16 Fathoms Deep 1948  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Irving Allen
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Arthur Lake, Eric Feldary, Tanis Chandler, John Qualen, Dickie Moore, Ian MacDonald, Harry Cheshire, John Bleifer
While Lon Chaney Jr. played the good-guy sponge fisherman in the 1934 film ("Sixteen Fathoms Deep"), this time around his character has many flaws. Lloyd Bridges is cast as the heroic diver to counterbalance Chaney's role.
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 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Vincent Price, Clarence Straight
This is one of Abbott and Costello's funniest efforts. Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi join in on this satire of their horror shows.
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Ace Drummond 1936 N/R, 255 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith
Cast: John "Dusty" King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Guy Bates Post, Lon Chaney Jr., Jackie Morrow, Selmer Jackson, Robert Warwick, Arthur Loft, C. Montague Shaw, Frederick Vogeding, Al Bridge, James B. Leong, James Eagles, Chester Gan
Based on events in the life of World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker (who also created the comic strip character of Ace Drummond), Ace (John "Dusty" King) is a flying G-man who is sent to Mongolia to uncover the identity of a villain known as "The Dragon." While there, he meets Peggy (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her missing father. It takes 13 episodes, but together they take care of both problems.
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Albuquerque 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lon Chaney Jr., Russell Hayden, George Cleveland, Irving Bacon, Catherine Craig, Bernard Nedell, Russell Simpson
Cole Armin (Randolph Scott) lives under the shadow of his uncle–until he is pushed too far and sets out to right his uncle's wrongs.
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The Alligator People 1959 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Beverly Garland, George Macready, Richard Crane, Lon Chaney Jr., Frieda Inescort, Bruce Bennett, Ruby Goodwin, Douglas Kennedy, Hal K. Dawson, Dudley Dickerson, Bill Bradley, John Frederick, Vince Townsend Jr., Lee Warren
Paul and Jane Webster (Richard Crane and Beverly Garland) are newlyweds riding on a train when Paul receives a telegram. He gets off at a station, and the train leaves before he re-boards. Jane spends years searching for Paul. She finally finds him in the Louisiana bayou country and discovers that Paul has been given reptile genes as the means to bring him back to health, and he is now transformed into an alligator mutant.
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Apache Uprising 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Gene Evans, Richard Arlen, Arthur Hunnicutt, DeForest Kelley, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Parker
A gold robbery and Apache uprising are thwarted by Jim Walker (Rory Calhoun) who waylays danger from his town.
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Badlands of Dakota 1941  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Broderick Crawford, Hugh Herbert, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr., Fuzzy Knight, Samuel S. Hinds, Addison Richards, Glenn Strange
Set during the gold-rush era in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) keeps the gangsters under control while trying to keep Calamity Jane's (Frances Farmer) romantic intentions at bay. Meanwhile, two brothers (Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford), fight over a woman (Ann Rutherford).
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Behave Yourself 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Beck
Cast: Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest, Francis L. Sullivan, Lon Chaney Jr., Hans Conried, Elisha Cook Jr., Allen Jenkins, Sheldon Leonard
After Bill (Farley Granger) and Kate (Shelley Winters) take in a stray dog, their lives change when the dog's former owners, a group of mobsters, want the dog back.
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Big House, U.S.A. 1955 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard W. Koch
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, Randy Farr, William Talman, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bronson, Roy Roberts, Willis Bouchey
Convict Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) breaks out of prison in order to recover a cache of money he extorted earlier and wants back in his possession.
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Billy the Kid 1941  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Miller
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry O'Neill, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank Conlan, Frank Puglia, Cy Kendall, Ted Adams, Mitchell Lewis, Dick Curtis, Grant Withers
Although Billy the Kid (Robert Taylor) was a cold-hearted murderer, this film sympathizes with his psychotic personality.
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Bird of Paradise 1932  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Joel McCrea, Dolores del Rio, John Halliday, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Lon Chaney Jr., Bert Roach, Napoleon Pukui, Wade Boteler, Creighton Hale, Arnold Gray
Romance blooms when an adventurer (Joel McCrea) arrives on a South Seas island and falls in love with a beautiful native (Dolores del Rio).
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The Black Sleep 1956 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton
To rescue his wife from her catatonic state, a mad scientist performs human brain transplants in his remote castle. Dull material for this good horror cast.
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Black Spurs 1965 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr., Bruce Cabot, Richard Arlen, Terry Moore, Patricia Owens, Jerome Courtland, DeForest Kelley
Bounty hunter Santee (Rory Calhoun) is brought to town to stir up the citizens and divert attention away from a scheming railroad baron.
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The Boy from Oklahoma 1954 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Wallace Ford, Merv Griffin, Sheb Wooley, Slim Pickens, Clem Bevans, Louis Jean Heydt
Tom Brewster (Will Rogers Jr.) becomes sheriff of a small town and keeps law and order in his own unique way.
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Bride of the Gorilla 1951 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curt Siodmak
Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh, Ray Corrigan, Paul Maxey, Carol Varga, Woody Strode, Martin Garralaga
This movie is bad enough to be fun to watch. Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) oversees a jungle plantation and falls under a native curse after killing his employer.
