Abilene Town 1946  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming, Lloyd Bridges, Helen Boyce, Howard Freeman, Richard Hale, Jack Lambert, Dick Curtis
When a range war rages in 1879 as homesteaders and cattlemen clash, Marshal Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) arrives on the scene to try to settle the dispute over land rights.
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Alias Jesse James 1959  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper, Will Wright, Bing Crosby, Ward Bond, James Arness, Roy Rogers
After insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) sells a life insurance policy to Jesse James (Wendell Corey), he must follow him into the West to guard his life. There are lots of stars playing the role that they are most famous for–James Garner plays Brett Maverick, Fess Parker Plays Davy Crockett, and even Jay Silverheels is there as Tonto.
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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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The Big Circus 1959 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, David(1) Nelson, Gilbert Roland, Steve Allen, Adele Mara
Performers for a bankrupt circus work to overcome adversity in this story filled with action and intrigue.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1949 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix, Murvyn Vye, Virginia Field, Henry Wilcoxon, Alan Napier, Richard Webb, Joseph Vitale
Hank Martin (Bing Crosby) gets knocked out and travels back in time–to Camelot–in this rendition of a Mark Twain story.
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Cry Danger 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad, Regis Toomey, Jean Porter, Jay Adler, Joan Banks, Renny McEvoy, Lou Lubin
Rocky (Dick Powell) gets out of prison after serving five years for a robbery he didn't commit. Now it's time to get those responsible. Pretty good first film for Director Parrish.
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The Eagle and the Hawk 1950 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Spread Eagle
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis O'Keefe, Thomas Gomez, Fred Clark, Frank Faylen, Eduardo Noriega, Grandon Rhodes, Walter Reed, Margaret Martin
During the Mexican Revolution, the French had plans to invade the U.S., so the U.S. government ordered agents into Mexico to watch for evidence of an invasion of Texas.
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The Great Lover 1949 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical / Thriller
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young, Roland Culver, George Reeves, Jim Backus, Richard Lyon, Gary Gray, Sig Arno, Jerry Hunter, Jack Benny, Paul Bryar, Fritz Feld, Norman Leavitt
Freddie Hunter (Bob Hope) chaperones a group of Boy Scouts on an ocean liner traveling to Europe. En route, they run smack into a series of adventures when they face gambler C. J. Dabney (Roland Young) who is also a murderer.
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Lyle Bettger, Frank Faylen, Earl Holliman, Ted de Corsia, Dennis Hopper, Whit Bissell, DeForest Kelley, Martin Milner, George Mathews, John Hudson
Lawman Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and outlaw Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas) join forces to fight the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. This is an excellent film; although history is romanticized, the 1881 gunfight and action preceding it are exciting fare in this classic Western. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Sound and Film Editing
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The Last Outpost 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Cavalry Charge
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: Rhonda Fleming, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams, Peter Hansen, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh Beaumont, John Ridgely, Lloyd Corrigan, Charles Evans, Iron Eyes Cody, Chief Yowlachie, James Burke, Terry Frost, Harold Goodwin
Brothers–Capt. Vance Britten and Col. Jeb Britton (Ronald Reagan and Bruce Bennett)–who fought on opposing sides during the Civil War find they must join forces against their common enemy: the Indians.
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The Nude Bomb 1980 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Return of Maxwell Smart
Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Don Adams, Sylvia Kristel, Rhonda Fleming, Pamela Hensley, Bill Dana, Gary Imhoff, Robert Karvelas, Vittorio Gassman, Walter Brooke, Norman Lloyd, Dana Elcar, Andrea Howard, Sarah Rush, Joey Forman, Thomas Hill
A villain, Nino Salvatore Sebastiani (Vittorio Gassman), plots the launching of missiles that will destroy clothing, and everyone will go naked. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) trips into action, and the fun begins.
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 Out of the Past 1947  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
aka: Build My Gallows High
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Steve Brodie, Richard Webb, Virginia Huston, Dickie Moore, Frank Wilcox, Mary Field, Paul Valentine, Ken Niles, Oliver Blake, James Bush, John Kellogg
Californian Jeff Markham (Robert Mitchum) is a man with a dubious past who becomes involved with a hood, Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas). While helping find Sterling's girlfriend Kathie (Jane Greer) in Acapulco, Markham finds himself accused of a murder that Kathie committed. A good film that was remade in 1984 as "Against All Odds."
