Cast: Harry Shannon

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Gary Cooper · Grace Kelly · Thomas Mitchell · Lloyd Bridges

Synopsis High Noon (1952) follows Marshal Will Kane, who prepares to retire and leave Hadleyville with his new bride. However, on his wedding day, he learns that a dangerous outlaw he once brought to justice is returning on the noon train,...

Direction Orson Welles

Cast Orson Welles · Rita Hayworth · Everett Sloane · Glenn Anders

Synopsis The Lady From Shanghai (1947) follows Michael O'Hara, a charming Irish sailor who becomes entangled in a web of deceit and danger after meeting the enigmatic Elsa Bannister and her wealthy, disabled husband, Arthur. Hired as a crew member on...

Direction Douglas Sirk

Cast Rock Hudson · Lauren Bacall · Robert Stack · Dorothy Malone

Synopsis Written on the Wind (1956) is a dramatic tale of wealth, desire, and self-destruction. The story follows the troubled Hadley family, Texas oil tycoons, whose lives unravel due to jealousy, alcoholism, and unrequited love. Kyle Hadley, the insecure heir, spirals...

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Joseph Cotten · Raymond Bailey · Forrest Stanley · Harry Shannon

Synopsis William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Kirk Douglas · Marilyn Maxwell · Arthur Kennedy · Paul Stewart

Synopsis An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. One of the all-time great boxing movies. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Actor--Kirk Douglas, Best Screenplay. Academy...

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Clark Gable · Jane Russell · Robert Ryan · Cameron Mitchell

Synopsis Ben Allison and his brother Clint journey to Montana in search of gold. They come upon wealthy businessman Nathan Stark who talks them into becoming partners with him on a cattle drive to Montana. As they travel to Texas, they...

Direction Cy Endfield

Cast Dan Duryea · Herbert Marshall · Gale Storm · Howard Da Silva

Synopsis Mike Reese, yellow journalist and antihero, prints a story that leads to a gang killing, and is blacklisted from the city papers under suspicion of ties with racketeer Carl Durham. So, with a shrug, he makes the suspicion come true,...

Direction Cy Endfield

Cast Frank Lovejoy · Kathleen Ryan · Richard Carlson · Lloyd Bridges

Synopsis A man down on his luck falls in with a criminal. After a senseless murder, the two are lynched.

Direction Vincent Sherman

Cast Ann Sheridan · Kent Smith · Bruce Bennett · Robert Alda

Synopsis Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his...

Direction Robert Wise

Cast William Holden · June Allyson · Barbara Stanwyck · Fredric March

Synopsis When the president of a major furniture-manufacturing company suddenly dies, the members of the Board scramble to replace him quickly and quietly. Each man is driven by his own motives, be it avarice or altruism. An all-star cast is entangled...

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Glenn Ford · Barbara Stanwyck · Edward G. Robinson · Dianne Foster

Synopsis Crippled cattle baron Lew Wilkison causes nothing but trouble for the peaceful landowners living in his valley. Wilkison wants every spot in the region for himself and he'll do anything to drive away all the newcomers, who include John Parrish....

Direction H.C. Potter

Cast Cary Grant · Myrna Loy · Melvyn Douglas · Reginald Denny

Synopsis In Manhattan, the American middle class Jim Blandings lives with his wife Muriel and two teenage daughters in a four bedroom and one bathroom only leased apartment. Jim works in an advertising agency raising US$ 15,000.00 a year and feels...

Direction H.C. Potter

Cast Loretta Young · Joseph Cotten · Ethel Barrymore · Charles Bickford

Synopsis Swedish-American farmer's daughter Katrin 'Katie' Holstrom leaves the farm to study nursing in the big, wicked city. Thanks to a chiseling acquaintance, her tuition and expense money disappears the first day, and she's forced to get a job...as a domestic...

Direction Henry Levin

Cast William Gargan · Janis Carter · Jeff Donnell · Tom Bryson

Synopsis Crane Stewart (Charles D. Brown), the editor of the New York Star, while playing poker with his friends, tells a story about a cop involved in a murder investigation.

Direction Roy Rowland

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · George Sanders · Gary Merrill · Jesse White

Synopsis Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck) sees a murder through her bedroom window, but no one will believe her. She is stalked by the suave killer ('George Sanders'), who first takes steps to convince police she is crazy, but she has ally...

Direction Joseph H. Lewis

Cast Vittorio Gassman · Barry Sullivan · Polly Bergen · William Conrad

Synopsis A fugitive is pursued by a lawman who is obsessed with his capture.

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Jean Peters · Jeffrey Hunter · Constance Smith · Walter Brennan

Synopsis A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog.

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Cary Grant · Ginger Rogers · Walter Slezak · Albert Dekker

Synopsis At the start of WWII, Katie O'Hara, an American burlesque girl intent on social climbing, marries Austrian Baron Von Luber. Pat O'Toole, an American radio reporter, sees this as a chance to investigate Von Luber, who is suspected of having...

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Fred Astaire · Red Skelton · Vera-Ellen · Arlene Dahl

Synopsis Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Per chance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets...

Direction Gordon Douglas · Henry Levin

Cast Glenn Ford · Evelyn Keyes · John Ireland · Beulah Bondi

Synopsis Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Barney Teener has taken over his nightclub and murdered Joe's partner. Joe loots the club's safe for $100,000 and then finds sanctuary in a...