Cast: John Close
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Close. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 20
The Twilight Zone: Shadow Play (TV)
1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction John Brahm
Cast Dennis Weaver · Harry Townes · Wright King · William Edmonson
Synopsis Adam Grant is trapped in a recurring nightmare, in which he is sentenced to death by execution. He tries to convince the people around him that they are imaginary and that they will cease to exist if the execution is...
7.2
115 votes
7.2
115 votes
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Robert Wise
Cast Clark Gable · Burt Lancaster · Jack Warden · Brad Dexter
Synopsis A movie's lasting value can often be measured by its influence in the years and decades following its original release, and on that basis Run Silent, Run Deep is certainly a classic of sorts. It remains one of the seminal...
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
The Girl on the Bridge
1951 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Hugo Haas
Cast Hugo Haas · Beverly Michaels · Robert Dane · Anthony Jochim
Synopsis An elderly watchmaker stops a beautiful young blonde from committing suicide by throwing herself off a bridge. They eventually marry, and things go well until a man from the woman's somewhat unsavory past shows up and attempts to blackmail her.
6.5
42 votes
6.5
42 votes
House of Numbers
1957 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Russell Rouse
Cast Jack Palance · Harold J. Stone · Edward Platt · Barbara Lang
Synopsis Arnie Judlow, an inmate at San Quentin prison serving a life sentence for murder, devises a daring plan with his wife and his brother Bill to help him escape, part of which involves Bill and Arnie's wife posing as a...
6.2
38 votes
6.2
38 votes
The Twilight Zone: A Nice Place to Visit (TV)
1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction John Brahm
Cast Larry Blyden · Sebastian Cabot · John Close · Barbara English
Synopsis Rocky Valentine is a small-time hood who has been on the wrong side of the law for most of his life. After robbing a pawn shop, he is gunned down by the police and awakens to be met by Mr....
6.0
134 votes
6.0
134 votes
Beginning of the End
1957 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Bert I. Gordon
Cast Peggie Castle · Peter Graves · Morris Ankrum · Than Wyenn
Synopsis Audrey Ames, an enterprising journalist, tries to get the scoop on giant grasshoppers accidentally created at the Illinois State experimental farm. She endeavors to save Chicago, despite a military cover-up.
5.0
21 votes
5.0
21 votes
Morbid
2022 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Taylor King
Cast Christina Worth · Sean King · Haley Hammonds · Ryker Whitley
Synopsis A group of friends attend to a sleepover party and play a Chinese game called Morbid, but their answers to the game could make the difference between life and death.
2.4
21 votes
2.4
21 votes
Footsteps in the Night
1957 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Jean Yarbrough
Cast Bill Elliott · Don Haggerty · Eleanore Tanin · Douglas Dick
Synopsis The fifth and last of the Ben Schwab productions starring Bill Elliott as a L.A. sheriff's department detective begins with Henry Johnson being sought by the sheriff's office for the murder of his neighbor and friend,Fred Horner, whose strangled body...
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The Slime People
1963 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Robert Hutton
Cast Robert Hutton · Les Tremayne · Susan Hart · William Boyce
Synopsis After Los Angeles is invaded by an army of subterranean monsters a small group of people must fight for survival in the deserted metropolis.
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Finger Man
1955 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Harold D. Schuster
Cast Frank Lovejoy · Forrest Tucker · Peggie Castle · Timothy Carey
Synopsis An ex-con goes undercover for the government to "finger" the crime boss who made his sister a drug addict.
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The Whistler (TV Series)
1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Will Jason · William F. Claxton · Joel Malone · Charles F. Haas
Cast William Forman · Danni Sue Nolan · Dorothy Green · Arthur Franz
Synopsis Crime anthology series with twist endings. Based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
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The Power of the Resurrection
1958 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Harold D. Schuster
Cast Richard Kiley · Jon Shepodd · Jan Arvan · Morris Ankrum
Synopsis A young man, Facing torture and possibly death for his Christian beliefs, confesses his fears to Peter, who awaits a similar fate. Peter tells him of fear he felt in following Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethesamene, when he...
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Flight (TV Series)
1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jean Yarbrough · Boris Sagal · Maurice Geraghty · Jules Bricken
Cast George C. Kenney · Forrest Compton · John Pickard · Norman Leavitt
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Navy Log (TV Series)
1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Samuel Gallu · Jean Yarbrough · Leslie Goodwins · Oscar Rudolph
Cast Robert Carson · Morgan Jones · Jack Larson · Robert Shayne
Synopsis Navy Log is an anthology series that relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy.
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series)
1951 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction John Brahm · Roy Kellino · Ted Post · Jus Addiss
Cast Irene Dunne · Arthur Franz · Lee Van Cleef · John Doucette
Synopsis TV Series (1951-1959). 8 seasons. 363 episodes. An anthology series.
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Whirlybirds (TV Series)
1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Art Napoleon · Jo Napoleon · Harve Foster · Robert Altman
Cast Kenneth Tobey · Craig Hill · Nancy Hale · Sandra Spence
Synopsis TV Series (1957-1960). 111 episodes. Chuck Martin and P.T. Moore own a helicopter company that is hired to perform all types of jobs.
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Outcasts of the City
1958 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Boris Petroff
Cast Osa Massen · Robert Hutton · Maria Palmer · Nestor Paiva
Synopsis After World War II, a German woman's romance with an American officer is complicated by a possessive former lover.
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Ouroboros
2022 · Movie · United States
Direction Serge Usicov
Cast Varun Aggarwal · Darius Brunson · John Close · Melanie Lech
Synopsis Duane, an assassin-for-hire, wants to follow his ambition for music. But his boss, Akulina, does not like that. Duane then steals from Akulina, which then forcing her to send out a hit on Duane to settle the score.
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Sudden Danger
1955 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Hubert Cornfield
Cast Bill Elliott · Tom Drake · Beverly Garland · Dayton Lummis
Synopsis A woman who heads a sportswear manufacturing company is found dead. Although it is ruled a suicide, the police detective in charge believes she was murdered, and his subsequent investigation begins to focus on the woman's son, who was blinded...
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Chain of Evidence
1957 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction Paul Landres
Cast Bill Elliott · Jimmy Lydon · Don Haggerty · Claudia Barrett
Synopsis A paroled inmate accidentally becomes an amnesiac, aimlessly wanders around and is later used as a patsy by an adulterous wife and her lover after they kill her rich husband.
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