Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1960  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore, Buster Keaton, Tony Randall, Mickey Shaughnessy, Patty McCormack, Neville Brand, Judy Canova, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Sherry Jackson, Finley Currie, Josephine Hutchinson, Parley Baer, Royal Dano
In this version of Mark Twain's story, Huckleberry Finn (Eddie Hodges) escapes from his brutal alcoholic father, Pap (Neville Brand), and joins runaway slave Jim (Archie Moore) on a rafting trip down the Mississippi River. Along the way, they meet con-men "King" and "Duke" (Tony Randall and Mickey Shaughnessy) who find work on a riverboat and join the circus–neither the riverboat nor the circus were in Twain's book. Reluctantly, Huckleberry and Jim are drawn into the schemes of "King" and "Duke."
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Angels' Brigade 1979  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Angels' Revenge
Director: Greydon Clark
Cast: Jack Palance, Neville Brand, Jim Backus, Peter Lawford, Pat Buttram, Alan Hale Jr., Kieu Chinh, Arthur Godfrey, Silvia Anderson, Darby Hinton
Taking matters into their own hands, citizens go after drug pushers in this action-filled, but mindless, movie.
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Backtrack 1969  G, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Earl Bellamy
Cast: Neville Brand, James Drury, Doug McClure, Peter Brown, Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Ida Lupino, Royal Dano, L.Q. Jones, Philip Carey
Using scenes from "The Virginian" and "Laredo," this film features Doug McClure as Trampas–an adventurer who happens upon murder and mayhem after a train robbery.
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Birdman of Alcatraz 1962  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Edmond O'Brien, Telly Savalas, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Hugh Marlowe, Graham Denton, James Westerfield, Whit Bissell, Raymond Greenleaf, Lewis Charles, Robert Burton
This story is based on the life of Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) who becomes obsessed with birds during his 53 years of imprisonment on Alcatraz. After rescuing a sparrow that flies into his cell, Stroud, despite his third-grade education, becomes a world-renowned ornithologist and gains a new purpose in life while serving his life sentence. Telly Savalas plays the talkative prisoner in the next cell, and Thelma Ritter takes on the role of Stroud's controlling mother. Excellent performances by Lancaster, Savalas, and Ritter earned Academy Award nominations.
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Cahill U. S. Marshall 1973 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Cahill: United States Marshall
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Denver Pyle, Jackie Coogan, Harry Carey Jr., Pepper Martin, Paul Fix, Clay O'Brien, Morgan Paull, Royal Dano, Dan Vadis, Hank Worden
A United States Marshal (John Wayne) must deal with the fact that one of his sons has chosen a life of crime.
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Cry Terror 1958  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens, Neville Brand, Angie Dickinson, Kenneth Tobey, Jack Klugman, Jack Kruschen, Carleton Young, Barney Phillips
Psychopath Paul Hoplin (Rod Steiger) convinces electronics expert Jim Molner (James Mason) to build a bomb that is then used for extortion purposes against an airline corporation when Molner's family is held hostage.
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D.O.A. 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching, Henry Hart, Neville Brand, Jess Kirkpatrick, Laurette Luez, Frank Gerstle, Lawrence Dobkin, Cay Forrester, Frank Jaquet, Carol Hughes
This good, tense mystery starts with Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walking into the police station to report his own murder. He had gone to San Francisco for a week on the town before his marriage. But, he gets poisoned, and the doctor says he has but a week to live and no known antidote exists. He sets out to discover who did it and why. Remade in 1969 as "Color Me Dead" and again in 1988.
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The Desperados 1969 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Vince Edwards, Jack Palance, George Maharis, Neville Brand, Sylvia Syms, Christian Roberts, Kate O'Mara, Patrick Holt, Christopher Malcolm, Sheila Burrell
In the years following the Civil War, deserters turn to lives of violence as they go on a rampage of death and destruction.
