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1. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Family
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp
Votes: 26,495
Huw
2. Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Cheated out of his estate by his sadistic uncle, young Benjamin Blake goes to the South Seas to make his fortune so he can return to claim his birthright.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Frances Farmer
Votes: 1,830
Benjamin - as a Boy
3. Lassie Come Home (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 5,934
Joe Carraclough
4. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War
Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Frank Morgan
Votes: 1,805
John Ashwood II as a Boy
5. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, War
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner
Votes: 3,092
Francis Chisholm - as a Boy
6. Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Drama, Family
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 409
Ken McLaughlin
7. Molly and Me (1945)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Musical
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 585
Jimmy Graham
8. Holiday in Mexico (1946)
128 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The U.S. Ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, José Iturbi, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 523
Stanley Owen
9. Rocky (1948)
Approved | 76 min | Drama
Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a wild dog that killed one of ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Nita Hunter, Gale Sherwood
Votes: 53
Chris Hammond
10. Macbeth (1948)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, History, War
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: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 7,797
Malcolm
11. Kidnapped (1948)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Scotland in 1752, the 17-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O'Herlihy, Roland Winters
Votes: 269
David Balfour
12. Tuna Clipper (1949)
77 min | Drama
A young law student takes a tuna-fishing job so that he may pay a debt and gain the respect of his family.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters, Peter Mamakos
Votes: 35
Alec MacLennan
13. Black Midnight (1949)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Western
Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) and his Uncle Bill (Damian O'Flynn) take time from their own ranch chores to welcome home Martha Baxter (Fay Baker and her Daughter Cindy (Lyn Thomas), gone ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lyn Thomas, Kirby Grant
Votes: 99
Scott Jordan
14. Killer Shark (1950)
Approved | 76 min | Adventure
A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. When his inexperience results in an accident in which his father and a crewman are ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez, Roland Winters, Edward Norris
Votes: 260
Ted White
15. The Steel Fist (1952)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter, Rand Brooks
Votes: 139
Eric Kardin
16. The Big Country (1958)
Passed | 166 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston
Votes: 21,134
Hannassey Watchman
17. The Tempest (1960 TV Movie)
76 min | Drama
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer, uses his powers to shipwreck his usurper brother on the island.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Maurice Evans, Richard Burton, Roddy McDowall, Tom Poston
Votes: 190
Ariel
18. The Subterraneans (1960)
89 min | Drama
A love story between two misunderstood new bohemians who don't even understand themselves.
Director: Ranald MacDougall | Stars: Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 344
Yuri Gilgoric
19. Midnight Lace (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In London, a recently-wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
Votes: 6,028 | Gross: $7.40M
Malcolm
20. The Power and the Glory (1961 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A cynical Catholic priest is sent to Mexico to preach. It's the 1930s and Mexican government sees the church as competition. They send a secret agent to assassinate the priest.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Julie Harris, George C. Scott, Martin Gabel
Votes: 92
Mestizo
21. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,085 | Gross: $39.10M
Pvt. Morris
22. Cleopatra (1963)
G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown
Votes: 37,427 | Gross: $57.78M
Octavian - Caesar Augustus
23. Shock Treatment (1964)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An actor hired to locate $1 million in stolen loot endures the rigors of an insane asylum.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 614
Martin Ashley
24. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
G | 260 min | Biography, Drama, History
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Directors: George Stevens, Jean Negulesco | Stars: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston, Michael Anderson Jr.
Votes: 11,940 | Gross: $15.47M
Matthew
25. The Third Day (1965)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
A man involved in a car crash and suffering from amnesia, appears he has killed his sleazy nymphomaniac mistress, and is treated hostilely and coldly by his wife and despised by her cousin.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: George Peppard, Elizabeth Ashley, Roddy McDowall, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 429
26. The Loved One (1965)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Rod Steiger
Votes: 3,952
D.J. Jr.
27. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 4,264
Walter Baines
28. That Darn Cat! (1965)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 7,917 | Gross: $28.06M
Gregory Benson
29. Lord Love a Duck (1966)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies.
Director: George Axelrod | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West
Votes: 1,816
Alan Musgrave
30. The Defector (1966)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
Director: Raoul Lévy | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu
Votes: 813
Agent Adams
31. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man from Boston heads west to join the California gold rush with the hopes of restoring his family fortune, but his dedicated butler sets out to find him and bring him home.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino
Votes: 1,310
Bullwhip Griffin
32. The Cool Ones (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
A young, millionaire rock promoter decides to create a new boy/girl duo team for his teen TV dance show by teaming up an ambitious go-go dancer and a has-been pop star and presenting them to the public as a new romantic pair.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson, Phil Harris
Votes: 420
Tony Krum
33. It! (1967)
Unrated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After one of their storehouses burns down, museum director Grove and his assistant Pimm find that everything, except for one statue, has been destroyed. Not long afterward, Grove is found ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert J. Leder | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell, Aubrey Richards
Votes: 1,541
Arthur Pimm
34. Saint Joan (1967 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
A television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about the life, battles and subsequent trial of Joan of Arc, based on the kept records from her trial.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Roddy McDowall, Theodore Bikel, James Daly
Votes: 30
Charles, The Dauphin
35. Cricket on the Hearth (1967 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Ed Ames, Hans Conried
Votes: 828
Cricket Crocket
36. Planet of the Apes (1968)
G | 112 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
Votes: 193,438 | Gross: $33.40M
Cornelius
37. 5 Card Stud (1968)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 4,408
Nick Evers
38. Midas Run (1969)
M | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A veteran Secret Service Agent from Britain hijacks a government shipment of fifteen million dollars of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Fred Astaire, Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 182
Wister
39. Hello Down There (1969)
G | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.
Directors: Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning | Stars: Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, Jim Backus
Votes: 952
Nate Ashbury
40. Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
The homely daughter of a rich, vain woman gets mixed up with a kinky, menacing pop singer and his weird friends.
Director: Robert Thom | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Jordan Christopher, Holly Near, Lou Rawls
Votes: 533
Santoro
41. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
California State Police Captain Sam Surcher investigates a string of teenage-girl murders at Oceanfront High School.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson
Votes: 2,682
Proffer
42. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
G | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 39,259 | Gross: $12.30M
Cornelius
43. Terror in the Sky (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Thriller
On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Leif Erickson, Doug McClure, Roddy McDowall, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 212
Dr. Ralph Baird
44. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
G | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Ward Kimball | Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 40,737 | Gross: $18.53M
Mr. Jelk
45. A Taste of Evil (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barbara Parkins, Roddy McDowall, William Windom
Votes: 744
Dr. Michael Lomas
46. What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A working girl who is a dead ringer for a wealthy socialite is kidnapped by extortionists and forced to impersonate her.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Warden, Roddy McDowall, Jo Anne Worley
Votes: 84
Albert Soames
47. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
PG | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 35,976 | Gross: $9.81M
Caesar
48. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs
Votes: 9,338 | Gross: $16.53M
Frank Gass
49. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons
Votes: 49,255 | Gross: $84.56M
Acres
50. Topper Returns (1973 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Cosmo Topper is bedeviled by two ghosts whom only he can see and hear. This pilot updated the 1937 film premise in that the ghosts died forty years earlier and haven't adjusted to the hip 1970s.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Stefanie Powers, John Fink, Reginald Owen
Votes: 33
Cosmo Topper Jr.
51. The Legend of Hell House (1973)
PG | 95 min | Horror
A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill
Votes: 14,044
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
52. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
G | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden
Votes: 33,818 | Gross: $8.84M
Caesar / Cornelius
53. Arnold (1973)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Shani Wallis
Votes: 613
Robert
54. Miracle on 34th Street (1973 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Suzanne Davidson
Votes: 691
Dr. Sawyer
55. The Elevator (1974 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama, Thriller
A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing his latest job, is trapped along with group of people in a jammed elevator in a high-rise building.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: James Farentino, Roddy McDowall, Craig Stevens, Don Stroud
Votes: 244
Marvin Ellis
56. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 7,829 | Gross: $0.62M
George Stanton
57. Funny Lady (1975)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,960 | Gross: $40.06M
Bobby
58. Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.
Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Roddy McDowall, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 544
Tony Da Vince
59. Embryo (1976)
PG | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist (Rock Hudson) doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. All is not well though as the child begins to exhibit some horrific tendencies.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 1,726
Frank Riley
60. Flood (1976 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Robert Culp, Martin Milner, Barbara Hershey, Richard Basehart
Votes: 538
Mr. Franklin
61. Sixth and Main (1977)
95 min | Drama
Monica Cord is planning to write a book about the homeless. She observes the men who attend a rescue mission and shelter in downtown Los Angeles. Monica becomes intrigued by one particular ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Beverly Garland, Roddy McDowall, Leo Penn
Votes: 60
Skateboard
62. Laserblast (1978)
PG | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenager stumbles upon an alien weapon, which transforms him into a grotesque killer.
