Across the Wide Missouri 1951  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, George Chandler, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley
Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) and Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) are 19th-century pioneers who are intent on fur trapping while Indians are just as determined to keep them out of their hunting grounds.
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Bionic Showdown: The Six Million $ Man and the Bionic Woman 1989  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Alan J. Levi
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Sandra Bullock, Robert Lansing, Josef Sommer, Lee Majors II, Jeff Yagher, Martin E. Brooks
This made-for-TV film, attempting to land a series, has some good action as the "old" and "young" bionic duos go after spies who threaten U.S.-Soviet relations.
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Cause for Alarm 1951 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore, Brad Morrow, Irving Bacon, Georgia Backus, Don Haggerty, Art Baker, Richard Anderson, Kathleen Freeman, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Suffering from both physical and mental ills, George Z. Jones (Barry Sullivan) writes a letter to the district attorney telling about his wife Ellen's (Loretta Young) supposed plans to murder him. After Ellen mails the letter, George tells her what it contained, and in the heat of the moment George drops dead. Now, Ellen must find a way to get the incriminating letter before it arrives at the D.A.'s office.
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Compulsion 1959  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Ed Binns, Robert F. Simon, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Gavin MacLeod, Louise Lorimer, Terry Becker, Russ Bender
This is a fictionalized version of the 1920s' Leopold and Loeb case in which law school students–in this case Artie Straus and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell)–carry out the "perfect" murder. The crime was perpetrated solely because they were convinced of their own intellectual superiority and wanted to prove their theory. Their parents hire defense attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) because of his reputation for fighting against the death penalty.
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A Cry in the Night 1956 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr, Richard Anderson, Irene Hervey, Anthony Caruso, Alan Ladd
Raymond Burr is very good as Harold Lofus, a voyeur whose obsession accelerates to kidnapping young Liz Taggart (Natalie Wood), the daughter of police Captain Dan Taggart (Edmond O'Brien).
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Curse of the Faceless Man 1958  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, Luis Van Rooten, Gar Moore, Felix Locher, Jan Arvan, Bob Bryant
After archaeologists discover a lava encrusted gladiator in the ruins of Pompeii, the gladiator comes back to life, escapes, and heads off in pursuit of his past lover who has also been reincarnated.
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Doctors' Wives 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Anderson, Cara Williams, Scott Brady
This less-than-glamorous depiction of the lives of doctors' wives is boring, artless fare.
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Dream Wife 1953  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Sheldon
Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Steve Forrest, Buddy Baer, Les Tremayne, Richard Anderson, Eduard Franz, Donald Randolph, Bruce Bennett, Dan Tobin
Business executive Clemson Reade (Cary Grant) divorces his wife, Effie (Deborah Kerr), when he has his eyes set on princess Tarji (Betta St. John) whose goal is to please her man. However, Tarji changes her tune after Effie teaches her a few facts of life. One of Grant's (and Kerr's and Pidgeon's) weaker films.
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Escape from Fort Bravo 1953 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest, Richard Anderson, Polly Bergen, Carl Benton Reid, William Campbell, John Lupton, Howard McNear, Glenn Strange, Alex Montoya, Charles Stevens, William Newell, Harry Cheshire
During the Civil War, Confederate Captain John Marsh (John Forsythe) is being held prisoner at the prison camp where Southern belle Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) is brought in to distract Union Army Captain Roper (William Holden) and aid in a prison break. The ploy works, Roper falls in love with Carla, and she leaves with the escaping rebels including Marsh who has also fallen for Carla. But, Roper catches up with them and leads them back to Fort Bravo. It proves to be a difficult trek–especially when they meet up with a Mescalero Apache hunting party and must form an alliance to fend off the attack.
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Fearless Fagan 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, Richard Anderson, Ellen Corby, Barbara Ruick, John Call, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Parley Baer
When circus performer Floyd Hilston (Carleton Carpenter) is drafted into the army, he brings along his trained lion, Fagan.
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 Forbidden Planet 1956   N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, James Drury, George Wallace, Robert Dix, Jimmy Thompson, Harry Harvey Jr., Roger McGee, Peter Miller, James Best
This is probably the best science fiction movie of the 1950s. It is the year 2200, and spaceship Altair-4–commanded by John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen)–has landed on a faraway planet. There he is greeted by Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter (Anne Francis) who are the sole survivors of a colony of settlers. All is not as it should be, and the doctor does not intend to share the secrets of the planet.
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 Gettysburg 1993 PG, 258 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Cast: Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Stephen Lang, Richard Jordan, Jeff Daniels, Kieran Mulroney, Kevin Conway, Sam Elliott, Richard Anderson, William Morgan Sheppard, Timothy Scott, Andrew Prine, Cooper Huckabee, Patrick Gorman, Bo Brinkman
Attempts were made to make the famous battle as close to fact as was possible in this Ted Turner production based on the Pulitzer prizewinning novel "The Killer Angels." Confederate Generals Lee (Martin Sheen) and Longstreet (Tom Berenger) make preparations for battle while Union Col. Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels) moves his troops into position. Meanwhile, Union General Buford (Sam Elliott) attacks Confederate troops trying to get into position. The story uses both Union and Confederate perspectives to provide a good interpretation of the famous Battle of Gettysburg that claimed 53,000 lives. Both the acting and battle scenes are excellent.
