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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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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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.
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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...
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