Cinematography: John MacBurnie

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by John MacBurnie. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Unaccustomed As We Are (S)

1929 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster · Hal Roach

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Edgar Kennedy · Mae Busch

Plot Oliver surprises his wife by bringing his pal, Stanley, home for dinner. After exploding at both men, Mrs. Hardy leaves them to fend for themselves. Mrs. Kennedy from across the...

6.7

72 votes

6.7

72 votes

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Kill with Kindness (TV)

1956 · Movie · 26 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Hume Cronyn · Carmen Mathews · James Gleason

Plot Katherine Oldham feeds stew to a homeless man as she struggles to keep the mind of her brother, Fitzhugh--a butterfly hunter and birdwatcher--on the task of murder.

5.4

34 votes

5.4

34 votes

Bells of Coronado

1950 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction William Witney

Cast Roy Rogers · Dale Evans · Pat Brady · Grant Withers

Plot Mine owner George Perez, transporting a load of uranium, is ambushed and left for dead after a fall over a cliff. Badly hurt, he makes his way to town doctor...

5.1

27 votes

5.1

27 votes

Captain America (TV Miniseries)

1944 · Series · 244 min. · United States

Direction Elmer Clifton · John English

Cast Dick Purcell · Lorna Gray · Lionel Atwill · Charles Trowbridge

Plot Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.

4.0

54 votes

4.0

54 votes

Thundering Caravans

1952 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Harry Keller

Cast Allan Lane · Black Jack · Eddy Waller · Mona Knox

Plot Marshal Rocky Lane is sent to help the Sheriff who is under attack from both the miners whose ore wagons are disappearing and the newspaper editor for not catching the...

Not rated

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Jesse James Rides Again

1947 · Movie · 180 min. · United States

Direction Fred C. Brannon · Thomas Carr

Cast Clayton Moore · Linda Stirling · Roy Barcroft · John Compton

Plot Jesse James wants to start a new life in a new location, but quickly finds himself wrapped-up in protecting townsfolk from the machinations of evil oilmen.

Not rated

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Secret Service Investigator

1948 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Lynne Roberts · Lloyd Bridges · George Zucco · June Storey

Plot Lloyd Bridges plays disillusioned ex-GI Steve Mallory, who falls in with a gang of wily crooks. Convincing Mallory that they're U.S. secret service agents, the villains persuade our hero to...

Not rated

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California Passage

1950 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Forrest Tucker · Adele Mara · Estelita Rodríguez · Jim Davis

Plot A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.

Not rated

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The Last Musketeer

1952 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction William Witney

Cast Rex Allen · Koko · Mary Ellen Kay · Slim Pickens

Plot A cattle buyer and a water diviner join forces with local ranchers against a greedy powerful rancher who charges high prices for access to the only water supply in the...

Not rated

Not rated

Desert of Lost Men

1951 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Harry Keller

Cast Allan Lane · Black Jack · Irving Bacon · Mary Ellen Kay

Plot Landers and gang are after money intended for a new hospital. Lane and the Sheriff have a plan to trap them. But Landers hears of it and Lane is captured...

Not rated

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Tarnished

1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Harry Keller

Cast Dorothy Patrick · Arthur Franz · Barbra Fuller · Jimmy Lydon

Plot Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to make a new life for himself but, even with the help of...

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Fort Dodge Stampede

1951 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Harry Keller

Cast Allan Lane · Black Jack · Chubby Johnson · Mary Ellen Kay

Plot Outlaws took $30,000 from the Adams Bank, but one of them double crossed everyone and hid the money in old Fort Dodge, Nevada. As old Fort Dodge is out of...

Not rated

Not rated

The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)

1950 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Frederick de Cordova · Ralph Levy · Norman Abbott · Seymour Berns

Cast Jack Benny · Mary Livingstone · Eddie "Rochester" Anderson · Phil Harris

Plot The Jack Benny Program evolved from a variety show blending sketch comedy and musical interludes into the situation comedy form we know even now, crafting particular situations and scenarios from...

Not rated

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Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

1953 · Movie · 167 min. · United States

Direction Franklin Adreon

Cast William Henry · Susan Morrow · Arthur Space · Dale Van Sickel

Plot A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missiles at the U.S. The Canadian Mounted Police dispatch agents to try to...

Not rated

Not rated

Captive of Billy the Kid

1952 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Fred C. Brannon

Cast Allan Lane · Black Jack · Penny Edwards · Grant Withers

Plot Five people have a part of a map leading to Billy the Kid's treasure. When one of them is killed, Rocky Lane has a plan to find the killer.

Not rated

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Harbor of Missing Men

1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Richard Denning · Barbra Fuller · Steven Geray · Aline Towne

Plot A fishing-boat owner, Jim "Brooklyn" Gannon, cuts a deal with a gangster syndicate to deliver a load of contraband firearms. The money for the transaction is stolen, and Gannon is...

Not rated

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The Red Menace

1949 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Robert Rockwell · Hannelore Axman · Betty Lou Gerson · Barbra Fuller

Plot The Red Menace is a 1949 anti-communist and an anti-Soviet film released by Republic Pictures. An ex-GI named Bill Jones (Robert Rockwell) becomes involved with the Communist Party USA. While...

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The Millionaire (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction James Sheldon · Alfred E. Green · Gerald Mayer · Robert Altman

Cast Marvin Miller · Paul Frees · Roy Gordon · Tido Fedderson

Plot In this hit 1950's TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away one million dollars apiece to persons that he has never met.

Not rated

Not rated

Homicide for Three

1948 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction George Blair

Cast Warren Douglas · Audrey Long · Grant Withers · Lloyd Corrigan

Plot On their honeymoon,a young navy officer and his wife are having difficulties in finding a hotel room in Los Angeles until a lady lends them her suite. There, they receive...

Not rated

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Slippy McGee

1948 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Albert H. Kelley

Cast Don 'Red' Barry · Dale Evans · Tom Brown · Harry Cheshire

Plot A safecracker breaks his leg and reforms with a good girl and a priest.

Not rated

Not rated