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Give a Girl a Break 1953 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds, Helen Wood, Bob Fosse, Donna Martell, Kurt Kasznar, Richard Anderson, Lurene Tuttle, Larry Keating
When the star (Donna Martell) quits her Broadway show, three aspiring starlets (Marge Champion, Debbie Reynolds, and Helen Wood) compete for the vacant role.
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The Glass Shield 1995 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Richard Anderson, Ice Cube, Bernie Casey, Elliott Gould, Michael Ironside, M. Emmet Walsh, Don Harvey, Sy Richardson
This film is based on the real-life story of two cops (Michael Boatman and Lori Petty) who stumble onto a trail of both racism and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Go for Broke! 1951 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Pirosh
Cast: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga, Ken K. Okamoto, Warner Anderson, Don Haggerty, Richard Anderson, Dan Riss, Gianni Maria Canale, Henry Oyasato, Harry Hamada
Sons of first-generation Japanese Americans–Nisei–fight for the United States in the European Theater under the able leadership of Lt. Michael Grayson (Van Johnson).
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The Gunfight at Dodge City 1959 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Nancy Gates, Richard Anderson, James Westerfield, Walter Coy, Don Haggerty, Wright King, Harry Lauter, Gregg Barton, Earle Hodgins, Frank Sully, Frank J. Scannell, Henry Kulky
Bat Masterson (Joel McCrea) has reluctantly taken the job of sheriff of Dodge City where he is trying to bring about law and order. Along with his official duties, Bat manages to find time for lady friends Pauline (Julie Adams) and Lily (Nancy Gates). Now, real problems arise when his old outlaw gang comes to town, and Masterson must deal not only with them but with Dodge City's corrupt politicians as well. And the story culminates with that gunfight at Dodge City.
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Hit the Deck 1955 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Tony Martin, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Russ Tamblyn, Ann Miller, J. Carrol Naish, Jane Darwell, Richard Anderson, Gene Raymond, Kay Armen, Alan King, Henry Slate, Dabbs Greer
While on leave from their ship, three sailors–William F. Clark (Tony Martin), Rico Ferrari (Vic Damone), and Danny Xavier Smith (Russ Tamblyn)–arrive in San Francisco for rest and relaxation. They meet three girls–Susan (Jane Powell), Carol (Debbie Reynolds), and Ginger (Ann Miller). Hi-jinks follow, and the sailors end up in the brig, even though Danny's father (Walter Pidgeon) is an admiral! But, romance is in the air, and all ends well amidst jokes, dancing, and songs including "Sometimes I'm Happy," "I Know that You Know," and "Hallelujah."
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I Love Melvin 1953 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Robert Taylor, Allyn Joslyn, Les Tremayne, Barbara Ruick, Howard Keel
A would-be photographer (Donald O'Connor) for "Look" magazine pretends to be a man with important connections in order to make an impression on a young chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds).
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Johnny Cool 1963 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Asher
Cast: Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Joey Bishop, Brad Dexter, Wanda Hendrix, Marc Lawrence, John McGiver, Telly Savalas
A vicious gangster embarks on a senseless series of murders in this extremely violent film.
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Just This Once 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone, Marilyn Erskine, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley, Henry Slate, Hanley Stafford, Benny Rubin, Charles Watts
Playboy Mark MacLene (Peter Lawford) is reined in by Lucy Duncan (Janet Leigh) who has been assigned the job of taking care of his financial fortune.
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Kitten with a Whip 1964 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Heyes
Cast: Ann - Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown, Patricia Barry, Richard Anderson, Skip Ward, Diane Sayer, Ann Doran, Audrey Dalton, Leo Gordon
Jody (Ann-Margret) escapes from reform school by stabbing a matron and setting the place on fire. As if that weren't enough, she forces a politician, David Stratton (John Forsythe), to drive her across the border to Tijuana.
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The Long, Hot Summer 1958  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, Mabel Albertson, J. Pat O'Malley, Val Avery, Sarah Marshall, William Walker, George Dunn, Jess Kirkpatrick, I. Stanford Jolley
Drifter Ben Quick (Paul Newman) arrives in town and changes the lives of the Varner family. Big Daddy Varner (Orson Welles) recognizes that Ben Quick is a man to be reckoned with; however, daughter Clara (Joanne Woodward) is attracted to Quick. Weak son Jody (Tony Franciosa) is jealous of Quick's decisiveness. It all makes for one long, HOT summer.
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The Magnificent Yankee 1950 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man with Thirty Sons
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, Philip Ober, Ian Wolfe, Edith Evanson, Richard Anderson, Jimmy Lydon, Herbert Anderson, Hugh Sanders
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (Louis Calhern) is the subject of this biography, which includes not only Holmes' professional life but his personal life as well.
