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1. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
Approved | 87 min | Western
Ranch hand Rocklin arrives in town to start his new job but his employer has been murdered and the locals don't seem too friendly.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 3,487
2. Matt Houston (1982–1985)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Matt Houston is a wealthy Texan who moves to California to oversee his family's offshore drilling enterprises but spends most of his time dabbling in his private investigator hobby.
Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Cis Rundle
Votes: 1,461
3. Brute Force (1947)
Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo
Votes: 11,555
4. Phantom Lady (1944)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda
Votes: 5,755
5. Impact (1949)
Passed | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker
Votes: 4,724
6. The Suspect (1944)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 3,554
7. The Web (1947)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An attorney acting as a body guard, apparently kills a man in defense of his employer's life, and later believes the victim was set up to be murdered.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price
Votes: 1,476
8. Lights Out (1946–1952)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 204
9. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: George Sanders, Ella Raines, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sara Allgood
Votes: 1,989
10. Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She doesn't realize it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Charles Korvin, Ella Raines, J. Carrol Naish, George Dolenz
Votes: 197
11. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, War
Woodrow is discharged from the military for hay fever, but fabricates receiving a heroic honorable discharge before returning home.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest
Votes: 5,145
12. Your Show of Shows (1950–1954)
90 min | Comedy
Best remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
Stars: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Felisa Vanoff, Carl Reiner
Votes: 368
13. Singing Guns (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Western
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond
Votes: 472
14. Corvette K-225 (1943)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Directors: Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks | Stars: Randolph Scott, James Brown, Ella Raines, Barry Fitzgerald
Votes: 577
15. Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, War
A chronicle of the experiences of a mixed group of Army hospital volunteers stationed in Bataan during World War II.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Fay Bainter
Votes: 1,219
16. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 136
17. The Walking Hills (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Thriller, Western
A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 1,118
18. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Director: George S. Kaufman | Stars: William Powell, Ella Raines, Peter Lind Hayes, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 709
19. Time Out of Mind (1947)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The son of a wealthy Maine shipping magnate causes a crisis in the family when he announces that he wants a career in music rather than in the family business.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert
Votes: 190
20. Ride the Man Down (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Western
Disputes over a dead man's property escalate into a bloody range war.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 237
21. Stump the Stars (1947– )
30 min | Game-Show
Television's first treatment of "Charades" as played by Hollywood celebrities. The giveaway was the use of gestures that defined "film", "TV show", "book" or "song" as well as "small word (... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Stokey, Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland
Votes: 107
22. A Dangerous Profession (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
LA ex-cop Vince Kane is a bail-bondsman who bails out the suspect of a securities bonds robbery but his client disappears, prompting Vince to investigate.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, Bill Williams
Votes: 746
23. The Second Face (1950)
Passed | 77 min | Drama
From her hospital bed a woman recounts her life as a "plain Jane" while awaiting plastic surgeries for the injuries she has sustained in an automobile accident.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Ella Raines, Bruce Bennett, Rita Johnson, John Sutton
Votes: 219
24. The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950)
30 min | Comedy, Music
The comedy on The Ed Wynn Show consisted mostly of old vaudeville schtick, with lots of corny jokes and silly sight gags. Each week, the show would end with Ed retiring to his bed, delivering quips as the credits rolled.
Stars: Ed Wynn, Lud Gluskin, Bob LeMond, William Frawley
Votes: 66
25. The Runaround (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Mystery
Maverick private eyes Kildane and Quayle leave a large agency to work on their own. Their first assignment (pirated from the old firm): retrieve eloping heiress Penelope Hampton, in ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Ella Raines, Rod Cameron, Broderick Crawford, Frank McHugh
Votes: 124
26. The Man in the Road (1956)
83 min | Crime, Thriller
Communist agents trail an important scientist to try to steal his top-secret new formula.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit, Lisa Daniely
Votes: 191
27. Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955)
30 min | Drama
Janet Dean is a nurse who has been recently discharged from the U. S. Air Force. She becomes a private nurse and travels around the country treating not only patients physical ailments but also their mental ailments.