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Buckskin 1968 G, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael D. Moore
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney Jr., John Russell, Barbara Hale, Barton MacLane, Bill Williams, Richard Arlen, Leo Gordon
When cattle baron Rep Marlowe (Wendell Corey) threatens homesteaders, frontier sheriff Chaddock (Barry Sullivan) comes to their aid.
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The Bushwackers 1952 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rodney Amateau
Cast: John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone, Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Elam, Myrna Dell, Frank Marlowe, William Holmes, Ward Wood, Charles Trowbridge, Norman Leavitt
A Civil War veteran (John Ireland) returns home and hopes for peace. However, he is forced to fight again–this time against greed and corruption as well as for his love (Dorothy Malone).
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Calling Dr. Death 1943 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Holmes Herbert, Fay Helm, Alec Craig, Frederick Giermann, George Eldredge
In this, the first of the "Inner Sanctum" series, Doctor Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) is one of the chief suspects after his wife is brutally murdered.
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Captain China 1949 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Bergen, Michael O'Shea, Ellen Corby, Robert Armstrong
An ex-sea captain, who was relieved of his command, gets the chance to vindicate himself when caught in a storm at sea.
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Casanova's Big Night 1954 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Marlowe, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, Frank Puglia
Pippo (Bob Hope) is a mere tailor's apprentice who is mistaken for the notorious lover, Casanova, and is called on to test the fidelity of a young lady of the court.
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Charlie Chan in City in Darkness 1939 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: City in Darkness
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Cast: Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Richard Clarke, Harold Huber, Leo G. Carroll, Lon Chaney Jr., Pedro de Cordoba, Dorothy Tree, Douglass Dumbrille, C. Henry Gordon, Noel Madison, Louis Mercier, George Davis, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Barbara Leonard
When Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) visits friends from World War I in Paris, he finds that Paris is a city of darkness because of air raids preparing for the possible outbreak of World War II. Munitions maker Petroff (Douglass Dumbrille) is murdered, and Charlie investigates. The clues lead to espionage and arms dealings with the Nazis. At the film's end, Charlie talks about the evils of conference table bargaining.
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Charlie Chan on Broadway 1937 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Joan Marsh, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Woods, Leon Ames, Marc Lawrence, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Lon Chaney Jr.
After two people are murdered, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) investigates and enters a world of political corruption and gossip columnists on the Broadway scene.
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Cobra Woman 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Barrier, Mary Nash, Samuel S. Hinds, Moroni Olsen, Fritz Leiber, Lois Collier
Maria Montez plays twin sisters–Toilea is the prisoner of her evil sister, Princess Nadja. When Toilea's fiance (Jon Hall) tries to rescue her, confusion reigns as he tries to discern the true identity of the look-alike sisters.
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Counterfeiters 1948 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, Lon Chaney Jr., George O'Hanlon, Herbert Rawlinson, Pierre Watkin, Robert Kent, Don C. Harvey, Joi Lansing
John Sutton plays a Scotland Yard investigator who establishes himself as an undercover agent and brings an end to the illegal counterfeiting business of a gang of talented criminals.
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Crazy House 1943 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha O'Driscoll, Patric Knowles, Cass Daley, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Hans Conried, Many Guest Stars
Comics Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson make a movie about making a movie in this very entertaining musical comedy.
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Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer 1956 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Albert C. Gannaway, Ismael Rodriguez
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., Faron Young, Kem Dibbs, Damian O'Flynn, Jacqueline Evans, Nancy Rodman, Eduardo Noriega, Fred Kohler Jr., Claudio Brook
This low-budget biography of Daniel Boone (Bruce Bennett) is entertaining and educational as it tells the story of Boone's pioneering efforts into Kentucky.
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The Defiant Ones 1958 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles McGraw, King Donovan, Claude Akins, Whit Bissell, Lawrence Dobkin, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Kevin Caughlin
Hatred turns into understanding and finally love when two escaped convicts (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) must lean on each other to survive. This movie, about the futility of racial hatred, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Actor (both Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier), Supporting Actor (Theodore Bikel), Supporting Actress (Cara Williams), Director, and Film Editing. It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors 1967  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Gallery of Horror
Blood Suckers
Return from the Past
Director: David L. Hewitt
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Rochelle Hudson, Ron Brogan, Mitch Evans, Roger Gentry, Karen Joy, Ron Doyle, Margaret Moore, Vic McGee
John Carradine narrates this weak anthology of five horror/comedy stories. It is simply a waste of both the actors' and viewers' time.
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein 1971 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: Blood of Frankenstein
The Revenge of Dracula
Director: Al Adamson
Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Eisley, Regina Carrol, Greydon Clark, Angelo Rossitto, Anne Morrell, Jim Davis, Russ Tamblyn, Zandor Vorkov, William Bonner, John Bloom, Forrest J Ackerman, Shelly Weiss, Maria Lease
This film brings together J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Frankenstein and Lon Chaney Jr. as Frankenstein's mute assistant Groton in their final film. Judith (Regina Carrol) is searching for her missing sister who, it turns out, has been killed by Groton. Frankenstein is running a house of horrors and experiments on Groton's victims. Judith teams up with Mike (Anthony Eisley) in the search for her sister. Meanwhile, Count Dracula (Zandor Vorkov) unites with Dr. Frankenstein to bring back the monster and ensure a good supply of blood. They succeed, Judith and Mike are confronted by the monster, and a deadly battle ensues.
