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1. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,614 | Gross: $0.01M
2. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.
Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Edward Andrews, Biff McGuire
Votes: 196
3. The Billy Rose Show (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
A short-lived anthology series, sponsored by the Hudson Motor Car Company. The host was the theatrical showman and lyricist Billy Rose. The show was canceled due to a decline in the sales ... See full summary »
Stars: Billy Rose, Frank Albertson, Ludwig Donath, Walter Hampden
Votes: 32
4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 12,263 | Gross: $3.27M
5. 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: 135
6. The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950–1951)
60 min | Drama
Live dramatic series featuring top rated actors in adaptations of Broadway plays or top rated novels.
Stars: Walter Abel, Cliff Hall, Eva Marie Saint, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 37
7.
Danger (1950–1955)
Episode:
Death Is My Neighbor
(1953)
30 min | Drama
A New York City apartment building supervisor has his job and home threatened by a new tenant.
Director: John Peyser | Stars: Walter Hampden, James Dean, Betsy Palmer, Frank Marth
Votes: 15
8. Sabrina (1954)
Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden
Votes: 70,240
9. 5 Fingers (1952)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden
Votes: 5,454
10. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
11. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 152
12. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 136
13. The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often Broadway stars. Stories were both drama and comedies, some original but others adaptions of films and plays.
Stars: William Brower, Biff McGuire, Ernest Truex, Ruth McDevitt
Votes: 67
14. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 328
15. All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Approved | 141 min | Drama, Romance
A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 5,381
16. Danger (1950–1955)
30 min | Drama
Live psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.
Stars: Dick Stark, Edward Binns, Richard Kiley, Joseph Anthony
Votes: 102
17. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Approved | 140 min | War, Western
A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 6,888
18. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,359
19. 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
20. A Double Life (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Edmond O'Brien, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters
Votes: 3,958
21. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Passed | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey
Votes: 3,539
22. The Motorola Television Hour (1953–1954)
60 min | Drama
Motorola Hour was one of many anthology series in the 1950's. It aired every other week on ABC, featuring top ranked talent in original scripts and well known stories.
Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Jane Wyatt, Patricia Smith, Jack Palance
Votes: 41
23. The First Legion (1951)
Approved | 86 min | Drama
Father Fulton prepares to abandon his vocation despite pleas from Father Arnoux. Then a series of seemingly miracles occur including to the young Terri. Fulton has his doubts and wonders about the role of Dr. Morrell.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Charles Boyer, William Demarest, Lyle Bettger, Barbara Rush
Votes: 221
24. North West Mounted Police (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,828
25. Strange Lady in Town (1955)
Approved | 112 min | Western
Greer Garson plays a female doctor who plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell, Lois Smith
Votes: 599
26. Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Approved | 93 min | Adventure
In the 18th century France, Jean-Paul, who was cheated out of his inheritance, land and titles by his uncle, decides to go to Guatemala in search of a famed Mayan treasure.
Directors: Delmer Daves, Otto Preminger | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Constance Smith, Finlay Currie, Walter Hampden
Votes: 544
27. The Warfare of the Flesh (1917)
70 min | Drama
"The Warfare of the Flesh" does not mean a battle nor a struggle of flesh in the material sense. It means the eternal conflict our spirit and soul wage against the desires of the flesh. The... See full summary »
Director: Edward Warren | Stars: Sheldon Lewis, Charlotte Ives, Harry Benham, Walter Hampden
Votes: 14
28. Sombrero (1953)
Approved | 103 min | Musical, Romance
Adapted from the book, "Mexican Village," by Josefina Niggli, the film tells three interwoven love stories against the background of a feud between two villages. Cyd Charisse and Rick Jason... See full summary »
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Pier Angeli, Vittorio Gassman, Yvonne De Carlo
Votes: 354
29. The Prodigal (1955)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Mystery
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton
Votes: 742
30. The Vagabond King (1956)
Approved | 86 min | Musical, Romance
Louis XI of France drafts Paris's popular king of criminals as Provost Marshal in his fight against usurper Charles of Burgundy and the traitorous nobles who rally around him.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Oreste Kirkop, Rita Moreno, Cedric Hardwicke
Votes: 334
31. The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949–1952)
30 min | Music
Stars: Paul Whiteman, Paul Whiteman and Orchestra, Earl Wrightson, Maureen Cannon
Votes: 13
32. The Silver Chalice (1954)
Approved | 142 min | Drama, Romance
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver, and sculpt around its rim, the faces of the disciples and Jesus. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, Paul Newman
Votes: 1,783
33. NBC Repertory Theatre (1949– )
60 min | Drama
Stars: Leo G. Carroll, Kevin McCarthy, Patricia Breslin, Richard Hart
34. Showtime, U.S.A. (1950–1951)
30 min
Stars: Henry Fonda, Eva Gabor, Thomas Mitchell, Benny Goodman
35. The Dragon's Claw (1915)
30 min | Short, Action, Drama
A little girl and her father are among the settlers in a small western town. The father is very friendly with the neighboring Indian tribe and is presented with a quaint piece of metal ... See full summary »
Stars: Walter Hampden, Marion Leonard, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
36.
