TV Anthology Movies watched in 2024
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1.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Days of Wine and Roses
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie, Charles Bickford, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 177
2.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Last Tycoon
(1957)
74 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Richard Joy, Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lorre
Votes: 18
3.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
Bang the Drum Slowly
(1956)
52 min | Comedy, Drama
A pitcher on a major-league baseball team finds out that his catcher is desperately trying to hide something, he is dying of a terminal disease and he doesn't want the owner to find out and fire him.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi, Barbara Babcock, Rudy Bond
Votes: 177
4.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode:
The Lonely Hours
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A mother of three notices that her baby son fascinates the lady renting a room in her home.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Nancy Kelly, Gena Rowlands, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 428
5.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Eloise
(1956)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Hans Conried, Conrad Hilton, Louis Jourdan
Votes: 19
6.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Keep Our Honor Bright
(1953)
60 min | Drama
A college student faces embarrassment and expulsion for having cheated on an exam. Her fiance is a member of the university's undergraduate honor board and could quietly make the matter "... See full summary »
Director: Maury Holland | Stars: Michael Higgins, Joan Potter, Larry Fletcher, James Dean
Votes: 22
7.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
The Thief
(1955)
Comedy, Drama
The son (James Dean) of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-sister's heart.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Diana Lynn, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor, Patric Knowles
Votes: 61
8.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
The Inner Panic
(1962)
Comedy, Drama
A young man who suffers from a speech impediment is having a hard time landing his first job after graduating from high school. His mother intervenes without his knowledge and helps him get... See full summary »
Director: Walter Gorman | Stars: Tommy Sands, Cynthia Pepper, Glenda Farrell, Simon Oakland
Votes: 10
9.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Run Like a Thief
(1954)
Drama
Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expensive ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Kurt Kasznar, Gusti Huber, James Dean, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 56
10.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Velvet Alley
(1959)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he seems likely to hit the big-time.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Art Carney, Leslie Nielsen, Katharine Bard, Jack Klugman
Votes: 38
11.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
Queen of the Orange Bowl
(1960)
Comedy, Drama
A young beauty queen comes to New York City and joins the beatnik set. She falls in love with a young advertising copywriter, but he refuses to take their romance seriously.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Anne Francis, Johnny Carson, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh
Votes: 14
12.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
Man on a Mountain Top
(1961)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A genius lives a life isolated from human companionship. A young woman tries to break through.
Director: Tom Donovan | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Paul McGrath, Salome Jens, Gene Saks
Votes: 8
13.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
The Admiral
(1965)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A Korean War admiral and his fighter pilot son have been estranged for years, but are now serving aboard the same ship under very difficult circumstances. The Admiral, facing the loss of his wife, tries to make amends with his son.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Robert Young, Robert Reed, Warren Stevens, Russ Conway
Votes: 9
14.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
Scene of the Crime
(1962)
Comedy, Drama
Twenty years ago, a murder took place at the Fennel boarding house. A man was convicted of the murder and sentenced to a twenty year prison term. Now, he has returned to the scene of the crime.
Director: Tom Donovan | Stars: Harry Townes, Betty White, Patricia Collinge, Lester Rawlins
Votes: 12
15.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
It's Mental Work
(1963)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Longtime bar owner Ernie Wigman (Lee J. Cobb) wants to sell out, preferably to his bartender Rich (Harry Guardino), who has a yen to own a bar but lacks the cash.
Director: Alex March | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Harry Guardino, Gena Rowlands, Stanley Adams
Votes: 16
16.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode:
The Game
(1965)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An American tractor technician working seasonally in Africa, and about to return home to his family, becomes fascinated with a private gambling room of eccentrics playing Baccarat.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Bob Hope, Cliff Robertson, Dina Merrill, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 14
17.
The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1953)
Episode:
Years Ago
(1948)
60 min | Drama
Despite being raised in a financially strapped family, a young woman tries to make her dream of being a respected actress come true.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Raymond Massey, Eva Le Gallienne, Pat Kirkland, Judith Cargill
18.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Hospital
(1952)
60 min | Drama
A hospital kitchen employee gets drunk and shuts off the main power, throwing the hospital into darkness and total chaos and disarray.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Victor Jory, Leslie Nielsen, George Mathews, Nancy Marchand
Votes: 15
19.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
(1961)
Comedy, Drama
Charlie Gordon, a mentally challenged man who is eager to learn, is given an experimental operation to increase his intelligence to genius level. The experiment seems to work, until one of ... See full summary »
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Mona Freeman, Maxwell Shaw, Joanna Roos
Votes: 25
20.
The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode:
A Wind from the South
(1955)
51 min | Comedy, Drama
Season 3, Episode 6 of The United States Steel Hour (1953).
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Julie Harris, Donald Woods, Haila Stoddard, Michael Higgins
Votes: 122
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