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Eyes of the Underworld 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Richard Dix, Wendy Barrie, Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Corrigan, Don Porter, Billy Lee, Marc Lawrence, Edward Pawley, Joseph Crehan, Wade Boteler
Just as police chief Richard Bryan (Richard Dix) is about to obtain success in ridding his town of mobsters, his own past prison record comes back to haunt him.
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Flame of Araby 1951  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Maxwell Reed, Susan Cabot, Lon Chaney Jr., Buddy Baer, Richard Egan, Royal Dano, Dewey Martin, Neville Brand
Tunisian princess Tanya (Maureen O'Hara), trying to escape an arranged marriage, offers herself as the prize in a horse race in which she hopes Tamerlane (Jeff Chandler) will win–riding his black stallion to victory. 1 User Review
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Don Barclay, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye, Harry Stubbs, Jeff Corey, Torben Meyer, Doris Lloyd, Martha Vickers
"The Wolf Man" Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) has been resurrected from the dead, and a gypsy lady, Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), tells him that the only way to stay dead is to talk to Dr. Frankenstein. Maleva joins Lawrence in his search for Frankenstein, and when they find Frankenstein's daughter Elsa (Ilona Massey), they learn that Frankenstein has died. Elsa is engaged to scientist Dr. Manning (Patric Knowles) who tries to cure Larry. But, when Frankenstein's monster (Bela Lugosi) is discovered in a block of ice, Larry chips him out, and a battle ensues.
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Frontier Marshal 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Eddie Foy Jr., Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Si Jenks, Harry Woods
The O.K. Corral, with its gunfight involving the legendary Wyatt Earp and Doc Halliday, provides the climax of this story–a precursor to "My Darling Clementine."
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The Frozen Ghost 1945 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone, Douglass Dumbrille, Martin Kosleck, Elena Verdugo, Tala Birell, Arthur Hohl, Eddie Acuff, Leyland Hodgson
This movie was part of the "Inner Sanctum" series. The story is about a hypnotist who, under the influence of two men, begins to fear the powers of his profession.
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Ghost Catchers 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr., Kirby Grant, Walter Catlett, Henry Armetta, Frank Mitchell
A good and Johnson comedy as they help a Southern colonel and his daughters rid their home of ghosts.
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The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Doris Lloyd, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Dwight Frye, Janet Ann Gallow, Barton Yarborough, Olaf Hytten, Lionel Belmore, Harry Cording
Ygor (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) have survived the wrath of the mob of villagers and arrive at a Balkan village where Dr. Frankenstein's son, Ludwig (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), now lives. Igor and Dr. Bohmer (Lionel Atwill) convince Ludwig to place a new brain in the Monster's head. Through sly work on the part of Igor, he manages to get his own brain transplanted into the Monster, which, of course, results in disaster.
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The Haunted Palace 1963 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell, Leo Gordon, Elisha Cook Jr., John Dierkes, Milton Parsons, Harry Ellerbe, I. Stanford Jolley
This story is about a warlock who was killed by residents of a New England town and has now cast an evil spell on the town's present inhabitants. The story was remade in 1991 as "The Resurrected."
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Here Come the Co-Eds 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Peggy Ryan, Martha O'Driscoll, Lon Chaney Jr., Donald Cook, Charles Dingle, June Vincent, Richard Lane, Joe Kirk
Janitors Slats (Bud Abbott) and Oliver (Lou Costello) help raise funds for the posh girl's school where they work.
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 High Noon 1952   N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western / Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Thomas Mitchell, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Harry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef, Eve McVeagh, Morgan Farley, Harry Shannon, Robert J. Wilke, Sheb Wooley
Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Marshal who, despite his Quaker bride's (Grace Kelly) objections, bravely faces an avenging murderer. Oscars were also awarded for Best Song: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')," Musical Score, and Film Editing. Nominations were also received for Best Picture, Director, and Writing.
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House 1967 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Ferlin Husky, Joi Lansing, Don Bowman, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Basil Rathbone, Molly Bee, Merle Haggard, Sonny James
In this sequel to "Las Vegas Hillbillies," two Country/Western singers (Ferlin Husky and Joi Lansing) head for Nashville, but along the way they stop for the night in a creepy old mansion.
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House of Dracula 1945 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Martha O'Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Onslow Stevens, Ludwig Stossel, Glenn Strange, Skelton Knaggs, Joseph E. Bernard, Jane(2) Adams
Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) is the catalyst for bringing together Dracula (John Carradine), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) for one more fling in the horror genre. Can he "cure" them, or will he be a victim? Follows "House of Frankenstein."
