Cinematography: John L. Russell
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by John L. Russell. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Incident at a Corner (TV)
1960 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Vera Miles · Philip Ober · Jerry Paris · George Peppard
Plot A school crossing guard reprimands the PTA president for careless driving. He is later dismissed from his job on the basis of an anonymous note accusing him of being too...
6.6
285 votes
6.6
285 votes
City That Never Sleeps
1953 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John H. Auer
Cast Gig Young · Mala Powers · William Talman · Edward Arnold
Plot Johnny Kelly is a Chicago cop from a long line of police officers. He's grown tired of the job and his married life. He plans on leaving his wife for...
6.5
86 votes
6.5
86 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Back for Christmas (TV)
1956 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast John Williams · Isobel Elsom · Arthur Gould-Porter · Lillian Kemble-Cooper
Plot Herbert is digging in his basement when his wife Hermione calls him upstairs to eat. She thinks he is making a wine cellar, but he is really planning to kill...
6.5
505 votes
6.5
505 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Wet Saturday (TV)
1956 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Cedric Hardwicke · John Williams · Tita Purdom · Kathryn Givney
Plot Mr. Princey's daughter has just murdered the schoolmaster. A murderess in the family? That won't do. It's up to Mr. Princey to frame someone else for her crime.
6.4
239 votes
6.4
239 votes
Alfred Hitchcock presents: I Killed the Count: Part 1 (TV)
1957 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevens
Cast Alfred Hitchcock · John Williams · Alan Napier · Charles Cooper
Plot A maid discovers the body of Count Victor Mattoni. It's up to Inspector Davidson from Scotland Yard to find the murderer, in part one of a three-part episode.
6.4
29 votes
6.4
29 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Mr. Blanchard's Secret (TV)
1956 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Robert Horton · Meg Mundy · Mary Scott · Dayton Lummis
Plot A mystery writer's imagination gets her in trouble when she turns her overstimulated mind to her new next-door neighbors -- and wonders why she has never seen the wife.
6.3
263 votes
6.3
263 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Arthur (TV)
1959 · Movie · 26 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Laurence Harvey · Hazel Court · Robert Douglas · Patrick MacNee
Plot When his fiancée Helen leaves chicken farmer Arthur for another man, he accepts her decision by conveniently enjoying the life of a bachelor. A year passes and Helen pays him...
6.3
134 votes
6.3
134 votes
Alfred Hitchcock presents: I Killed the Count: Part 2 (TV)
1957 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevens
Cast Alfred Hitchcock · John Williams · Rosemary Harris · Alan Napier
Plot Inspector Davidson continues to investigate the murder of Count Mattoni, in part two of this three-part story.
6.3
28 votes
6.3
28 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
Plot 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...
6.2
189 votes
6.2
189 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Derelicts (TV)
1956 · Movie · 30 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevenson
Cast Robert Newton · Phillip Reed · Peggy Knudsen · Johnny Silver
Plot Inventor Ralph Cowell murders his silent partner Alfred, only to be blackmailed by vagrant Peter Goodfellow, who witnessed the crime.
6.1
80 votes
6.1
80 votes
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Eugène Lourié
Cast Paul Hubschmid · Paula Raymond · Cecil Kellaway · Kenneth Tobey
Plot A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and ultimately New York City.
6.1
651 votes
6.1
651 votes
The Cabinet of Caligari
1962 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Roger Kay
Cast Glynis Johns · Dan O'Herlihy · Richard Davalos · Lawrence Dobkin
Plot Jane's car breaks down and she makes her way to a nearby estate, owned by a mysterious man named Caligari...
6.1
76 votes
6.1
76 votes
The Green Promise
1949 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction William D. Russell
Cast Marguerite Chapman · Walter Brennan · Robert Paige · Natalie Wood
Plot A stubborn old farmer won't listen to any of his neighbors about how to improve the efficiency of his farm with modern methods, as he thinks "the old ways" were...
5.8
99 votes
5.8
99 votes
The Eternal Sea
1955 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction John H. Auer
Cast Sterling Hayden · Alexis Smith · Ben Cooper · Dean Jagger
Plot 'The Eternal Sea' is the biography of admiral John M. Hoskins, who continued to serve throughout WW2 despite the loss of a leg in the early phases of the conflict.
5.7
25 votes
5.7
25 votes
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Shopping for Death (TV)
1956 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevens
Cast Jo Van Fleet · Robert H. Harris · John Qualen · Michael Ross
Plot Two retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster.
5.6
89 votes
5.6
89 votes
Star in the Dust
1956 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Charles F. Haas
Cast John Agar · Mamie Van Doren · Richard Boone · Coleen Gray
Plot The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't...
5.6
131 votes
5.6
131 votes
The Man from Planet X
1951 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast Robert Clarke · Margaret Field · Raymond Bond · William Schallert
Plot American journalist John Lawrence is invited to join astronomer John Elliott at his observatory on a remote island off the Scottish coast where Elliott is monitoring a passing planet that...
5.6
575 votes
5.6
575 votes
Make Haste to Live
1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction William A. Seiter
Cast Dorothy McGuire · Stephen McNally · Mary Murphy · Edgar Buchanan
Plot Crystal 'Chris' Benson, a single mother in a small New Mexico town, senses a shadowy menace stalking her in the night. She acquires a gun and makes arrangements anticipating her...
5.4
43 votes
5.4
43 votes
Hell's Half Acre
1954 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction John H. Auer
Cast Wendell Corey · Evelyn Keyes · Elsa Lanchester · Marie Windsor
Plot A woman who believes her missing husband is in prison in Hawaii on a murder charge travels there to see if it actually is him. However, he escapes before she...
5.2
22 votes
5.2
22 votes
Tobor the Great
1954 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Lee Sholem
Cast Charles Drake · Karin Booth · Billy Chapin · Taylor Holmes
5.0
68 votes
5.0
68 votes