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1.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Deadly Verdict
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a very rare occurrence, Perry Mason loses a case when Janice Barton is convicted of murdering her aunt and is subsequently sentenced to death. After the verdict, Perry still investigates to try to find the real killer among the heirs.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 431
2.
The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
Episode:
Framed for Murder
(1955)
TV-G | 23 min | Western
Jim Blake strikes it rich with a gold claim. He insists a local shop keeper be declared a partner. Unknown to Jim, the shop keeper has a dark past and is being blackmailed.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, James Best, David Bruce
Votes: 40
3.
The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode:
Code 261
(1973)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama
Lt. Ryker, Officer's Terry Webster, Willie Gillis, and Mike Danko as well as Jill Danko try to help a young nurse get through the emotional trauma that she must endure after she is raped.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson
Votes: 29
4. King of Diamonds (1961–1962)
30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
John King, the two-fisted, globe-trotting chief of security for the world's diamond industry, travels the world battling jewel thieves and gem smugglers. Assisted by his young protégé, ... See full summary »
Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ray Hamilton, Art Gilmore, Joan Tabor
Votes: 40
5. Third of a Man (1962)
82 min | Drama
"Third of a Man," as in general do all movies, offers a peek back at how mental illnesses were misperceived and at times punished through misperceptions. The story offers a redemptive conclusion.
Director: Robert Lewin | Stars: Simon Oakland, James Drury, Jan Shepard, Whit Bissell
Votes: 10
6. The Gray Ghost (1957– )
30 min | Adventure, War, Western
The Civil War exploits of Confederate cavalry officer John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost, was the basis of this syndicated series. Sgt. Magruder was the only other regular character but actual historic people were occasionally portrayed.
Stars: Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers, Sherwood Price, Jean Willes
Votes: 105
7. The Man and the Challenge (1959–1960)
30 min | Adventure
Dr. Glenn Barton is a scientist, an explorer, and an all-around adventurer, which makes him perfect for the assignments on which the government sends him. Whether it's testing space ... See full summary »
Stars: George Nader, Joyce Meadows, Jack Ging, Michael Keith
Votes: 87
8. Official Detective (1957– )
Mystery, Adventure
Stars: Everett Sloane, James Griffith, Ted de Corsia, Steve Pendleton
Votes: 29
9.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Atta Girl, Kelly!: K for Kelly
(1967)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Kelly is one of a litter of puppies born on a puppy farm. This farm breeds dogs especially for the Seeing Eye. Kelly was turned over to Danny Richards as a 4H project, knowing he will have to give her up after a year.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Beau Bridges, James Broderick, J.D. Cannon, William Corcoran
Votes: 23
10.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
Stopover
(1969)
TV-PG | 73 min | Western
Gunman Frank Hammel's arrival on the stage upsets people in Medicine Bow who believe he may be after them. Having saved The Virginian's life ten years earlier, The Virginian takes an active role in calming fears and stopping any killing.
Director: Joel Rogosin | Stars: John McIntire, Doug McClure, David Hartman, Sara Lane
Votes: 75
11. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,292
12. Gunslinger (1961– )
60 min | Western
Cord, a gunfighter, works undercover for the local Army garrison Commander, trying to help keep peace in the territory.
Stars: Tony Young, Preston Foster, Midge Ware, Dee Pollock
Votes: 65
13. G.E. True (1962–1963)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
Episodes based on stories from "True" magazine.
Stars: Jack Webb, Felix Reinsch, Kurt Kreuger, Charles H. Radilak
Votes: 35
14. The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002 Video)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Eduardo Eguia Dibildox | Stars: Ursula Andress, Ann-Margret, Pamela Austin, George Barris
Votes: 34
15.
Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode:
Bad Blood
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Jess is escorting a young boy to his father not knowing his mother wanted him with his aunt in Denver if she died. Once he tells Jess the truth he is determined to break away and go see his father, who is a cold blooded, murderous, outlaw.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Smith, Robert Fuller, Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes
Votes: 68
16.
A Man Called Shenandoah (1965–1966)
Episode:
Plunder
(1966)
30 min | Western
This time Shenandoah is in search of Sam Waters, the man for whom the locket from episode 10 was made. Instead he finds his frightened daughter and a U.S. Marshall (Pat Hingle), who is also... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Robert Horton, Pat Hingle, Jan Shepard, Paul Fix
Votes: 23
17. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,880
18.