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House of Frankenstein 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Elena Verdugo, Peter Coe, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, Sig Ruman, William Edmunds, Philip Van Zandt, Hans Herbert, Julius Tannen
Doctor Nieman (Boris Karloff) escapes from prison and is joined by an infamous group of characters–Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), Dracula (John Carradine), and Frankenstein's Monster (Glenn Strange). The doctor and his hunchback sidekick are on the road posing as horror show operators. Followed by "House of Dracula."
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I Died a Thousand Times 1955 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Earl Holliman, Dennis Hopper, Howard St. John, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Perry Lopez, Richard Davalos, Olive Carey
In this remake of "High Sierra," Jack Palance plays the bank robber who ends his tragic life in the Sierra Mountains while trying to elude the police.
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The Indestructible Man 1956 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Pollexfen
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr, Ross Elliott, Stuart Randall, Robert Shayne, Ken Terrell, Joe Flynn, Roy Engel
This is an entertaining film for horror film lovers and lovers of Lon Chaney Jr. An innocent man (Chaney Jr.) is executed but is brought back, with superhuman powers, to take revenge.
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The Indian Fighter 1955 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Abel, Walter Matthau, Lon Chaney Jr., Diana Douglas, Eduard Franz, Alan Hale Jr., Elisha Cook Jr., William Phipps
The Sioux are understandably upset with settlers taking over their land and stealing their gold. Enter a wagon train, with its leader Johnny Hawks (Kirk Douglas), winding its way through dangerous Sioux territory.
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Inside Straight 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gerald Mayer
Cast: David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge, Paula Raymond, Lon Chaney Jr., Roland Winters, Claude Jarman Jr., John Hoyt, Barbara Billingsley
A poker game, set up by Rip MacCool (David Brian), is the vehicle for telling MacCool's history through flashbacks.
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 Jesse James 1939 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry Hull, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Donald Meek
Ruthless Jesse James (Tyrone Power) and his brother, Frank (Henry Fonda), seek revenge through bank robberies after the Midland Railroad fought for their family land. Fonda returns in a sequel: "The Return of Frank James."
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The Last Frontier 1932 N/R, 212 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Storey
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Gulliver, Ralph Bushman, William Desmond, Richard Neill, Joe Bonomo, Pete Morrison, Yakima Canutt, LeRoy Mason, Frank Lackteen, Judith Barrie, Ben Corbett
In this 12-episode serial, newspaper editor Tom Kirby (Lon Chaney Jr.), disguising himself as the masked "Black Ghost," takes on outlaw Tiger Morris (Richard Neill) who drives settlers away so he can have gold-laden property for himself. Tom gets help from Western heroes, including Wild Bill Hickock and General Custer. Remake of the 1926 feature-length film.
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Law of the Lawless 1964 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William F. Claxton
Cast: Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo, William Bendix, Bruce Cabot, Barton MacLane, John Agar, Richard Arlen, Bill Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Jody McCrea
A former gunfighter reforms and becomes circuit Judge Clem Roger (Dale Robertson) and brings law and order to the old West in the 1880s.
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The Life of Vergie Winters 1934 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Ann Harding, John Boles, Helen Vinson, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson, Lon Chaney Jr., Ben Alexander, Donald Crisp, Walter Brennan, Sara Haden
Based on Louis Bromfield's novel, this is the story of a woman (Ann Harding) who rises above petty gossip and makes a go of her life. A handkerchief may be needed for some.
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A Lion Is in the Streets 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Jeanne Cagney, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank McHugh, Larry Keating, Onslow Stevens
Hank Martin (Cagney) is a Southern hustler and con artist who tries to make it big as a backwoods politician. He steps on anyone and everyone he meets until he's stopped by a bullet. This would be just a so-so movie without Cagney and his favorite director (Raoul Walsh), but with them it packs a pretty good wallop.
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Man Made Monster 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Atomic Monster
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds, William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, Constance Bergen, Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank O'Connor, Byron Foulger, Russell Hicks, John Dilson, Chester Gan
Lon Chaney Jr. plays "Dynamo" Dan McCormick who is a carnival side-show performer using his immunity from absorbing large volts of electricity as his act. After riding on a bus that crashes into an electric pole, Dan is the sole survivor. Dan recuperates at the home of mad scientist Dr. Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill) where Rigas uses him for experiments and turns Dan into a "man made monster" controlled by Rigas. When Rigas' colleague Dr. John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds) wants him to stop the experiment, Rigas orders Dan to kill him. The deed is done, but Dan is arrested and sentenced to the electric chair where he absorbs the electricity and again becomes a superhuman–now ready to seek revenge.
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Manfish 1956 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols, Tessa Prendergast, Vincent Chang, Theodore Purcell, John Vere, Arnold Shanks, Eric Coverly
A search for pirate treasure in Jamaica's waters turns to murder as greed overtakes the "Professor" (Victor Jory) when he murders the ship's captain, Brannigan (John Bromfield), and then tries to hide the corpse.
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Money, Women and Guns 1958 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Bartlett
Cast: Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Tim Hovey, Gene Evans, Tom Drake, Lon Chaney Jr., James Gleason, Ian MacDonald, William Campbell, Jeffrey Stone
Utilizing the will for evidence, detective Hogan (Jock Mahoney) searches for the killer of a wealthy man by investigating those who would benefit from his death.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Tinling
Cast: Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Paul Fix
Ace detective Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) goes behind the scenes of the boxing world to unravel the truth behind a boxer's death.
