The Caine Mutiny 1954 N/R, 125 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, E.G. Marshall, Tom Tully, Robert Francis, Arthur Franz, Claude Akins, May Wynn, Warner Anderson, Katherine Warren, Jerry Paris, Steve Brodie
Humphrey Bogart plays Captain Queeg, the slightly mentally unbalanced captain of the U.S.S. Caine. Following a typhoon, Lieutenant Maryk (Van Johnson) is tried for mutiny because of his actions during the storm. Queeg's testimony and downfall as he rolls ball bearings in his fist is a classic scene. The film received several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Bogart), and Supporting Actor (Tom Tully).
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Call Me Mister 1951 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Dale Robertson, Benay Venuta, Richard Boone, Jeffrey Hunter, Harry von Zell, Jerry Paris
In this film, which is based on the Broadway musical, Dan Dailey takes on the role of Shep Dooley, the American GI who goes AWOL in Japan to meet with his wife, Kay (Betty Grable), who is touring with a USO troupe.
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Career 1959 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Anthony Cast: Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine, Carolyn Jones, Robert Middleton, Donna Douglas, Joan Blackman, Jerry Paris, Frank McHugh, Mary Treen
Sam Lawson (Tony Franciosa) suffers trials and tribulations on his way to stardom in a Broadway play.
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Drive a Crooked Road 1954 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Quine Cast: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly, Dick Crockett, Jerry Paris
In this story, written by Blake Edwards, Richard Quine, and James Benson Nablo, an auto mechanic, Eddie Shannon (Mickey Rooney), gets in trouble when he heeds a gangster's girlfriend's advances and aids in preparing the getaway car for a bank robbery.
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Flight to Tangier 1953 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Marquis Warren Cast: Joan Fontaine, Jack Palance, Corinne Calvet, Robert Douglas, Marcel Dalio, Jeff Morrow, Richard Shannon, Murray Matheson, John Wengraf, Jerry Paris
This film–originally shot in 3-D–is filled with adventure as surviving passengers of a plane crash greedily scramble to get their hands on $3 million in stolen money that is discovered in the wreckage.
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Good Morning, Miss Dove 1955 N/R, 107 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster Cast: Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Kipp Hamilton, Robert Douglas, Peggy Knudsen, Marshall Thompson, Chuck Connors, Biff Elliot, Jerry Paris, Mary Wickes
This is the touching, well-made story of Miss Dove, a small-town teacher who inspired generations of students. She is now hospitalized and her current and former students rally around her as she reflects on the past via flashbacks.
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The Lady Takes a Flyer 1958 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Arnold Cast: Lana Turner, Richard Denning, Jeff Chandler, Andra Martin, Chuck Connors, Reta Shaw, Alan Hale Jr., Jerry Paris, Nestor Paiva
Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler are strong-willed pilots who fall in love, marry, and have problems combining their professional and personal lives.
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Marty 1955 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Delbert Mann Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Joe Mantell, Jerry Paris, Karen Steele, Minerva Urecal, Robin Morse, Walter Kelley, James Bell, Charles Cane, John Dennis, Frank Sutton, Silvio Minciotti
Two lonely and unattractive people–34-year-old bachelor Marty (Ernest Borgnine), who lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti), and schoolteacher Clara (Betsy Blair)–meet at the Stardust Ballroom in Manhattan and are attracted to each other. But, when Marty's mother and friends criticize Clara, Marty does not call her–until he realizes that a loving relationship with Clara is more important to him than the relationships he shares with his friends and mother. The film received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Actor (Borgnine), Director, and Screenplay. Betsy Blair and Joe Mantell were nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor.
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The Naked and the Dead 1958 N/R, 131 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh Cast: Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Lili St. Cyr, Barbara Nichols, William Campbell, Richard Jaeckel, Joey Bishop, Jerry Paris, L.Q. Jones
In this World War II drama, based on Norman Mailer's novel, tough Sgt. Croft (Aldo Ray) and the idealistic Lt. Hearn (Cliff Robertson) display differing methods as they strive for success in their mission of getting their squad behind enemy lines to observe Japanese troop movements.
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The Naked Street 1955 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Maxwell Shane Cast: Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Peter Graves, Jerry Paris, Frank Sully, Whit Bissell, Jeanne Cooper
Gangster Phil Regal (Anthony Quinn) gets low-life Nicky Bradna (Farley Granger) off death row so he can marry Regal's pregnant sister, Rosalie (Anne Bancroft), and make an honest woman of her.
