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1.
The Long, Hot Summer (1965–1966)
Episode:
Day of Thunder
(1966)
60 min | Drama
An old friend of Ben Quick's comes to town. However, that old friend is the head of a troublesome motorcycle gang.
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Nancy Malone, Roy Thinnes, Lana Wood
Votes: 8
2. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,509
3.
The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963)
Episode:
Price of Tomatoes
(1962)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A truck driver on a very tight schedule stops to give a lift to a pregnant hitch-hiker; and then his life gets very complicated.
Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Dick Powell, Peter Falk, Inger Stevens, William Challee
Votes: 102
4.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Strange Sanctuary
(1957)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
In the old southwest, a pair of bank robbers must ride out after killing a man. They intend on eventually getting far away, but one seeks to reunite with his daughter in a nearby convent. ... See full summary »
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Michael Rennie, Cesar Romero, Rita Moreno, Osa Massen
Votes: 15
5.
Mr. Novak (1963–1965)
Episode:
The Death of a Teacher
(1964)
60 min | Drama
The death of a teacher brings forth a variety of reactions and emotions from the students and faculty at Jefferson High.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: James Franciscus, Dean Jagger, Harry Townes, Tony Dow
Votes: 9
6.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Time Enough at Last
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Vaughn Taylor, Jacqueline deWit, Lela Bliss
Votes: 7,805
7.
Custer (1967)
Episode:
Breakout
(1967)
60 min | Western
Custer, having been ambushed by Indians, finds himself in a desperate standoff with a combustible mix of people at a stagecoach relay station. Custer is unsure if the Sioux or the people at the station will be the ones to kill him.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 13
8.
Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
Episode:
The Devil's Surrogate
(1968)
60 min | Drama
A headstrong, controversial priest answers a desperate call from one of his students, a young woman who has been obviously smitten with him. She tells him she is going to kill herself ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, James Franciscus, Karen Black
Votes: 7
9.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
Chase a Wild Horse
(1968)
60 min | Western
Used to blowing in the wind, Johnny rebels against his new circumscribed lifestyle.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 48
10.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
The Day They Gave Babies Away
(1955)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
During the 1860s in Wisconsin, a 12-year old boy becomes the head of his family when both parents die. On Christmas Eve he finds a way to provide homes for his five younger brothers and sisters.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: William Lundigan, Robert Bice, Gail Bonney, Terry Burnham
Votes: 12
11. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,817
12. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
30 min | Comedy
Neighbor Blanche Morton frequently joined Gracie in escapades which annoy hubby Harry and provides George with an opportunity to offer a humorous soliloquy.
Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Harry von Zell
Votes: 1,537
13.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Where'd They Go
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
Accused of being the masked robber of the general store, a homesteader agrees to come along quietly with Matt and Chester, but he asks that they help him complete a few chores about the place for his poor wife, who's in the family way.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Jack Elam
Votes: 230
14.
Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
Episode:
Epitaph on a Computer Card
(1969)
60 min | Drama
A man finds his job and reputation being destroyed by a minor mistake on a computer card, and in his attempts to do something about it he may be digging himself in even deeper.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, William Daniels, Jacqueline Scott
Votes: 10
15.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
The Last Train for Charlie Poe
(1968)
60 min | Western
When Charlie Poe and his wife are forced off their land by land grabbers claiming an old Spanish grant, Johnny, Scott, and Charlie decide to break jail and stop the train carrying the ... See full summary »
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 28
16.
Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode:
The Heiress
(1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A pretty young woman hires Shayne look into the background of a man romancing the girl's wealthy mother. Shayne discovers that the paramour though separated, has never been legally divorced... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Richard Denning, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley
Votes: 18
17.
Mr. Novak (1963–1965)
Episode:
The Risk
(1963)
60 min | Drama
Novak helps a former teacher and mentor obtain a position at the school. The instructor is a recovering alcoholic, while his much-younger wife is still afflicted with the disease.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: James Franciscus, Dean Jagger, Alexander Scourby, Sherry Jackson
Votes: 9
18. 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: 3,343
19. You Are There (1953–1972)
30 min | Drama, History
Walter Cronkite hosted the reenactments of historical events. Shows included "The Landing of the Hindenburg", "The Salem Witchcraft Trials", "The Gettysburg Address", "The Fall of Troy", and "The Scuttling of the Graf Spee".