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The Mummy's Curse 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine, Kay Harding, Dennis Moore, Holmes Herbert, Martin Kosleck, Kurt Katch, Addison Richards, Charles Stevens, William Farnum, Napoleon Simpson, Ann Codee, Budd Buster, Herbert Heywood
In this sequel to "The Mummy's Ghost," Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Princess Ananka (Virginia Christine) are dug out of the bog they disappeared into at the end of the earlier film. Archaeologist James Halsey (Dennis Moore) and his assistant Dr. Ilzor Zandaab (Peter Coe)–who, unknown to Halsey, is a member of the Egyptian cult of Akran–arrive to find the mummies who have been transferred to Cajun country after the bog was drained. Kharis and Ananka are revived when Zandaab obtains tanna leaves that he knows are the secret potion to bring them back. Ananka suffers from amnesia and wanders the streets. Kharis is determined to find her, and he wreaks havoc in Louisiana as he kills anyone who stands in his way. Will Halsey be the one to finally put the mummies away for good? This is the final film in the "Mummy" series.
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The Mummy's Ghost 1944 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, George Zucco, Frank Reicher, Harry Shannon, Emmett Vogan, Lester Sharpe, Claire Whitney, Oscar O'Shea, Ivan Triesault, Steve Barclay, Bess Flowers
This sequel to "The Mummy's Tomb" is yet another horror story involving Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney) who gets help from Cult of Akran member Yousef Bey (John Carradine) in the search for his lost love, Princess Ananka (Ramsay Ames). They travel to New England and learn that Ananka's soul has been taken over by an exchange student, Amina Mansouri (also played by Ames), who is studying with Egyptologist Norman (Frank Reicher) and has a boyfriend Tommy (Robert Lowery). Kharis stalks Amina, and when he learns that Yousef Bey is in love with his princess, he kills him. Now, with his reincarnated princess in his arms, the Mummy sinks into a bog and disappears. Followed by "The Mummy's Curse."
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The Mummy's Tomb 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Elyse Knox, John Hubbard, Turhan Bey, Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Mary Gordon, Virginia Brissac, Cliff Clark, Paul E. Burns, Frank Reicher, Emmett Vogan, Harry Cording, Rex Lease
In this sequel to "The Mummy's Hand," Lon Chaney Jr. makes his debut in the role of Kharis, the Mummy. Although it was assumed in the earlier film that archaeologist Steve Banning (Dick Foran) had killed the Mummy, he was only injured. Now, the Mummy is hiding in a Mapleton, Massachusetts, graveyard waiting for the first full moon in order to seek revenge against those who had desecrated Princess Ananka's tomb 30 years ago.
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My Favorite Brunette 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt, Reginald Denny, Frank Puglia, Ann Doran, Jack La Rue, Charles Dingle, Willard Robertson, Charles Arnt, Bing Crosby, James Flavin, Alan Ladd
This well-made spoof of mystery films features Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson, a photographer of children whose studio is next to the office of private detective Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd). Ronnie is mistaken for Sam and hired by Baroness Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour) to search for her missing uncle. The trail leads to a sanitarium and geologist James Collins (Reginald Denny). But, while investigating, Ronnie is attacked by Willie (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Kismet (Peter Lorre) and finds himself in the middle of murder and mayhem.
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 North West Mounted Police 1940 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, George Bancroft, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr., Regis Toomey, Richard Denning, Rod Cameron
Dusty Rivers (Gary Cooper) is a Texas Ranger who ends up working with the Canadian Mounties when he heads into their territory while on the trail of his man.
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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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 Of Mice and Men 1939  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Field, Bob Steele, Charles Bickford, Noah Beery Jr., Roman Bohnen, Oscar O'Shea, Granville Bates, Leona Roberts, Leigh Whipper, Helen Lynd, Barbara Pepper, Eddie Dunn, Howard M. Mitchell
This film is an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about California migrant workers during the Great Depression. George (Burgess Meredith) and his cousin Lennie (Lon Chaney Jr.) are workers dreaming of a better life; however, Lennie is mentally retarded, and George cannot always protect Lennie from himself. They are hired by rancher Jackson (Oscar O'Shea) but have problems with Jackson's son Curley (Bob Steele). Curley's wife Mae (Betty Field) flirts with Lennie, and, while consoling him over the death of a pet rabbit, Lennie accidentally strangles Mae, which leads to a tragic end.
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The Old Corral 1936 N/R, 52 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Serenade
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hope Manning, Cornelius Reefe, Lon Chaney Jr., John Bradford, Milburn Morante, Sons Of The Pioneers, Charles Sullivan, Roy Rogers
Singing Sheriff Gene Autry comes to the aid of a nightclub singer who is threatened after witnessing a murder.
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Once a Thief 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: June Havoc, Cesar Romero, Marie McDonald, Lon Chaney Jr., Iris Adrian, Jack Daly, Marta Mitrovich, Ann Tyrrell, Kathleen Freeman, Michael Mark
A shoplifter gets into even deeper trouble when she allows a con man to take her stolen goods. To make matters worse, he turns her in to the police. After her release, she vows to get even.