The Billy Rose Show (1950–1951)
Episode:
The Benefit of the Doubt
(1950)
30 min | Drama
A quiet Belgian man is charged with murdering six women. He goes before a jury in a dramatic trial.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Romney Brent, Leo G. Carroll, Walter Hampden, Billy Rose
37.
The Billy Rose Show (1950–1951)
Episode:
The Murder Club
(1950)
30 min | Drama
A young doctor with a seriously ill patient goes to his first meeting of "The Murder Club," a group of doctors who get together to discuss their misdiagnoses which resulted in death.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jay Barney, Martin Brandt, Jerome Collamore, Richard Derr
38.
The Billy Rose Show (1950–1951)
Episode:
The Old Magician
(1951)
30 min | Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Dorothy Blackburn, Gerald Cornell, Jerome Cowan, Edward Cullen
39.
The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode:
Spring Again
(1951)
60 min | Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Dorothy Gish, Walter Hampden
40.
The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode:
The Traitor
(1950)
60 min | Drama
An nuclear physicist feels that the only way to hope for world peace is to share its secrets with the USSR.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Wesley Addy, Barbara Ames, James Coots, Walter Hampden
41.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Heritage of Wimpole Street
(1951)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Walter Hampden, Jay Jackson, Emily Lawrence, Ruth McDevitt
42.
The Motorola Television Hour (1953–1954)
Episode:
The Sins of the Fathers
(1954)
60 min | Drama
A man believes his daughter must understand his problems.
Stars: Betty Field, Walter Hampden, Gene Lockhart, Elliott Nugent
43.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Macbeth
(1949)
60 min | Drama
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Garry Simpson | Stars: Bert Lytell, Walter Hampden, Joyce Redman, Leo G. Carroll
44.
The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950–1951)
Episode:
The Bishop Misbehaves
(1951)
60 min | Drama
On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she ... See full summary »
Stars: Dorothy Gish, Walter Hampden, Maggie McNamara, Philip Tonge
45.
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1952)
Episode:
Portrait of a President
(1951)
60 min | Drama
Focus is on Andrew Jackson's presidential campaign and his stand against the United States Bank for its refusal to make credit accessible to more citizens.
Stars: Fay Bainter, Richard Bishop, Matt Briggs, Russ Brown
46.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
Such a Busy Day
(1954)
60 min | Drama
A senior citizen who's successfully raised a family feels he has nothing remaining to contribute to their lives. He meets a group of people at an senior center and fears he'll never be as happy again as they seem to be.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, Russell Arms, Mary Fickett, Walter Hampden
47.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
The Bench in the Park
(1952)
60 min | Drama
A man's sour outlook on life brings about important changes in the lives of those who encounter him.
Director: Norman Felton | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Walter Hampden, Margaret Hayes, Henry Jones
48.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Billy Budd
(1952)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
When Claggart is found murdered after making false accusations of mutiny against Billy Budd, it leads to Billy's court-martial and trial.
Stars: Walter Burke, Walter Hampden, Peter Hobbs, Bernard Kates
49.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Decision and Daniel Webster
(1951)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A man abandons his dream of Presidency to work at saving the Whig party.
Director: William H. Brown Jr. | Stars: Jonathan Braman, Matt Briggs, Charles Dingle, Gavin Gordon
50.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Make Way for Teddy
(1952)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Grandpa has a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt hanging in his home and is overwhelmed when the real Mr. Roosevelt comes to visit.
Stars: Philip Abbott, Anne Crowley, Walter Hampden, Irene Manning