Soundtrack: Lionel Newman
The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Lionel Newman. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.
Titles found: 43
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Richard Fleischer
Cast Tony Curtis · Henry Fonda · George Kennedy · Mike Kellin
Synopsis Boston, 1962. Several elderly women are strangled, apparently by the same unknown assailant. An investigation ensues, but clues lead nowhere. Then the strangler starts to attack younger women. John Bottomly (Henry Fonda) is assigned to direct a more intense investigation,...
7.2
5K votes
7.2
5K votes
Compulsion
1959 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Richard Fleischer
Cast Orson Welles · Diane Varsi · Dean Stockwell · Bradford Dillman
Synopsis It's Chicago and the year is 1924. Two young men are driving recklessly at night, and almost hit a drunken pedestrian. They are wealthy law students, the flamboyant Artie Straus (Bradford Dillman) constantly goading the intensely introverted Judd Steiner (Dean...
7.2
2K votes
7.2
2K votes
The Last Wagon
1956 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Delmer Daves
Cast Richard Widmark · Felicia Farr · Susan Kohner · Tommy Rettig
Synopsis When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Tod, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Hong Kong (TV Series)
1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Boris Sagal · Stuart Rosenberg · Walter Doniger · Ida Lupino
Cast Rod Taylor · Lloyd Bochner · Gerald Jann · Jack Kruschen
7.0
21 votes
7.0
21 votes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Marilyn Monroe · Jane Russell · Charles Coburn · Tommy Noonan
Synopsis Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) follows the glamorous adventures of Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw, two best friends and showgirls traveling to Paris. Lorelei, a charming blonde with a penchant for diamonds, is engaged to a wealthy man, while Dorothy prefers...
6.8
7K votes
6.8
7K votes
The Killer is Loose
1956 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Budd Boetticher
Cast Joseph Cotten · Rhonda Fleming · Wendell Corey · Alan Hale Jr.
6.7
524 votes
6.7
524 votes
North to Alaska
1960 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction Henry Hathaway
Cast John Wayne · Stewart Granger · Capucine · Ernie Kovacs
Synopsis Year 1900. After partners George Pratt and Sam McCord strike it rich with their Nome, Alaska gold mine, George's only wish is to marry his French fiancée Jenny, who has been patiently waiting for him for three years in Seattle....
6.5
1K votes
6.5
1K votes
Let's Make Love
1960 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction George Cukor
Cast Marilyn Monroe · Yves Montand · Tony Randall · Frankie Vaughan
Synopsis A millionaire is out to destroy a show that makes fun of him, until he meets cast member Monroe. To get closer to her he joins the cast and hires Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly and Milton Berle (as themselves) to...
6.5
2K votes
6.5
2K votes
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Roy Ward Baker
Cast Richard Widmark · Marilyn Monroe · Anne Bancroft · Donna Corcoran
6.5
945 votes
6.5
945 votes
The Proud Ones
1956 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Robert D. Webb
Cast Robert Ryan · Virginia Mayo · Jeffrey Hunter · Robert Middleton
Synopsis Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An...
6.4
298 votes
6.4
298 votes
A Kiss Before Dying
1956 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Gerd Oswald
Cast Robert Wagner · Jeffrey Hunter · Virginia Leith · Joanne Woodward
Synopsis Bud Corliss is an ambitious college student with big plans for himself and an heiress, Dorothy Kingship. But then Dorothy goes and gets herself pregnant. It's his child, too, of course; but this ruins everything. Her moralistic father will disown...
6.2
459 votes
6.2
459 votes
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction H.C. Potter
Cast Gary Cooper · Merle Oberon · Patsy Kelly · Walter Brennan
Synopsis Poor Mary Smith can't go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father's political career. She decides to rebel and convinces her two maids to let her go along with them on a...
6.2
232 votes
6.2
232 votes
The Great White Hope
1970 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast James Earl Jones · Jane Alexander · Lou Gilbert · Joel Fluellen
Synopsis Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) as a boxer, dealing with the racism and hatred of early-20th century white America. He is not only the first black heavyweight contender; he is also in love with a white woman. Jefferson must not...
6.1
191 votes
6.1
191 votes
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Frank Tashlin
Cast Tom Ewell · Jayne Mansfield · Edmond O'Brien · Julie London
Synopsis A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend a recording star in 6 weeks. But what is he going to do when he finds out that she has no talent? And what is going...
6.1
186 votes
6.1
186 votes
Move Over, Darling
1963 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Michael Gordon
Cast Doris Day · James Garner · Polly Bergen · Thelma Ritter
Synopsis Remake of My Favorite Wife, 1940, with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.
5.9
405 votes
5.9
405 votes
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Gordon MacRae · Dan Dailey · Ernest Borgnine · Sheree North
Synopsis One of the very best of the musical biopics (of the De Sylva/Henderson/Brown songwriting team in the jazz age). Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have...
5.9
31 votes
5.9
31 votes
The Jackpot
1950 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Walter Lang
Cast James Stewart · Barbara Hale · James Gleason · Fred Clark
Synopsis Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the taxes on them.
5.6
34 votes
5.6
34 votes
Kiss Them for Me
1957 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Stanley Donen
Cast Cary Grant · Jayne Mansfield · Leif Erickson · Suzy Parker
Synopsis Three decorated Navy pilots finagle a four day leave in San Francisco. They procure a posh suite at the hotel and Commander Crewson, a master of procurement, arranges to populate it with party people. Lieutenant Wallace is trying to get...
5.5
412 votes
5.5
412 votes
Powder River
1953 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Louis King
Cast Rory Calhoun · Corinne Calvet · Cameron Mitchell · Penny Edwards
Synopsis Ex-marshal Chino Bullock has hung up his guns until his prospecting partner is shot dead. Chino then takes over as the law in town, forming a friendship with gun-man Mitch Hardin and making enemies of the Logan brothers. When Hardin'...
5.5
97 votes
5.5
97 votes
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Henry Levin
Cast Dale Robertson · Debra Paget · Thomas Gomez · Lisa Daniels
5.5
63 votes
5.5
63 votes