Director: Michael Rae | Stars: Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Ron Masak
Votes: 6,706
Doctor Mellon
63. Rabbit Test (1978)
PG | 84 min | Comedy
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Director: Joan Rivers | Stars: Billy Crystal, Alex Rocco, Joan Prather, Doris Roberts
Votes: 853
Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
64. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
G | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 6,100
Mr. Stallwood
65. Circle of Iron (1978)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young martial artist embarks on an adventure, encountering other martial artists in battle until one day he meets an aging blind man who will show him the true meaning of martial arts and life.
Director: Richard Moore | Stars: David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 2,605
White Robe
66. The Immigrants (1978 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
A young Italian immigrant who loses everything in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake starts over again and builds up a shipping empire, but doesn't find the happiness he thought would come ... See full summary »
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Stephen Macht, Sharon Gless, Aimee Eccles, Richard Anderson
Votes: 73
Mark Levy
67. The Thief of Baghdad (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A resourceful thief helps a handsome Prince fight an evil wizard, and win the hand of a beautiful Princess.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Kabir Bedi, Daniel Emilfork, Frank Finlay, Ian Holm
Votes: 487
Hasan
68. Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
G | 82 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Clara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home.
Director: Takeo Nakamura | Stars: Michele Lee, Melissa Gilbert, Lurene Tuttle, Christopher Lee
Votes: 282
Franz / Fritz (voice)
69. The Black Hole (1979)
PG | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms
Votes: 28,005
V.I.N.CENT. (voice)
70. Scavenger Hunt (1979)
PG | 116 min | Comedy
To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items, but cannot be simply bought.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 2,964
Jenkins
71. The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980 TV Movie)
144 min | Drama
A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a cruise ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Foxworth, Roddy McDowall, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 160
MacFarland
72. The Return of the King (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Orson Bean, John Huston, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad
Votes: 4,630
Samwise Gamgee
73. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Mystery
Detective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders. His clumsy grandson Lee, who's getting married, "helps" him. Is the Dragon Queen behind this?
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch
Votes: 1,430
Gillespie
74. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely
Votes: 20,198 | Gross: $6.11M
Rex Brewster
75. Mae West (1982 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Ann Jillian, James Brolin, Piper Laurie, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 288
Rene Valentine
76. Class of 1984 (1982)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 13,262
Terry Corrigan
77. This Girl for Hire (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Mystery
A private investigator (Bess Armstrong) is hired to protect a mystery writer, but when the writer is murdered, her suspects include a former agent, lover, and chauffeur.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Bess Armstrong, Celeste Holm, Cliff De Young, Hermione Baddeley
Votes: 168
Manfred Hayes
78. Fright Night (1985)
R | 106 min | Horror
"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 78,683 | Gross: $24.92M
Peter Vincent
79. Alice in Wonderland (II) (1985)
TV-PG | 94 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Alice is in Looking Glass Land, where she meets many creatures and attempts to avoid the Jabberwocky (Tom McLoughlin), a monster that appears due to her being afraid.
Stars: Natalie Gregory, Sheila Allen, Red Buttons, Anthony Newley
Votes: 3,344
The March Hare
80. Dead of Winter (1987)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ
Votes: 4,676 | Gross: $2.41M
Mr. Murray
81. The Wind in the Willows (III) (1983 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Badger, Rat and Mole are trying to save Toad Hall and its owner, their rich irresponsible airhead playboy friend Toad, from himself, as well as financial ruin, the court and a gang of conspiratorial weasels who have their eye on the place.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Charles Nelson Reilly, Roddy McDowall, José Ferrer, Eddie Bracken
Votes: 545
Ratty (voice)
82. Overboard (1987)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her that they're husband and wife.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 67,918 | Gross: $26.71M
Andrew
83. Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
"Fright Night Part 2" is a sequel to "link=tt0089175]". Charley Brewster and the horror host Peter Vincent must face more vampires, out for revenge.
