

A disillusioned homemaker on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home--and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, John Rubinstein, Vera Miles

Votes: 539

13. The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to solve mysterious murders.

Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Lou Antonio, Bert Convy

Votes: 451

14. Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974)

60 min | Drama

In a small California town, attorney Owen Marshall, assisted by several different younger lawyers, defends clients with great compassion for the accused.

Stars: Arthur Hill, Joan Darling, Lee Majors, Christine Matchett

Votes: 296

15. Hec Ramsey (1972–1974)

90 min | Drama, Mystery, Western

The adventures of Hec Ramsey, a turn-of-the-20th-century detective who prefers to use his brains instead of his guns.

Stars: Richard Boone, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Dennis Rucker

Votes: 433

16. Cimarron Strip (1967–1968)

TV-PG | 90 min | Western

The western adventures of tough, but fair, Marshal Jim Crown.

Stars: Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Randy Boone, Jill Townsend

Votes: 483

17. Blacke's Magic (1986)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A magician and his con-man father solve mysteries using a combination of sleight of hand and con games.

Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, Paula Beyers, Stephen Elliott

Votes: 148

18. The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1973)

60 min | Drama

The cases of well-respected neurosurgeon Dr. David Craig and his two young charges.

Stars: David Hartman, E.G. Marshall, John Saxon, Robert Walden

Votes: 164

19. The NBC Tuesday Mystery Movie (1971–1977)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Showcases a series of many mystery shows shown on a rotating basis in the same time slot on Sunday nights. It featured, Columbo (1971), McMillan & Wife (1971) and McCloud (1970).

Votes: 83

20. Skag (1980– )

60 min | Drama

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family ... See full summary »

Stars: Karl Malden, Piper Laurie, Craig Wasson, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 50

21. Code Name: Foxfire (1985)

60 min | Action, Drama

The President of the United States assigns his brother to assemble a covert team of female counter-intelligence operatives, reporting only to him. The leader is former CIA operative Liz "... See full summary »

Stars: Joanna Cassidy, John McCook, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Henry Jones

Votes: 60

22. Gauguin the Savage (1980 TV Movie)

125 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentement in Tahiti.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: David Carradine, Lynn Redgrave, Barrie Houghton, Flora Robson

Votes: 104

23. Wide Country (1962–1963)

60 min | Drama, Sport, Western

Mitch Guthrie is a champion bronco rider in the rodeo who tries to keep his kid brother, Andy, from pursuing the same life.

Stars: Earl Holliman, Andrew Prine, Slim Pickens, Ray Teal

Votes: 94

24. The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–1961)

30 min | Drama

A drama anthology series presented by, and occasionally starring, June Allyson.

Stars: June Allyson, Don Rickles, Naomi Stevens, Dick Powell

Votes: 244

25. The Bravos (1972 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Western

The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: George Peppard, Pernell Roberts, Belinda Montgomery, L.Q. Jones

Votes: 278

26. Markham (1959–1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama

A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City.

Stars: Ray Milland, Simon Scott, Henry Corden, Barney Phillips

Votes: 89

27. M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

Cindy Lightner relentlessly tries to spearhead the drive for the national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Mariette Hartley, Paula Prentiss, Shelby Balik, Robert Carnegie

Votes: 128

28. Victims (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, Horror

A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.

Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Ken Howard, Kate Nelligan, Madge Sinclair, Jonelle Allen

Votes: 84

29. Lux Playhouse (1958–1959)

30 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance

This filmed series of light comedies, romances and melodramas alternated on Friday nights with the "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" between October 1958 and September 1959.

Stars: Alice Backes, Charles Keane, Nesdon Booth, Michael Rennie

Votes: 62

30. Transplant (1979 TV Movie)

97 min | Drama

Fact-based story about a hard-driving young executive who rebels against his failing heart and undergoes a risky transplant.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Kevin Dobson, Granville Van Dusen, Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch

Votes: 41

31. Undercover with the KKK (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

The true story of Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr. who worked undercover for the FBI to infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan group in his Alabama hometown and later testified as a key prosecution witness during ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Don Meredith, Ed Lauter, Clifton James, Albert Salmi

Votes: 71

32. Punch and Jody (1974 TV Movie)

78 min | Drama

When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his wife was pregnant when she divorced him many years earlier. The now teen-aged daughter enters his life. Can they form a relationship?

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Glenn Ford, Pam Griffin, Ruth Roman, Kathleen Widdoes

Votes: 77

33. A Last Cry for Help (1979 TV Movie)

Unrated | 97 min | Drama

Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful personality--and a home life constrained by her parents' pressures on and expectations for her... See full summary »

Director: Hal Sitowitz | Stars: Linda Purl, Shirley Jones, Tony Lo Bianco, Murray Hamilton

Votes: 65

34. Making it in Hollywood (1976)

33 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Footage from a Hollywood party at Sally Kirkland's home, featuring a performance by musician Dr. John and Ronee Blakley.