My Little Margie (1952–1955)
Episode:
Las Vegas Story
(1955)
30 min | Comedy
Vern takes Margie to Las Vegas to meet with a potential client, a casino owner.
Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Gale Storm, Charles Farrell, Richard Crane, Jan Shepard
Votes: 11
19. Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–1959)
30 min | Family, Western
Typical western with a twist. The two stars appeared as Texas Rangers but in a different scenario each program. One week, they might be Rangers in the 1840s and the next week they would be ... See full summary »
Stars: Willard Parker, Harry Lauter, William Boyett, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 115
20. Grand Jury (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lyle Bettger, Harold J. Stone, Douglass Dumbrille, Richard Travis
Votes: 14
21.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Yaller
(1954)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
A young miner is afflicted with claustrophobia, causing his associates to call him "yaller".
Director: Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Ray Boyle, Jan Shepard, Steve Mitchell, Griff Barnett
Votes: 31
22.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Friend
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A man carrying a tempting sum of money is attacked from behind by someone who beats him and leaves him for dead. Lucky for the injured man, an old friend of Matt is there to take him in to Doc Adams for mending.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 214
23.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Explosives
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgruntled truck driver abducts his estranged wife and threatens to detonate a truckload of unstable pure potassium while she remains trapped inside it.
Director: Jack Herzberg | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Alan Wells, Jan Shepard, Jeff DeBenning
Votes: 66
24.
Longstreet (1971–1972)
Episode:
Survival Times Two
(1972)
48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mike and Duke are stranded in the bayou while on a fishing trip. Duke is bitten by a water moccasin and falls deathly ill, forcing Mike to find a way to survive in the wild and fend off a crazed Cajun trying to kill them.
Director: James H. Brown | Stars: James Franciscus, Marlyn Mason, Peter Mark Richman, Neville Brand
Votes: 22
25.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
Incident with an Executioner
(1959)
Not Rated | 60 min | Western
The drovers rescue the passengers in a stagecoach that overturns. They learn a gunman known as "The Executioner" was following the coach. Now he is following them while they are with the drovers and no one knows who his target is.
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Dan Duryea, Martin Milner
Votes: 245
26.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Long Way Home
(1966)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Jim Boyer Sr. returns to his wife and son living in Medicine Bow and takes a job at Shiloh. Boyer is a very capable but ignores detail in his work as he tries to earn the foreman job at another ranch Grainger is hoping to purchase.
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: Charles Bickford, Doug McClure, Don Quine, Sara Lane
Votes: 66
27.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Framed Cop
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A criminal attempts to avenge his younger brother's life sentence by executing a meticulously planned scheme that will make Sergeant Williams appear to be guilty of felony hit and run.
Director: Jack Herzberg | Stars: Broderick Crawford, William Boyett, Jan Shepard, Lee Rhodes
Votes: 71
28. 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: 8,778
29. Lawman (1958–1962)
30 min | Western
This is the story of Marshal Dan Troop of Laramie, Wyoming, and his Deputy Johnny McKay, an orphan Troop took under his wing.
Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Peggie Castle, Emile Avery
Votes: 973
30. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.
Stars: Truman Bradley, Michael Fox, Marshall Thompson, Peter Hansen
Votes: 445
31. Dr. Christian (1956– )
30 min | Drama
Based on several films released between 1939 and 1941 starring Jean Hersholt as Dr. Paul Christian, this series picks up with his retirement and as he turns his practice over to his nephew, Dr. Mark Christian.
Stars: Macdonald Carey, Jan Shepard, Jack Hogan, Peter Hansen
Votes: 53
32. The Clear Horizon (1960–1962)
30 min | Drama
Space opera would be a more accurate description of this daytime serial, which focused on astronaut Roy Selby, his family, and his co-workers at Cape Canaveral.
Stars: Jan Shepard, Ted Knight, Michael Fox, John Mitchum
Votes: 17
33.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Noose of Gold
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
An attorney general uses Matt's friendship with an outlaw for political gain.
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 152
34.