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Pony Express 1953 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker, Michael(2) Moore, Porter Hall, Richard Shannon, Henry Brandon, Stuart Randall, Pat Hogan
As part of its Manifest Destiny, the United States government founded the Pony Express in the middle of the 19th century to link the East with its interests in California. This is the larger-than-life story about Buffalo Bill Cody (Charlton Heston) and Wild Bill Hickok (Forrest Tucker) as they battled to keep the Pony Express running.
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The Redhead and the Cowboy 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rhonda Fleming, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Reed, Morris Ankrum, Edith Evanson, Ralph Byrd, Ray Teal, Douglas Spencer, King Donovan
Set during the Civil War, this is the story of a Confederate courier (Rhonda Fleming) who falls for a Union officer (Glenn Ford).
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Slightly Scarlet 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor, Ted de Corsia, Lance Fuller, Buddy Baer, Frank Gerstle, George E. Stone, Ellen Corby
Ben (John Payne) works for crime boss Sol (Ted de Corsia), and he seeks to find dirt on the mayoral candidate, Frank (Kent Taylor), who is campaigning on a platform to rid the city of crime. But Ben falls in love with Frank's secretary, June (Rhonda Fleming), and decides to work for Frank's election. Meanwhile, June's sister (Arlene Dahl) trys to win Ben's love, and Sol is obviously upset over what's going on. Predictable film noir, but good use of Technicolor to set the mood (and show off the redheads).
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 Spellbound 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Chekhov, Donald Curtis, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Jean Acker, Norman Lloyd, Steven Geray, Bill Goodwin, Wallace Ford
Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) reports as the new director of Green Manors mental hospital where he is to replace Dr. Murchison (Leo G. Carroll). While answering questions of his staff, a psychiatrist, Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) notices that there are problems with their new director. She suspects that he is not really Edwards and that he is an amnesiac and could have murdered the real doctor. Constance believes that curing his amnesia is the key to solving the mystery and attempts to heal him. While working with him, Constance begins to fall in love but will soon learn that danger lurks ahead. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov) and Director.
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The Spiral Staircase 1946 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Elsa Lanchester, James Bell, Charles Wagenheim, Ellen Corby, Richard Tyler, Erville Alderson, Sara Allgood, Rhys Williams, Myrna Dell
A crazed killer is on the loose, peeking through a hole in the wall looking for his next victim. He has his eye on Helen Capel (Dorothy McGuire), a mute servant girl, who works in the very eerie house of the bedridden Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore). Barrymore received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Tennessee's Partner 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray, Morris Ankrum, Anthony Caruso, Chubby Johnson, Leo Gordon, Myron Healey, Angie Dickinson
An assortment of offbeat characters befriend, compete, and try to outwit each other in a California mining town during the gold rush.
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When Strangers Marry 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Betrayed
Director: William Castle
Cast: Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum, Neil Hamilton, Lou Lubin, Milton Kibbee, Rhonda Fleming, Marta Mitrovich, Byron Foulger, Edward Keane
Millie (Kim Hunter) suspects that her new husband is a murderer, and she enlists the aid of a friend to help.
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While the City Sleeps 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Vincent Price, Thomas Mitchell, Sally Forrest, Howard Duff, John Barrymore Jr., Mae Marsh
A psychopath (John Barrymore Jr.) is on the loose committing a series of murders. When a newspaper publisher (Vincent Price) offers the prize of a top job to the reporter who solves the crimes, the journalists go berserk using unethical efforts to achieve success.
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| 1. Abilene Town (1946)
2. Adventure Island (1947)
3. Alias Jesse James (1959)
4. Backtrack (1969)
5. The Big Circus (1959)
6. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
7. Cry Danger (1951)
8. The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
aka: Spread Eagle
9. The Great Lover (1949)
10. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
11. Hong Kong (1952)
12. Jivaro (1954)
13. The Last Outpost (1951)
aka: Cavalry Charge
14. The Nude Bomb (1980)
aka: The Return of Maxwell Smart
aka: Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb
15. Out of the Past (1947)
aka: Build My Gallows High
16. Pony Express (1953)
17. The Redhead and the Cowboy (1950)
18. Slightly Scarlet (1956)
19. Spellbound (1945)
20. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
21. Tennessee's Partner (1955)
22. Tropic Zone (1953)
23. When Strangers Marry (1944)
aka: Betrayed
24. While the City Sleeps (1956)
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