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Traci Lind, Julie Carmen
Votes: 14,241 | Gross: $2.98M
Peter Vincent
84. Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Through a series of extraordinary circumstances, an eccentric teenager believes he may be the alien prince of a distant planet, ready to lead his brethren home.
Director: Charles Matthau | Stars: Nicholas Strouse, Hugh Gillin, Gloria Henry, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 1,660
Minister
85. The Big Picture (1989)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 6,190 | Gross: $0.12M
Judge
86. Cutting Class (1989)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A murderer is loose in a high school in this 'whodunit' movie.
Director: Rospo Pallenberg | Stars: Donovan Leitch Jr., Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,916
Mr. Dante
87. Shakma (1990)
R | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of medical students are attacked by an aggressive laboratory animal while competing in an after-hours role-playing game at their school.
Directors: Hugh Parks, Tom Logan | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 2,523
Sorenson
88. Going Under (1991)
PG | 80 min | Comedy
International disaster looms as the USS Sub Standard has to race to get a nuclear weapon ahead of the Russian forces.
Director: Mark W. Travis | Stars: Bill Pullman, Wendy Schaal, Chris Demetral, Ty Granderson Jones
Votes: 827
Secretary Neighbor
89. Earth Angel (1991 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Fantasy, Comedy
When a prom queen dies in 1962, her only means of entering Heaven is by returning to Earth in 1991 to assist friends from her youth.
Director: Joe Napolitano | Stars: Cindy Williams, Cathy Podewell, Rainbow Harvest, Mark Hamill
Votes: 462
Mr. Tatum
90. Deadly Game (1991 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are... See full summary »
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Michael Beck, Jenny Seagrove, Fredric Lehne, Steven Vincent Leigh
Votes: 314
Dr. Aaron
91. The Naked Target (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy
A New York executive is handcuffed to a precious briefcase to which only his Spanish contact holds the key and of which many others are in hot pursuit.
Director: Javier Elorrieta | Stars: Clayton Rohner, Cristina Piaget, José Luis López Vázquez, Aramis Ney
Votes: 103
Ernest Peabody
92. Double Trouble (I) (1992)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Muscle-bound twins try to smash a jewel smuggling ring.
Director: John Paragon | Stars: Peter Paul, David Paul, Roddy McDowall, David Carradine
Votes: 2,049
Philip Chamberlain
93. The Sands of Time (1992 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
In Spain, three nuns and a band of revolutionaries are pursued by an evil army colonel.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Michael Nouri, Amanda Plummer, Elizabeth Gracen
Votes: 108
Alan Tucker
94. The Evil Inside Me (1993)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Time lines blur when a man confronts ghosts from a previous life during the course of writing a novel.
Director: Tim Everitt | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Sage Stallone, Joseph Pilato, George Lazenby
Votes: 83
Pauly
95. Heads (1994 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Jon Cryer, Nancy Jane Drake, Edward Asner, Charlene Fernetz
Votes: 214
Fibris Drake
96. Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994 TV Movie)
89 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
The Harts travel to Kingman's Ferry, a town a quaint little town where people know Jennifer Hart as Jennifer Edwards.
Director: Peter Roger Hunt | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 275
Jeremy Sennet
97. Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror
The discovery of a demon mirror sets off a bizarre series of "deadly accidents" when a young girl and her brother are caught in an intricate web of evil and deceit.
Director: Jimmy Lifton | Stars: Tracy Wells, Roddy McDowall, Sally Kellerman, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 550
Dr. Lasky
98. Angel 4: Undercover (1994)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama
Molly, now a police photographer, reconnects with an old friend. The friend is murdered, so Molly assumes the Angel identity to find the killer, searching clubs as a groupie.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Darlene Vogel, Shane Fraser, Alan Picardi, Samantha Phillips
Votes: 383
Geoffrey Kagen
99. The Alien Within (1995 TV Movie)
R | 75 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Trapped under 2500 ft. Of crushing pressure, an underwater research team is invaded by an unknown mind-controlling alien. Terror turns to paranoia as the team members turn on each other, unable to discern friend from foe.
Director: Scott P. Levy | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Alex Hyde-White, Melanie Shatner, Don Stroud
Votes: 334
Dr. Henry Lazarus
100. The Grass Harp (1995)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.
Director: Charles Matthau | Stars: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong
Votes: 19,676 | Gross: $0.49M
Amos Legrand
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