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Todd Hunter, Paul Birch, Harlow Wilcox
Votes: 206
20.
Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode:
Star in the Dust
(1956)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Cheyenne meets a sheriff he admires and a town he likes so he decides to stick around. When he finds he has an agenda too that involves a pretty woman and some easy money, he has second thoughts and a decision to make.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Clint Walker, Adele Mara, Don Megowan, Ian Wolfe
Votes: 122
21. That's My Boy (1954–1959)
30 min | Comedy
Jack Jackson, a prominent attorney, was a big football star in his younger day. His wife Alice was a successful tennis player but their son Junior inherited no athletic ability, preferring his studies. Dad still pushes him towards sports.
Stars: Lyle Talbot, Sid Melton, Helen Kleeb, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 15
22.
Custer (1967)
Episode:
Desperate Mission
(1967)
60 min | Western
Custer tries to rally a special mission to stop Chief Red Wolf from reaching his main camp after his hunting party accidentally came into contact with small pox infected blankets.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 13
23.
Custer (1967)
Episode:
Glory Rider
(1967)
60 min | Western
Custer and the 7th Cavalry are tasked with helping a cattle drive reach a fort west of Fort Hays. Both groups of men distrust the other but in the face of potential Indian attack they must learn somehow to work together.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 17
24.
Judd for the Defense (1967–1969)
Episode:
You Remember Joe Maddox
(1968)
60 min | Drama
Joe Maddox is desperate to find a decent job after being eased out of the editor's position he held for years. But he makes the mistake of confronting the former employer whom he blames for... See full summary »
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Carl Betz, Stephen Young, Kevin McCarthy, Coleen Gray
Votes: 9
25.
Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode:
Blood on Biscayne Bay
(1960)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Shayne is hired to sell a value pearl necklace quickly and use the proceeds to pay off a gambling debt. When Shayne opts to pressure the gambling club owner into turning the IOU over to him... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stewart | Stars: Richard Denning, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley
Votes: 11
26. Hotel de Paree (1959–1960)
30 min | Western
Sundance, a reformed gunslinger just released from prison, drifts into the town of Georgetown, Colorado. A tangle with the town villain ends up with Sundance being forced to shoot him, ... See full summary »
Stars: Earl Holliman, Jeanette Nolan, Strother Martin, Judi Meredith
Votes: 54
27.
Custer (1967)
Episode:
Suspicion
(1967)
60 min | Western
Custer's team is ambushed by a small group of Indians. Custer is furious the Indians knew the nature of his mission, and decides he needs to get to the bottom of how the Indians found out and who is the traitor in his unit. When the troops learn that one of their lieutenants is a Kiowa, suspicion falls on him.
Director: Alex March | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 14
28.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
The Lawman
(1968)
60 min | Western
Trouble brews when a washed-up marshal - to whom Murdoch once promised a share in the Lancer ranch - shows up with a group of deputies and a prisoner who claims to know Johnny.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 36
29.
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
Episode:
Wheresoever I Enter...
(1962)
30 min | Drama
While covering a coal mine accident in West Virginia, Adam learns that a doctor passing through the town is treating injured workers miles below the earth's surface and wonders what could have motivated him to risk his life for strangers.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Harry Guardino, Alejandro Rey, Sara Taft
Votes: 8
30. 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: 8,786
31.
Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode:
Terror in a Tiny Town
(1966)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A mad right wing judge who wants to take over the country airs subliminal radio messages to control the minds of the locals to disguise the fact he used an area atomic plant to build a bomb he has sent hidden in statute to Washington, D.C.
Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Gene Barry, Robert Middleton, Kevin McCarthy, Lynn Loring
Votes: 28
32.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Trail of Terror
(1957)
Not Rated | 59 min | Drama
Murdered doctor had been researching a rare disease.
Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Diana Lynn, Robert Preston, Kurt Kasznar, Arthur Hanson
Votes: 11
33.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Big Tom
(1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
Despite a serious heart condition, onetime prizefighter Tom Burr is determined to go through with his plans to fight vicious Hob Creel. The only way Matt can stop the mismatch and save Burr's life is to fight Creel himself.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake
Votes: 183
34.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
Welcome to Genesis
(1969)
60 min | Western
When Jelly is seriously mauled by a cougar, the closest thing to a doctor Murdoch can find to treat him is a man in jail for practicing without a license. The man is brought out to treat ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Day | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 32
35.
Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
Episode:
Rescue
(1969)
TV-G | 60 min | Sci-Fi
The little people are witness to an attempt to save two children from a cave-in accident. Since the earth is too instable, the little people proposes to the parents to find a way to let the... See full summary »
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall
Votes: 65
36.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
One for the Lady
(1970)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mannix has an ulterior plan when he's charged with grand theft, gets his licensed suspended, and becomes a bodyguard for a female crime boss.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Jo Van Fleet, Robert Reed
Votes: 117
37.
Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode:
Final Settlement
(1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
When Trina DeWitt, a best-selling novelist, informs her ne'er-do-well husband she has filed for a divorce, her spouse reacts violently. In the ensuing struggle the man falls on the ice pick... See full summary »
Director: Paul Stewart | Stars: Richard Denning, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley
Votes: 14
38.
Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode:
No Shroud for Shayne
(1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Mike returns from a three-day fishing trip and discovers that he was reported to have died in a plane crash. Mike decides to remain dead so he can investigate the man who impersonated him ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Richard Denning, Margie Regan, Meade Martin, Richard Banke
Votes: 11
39. Cheyenne (1955–1963)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
After the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the West looking for fights, bad guys to beat up, and women. His job changed from episode to episode.
Stars: Clint Walker, Clyde Howdy, Chuck Hicks, Lane Chandler
Votes: 2,031
40. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni
Votes: 3,085
41.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Jacob and the Angel
(1957)
Unrated | Drama
A criminal lawyer makes a desperate gamble to defend a boy charged with murder. Risking his career, his love, even his health, he faces an even greater terror when he finds his own guilty conscience is on trial.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Gig Young, June Lockhart, Eva Gabor, Otto Kruger
Votes: 14
42.
Climax! (1954–1958)
Episode:
Trial by Fire
(1957)
Unrated | Drama
A forest fire spreads with fury, threatens a town with destruction, and brands a boy a murderer.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Linda Darnell, Forrest Tucker, Harry Townes, Malcolm Brodrick
Votes: 14
43.
Custer (1967)
Episode:
Spirit Woman
(1967)
60 min | Western
Watoma is a Sioux mystic who tries to use her visions to calm the tensions between her tribe and the white settlers. In doing so she has made enemies on both sides and needs Custer's protection.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 10
44.
Custer (1967)
Episode:
War Lance and Saber
(1967)
51 min | Western
Custer and California are out hunting with a party when Custer is presumed killed in an avalanche. As he makes his way home, he must contend with Black Foot and Sioux war parties, and possibly have to find an ally in Crazy Horse.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon
Votes: 13
45.
Dante (1960–1961)
Episode:
Dante's Fickle Fate
(1961)
30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A man sneers at a fortune teller's predictions until the man informs him he will be killed by his wife's former boyfriend - Willie Dante.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray, Tom D'Andrea, Ruta Lee
Votes: 8
46.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
Angel Day and Her Sunshine Girls
(1969)
60 min | Western
Teresa's mother - a ne'er-do-well who ran off when Teresa was born - returns to demand custody of her daughter.
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 37
47.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
Glory
(1968)
60 min | Western
A pretty young woman and her grandfather try to con the Lancers out of $500 to pay a gambling debt.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 35
48.
Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode:
Call for Michael Shayne
(1960)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Mike is hired to investigate a suspicious death that the police have already ruled as accidental. When his activities threaten the election campaign of a would-be state attorney, the career... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Richard Denning, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley
Votes: 14
49.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)
Episode:
Gracie the Artist
(1950)
Comedy
After briefly discussing reaction to the first Burns and Allen telecast, George steps aside as Gracie visits an art museum and immediately decides that she will become a painter. In the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 36
50. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,533