 12 Angry Men 1957  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Twelve Angry Men
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Ed Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Joe Savoca
When a young Puerto Rican boy (Joe Savoca) is on trial, one conscientious juror–#8 (Henry Fonda)–stands alone against his other 11 jury panelists as he questions whether the defense lawyer really performed his duties. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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Backfire 1950  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Ed Begley, Monte Blue, John Ridgely, Ida Moore, Richard Rober
Ex-GI Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae) is searching for his war buddy, Steve (Edmond O'Brien), who is on the run because of a bum murder rap. With his army nurse friend (Virginia Mayo) in tow, Bob intends to clear his friend, but the real murderer is now on the trail of Bob.
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Billion Dollar Brain 1967  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oskar Homolka, Francoise Dorleac, Guy Doleman, Vladek Sheybal, Milo Sperber, Mark Elwes, Fred Harwood, Donald Sutherland, Janos Kurutz, Alexei Jawdokimov, Paul Tamarin, Iza Teller
Former British agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) has become a private investigator and accepts an assignment to deliver a thermos flask to a friend in Finland. Once there, he becomes involved in a billionaire's plot to upset the balance of the Cold War. This is the third in the series of Harry Palmer films; the others are "Ipcress File" (1965) and "Funeral in Berlin" (1966).
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Boomerang! 1947  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene, Ed Begley, Taylor Holmes, Robert Keith, Karl Malden, Cara Williams, Philip Coolidge, William Challee, Bert Freed, Lucia Backus Seger, George Petrie
When a New England priest is murdered, John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy) is arrested. He is beaten into confessing that he is the killer and then tried for the crime. Based on the true story of a 1924 murder case that is still unsolved, the film follows State's Attorney Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) as he works to sort out the facts.
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Boots Malone 1951  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: William Holden, Johnny Stewart, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Whit Bissell, Carl Benton Reid, Ralph Dumke, Anthony Caruso
A drifter, Boots Malone (William Holden), trains to be a first-rate jockey and–only then–realizes the role of the gambling syndicate in the Sport of Kings.
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Convicted 1950 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Millard Mitchell, Broderick Crawford, Dorothy Malone, Will Geer, Martha Stewart, Roland Winters, Ed Begley, Frank Faylen, Carl Benton Reid
In prison for manslaughter, Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford) risks his chance for parole when he refuses to implicate a fellow prisoner in a jail yard killing.
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Dark City 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Jack Webb, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Mark Keuning, Walter Sande, Mike Mazurki, Dewey Robinson, Joe Gray, Byron Foulger
Danny Haley (Charlton Heston) becomes involved in a crooked card game in which he wins. However, the losing player, Arthur (Don DeFore), commits suicide as a result of his loss. When Arthur's older brother, Billy (Mark Keuning), learns of the suicide, he sets out for revenge.
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Deadline U.S.A. 1952 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Kim Hunter, Ethel Barrymore, Ed Begley, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, Warren Stevens, Joe De Santis, Carleton Young, Martin Gabel
Humphrey Bogart plays the honest newspaper editor who fights the evil underworld as his publisher (Ethel Barrymore) struggles to keep the business going.
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The Dunwich Horror 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Daniel Haller
Cast: Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Fox, Sam Jaffe, Barboura Morris, Donna Baccala, Joanne Moore Jordan, Talia Shire
A young student, Nancy (Sandra Dee), falls under the spell of magician Wilbur Whateley (Dean Stockwell) in this entertaining horror film.
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Firecreek 1968 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gary Lockwood, Inger Stevens, Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam, James Best, John Qualen
This Western involves a farmer (James Stewart) given the honorary title of sheriff. Events shortly go awry when Larkin (Henry Fonda) leads a gang of outlaws into town–goal: take over the town.
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 The Great Gatsby 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Barry Sullivan, Ruth Hussey, Shelley Winters, Howard Da Silva, Henry Hull, Ed Begley, Elisha Cook Jr.
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, this is the story about a millionaire, Gatsby (Alan Ladd), who determines to gain admission to New York society. The film concentrates on the love story of Daisy (Betty Field) and Gatsby and plays down the message of an "empty" society.
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Hang 'Em High 1968 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Ted Post
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, James MacArthur, Arlene Golonka, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Ruth White, Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw, Alan Hale Jr., James Westerfield, L.Q. Jones, Joseph Sirola
Rancher Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is accosted by nine men, led by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley), and accused of stealing his neighbor's cattle and killing him. They hang Cooper and leave him for dead, but he is rescued by Deputy U.S. Marshal Bliss (Ben Johnson) and later cleared by Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle). Now a free man, Cooper wants revenge and takes the law into his own hands and sets off to administer his own form of justice on the men who tried to hang him.