Stars: Ella Raines, Lenore Lonergan, Darren McGavin, Anne Sargent
Votes: 21
28. The Ken Murray Show (1950–1953)
30 min | Comedy, Music
A 1950s variety show sponsored by Anheuser-Busch. The host was Ken Murray, who had previously hosted variety theatrical shows and variety radio programs. The show had a large regular cast ... See full summary »
Stars: Ken Murray, Jane Bergmeier, Darla Hood, Jack Mulhall
Votes: 35
29. The Christophers (1952– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Jack Haley, Gigi Perreau, Dean Jagger, Barbara Stanwyck
Votes: 46
30. Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines, John Russell
Votes: 126
31. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
32. White Tie and Tails (1946)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy
A wealthy family goes on vacation, leaving their butler in charge of their house. The butler meets a beautiful woman, and soon gets himself in all sorts of trouble.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Dan Duryea, Ella Raines, William Bendix, Frank Jenks
Votes: 99
33. All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy, Music
A televised event in honor of the 40th president, Ronald Reagan, the year he was sworn in for his second term of office.
Director: Dick McDonough | Stars: Eydie Gormé, Monty Hall, John Harlan, Charlton Heston
Votes: 55
34. Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1952)
60 min | Drama
Dramatic anthology series presenting plays adopted from Pulitzer Prize winning stories, plays, novels, et cetera.
Stars: Elmer Davis, Charles Dingle, Richard Bishop, Joan Chandler
Votes: 50
35. The Laraine Day Show (1951– )
30 min | Family, Talk-Show
Actress Laraine Day interviewed celebrities, presented songs and dished Hollywood and New York gossip.
Stars: Laraine Day, Bill Harrington, Ruth Woodner, Signe Hasso
36. Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951–1952)
30 min | Music
Stars: Faye Emerson, Skitch Henderson, The Don Large Chorus, Tommy Rall
37. The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Stars: June Allyson, Judith Anderson, Patty Andrews, Heather Angel
38.
The Christophers (1952– )
Episode:
Washington Speaks for Himself
(1955)
Drama
Dramatic readings, using Washington's own words and based on little known facts about the first U.S. President, are performed.
Stars: Fred Allen, John Daly, Ella Raines, Thelma Ritter
39.
Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
Episode:
Beloved Stranger
(1956)
Drama
Claire is told she only has a short time to live. She calls her husband and best friend to her side and says they should marry after as she can see they are growing attached to each other. ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ella Raines, Betty McDowall, Hugh Sinclair
40.
Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
Episode:
Better Mousetraps
(1956)
Drama
Hank Steiger, a brilliant electronic engineer, is vague and impractical. When his wife discovers that she is going to have a baby, she decides that he must change his ways and start making ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Huth | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paul Carpenter, Ella Raines, Tod Hilton
41.
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955)
Episode:
The Garcia Case
(1954)
Drama
Janet meets the Garcia family where young Jose needs an operation. But his mother is afraid to give permission because of possible consequences. Janet must convince Mrs. Garcia to allow the medical team to help her son.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Ella Raines, Sal Mineo, Will Kuluva, Miriam Goldina
Votes: 10
42.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
The Ides of April
(1950)
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: William Corrigan | Stars: Rosalind Ivan, Horace McMahon, Ella Raines, George Reeves
43.
Matt Houston (1982–1985)
Episode:
Death Match
(1984)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial killer who killed Matt's fiancee in the past reveals that he has struck again.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Cristina Raines
Votes: 22
44.
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1952)
Episode:
You Can't Take It with You
(1950)
60 min | Drama
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Charles Coburn, Ella Raines, Joan McCracken, Joseph Buloff
45.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
The Phantom Lady
(1950)
Drama
A man who's suffering an unhappy marriage spends the evening with a woman at a bar. Upon returning home, he finds his wife murdered. He's the lead suspect and no one remembers seeing the barfly who could provide his alibi.
Director: Norman Felton | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Edward Ashley, Victor Bernaducci, Julius Bing
46.
Your Show of Shows (1950–1954)
Episode:
Episode #4.4
(1952)
Comedy
Stars: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris
47.
The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950)
Episode:
Richard Arlen, Ella Raines, The Firehouse Five Plus 2
(1950)
Comedy, Music
Stars: Ed Wynn, Danny Alguire, Richard Arlen, Firehouse Five Plus Two
48.
The Ken Murray Show (1950–1953)
Episode:
Veronica Lake
(1951)
Comedy, Music
Stars: Ken Murray, Patricia Bowman, Mary Bruce, Tom Drake
49.
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955)
Episode:
The Applegate Case
(1954)
30 min | Drama
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Cathleen Nesbitt, Cameron Prud'Homme, Ella Raines
50.
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955)
Episode:
The Jinx Nurse Case
(1954)
Drama
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Ella Raines, Anne Sargent, Lenore Lonergan, Ralph Stanley