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1.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Richard T. Ely
(1964)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1894, Richard T. Ely is a professor at the University of Wisconsin. When the politically appointed school superintendent attacks his character and his method of teaching Professor Ely stands up for the principles of academic freedom.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Marsha Hunt, Edward Asner, Ford Rainey
Votes: 8
2.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Woodrow Wilson
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1916 Woodrow Wilson nominates Judge Louis D. Brandeis to the US Supreme Court. As a Jew and as a judge who has stood up to special interests, Judge Brandeis faces intense opposition.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Whit Bissell, John McMartin, Paul Stewart, Oliver McGowan
Votes: 7
3.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Man Who Had No Enemies
(1966)
60 min | Drama
Paul Bryan and Neil Trotter are en route to Trinidad to pick up a crew for a sailboat race in Rio when the autopilot they are testing breaks down and forces them to land in Bonaire. When ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Kurt Kasznar, Victoria Shaw, Nancy Malone
Votes: 12
4.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Edmund G. Ross
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1868 President Andrew Johnson appoints General Thomas to replace Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War, against the wishes of Congress. This leads to his impeachment trial. Kansas Senator Edmund G. Ross will cast the deciding vote.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Barry Morse, Simon Oakland, James Westerfield
Votes: 10
5.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Andrew Johnson
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1860 Andrew Johnson is a US Senator from Tennessee. He desperately tries to keep his home state from seceding from the Union, risking his reputation, his political future, and his life.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Walter Matthau, Alfred Ryder, Paul Fix, Conlan Carter
Votes: 6
6.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Frederick Douglass
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who fled to the North in the days before the Civil War. Douglass decided to use his writing and oratorical skills to lead the fight to ... See full summary »
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: Robert Hooks, Lillian Bronson, Isabel Cooley, James Edwards
Votes: 10
7.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Governor John M. Slaton
(1964)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Gov. John Slaton of Georgia, who in the early 1900s pardoned Leo Frank, who had been convicted of and sentenced to death for raping and murdering a young girl. Slaton believed ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Gist | Stars: Walter Matthau, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Alan Baxter, Charles Alvin Bell
Votes: 6
8.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
John Adams
(1964)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
As a young lawyer and politician, John Adams takes on the unpopular task of defending in court the British soldiers who fired on a crowd in the so-called Boston Massacre of 1770.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: David McCallum, Andrew Prine, Torin Thatcher, Gene Lyons
Votes: 6
9.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
John Peter Altgeld
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Illinois Governor, John Peter Altgeld, reviews the cases of the men convicted in the Haymarket Riots. When he becomes convinced that they did not receive a fair trial he considers granting an unpopular pardon.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Curt Conway, Bert Remsen, Bill Zuckert
Votes: 7
10.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Sam Houston
(1964)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Gov. Sam Houston's losing battle to keep Texas in the Union during the secession crisis.
Director: Sherman Marks | Stars: J.D. Cannon, Ken Drake, Peter Duryea, Richard Hale
Votes: 11
11.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Anne Hutchinson
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In early Boston, midwife Anne Hutchinson is put on trial for preaching her unorthodox religious beliefs and criticizing the local ministers.
