Cast: Jan Arvan

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


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

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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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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