the greatest show you never saw
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1. The Munsters (1964–1966)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Stars: Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo, Butch Patrick
Votes: 16,910
2. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 41,040
3. Mister Ed (1961–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The misadventures of a wisecracking talking horse and his human owner.
Stars: Allan Lane, Alan Young, Connie Hines, Mister Ed
Votes: 4,667
4. The Clumbsys (1966 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Allen Rifkin | Stars: Jonathan Daly, Joan Staley
5. The Alan King Show (1986 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy pilot about a businessman who decides to quit Wall Street, and teach business at his old alma mater.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Max Cantor, Catherine Keener, Alan King, David Knell
Votes: 13
6. Scamps (1982 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Oliver Hopkins is a struggling writer who turns his home into a day care center for kids to make extra money for his bills.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Erin Nicole Brown, Matt Connors, Bob Denver, Dreama Perry Denver
Votes: 19
7. The Bellinis (TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
A widowed Italian-American father of indeterminate but substantial means attempting to raise two children in troubling circumstances, but in a mansion in a very nice part of town. Also in ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: Diana Canova, Carmine Caridi, Jay Novello, Michael Valente
8. The Invisible Woman (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a research lab, a scientist's pet chimpanzee mixes up an invisibility formula. A young woman accidentally drinks the solution and becomes invisible.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Bob Denver, Jonathan Banks, David Doyle, George Gobel
Votes: 90
9. Ghost of a Chance (1980 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
After Jenny Clifford gets married, the ghost of her first husband comes back.
Director: Nick Havinga | Stars: Shelley Long, Barry Van Dyke, Steven Keats, Gretchen Wyler
Votes: 14
10. 13 Thirteenth Avenue (1983 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A comedy about a group of classic monsters sharing an apartment, their misadventures, and their interaction with each other and their therapist.
Director: John Bowab | Stars: A.C. Weary, Ilene Graff, Ernie Sabella, Paul Kreppel
Votes: 10
11. Take Me to Your Leader (1964 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Unsold TV pilot about a human who plays host to traveling salesmen from Venus. An attempt to cash in on My Favorite Martian's success.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Jack Albertson, Jack Grinnage, Cheryl Holdridge, Will Hutchins
12. The Orphan and the Dude (1975 TV Movie)
Comedy
Two oddballs, one a black man called "The Dude" and one white, called "The Orphan" share a Culver City, California apartment.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Oliver Clark, Art Evans, Eddie Barth, Todd Bridges
13. Never Again (1984 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
An unlikely friendship is formed by two men and a woman, all residents of a singles apartment complex.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Dalton Cathey, Loyita Chapel, Allen Garfield, Judge Reinhold
14. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum
Votes: 29,292
15. The Asphalt Cowboy (1980 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Pilot for crime drama about Max Caulpepper, the owner of a Los Angeles security service, who attempts to solve the murder of a friend that may be linked to the theft of $20,000 from an aircraft company.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Max Baer Jr., Noah Beery Jr., Cal Bellini, Robin Dearden
Votes: 11
16. Evel Knievel (1974 TV Movie)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy
Pilot for an adventure and comedy series starring Sam Elliott as the title character and Gary Barton as his sidekick. In the pilot, Evel Knievel must compete against a female motorcycle daredevil.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Sam Elliott, Noble Willingham, Gary Barton, Michael Anderson Jr.
Votes: 54
17. Samurai (1979 TV Movie)
70 min | Action, Fantasy
Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the city with an earthquake machine.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Joe Penny, Dana Elcar, Beulah Quo, James Shigeta
Votes: 65
18. Suburban Beat (1985 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 48 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Unsold TV pilot about four suburban housewives forming a neighborhood-watch program and trying to solve the murder of several local women who may have been involved with a crime ring.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Dee Wallace, Shelley Fabares, Heather Langenkamp, Patti Austin
Votes: 24
19.
Hooperman (1987–1989)
Episode:
Nick Derringer, P.I.
(1988)
Comedy, Drama
Hooperman convinces Stern to involve the department in a joint organized crime investigation with a less than stellar private investigator; Smith's mother comes to visit, not knowing anything about her relationship with Hooperman.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: John Ritter, Barbara Bosson, Felton Perry, Sydney Walsh
20. The Fuzz Brothers (1973 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Two black police officers, who are brothers, battle crime in a run-down section of Los Angeles, California.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Felton Perry, Jeff Corey, Don Porter
Votes: 8
21. Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David (1957 TV Movie)
25 min | Adventure, Mystery
Mr. Prentiss is an appraiser at his firm, the House of Prentiss. He is about to go to Florida to appraise a vast collection of a recently deceased collector, Van der Locken, when he ... See full summary »
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Whitney Blake, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 52
22. Police Story (1967 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Drama
An elite squad of police detectives who report directly to the police commissioner handle the cities toughest and most sensitive cases
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Steve Ihnat, Rafer Johnson, Gary Clarke, Malachi Throne
Votes: 18
23. Crisis (1970)
R | Action
Director: Eddie Garcia | Stars: Tony Ferrer, Rosemarie Gil, Marissa Delgado, Alicja Basili
24. Men of the Dragon (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two men and a woman, all friends and martial arts experts, visit Hong Kong, where they grew up. When the woman disappears, the men find out that she has been kidnapped by white slavers, and... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Jared Martin, Katie Saylor, Robert Ito, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 64
25. Popeye Doyle (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
NYPD Detective Popeye Doyle investigates the death of a local prostitute which soon leads him and his partner into a web of international intrigue and foreign assassins.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Matthew Laurance, James Handy, Candy Clark
Votes: 398
26. Lookwell (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. Pilot episode for a TV series that was never picked up.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Adam West, Ron Frazier, Ann Weldon, Todd Field
Votes: 561
27. Catalina C-Lab (1982 TV Movie)
60 min | Adventure
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Nani Asing, Susan Backlinie, Carl Byrd, Sidney Clute
28. Hellinger's Law (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Telly Savalas, Morgan Stevens, Ja'net DuBois, Roy Poole
Votes: 77
29. Indict and Convict (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A prosecutor must try his friend, a deputy district attorney, who has been charged with murdering his wife and her lover.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: George Grizzard, Reni Santoni, Susan Howard, Ed Flanders
Votes: 55
30. Lost Flight (1970 TV Movie)
G | 104 min | Action, Drama
The captain of a downed airliner must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult version of "Lord of the Flies."
