Back from Eternity 1956  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk, Keith Andes, Gene Barry, Fred Clark, Beulah Bondi, Jesse White, Adele Mara
Following their plane crash in the South American jungle, the survivors must work their way through headhunter country on their perilous trek back to civilization. Remake of "Five Came Back."
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The Bad Seed 1956  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Eileen Heckart, Henry Jones, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Paul Fix, Jesse White, Frank Cady, Gage Clarke, Joan Croydon
What happens when a mother discovers that her adorable little daughter (Patty McCormack) loves nothing more than to commit murder? In this frightening remake of the Broadway play, Nancy Kelly received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and both Patty McCormack and Eileen Heckart received Best Supporting Actress nominations.
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 Bedtime for Bonzo 1951   N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Jesse White, Lucille Barkley, Herbert Heyes, Herb Vigran, Harry Tyler, Edward Gargan, Ann Tyrrell
In this light-hearted film, a college professor (Ronald Reagan) raises a chimpanzee in order to prove that it is environment, not heredity, that determines personality traits.
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The Big Night 1960 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Randy Sparks, Venetia Stevenson, Dick Foran, Jesse White, Dick Contino, Frank Ferguson, Paul Langton, House Peters Jr., Robert Paget, Marc Cavell, Kay E. Kuter, Anna Lee
Frank (Randy Sparks) and Ellie (Venetia Stevenson) watch as a car being chased by the police crosses a bridge, and one of the passengers tosses a briefcase into the canal. Later, Frank retrieves it and, instead of notifying the police, hides it nearby. He reads about a robbery in which $209,000 was stolen and two robbers were slain but still keeps his secret cache hidden. Problems ensue when the third robber, Carl Farrow (Dick Contino), returns to the scene and finds the case missing. Now, both the police and Farrow set out to find the stolen money
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The Brothers O'Toole 1973  G, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Richard Erdman
Cast: John Astin, Steve Carlson, Pat Carroll, Hans Conried, Lee Meriwether, Allyn Joslyn, Jesse White, Richard Erdman, Richard Jury, Miranda Barry, Francelle Fuller, Ted Claassen, Harlan Knudson, Leon Inge, Jacques Hampton
This Western comedy involves a convoluted plot about two brothers, Michael and Timothy O'Toole (John Astin and Steve Carlson), searching for gold. When they arrive in a Colorado mining town, the townsfolk believe that Michael is a bad guy and arrest him. Now, Timothy must find a way to rescue his brother–and the solution just might lie in the mine that lies hidden under the town. Along the way, they manage to rescue fair damsels in distress.
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Callaway Went Thataway 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Star Said No
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel, Jesse White, Fay Roope, Elisabeth Fraser, Stan Freberg, Natalie Schafer, Douglas Kennedy, Don Haggerty
This spoof of the Western genre features cameo appearances by a number of Hollywood stars. The plot involves promoters Mike (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah (Dorothy McGuire) substituting a look-a-like cowboy (Howard Keel) for the real star (also Howard Keel) who is an alcoholic.
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The Cat from Outer Space 1978 G, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Sandy Duncan, Ken Berry, Hans Conried, McLean Stevenson, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall, Ronnie Schell, Jesse White, Alan Young, James Hampton, Howard Platt, William Prince, Ralph Manza, Tom Pedi
This Disney film is about an extra-terrestrial cat named Jake who inadvertently lands and becomes stranded on Earth. Two scientists (Sandy Duncan and Ken Barry) help the feline return to its home but not before the cat has numerous adventures here on planet Earth.
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Dear Brigitte 1965 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Fabian, Glynis Johns, Cindy Carol, Bill Mumy, John Williams, Ed Wynn, Jack Kruschen, Brigitte Bardot, Jesse White
The Leaf family is headed by a professor father, Robert (James Stewart). Problems revolve around the son, Erasmus (Bill Mumy), who is more interested in the practical versus his father's ethereal subjects.
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Death of a Salesman 1951  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell, Howard Smith, Royal Beal, Don Keefer, Jesse White, Claire Carleton, Elisabeth Fraser
Willie Loman (Fredric March) is Arthur Miller's traveling salesman who realizes his life has been a waste. His solution is suicide; through the use of flashbacks his tragedy is told.
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Designing Woman 1957 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray, Sam Levene, Mickey Shaughnessy, Chuck Connors, Tom Helmore, Jesse White, Edward Platt, Alvy Moore
George Wells won the Oscar for Best Story or Screenplay for this tale about a sports writer, Mike (Gregory Peck), who falls in love with and marries a fashion designer, Marilla (Lauren Bacall). After the excitement of courtship ends, Mike and Marilla realize that they face problems combining their very different worlds of sports and fashions.
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Forever Female 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, James Gleason, Jesse White, Marjorie Rambeau, George Reeves, King Donovan, Marion Ross, Pat Crowley
An aging summer-stock star tries to take on roles meant for much younger actresses in this perceptive, and very funny, story.
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Francis Goes to the Races 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Barry Kelley, Hayden Rorke, Vaughn Taylor, Larry Keating, Don Beddoe, Chill Wills
Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his talking mule, Francis (voice of Chill Wills), get involved in the horse-breeding game in this Francis entry. While Peter falls for the boss' niece (Piper Laurie) and Francis coaches a sorry excuse for a racehorse to win the big race, they have time to take care of some gangsters.