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 One Million B.C. 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hubbard, Mamo Clark, Nigel De Brulier, Conrad Nagel., Jacqueline Dalya, Inez Palange, Edgar Edwards
This caveman saga has excellent special effects–often seen in other films–depicting the dangers encountered by early humans inhabiting Earth. Remade as "One Million Years B.C." in 1966.
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Only the Valiant 1951 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr., Neville Brand, Jeff Corey, Steve Brodie, Michael Ansara, Warner Anderson, Dan Riss, Terry Kilburn, Herbert Heyes, Art Baker, Hugh Sanders
Captain Richard Lance (Gregory Peck) is an officer who has chosen rebellious troops to guard an outpost against Apache attack, and now their lives hang in the balance while they wait for reinforcements to arrive. Will his decision prove his undoing?
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Overland Mail 1942 N/R, 275 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ford Beebe, John Rawlins
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Helen Parrish, Don Terry, Noah Beery Jr., Bob Baker, Noah Beery, Tom Chatterton, Charles Stevens, Robert Barron, Harry Cording, Marguerite De La Motte, Ben Taggart
In this 15-episode serial, government agents Jim Lane (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Sierra Pete (Noah Beery Jr.) investigate what's going on with mail deliveries that are being ambushed. It's all about getting the franchise, and the bad guys dress up as Indians to divert the blame.
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Pardners 1956 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Lori Nelson, Jackie Loughery, Agnes Moorehead, Lon Chaney Jr., Mickey Finn, Lee Van Cleef, Jeff Morrow, Jack Elam
This remake (by the same director) of 1936's "Rhythm on the Range" features Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as ranch hand and tenderfoot who fend off villains trying to gain control of the ranch.
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Passion 1954 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., John Qualen, Anthony Caruso, Peter Coe, Stuart Whitman, Frank DeKova, Rodolfo Acosta
Juan Obregon (Cornel Wilde) suffers greatly when his wife and child are brutally murdered, and he seeks revenge by tracking down and killing those responsible.
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Raiders of the Seven Seas 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Henry Brandon, Frank DeKova, William Tannen, Christopher Dark, Claire DuBrey
Pirate Barbarossa (John Payne), in his stolen Spanish ship with a crew of prisoners taken with the ship, has success in embarrassing the Spanish Navy by routinely winning sea battles. He also steals the affections of a high-ranking Spanish officer's love. This adds to the Spanish Navy's desire to capture the pirate.
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Riders of Death Valley 1941 N/R, 280 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Cast: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones, Charles Bickford, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Noah Beery Jr., Jean Brooks, Monte Blue, Glenn Strange, Roy Barcroft, Jack Rockwell
This 15-episode serial was one of the higher-budgeted Westerns of its day, with several well-known actors of that era. A vigilante group led by Jim Benton (Dick Foran) is formed to protect miners from scheming men who want to grab their land. One long chase, it seems, with plenty of cliffhangers.
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A Scream in the Night 1935 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder in Morocco
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Zarah Tazil, Sheila Terry, Manuel Lopez, Richard Cramer, Philip Ahn, John Ince, John Lester Johnson, Merrill McCormick
Detective Jack Wilson (Lon Chaney Jr.) tracks a jewel thief (Manuel Lopez) to Singapore at the request of a friend, Edith (Sheila Terry). After Edith is kidnapped by the thief, Jack impersonates the thief's assistant (luckily he looks like the aide) to get the job done. This film sat on the shelf until 1943 when Chaney was a hot commodity.
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Second Honeymoon 1937 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Weaver, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg, Paul Hurst, Jayne Regan, Mary Treen, Hal K. Dawson, William Wagner, Robert Kellard, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Tannen
Irresponsible playboy Raoul McLish (Tyrone Power) was Vicki's (Loretta Young) first husband, but that marriage has ended in divorce, and Vickie is married now to hardworking businessman Bob Benton (Lyle Talbot). While vacationing in Florida, Vicki runs into Raoul, and when Bob needs to return to New York on business, Raoul and Vicki get together. After a series of mix-ups, Bob ends up out of Vicki's life, and she and Raoul plan to marry again and live happily ever after.
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Sharad of Atlantis 1936 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, Lon Chaney Jr., Lane Chandler, William Farnum, Jack Mulhall, Boothe Howard, Raymond Hatton, C. Montague Shaw, Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin
A Navy Lieutenant (Ray Corrigan), his small crew, and passengers board a rocket-powered submarine in search of the legendary Atlantis. When they find it, they become involved with a battle between the ruler and the evil master of earthquakes–who intends to rule the world. This is an edited version (released in 1961) of the 1936 serial, "Undersea Kingdom."
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 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny, Montagu Love, Henry Daniell, Thomas Gomez, Olaf Hytten, Lon Chaney Jr., Leyland Hodgson
Set in World War II Europe, this story involves efforts to stop a Nazi radio broadcast whose propaganda is throwing terror into the hearts of courageous Britons.