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Anne Francis, Ralph Meeker, Andrew Prine
Votes: 202
31. Stranded (1976 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
This adventure is set in the South Pacific and chronicles the struggles of a group of airplane passengers to survive after their jet crashes upon a lonely island.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Kevin Dobson, Lara Parker, Marie Windsor, Devon Ericson
Votes: 12
32. Crash Island (1981 TV Movie)
Adventure
A plane full of children and young teens on the way to a swim meet, crashes into the ocean, leaving them and the crew stranded on an unknown island.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Warren Berlinger, Danie-Wade Dalton, Rusty Gilligan, Heather Hobbs
33.
Colgate Theatre (1958– )
Episode:
Tonight in Havana
(1958)
Drama
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Mari Aldon, Edward Colmans, Raul De Castellanos, James Gavin
34. The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
30 min | Documentary, History
A long-running documentary series concerning the news and cultural events which shaped the 20th century. It also offered interpretations of the meaning of certain events, and placed wars ... See full summary »
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Daniel Schorr, Winston Burdett, Peter Kalischer
Votes: 86
35. Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955)
15 min | Biography, Talk-Show
Orson Welles recounts various stories from his life while drawing sketches of the events.
Star: Orson Welles
Votes: 120
36. Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid (1953 TV Movie)
Unrated | 25 min | Western
This Pilot was about the Adventures of the "Tucson Kid", an insurance investigator who travels to any town where a suspicious insurance claim has appeared.
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Tom Keene, Tom Tyler, Lyle Talbot, Don Nagel
Votes: 157
37. Quick as a Flash (1952– )
Game-Show
Stars: Bud Collyer, Frank Gallop, Kitty Carlisle, Faye Emerson
38. It's Up to You (1957)
30 min | Family
Stars: Peter West, Dickie Hurran, Issy Bonn, Harold Fielding
39. Madame Sin (1972)
Not Rated | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A C.I.A. Agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 1,160
40. The Man with the Power (1977 TV Movie)
93 min | Sci-Fi
A man whose father was an alien from another planet inherits his father's supernatural powers. He is assigned to guard a beautiful Indian princess who is on a state visit to America.
Director: Nicholas Sgarro | Stars: Bob Neill, Tim O'Connor, Vic Morrow, Persis Khambatta
Votes: 71
41. Northstar (1986 TV Movie)
90 min | Sci-Fi
An astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Greg Evigan, Deborah Wakeham, Mitchell Ryan, Mason Adams
Votes: 191
42. Exo-Man (1977 TV Movie)
95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: David Ackroyd, Anne Schedeen, A Martinez, José Ferrer
Votes: 183
43. Dr. Strange (1978 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 93 min | Action, Fantasy
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
Director: Philip DeGuere Jr. | Stars: Peter Hooten, Clyde Kusatsu, Jessica Walter, Anne-Marie Martin
Votes: 2,140
44. The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981 TV Movie)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The hero is given his mentor's bow (the Heartbow) which chooses its new owner when passed on. It fires arrows that blow up like grenades, but can only be wielded by the one chosen to wield ... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Corea | Stars: Lane Caudell, Belinda Bauer, Victor Campos, Kabir Bedi
Votes: 452
45. The Clone Master (1978 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Sci-Fi
In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Art Hindle, Robyn Douglass, John van Dreelen, Ed Lauter
Votes: 129
46. Baffled (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
A US racing champion is haunted by intense visions of an American woman in some kind of danger in a English mansion. A British ESP and occult expert believes that his visions will really happen and asks him to help her investigate them.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Susan Hampshire, Rachel Roberts, Vera Miles
Votes: 440
47. Poor Devil (1973 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A young down on his luck resident of Hell (Sammy Davis, Jr.) is given a chance to redeem himself by signing up a down on his luck retail accountant to sell his soul to Lucifer.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Christopher Lee, Jack Klugman, Adam West
Votes: 195
48. Shangri-La Plaza (1990 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A musical-comedy unsold pilot made by CBS in 1990. Macho Ira and sensitive George are two polar-opposite brothers who own an auto-repair shop in Southern California. Both men quickly fall ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Castle | Stars: Terrence Mann, Jeff Yagher, Melora Hardin, Carmen Lundy
Votes: 34
49. The Tribe (1974 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the last Ice Age, a family of Cro-Magnons battle a tribe of primitive Neanderthals for survival.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Victor French, Warren Vanders, Henry Wilcoxon, Adriana Shaw
Votes: 29
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