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Never a Dull Moment 1968 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore, Tony Bill, Slim Pickens, Jack Elam, Ned Glass, Richard Bakalyan
While planning a heist, a gangster (Edward G. Robinson) hires an unsuspecting comedian (Dick Van Dyke) to help in his plot. Disney, but certainly not one of the best.
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No Name on the Bullet 1959 N/R, 77 min. Genre: Western
Director: Jack Arnold Cast: Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans, R.G. Armstrong, Virginia Grey, Warren Stevens, Willis Bouchey, Whit Bissell, Edgar Stehli, Simon Scott, Karl Swenson, Jerry Paris
Professional assassin John Gant (Audie Murphy) rides into Lordsburg causing paranoia among many in the town who have shady pasts. Who is the intended victim? One of Audie Murphy's best roles.
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985 PG-13, 97 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Colleen Camp, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, Bob Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Art Metrano, Julie Brown, Peter Van Norden, Ed Herlihy, Tim Kazurinsky
Episode two is just as inane as episode one, but this time the group of inept rookies is set loose on the public.
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986 PG, 84 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Bob Goldthwait, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Leslie Easterbrook, Brant von Hoffman, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thomson, Shawn Weatherly, Ed Nelson
Still just as inane as the first two movies, this one involves rival academies joining forces. Nevertheless, fans flocked to the theaters to see their heroes.
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Star Spangled Girl 1971 G, 92 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris Cast: Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, Todd Susman, Elizabeth Allen, Art Lewis, Allen Jung, Helen Kleeb, Harry Northrup, Gordon Bosserman, Jim Conners
Sandy Duncan, as an all-American girl, is the only bright spot in this Neil Simon failure. Our heroine is up against radical newspapermen (Tony Roberts and Todd Susman).
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Submarine Command 1951 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, Don Taylor, Arthur Franz, Darryl Hickman, Jack Kelly, Moroni Olsen, Jerry Paris, Charles Meredith
Set during the Korean War, the psychological conflicts of submarine Captain White (William Holden) outweigh his sea battles as he deals with his role in the death of two shipmates.
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Unchained 1955 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Hall Bartlett Cast: Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan, Barbara Hale, Johnny Johnston, Jerry Paris, Peggy Knudsen, Chuck Connors, Tim Considine, John Qualen
Based on a true story this film tells about life on a prison farm in Chino, California. This film's theme song, "Unchained Melody," became a classic (and was nominated for an Oscar).
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The View from Pompey's Head 1955 N/R, 97 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Dunne Cast: Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell, Sidney Blackmer, Jerry Paris, Marjorie Rambeau, Bess Flowers, Ruby Goodwin, Howard Wendell, Dayton Lummis
A NYC lawyer (Richard Egan) returns to his Southern hometown on a case and renews an aquaintanence with a woman (Dana Wynter) out of his past and views the prejudices that still exist there.
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The Wild One 1953 N/R, 79 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen, Jerry Paris, Alvy Moore, Peggy Maley, Hugh Sanders, Ray Teal, John Brown, Will Wright
When a motorcycle gang descends on a small town in California, trouble is a certainty for the citizens. Dated now, but a big deal in the 1950s, and it set the standard for future cycle flicks. A great, early Marlon Brando performance as motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler.
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Zero Hour! 1957 N/R, 81 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Hall Bartlett Cast: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Geoffrey Toone, Jerry Paris, Peggy King, Patricia Tiernan, Charles Quinliven, Raymond Ferrell, David Thursby, Willis Bouchey, Russell Thorson, John Ashley
While in flight, the crew of a Canadian passenger plane comes down with ptomaine poisoning, and the only one who can save the plane is World War II flying ace Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews). But, Stryker is suffering from trauma brought on from a fatal mission during the war and fears flying. But wait, a ground controller, Treleaven (Sterling Hayden), offers full radio support, and Stryker takes the controls to land the plane.
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| 1. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
2. Call Me Mister (1951)
3. Career (1959)
4. D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
5. Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1967)
6. Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
7. Flight to Tangier (1953)
8. The Flying Missile (1950)
9. Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
10. How Sweet It Is! (1968)
11. The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
12. Leo and Loree (1980)
13. Marty (1955)
14. The Naked and the Dead (1958)
15. The Naked Street (1955)
16. Never a Dull Moment (1968)
17. No Name on the Bullet (1959)
18. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
19. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
20. Star Spangled Girl (1971)
21. Submarine Command (1951)
22. Unchained (1955)
23. The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
24. The Wild One (1953)
25. Zero Hour! (1957)
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