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The Girl Rush 1955 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Pirosh
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Eddie Albert, Gloria DeHaven, Marion Lorne, James Gleason, Douglas Fowley, Jesse White, Larry Gates, George Chandler
Kim Halliday (Rosalind Russell) is a proper museum curator who inherits a Las Vegas casino and–with her Aunt Clara (Marion Lorne) in tow–heads West to run her new business venture.
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God Is My Partner 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William F. Claxton
Cast: Walter Brennan, John Hoyt, Marion Ross, Jesse White, Ellen Corby, Paul Cavanagh, Nancy Kulp
An elderly surgeon, Doctor Charles Grayson (Walter Brennan), decides to give away his life savings to get closer to heaven, but his nephews will stop at almost nothing to protect what they believe should be their inheritance.
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 Harvey 1950  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Victoria Horne, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Wallace Ford, Nana Bryant, Clem Bevans, William H. Lynn, Grayce Mills, Gino Corrado, Ida Moore, Dick Wessel
James Stewart plays Elwood P. Dowd, a middle-aged eccentric who often drinks too much. Elwood has an imaginary friend–a very tall rabbit named Harvey. This social commentary on sanity pits Elwood against his social-climbing relatives. Josephine Hull won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her fine performance as Elwood's sister Veta Louise Simmons. Stewart received a nomination for Best Actor.
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He Laughed Last 1956 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Frankie Laine, Lucy Marlow, Anthony Dexter, Richard Long, Alan Reed, Robin Morse, Jesse White, Henry Slate, Peter Brocco, Paul Dubov
This film is narrated by Frankie Laine and is an enjoyable parody on gangster films that flourished about the Roaring Twenties.
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It's Only Money 1962 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Zachary Scott, Joan O'Brien, Mae Questel, Jesse White, Jack Weston, Ted de Corsia, Barbara Pepper, Milton Frome, Michael Ross
Bumbling Lester March (Jerry Lewis) is an amateur detective who comes close to losing his own life while searching for a lost heir.
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Matinee 1993 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, Lucinda Jenney, Jesse White, Dick Miller, John Sayles, David Clennon
Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) brings his horror film to the Key West area just as the Cuban Missile crisis is in full swing. The combination of real and pretend horror sets off a chain of events that affects some teenage lives.
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Monster in the Closet 1986 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Dahlin
Cast: Donald Grant, Denise DuBarry, Howard Duff, Henry Gibson, Claude Akins, Donald Moffat, Paul Dooley, John Carradine, Jesse White, Paul Walker
What are all of those recognizable names doing in a Troma film? It's really bad, but typical Troma, and avoids bomb status by it's funny ineptness. This spoof of 1950s' monster/sci-fi/horror films follows a "mild-mannered" reporter, a professor, and the professor's son as they try to get to the bottom of why dead people (and a dog) are turning up in closets. After a few more murders, they find the cause to be a monster. Now, how to get rid of it–bombs, xylophone playing, etc. don't work. Maybe the army will have to destroy all closets.
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Not as a Stranger 1955  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Broderick Crawford, Charles Bickford, Jesse White, Harry Morgan
This story begins with a young medical student (Robert Mitchum) and the nurse (Olivia de Havilland) who marries him and helps put him through medical school. The plot then follows him into private practice as a country doctor.
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On the Double 1961 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Margaret Rutherford, Diana Dors, Allan Cuthbertson, Jesse White, Gregory Walcott, Rex Evans, Edgar Barrier
Private First Class Ernie Williams (Danny Kaye) impersonates a high-ranking British officer to confuse the Nazis about D-Day plans.
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Pajama Party 1964 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: The Maid and the Martian
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Elsa Lanchester, Harvey Lembeck, Jesse White, Jody McCrea, Ben Lessy, Susan Hart, Bobbi Shaw, Buster Keaton
Tommy Kirk takes over for Frankie Avalon (who makes a cameo appearance) in this fourth installment of the Beach Party crowd. A Martian teenager (Kirk) is sent to Earth to check out the place for an invasion. He ends up saving the day and getting the girl. Buster Keaton and Bobbi Shaw save the film in brief performances–especially Shaw. "Beach Blanket Bingo" sends the group back outside in the next episode.
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Witness to Murder 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White, Harry Shannon, Claire Carleton, Lewis Martin, Fred Graham, Harry Tyler, Juanita Moore
After witnessing a murder, Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck) has problems convincing police Lieutenant Lawrence Mathews (Gary Merrill) that she is not imagining the crime. Her life is in real peril because the murderer, Albert Richter (George Sanders), knows she was an eyewitness.
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| 1. Back from Eternity (1956)
2. The Bad Seed (1956)
3. Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
4. The Big Night (1960)
5. The Brothers O'Toole (1973)
6. Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
aka: The Star Said No
7. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
8. Dear Brigitte (1965)
9. Death of a Salesman (1951)
10. Designing Woman (1957)
11. Forever Female (1953)
12. Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
13. The Girl Rush (1955)
14. God Is My Partner (1957)
15. Harvey (1950)
16. He Laughed Last (1956)
17. It's Only Money (1962)
18. Matinee (1993)
19. Monster in the Closet (1986)
20. Not as a Stranger (1955)
21. On the Double (1961)
22. Pajama Party (1964)
aka: The Maid and the Martian
23. The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
24. Witness to Murder (1954)
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