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Eaten Alive 1977  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Starlight Slaughter
Legend of the Bayou
Horror Hotel
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, William Finley, Stuart Whitman, Roberta Collins, Kyle Richards, Robert Englund, Crystin Sinclaire
If you're a guest at psychotic Judd's (Neville Brand) Starlight Hotel, don't upset him or you'll be fed to his pet crocodile. Lots of aka's helped keep this weird flick by "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" director Tobe Hooper hidden from the public.
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Evils of the Night 1985  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Mardi Rustam
Cast: Aldo Ray, Neville Brand, Tina Louise, John Carradine, Julie Newmar, Karrie Emerson, Bridget Holloman, G.T. Taylor, David Hawk, Keith Fisher, Amber Lynn, Tony O'Dell
Over-sexed teen campers are kidnapped by two drunks who have been hired by aliens. The aliens need their blood to improve their longevity. A terrible film, but fun to see the name actors hamming it up.
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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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Gun Fury 1953 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Philip Carey, Lee Marvin, Neville Brand, Leo Gordon, Roberta Haynes, Mel Welles, Forrest Lewis, Pat Hogan
When his fiancee (Donna Reed) is kidnapped and held hostage by stagecoach robbers, our hero (Rock Hudson) rides to her rescue. This film was originally shot in 3-D and had some exciting special effects that, unfortunately, were lost in the change to video.
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Hitched 1971 TV, 73 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Tim Matheson, Sally Field, Neville Brand, Kathleen Freeman, Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle, Don Knight, John Fiedler, John McLiam, Bo Svenson, Bill Zuckert, Charles(2) Lane, John Davis Chandler, Henry Jones, John Anderson
Newlyweds Roselle and Clare Bridgeman (Sally Field and Tim Matheson) head West in search of a better life, but end up having to deal with crooks. To make matters worse, they become separated, and their adventures continue This Comedy/Western is a sequel to "Lock, Stock and Barrel."
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Kansas City Confidential 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Secret Four
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti, Howard Negley, Carleton Young
Ex-cop Tim Foster (Preston Foster) sets up and executes the "perfect" heist using a trio of people who don't know each other and are sent to different countries. World War II veteran and ex-con Joe Rolfe (John Payne) is picked up by the police, since he is driving a similar van, but is let go when the real van is found. Joe, without a job, sets out to take care of the criminals himself. A tough crime caper that provides a good expose of the underworld scene.
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The Last Sunset 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand, Regis Toomey, Jack Elam, Adam Williams, Jose Torvay
Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson) chases his old enemy, Brendan O'Malley (Kirk Douglas), into Mexico where Belle (Dorothy Malone) and Missy (Carol Lynley) Breckenridge enter their lives–BIG time.
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Lock, Stock and Barrel 1971 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Cast: Tim Matheson, Belinda Montgomery, Claude Akins, Jack Albertson, Neville Brand, Burgess Meredith, Robert Emhardt, John Beck, Charles Dierkop, Joe Di Reda, Timothy Scott, Mills Watson, Marlene Tracy, Dal Jenkins
During the 1880s, Clarence and Roselle (Tim Matheson and Belinda Montgomery) elope and head West. As they travel through the untamed land, they hook up with escaped convict Punck Logan (Claude Akins) and charlatan preacher Reverend Willie Pursle (Burgess Meredith) and experience many adventures in this comedy/western that spawned a sequel, "Hitched."
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The Lonely Man 1957 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Denver Pyle, Claude Akins, Elisha Cook Jr., Elaine Aiken, Harry Shannon
Ex-outlaw Jacob Wade (Jack Palance) tries to go straight and reconcile with his son Riley (Anthony Perkins) but finds many obstacles in his way.
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 Love Me Tender 1956 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock, Bruce Bennett, James Drury, L.Q. Jones
This film represents Elvis Presley's first starring role. The story takes place in Texas just after the Civil War and has a plot of brothers fighting for the same girl.
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The Mad Bomber 1973 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Detective Geronimo
The Police Connection
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Vince Edwards, Chuck Connors, Neville Brand, Hank Brandt, Christina Hart, Faith Quabius, Ilona Wilson, Nancy Honnold, Ted Gehring, Dee Carroll, Jeff Burton, Royce D. Applegate
Tough cop Geronimo Minneli (Vince Edwards) is on the trail of a mad bomber, William Dorn (Chuck Connors), who is avenging the overdose death of his daughter by blowing up buildings and schools his daughter had frequented.
