Cast: Jay Adler

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


The Killing

1956 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Sterling Hayden · Coleen Gray · Vince Edwards · Jay C. Flippen

Synopsis The Killing (1956) follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist orchestrated by a group of disparate individuals, each with their own motivations. The mastermind, Johnny Clay, assembles a team to execute the perfect crime, but as the plan unfolds, tensions rise...

7.9

25K votes

7.9

25K votes

The Big Combo

1955 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Joseph H. Lewis

Cast Cornel Wilde · Richard Conte · Brian Donlevy · Jean Wallace

Synopsis Police Lt. Diamond (Cornel Wilde) is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown (Richard Conte) because it's costing the department too much money with no results. Diamond makes one last attempt to uncover evidence against Brown...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

99 River Street

1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John Payne · Evelyn Keyes · Brad Dexter · Frank Faylen

Synopsis Having lost his heavyweight championship match, boxer Ernie Driscoll now drives a taxi for a living and earns the scorn of his nagging wife, Pauline, who blames him for her lack of social status. She's seeing Vic Rawlins, a career...

7.1

426 votes

7.1

426 votes

The Catered Affair

1956 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Richard Brooks

Cast Bette Davis · Ernest Borgnine · Debbie Reynolds · Barry Fitzgerald

Synopsis At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Janes parents are poor and Jane and...

6.9

508 votes

6.9

508 votes

The Brothers Karamazov

1958 · Movie · 146 min. · United States

Direction Richard Brooks

Cast Yul Brynner · Claire Bloom · Maria Schell · Lee J. Cobb

Synopsis This epic 19th-century Russian tale is based on the critically acclaimed novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Four very different brothers growing up in a rural village in tsarist Russia plot against their wealthy, overbearing father. When the eldest brother, Dmitri, falls...

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

Illegal

1955 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Allen

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Nina Foch · Hugh Marlowe · Jayne Mansfield

Synopsis After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drink, and acquires a criminal clientele. Remake of "The Man Who Talked Too Much".

6.7

269 votes

6.7

269 votes

Cry Danger

1951 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Dick Powell · Rhonda Fleming · Richard Erdman · William Conrad

Synopsis An innocent man just released from prison searches for the people who framed him and for the stashed $100,000 bankroll. Along the way he meets the wife of a fellow con still on the inside who was framed for the...

6.6

303 votes

6.6

303 votes

Direction William F. Claxton

Cast John Dehner · Walter Brooke · Jay Adler · Emily McLaughlin

Synopsis A businessman who has recently returned from Africa is stalked by the superstitions and warnings of a witch doctor.

6.6

72 votes

6.6

72 votes

Vice Squad

1953 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Arnold Laven

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Paulette Goddard · K.T. Stevens · Porter Hall

Synopsis When a police officer is shot arresting a car thief, Captain Barnaby uses his skills and contacts to track down the culprits and uncovers a bank heist plan in the process. Barnaby has no qualms about bending the law to...

6.5

78 votes

6.5

78 votes

6.3

31 votes

Direction Stuart Rosenberg

Cast Dennis Hopper · Ludwig Donath · Paul Mazursky · Howard Caine

Synopsis Around 1960, a tiny neo-Nazi organization struggles pathetically to succeed in a big city. A mysterious figure begins to ruthlessly guide a young, insecure U.S. Nazi leader, and the group begins to draw more attention.

6.2

55 votes

6.2

55 votes

Down Three Dark Streets

1954 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Arnold Laven

Cast Broderick Crawford · Ruth Roman · Martha Hyer · Marisa Pavan

Synopsis When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl...

6.2

90 votes

6.2

90 votes

Crime of Passion

1957 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Gerd Oswald

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Sterling Hayden · Raymond Burr · Fay Wray

Synopsis Barbara Stanwyck plays a not-your-average '50s woman -- an extraordinary witty advice columnist -- who sacrifices her career to help advance her new husband's (Sterling Hayden), at any cost! Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a...

6.2

267 votes

6.2

267 votes

Curse of the Undead

1959 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dein

Cast Eric Fleming · Michael Pate · Kathleen Crowley · John Hoyt

Synopsis B-grade western with a twist: mysterious gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.

5.5

21 votes

5.5

21 votes

Grave of the Vampire

1972 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction John Hayes

Cast William Smith · Michael Pataki · Lyn Peters · Lieux Dressler

Synopsis In the 17th C, Charles and Sarah Croyden were vampires hunted by the Church of England. In 1846, Sarah Croyden was burned as a vampire in Salem, Mass. In the late 1930's, Caleb Croft [Michael Pataki], murderer and rapist, was...

4.8

33 votes

4.8

33 votes

Hell on Devil's Island

1957 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Christian Nyby

Cast Helmut Dantine · William Talman · Donna Martell · Jean Willes

Synopsis Corrupt prison authorities use convict labor to run mines.

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The Long Wait

1954 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Victor Saville

Cast Anthony Quinn · Charles Coburn · Gene Evans · Peggie Castle

Synopsis Hitchhiker Johnny McBride is badly hurt and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Two years later, a clue leads him to his old home town, where he finds he is a murder suspect. Johnny tries...

Not rated

Not rated

No Time to Marry

1938 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Richard Arlen · Mary Astor · Lionel Stander · Virginia Dale

Synopsis Two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop".

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Police Story (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Wambaugh · Virgil W. Vogel · Barry Crane · Michael O'Herlihy

Cast Scott Brady · Don Meredith · Joe Santos · Mel Scott

Synopsis Classic anthology series, which details the personal lives of the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department. The stories ranged from highly dramatic to extremely funny. Even though there weren't any real regulars, Don Meredith and Tony LoBianco...

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Not rated

Not rated