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Singing Cowboy 1936 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lois Wilde, Ann Gillis, Earle Hodgins, Frankie Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Harvey Clark, John Van Pelt, Earl Eby
Gene Autry puts on a broadcast in the Big City so he can raise money for an operation to allow a little girl to walk again.
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Sixteen Fathoms Deep 1934 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Armand Schaefer
Cast: Sally O'Neil, Lon Chaney Jr., George Regas, Maurice Black, Lloyd Ingraham, Si Jenks, Russell Simpson, Jack Kennedy, Constantine Romanoff, Richard Alexander
Creighton Chaney (Lon Chaney Jr.) invests in a boat for sponge fishing to gain enough cash to marry his girlfriend (Sally O'Neil) but runs into trouble in his endeavor.
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 Son of Dracula 1943 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Pat Moriarity, Frank Craven, J. Edward Bromberg, Samuel S. Hinds, Etta McDaniel, George Irving
Lon Chaney Jr. plays a mean Count Alucard–DRACULA spelled backwards. He marries Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton), but their extracurricular activities are doomed from the start because her ex-fiance, Frank Stanley (Robert Paige), hovers nearby.
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Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told 1964 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
aka: The Liver Eaters
Spider Baby
Director: Jack Hill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Mantan Moreland, Sid Haig, Jill Banner, Beverly Washburn, Mary Mitchel, Karl Schanzer, Carolyn Cooper
A degenerate, diseased family lives in a dreary, rundown mansion and is cared for (and covered for) by the chauffeur (Lon Chaney Jr.). Trouble starts when relatives arrive who want the mansion for themselves.
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Springfield Rifle 1952 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Lon Chaney Jr., Philip Carey, Martin Milner, Alan Hale Jr., James Millican, Fess Parker
Major "Lex" Kearney (Gary Cooper) develops a scheme in which he poses as a traitor to uncover espionage involving the supply of needed horses for the Union during the Civil War.
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Stage to Thunder Rock 1964 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William F. Claxton
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Keenan Wynn, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr., John Agar, Wanda Hendrix, Anne Seymour, Allan Jones, Robert Strauss
Sheriff Horne (Barry Sullivan) is forced to arrest family members who raised him in this tale of gunslingers on the trail of the same people–but they are coming from different perspectives.
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Thief of Damascus 1952 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Will Jason
Cast: Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell, Lon Chaney Jr., Elena Verdugo, Robert Clary, Philip Van Zandt, Edward Colmans, Nelson Leigh, Leonard Penn
During a siege of Damascus, an alliance between opposing forces results in the invaders' defeat.
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The Three Musketeers 1933 N/R, 215 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: Armand Schaefer
Cast: John Wayne, Raymond Hatton, Ralph Bushman, Noah Beery Jr., Lon Chaney Jr., Ruth Hall, Jack Mulhall, Al Ferguson, Edward Peil Sr., William Desmond, Yakima Canutt, Hooper Atchley, Gordon De Main, Robert Frazer, Robert Warwick
After rescuing Clancy, Renard and Schmidt (Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, and Ralph Bushman), Lt. Tom Wayne (John Wayne) joins them in a fight against their nemesis–the Devil of the Desert, El Shatan (Yakima Canutt)–during the reign of France's Louis XIII. The last of John Wayne's serials.
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Town Tamer 1965 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien, Lon Chaney Jr., Bruce Cabot, Lyle Bettger, Barton MacLane, Richard Arlen, Richard Jaeckel, Jeanne Cagney
Avenging the death of his wife pays when a man finally tracks down her murderers and settles the score.
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Undersea Kingdom 1936 N/R, 226 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, Lon Chaney Jr., Lane Chandler, William Farnum, Jack Mulhall, Boothe Howard, Raymond Hatton, C. Montague Shaw, Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin
A Navy Lieutenant (Ray Corrigan), his small crew, and passengers board a rocket-powered submarine in search of the legendary Atlantis. When they find it, they become involved with a battle between the ruler and the evil master of earthquakes–who intends to rule the world. This 12 chapter serial was edited and rereleased in 1961 as "Sharad of Atlantis."
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Union Pacific 1939 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy, Anthony Quinn, Regis Toomey, Fuzzy Knight, Lon Chaney Jr.
This is a great action film about the building of America's first continental railroad; bigger than life in typical Cecil B. DeMille style.
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Weird Woman 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan, Elisabeth Risdon, Lois Collier, Elizabeth Russell, Harry Hayden, Phil Brown, Jackie Lou Harding
In this "Inner Sanctum" mystery, Professor Norman Reed (Lon Chaney Jr.) runs into major problems with his jealous former love when he brings home his new bride (Anne Gwynne).
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Welcome to Hard Times 1967 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige, Aldo Ray, Lon Chaney Jr., Warren Oates, Edgar Buchanan, Fay Spain, Denver Pyle
When a stranger from Bodie (Aldo Ray) victimizes a small Western town, the mayor, Will Blue (Henry Fonda) must save his townspeople at all cost.