Lawman (1958–1962)
Episode:
Change of Venue
(1962)
30 min | Western
Barron Shaw's trial for murder and robbery is being moved out of Laramie on the stage. The townspeople protest this change but Troop has some unexpected company on the road ahead and sitting right next to him as well.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: John Russell, Peter Brown, Philip Carey, Jan Shepard
Votes: 44
35.
The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961)
Episode:
600 Seconds
(1955)
30 min | Drama
A successful Art Director lets her imagination run away with her when a young female business associate of her husband's wants to talk to her about something "personal."
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Loretta Young, Dick Simmons, Lois Collier, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 10
36.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
Incident at the Top of the World
(1961)
Not Rated | 52 min | Western
Robert Culp plays as a Civil War veteran named Craig Kern, who has become addicted to morphine after it was used on him during treatment of a war injury. The head of a Kansas veteran's ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 95
37.
I Married Joan (1952–1955)
Episode:
Bev's Mistaken Marriage
(1954)
Not Rated | Comedy
Joan and Brad get the wrong idea when Beverly and Tom are overheard talking about a secret.
Stars: Joan Davis, Jim Backus, Beverly Wills, Tom Peters
Votes: 14
38. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule, Mort Mills
Votes: 2,785
39. Everglades! (1961–1962)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In this syndicated series, Lincoln Vail was a local law enforcement official patrolling the wilderness area in his airboat. He had frequent dealings with the local Seminoles and worked diligently to protect the wildlife.
Stars: Ron Hayes, Gordon Casell, Steve Brodie, Mala Powers
Votes: 92
40. Waterfront (1954–1956)
30 min | Adventure, Crime
John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Preston Foster, Douglas Dick, Lois Moran, Willie Best
Votes: 114
41.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Runaways
(1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Evans is on the run after killing another ex-con who told him about a family in Pennsylvania who supposedly keeps a great deal of money at home. The fugitive ends up in the company of ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, J.D. Cannon
Votes: 25
42.
Then Came Bronson (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Gleam of the Eagle Mind
(1970)
60 min | Adventure, Drama
Jim follows a van that sprayed him in mud, and soon accepts the artist-driver's ten dollar barn painting deal. When a giant nude is instead painted on a wall, several men each claim the subject was their wife - lawsuits forthcoming.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: Michael Parks, Jay Novello, Jan Shepard, John Dehner
Votes: 10
43.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Terror
(1959)
30 min | Western
Doc Calhoun and Hoby deal with an outbreak of typhoid fever in town.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Peter Leeds, Addison Richards, Karl Swenson
Votes: 22
44.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Brothers
(1965)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Ryker must track down a close friend and his family after the man killed an Army guard while breaking his brother out of the stockade before being shot for dereliction. After they fight off Indians, the man is forced to face the law.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Randy Boone
Votes: 92
45.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Runaway
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
A runaway boy is found on Shiloh who won't talk. They wonder about his parents becoming gravely concerned when they discover he has been severely beaten. No one realizes how close his dad is as the orphanage manager wants him back.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: John McIntire, Doug McClure, Tim Matheson, Sara Lane
Votes: 62
46.
Elvis: The Great Performances (1990– )
Episode:
Vol. 1: Center Stage
(1990)
52 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Andrew Solt | Stars: George Klein, Elvis Presley, Priscilla Presley
Votes: 57
47. Rawhide (1959–1965)
TV-PG | 50 min | Western
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming
Votes: 4,626
48. Tombstone Territory (1957–1960)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Tough Sheriff Clay Hollister keeps the law in Tombstone, Arizona with the support of his faithful deputies and the editor of the local newspaper.
Stars: Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, Quentin Sondergaard, Bill Catching
Votes: 538
49. Then Came Bronson (1969–1970)
60 min | Adventure, Drama
A disillusioned reporter, James "Jim" Bronson, quits his job and starts wandering the road on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as a form of soul-searching. He meets various characters. Some he helps, others he educates.
Stars: Michael Parks, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Bonnie Bedelia
Votes: 621
50. Longstreet (1971–1972)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of a blind insurance investigator.
Stars: James Franciscus, Marlyn Mason, Peter Mark Richman, Ann Doran
Votes: 627