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The Man from the Alamo 1953 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Neville Brand, Jeanne Cooper, John Daheim, George Eldredge, Edward Norris
John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is assigned the job of leaving the Alamo to warn Texans in the surrounding countryside that Santa Ana's forces are approaching.
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Marriage: Year One 1971 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Sally Field, Robert Pratt, Cicely Tyson, William Windom, Agnes Moorehead, Neville Brand, Bob Balaban, Lonny Chapman, Michael Lerner, Mantan Moreland
Sally Field is the only bright spot in this comedy/love story as a poor medical student (Robert Pratt) and a rich, strong heiress (Field) marry and try to live on his meager salary.
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The Mob 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett, Neville Brand, Matt Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Marley, Walter Klavun, Ralph Dumke
Johnny Damico (Broderick Crawford) is a cop who infiltrates a racketeering ring that has been intimidating dockyard workers.
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Mohawk 1956 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand, Lori Nelson, Allison Hayes, John Hoyt, Barbara Jo Allen, Rhys Williams, Ted de Corsia, Mae Clarke, Tommy Cook, Michael Granger
In this "Eastern" Western, Boston artist Jonathan Adams (Scott Brady) is popular with the ladies, one of which is a Mohawk princess (Rita Gam). When Jonathan is sent to the Mohawk Valley to paint landscapes, he becomes embroiled in a war between settlers and the Mohawk Indians brought on by land grabber Butler (John Hoyt) who wants more land.
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The Ninth Configuration 1980 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane
Director: William Peter Blatty
Cast: Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Neville Brand, George DiCenzo, Moses Gunn, Robert Loggia, Joe Spinell, Alejandro Rey, Tom Atkins
Military psychiatrist Col. Kane (Stacy Keach) does his doctoring at a remote, converted castle where mentally disturbed military personnel undergo treatment. But it appears that Kane has more than just a few demons in his past. An unusual and interesting tale written and directed by the author of "The Exorcist."
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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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Port of New York 1949 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Neville Brand, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Raymond Greenleaf, William Challee, Tudor Owen, John Kellogg
United States Customs agents try to break up a drug-smuggling ring led by Paul Vicola (Yul Brynner). This was Brynner's film debut.
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Prince Valiant 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen, Donald Crisp, Brian Aherne, Tom Conway, Neville Brand
This cartoon feature about King Arthur's Court is brought to the screen with the voice of Robert Wagner in the title role of Prince Valiant.
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The Prodigal 1955 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton, James Mitchell, Neville Brand, Walter Hampden, Taina Elg, Francis L. Sullivan, Joseph Wiseman, John Dehner, Sandy Descher, Cecil Kellaway, Philip Tonge, David Leonard
Based on the Bible story, in this rendition Edmund Purdom takes the role of the prodigal son Micah who gives in to greed. Micah spends his portion of his father's (Walter Hampden) fortune on new clothes, property, and the pursuit of the pagan Princess Samarra (Lana Turner) who wants him to renounce his faith. But, Micah refuses to forsake Jehova. After running out of funds, Micah is sold into slavery from which he escapes while freeing the other slaves. Micah returns home, his father welcomes him, and the fatted calf is killed in his honor.
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Red Mountain 1951 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland, Jeff Corey, Walter Sande, Neville Brand, Whit Bissell, Jay Silverheels, Iron Eyes Cody
The Civil War story of Confederate Quantrill (John Ireland) and his raiders is seen from the perspective of one of the members of the gang, Brett (Alan Ladd), who gets into trouble of his own in Union territory.
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Scalawag 1973 G, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kirk Douglas
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand, George Eastman, Don Stroud, Lesley-Anne Down, Phil Brown, Danny DeVito, Mel Blanc, Davor Antolic
A one-legged pirate (Kirk Douglas) helps Jamie (Mark Lester) and Lucy-Ann (Leslie Anne Down) look for a lost treasure. Stupid, but not bad for a rainy day.