Director: Frank Cavestani | Stars: Dr. John, Ronee Blakley, Sally Kirkland, Gwenevere Kapadia

35. The Legend of Jud Starr (1967 TV Movie)

Unrated | 72 min | Western

A Classic Action Adventure of the Old West on Cimarron Strip. The notorious outlaw, Jud Starr (Darren McGavin), is rescued from hanging by his old gang. Against her will, Jud takes his ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Darren McGavin, Beau Bridges, BarBara Luna

Votes: 18

36. Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974)
Episode: A Pattern of Morality (1971)

100 min | Drama

A successful lawyer defends a hippie accused of murdering a wealthy housewife.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Arthur Hill, Vera Miles, Joseph Campanella, William Shatner

Votes: 48

37. The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)
Episode: The Female Instinct (1972)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Charlie Callas, Jill Clayburgh

Votes: 216

38. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Lovely But Lethal (1973)

TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder; Columbo is soon on the case.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Peter Falk, Vera Miles, Martin Sheen, Sian Barbara Allen

Votes: 2,774

39. Skag (1980– )
Episode: Pilot (1980)

180 min | Drama

Pilot film for the short-lived TV series stars Karl Malden as a veteran steel mill foreman whose world is torn apart when he suffers a stroke leaving him temporarily paralyzed and is forced... See full summary »

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Karl Malden, Piper Laurie, Craig Wasson, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 34

40. Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Episode: Slay It Again, Sam (1985)

99 min | Action, Drama

The president's brother sends a former CIA agent and her helpers to find her ex-lover, a renegade spy.

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Joanna Cassidy, John McCook, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Henry Jones

Votes: 58

41. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: The Terror in Teakwood (1961)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A concert pianist, so obsessed by the death of an arch-rival that he desecrates his grave, announces he will play a sonata written especially for the dead man's oversized hands.

Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Boris Karloff, Guy Rolfe, Hazel Court, Charles Aidman

Votes: 200

42. Police Woman (1974–1978)
Episode: Task Force: Part I (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Pepper falls for a charming, opera-singing colleague while training with a motorcycle task force.

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard

Votes: 26

43. Cimarron Strip (1967–1968)
Episode: The Search (1967)

TV-PG | 90 min | Western

Marshal Crown manages to miraculously survive being shot twice -- during a failed attempt by two outlaw brothers to free a third, who had been arrested for murder--and going without treatment until a doctor can be located. Dulcey, some Cimarron townsmen (motivated by fear of the outlaw's family and a $500 reward) launch an intensive search for Crown. A picaresque bipolar scavenger/peddler (with ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Percy Herbert, Randy Boone, Jill Townsend

Votes: 66

44. Blacke's Magic (1986)
Episode: Address Unknown (1986)

Crime, Drama

The husband of Alex's former assistant who works for a defense contractor claims there's some corruption going on. So he enlists Alex's help so that he could meet with his contact. When he ... See full summary »

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, J.D. Cannon, John David Carson

Votes: 10

45. Blacke's Magic (1986)
Episode: Breathing Room (Pilot) (1986)

120 min | Crime, Drama

Alexander Blacke is a magician who after having a near death experience retires. But when his plans for retirement to turn out as he expected. He goes to a magician's convention where a ... See full summary »

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, Maud Adams, Carl Ballantine

Votes: 14

46. Blacke's Magic (1986)
Episode: Death Goes to the Movies (1986)

Crime, Drama

Alex Blacke is working as plot advisor in a movie production when the producer is killed in the studio.

Director: Michael A. Hoey | Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, Daryl Anderson, Frank Bonner

47. Blacke's Magic (1986)
Episode: Forced Landing (1986)

Crime, Drama

Leonard Blacke is trying to sell an abandoned village when he accidentally witnesses the landing of an unexpected plane in the middle in the night. When the police gets on the plane, they find there is nobody aboard - not even a pilot.

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, Gary Crosby, Linda Kelsey

48. Blacke's Magic (1986)
Episode: It's a Jungle Out There (1986)

Crime, Drama

Alex runs into a nefarious man whom he crossed paths with before. He then sees someone going after him. And Alex learns the man has something on that person and unless he does what he is ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, Doran Clark, Richard Hatch

49. Blacke's Magic (1986)
Episode: Knave of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts (1986)

Crime, Drama

Alex is approached by a man who wants to prove that his vault is not impenetrable as it is claimed to be. Alex turns down the offer, but he comes up with a plan which Leonard decides to do ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, Pat Crowley, George DiCenzo

50. Blacke's Magic (1986)
Episode: Prisoner of Paradise (1986)

Crime, Drama

A man who swindled $122 million dollars from a lot of people who has been on the run for 18 years has been caught. Alex is asked by a U.S. Marshall who was in charge of bringing him back ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan, David Ackroyd, Deborah Adair