Direction: Richard L. Bare

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Richard L. Bare. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · John Brahm · Douglas Heyes · Buzz Kulik

Cast Rod Serling · Burgess Meredith · Vaughn Taylor · Jack Klugman

Plot TV series (1959-1964). 5 Seasons. 156 Episodes. Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end...

8.0

4K votes

8.0

4K votes

The Twilight Zone: To Serve Man (TV)

1962 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Lloyd Bochner · Susan Cummings · Richard Kiel · Hardie Albright

Plot An alien race comes to earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the alien's language, using a book whose title they deduce...

7.2

137 votes

7.2

137 votes

The Twilight Zone: Nick of Time (TV)

1960 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast William Shatner · Patricia Breslin · Guy Wilkerson · Stafford Repp

Plot Don and Pat Carter are on their honeymoon when their car breaks down in the small town of Ridgeview, Ohio. They have a few hours to spare while their car...

7.0

139 votes

7.0

139 votes

The Twilight Zone: Third from the Sun (TV)

1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Fritz Weaver · Edward Andrews · Joe Maross · Denise Alexander

Plot William Sturka works as a hydrogen specialist in a highly secure plant. Conditions are tense and there are constant rumors of war. The latest is that it's going to happen...

6.9

188 votes

6.9

188 votes

The Twilight Zone: What's in the Box (TV)

1964 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Joan Blondell · William Demarest · Sterling Holloway · Sandra Gould

Plot Philanderer Joe Britt sees his indiscretions shown on his own TV set after it was worked on by a unique repairman.

6.5

59 votes

6.5

59 votes

The Twilight Zone: The Fugitive (TV)

1962 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Susan Gordon · J. Pat O'Malley · Nancy Kulp · Wesley Lau

Plot Old Ben is a kind old man who likes to play with the kids, whether it's baseball or hide and seek. Little Jenny, who has to wear braces on her...

6.4

72 votes

6.4

72 votes

Smart Girls Don't Talk

1948 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Virginia Mayo · Bruce Bennett · Robert Hutton · Tom D'Andrea

Plot Linda Vickers gets mixed up with gambler Marty Fain. One of Fain's henchmen uses her car in a killing, and the police come around asking questions. Linda decides to indulge...

6.4

23 votes

6.4

23 votes

Flaxy Martin

1949 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Virginia Mayo · Zachary Scott · Dorothy Malone · Tom D'Andrea

Plot Unscrupulous showgirl Flaxy Martin involves young attorney Walter Colby with mobster Hap Richie. A girl is murdered, with the evidence pointing to Flaxy, and Colby takes the rap and gets...

6.3

51 votes

6.3

51 votes

The Twilight Zone: The Purple Testament (TV)

1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Dick York · William Reynolds · William Phipps · Barney Phillips

Plot In the Philippines in 1945, army Lt. Fitzgerald has developed the disturbing ability to look into his men's faces and know who will be killed in the next battle. He...

6.2

154 votes

6.2

154 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

Cheyenne (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 60 min. · United States

6.0

39 votes

6.0

39 votes

6.0

37 votes

Maverick (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 50 min. · United States

6.0

49 votes

6.0

49 votes

The Twilight Zone: The Prime Mover (TV)

1961 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Dane Clark · Buddy Ebsen · Christine White · Nesdon Booth

Plot A compulsive gambler cajoles his friend to use his telekinesis to affect the results of the gambling tables in Las Vegas.

5.9

82 votes

5.9

82 votes

Green Acres (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Jay Sommers · Richard L. Bare · Ralph Levy · Bruce Bilson

Cast Eddie Albert · Eva Gabor · Tom Lester · Frank Cady

Plot A New York attorney and his wife try to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville.

5.7

164 votes

5.7

164 votes

Lassie (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine · Hollingsworth Morse · Lesley Selander · Philip Ford

Cast Jon Provost · June Lockhart · Hugh Reilly · Jan Clayton

Plot TV Serie (1954-1973). 19 Seasons. 591 Episodes. In 1954, the long running, Emmy winning television series Lassie debuted, and, over the next 19 years, a succession of Pal's descendants appeared...

5.0

1K votes

5.0

1K votes

Return of the Frontiersman

1950 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Gordon MacRae · Julie London · Rory Calhoun · Jack Holt

Plot In Laramie, Wyoming, a sheriff's son is falsely accused of murder, and a friend determines to clear his name and find the real killer.

4.8

24 votes

4.8

24 votes

Petticoat Junction (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Levy · Charles Barton · Richard L. Bare · Guy Scarpitta

Cast Edgar Buchanan · Linda Henning · Bea Benaderet · Frank Cady

Plot The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.

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Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

1957 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast Randolph Scott · James Craig · Angie Dickinson · Dani Crayne

Plot Army veterans, just mustered out of the service, are going to the one of the men's brothers ranch on their way West. Just as they arrive, Indians attack the ranch...

Not rated

Not rated

So You Want to Be a Detective (S)

1948 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction Richard L. Bare

Cast George O'Hanlon · Art Gilmore · Kit Guard · Charles Horvath

Plot Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.

Not rated

Not rated