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It Happens Every Spring 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia, Ray Collins, Alan Hale Jr., Jessie Royce Landis, Gene Evans, Edward Keane
What happens every spring is, of course, baseball season. This is the story of a college professor, Vernon Simpson (Ray Milland), who invents a formula that enables a ball to avoid bats–and the fun begins.
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Lone Star 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Ed Begley, William Conrad, William Farnum, Moroni Olsen, Russell Simpson
Set amidst the fervor of attempts to have Texas become one of the United States, Devereaux Burke (Clark Gable) presses for statehood but finds opposition from Martha Ronda (Ava Gardner) and Thomas Craden (Broderick Crawford) who would rather keep Texas as a Republic.
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The Monitors 1969  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Shea
Cast: Guy Stockwell, Susan Oliver, Avery Schreiber, Keenan Wynn, Ed Begley, Larry Storch, Alan Arkin, Adam Arkin, Xavier Cugat, Stubby Kaye
During a mercy mission to bring peace on Earth, aliens are dismayed to find Earthlings not receptive to their cause.
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Odds Against Tomorrow 1959 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame, Wayne Rogers, Cicely Tyson, Richard Bright, Will Kuluva, Zohra Lampert
This is a violent drama about crime and racism told through the exploits of three criminals plotting a robbery.
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On Dangerous Ground 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony Ross, Ed Begley, Ian Wolfe, Sumner Williams, Gus Schilling, Frank Ferguson, Olive Carey, Richard Irving
Tough New York City cop Jim Wilson (Robert Ryan) is sent upstate to investigate a young girl's murder. While working on the case, Jim meets and falls in love with blind Mary Malden (Ida Lupino). There is one large hitch: Mary's brother Danny (Sumner Williams) is the prime suspect in the case. Mary begs Jim to bring Danny in alive, but problems lie ahead.
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The Oscar 1966  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Rouse
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Jill St. John, Joseph Cotten, Edie Adams, Ernest Borgnine, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan
In spite of a good cast, this story–about Frank Fane's (Stephen Boyd) climb to the top of Hollywood's success ladder–falls flat. Many guest stars.
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Patterns 1956 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Patterns of Power
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight, Elizabeth Wilson, Joanna Roos, Valerie Cossart, Eleni Kiamos, Ronnie Welsh, Shirley Standlee, Andrew Duggan, Sally Gracie
This film began as a play by Rod Serling for TV's "Kraft Theater." The plot involves an owner of a conglomerate, William Ramsey (Everett Sloan), who brings in Fred Staples (Van Heflin) to replace a vice-president, William Briggs (Ed Begley), who he wants to off-load.
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Sitting Pretty 1948 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Clifton Webb, Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Haydn, Louise Allbritton, Ed Begley, Randy Stuart, Willard Robertson, John Russell, Betty Lynn
Three spoiled brats get just the nanny they need: prissy Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb). This film sparked a series of films about Mr. Belvadere; Clifton Webb was nominated for an Oscar.
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Sorry, Wrong Number 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson, William Conrad, John Bromfield, Harold Vermilyea, Dorothy Neumann
This film adaptation of a radio play features Barbara Stanwyck as invalid Leona Stevenson who overhears, on her telephone, a plot for murder–and realizes that she is the intended victim. She was nominated for an Oscar.
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Storybook 1995 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Lorenzo Doumani
Cast: Sean Fitzgerald, Swoosie Kurtz, Richard Moll, William McNamara, Milton Berle, Gary Morgan, Robert Costanzo, Brenda Epperson Doumani, Jack Scalia, James Doohan, Vinny Argiro, Kathrin Lautner, Heather Lauren Olson, Benjamin Zachary, Ed Begley
Eight-year-old Brandon (Sean Fitzgerald) opens a storybook and, while chasing his dog, magically enters the realm of evil Queen Evilia (Swoosie Kurtz) in the enchanted Storyland. Brandon finds adventure when he helps good Prince Arthur (William McNamara) save the kingdom.
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The Street with No Name 1948 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Lawrence, Ed Begley, Donald Buka, Joseph Pevney, John McIntire, Walter Greaza, Howard Smith, Billy Mauch, Sam Edwards
FBI Agent Gene Cordell (Mark Stevens) goes undercover and infiltrates a gang led by Alec Stiles (Richard Widmark). But, Styles gets word of the mole activity and plots to get even. Remade in 1955 as "House of Bamboo."
