Cast: Jan Arvan
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Jan Arvan. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 26
Some Came Running
1958 · Movie · 136 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Frank Sinatra · Dean Martin · Shirley MacLaine · Martha Hyer
Synopsis Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkman, Indiana, his hometown. His prosperous brother introduces him to Gwen French, a local teacher. But the more flamboyant Ginny has followed him to Parkton, where he also meets gambler...
7.4
2K votes
7.4
2K votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Case of Mr. Pelham (TV)
1955 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Tom Ewell · Justice Watson · Kirby Smith · Kay Stewart
Synopsis Mr. Pelham consults a doctor about a series of troubling incidents. Recently a number of his acquaintances have claimed to have seen him in places where he could not have been. The doctor suggests that there must be another man...
7.1
664 votes
7.1
664 votes
The Other Woman
1954 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Hugo Haas
Cast Hugo Haas · Cleo Moore · Lance Fuller · Lucille Barkley
Synopsis Bit player Sherry Stewart gets miffed when director Walter Darman turns her down after she reads for a small part in his picture. She and her boy friend, Ronnie, devise a plan to lure Darman to her apartment, where she...
7.1
34 votes
7.1
34 votes
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Ronald Neame
Cast Gene Hackman · Ernest Borgnine · Red Buttons · Carol Lynley
Synopsis When an earthquake sends a tidal wave over a luxury liner on New Year's Eve the top-heavy vessel capsizes.
6.6
6K votes
6.6
6K votes
Mike Hammer (TV Series)
1956 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Boris Sagal · Richard Irving · William Witney · John English
Cast Darren McGavin · Bart Burns · Vito Scotti · Johnny Seven
Synopsis TV Series (1956-1959) 78 episodes. The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt" to get the case solved.
6.5
28 votes
6.5
28 votes
Zorro (TV Series)
1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Hollingsworth Morse · Charles Barton · Norman Foster · John Meredyth Lucas
Cast Guy Williams · Gene Sheldon · Henry Calvin · Don Diamond
Synopsis TV Series (1957-1959). 3 Seasons. 82 Episodes. The only son of Don Alejandro returns to 1820s California to fight the corrupt local military. He plays the foppish dandy by day and the masked swordsman Zorro who slashes "Z"s everywhere by...
6.5
934 votes
6.5
934 votes
20 Million Miles to Earth
1957 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Nathan Juran
Cast William Hopper · Joan Taylor · Thomas Browne Henry · Frank Puglia
Synopsis An American rocketship returning from Venus crashes in the sea off the coast of the small Sicilian fishing village of Gerra. The local fishermen rescue two survivors. Meanwhile a young boy Pepe finds a specimen container that has a pod...
5.9
407 votes
5.9
407 votes
Istanbul
1957 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Pevney
Cast Errol Flynn · Cornell Borchers · John Bentley · Torin Thatcher
Synopsis Adventurer James Brennan returns to Istanbul five years after being ejected under suspicion of diamond smuggling. In flashback, he recalls his last days there, his torrid love affair with Stephanie Bauer, the efforts of shady characters to obtain a strange...
5.8
25 votes
5.8
25 votes
Curse of the Faceless Man
1958 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Edward L. Cahn
Cast Richard Anderson · Elaine Edwards · Adele Mara · Luis van Rooten
Synopsis In the excavation of Pompeii, a stone-encrusted body is found with a bronze medallion bearing a strange Etruscan inscription. Carlo Fiorillo, Italian archaeologist, speculates the robust body may hold some life; medical researcher Paul Mallon scoffs at the idea. But...
4.3
96 votes
4.3
96 votes
Winchester 73 (TV)
1967 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Herschel Daugherty
Cast Tom Tryon · John Saxon · Dan Duryea · John Drew Barrymore
Synopsis Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.
4.0
30 votes
4.0
30 votes
Gunslinger (TV Series)
1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Andrew V. McLaglen · Jus Addiss · Jesse Hibbs · Harmon Jones
Cast Tony Young · Preston Foster · Midge Ware · Dee Pollock
Synopsis Cord, a gunfighter, works undercover for the local Army garrison Commander, trying to help keep peace in the territory.
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The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series)
1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Norman Tokar · William J. Hole Jr. · Richard Kinon · Philip Rapp
Cast Tab Hunter · Richard Erdman · Jerome Cowan · Reta Shaw
Synopsis TV Series (1960-1961). 32 Episodes. Paul Morgan makes his living through his cartoon strip "Bachelor at Large", which largely describes his amorous adventures in and around California's Malibu Beach. His boss John, best friend Peter, and housekeeper Thelma each take...
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The Sign of Zorro
1958 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Lewis R. Foster · Norman Foster
Cast Guy Williams · Henry Calvin · Gene Sheldon · Romney Brent
Synopsis In this film, edited from eight episodes of Disney's hit TV series, Don Diego returns home to find his town under the heel of a cruel dictator, Capitan Monastario. Diego dons the mask of Zorro to fight the evil commandant's...
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The Baileys of Balboa (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Charles Barton · Bob Sweeney · Bruce Bilson · Gary Nelson
Cast Paul Ford · John Dehner · Sterling Holloway · Les Brown Jr.
Synopsis Episodes in the life of a beachcombing family.
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The Red Skelton Show (TV Series)
1951 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Seymour Berns · Terry Kyne · Bill Hobin · John Gaunt
Cast Red Skelton · Art Gilmore · David Rose · Lucy Knoch
Synopsis The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for almost two decades, from the early 1950s through the early 1970s. It was second to Gunsmoke (1955-1975) and third to The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)...
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Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (TV Series)
1956 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Douglas Heyes · Robert G. Walker · Lew Landers · George Archainbaud
Cast Phil Carey · Warren Stevens · Patrick Whyte · Michael Carr
Synopsis TV Series (1956-1957). 1 seasons. 26 episodes. The show tells the story of two lieutenants, Michael Rhodes and William Storm, assigned to the 77th Bengal Lancers in India during the late 19th century. Colonel Standish is the commanding officer of...
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Three Came to Kill
1960 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Edward L. Cahn
Cast Cameron Mitchell · John Lupton · Steve Brodie · Lyn Thomas
Synopsis Three professional killers break into the house of an airport employee to shoot the plane on which an Asian Prime Minister is due to leave America.
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Captain Nice (TV Series)
1967 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Gary Nelson · Charles R. Rondeau · Richard Kinon · Hollingsworth Morse
Cast William Daniels · Alice Ghostley · Ann Prentiss · Liam Dunn
Synopsis Carter Nash was a chemist in a police department who discovered a liquid which could turn him into Captain Nice, an odd sort of superhero: very shy and dominated by his mother. Captain Nice flew (he feared heights) in his...
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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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It's About Time (TV Series)
1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Sherwood Schwartz · Jerry Hopper · Leslie Goodwins · George Cahan
Cast Frank Aletter · Jack Mullaney · Imogene Coca · Joe E. Ross
Synopsis Two astronauts, after breaking the speed of light, accidently travel back in time to prehistoric Earth. Unable to return, they make friends with the natives.
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