Cast: John Alderson

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Alderson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Molly Maguires

1970 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Martin Ritt

Cast Sean Connery · Richard Harris · Samantha Eggar · Frank Finlay

Plot An expensive box-office flop when released in 1970, The Molly Maguires can now be appreciated as a compelling drama with potent political undertones. The talent involved is first-rate all the...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

No Name on the Bullet

1959 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Audie Murphy · Joan Evans · Charles Drake · Virginia Grey

Plot Cool, cultured John Gant rides into Lordsburg. Gant is a professional killer, and although no one knows who he is there to kill, they are all worried. Everyone has enemies,...

6.6

233 votes

6.6

233 votes

Evil Under the Sun

1982 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Guy Hamilton

Cast Peter Ustinov · Jane Birkin · Colin Blakely · Nicholas Clay

Plot Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman's body found on a moor and then a important diamond sent to...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

The Hook

1963 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Kirk Douglas · Robert Walker Jr. · Nick Adams · Nehemiah Persoff

Plot Only slightly murky around the edges of character delineation, this wartime drama by George Seaton focuses on three American soldiers on board a neutral Finnish vessel during the Korean War....

6.3

223 votes

6.3

223 votes

Against All Flags

1952 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Errol Flynn · Maureen O'Hara · Anthony Quinn · Mildred Natwick

Plot In 1700, the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered, flogged, and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate "republic." There, Hawke meets lovely...

6.2

847 votes

6.2

847 votes

Candleshoe

1977 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Norman Tokar

Cast David Niven · Helen Hayes · Jodie Foster · Leo McKern

Plot Small time crook, Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor where Lady St. Edmund resides, with a number of children and her butler (Priory) is the resting place for a...

5.8

143 votes

5.8

143 votes

South Sea Woman

1953 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Lubin

Cast Burt Lancaster · Virginia Mayo · Chuck Connors · Arthur Shields

Plot Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify...

5.6

81 votes

5.6

81 votes

Riders of the Storm

1986 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Maurice Phillips

Cast Dennis Hopper · Michael J. Pollard · Eugene Lipinski · Bruce Boa

Plot A group of Vietnam vets disturbs television programs from a B-29 airplane. They want to sabotage Mrs Westinghouse's political campaign who is running for the Senate in support of US...

5.2

99 votes

5.2

99 votes

The Barbarians

1960 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Jack Palance · Milly Vitale · Deirdre Sullivan · Austin Willis

Plot Revak is an Iberian prince from Penda, a small island where the Carthagian fleet ransacked and enslaved the surviving native men, including him. After an eventful passage aboard a galley,...

4.5

69 votes

4.5

69 votes

Double Trouble

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Elvis Presley · Annette Day · John Williams · Yvonne Romain

Plot When singer Gut Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.

4.5

81 votes

4.5

81 votes

The Scarlet Coat

1955 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Cornel Wilde · Michael Wilding · George Sanders · Anne Francis

Plot In 1780, the British are gaining the upper hand in the American war of independence. The colonists' strongest defense is the fort at West Point, which is under command of...

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Boots and Saddles (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction William J. Hole Jr. · Bernard L. Kowalski · Robert A. Cinader

Cast John Pickard · Patrick McVey · Dave Willock · Gardner McKay

Plot The story of the American 5th Cavalry stationed at Fort Lowell in the Arizona Territory of the 1870s. The men at Fort Lowell faced many hardships and tribulations during their...

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Spoilers of the Forest

1957 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Rod Cameron · Vera Ralston · Ray Collins · Hillary Brooke

Plot A lumber tycoon's (Ray Collins) foreman (Rod Cameron) woos a Montana (Vera Ralston) who owns 64,000 acres with her stepfather.

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High Air (TV)

1956 · Movie · 30 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast William Bendix · Dennis Hopper · John Alderson · Leo Gordon

Plot A father and his estranged son, both tunnel workers in New York City, are forced to deal with each other during a dangerous collapse.

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Romanoff and Juliet

1961 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Peter Ustinov

Cast Peter Ustinov · Sandra Dee · John Gavin · Akim Tamiroff

Plot Yes it's the Romeo & Juliet story updated to during the cold war and moved to a mittel european country ruled by writer/director/star Peter Ustinov. The General arranges for the...

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Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

1957 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Randolph Scott · James Craig · Angie Dickinson · Dani Crayne

Plot Army veterans, just mustered out of the service, are going to the one of the men's brothers ranch on their way West. Just as they arrive, Indians attack the ranch...

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Top of the Heap

1972 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Christopher St. John

Cast Christopher St. John · Paula Kelly · Florence St. Peter · Leonard Kuras

Plot This interesting black exploitation film combines the reality of police work with a number of fantasies by which St. John, one of the few black men on the police force,...

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The Last Stagecoach West

1957 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Jim Davis · Mary Castle · Victor Jory · Lee Van Cleef

Plot The coming of the railroad to Cedar City spells the end of the stagecoach as the government gives the mail contract to the fastest means of delivery. McCord loses the...

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Not rated

Adventures in Paradise (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction James Michener · Felix E. Feist · Joseph Lejtes · Robert Florey

Cast Gardner McKay · James Holden · Guy Stockwell · Lani Kai

Plot TV Series. 91 episodes. Adam Troy was an American Korean War veteran who stayed in the Pacific after the war. As captain of the schooner "Tiki III", Troy drifted from...

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