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1962 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Geraldine Page, Paul Newman, Ed Begley, Shirley Knight, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Corey Allen, Dub Taylor, Madeleine Sherwood, Philip Abbott, Barry Cahill, Barry Atwater, Charles Arnt, James B. Douglas
This is an excellent version of Tennessee Williams' hit play in which Geraldine Page and Paul Newman recreate their Broadway roles. The story is about has-been film star Alexandra Del Lago (Page) and her young lover Chance Wayne (Newman) who is looking for fame and fortune. They visit Chance's hometown where the corrupt politician Boss Finley (Ed Begley) rules. Finley's daughter Heavenly (Shirley Knight) wants to reunite with Chance, but Finley and his son (Rip Torn) will stop at nothing to prevent that from happening. Geraldine Page: "My checkout time in any hotel in the world is when I–is when I want to check out." Ed Begley received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. Geraldine Page and Sandra Knight were nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
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Tulsa 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendariz, Lloyd Gough, Chill Wills, Ed Begley, Lola Albright, Harry Shannon, Jimmy Conlin, Iron Eyes Cody
Cherokee (Susan Hayward) is hell-bent in her quest for oil–until she finally realizes that wildcat oil drilling takes its toll on herself as well as her land.
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The Turning Point 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Don Porter, Neville Brand, Ray Teal, Ted de Corsia, Howard Freeman
Crime committee chairman John Conroy (Edmund O'Brien) clashes with reporter Jerry McKibbon (William Holden) over methods of fighting the syndicate.
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1964 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Hermione Baddeley, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, Martita Hunt, Harvey Lembeck, Kathryn Card, Hayden Rorke, Harry Holcombe, Vassili Lambrinos, Fred Essler, Lauren Gilbert, George Mitchell, Amy Douglass
A determined woman, Molly Brown (Debbie Reynolds), was raised as an orphan in the wilderness and is determined to gain wealth and a place in society. After marrying Johnny Brown (Harve Presnell), her dream of money comes true when Johnny strikes it rich with his silver mine. They move to Denver, but Molly is not accepted by her "high-society' neighbors, and the couple visits Europe to gain "sophistication." They return to Denver and invite European royalty to visit them, but still Molly's neighbors do not accept her. Meanwhile, her admiration for Prince Louis de Laniere (Vassili Lambrinos) causes problems in Molly's marriage, and she revisits Europe. On her return, she is aboard the Titanic when it sinks, but Molly rallies her fellow survivors in the lifeboat. She gains fame for her heroic actions, and, upon returning home to her loving husband, Molly finds that her Denver neighbors finally accept her. Debbie Reynolds was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, which was one of six nominations for the film.
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Warning Shot 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish, Stefanie Powers, Eleanor Parker, George Grizzard, George Sanders, Steve Allen, Carroll O'Connor, Joan Collins
Sgt. Tom Valens (David Janssen) strives to clear his name after he is suspected of killing a man during a stakeout when, in actuality, the man first pulled a gun on Valens.
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 Wild in the Streets 1968 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley, Richard Pryor, Bert Freed, Kevin Coughlin, Larry Bishop, Michael Margotta, Don Wyndham, Salli Sachse, May Ishihara, Kellie Flanagan
In this 1960s fantasy, pop singer/drug pusher Max Frost (Christopher Jones), the son of domineering mother Daphne (Shelley Winters), joins forces with Congressman Johnny Fergus (Hal Holbrook), and they employ trickery that results in 14-year-old children obtaining the vote. In a landslide election, Max is elected President of the United States, and now he wants to ship all adults to internment camps.
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1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
aka: Twelve Angry Men
2. Backfire (1950)
3. Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
4. Boomerang! (1947)
5. Boots Malone (1951)
6. Convicted (1950)
7. Dark City (1950)
8. Deadline U.S.A. (1952)
9. The Dunwich Horror (1970)
10. Firecreek (1968)
11. The Great Gatsby (1949)
12. Hang 'Em High (1968)
13. It Happens Every Spring (1949)
14. Lone Star (1952)
15. The Monitors (1969)
16. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
17. On Dangerous Ground (1952)
18. The Oscar (1966)
19. Patterns (1956)
aka: Patterns of Power
20. Sitting Pretty (1948)
21. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
22. Storybook (1995)
23. The Street with No Name (1948)
24. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
25. Tulsa (1949)
26. The Turning Point (1952)
27. The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
28. Warning Shot (1967)
29. Wild in the Streets (1968)
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