Director: Cyril Ritchard | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Donald Harron, Rhys Williams, Michael Pate
Votes: 8
12.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Grover Cleveland
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1887 President Grover Cleveland goes up against the GAR when he threatens to veto the Veterans Dependent Pensions bill. He also supports lowering a popular tariff, risking further condemnation.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, George Macready, Barbara Feldon, Paul Lambert
Votes: 6
13.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Thomas Corwin
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of U.S. Senator Thomas Corwin, a rising star in the Whig party in the 1840s who was one of the few political leaders to oppose the US-Mexican War initiated by the administration of President James Polk.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: George Rose, Robert Carson, John Colicos, Harold Gould
Votes: 6
14.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Thomas Hart Benton
(1964)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1850 Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri hopes for California statehood. Knowing it will not be admitted as a slave state he fights Senator Calhoun's bill that would forbid Congress from voting against slavery in the Territories.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Jim Boles, Richard Bull, Russell Collins, Gene Darfler
Votes: 6
15.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
General Alexander William Doniphan
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1838 tensions are rising between the Mormons and the other settlers of Missouri. General Alexander W. Doniphan faces a moral dilemma when he is ordered to go to war against the Mormons.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Peter Lawford, Simon Oakland, Michael Constantine, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 7
16. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
17. Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Ken Drake, Woodrow Parfrey, Len Wayland
Votes: 91
18.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
John Quincy Adams
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1807 British warships are raiding US vessels and conscripting US sailors. Thomas Jefferson asks Senator John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts to help pass an embargo that might devastate the economy of the Senator's home state.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Douglas Campbell, Nancy Wickwire, Parley Baer, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 6
19.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
Hang Down Your Head and Laugh
(1966)
60 min | Drama
Whilst traveling greyhound, Paul crosses paths with Tina, an abrasive yet enigmatic fifteen-year-old. However, their journey is shortly interrupted by a breakdown, forcing the two to ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Kim Darby, Jacqueline Scott, Larry Ward
Votes: 16
20.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
I Am the Late Diana Hays
(1966)
60 min | Drama
Paul meets a woman whose sculptor husband is serving time in prison for her murder.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Jack Palance, Diana Hyland, Anthony Eisley
Votes: 13
21. Modern Marvels (1993– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History
Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology.
Stars: Lloyd Sherr, Harlan Saperstein, Adam Richman, William Atwater
Votes: 2,167
22. Beggars and Choosers (1999–2001)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy
The amusing trials of the executive staff of a television network.
Stars: Brian Kerwin, Charlotte Ross, Tuc Watkins, Sherri Saum
Votes: 262
23.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
Time and a Half on Christmas Eve
(1966)
60 min | Drama
In this Christmas themed episode, Paul Bryan gets stranded when his plane takes an emergency landing and the other passengers grab all the rental cars to get home for the holiday. He ends ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Ernest Borgnine, Charles McGraw, Melanie Alexander
Votes: 16
24.
The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode:
Under a Dark Star
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Pardoned after a long imprisonment for a crime he didn't commit, a man has Jarrod's help in adjusting to being free again. The man is hired to work at the ranch and after having doubt ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 126
25. The Outsider (1968–1969)
60 min | Crime, Drama
David Ross is a orphaned, ex-con, loner living in a world that loaths and makes a living as a private investgator in Los Angeles to tackle his financial problems and other people's problems as well.
Stars: Darren McGavin, James Edwards, Bill Quinn, Will J. White
Votes: 99
26. The Sound of Anger (1968 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A young man is arrested on suspicion of sabotaging the plane of his girlfriend's father, a wealthy man who despises him.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Burl Ives, James Farentino, Guy Stockwell, Dorothy Provine
Votes: 44
27.
The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode:
Barbary Red
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Nick celebrates his birthday at a waterfront saloon where he is drugged and shanghaied for sea duty. Jarrod suspects an old client of his, Barbary Red, is behind Nick's disappearance- Eugene and Heath help him investigate his hunch.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 138
28.
The Big Valley (1965–1969)
Episode:
Teacher of Outlaws
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
An outlaw gang leader orders his men to kidnap a teacher so he can learn to read and write for a special purpose. His men nab Victoria by mistake-she pretends to be the school marm to buy time for the Barkley boys to find her.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 105
29.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
In the Roman Candle's Bright Glare
(1965)
30 min | Drama
Due to Holman's still delicate condition and their tendency to argue, his devoted missionary assistant is asked to not visit him until he recovers further. Meanwhile Kildare becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Darren McGavin, Patricia Barry
Votes: 8
30.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
With This Ring
(1965)
30 min | Drama
The cause of Holman's condition is determined, leading him to propose to Lydia; Lois admits her real motives to Kildare. Conclusion of four-part story.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Darren McGavin, Patricia Barry
Votes: 8
31.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
Robert A. Taft
(1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1946 many Nazis are sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio questions the legality of these trials since the men have no chance for appeal and since their crimes were enacted after the fact.
Director: José Quintero | Stars: Lee Tracy, David Opatoshu, Lou Frizzell, George Furth
Votes: 10
32. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H.
Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, John Herman Shaner
Votes: 6,275
33. The Survivors (1969–1970)
60 min | Drama
Internal conflicts of a wealthy family, the Carlyles. A banking czar, his playboy son, his daughter engaged to a philanderer, they became entangled with South American politics.