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Virginia Bruce, Jane Darwell, Minna Gombell, Elisha Cook Jr., Lon Chaney Jr., Stanley Fields, Sidney Blackmer
Doctor Judd Lewis (Warner Baxter) and his new bride (Loretta Young) enjoy his professional success but find trouble in their personal lives.
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Witchcraft 1964 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon, Viola Keats, David Weston, Marie Ney, Diane Clare, Yvette Rees, Victor Brooks, Marianne Stone
Warlock Morgan Whitlock (Lon Chaney Jr.) unsuccessfully tries to keep the family cemetery from being dug up by developers. You see, the cemetery is filled with witches who were burned at the stake 300 years ago, and the construction awakens them from their sleep.
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 The Wolf Man 1941 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama / Horror
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Bela Lugosi, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Fay Helm, Maria Ouspenskaya, Leyland Hodgson, J.M. Kerrigan, Forrester Harvey, Harry Cording, Gibson Gowland, Olaf Hytten
Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.), while attempting to prevent a wolf from mauling Jenny Williams (Fay Helm), is bitten by the animal. When he revives, Larry finds that Jenny is dead and lying by her side is Bela (Bela Lugosi). Bela is a wolf man, and now that he has bitten Larry, Larry will be transformed into a werewolf every time that there is a full moon. Larry confesses his fate to his father Sir John (Claude Rains) and to his sweetheart Gwen (Evelyn Ankers), but they do not believe him–until they are forced to confront the curse one fateful night during a full moon.
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Young Fury 1965 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Christian Nyby
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, Lon Chaney Jr., Richard Arlen, John Agar, William Wellman Jr., William Bendix, Preston Pierce, Merry Anders, Jody McCrea
There are several old-time stars in this Western, which brings a gunslinger (Rory Calhoun) home, after a long absence, with a gang on his tail. His son (Preston Pierce) has his own gang at home and relations are strained as dad tries to make up. After finding out why he left, the son repents and rides to save dad, who's being chased by the gang who has now caught up with him.
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| 1. 16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
2. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
3. Accent on Youth (1935)
4. Ace Drummond (1936)
5. Albuquerque (1948)
6. The Alligator People (1959)
7. Apache Uprising (1966)
8. Badlands of Dakota (1941)
9. Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
10. Behave Yourself (1951)
11. Big House, U.S.A. (1955)
12. Billy the Kid (1941)
13. Bird of Paradise (1932)
14. The Black Castle (1952)
15. The Black Pirates (1954)
16. The Black Sleep (1956)
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
17. Black Spurs (1965)
18. The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
19. Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
20. Buckskin (1968)
21. The Bushwackers (1952)
22. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
23. Captain China (1949)
24. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
25. Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939)
aka: City in Darkness
26. Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
27. Cobra Woman (1944)
28. Counterfeiters (1948)
29. Crazy House (1943)
30. The Cyclops (1957)
31. Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)
32. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
33. The Defiant Ones (1958)
34. The Devil's Messenger (1961)
35. Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967)
aka: Gallery of Horror
aka: Blood Suckers
aka: Return from the Past
36. Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
aka: Blood of Frankenstein
aka: The Revenge of Dracula
37. Eyes of the Underworld (1943)
38. Flame of Araby (1951)
39. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
40. Frontier Marshal (1939)
41. The Frozen Ghost (1945)
42. Ghost Catchers (1944)
43. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
44. The Haunted Palace (1963)
45. Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
46. High Noon (1952)
47. Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
48. House of Dracula (1945)
49. House of Frankenstein (1944)
50. House of the Black Death (1965)
51. I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
52. The Indestructible Man (1956)
53. The Indian Fighter (1955)
54. Inside Straight (1951)
55. Jesse James (1939)
56. Jivaro (1954)
57. Johnny Reno (1966)
58. The Last Frontier (1932)
59. Law of the Lawless (1964)
60. The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
61. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
62. Lucky Devils (1932)
63. Man Made Monster (1941)
aka: Atomic Monster
64. Manfish (1956)
65. Money, Women and Guns (1958)
66. Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
67. The Mummy's Curse (1944)
68. The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
69. The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
70. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
71. North West Mounted Police (1940)
72. Not as a Stranger (1955)
73. Of Mice and Men (1939)
74. The Old Corral (1936)
aka: Texas Serenade
75. Once a Thief (1950)
76. One Million B.C. (1940)
77. Only the Valiant (1951)
78. Overland Mail (1942)
79. Pardners (1956)
80. Passion (1954)
81. Pillow of Death (1945)
82. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
83. Riders of Death Valley (1941)
84. A Scream in the Night (1935)
aka: Murder in Morocco
85. Second Honeymoon (1937)
86. Sharad of Atlantis (1936)
87. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
88. Singing Cowboy (1936)
89. Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934)
90. Son of Dracula (1943)
91. Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1964)
aka: The Liver Eaters
aka: Spider Baby
92. Springfield Rifle (1952)
93. Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)
94. Thief of Damascus (1952)
95. The Three Musketeers (1933)
96. Town Tamer (1965)
97. Undersea Kingdom (1936)
98. Union Pacific (1939)
99. Weird Woman (1944)
100. Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
101. Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
102. Witchcraft (1964)
103. The Wolf Man (1941)
104. Young Fury (1965)
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