Cast: James Best
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Best. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 88
Shock Corridor
1963 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Samuel Fuller
Cast Peter Breck · Constance Towers · Gene Evans · James Best
Synopsis Peter Breck plays journalist Johnny Barrett, who thinks the quickest way to a Pulitzer Prize is to uncover the facts behind a murder at a mental hospital. So, he pretends to go insane and is locked up in the institution....
7.2
2K votes
7.2
2K votes
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Edward Dmytryk
Cast Humphrey Bogart · José Ferrer · Van Johnson · Fred MacMurray
Synopsis During the Second World War, onboard a small insignificant ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experianced. A Ship's Captain is removed from his command by his Executive Officer...
7.1
3K votes
7.1
3K votes
Ride Lonesome
1959 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Budd Boetticher
Cast Randolph Scott · Karen Steele · Pernell Roberts · James Best
Synopsis A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post, where he saves the manager's wife from an Indian attack,...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Sounder
1972 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast Cicely Tyson · Paul Winfield · Kevin Hooks · Carmen Mathews
Synopsis The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After...
6.8
112 votes
6.8
112 votes
Shenandoah
1965 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast James Stewart · Doug McClure · Glenn Corbett · Patrick Wayne
Synopsis Charlie Anderson is a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia and finds himself (and his family) in the middle of the Civil War. He decides not to get involved in the war because he believes that this is not "his" war. But...
6.7
1K votes
6.7
1K votes
The Raid
1954 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Hugo Fregonese
Cast Van Heflin · Anne Bancroft · Richard Boone · Lee Marvin
Synopsis A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont.
6.6
210 votes
6.6
210 votes
Firecreek
1968 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Vincent McEveety
Cast James Stewart · Henry Fonda · Inger Stevens · Gary Lockwood
Synopsis A villainous gang of outlaws, led by vicious gunfighter Fonda, has left the residents of Firecreek living in fear. Although rancher Stewart considers himself a man of peace, he agrees to become the town's sheriff and put an end to...
6.5
872 votes
6.5
872 votes
Verboten!
1959 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Samuel Fuller
Cast James Best · Susan Cummings · Tom Pittman · Paul Dubov
Synopsis A young American serviceman, stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich, jeopardises his position with the Marshall Plan relief effort by breaking the non-fraternisatiom rule and falling in love with a young German woman. He uses his...
6.5
154 votes
6.5
154 votes
The Twilight Zone: The Grave (TV)
1961 · Movie · 24 min. · United States
Direction Montgomery Pittman
Cast Lee Marvin · James Best · Strother Martin · Elen Willard
Synopsis Old West lawman Conny Miller visits the grave of a man who he failed to track down to prove he was never afraid of him but gets more than he bargained for.
6.5
83 votes
6.5
83 votes
The Left Handed Gun
1958 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Penn
Cast Paul Newman · John Dehner · James Best · Hurd Hatfield
Synopsis William Bonney - Billy the Kid - gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to...
6.4
2K votes
6.4
2K votes
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series)
1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Thomas Carr · Don McDougall · George Blair · Murray Golden
Cast Steve McQueen · James Coburn · Jack Tornek · Michael Landon
Synopsis TV Series (1958-1961). Wanted: Dead or Alive was an American Western television show which ran for three seasons from 1958 to 1961, starred unconventional-looking leading man Steve McQueen, and was a spin-off of Trackdown (1957), a western TV series featuring...
6.4
70 votes
6.4
70 votes
Bat Masterson (TV Series)
1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Alan Crosland Jr. · Eddie Davis · Walter Doniger · John Rich
Cast Gene Barry · Allison Hayes · Ken Drake · Troy Melton
6.3
29 votes
6.3
29 votes
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · Movie · 131 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Aldo Ray · Cliff Robertson · Raymond Massey · Lili St. Cyr
Synopsis In the Pacific during World War 2, the officers live a comfortable life with good food, good drink and good quarters. To them, war is a game which they know they will win and the common soldiers are the pawns...
6.2
270 votes
6.2
270 votes
Three on a Couch
1966 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Jerry Lewis
Cast Jerry Lewis · Janet Leigh · James Best · Leslie Parrish
Synopsis An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge...
6.2
267 votes
6.2
267 votes
Rolling Thunder
1977 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction John Flynn
Cast William Devane · Tommy Lee Jones · Linda Haynes · James Best
Synopsis Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him....
6.2
792 votes
6.2
792 votes
The Mod Squad (TV Series)
1968 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Buddy Ruskin · Gene Nelson · Robert Michael Lewis · Earl Bellamy
Cast Michael Cole · Clarence Williams III · Peggy Lipton · Tige Andrews
Synopsis TV Series (1968-1973). 5 Seasons. 123 Episodes. Three young outsiders fight crime as undercover agents for the police.
6.2
21 votes
6.2
21 votes
Seminole
1953 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Budd Boetticher
Cast Rock Hudson · Barbara Hale · Anthony Quinn · Richard Carlson
6.1
506 votes
6.1
506 votes
The Twilight Zone: The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank (TV)
1962 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Montgomery Pittman
Cast James Best · Sherry Jackson · Edgar Buchanan · Lance Fuller
Synopsis A young man wakes up at his own funeral and wants to know what the heck is going on. The townfolk are glad to see him back, but they begin to wonder if he's a man.. or something else?
6.1
61 votes
6.1
61 votes
Rawhide (TV Series)
1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Thomas Carr · Ted Post · Christian Nyby · Harmon Jones
Cast Clint Eastwood · Eric Fleming · Paul Brinegar · Steve Raines
Synopsis TV Series (1959-1965). 8 Seasons. 217 Episodes. Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
5.8
99 votes
5.8
99 votes
The Twilight Zone: Jess-Belle (TV)
1963 · Movie · 51 min. · United States
Direction Buzz Kulik
Cast Anne Francis · James Best · Laura Devon · Jeanette Nolan
Synopsis Appalachian beauty Jess-Belle can't bear to lose the object of her passion to the local rich girl, so she turns to the local witch for aid. The results bring unexpected and tragic consequences.
5.8
44 votes
5.8
44 votes