Stars: Lana Turner, George Hamilton, Kevin McCarthy, Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 50
34.
The Felony Squad (1966–1969)
Episode:
The Streets Are Paved with Quicksand
(1966)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Stone and Briggs are on the scene when a fight breaks out between a valet and high-powered attorney Leslie Gorman. The lawyer tries to foist money onto Jim to make him overlook everything, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Howard Duff, Ben Alexander, Dennis Cole, Darren McGavin
Votes: 22
35.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Naked Half-Truth
(1967)
60 min | Drama
Paul and his friend Ramon work to free an American millionaire's daughter held captive in Andorra.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Fernando Lamas, Edward Andrews, Letícia Román
Votes: 10
36.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Television: Window to the World
(1999)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History
Modern Marvels looks at the history of television from its invention by Philo Farnsworth to its popularization by David Sarnoff.
Stars: John Logie Baird, Alexander Graham Bell, Laurence Bergreen, Milton Berle
Votes: 29
37. The Big Valley (1965–1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Wild West adventures of the Barkley family in California's San Joaquin Valley.
Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, Linda Evans
Votes: 3,555
38. Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
60 min | Drama
The doctor tells a successful lawyer that he is terminally ill and will die in less than two years.
Stars: Ben Gazzara, Nicholas Colasanto, Jack Krupnick, Fernando Lamas
Votes: 430
39. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
Stars: Bob Hope, Jack Weston, Jack Kelly, John Francis
Votes: 239
40.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
To Sleep, Perchance to Scream
(1967)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Private detective Adam Steels looks into the death of a friend who worked for a millionaire Hollywood businessman. His investigation leads him to believe that his friend's former boss is somehow linked to the murder.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Bob Hope, Ricardo Montalban, Pat Hingle, Joanne Dru
Votes: 9
41.
Dr. Kildare (1961–1966)
Episode:
From Nigeria with Love
(1965)
30 min | Drama
Flying all the way from Nigeria, stubborn anthropologist and author Felix Holman is admitted to Blair suffering from an undetermined pulmonary infection which is proving strangely difficult to treat. First of four parts.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Darren McGavin, Patricia Barry
Votes: 8
42.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
Who's Che Guevara?
(1967)
60 min | Drama
A soldier of fortune commandeers Paul's plane to rescue an anti-Castro prisoner held in Cuba.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Rita Moreno, Nico Minardos, Victor Millan
Votes: 12
43. The Outsider (1967 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Pilot for the detective drama series has Darren McGavin playing David Ross, a hard-nosed, private eye/ex-con hired to tail a woman in an embezzling case which takes a turn when he finds ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Darren McGavin, Sean Garrison, Shirley Knight, Nancy Malone
Votes: 91
44. The Felony Squad (1966–1969)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis. The tough-as-nails desk Sergeant is the father of young Briggs, and helps the ... See full summary »
Stars: Howard Duff, Ben Alexander, Dennis Cole, Frank Maxwell
Votes: 173
45.
The Felony Squad (1966–1969)
Episode:
A Walk to Oblivion
(1966)
30 min | Crime, Drama
The clock is ticking down for death-row inmate Joe Caslin. After he hears about a robbery and murder similar to what he was condemned for, he pleads with Sam and Jim to look into the recent... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Howard Duff, Ben Alexander, Dennis Cole, Larry D. Mann
Votes: 13
46. The Bad News Bears (1976)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 25,078 | Gross: $42.35M
47.
Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
Episode:
Better World Next Time
(1967)
60 min | Drama
Paul must locate a Colonel who thinks he is still in Vietnam after escaping from an American hospital.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Martin Milner, Leonard Stone, Michael Pataki
Votes: 11
48.
The Felony Squad (1966–1969)
Episode:
Miss Reilly's Revenge
(1966)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Sam manages to get the abused girlfriend of extortionist Gorley to help put him away.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Howard Duff, Ben Alexander, Dennis Cole, Richard Bull
Votes: 11
49. Smile (1975)
PG | 113 min | Comedy
A social comedy about a beauty pageant for young Californian women, held annually in Santa Rosa, and how it affects the locals and participants.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 2,569
50. Cool Runnings (1993)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis
Votes: 113,913 | Gross: $68.86M