Cast: John Craven
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Craven. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 18
The Twilight Zone: The Old Man in the Cave (TV)
1963 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland Jr.
Cast James Coburn · John Anderson · Josie Lloyd · John Craven
Synopsis In a post-apocalyptic settlement in 1974, the inhabitants' survival is dependent on the advice of an unseen man living in a nearby cave. This dependence is tested when a band of soldiers descends on their town.
6.4
64 votes
6.4
64 votes
The Human Comedy
1943 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Mickey Rooney · Frank Morgan · James Craig · Marsha Hunt
Synopsis Recently-deceased Matthew Macauley looks down upon his family in small-town Ithaca, where eldest son Marcus has departed to await deployment for combat in the Second World War. This leaves middle son Homer to support the family, working at a telegraph...
6.2
143 votes
6.2
143 votes
Count the Hours
1953 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction Don Siegel
Cast Macdonald Carey · Teresa Wright · Dolores Moran · Adele Mara
Synopsis Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of 2 murders.
6.2
167 votes
6.2
167 votes
The Purple Heart
1944 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Milestone
Cast Dana Andrews · Richard Conte · Farley Granger · Kevin O'Shea
Synopsis Four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a group of American flyers take part in the first U.S. air retaliation attack against Japan - and crash-land into history's most astounding prisoner-of-war story!
5.7
89 votes
5.7
89 votes
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Willis Goldbeck
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Van Johnson · Keye Luke · Alma Kruger
Synopsis When Roy, a homicidal maniac was put away for murder, Gillespie tried to get him committed to an insane asylum instead. Now the guy's ex-fiancee wants to marry a soldier, and she goes to Gillespie for advice about Roy. Meanwhile,...
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Security Risk
1954 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Harold D. Schuster
Cast John Ireland · Dorothy Malone · Keith Larsen · Dolores Donlon
Synopsis Sking at a Big Bear resort are Dr. Lanson, an atomic scientist, Ted Nolan, Donna Weeks and her unscrupulous sister, Peggy. Also there are Joan Cochran, Burke and Johnny, young communists out to steal Lanson's papers. As they plot and...
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Battle Stations
1956 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast John Lund · William Bendix · Keefe Brasselle · Richard Boone
Synopsis A rebuilt WWII carrier sails back to the Pacific theater to rejoin the war in early 1945, a carrier the Japanese think they sank. So if she shows up again, they will go after her with a vengeance. And they...
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Meet the People
1944 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Charles Reisner
Cast Lucille Ball · Dick Powell · Virginia O'Brien · Bert Lahr
Synopsis Shipyard worker Bill Swanson writes a wartime play celebrating the American spirit. He meets theatre actress Julie Hampton, visiting the shipyard on a bond drive, and convinces her to read his patriotic opus. Enthusiastic at its potential, Julie is able...
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One Step Beyond: Night of April 14th (TV)
1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction John Newland
Cast Barbara Lord · Isobel Elsom · Patrick MacNee · Gavin Gordon
Synopsis A young Englishwoman is suddenly wracked by dreams of drowning in the ocean. She is stunned when her fiancée tells her that he has prepared a surprise honeymoon trip for them--they're sailing to New York on the passenger liner Titanic.
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Someone to Remember
1943 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Robert Siodmak
Cast Mabel Paige · Harry Shannon · John Craven · Dorothy Morris
Synopsis An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the...
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Alfred Hitchcock presents: The Day of the Bullet (TV)
1960 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Norman Lloyd
Cast Barry Gordon · Glenn Walken · John Craven · Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis When a young boy reports a mob beating to the police, and his father does not encourage him, he is adversely affected for the rest of his life.
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Navy Wife
1956 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Edward Bernds
Cast Joan Bennett · Gary Merrill · Judy Nugent · Maurice Manson
Synopsis Japanese women, seeng how well American soldiers stationed in their country treat their wives, demand the same from their husbands.
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Freeland
2020 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Mario Furloni · Kate McLean
Cast Krisha Fairchild · Lily Gladstone · George Psarras · Frank Mosley
Synopsis An aging pot farmer finds her world shattered as she races to bring in what could be her final harvest.
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Swell Guy
1946 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Frank Tuttle
Cast Sonny Tufts · Ann Blyth · Ruth Warrick · William Gargan
Synopsis Drama of a shiftless and lazy war correspondent who swindles the whole town until his mother exposes him. He dies saving the only boy he cares for.
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Flight to Nowhere
1946 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction William Rowland
Cast Alan Curtis · Evelyn Ankers · Micheline Cheirel · Jack Holt
Synopsis Alan Curtis plays Holby Carrington, a pilot who owns a charter aircraft. A dodgy party of well to do people charter his plane to go to Death Valley but it soon becomes apparent that there is something brewing with a...
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Newsround (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 10 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ben Bawden · Richard Turley · Lizzy Lambley · Kelley Axton
Cast John Craven · Ricky Boleto · Leah Gooding · Joe Tidy
Synopsis TV Series (1972-2010). John Craven (and latterly other presenters) introduce news stories and other articles of interest to its young audience. The programme is aimed at 6 to 12-year-olds.
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Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (TV Series)
1976 · Series · 120 min. · United Kingdom
Cast Noel Edmonds · Keith Chegwin · John Craven · Maggie Philbin
Synopsis TV Series (1976-1982).
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