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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Omnibus (TV Series)
1952 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States
Direction Andrew McCullough · Lionel Rogosin · Norman Lloyd · Charles S. Dubin
Cast Alistair Cooke · Leonard Bernstein · Helen Hayes · Royal Dano
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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...
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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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