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The Night Strangler 1973 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Richard Anderson, Scott Brady, Wally Cox, Margaret Hamilton, John Carradine, Nina Wayne, Al Lewis
This made-for-TV thriller/mystery is a sequel to the successful "The Night Stalker," and Darren McGavin is back as the reporter who uncovered a vampire in the original. Now in Seattle, he is after a man who strangles his victims and drains their blood. Not bad.
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Paths of Glory 1957 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Timothy Carey, Joe Turkel, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Peter Capell, Bert Freed, Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner, Kem Dibbs, Emile Meyer, Fred Bell
This is the story of French soldiers (Ralph Meeker, Timothy Carey, and Joseph Turkel) who are court-martialed and executed during World War I despite the efforts of Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) who unsuccessfully defends them. The three were selected after failure of the forces in a charge, and the film highlights the insanity of war.
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Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ray Austin
Cast: Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin Landau, Gary Lockwood, Tom Schanley, Lee Majors II
The stars of two series of the 1970s are reunited to stop a terrorist group. Personal complications also arise as Steve Austin's (Lee Majors) son is in a crash and Steve must decide about bionically "rebuilding" him as he had done with Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner). The hoped-for TV series didn't materialize, but a sequel was made.
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Rich, Young and Pretty 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone, Fernando Lamas, Marcel Dalio, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Hans Conried
While accompanying her father (Wendell Corey) on a United Nations trip to Paris, Elizabeth (Jane Powell) meets her long-lost mother (Danielle Darrieux) and falls in love with Andre Milan (Vic Damone).
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 Scaramouche 1952 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer, Henry Wilcoxon, Nina Foch, Robert Coote, Richard Anderson, Lewis Stone, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank Mitchell
This excellent adventure film takes place in pre-Revolutionary War France as nobleman Andre Moreau (Stewart Granger) seeks to avenge his friend's murder. The climax is an unsurpassed sword fight between Moreau and the Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer).
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Seconds 1966 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer, Jeff Corey, Richard Anderson, Murray Hamilton, Elisabeth Fraser, Karl Swenson, Wesley Addy
A mysterious organization offers new identities and lives to those who have enough cash to pay the price to attain their dreams. Of course, following through to the fruition of those dreams brings complications.
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The Stepford Children 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Horror
Director: Alan J. Levi
Cast: Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Tammy Lauren, Ken Swofford, Pat Corley, Richard Anderson, Dick Butkus, James Coco, Sharon Spelman, James Staley, Raye Birk, Debbie Barker, Randall Batinkoff, John Cameron Mitchell, Judith Baldwin
Once more the town of Stepford, Connecticut, with its peculiar women, is brought to the screen. This time around, not only the wives but the children as well are being turned into robots by the Men's Club members. Laura and Steven Harding (Barbara Eden and Don Murray) have just moved to Stepford with their children David and Mary (Randall Batinkoff and Tammy Lauren). Steven's first wife had mysteriously died in Stepford years before. What problems will Steven's family encounter, and will Laura be able to save her family from being turned into robots?
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The Story of Three Loves 1953 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt
Cast: Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Farley Granger, Agnes Moorehead, Ricky Nelson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Richard Anderson
While traveling on an ocean liner, three passengers remember their love stories in this movie which is actually a trio of short films.
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Stranger on My Land 1988 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Elikann
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Dee Wallace, Ben Johnson, Pat Hingle, Richard Anderson, Ned Romero, Barry Corbin, Michael Paul Chan, Terry O'Quinn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
When the U.S. government plans to build a missile base on a Vietnam veteran's land, he puts more than one obstacle in the way.
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The Student Prince 1954 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Edmund Gwenn, S.Z. Sakall, Betta St. John, Richard Anderson, Mario Lanza, John Williams
Sigmund Romberg's operetta about a prince falling in love with a barmaid is enhanced by the dubbing of Mario Lanza's voice.
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1960 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Murphy
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Warren Berlinger, Richard Anderson, Mike Kellin, Alvy Moore
Lieutenant Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) commands a battered old SAILING ship during World War II that is assigned a mission that involves heading through Japanese-controlled waters.
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| 1. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
2. Bionic Showdown: The Six Million $ Man and the Bionic Woman (1989)
3. The Bionic Woman (1975)
4. Cause for Alarm (1951)
5. Compulsion (1959)
6. A Cry in the Night (1956)
7. Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
8. Doctors' Wives (1971)
9. Dream Wife (1953)
10. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
11. Fearless Fagan (1952)
12. Forbidden Planet (1956)
13. Gettysburg (1993)
14. Give a Girl a Break (1953)
15. The Glass Shield (1995)
16. Go for Broke! (1951)
17. The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
18. Hit the Deck (1955)
19. I Love Melvin (1953)
20. Johnny Cool (1963)
21. Just This Once (1952)
22. Kitten with a Whip (1964)
23. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
24. The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
aka: The Man with Thirty Sons
25. The Night Strangler (1973)
26. Paths of Glory (1957)
27. Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987)
28. Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
29. Scaramouche (1952)
30. Seconds (1966)
31. The Stepford Children (1987)
32. The Story of Three Loves (1953)
33. Stranger on My Land (1988)
34. The Student Prince (1954)
35. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
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