Cast: John Close

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


The Twilight Zone: Shadow Play (TV)

1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction John Brahm

Cast Dennis Weaver · Harry Townes · Wright King · William Edmonson

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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

Plot 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

Plot 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...

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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

Plot 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

Plot 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

Plot 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

Plot 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...

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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

Plot 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

Plot 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

Plot 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

Plot 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 · min. · United States

Direction Serge Usicov

Cast Varun Aggarwal · Darius Brunson · John Close · Melanie Lech

Plot 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...

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Sudden Danger

1955 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Hubert Cornfield

Cast Bill Elliott · Tom Drake · Beverly Garland · Dayton Lummis

Plot 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...

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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

Plot 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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