Direction: Jack Arnold
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jack Arnold. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 56
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Grant Williams · Randy Stuart · April Kent · Paul Langton
Synopsis After an exposure to a strange mist, Scott Carey begins to shrink. After facing such trials as confounded doctors and his angry cat, he accidently gets locked in the basement. His very life then becomes a battle for survival, with...
7.6
14K votes
7.6
14K votes
It Takes a Thief (TV Series)
1968 · Series · 51 min. · United States
Direction Roland Kibbee · Don Weis · Jack Arnold · Michael Caffey
Cast Robert Wagner · Malachi Throne · Edward Binns · Fred Astaire
6.6
70 votes
6.6
70 votes
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Audie Murphy · Joan Evans · Charles Drake · Virginia Grey
Synopsis Cool, cultured John Gant rides into Lordsburg. Gant is a professional killer, and although no one knows who he is there to kill, they are all worried. Everyone has enemies, and maybe Gant is in town for them. While they...
6.6
233 votes
6.6
233 votes
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Richard Carlson · Julie Adams · Richard Denning · Antonio Moreno
Synopsis The Creature, an amphibious, prehistoric man-monster, inhabits the primordial depths of a tropical lagoon undisturbed until scientists intrude upon his domain. Variously interpreted as a monster from hell and a primitive innocent provoked to violence, the Creature belongs to a...
6.5
3K votes
6.5
3K votes
Man in the Shadow
1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Jeff Chandler · Orson Welles · Colleen Miller · Ben Alexander
Synopsis Virgil Renchler owns most of the town providing a thriving economy. When he goes too far and kills one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him even if it means his job and everyone else's.
6.5
208 votes
6.5
208 votes
The Tattered Dress
1957 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Jeff Chandler · Jeanne Crain · Jack Carson · Gail Russell
Synopsis After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen (Elaine Stewart) comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; she claims being sexually assaulted and Reston kills the man. Top defense lawyer James...
6.4
45 votes
6.4
45 votes
The Glass Web
1953 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Edward G. Robinson · John Forsythe · Kathleen Hughes · Marcia Henderson
Synopsis A beautiful but heartless television actress, uses seduction and tricks to blackmail the men in her life to a point, where she could get herself killed.
6.2
43 votes
6.2
43 votes
Red Sundown
1956 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Rory Calhoun · Martha Hyer · Dean Jagger · Robert Middleton
Synopsis When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding into town he finds the only job available is deputy...
6.1
163 votes
6.1
163 votes
The Mouse that Roared
1959 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Peter Sellers · Jean Seberg · David Kossoff · William Hartnell
Synopsis The economy of the teeny-tiny European duchy of Grand Fenwick is threatened when an American manufacturer comes up with an imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled wine. Crafty prime minister Count Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) comes up with a plan:...
6.1
405 votes
6.1
405 votes
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Glen A. Larson · Bruce Bilson · Jeffrey Hayden · Alexander Singer
Cast Ben Murphy · Pete Duel · Dennis Fimple · Ford Rainey
Synopsis TV Series (1971-1973). Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks", since "in all the trains and banks they robbed, they...
6.1
33 votes
6.1
33 votes
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)
1979 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Glen A. Larson · Leslie Stevens · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · David G. Phinney
Cast Gil Gerard · Erin Gray · Felix Silla · Mel Blanc
Synopsis 20th century astronaut is caught in a freak accident in deep space, causing his craft Ranger 3 to be blown into a trajectory that returns him to earth almost 5 centuries later. Earth is recovering from nuclear war and is...
6.1
213 votes
6.1
213 votes
It Came from Outer Space
1953 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Richard Carlson · Barbara Rush · Charles Drake · Joe Sawyer
Synopsis A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.
6.0
2K votes
6.0
2K votes
Tarantula
1955 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast John Agar · Mara Corday · Leo G. Carroll · Nestor Paiva
Synopsis A biological researcher, Professor Gerald Deemer (Carroll), is trying to prevent the food shortages which will result from the world's expanding population. With the help of atomic science, he invents a special nutrient on which animals can live exclusively, but...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
Peter Gunn (TV Series)
1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Boris Sagal · Lamont Johnson · Blake Edwards · David Orrick McDearmon
Cast Craig Stevens · Herschel Bernardi · Lola Albright · Byron Kane
Synopsis The cases of a stylishly cool private detective.
6.0
32 votes
6.0
32 votes
Rawhide (TV Series)
1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Thomas Carr · Ted Post · Christian Nyby · Harmon Jones
Cast Clint Eastwood · Eric Fleming · Paul Brinegar · Steve Raines
Synopsis TV Series (1959-1965). 8 Seasons. 217 Episodes. Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive; he is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
5.8
99 votes
5.8
99 votes
Gilligan's Island (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold · Leslie Goodwins · Gary Nelson · Jerry Hopper
Cast Bob Denver · Alan Hale Jr. · Jim Backus · Natalie Schafer
Synopsis TV Series (1964-1967). 3 Seasons. 98 episodes. Gilligan's Island was an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. The show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive and ultimately escape from a previously...
5.7
290 votes
5.7
290 votes
McCloud (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 120 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Kessler · Russ Mayberry · Lou Antonio · E.W. Swackhamer
Cast Dennis Weaver · J.D. Cannon · Terry Carter · Ken Lynch
Synopsis TV Series (1970-1977). Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of Taos, N.M. is assigned to the 21st Precinct of the NYPD to study local police methods, and where he can stay close to his girl, Chris Coughlin, a writer for her father's...
5.6
399 votes
5.6
399 votes
Monster on the Campus
1958 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast Arthur Franz · Troy Donahue · Judson Pratt · Joanna Moore
Synopsis The blood of a primitive fish exposed to gamma rays causes a benign research professor to regress to an ape-like, bloodthirsty prehistoric hominid.
5.5
89 votes
5.5
89 votes
Dr. Kildare (TV Series)
1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Elliot Silverstein · Alf Kjellin · John Newland · Leo Penn
Cast Richard Chamberlain · Raymond Massey · Leslie Nielsen · Lee Meriwether
Synopsis TV Series (1961-1966). 5 Seasons. 191 episodes. The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his...
5.4
46 votes
5.4
46 votes
Revenge of the Creature
1955 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Jack Arnold
Cast John Agar · Lori Nelson · John Bromfield · Nestor Paiva
Synopsis In this 3-D sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, the scaly creature is brought from his Amazon swamp to a Florida tourist trap where he's the main attraction. Of course the gil-guy breaks loose and frightens the good Florida...
5.3
335 votes
5.3
335 votes