Direction: Jack Arnold

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jack Arnold. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


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

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

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