Cast: Jay Adler
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Jay Adler. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 23
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
The Twilight Zone: The Jungle (TV)
1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
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
My Six Convicts
1952 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Hugo Fregonese
Cast Millard Mitchell · Gilbert Roland · John Beal · Marshall Thompson
6.3
31 votes
6.3
31 votes
The Twilight Zone: He's Alive (TV)
1963 · Movie · 51 min. · United States
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...
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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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Belle Sommers (TV)
1962 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Elliot Silverstein
Cast David Janssen · Polly Bergen · Jay Adler · Carroll O'Connor
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