Soundtrack: George Bassman

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


Ride the High Country

1962 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast Randolph Scott · Joel McCrea · Mariette Hartley · Ron Starr

Plot Aging lawman Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) takes a job transporting gold from the Sierra Nevada mining town of Coarsegold, and hires old pal Gil Westrum (Randolph Scott) not knowing that...

7.6

5K votes

7.6

5K votes

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Lana Turner · John Garfield · Cecil Kellaway · Hume Cronyn

Plot Set during the Depression, this story concerns an older man and his attractive young wife, who take on drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield) as an employee at their roadside cafe....

7.6

17K votes

7.6

17K votes

The Big Store

1941 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Charles Reisner

Cast The Marx Brothers · Groucho Marx · Harpo Marx · Chico Marx

Plot Groucho, Harpo and Chico turn a big department store upside down as New York detectives trying to foil the hostile takeover the store and prevent a murder. Pretty late in...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

The Clock

1945 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli

Cast Judy Garland · Robert Walker · James Gleason · Keenan Wynn

Plot Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. In...

6.8

239 votes

6.8

239 votes

Middle of the Night

1959 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Delbert Mann

Cast Kim Novak · Fredric March · Martin Balsam · Albert Dekker

Plot Jerry Kingsley (March) is a widower, a lonely but successful clothing manufacturer who falls in love with Betty Preisser (Novak), one of his employees. The employee-boss relationship is one hurdle...

6.4

111 votes

6.4

111 votes

Tortilla Flat

1942 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Spencer Tracy · Hedy Lamarr · John Garfield · Frank Morgan

Plot Danny inherits two houses so Pilon and his lazy, impoverished friends move in. One of them, Pirate, is saving money which Pilon hopes to steal till he learns it is...

6.4

332 votes

6.4

332 votes

The Canterville Ghost

1944 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jules Dassin

Cast Charles Laughton · Robert Young · Margaret O'Brien · William Gargan

Plot In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. His ashamed father seals him in the room where he is hiding...

6.3

918 votes

6.3

918 votes

Babes on Broadway

1941 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Busby Berkeley

Cast Mickey Rooney · Judy Garland · Fay Bainter · Virginia Weidler

Plot After four months of floundering attempts to get into a Broadway show, Tommy Williams grasps the opportunity to produce a charity show to take city orphans on a trip to...

6.1

74 votes

6.1

74 votes

Babes in Arms

1939 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Busby Berkeley

Cast Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney · Charles Winninger · June Preisser

Plot The struggle of two talented young artists, to make their own way in the show business. In this musical, with autobiographical elements of Mickey Rooney's life, he plays Mickey Moran,...

6.1

287 votes

6.1

287 votes

Cabin in the Sky

1943 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli · Busby Berkeley

Cast Ethel Waters · Eddie "Rochester" Anderson · Lena Horne · Louis Armstrong

Plot In this musical, Little Joe, an inveterate gambler, promises his wife Petunia he'll reform and confess his sins at church, but he slips out the side door to play craps...

6.1

130 votes

6.1

130 votes

Two Smart People

1946 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Jules Dassin

Cast Lucille Ball · John Hodiak · Lloyd Nolan · Hugo Haas

Plot Ace Connors (John Hodiak) is a con man and he's got half a million dollars in bonds hidden in a cookbook. When he tries to sell a bogus oil investment...

5.3

23 votes

5.3

23 votes

The Joe Louis Story

1953 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Bobby Gordon

Cast Coley Wallace · Paul Stewart · Hilda Simms · James Edwards

Plot The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than any other boxer in history--and who had to not only battle opponents inside...

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Ben Casey (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction James E. Moser · Leo Penn · Irving Lerner · Sydney Pollack

Cast Vince Edwards · Sam Jaffe · Jeannie Bates · Franchot Tone

Plot TV Series (1961-1966). 5 Seasons. 153 Episodes. Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba and later...

Not rated

Not rated

Main Street After Dark

1945 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Edward Arnold · Selena Royle · Tom Trout · Audrey Totter

Plot Ma Dibson, her son, daughter and daughter-in-law happily greet son Lefty as he is released from prison. The family makes its living by stealing from (mostly) servicemen who the two...

Not rated

Not rated

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Roy Rowland

Cast Van Johnson · Thomas Mitchell · Janet Leigh · Marshall Thompson

Plot Janet Leigh makes an impressive debut alongside Van Johnson in this historical romance in which a farmer's daughter falls in love with a man who fought against her family in...

Not rated

Not rated

Lady Be Good

1941 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Norman Z. McLeod

Cast Eleanor Powell · Ann Sothern · Robert Young · Lionel Barrymore

Plot Songwriters Dixie Donegan and Eddie Crane are still in love after their divorce. Dixie's friend Marilyn Marsh tries to convince them to marry again, but this isn't that easy.

Not rated

Not rated

Little Nellie Kelly

1940 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Judy Garland · George Murphy · Charles Winninger · Douglas McPhail

Plot Irish colleen Nellie is in love with handsome Jerry Kelly, even though her father objects. Nellie and Jerry soon marry and announce plans to move to New York, which again...

Not rated

Not rated

Mr. Broadway (TV)

1957 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Mickey Rooney · James Dunn · Roberta Sherwood · Gloria DeHaven

Plot A musical television special chronicling the early career of playwright George M. Cohan, focusing primarily on his vaudeville years as part of his family singing group "The Four Cohans."

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Not rated

Mail Order Bride

1964 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Burt Kennedy

Cast Buddy Ebsen · Keir Dullea · Lois Nettleton · Warren Oates

Plot Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.

Not rated

Not rated

Forty Little Mothers

1940 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Busby Berkeley

Cast Eddie Cantor · Judith Anderson · Ralph Morgan · Rita Johnson

Plot An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he...

Not rated

Not rated