Soundtrack: Mahlon Merrick

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Mahlon Merrick. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


The Lawless

1950 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Losey

Cast Macdonald Carey · Gail Russell · Johnny Sands · Lee Patrick

Plot A newspaper editor in a small agricultural town finds himself going against the people in the town when he gets involved in the plight of the area's fruit pickers, who...

6.4

106 votes

6.4

106 votes

Passage West

1951 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast John Payne · Dennis O'Keefe · Arleen Whelan · Frank Faylen

Plot In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns....

5.3

85 votes

5.3

85 votes

Red Planet Mars

1952 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Harry Horner

Cast Peter Graves · Andrea King · Herbert Berghof · Walter Sande

Plot An American scientist contacts Mars by radio and receives information that Mars is a utopia and that Earth's people can be saved if they return to the worship of God....

4.8

142 votes

4.8

142 votes

Alaska Patrol

1949 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Jack Bernhard

Cast Richard Travis · Helen Westcott · Emory Parnell · Richard Fraser

Plot Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer Captain Wright and Operative Dale are assigned...

Not rated

Not rated

The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Robert Cummings · Rod Amateau · Norman Tokar

Cast Robert Cummings · Rosemary DeCamp · Ann B. Davis · Dwayne Hickman

Plot The romantic misadventures of Bob Collins, a suave, sophisticated bachelor and photographer operating in Hollywood, California. The show centers around his womanizing ways with his models, and his sister's attempts...

Not rated

Not rated

The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)

1950 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Frederick de Cordova · Ralph Levy · Norman Abbott · Seymour Berns

Cast Jack Benny · Mary Livingstone · Eddie "Rochester" Anderson · Phil Harris

Plot The Jack Benny Program evolved from a variety show blending sketch comedy and musical interludes into the situation comedy form we know even now, crafting particular situations and scenarios from...

Not rated

Not rated

Private Secretary (TV Series)

1953 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Oscar Rudolph · Christian Nyby

Cast Ann Sothern · Don Porter · Ann Tyrrell · Jesse White

Plot TV Series (1953-1957). 5 seasons. 106 episodes. Susie (Ann Sothern) is secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands (Don Porter) and keeps getting messed up in his private life.

Not rated

Not rated

Sensations of 1945

1944 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Andrew L. Stone

Cast Eleanor Powell · Dennis O'Keefe · C. Aubrey Smith · Eugene Pallette

Plot Campy musical stars Eleanor Powell, Dennis O'Keefe, C. Aubrey Smith, W.C. Fields, Cab Calloway, Sophie Tucker and Eugene Pallette. Loaded with specialty numbers; contains the now-famous number where Eleanor tap-dances...

Not rated

Not rated

Omnibus (TV Series)

1952 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States

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Not rated

Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Collier Young · Frederick de Cordova · Richard Kinon · Don Weis

Cast Howard Duff · Ida Lupino · Olive Carey · Hayden Rorke

Plot TV Series (1957-1958). 2 seasons. 66 episodes. Mr. Adams and Eve cast real-life husband and wife movie stars Howard Duff and Ida Lupino as fictitious film stars Howard Adams and...

Not rated

Not rated

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series)

1950 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Frederick de Cordova · Rod Amateau · Ralph Levy

Cast George Burns · Gracie Allen · Bea Benaderet · Harry von Zell

Plot TV Series (1950-1958). 8 seasons. 291 episodes. George Burns and Gracie Allen were among the few successful radio personalities to make the transition to television in the early days of...

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Not rated