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 Stalag 17 1953  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Sig Ruman, Peter Baldwin, Michael(2) Moore, Robinson Stone, Gil Stratton, William Pierson, Robert Shawley
William Holden captured the Oscar for his portrayal of Sefton, a P.O.W., suspected of collaborating with his Nazi captors. Intrigue continues throughout as clues are dropped that lead to the identity of the real informer. Oscar nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Robert Strauss) and Director.
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 That Darn Cat 1965 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand, Elsa Lanchester, William Demarest, Frank Gorshin, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon, Richard Eastham, Grayson Hall, Tom Lowell, Iris Adrian, Liam Sullivan
In this Disney film Siamese cat D.C. (Darn Cat) ends up in the middle of an FBI investigation and leads to solving a kidnapping case. D.C. is allowed into the home used by bank robbers Iggy and Dan (Frank Gorshin and Neville Brand) who are holding bank teller Margaret Miller (Grayson Hall) hostage. Margaret etches the word "Help" on her watch and then attaches it to D.C.'s neck. When D.C. arrives home to his owners Patti and Ingrid Randall (Hayley Mills and Dorothy Provine), Patti discovers the watch and calls the F.B.I. When agent Zeke (Dean Jones) arrives at their home, they decide to tail D.C., believing that he will lead them to the robbers and hostage Margaret. Zeke, Patti, neighbors, and friends join in the hunt and provide good slapstick comedy along the way.
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The Tin Star 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Michel Ray, Neville Brand, John McIntire, Peter Baldwin, Lee Van Cleef, Richard Shannon, James Bell
While Nona (Betsy Palmer) tries to talk her boyfriend, Ben Owens (Anthony Perkins), out of his dangerous job of sheriff, Ben tries to bring order to their town. In desperation, he enlists the aid of bounty hunter Morg Hickman (Henry Fonda).
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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 Way to the Gold 1957 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North, Barry Sullivan, Walter Brennan, Neville Brand, Philip Ahn, Jacques Aubuchon, Ruth Donnelly, Tom Pittman, Jonathan Hale
A hidden cache of gold is the quest of ex-con Joe Mundy (Jeffrey Hunter), but he is not the only one out there looking for the fortune. Ever heard of this storyline before?
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Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Ruth Donnelly, Craig Stevens, Neville Brand, Louise Lorimer
A vicious New York City cop (Dana Andrews) goes too far when he accidentally kills a suspect while trying to extract information about a crime boss. He concocts a scheme to lay blame on the crime boss, but his efforts go awry.
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| 1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
2. Angels' Brigade (1979)
aka: Angels' Revenge
3. Backtrack (1969)
4. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
5. Cahill U. S. Marshall (1973)
aka: Cahill: United States Marshall
6. Cry Terror (1958)
7. D.O.A. (1950)
8. The Desperados (1969)
9. Eaten Alive (1977)
aka: Starlight Slaughter
aka: Legend of the Bayou
aka: Horror Hotel
10. Evils of the Night (1985)
11. Flame of Araby (1951)
12. Gun Fury (1953)
13. Hero's Island (1962)
14. Hitched (1971)
15. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
aka: The Secret Four
16. The Last Sunset (1961)
17. Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971)
18. The Lonely Man (1957)
19. Love Me Tender (1956)
20. The Mad Bomber (1973)
aka: Detective Geronimo
aka: The Police Connection
21. The Man from the Alamo (1953)
22. Marriage: Year One (1971)
23. The Mob (1951)
24. Mohawk (1956)
25. The Ninth Configuration (1980)
aka: Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane
26. Only the Valiant (1951)
27. Port of New York (1949)
28. Prince Valiant (1954)
29. The Prodigal (1955)
30. Psychic Killer (1975)
31. Red Mountain (1951)
32. The Return (1980)
aka: The Alien's Return
33. Scalawag (1973)
34. Stalag 17 (1953)
35. That Darn Cat (1965)
36. The Tin Star (1957)
37. The Turning Point (1952)
38. The Way to the Gold (1957)
39. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
40. Without Warning (1980)
aka: It Came Without Warning
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