Cinematography: Benjamin H. Kline

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


Detour

1945 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Tom Neal · Ann Savage · Claudia Drake · Esther Howard

Synopsis Low budget director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. It has since inspired countless filmmakers. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives a feeling of a claustrophobic nightmare as Al (Tom Neal)...

7.4

4K votes

7.4

4K votes

Thriller (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 49 min. · United States

Direction Herschel Daugherty · John Brahm · Ida Lupino

Cast Boris Karloff · Richard Peel · Henry Daniell · David Frankham

Synopsis Anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff that originally told ordinary tales of crime and mystery, but later became a showcase for gothic horror stories, many of which were based on works by authors such as Cornell Woolrich, Robert Bloch and...

7.2

23 votes

7.2

23 votes

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · John Forsythe · Kent Smith · Evans Evans

Synopsis A mystery writer named Michael Barnes is accused of causing a fatal motorcycle accident with his car. The eyewitnesses prove less than reliable, however, when he defends himself in court and shreds their testimony by demonstrating that in each case...

7.2

184 votes

7.2

184 votes

Club Havana

1945 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Tom Neal · Margaret Lindsay · Donald Douglas · Lita Barón

Synopsis When a young nightclub singer attempts suicide because of her lover's departure, doctor Neal heals the girl's wounds and reunites her with her estranged boy friend.

6.5

30 votes

6.5

30 votes

6.4

88 votes

Ironside (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Collier Young · Don Weis · Don McDougall · Russ Mayberry

Cast Raymond Burr · Don Galloway · Don Mitchell · Barbara Anderson

Synopsis Ironside is confined to a wheel chair (an attempted assassination left him paralyzed). With his former assistants Brown and Whitfield (later Belding) and former delinquent (and later lawyer) Mark, he combats crime for the San Francisco police from his mobile...

6.3

445 votes

6.3

445 votes

Rock Around the Clock

1956 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Fred F. Sears

Cast Bill Haley · Rudy Pompilli · Al Rex · Franny Beecher

Synopsis Rock and Roll Deejay Alan Freed discovers Bill Haley and the Comets in a mountain village and brings them back to New York where they quickly become a musical phenomenon.

6.3

33 votes

6.3

33 votes

Strange Illusion

1945 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Jimmy Lydon · Warren William · Sally Eilers · Regis Toomey

Synopsis Clean-cut American teen Jimmy Lydon is tormented by nightmares in which his deceased father warns him about Mom's new boyfriend, and he feigns madness to infiltrate a mental hospital where he suspects the answers lie. Yes, it's Hamlet refigured as...

6.3

151 votes

6.3

151 votes

Backlash

1947 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Eugene Forde

Cast Jean Rogers · Richard Travis · Larry J. Blake · John Eldredge

Synopsis A body, believed to be that of a criminal lawyer, sends the police hunting for the killer. The lawyer's wife, his partner, and an ex-convict are, in turn, suspected of the crime. But the body was incorrectly identified, and the...

6.3

32 votes

6.3

32 votes

The Virginian (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 75 min. · United States

Direction Don McDougall · Abner Biberman · Anton Leader · William Witney

Cast James Drury · Doug McClure · Rusty Lane · Clu Gulager

Synopsis TV Series (1962-1971). 9 Seasons. 249 Episodes. The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more...

6.2

189 votes

6.2

189 votes

The Man with Nine Lives

1940 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Nick Grinde

Cast Boris Karloff · Roger Pryo · Jo Ann Sayers · Stanley Brown

Synopsis Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and...

6.1

41 votes

6.1

41 votes

Before I Hang

1940 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Nick Grinde

Cast Boris Karloff · Evelyn Keyes · Bruce Bennett · Edward Van Sloan

Synopsis A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.

5.9

41 votes

5.9

41 votes

The Tijuana Story

1957 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction László Kardos

Cast James Darren · Rodolfo Acosta · Robert McQueeney · Jean Willes

Synopsis Tijuana is a city ridden with crime, vice and corruption, with the local Mexican mob stopping anyone who attempts to clean up the city. However, the mob meets its match when it is challenged by a brave newspaper editor.

5.8

25 votes

5.8

25 votes

Munster, Go Home!

1966 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Earl Bellamy

Cast Al Lewis · Butch Patrick · Fred Gwynne · Yvonne De Carlo

Synopsis Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance...

5.2

76 votes

5.2

76 votes

Zombies of Mora Tau

1957 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Gregg Palmer · Allison Hayes · Autumn Russell · Joel Ashley

Synopsis Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed?

5.0

41 votes

5.0

41 votes

The Giant Claw

1957 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Fred F. Sears

Cast Jeff Morrow · Mara Corday · Morris Ankrum · Louis Merrill

Synopsis When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as "big as a battleship," from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is lost during the action. MacAfee...

4.4

137 votes

4.4

137 votes

The Bull of the West (TV)

1971 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Hopper · Paul Stanley

Cast Charles Bronson · Geraldine Brooks · Gary Clarke · Lee J. Cobb

Synopsis This is two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together.

4.3

83 votes

4.3

83 votes

Homicide Bureau

1939 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction Charles C. Coleman

Cast Bruce Cabot · Rita Hayworth · Marc Lawrence · Richard Fiske

Synopsis After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any...

Not rated

Not rated

Shoot to Kill

1947 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction William Berke

Cast Russell Wade · Luana Walters · Edmund MacDonald · Robert Kent

Synopsis A former gangster is framed by a corrupt district attorney. With an investigative reporter, he gathers proof of his innocence in hopes to clear his name.

Not rated

Not rated